¹“My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct, And the grave is ready for me.

¹ Ay biya halaci, ay jirbey ban, Saaray hinne no ka cindi ay se.

¹My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is [ready] for me.

²Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.

² Daahir hahaaraykoyey go ay do, Ay g'ay moy basu i zokotiyaŋo gaa.

²Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation.

³“Now give a pledge, be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?

³ Ya Irikoy, ma tolme jisi ni do ay se, Da manti nin, may no ga kay ay se binde?

³Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?

⁴For you have hidden their heart from understanding, Therefore you shall not exalt them.

⁴ Zama ni na fahamay tugu i biney se, Woodin sabbay se no ni s'i beerandi.

⁴For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].

⁵He who denounces his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

⁵ Boro kaŋ na nga corey amaana ŋwa zama nga ma du alhakku, Baa a izey moy ga te kubay-kubay.

⁵He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

⁶“But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.

⁶ Irikoy n'ay ciya donda-caray hari borey se, I go no mo ga yollo tuf'ay se ay moyduma gaa.

⁶But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.

⁷My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.

⁷ Ay mwa diyaŋ zabu ay bine sara sabbay se, Ay dabey kulu mo ciya sanda tuuri-nya bi cine.

⁷Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.

⁸Upright men shall be astonished at this. The innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.

⁸ Boro adilantey ga te dambara nda woodin. Borey kaŋ yaŋ sinda taali ga tun ka gaaba nda ngey kaŋ yaŋ siino ga may Irikoy se.

⁸Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.

⁹Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.

⁹ Amma adilanta ga koy nga koyyaŋ, Kambe hanantekoy mo ga soobay ka gaabu ka koy jine.

⁹Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.

¹⁰But as for you all, come on now again; I shall not find a wise man among you.

¹⁰ Amma day wa ye ka kaa, araŋ kulu. Wa kaa day, Zama ay mana laakalkooni gar araŋ game ra.

¹⁰But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you.

¹¹My days are past, my plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.

¹¹ Ay jirbey bisa, ay miila-miiley mo halaci, Hala nd'ay bina fongu-fongu yaŋey.

¹¹My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.

¹²They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.

¹² Cin ga barmay ka ciya sanda zaari cine. I ga ne: ‹Kaari ga maan, baa kaŋ i go kubay ra.›

¹²They change the night into day: The light, [say they], is near unto the darkness.

¹³If I look for Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,

¹³ D'ay na laakal ye Alaahara gaa, a ma ciya ay windi, Da mo ay n'ay daaro daaru kubay ra,

¹³If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;

¹⁴If I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father;’ to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘my sister;’

¹⁴ D'ay ne saaray se: ‹Ni ya ay baaba no,› Wala d'ay ne nooni se: ‹Ni ya ay nya d'ay wayme no.›

¹⁴If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister;

¹⁵where then is my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

¹⁵ Man gaa binde haŋ kaŋ gaa ay ga laakal dake? Ay beeja mo binde, may no ga di a?

¹⁵Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?

¹⁶Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. , or descend together into the dust?”

¹⁶ Yongo ganda Alaahara no a ga koy, D'iri koy care banda ka fulanzam laabo ra.»

¹⁶It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust.