1 W ar sow hawl diyaar uma aha binu-aadmiga dhulka jooga? Sowse maalmihiisu ma aha sida kuwa shaqaale oo kale?

“Is not man made to work on earth? Are not his days like the days of a man paid to work?

2 S ida addoon hoos u xiisooda, Iyo sida shaqaale mushahaaradiisa filanaya,

Like a servant who desires to be out of the sun, and like a working man who waits for his pay,

3 S idaasoo kale waxaa lay siiyaa bilo aan waxtar lahayn, Oo waxaa lay siiyaa habeenno daal badan.

I am given months of pain and nights of suffering for no reason.

4 H addaba markaan jiifsado waxaan idhaahdaa, Bal goormaan kici doonaa? Laakiinse habeenku waa dheer yahay Oo tan iyo waaberiga waan rogrogmadaa.

When I lie down I say, ‘When will I get up?’ But the night is long, and I am always turning from side to side until morning.

5 J idhkaygii waxaa ku dedan dirxiyo iyo qolfo ciid ah, Haddaba dubkaygu waa isqabsadaa dabadeedna wuu sii dillaacaa.

My flesh is covered with worms and dirt. My skin becomes hard and breaks open.

6 C imrigaygu waa ka dheereeyaa dungudbiyaha dharsameeyaha, Oo rajola'aan baan ku noolahay.

My days are faster than a cloth-maker’s tool, and come to their end without hope.

7 B al xusuusta in noloshaydu tahay dabayl uun, Ishayduna mar dambe samaan ma arki doonto.

“Remember that my life is only a breath. My eye will not again see good.

8 K ii i fiiriya ishiisu mar dambe ima arki doonto, Indhahaagu way i fiirin doonaan, laakiinse anigu ma jiri doono.

The eye of him who sees me will see me no more. Your eyes will be on me, but I will be gone.

9 S ida daruurtu ay u libidho oo ay u baabba'do, Sidaasoo kale ayaa kii She'ool hoos u galaa uusan mar dambe kor uga soo noqonayn.

When a cloud goes away, it is gone. And he who goes down to the place of the dead does not come back.

10 I sagu mar dambe gurigiisii kuma soo noqon doono, Oo meeshiisiina mar dambe ma ay aqoon doonto.

He will not return to his house, and his place will not know him any more.

11 S idaas daraaddeed anigu afkayga celin maayo; Waxaan ku hadli doonaa cidhiidhiga qalbigayga, Oo waxaan ku caban doonaa tiiraanyada qadhaadh oo naftayda.

“So I will not keep my mouth shut. I will speak in the suffering of my spirit. I will complain because my soul is bitter.

12 W ar anigu ma bad baan ahay, mase nibiriga badda, Bal maxaad ii daawanaysaa?

Am I the sea, or a large sea animal, that You put someone to watch me?

13 M arkaan idhaahdo, Sariirtaydaa ii raxayn doonta, Oo gogoshaydaa cabatinkayga iga sahali doonta,

When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me, and there I will find rest from my complaining,’

14 A yaad riyooyin igu bajisaa, Oo waxaad igu cabsiisaa muuqashooyin.

then You send dreams to me which fill me with fear.

15 S idaas daraaddeed naftaydu waxay lafahayga ka doorataa Ceejin iyo geeri.

So a quick death by having my breath stopped would be better to me than my pains.

16 N oloshayda waan nacsanahay, oo dooni maayo inaan weligay sii noolaado; War iska kay daa, waayo, cimrigaygu waa neefsasho oo kale.

I hate my life. I will not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are only a breath.

17 B al binu-aadmigu muxuu yahay oo aad u weynaynaysaa, Balse maxaad uga fikiraysaa isaga?

What is man, that You make so much of him? Why do You care about him,

18 B al maxaad subax kasta u soo booqanaysaa, Oo aad daqiiqad kasta u tijaabinaysaa?

that You look at him every morning, and test him all the time?

19 B al ilaa goormaadan iga sii jeesanayn, Oo aadan iska kay daynayn intaan candhuuftayda liqayo?

How long will it be until You look away from me? Will You not let me alone until I swallow my spit?

20 O o haddii aan dembaabay bal maxaan kuu sameeyaa Kaaga dadka ilaaliyow? Bal maxaad iiga dhigatay calaamad, Si aan nafsaddayda culaab ugu noqdo?

Have I sinned? What have I done to You, O watcher of men? Why have you made me something to shoot at, so that I am a problem to myself?

21 O o bal maxaad xadgudubkayga iiga saamaxi weyday? Oo dembigaygana maxaad iiga fogayn weyday? Waayo, haatan ciiddaan ku dhex jiifsan doonaa, Aad baadna ii doondooni doontaa, laakiinse siima aan jiri doono.

Why then do You not forgive my wrong-doing and take away my sin? For now I will lie down in the dust. You will look for me, but I will not be.”