¹“My soul is weary of my life. I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

¹Lâin xintitzß chi cuânc saß ruchichßochß. Oc cue chi jitoc chiru li Dios. Oc cue chixyebal li joß qßuial nacuaj xban nak kßaxal ra saß inchßôl.

²I will tell God, ‘Do not condemn me. Show me why you contend with me.

²At Kâcuaß, at inDios, minâqßue chixtojbal inmâc. Ye cue cßaßru inmâc châcuu.

³Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile on the counsel of the wicked?

³¿Ma us nak yôcat chinrahobtesinquil? ¿Ma us nak xicß yôcat chicuilbal? Lâat xatyîban cue. ¿Cßaßut nak nacaye nak us yôqueb li incßaß useb xnaßleb ut niquinâtzßektâna lâin?

⁴Do you have eyes of flesh? Or do you see as man sees?

⁴¿Ma juntakßêt ta biß lâ cßaßux lâat riqßuineb lix cßaßuxeb li cuînk?

⁵Are your days as the days of mortals, or your years as man’s years,

⁵¿Ma nacatcam ta biß lâat joß nak nequeßcam li cristian? ¿Ma na-osoß ta biß lâ yußam joß nak na-osoß xyußameb li cristian?

⁶that you inquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin?

⁶Cui lâat mâcuaßat joß eb li cuînk, ¿cßaßut nak yôcat chixpatzßinquil ma cuan inmâc? Ut, ¿cßaßut nak yôcat chixsicßbal inmâusilal?

⁷Although you know that I am not wicked, there is no one who can deliver out of your hand.

⁷Lâat nacanau nak lâin mâcßaß inmâc. Ut nacanau ajcuiß nak mâ ani naru nacoloc cue saß âcuukß.

⁸“‘Your hands have framed me and fashioned me altogether, yet you destroy me.

⁸Lâat xatyîban cue. ¿Cßaßut nak tâcuaj xsachbal cuu?

⁹Remember, I beg you, that you have fashioned me as clay. Will you bring me into dust again?

⁹Chijulticokß âcue nak riqßuin chßochß xinâyîb. ¿Cßaßut nak tâcuaj tinsukßîk cuißchic chßochß?

¹⁰Haven’t you poured me out like milk, and curdled me like cheese?

¹⁰¿Ma mâcuaß ta biß lâat xatyîban cue joß nak nayîbâc li queso riqßuin li leche?

¹¹You have clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.

¹¹Lâat xayîb lin tibel ut xaqßue inbakel. Xaqßue intzßûmal joß ajcuiß li cuichßmul.

¹²You have granted me life and loving kindness. Your visitation has preserved my spirit.

¹²Lâat xatqßuehoc lin musikß ut xinâra. Ut caqßue âchßôl chicuilbal. Joßcan nak toj yoßyôquin anakcuan.

¹³Yet you hid these things in your heart. I know that this is with you:

¹³Abanan lâin ninqßue retal nak cuan chak jun âcßaßux chicuix chi mukmu.

¹⁴if I sin, then you mark me. You will not acquit me from my iniquity.

¹⁴Yôcat chixqßuebal cuetal ma tinmâcobk re nak naru tinâqßue chixtojbal inmâc.

¹⁵If I am wicked, woe to me. If I am righteous, I still shall not lift up my head, being filled with disgrace, and conscious of my affliction.

¹⁵Cui cuan inmâc tokßobak cuu xban nak tinâqßue chixtojbal inmâc. Ut cui cuanquin saß xyâlal, incßaß ajcuiß nasahoß inchßôl xban nak cßajoß li raylal nincßul ut xutânal nin-el.

¹⁶If my head is held high, you hunt me like a lion. Again you show yourself powerful to me.

¹⁶Cui ninnimobresi cuib, lâat ac yôcat chixqßuebal cuetal re insachbal. Chanchanat li cakcoj. Nacabânu li sachba chßôlej yal re insachbal.

¹⁷You renew your witnesses against me, and increase your indignation on me. Changes and warfare are with me.

¹⁷Junelic cuanqueb li nequeßyehoc re nak cuan inmâc. Ut lâat, kßaxal cuißchic nachal âjoskßil saß inbên. Chanchan jun chßûtal chi soldado nak nacacßutbesi lâ cuanquil saß inbên.

¹⁸“‘Why, then, have you brought me forth out of the womb? I wish I had given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me.

¹⁸¿Cßaßut nak xinâqßue chi yoßlâc? Us raj nak quincam ta nak toj mâjiß ninyoßla. Mâ ani raj xnaßoc cuu.

¹⁹I should have been as though I had not been. I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

¹⁹Kßaxal us raj nak quinmukeß chi toj mâjiß nin-iloc cutan. Incßaß raj xincuan saß li ruchichßochß aßin.

²⁰Aren’t my days few? Cease then. Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

²⁰¿Ma incßaß ta biß osocß re lin yußam? Canabin injunes re nak tâsahokß caßchßinak inchßôl,

²¹before I go where I shall not return from, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

²¹xban nak chi sêb nincam ut incßaß chic tinsukßîk saß li ruchichßochß. Xic cue saß jun li naßajej kßojyîn ru ut re rahil chßôlej.Xic cue saß jun li naßajej re rahil chßôlej bar mâcßaß cutan. Junes kßojyîn ban ru, li moco tuktu ta ru, chan laj Job.

²²the land dark as midnight, of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as midnight.’”

²²Xic cue saß jun li naßajej re rahil chßôlej bar mâcßaß cutan. Junes kßojyîn ban ru, li moco tuktu ta ru, chan laj Job.