1 M arkaasaa Ayuub u jawaabay, oo wuxuu ku yidhi,

Then Job answered,

2 A nigu waan maqlay waxyaalo badan oo caynkaas ah. Idinku dhammaantiin waxaad tihiin qalbiqabowjiyayaal qalqalloocan.

“I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!

3 H adal dabayl ahu miyuu dhammaadaa? Balse maxaa kaa dhirfinaya oo aad u jawaabaysaa?

Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?

4 H addii naftiinnu ahaan lahayd naftayda, Anigu waan u hadli kari lahaa sidiinna oo kale, Oo hadal waan idinku kor tuuli kari lahaa, Oo madaxaygana waan idinku ruxruxi kari lahaa.

I 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,

5 L aakiinse anigu afkayga waan idinku xoogayn lahaa, Oo tacsiyaynta bushimahayguna way idin qalbi qabowjin lahayd.

but I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve you.

6 A nigu haddaan hadlo xanuunkaygu igama yaraado, Oo haddaan iska aamusona miyaan in ka yar xanuunsadaa?

“Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased?

7 L aakiinse haatan wuu i daaliyey, Oo guutadaydii oo dhan cidlo baad ka dhigtay.

But now, God, you have surely worn me out. You have made desolate all my company.

8 W aad i qabsatay, taasuna waa marag iga gees ah, Oo waxaa igu kaca macluulkayga, oo fool ka fool ayuu igu markhaati furaa.

You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.

9 I sagoo cadhaysan ayuu i dildillaacsaday, oo wuu i silciyey, Wuuna igu ilko jirriqsaday, Oo cadowgaygii indhuhuu igu caddeeyey.

He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.

10 I yagu afkay ii kala qaadeen, Oo quudhsasho ayay dhabanka igaga dharbaaxeen, Oo dhammaantoodna way isu kay wada urursadaan.

They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.

11 I laah wuxuu gacantooda i geliyaa cibaadalaawayaasha, Oo wuxuu igu dhex tuuraa gacmaha kuwa sharka ah.

God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.

12 A nigoo iska istareexsan ayuu i kala jejebiyey, Oo intuu surka i qabtay ayuu i kala burburiyey, Oo weliba intuu meel i qotomiyey ayuu goolibaadh iga dhigtay.

I 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.

13 Q aansoolayaashiisii ayaa i hareereeya, Oo kelyahaygii ayuu kala googooyaa, Oo xammeetidaydiina dhulkuu ku daadshaa.

His archers surround me. He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare. He pours out my gall on the ground.

14 I sagu wuu i jejebiyaa oo nabarba nabar buu iiga kor mariyaa; Oo sidii nin xoog badan ayuu orod igula soo kacaa.

He breaks me with breach on breach. He runs on me like a giant.

15 K orkayga waxaan ku tolay joonyad, Oo xooggaygiina ciiddaan ku riday.

I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust.

16 W ejigaygii oohin buu la beddelmay, Oo indhaha daboolkoodana waxaa ii jooga hooskii dhimashada,

My face is red with weeping. Deep darkness is on my eyelids.

17 I n kastoo aanay xaqdarro ku jirin gacmahayga, Oo uu baryootankayguna daahir yahay.

Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

18 D hulkow, dhiiggayga ha qarinin, Oo qayladayduna yaanay meelay ku nasato lahaan.

“Earth, don’t cover my blood. Let my cry have no place to rest.

19 O o hadda bal eeg, markhaatigaygii wuxuu joogaa samada, Oo kii ii dammiintaana xagga saruu joogaa.

Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven. He who vouches for me is on high.

20 S aaxiibbaday way igu qoslaan, Laakiinse indhahaygu ilmo bay u daadiyaan xag Ilaah.

My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God,

21 B al muu jiro mid dadka Ilaah ula hadla, Siduu nin deriskiisa ugu hadlo oo kale.

that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!

22 W aayo, markii dhawr sannadood dhaafaan, Waxaan mari doonaa jidka aanan mar kale dib uga soo noqonayn.

For when a few years have come, I shall go the way of no return.