¹“I made a covenant with my eyes, how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?

¹Waxaan axdi la dhigtay indhahayga, Haddaba bal sidee baan gabadh u fiirinayaa?

²For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from the Almighty on high?

²Waayo, waa maxay qaybta laga helo Ilaaha xagga sare jooga, Iyo dhaxalka laga helo Ilaaha Qaadirka ah oo sarreeya?

³Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?

³Sow belaayo uma aha kuwa xaqa daran, Iyo masiibo kuwa xumaanta ka shaqeeya?

⁴Doesn’t he see my ways, and number all my steps?

⁴Isagu sow uma jeedin socodkayga oo dhan? Oo sow ma tirinin tallaabooyinkayga oo dhan?

⁵“If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit

⁵Haddaan hawo been ah ku socday, Oo ay cagtaydu khiyaano u dheeraysay,

⁶(let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);

⁶(Ha laygu miisaamo miisaan siman, Si Ilaah ku ogaado daacadnimadayda, )

⁷if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands,

⁷Haddii tallaabadaydu jidka gees uga leexatay, Oo qalbigaygu uu indhahayga raacay, Iyo haddii ay bar ceeb ahu gacmahayga ku dhegtay,

⁸then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

⁸Markaas anigu aan wax beero, oo mid kale ha cuno, Oo xataa waxa beertayda ka soo baxa ha la wada rujiyo.

⁹“If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door,

⁹Haddii qalbigayga ay naagu sasabatay, Oo aan albaabka deriskayga ku ag dhuuntay,

¹⁰then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her.

¹⁰Markaas naagtaydu nin kale wax ha u shiiddo, Oo kuwa kale ha ku kor foororsadeen iyada.

¹¹For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges:

¹¹Waayo, kaasu waa dembi baas, Oo waa xumaan ay xaakinnadu ciqaabi lahaayeen,

¹²For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.

¹²Waayo, kaasu waa dab wax dhammeeya ilaa uu baabbi'iyo, Oo waxa ii soo baxa oo dhan wuu wada rujin lahaa.

¹³“If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me;

¹³Haddaan addoonkayga ama addoontayda dacwadooda quudhsaday, Markay ila mudacayeen,

¹⁴What then shall I do when God rises up? When he visits, what shall I answer him?

¹⁴Haddaba bal maxaan samayn doonaa markii Ilaah sara joogsado? Oo markuu i soo booqdose bal maxaan ugu jawaabi doonaa?

¹⁵Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?

¹⁵Kii uurka dhexdiisa igu abuuray sow isagana ma abuurin? Oo sow uurka nalaguma dhex samayn?

¹⁶“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

¹⁶Haddaan miskiin u diiday wax uu doonayay, Ama aan indhaha carmalka illin ka keenay,

¹⁷or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it

¹⁷Amase haddaan quudkayga keligay cunay, Oo ayan agoontu wax ka cunin,

¹⁸(no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, her have I guided from my mother’s womb);

¹⁸(Saas ma aha, laakiinse isaga tan iyo yaraantaydii waan koriyey sidii mid aabbihiis koriyo oo kale, Oo tan iyo markaan uurkii hooyaday ka soo baxayna waxaan iyada u ahaan jiray horseed, )

¹⁹if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;

¹⁹Haddaan arkay qof arrad daraaddiis u dhimanaya, Amase sabool baahan oo aan dhar haysan,

²⁰if his heart hasn’t blessed me, if he hasn’t been warmed with my sheep’s fleece;

²⁰Hadduusan uurka iiga ducayn, Amase hadduusan isku kululayn dhogorta idahayga,

²¹if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,

²¹Caawimaaddaydii oo aan iridda uga jeeday daraaddeed, Haddaan agoon gacantayda u qaaday,

²²then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.

²²Markaas garabkaygu ha kala fakado, Oo gacantayduna kalagooyska ha ka jabto.

