¹Markaasaa Soofar oo ahaa reer Nacamaatii u jawaabay, oo wuxuu ku yidhi,

¹And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,

²War sow waajib ma aha in laga jawaabo erayada faraha badan? Balse ninka hadalka badan xaq ma laga dhigaa?

²Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man of much talk be justified?

³Amase faankaagu miyuu dadka aamusiin karaa? Oo markaad majaajilootid miyaan ninna ku kashifi karin?

³Should thy fictions make men hold their peace? and shouldest thou mock, and no one make [thee] ashamed?

⁴Waayo, waxaad leedahay, Cilmigaygu waa daahir, Oo nadiif baan ku ahay indhahaaga hortooda.

⁴For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

⁵Bal muu Ilaah hadlo! Oo bal muu bushimihiisa furo isagoo kaa gees ah!

⁵But oh that +God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

⁶Oo bal muu ku tuso waxyaalaha qarsoon ee xigmadda ah, Waayo, way badan yihiin. Haddaba bal ogow in Ilaah kaa jisaynayo in ka sii yar ciqaabta dembigaagu istaahilo.

⁶And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, how that they are the double of what is realised; and know that +God passeth by [much] of thine iniquity!

⁷War miyaad baadhi kartaa Ilaah axwaalkiisa moolka dheer? Miyaadse Ilaaha Qaadirka ah si kaamil ah u garan kartaa?

⁷Canst thou by searching find out +God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection?

⁸Xigmaddiisu way u sarraysaa sida samada, ee bal maxaad samayn kartaa? Oo She'oolna way ka sii mool dheer tahay, ee maxaad garan kartaa?

⁸[It is as] the heights of heaven; what wilt thou do? deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?

⁹Qiyaasteeduna waa ka sii dheer tahay dhulka, waana ka sii ballaadhan tahay badda oo dhan.

⁹The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

¹⁰Oo isagu hadduu dhex gudbo, wax kastana xidho, Oo uu garsoorid isugu yeedho, bal yaa isaga hor joogsan kara?

¹⁰If he pass by, and shut up, and call to judgment, who can hinder him?

¹¹Waayo, wuu gartaa dadka waxmatarayaasha ah, Weliba xumaantana wuu arkaa, sow kama fikirin?

¹¹For he knoweth vain men, and seeth wickedness when [man] doth not consider it;

¹²Laakiinse ninkii waxmatare ahu waxgarasho waa ka madhan yahay, Hubaal dadku wuxuu u dhashaa sida qayl dameerdibadeed,

¹²Yet a senseless man will make bold, though man be born [like] the foal of a wild ass.

¹³Haddaad qalbigaaga hagaajisid, Oo aad isaga gacmaha u fidsatid,

¹³If thou prepare thy heart and stretch out thy hands toward him,

¹⁴Haddii xumaanu gacantaada ku jirto iska fogee, Oo xaqdarrona yaanay teendhooyinkaaga degin.

¹⁴If thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong dwell in thy tents;

¹⁵Hubaal markaasaad wejigaaga kor u qaadi doontaa isagoo aan ceeb lahayn; Oo waad adkaan doontaa, mana aad baqi doontid,

¹⁵Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot, and thou shalt be stedfast and shalt not fear:

¹⁶Waayo, dhibaatadaada waad illoobi doontaa, Oo waxaad u xusuusan doontaa sidii biyo ku dhaafay,

¹⁶For thou shalt forget misery; as waters that are passed away shalt thou remember it;

¹⁷Oo noloshaaduna way ka sii dhalaal dheeraan doontaa hadhkii, Oo in kastoo gudcur jiro, waxay ahaan doontaa sida subaxda.

¹⁷And life shall arise brighter than noonday; though thou be enshrouded in darkness, thou shalt be as the morning,

¹⁸Oo ammaan baad ahaan doontaa, maxaa yeelay, rajaa jirta, Hareerahaagaad fiirin doontaa, oo nabaadiinona waad ku nasan doontaa.

¹⁸And thou shalt have confidence, because there shall be hope; and having searched about [thee], thou shalt take rest in safety.

¹⁹Weliba waad jiifsan doontaa, oo waxba kuma cabsiin doonaan; Hubaal kuwa badan ayaa raallinimo kaa baryi doona.Laakiinse kuwa sharka ahu way indhabbeeli doonaan. Mana ay heli doonaan jid ay ku cararaan, Rajadooduna waxay ahaan doontaa nafta oo ka dhacda.

¹⁹Yea, thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; and many shall seek thy favour.

²⁰Laakiinse kuwa sharka ahu way indhabbeeli doonaan. Mana ay heli doonaan jid ay ku cararaan, Rajadooduna waxay ahaan doontaa nafta oo ka dhacda.

²⁰But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and [all] refuge shall vanish from them, and their hope [shall be] the breathing out of life.