¹Markaasaa Ayuub u jawaabay oo wuxuu ku yidhi,

¹And Job answereth and saith: —

²Xataa maantadan guryankayga cabashada ahu waa qadhaadh yahay, Oo gacanta i saaranuna waa ka sii daran tahay cabashadayda.

²Also — to-day [is] my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.

³Waxaan jeclaan lahaa inaan ogaado meeshaan isaga ka heli karo, Si aan kursigiisa ugu imaado!

³O that I had known — and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,

⁴Dacwadayda ayaan hortiisa ku diyaarin lahaa, Oo afkaygana hadallo dood ah baan ka buuxin lahaa.

⁴I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill [with] arguments.

⁵Waxaan jeclaan lahaa inaan ogaado erayada uu iigu jawaabayo, Oo aan garto bal waxa uu igu odhanayo.

⁵I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.

⁶Ma wuxuu igula diriri lahaa xooggiisa badan? Maya, laakiinse wuu i maqli lahaa.

⁶In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth [it] in me.

⁷Kii qummanu halkaasuu isaga kula xaajoon kari lahaa, Oo anna saasaan xaakinkayga uga samatabbixi lahaa weligayba.

⁷There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.

⁸Bal eega, hore baan u socdaa, laakiinse isagu halkaas ma joogo, Oo dib baan u socdaa, laakiinse ma aan heli karo.

⁸Lo, forward I go — and He is not, And backward — and I perceive him not.

⁹Oo waxaan tagaa xagga bidix markuu shaqaynayo, laakiinse uma aan jeedi karo; Oo wuxuu ku dhuuntaa xagga midig laakiinse kama arki karo.

⁹[To] the left in His working — and I see not, He is covered [on] the right, and I behold not.

¹⁰Laakiinse wuu yaqaan jidkaan maro, Oo markuu i tijaabiyo waxaan u soo bixi doonaa sida dahab oo kale.

¹⁰For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me — as gold I go forth.

¹¹Cagtaydu waxay ku adkaatay tallaabooyinkiisa, Jidkiisii waan xajiyey, oo dhanna ugama aan leexan.

¹¹On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,

¹²Dib ugama noqon amarkii bushimihiisa, Oo erayadii afkiisana waxaan u hayay wax ka qiimo badan cuntada aanan ka maarmin.

¹²The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.

¹³Laakiinse wax qudha ayuu goostay, bal yaa ka leexin kara? Oo wixii naftiisu doonaysaba wuu sameeyaa.

¹³And He [is] in one [mind], And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired — and He doth [it].

¹⁴Waayo, wuxuu oofiyaa wixii la ii amray, Oo waxyaalo badan oo saasoo kale ah ayuu maankiisa ku hayaa.

¹⁴For He doth complete my portion, And many such things [are] with Him.

¹⁵Sidaas daraaddeed ayaan hortiisa uga naxaa, Oo markaan ka fikiraba waan ka baqaa isaga.

¹⁵Therefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him.

¹⁶Waayo, Ilaah ayaa qalbigayga itaal darreeyey, Oo Ilaaha Qaadirka ah ayaa iga nixiyey,Maxaa yeelay, gudcurka hortiis layma baabbi'in, Oo gudcurkii qarada lahaana wejigayga kama uu daboolin.

¹⁶And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me.

¹⁷Maxaa yeelay, gudcurka hortiis layma baabbi'in, Oo gudcurkii qarada lahaana wejigayga kama uu daboolin.

¹⁷For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.