¹War sow hawl diyaar uma aha binu-aadmiga dhulka jooga? Sowse maalmihiisu ma aha sida kuwa shaqaale oo kale?

¹Is there not a warfare to man on earth? And as the days of an hireling his days?

²Sida addoon hoos u xiisooda, Iyo sida shaqaale mushahaaradiisa filanaya,

²As a servant desireth the shadow, And as a hireling expecteth his wage,

³Sidaasoo kale waxaa lay siiyaa bilo aan waxtar lahayn, Oo waxaa lay siiyaa habeenno daal badan.

³So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And nights of misery they numbered to me.

⁴Haddaba markaan jiifsado waxaan idhaahdaa, Bal goormaan kici doonaa? Laakiinse habeenku waa dheer yahay Oo tan iyo waaberiga waan rogrogmadaa.

⁴If I lay down then I said, `When do I rise!` And evening hath been measured, And I have been full of tossings till dawn.

⁵Jidhkaygii waxaa ku dedan dirxiyo iyo qolfo ciid ah, Haddaba dubkaygu waa isqabsadaa dabadeedna wuu sii dillaacaa.

⁵Clothed hath been my flesh [with] worms, And a clod of dust, My skin hath been shrivelled and is loathsome,

⁶Cimrigaygu waa ka dheereeyaa dungudbiyaha dharsameeyaha, Oo rajola'aan baan ku noolahay.

⁶My days swifter than a weaving machine, And they are consumed without hope.

⁷Bal xusuusta in noloshaydu tahay dabayl uun, Ishayduna mar dambe samaan ma arki doonto.

⁷Remember Thou that my life [is] a breath, Mine eye turneth not back to see good.

⁸Kii i fiiriya ishiisu mar dambe ima arki doonto, Indhahaagu way i fiirin doonaan, laakiinse anigu ma jiri doono.

⁸The eye of my beholder beholdeth me not. Thine eyes [are] upon me — and I am not.

⁹Sida daruurtu ay u libidho oo ay u baabba'do, Sidaasoo kale ayaa kii She'ool hoos u galaa uusan mar dambe kor uga soo noqonayn.

⁹Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up.

¹⁰Isagu mar dambe gurigiisii kuma soo noqon doono, Oo meeshiisiina mar dambe ma ay aqoon doonto.

¹⁰He turneth not again to his house, Nor doth his place discern him again.

¹¹Sidaas daraaddeed anigu afkayga celin maayo; Waxaan ku hadli doonaa cidhiidhiga qalbigayga, Oo waxaan ku caban doonaa tiiraanyada qadhaadh oo naftayda.

¹¹Also I — I withhold not my mouth — I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul.

¹²War anigu ma bad baan ahay, mase nibiriga badda, Bal maxaad ii daawanaysaa?

¹²A sea-[monster] am I, or a dragon, That thou settest over me a guard?

¹³Markaan idhaahdo, Sariirtaydaa ii raxayn doonta, Oo gogoshaydaa cabatinkayga iga sahali doonta,

¹³When I said, `My bed doth comfort me,` He taketh away in my talking my couch.

¹⁴Ayaad riyooyin igu bajisaa, Oo waxaad igu cabsiisaa muuqashooyin.

¹⁴And thou hast affrighted me with dreams, And from visions thou terrifiest me,

¹⁵Sidaas daraaddeed naftaydu waxay lafahayga ka doorataa Ceejin iyo geeri.

¹⁵And my soul chooseth strangling, Death rather than my bones.

¹⁶Noloshayda waan nacsanahay, oo dooni maayo inaan weligay sii noolaado; War iska kay daa, waayo, cimrigaygu waa neefsasho oo kale.

¹⁶I have wasted away — not to the age do I live. Cease from me, for my days [are] vanity.

¹⁷Bal binu-aadmigu muxuu yahay oo aad u weynaynaysaa, Balse maxaad uga fikiraysaa isaga?

¹⁷What [is] man that Thou dost magnify him? And that Thou settest unto him Thy heart?

¹⁸Bal maxaad subax kasta u soo booqanaysaa, Oo aad daqiiqad kasta u tijaabinaysaa?

¹⁸And inspectest him in the mornings, In the evenings dost try him?

¹⁹Bal ilaa goormaadan iga sii jeesanayn, Oo aadan iska kay daynayn intaan candhuuftayda liqayo?

¹⁹How long dost Thou not look from me? Thou dost not desist till I swallow my spittle.

²⁰Oo haddii aan dembaabay bal maxaan kuu sameeyaa Kaaga dadka ilaaliyow? Bal maxaad iiga dhigatay calaamad, Si aan nafsaddayda culaab ugu noqdo?Oo bal maxaad xadgudubkayga iiga saamaxi weyday? Oo dembigaygana maxaad iiga fogayn weyday? Waayo, haatan ciiddaan ku dhex jiifsan doonaa, Aad baadna ii doondooni doontaa, laakiinse siima aan jiri doono.

²⁰I have sinned, what do I to Thee, O watcher of man? Why hast Thou set me for a mark to Thee, And I am for a burden to myself — and what?

²¹Oo bal maxaad xadgudubkayga iiga saamaxi weyday? Oo dembigaygana maxaad iiga fogayn weyday? Waayo, haatan ciiddaan ku dhex jiifsan doonaa, Aad baadna ii doondooni doontaa, laakiinse siima aan jiri doono.

²¹Thou dost not take away my transgression, And cause to pass away mine iniquity, Because now, for dust I lie down: And Thou hast sought me — and I am not!