¹Markaasaa Eliifas kii reer Teemaan isagii u jawaabay, oo wuxuu ku yidhi,

¹And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

²War nin xigmad lahu miyuu ku jawaabaa aqoon aan waxba tarayn, Oo bal miyuu calooshiisa ka buuxiyaa dabaysha bari?

²Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,

³Miyayse ku habboon tahay inuu ku xaajowdo hadal aan faa'iido lahayn, Amase hadallo uusan innaba wanaag ku samayn karin?

³Reasoning with unprofitable talk, and with speeches which do no good?

⁴Cabsida waad baabbi'isaa, Oo cibaadadana Ilaah hortiisa waad ka joojisaa.

⁴Yea, thou makest piety of none effect, and restrainest meditation before ùGod.

⁵Waayo, afkaaga waxaa wax bara xumaantaada, Oo waxaad doorataa carrabka khaa'inka.

⁵For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.

⁶Haddaba waxaa ku xukuma afkaaga oo aniga ma aha; Hubaal bushimahaaga qudhooda ayaa kugu marag fura.

⁶Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; and thy lips testify against thee.

⁷War ma ninkii binu-aadmiga ugu hor dhashaad tahay? Mase buuraha hortood baad soo dhalatay?

⁷Art thou the first man that was born? and wast thou brought forth before the hills?

⁸War talada qarsoon oo Ilaah miyaad maqashay? Oo nafsaddaada miyaad xigmad ula hadhay?

⁸Hast thou listened in the secret council of +God? And hast thou absorbed wisdom for thyself?

⁹War maxaad og tahay, oo aannan annagu ogayn? Oo bal maxaad garanaysaa, oo aannan garanayn?

⁹What knowest thou that we know not? [what] understandest thou which is not in us?

¹⁰Waxaa nala jooga rag cirro leh iyo odayaal da' weyn, Oo aabbahaa ka sii fil weyn.

¹⁰Both the greyheaded and the aged are with us, older than thy father.

¹¹Ma kugu yar yihiin qalbiqabowjiska Ilaah Iyo erayga sida qabow kuula macaamiloodaa?

¹¹Are the consolations of ùGod too small for thee? and the word gently spoken to thee?

¹²Bal maxaa qalbigaagu kuu fogeeyaa? Maxaase indhahaagu u gabgab leeyihiin?

¹²Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and why do thine eyes wink?

¹³Oo aad ruuxaaga Ilaah ugu soo jeedisaa, Oo erayo caynkaas ah aad afkaaga uga soo daysaa?

¹³That thou turnest thy spirit against ùGod, and lettest words go out of thy mouth?

¹⁴Bal binu-aadmigu muxuu yahay oo uu daahir ahaado? Kii naagu dhashayse muxuu yahay oo uu xaq ahaado?

¹⁴What is man, that he should be pure? and he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

¹⁵Bal eeg, Ilaah ma aamino kuwiisa quduuska ah, Oo xataa samooyinku hortiisa daahir kuma aha.

¹⁵Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight:

¹⁶Haddaba bal sidee buu u daahir ahaanayaa nin karaahiyo iyo wasakhaan ah, Oo dembiga sida biyo u cabbaa!

¹⁶How much less the abominable and corrupt, -- man, that drinketh unrighteousness like water!

¹⁷Bal i maqal, wax baan ku tusayaa, Oo wixii aan arkay oo dhan waan kuu sheegayaa;

¹⁷I will shew thee, listen to me; and what I have seen I will declare;

¹⁸(Kuwaasoo rag xigmad lahu ay awowayaashood ka heleen, Oo ayan qarin,

¹⁸Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hidden;

¹⁹Kuwaasoo dalka keligood la siiyey, Oo uusan shisheeye innaba dhex mari jirin.)

¹⁹Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

²⁰Ninkii shar ahu sida naag u foolato oo kale ayuu u xanuunsadaa cimrigiisa oo dhan, Intaas oo ah sannadihii loo kaydiyey kuwa wax dulma.

²⁰All his days the wicked man is tormented, and numbered years are allotted to the violent.

²¹Oo sanqadh cabsi leh ayaa dhegihiisa gasha, Oo wakhtiga barwaaqadana baabbi'iyuhu waa u soo iman doonaa.

²¹The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him.

²²Isagu ma rumaysto inuu gudcurka ka noqon doono, Iyo inay seeftu isaga sugayso.

²²He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is singled out for the sword.

²³Meel meel buu cunto u wareegaa isagoo leh, Meeday? Oo wuxuu og yahay inay maalinta gudcurku isaga u diyaar tahay.

²³He wandereth abroad for bread, -- where may it be? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

²⁴Waxaa isaga bajiya dhib iyo cidhiidhi, Oo isagay uga adkaadaan sida boqor dagaal isu diyaariyey,

²⁴Distress and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for the battle.

²⁵Maxaa yeelay, isagu gacantiisuu Ilaah ku taagay, Oo Ilaaha Qaadirka ah kibir buu ku caasiyaa.

²⁵For he hath stretched out his hand against ùGod, and strengthened himself against the Almighty:

²⁶Wuxuu kula ordaa madax adag Iyo gaashaammadiisa biro ku taagan yihiin.

²⁶He runneth against him, with [outstretched] neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers;

²⁷Maxaa yeelay, wejiga ayuu ka cayilay, Oo bowdooyinkana baruur buu ku yeeshay,

²⁷For he hath covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon [his] flanks.

²⁸Oo wuxuu degay magaalooyin baabba' ah, Iyo guryo aan lagu hoyan, Oo u diyaarsan inay tuulmooyin burbur ah noqdaan.

²⁸And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps.

²⁹Isagu taajir noqon maayo, oo maalkiisuna sii raagi maayo, Oo dhulkana ku sii waari maayo.

²⁹He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth.

³⁰Isagu marnaba gudcur ka bixi maayo, Oo laamihiisa olol baa qallajin doona, Oo neefta afkiisa ayaa qaadi doonta.

³⁰He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches; and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

³¹Yuusan wax aan waxba tarayn isku hallayn, isagoo iskhiyaaneeya, Waayo, wax aan waxba tarayn ayaa abaalgudkiisa ahaan doona.

³¹Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;

³²Wakhtigiisii ka hor buu dhammaan doonaa, Oo laantiisuna ma cagaaroobi doonto.

³²It shall be complete before his day, and his branch shall not be green.

³³Sida canabka ayuu midhihiisa ceedhiin iska ridi doonaa, Oo sida saytuunka ayuu ubaxiisa iska daadin doonaa.

³³He shall shake off his unripe grapes as a vine, and shall cast his flower as an olive.

³⁴Waayo, ururka cibaadalaawayaashu wuxuu ahaan doonaa wax aan waxba dhalin, Oo teendhooyinka kuwa laaluushka qaatana dab baa baabbi'in doona.Iyagu waxay uuraystaan belaayo, xumaanna way dhalaan, Oo calooshooduna waxay diyaarisaa khiyaano.

³⁴For the family of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

³⁵Iyagu waxay uuraystaan belaayo, xumaanna way dhalaan, Oo calooshooduna waxay diyaarisaa khiyaano.

³⁵They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.