1 « رُوحِي مُكَبَّلَةٌ، وَحَياتِي مُطفَأةٌ، وَالقَبرُ فِي انتِظارِي.

“My spirit is broken. My days are gone. The grave is ready for me.

2 ي َهزَأُ الجَمِيعُ بِي، وَأنا أُراقِبُ هُجُومَهُمْ عَلَيَّ بِشَراسَةٍ.

For sure those with me make fun of me. My eyes see how they laugh at me.

3 « كُنْ أنْتَ ضَامِنِي عِنْدَكَ، فَمَنْ غَيرُكُ يَرضَى أنْ يُصافِحَ يَدِي؟

“Promise that You will hear me. Who is there that will trust me?

4 ل أنَّكَ أغلَقتَ عُقُولَ أصحابِي لِئَلّا يَفهَمُوا، فَلا تَدَعْهُمْ يَرْفَعُونَ أنفُسَهُمْ عَلَيَّ.

For You have kept their heart from understanding, so You will not honor them.

5 م َعَ أنَّهُ يُقالُ: ‹الصّاحِبُ يَدْعَمُ أصْحابَهُ، حَتَّى لَوْ تَلِفَتْ عُيُونُ أولادِهِ بُكاءً!›

If one speaks against friends to get money, the eyes of his children also will become weak.

6 ج َعَلَنِي اللهُ أُمثُولَةً لِشُعُوبِ الأرْضِ، وَعَيَّنَ وَجْهِي لِلبُصاقِ.

“But He has made me an object of shame to the people. Men spit on me.

7 ض َعُفَتْ عَينايَ مِنَ الحُزنِ. وَصارَتْ أعضاءُ جَسَدِي هَزِيلَةً كَالظِّلِّ.

My eyes have become weak with sorrow. All the parts of my body are like a shadow.

8 ص ُدِمَ المُستَقِيمُونَ مِنْ حالَتِي، وَانْزَعَجَ البَريءُ مِنَ الشِّرِّيرِ.

Men who are right and good will be surprised and afraid at this. He who is without guilt will be moved to go against the sinful.

9 ي َتَمَسَّكُ الصّالِحُ بِطَرِيقِهِ، وَيَزدادُ طاهِرُ اليَدَينِ قُوَّةً.

But the one who is right with God will hold to his way. And he who has clean hands will become stronger and stronger.

10 « لَكِنْ عُودُوا جَمِيعاً لِمُهاجَمَتِي، فَلَنْ أجِدَ شَخصاً حَكِيماً بَينَكُمْ.

But all of you try again, and I will not find a wise man among you.

11 ا نقَضَتْ حَياتِي، وَتَمَزَّقَتْ أحلامِي، وَزالَ رَجائِي.

My days are past. My plans are torn apart, even the wishes of my heart.

12 ا نقَلَبَتْ حَياتِي. فَصارَ اللَّيلُ نَهاراً، وَالمَساءُ فَجراً.

They make night into day, saying, ‘The light is near,’ when there is darkness.

13 « إذِ اشتَهَيْتُ الهاوِيَةَ بَيتاً لِي، وَأنْ أجْعَلَ سَرِيرِي فِي الظَّلامِ.

If I look for the place of the dead as my home, I make my bed in the darkness.

14 إ ذْ قُلْتُ لِلهاوِيَةِ: أنتِ أبِي، وَللِدُّودَةِ: أنتِ أُمِّي أوْ أُختِي،

If I say to the grave, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother and my sister,’

15 ف َأينَ يَكُونُ رَجائِي إذاً؟ وَمَنْ سَيَرى آمالِي بَعْدِي؟

then where is my hope? Who sees hope for me?

16 ه َلْ سَيَهبِطُ رَجائِي مَعِي إلَى مَدخَلِ الهاوِيَةِ، أمْ سَيُدفَنُ مَعِي فِي التُّرابِ؟»

Will it go down with me to the place of the dead? Will we go down together into the dust?”