¹“Isn’t a man forced to labor on earth? Aren’t his days like the days of a hired hand?

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

²As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,

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

³so am I made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me.

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

⁴When I lie down, I say, ‘When shall I arise, and the night be gone?’ I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.

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

⁵My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.

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

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

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

⁷Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye shall no more see good.

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

⁸The eye of him who sees me shall see me no more. Your eyes shall be on me, but I shall not be.

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

⁹As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. shall come up no more.

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.

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

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

¹¹“Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

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

¹²Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me?

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

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

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

¹⁴then you scare me with dreams, and terrify me through visions:

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

¹⁵so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.

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

¹⁶I loathe my life. I don’t want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

¹⁶Noloshayda waan nacsanahay, oo dooni maayo inaan weligay sii noolaado; War iska kay daa, waayo, cimrigaygu waa neefsasho oo kale.

¹⁷What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,

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

¹⁸that you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment?

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

¹⁹How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?

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

²⁰If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men? Why have you set me as a mark for you, so that I am a burden to myself?

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.

²¹Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I shall not be.”

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.