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

¹Hath not man a life of labour upon earth? and are not his days like the days of a hireling?

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

²As a bondman earnestly desireth the shadow, and a hireling expecteth his wages,

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

³So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

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

⁴If I lie down, I say, When shall I rise up, and the darkness be gone? and I am full of tossings until the dawn.

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

⁵My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and suppurates.

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

⁶My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

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

⁷Remember thou that my life is wind; mine eye shall no more see good.

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

⁸The eye of him that hath seen me shall behold me no [more]: 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.

⁹The cloud consumeth and vanisheth away; so he that goeth down to Sheol shall not come up.

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

¹⁰He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him again.

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

¹¹Therefore I will not restrain my mouth: I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

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

¹²Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou settest a watch over me?

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

¹³When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

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

¹⁴Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions;

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

¹⁵So that 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 loathe it; I shall not live always: let me alone, for my days are a breath.

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

¹⁷What is man, that thou makest much of him? and that thou settest thy heart upon him?

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

¹⁸And that thou visitest him every morning, triest him every moment?

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

¹⁹How long wilt thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down 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.

²⁰Have I sinned, what do I unto thee, thou Observer of men? Why hast thou set me as an object of assault for thee, so that I am become a burden to myself?

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.

²¹And why dost not thou forgive my transgression and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I lie down in the dust, and thou shalt seek me early, and I shall not be.