¹Job again took up his parable, and said,

¹ Ayuba ye ka nga misa feeri ka tonton ka ne:

²“As God lives, who has taken away my right, the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter.

² «Ay ze da Irikoy fundikoono kaŋ n'ay cimo ta ay gaa, Ay ze da Hina-Kulu-Koyo kaŋ n'ay fundo daŋ a ma koroŋ.

³(For the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);

³ Duumi d'ay fundo go ay gaa, Kaŋ Irikoy fulanzama mo go ay niine funey ra,

⁴surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

⁴ Daahir ay meyo si adilitaray-jaŋay sanni te, Ay deena mo si gulinci ci.

⁵Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

⁵ Irikoy ma boriyandi, way, Ay ma yadda kaŋ araŋ gonda cimi! Kala ya bu, ay si fay d'ay cimo.

⁶I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

⁶ Ay goono g'ay adilitara gaay, Ay s'a taŋ mo. Ay fundo me muudu ay bina si taali dake ay boŋ.

⁷“Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.

⁷ Ay ibara ma ciya sanda boro laalo cine, Boro kaŋ tun ay se mo ma ciya sanda boro kaŋ sinda adilitaray.

⁸ Zama boro kaŋ si Irikoy gana, baa a du riiba, Ifo no a ga beeje da Irikoy n'a fundo ta a gaa?

⁹ Irikoy ga maa a hẽeno no, Waati kaŋ taabi kaa a gaa?

¹⁰Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call on God at all times?

¹⁰ Wala a ga soobay ka farhã Hina-Kulu-Koyo do, Ka ce Irikoy maa gaa alwaati kulu?

¹¹I will teach you about the hand of God. That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

¹¹ Ay ga araŋ dondonandi Irikoy kambe goy baaru, Ay si tugu araŋ se haŋ kaŋ go Hina-Kulu-Koyo banda.

¹²Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?

¹² Guna, araŋ bumbey, araŋ kulu di woodin. Ifo se binde no araŋ ciya yaamo parkatak?

¹³“This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.

¹³ Woone no ga ti boro laalo baa Irikoy do, Gurzugandikoy tubo neeya, Haŋ kaŋ Hina-Kulu-Koyo ga bana i se:

¹⁴If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

¹⁴ Baa a izey baa gumo, i ga ciya takuba me ŋwaari, A banda mo si kungu nda ŋwaari.

¹⁵Those who remain of him shall be buried in death. His widows shall make no lamentation.

¹⁵ A dumey kaŋ cindi mo, i g'i fiji balaaw ra. A wayborey kaŋ kurnyey bu mo si bu baray te.

¹⁶Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;

¹⁶ Baa a na nzarfu margu sanda kusa cine, A ma bankaaray gusam sanda botogo cine,

¹⁷he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

¹⁷ A ya day ma soola te, amma adilantey no g'i daŋ, Borey kaŋ yaŋ sinda taali mo no ga nzarfo fay.

¹⁸He builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes.

¹⁸ A ga nga windo cina sanda gangam ize, Sanda fari tanda kaŋ fari batuko ga te.

¹⁹He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.

¹⁹ A ga kani arzakante, amma nga mo nooya. D'a na mo hay, a go, arzaka si no!

²⁰Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night.

²⁰ Humburkumay ga kaa a gaa sanda beene hirriyaŋ hari cine, Hari haw bambata ga kaa k'a hamay cin.

²¹The east wind carries him away, and he departs. It sweeps him out of his place.

²¹ Wayna funay hawo mo g'a ku ka kond'a, Kal a ma daray. A g'a haabu ka kaa nga nangora ra.

²²For it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away from his hand.

²² Zama Irikoy g'a catu no, a s'a windi bo! Baa a ga ba nga ma zuru a kamba se.

²³Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

²³ Borey ga ngey kambey kobi a gaa ka ne: ‹Koy! Koy!› I m'a gaaray nga nango ra nda cuusuyaŋ.