¹Markaasaa Ayuub u jawaabay oo wuxuu ku yidhi,

¹And Job answered and said,

²Sida runta ah waan ogahay inay sidaas tahay, Laakiinse sidee baa nin xaq ugu noqon karaa Ilaah hortiisa?

²Of a truth I know it is so; but how can man be just with ùGod?

³Oo hadduu doonayo inuu la doodo isaga, Kunkii erayba mid qudha ugama jawaabi karo.

³If he shall choose to strive with him, he cannot answer him one thing of a thousand.

⁴Qalbigiisu waa xigmad miidhan, oo xooggiisuna waa badan yahay; Bal yaa intuu isaga ka qalafsanaaday barwaaqoobay?

⁴He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and had peace?

⁵Isagu wuxuu rujiyaa buuraha, oo iyana ma ay yaqaaniin, Markuu cadhadiisa ku afgembiyo.

⁵Who removeth mountains, and they know it not, when he overturneth them in his anger;

⁶Dhulka wuu ka ruxruxaa meeshiisa, Oo tiirarkiisuna way wada gariiraan.

⁶Who shaketh the earth out of its place, and the pillars thereof tremble;

⁷Wuxuu amraa qorraxda, oo iyana sooma ay baxdo, Xiddigahana wuu xidhaa.

⁷Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, and he sealeth up the stars;

⁸Isagoo keliya ayaa samooyinka kala bixiya, Oo wuxuu ku dul socdaa hirarka badda.

⁸Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the high waves of the sea;

⁹Oo wuxuu sameeyey ururrada xiddigaha oo la yidhaahdo Orsada iyo Oriyon iyo Toddobaadyada, Iyo xiddigaha koonfureed.

⁹Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south;

¹⁰Wuxuu sameeyaa waxyaalo waaweyn oo aan la baadhi karin, Oo ah waxyaalo yaab badan oo aan la tirin karin.

¹⁰Who doeth great things past finding out, and wonders without number.

¹¹Wuu i ag maraa, aniguse uma jeedo isaga, Oo wuu iga gudbaa, aniguse waxba kama ogi.

¹¹Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [him] not; and he passeth along, and I perceive him not.

¹²Bal wax buu qabsadaa ee, yaa ka hor joogsan kara? Oo bal yaa ku odhan doona, War maxaad samaynaysaa?

¹²Behold, he taketh away: who will hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?

¹³Ilaah cadhadiisa ka soo celin maayo; Oo kalmeeyayaasha kibirka lahuna isagay hoos foororaan.

¹³+God withdraweth not his anger; the proud helpers stoop under him:

¹⁴Haddaba bal anigu sidee baan ugu jawaabi karaa, Oo aan erayadayda kala doortaa si aan isaga kula hadlo?

¹⁴How much less shall I answer him, choose out my words [to strive] with him?

¹⁵In kastoo aan xaq ahaan lahaa, weliba uma aanan jawaabeen isaga, Illowse waxaan iska baryi lahaa Kan i xukumaya.

¹⁵Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.

¹⁶Haddaan baryi lahaa oo uu ii jawaabi lahaa, Ma aanan rumaysteen xataa inuu codkayga maqlay.

¹⁶If I had called, and he had answered me, I would not believe that he hearkened to my voice, --

¹⁷Waayo, isagu wuxuu igu jejebiyaa duufaan, Oo nabrahaygana sababla'aan buu u sii kordhiyaa.

¹⁷He, who crusheth me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

¹⁸Isagu iima oggola inaan neefsado, Laakiinse qadhaadh buu iga buuxiyaa.

¹⁸He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses.

¹⁹Bal haddaan xagga xoogga ka hadalno isagu waa itaal miidhan, Balse xagga xukunka yaa wakhti ii sheegaya?

¹⁹Be it a question of strength, lo, [he is] strong; and be it of judgment, who will set me a time?

²⁰In kastoo aan xaq ahay, afkayga ayaa i xukumi doona, In kastoo aan qummanahay, waxaa igu caddaan doonta qalloocnaan.

²⁰If I justified myself, mine own mouth would condemn me; were I perfect, he would prove me perverse.

²¹Anigu waan qummanahay, oo nafsaddayda kama fikiro, Noloshaydana waan quudhsadaa.

²¹Were I perfect, [yet] would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

²²Kulli waa isku mid, oo sidaas daraaddeed waxaan idhaahdaa, Isagu wuu wada baabbi'iyaa kan qumman iyo kan sharka ahba.

²²It is all one; therefore I said, he destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

²³Haddii belaayadu haddiiba wax disho, Wuu ku majaajiloon doonaa jirrabaadda kuwa aan xaqa qabin.

²³If the scourge kill suddenly, he mocketh at the trial of the innocent.

²⁴Dhulka waxaa gacanta loo geliyey kan sharka ah; Oo isna wuxuu indhasaabaa xaakinnadii dhulka. Bal hadduusan isaga ahayn, haddaba waa ayo?

²⁴The earth is given over into the hand of the wicked [man]; he covereth the faces of its judges. If not, who then is it?

²⁵Haddaba cimrigaygu waa ka sii dheereeyaa nin orda, Wuu iga cararaa, oo wanaagna ma arko.

²⁵And my days are swifter than a runner: they flee away, they see no good.

²⁶Wuxuu ii dhaafay sida doonniyaha dheereeya, Iyo sida gorgor raq ku soo deganaya.

²⁶They pass by like skiffs of reed; as an eagle that swoops upon the prey.

²⁷Haddaan odhan lahaa, Cabatinkayga waan illoobi doonaa, Oo tiiraanyada jaaha iga saaran waan iska tuuri doonaa, oo waan faraxsanaan doonaa,

²⁷If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my [sad] countenance, and brighten up,

²⁸Waxaan ka baqayaa caloolxumadayda oo dhan, Waayo, waan ogahay inaadan ii haysanayn sidii mid aan xaq qabin.

²⁸I am afraid of all my sorrows; I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

²⁹Kolleyba waa lay xukumayaaye, Bal maxaan waxtarla'aan u hawshoodaa?

²⁹Be it that I am wicked, why then do I labour in vain?

³⁰Haddaan biyo baraf ah ku maydho, Oo aan gacmahayga aad iyo aad u nadiifiyo,

³⁰If I washed myself with snow-water, and cleansed my hands in purity,

³¹Adigu waxaad igu dhex tuuri doontaa bohol, Oo xataa dharkaygu waa i nici doonaa.

³¹Then wouldest thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes would abhor me.

³²Waayo, isagu nin ma aha, sidaydoo kale, si aan isaga ugu jawaabo, Oo aannu labadayaduba xukun u wada galno.

³²For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him; that we should come together in judgment.

³³Ma jiro nin noo dhexeeya, Oo labadayadaba gacantiisa na saari kara.

³³There is not an umpire between us, who should lay his hand upon us both.

³⁴Isagu ushiisa ha iga fogeeyo, Oo cabsidiisuna yaanay i bajin.Markaas waan hadli lahaa, oo isaga kama aanan baqeen; Waayo, anigu sidaas ma ahi.

³⁴Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his terror make me afraid,

³⁵Markaas waan hadli lahaa, oo isaga kama aanan baqeen; Waayo, anigu sidaas ma ahi.

³⁵[Then] I will speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.