¹“Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.

¹ Boro kaŋ wayboro ga hay, a jirbey ya ikaynayaŋ no, Toonante mo no nda taabi.

²He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.

² Tuuri boosi cine no a ga bangay, A ga ye ka lakaw koyne. Sanda mate kaŋ cine bi go no, A ga bisa, a si duumi bo.

³Do you open your eyes on such a one, and bring me into judgment with you?

³ To, woone dumi boŋ no ni ga ni mo sinji, wala? Ni ga konda ay, iri ma ciiti nda care no?

⁴Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.

⁴ May no ga hin ka hari hanno kaa haŋ kaŋ si hanan ra? A koy si no!

⁵Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he can’t pass;

⁵ Za kaŋ ni na boro jirbey waadu a se, A handey lasaabuyaŋo mo go ni do, Ni na hirri daŋ a se mo kaŋ a si hin ka bisa a gaa.

⁶Look away from him, that he may rest, until he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

⁶ Kala ni ma ni boŋ bare a se, a ma fulanzam, Hal a ma nga zaaro kubandi, Sanda boro kaŋ goono ga sufuray goy te.

⁷“For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, that the tender branch of it will not cease.

⁷ Tuuri kaŋ i pati, I ga du ka laakal dake a gaa hal a ga te kobto koyne, Daahir kay, i si jaŋ a gaa kobto kaynayaŋ.

⁸Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stock dies in the ground,

⁸ Baa day kaŋ a kaajey zeen ganda, A tiksa mo bu noodin laabo ra,

⁹yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant.

⁹ Kulu nda yaadin hari kaani maayaŋ do no a ga te kobto, Ka kambayaŋ salle sanda tuuri cindey.

¹⁰But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?

¹⁰ Amma Adam-ize wo, a ga bu no, ka kani ganda. Oho, a ga nga fulanzama taŋ, man no a go koyne?

¹¹As the waters fail from the sea, and the river wastes and dries up,

¹¹ Sanda mate kaŋ cine hari ga ziji ka daray teeko ra, Wala sanda gooru kaŋ koogu cine, A haro ga sundu ka ban,

¹²so man lies down and doesn’t rise. Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.

¹² Yaadin cine no boro mo ga kani, Kaŋ a si ye ka tun koyne. A si ye ka mo hay koyne, kala beeney ma ban. I s'a tunandi nga jirbo gaa mo.

¹³“Oh that you would hide me in Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. , that you would keep me secret, until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

¹³ Hala day ni yadda, doŋ m'ay tugu Alaahara ra, M'ay tugu hala waati kaŋ ni futa bisa. Ma zaari kosu ay se mo, gaa i ma ye ka fongu ay gaa.

¹⁴If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would I wait, until my release should come.

¹⁴ Da boro bu, a ga ye ka funa koyne, wala? Ay tangami jirbey kulu kala ya batu, Hala waati kaŋ ni n'ay barmay.

¹⁵You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire to the work of your hands.

¹⁵ Ni ga ce, ay mo ga tu ni se. Ni ga yalla-yalla nda ni kambe goyey.

¹⁶But now you number my steps. Don’t you watch over my sin?

¹⁶ Amma sohõ ni go g'ay gana, ce daara fo-fo. Manti ni goono g'ay guna no, Zama ni m'ay zunubo fonnay?

¹⁷My disobedience is sealed up in a bag. You fasten up my iniquity.

¹⁷ Ni n'ay taalo daabu zika ra, Ni g'ay laala daabu-daabu mo.

¹⁸“But the mountain falling comes to nothing. The rock is removed out of its place;

¹⁸ Amma tondi kuuku kaŋ kaŋ, kal a ma halaci. I ga tondi daari hibandi ka kaa nga nango ra.

¹⁹The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man.

¹⁹ Hari zuru do haray tond'ize yaŋ ga barmay, Hari yaa mo ga ganda laabo nyun ka kusa ku, Yaadin cine no ni mo, ni ga boro beeje wi.

²⁰You forever prevail against him, and he departs. You change his face, and send him away.

²⁰ Ni bis'a gaabi duumi, kal a ma ban. Ni g'a moyduma barmay k'a sallama.

²¹His sons come to honor, and he doesn’t know it. They are brought low, but he doesn’t perceive it of them.

²¹ A izey ga du beeray, amma nga ya s'a bay. I ga di kayna mo, a si bay a gaa.

²²But his flesh on him has pain, and his soul within him mourns.”

²² Nga boŋ se no a ga maa doori nga gaahamo ra, Nga boŋ se mo no a bine ga sara.»