¹Ninkii naagu dhashaba Cimrigiisu waa maalmo yar iyo dhibaato miidhan.

¹Man, born of woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.

²Wuxuu u soo baxaa sida ubax oo kale, oo haddana waa la gooyaa, Oo wuxuu u cararaa sida hoos oo kale, oo innaba siima raago.

²He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.

³Haddaba ma mid sidaas oo kalaad indhaha u kala qaadaysaa? Oo ma anigaad xukun ila soo gelaysaa?

³Yet dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

⁴Bal yaa wax wasakh ah wax nadiif ah ka soo bixin kara? Xataa mid qudha oo saas yeeli karaa ma jiro.

⁴Who can bring a clean [man] out of the unclean? Not one!

⁵Maxaa yeelay, dadka cimrigiisu waa go'an yahay, oo inta bilood oo uu jirayo tiradoodana adigaa haya, Oo waxaad u dhigtay soohdin uusan dhaafi karin.

⁵If his days are determined, if the number of his months is with thee, [and] thou hast appointed his bounds which he must not pass,

⁶Bal ha nastee isaga ka sii jeeso, Ilaa uu cimrigiisa ka dhammaysanayo sida shaqaale maalintiisa u dhammaysto.

⁶Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

⁷Waayo, geed dheer haddii la gooyo rajuu leeyahay inuu mar kale soo biqlo, Iyo in laantiisa curdanka ahu ayan joogsan.

⁷For there is hope for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease;

⁸In kastoo xididkiisu uu ciidda ku dhex gaboobo, Oo ay jirriddiisiina dhulka dhexdiisa ku dhimato,

⁸Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground,

⁹Biyaha urkooda ayuu ku biqli doonaa, Oo waxaa ka soo bixi doona laamo curdan ah oo dhalato la moodo.

⁹Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a young plant.

¹⁰Laakiinse ninku wuu dhintaa, wuuna iska baabba'aa, Oo ninka naftu waa ka dhacdaa, oo bal xaggee buu joogaa isagu?

¹⁰But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?

¹¹Biyuhu badda way ka dhammaadaan, Oo webiguna waa gudhaa oo waa iska engegaa,

¹¹The waters recede from the lake, and the river wasteth and drieth up:

¹²Sidaas oo kalaa dadku u jiifsada oo mana uu kaco, Oo jeeray samooyinku wada baabba'aan iyagu sooma toosi doonaan, Oo hurdadoodana kama kici doonaan.

¹²So man lieth down, and riseth not again; till the heavens be no more, they do not awake, nor are raised out of their sleep.

¹³Hahe bal maad She'ool igu qarisid, Oo bal maad meel qarsoon igu haysid ilaa cadhadaadu dhaafto, Oo bal maad wakhti go'an ii qabatid, oo aad i soo xusuusatid!

¹³Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldest keep me secret until thine anger be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me, --

¹⁴Mar hadduu nin dhinto, miyuu soo noolaanayaa? Maalmaha dadaalkayga oo dhan waan iska sugi lahaa Ilaa uu isbeddelkaygu yimaado.

¹⁴(If a man die, shall he live [again]?) all the days of my time of toil would I wait, till my change should come:

¹⁵Waad ii yeedhi lahayd, oo anna waan kuu jawaabi lahaa; Oo adna waxaa damac kaa geli lahaa shuqulkii gacmahaaga.

¹⁵Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee; thou wouldest have a desire after the work of thy hands.

¹⁶Laakiinse haatan waad tirisaa tallaabooyinkayga, Balse miyaadan dembigayga isha ku hayn?

¹⁶For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

¹⁷Xadgudubkaygii kolay baa lagu xidhay, Oo xumaantaydiina meel baad ku dhuujisay.

¹⁷My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou heapest up mine iniquity.

¹⁸Oo sida xaqiiqada ah buurtii dhacdaa waa baabba'daa, Oo dhagaxiina meeshiisii wuu ka dhaqaaqaa.

¹⁸And indeed a mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of its place;

¹⁹Biyuhu dhagaxyaday lisaan, Oo daadkooduna wuxuu qaada ciidda dhulka, Oo adna sidaasoo kalaad u baabbi'isaa binu-aadmiga rajadiisa.

¹⁹The waters wear the stones, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

²⁰Weligaaba waad ka adkaataa isaga, oo isna wuu iska baxaa, Oo jaahiisa waad beddeshaa, oo waad iska dirtaa isaga.

²⁰Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth away; thou changest his countenance, and dismissest him.

²¹Wiilashiisa waa la sharfaa, laakiinse isagu waxba kama oga; Oo haddana hoos baa loo ridaa, laakiinse isagu waxba kama garto iyaga.Laakiinse xanuunka jidhkiisa oo keliya buu gartaa, Oo nafsaddiisa oo keliya ayuu u baroortaa.

²¹His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not.

²²Laakiinse xanuunka jidhkiisa oo keliya buu gartaa, Oo nafsaddiisa oo keliya ayuu u baroortaa.

²²But his flesh hath pain for himself alone, and his soul mourneth for himself.