1Then Job answered,
1 Ayuba tu ka ne:
2“I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!
2 «Ay jin ka maa sanni woodin yaŋ dumi boobo. Araŋ kulu yaamarkoyaŋ no kaŋ ga taabandi.
3Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?
3 Haw sanni wo gonda kokor no? Wala ifo no ka ni zukku kaŋ naŋ ni goono ga tu?
4I also could speak as you do. If your soul were in my soul’s place, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you,
4 Ay mo gonda hina kaŋ ga salaŋ sanda araŋ cine. Amma d'a ma ciya araŋ fundey go sanda nango kaŋ ay wano go, Doŋ ay ga hin ka sanniyaŋ margu-margu araŋ boŋ, K'ay boŋ zinji araŋ gaa.
5but I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve you.
5 Amma ay wo, kala day ya araŋ gaabandi nd'ay meyo. Yaamaryaŋo kaŋ ay meyo ga te araŋ se din g'araŋ gurzugayey dogonandi.
6“Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased?
6 Baa ay salaŋ, ay bine sara day si te daama, Wala baa ay naŋ mo, daama woofo no ay ga maa?
7But now, God, you have surely worn me out. You have made desolate all my company.
7 Amma sohõ Irikoy n'ay fargandi. _Ya Irikoy_, ni n'ay jama kulu ciya yaamo.
8You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.
8 Ni n'ay daŋ ya koogu parkatak, ay taalo seeda nooya! Faabiri go ga tun ka gaaba nd'ay, Taray kwaaray ra a goono ga seeda ay boŋ.
9He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.
9 A futa ra a n'ay tooru-tooru, ka wangu ay fundo. A na nga hinjey kaama ay se, Ay yanjekaaro goono g'ay gullu nda nga moy.
10They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.
10 I na ngey meyey nyatte ay gaa k'ay wow, I go g'ay saŋ-saŋ da kayna, i go ga margu ay boŋ.
11God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
11 Irikoy n'ay daŋ boro yaamo yaŋ kambe ra, A n'ay jindaw laalakoyey kambe ra.
12I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his target.
12 Doŋ ay goono ga goro baani goray ra, Kal a n'ay ceeri-ceeri. Oho, jinde gaa no a n'ay di k'ay bagu-bagu. A n'ay sinji, k'ay ciya nga se goo hari.
13His archers surround me. He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare. He pours out my gall on the ground.
13 A hangawey n'ay daŋ game. A n'ay teelo gooru-gooru, bakaraw si, A n'ay tay haro mun ganda.
14He breaks me with breach on breach. He runs on me like a giant.
14 A go g'ay bagu, korti go korti boŋ. A ga kaŋ ay boŋ sanda wongaari fo cine.
15I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust.
15 Ay na zaara-zaarayaŋ ta ka daŋ ay kuuro gaa, Ay n'ay hillo sara laabo ra.
16My face is red with weeping. Deep darkness is on my eyelids.
16 Ay moyduma sara nda hẽeni, Ay mo-kuurey gaa mo gonda buuyaŋ biya,
17Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
17 Baa kaŋ toonye si no ay kambe ra, Ay adduwa mo ga hanan.
18“Earth, don’t cover my blood. Let my cry have no place to rest.
18 Ya laabo, ma s'ay kuro fiji, Ay hẽeno mo ma si du kayyaŋ nangu.
19Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven. He who vouches for me is on high.
19 Baa sohõ, guna, ay gonda ay seeda beena ra, Yongo beene mo, boro go no kaŋ ga yadda ka kay ay se.
20My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God,
20 Ay corey goono g'ay hahaara, Amma ay moy goono ga mundi dooru Irikoy gaa,
21that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!
21 Hala boro fo ma kalima gaakasinay te Irikoy do, Sanda mate kaŋ cine boro ga te nga gorokasin se.
22For when a few years have come, I shall go the way of no return.
22 Zama hal a ga to jiiri kayna fooyaŋ, Ay ga fondo gana kaŋ ay si ye ka kaa koyne.