¹Markaasaa Ayuub u jawaabay oo wuxuu ku yidhi,

¹And Job answered and said,

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

²Even to-day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

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

³Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come to his seat!

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

⁴I would order the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments;

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

⁵I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

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

⁶Would he plead against me with [his] great power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.

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

⁷There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered 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, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I do not perceive him;

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

⁹On the left hand, where he doth work, but I behold [him] not; he hideth himself on the right hand, and I see [him] not.

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

¹⁰But he knoweth the way that I take; he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold.

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

¹¹My foot hath held to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside.

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

¹²Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart.

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

¹³But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, that will he do.

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

¹⁴For he will perform [what] is appointed for me; and many such things are with him.

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

¹⁵Therefore am I troubled at his presence; I consider, and I 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.

¹⁶For ùGod hath made my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me;

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

¹⁷Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he hidden the gloom from me.