1Markaasaa Ayuub u jawaabay, oo wuxuu ku yidhi,
1And Job answereth and saith: —
2Anigu waan maqlay waxyaalo badan oo caynkaas ah. Idinku dhammaantiin waxaad tihiin qalbiqabowjiyayaal qalqalloocan.
2I have heard many such things, Miserable comforters [are] ye all.
3Hadal dabayl ahu miyuu dhammaadaa? Balse maxaa kaa dhirfinaya oo aad u jawaabaysaa?
3Is there an end to words of wind? Or what doth embolden thee that thou answerest?
4Haddii naftiinnu ahaan lahayd naftayda, Anigu waan u hadli kari lahaa sidiinna oo kale, Oo hadal waan idinku kor tuuli kari lahaa, Oo madaxaygana waan idinku ruxruxi kari lahaa.
4I also, like you, might speak, If your soul were in my soul`s stead. I might join against you with words, And nod at you with my head.
5Laakiinse anigu afkayga waan idinku xoogayn lahaa, Oo tacsiyaynta bushimahayguna way idin qalbi qabowjin lahayd.
5I might harden you with my mouth, And the moving of my lips might be sparing.
6Anigu haddaan hadlo xanuunkaygu igama yaraado, Oo haddaan iska aamusona miyaan in ka yar xanuunsadaa?
6If I speak, my pain is not restrained, And I cease — what goeth from me?
7Laakiinse haatan wuu i daaliyey, Oo guutadaydii oo dhan cidlo baad ka dhigtay.
7Only, now, it hath wearied me; Thou hast desolated all my company,
8Waad i qabsatay, taasuna waa marag iga gees ah, Oo waxaa igu kaca macluulkayga, oo fool ka fool ayuu igu markhaati furaa.
8And Thou dost loathe me, For a witness it hath been, And rise up against me doth my failure, In my face it testifieth.
9Isagoo cadhaysan ayuu i dildillaacsaday, oo wuu i silciyey, Wuuna igu ilko jirriqsaday, Oo cadowgaygii indhuhuu igu caddeeyey.
9His anger hath torn, and he hateth me, He hath gnashed at me with his teeth, My adversary sharpeneth his eyes for me.
10Iyagu afkay ii kala qaadeen, Oo quudhsasho ayay dhabanka igaga dharbaaxeen, Oo dhammaantoodna way isu kay wada urursadaan.
10They have gaped on me with their mouth, In reproach they have smitten my cheeks, Together against me they set themselves.
11Ilaah wuxuu gacantooda i geliyaa cibaadalaawayaasha, Oo wuxuu igu dhex tuuraa gacmaha kuwa sharka ah.
11God shutteth me up unto the perverse, And to the hands of the wicked turneth me over.
12Anigoo iska istareexsan ayuu i kala jejebiyey, Oo intuu surka i qabtay ayuu i kala burburiyey, Oo weliba intuu meel i qotomiyey ayuu goolibaadh iga dhigtay.
12At ease I have been, and he breaketh me, And he hath laid hold on my neck, And he breaketh me in pieces, And he raiseth me to him for a mark.
13Qaansoolayaashiisii ayaa i hareereeya, Oo kelyahaygii ayuu kala googooyaa, Oo xammeetidaydiina dhulkuu ku daadshaa.
13Go round against me do his archers. He splitteth my reins, and spareth not, He poureth out to the earth my gall.
14Isagu wuu i jejebiyaa oo nabarba nabar buu iiga kor mariyaa; Oo sidii nin xoog badan ayuu orod igula soo kacaa.
14He breaketh me — breach upon breach, He runneth upon me as a mighty one.
15Korkayga waxaan ku tolay joonyad, Oo xooggaygiina ciiddaan ku riday.
15Sackcloth I have sewed on my skin, And have rolled in the dust my horn.
16Wejigaygii oohin buu la beddelmay, Oo indhaha daboolkoodana waxaa ii jooga hooskii dhimashada,
16My face is foul with weeping, And on mine eyelids [is] death-shade.
17In kastoo aanay xaqdarro ku jirin gacmahayga, Oo uu baryootankayguna daahir yahay.
17Not for violence in my hands, And my prayer [is] pure.
18Dhulkow, dhiiggayga ha qarinin, Oo qayladayduna yaanay meelay ku nasato lahaan.
18O earth, do not thou cover my blood! And let there not be a place for my cry.
19Oo hadda bal eeg, markhaatigaygii wuxuu joogaa samada, Oo kii ii dammiintaana xagga saruu joogaa.
19Also, now, lo, in the heavens [is] my witness, And my testifier in the high places.
20Saaxiibbaday way igu qoslaan, Laakiinse indhahaygu ilmo bay u daadiyaan xag Ilaah.
20My interpreter [is] my friend, Unto God hath mine eye dropped:
21Bal muu jiro mid dadka Ilaah ula hadla, Siduu nin deriskiisa ugu hadlo oo kale.Waayo, markii dhawr sannadood dhaafaan, Waxaan mari doonaa jidka aanan mar kale dib uga soo noqonayn.
21And he reasoneth for a man with God, And a son of man for his friend.
22Waayo, markii dhawr sannadood dhaafaan, Waxaan mari doonaa jidka aanan mar kale dib uga soo noqonayn.
22When a few years do come, Then a path I return not do I go.