²³For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because his majesty, I can do nothing.

²³Waayo, masiibo xag Ilaah ka timid ayaa i cabsiisay, Oo sarraysnaantiisa daraaddeedna anigu waxba ma aanan samayn karin.

²⁴“If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’

²⁴Haddaan dahab rajo ka dhigtay, Oo aan dahabka saafiga ah ku idhi, Kalsoonidayda baad tahay,

²⁵If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

²⁵Haddaan ku reyreeyey maalkayga badan daraaddiis, Iyo waxyaalaha badan oo gacantaydu heshay daraaddood,

²⁶if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,

²⁶Haddaan fiiriyey qorraxda oo dhalaalaysa, Ama dayaxa oo iftiin ku socda,

²⁷and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

²⁷Oo markaas qalbigayga haddii qarsoodi loo sasabtay, Oo anoo caabudaya aan afkayga gacanta ugu dhunkaday,

²⁸this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have denied the God who is above.

²⁸Kaasu weliba waa dembi ay xaakinnadii ciqaabi lahaayeen, Waayo, waxaan daacadlaawe u ahaan lahaa Ilaaha wax walba ka sarreeya.

²⁹“If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him;

²⁹Haddaan ku reyreeyey kan i neceb halligaaddiisa, Ama aan aad u farxay markii belaayadu isaga heshay,

³⁰(yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);

³⁰(Afkayga uma aanan oggolaan inuu ku dembaabo Naftiisa oo aan habaar u weyddiisto;)

³¹if the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?’

³¹Dadka teendhadayda jooga haddayan isku odhan, Yaa heli kara mid aan hilibkiisa ka dhergin?

³²(the foreigner has not lodged in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler);

³²Shisheeyuhu jidka kuma baryi jirin, Laakiinse socotada ayaan albaabbadayda u furi jiray,

³³if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart,

³³Haddaan xadgudubkaygii daboolay sidii binu-aadmiga oo kale, Anigoo xumaantayda laabtayda ku qarinaya,

³⁴because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and didn’t go out of the door—

³⁴Maxaa yeelay, dadka badan waan ka baqay, Oo quudhsiga qaraabaday ayaa i cabsiiyey, Oo saas aawadeed ayaan ku aamusay, oo dibadda uma bixin.

³⁵oh that I had one to hear me! (behold, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); let the accuser write my indictment!

³⁵Hoogaye haddaan lahaan lahaa mid i maqla! (Bal eeg, waa tan calaamaddaydii, haddaba Ilaaha Qaadirka ahu ha ii jawaabo;) Yaa i siinaya eedayntii uu cadowgaygu iga qoray!

³⁶Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; and I would bind it to me as a crown.

³⁶Sida xaqiiqada ah garabkaygaan ku qaadan lahaa, Oo weliba madaxaan ku xidhan lahaa sidii taaj oo kale.

³⁷I would declare to him the number of my steps. as a prince would I go near to him.

³⁷Oo waxaan isaga u sheegi lahaa tirada tallaabooyinkaygu inta ay tahay; Oo waxaan isaga ugu soo dhowaan lahaa sidii amiir oo kale.

³⁸If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together;

³⁸Haddii dalkaygu uu iga qayliyo, Oo jeexjeexiisu ay dhammaantood wada ooyaan,

³⁹if I have eaten its fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life,

³⁹Haddaan midhihiisa lacagla'aan ku cunay, Ama aan sabab u noqday in kuwii lahaa ay dhintaan,Sarreenka meeshiisii yamaarug ha ka soo baxo, Oo shiciirka meeshiisiina gocondho ha ka soo baxdo. Ayuub erayadiisii way dhammaadeen.

⁴⁰let briars grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.

⁴⁰Sarreenka meeshiisii yamaarug ha ka soo baxo, Oo shiciirka meeshiisiina gocondho ha ka soo baxdo. Ayuub erayadiisii way dhammaadeen.