< Ayuub 31 >
1 Waxaan axdi la dhigtay indhahayga, Haddaba bal sidee baan gabadh u fiirinayaa?
A covenant, I solemnised for mine eyes, —How then could I gaze upon a virgin?
2 Waayo, waa maxay qaybta laga helo Ilaaha xagga sare jooga, Iyo dhaxalka laga helo Ilaaha Qaadirka ah oo sarreeya?
Or what would have been my portion of GOD from above? Or what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
3 Sow belaayo uma aha kuwa xaqa daran, Iyo masiibo kuwa xumaanta ka shaqeeya?
Is there not calamity, for the perverse? and misfortune, for the workers of iniquity?
4 Isagu sow uma jeedin socodkayga oo dhan? Oo sow ma tirinin tallaabooyinkayga oo dhan?
Would, he, not see my ways? and of all my steps, take account?
5 Haddaan hawo been ah ku socday, Oo ay cagtaydu khiyaano u dheeraysay,
Verily I walked not in falsity, nor did my foot haste unto deceit: —
6 (Ha laygu miisaamo miisaan siman, Si Ilaah ku ogaado daacadnimadayda, )
Let him weigh me in balances of righteousness, —and let GOD take note of mine integrity!
7 Haddii tallaabadaydu jidka gees uga leexatay, Oo qalbigaygu uu indhahayga raacay, Iyo haddii ay bar ceeb ahu gacmahayga ku dhegtay,
If my goings have swerved from the way, —and, after mine eyes, hath gone my heart, and, to my hands, hath adhered any stain,
8 Markaas anigu aan wax beero, oo mid kale ha cuno, Oo xataa waxa beertayda ka soo baxa ha la wada rujiyo.
Let me sow but, another, eat. And let, what I have springing up, be uprooted!
9 Haddii qalbigayga ay naagu sasabatay, Oo aan albaabka deriskayga ku ag dhuuntay,
If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, or, by the door of my neighbour, I have lien in wait,
10 Markaas naagtaydu nin kale wax ha u shiiddo, Oo kuwa kale ha ku kor foororsadeen iyada.
Let my wife, grind to another, and, over her, let others bend!
11 Waayo, kaasu waa dembi baas, Oo waa xumaan ay xaakinnadu ciqaabi lahaayeen,
Surely that had been a shameful thing! and that an iniquity for the judges!
12 Waayo, kaasu waa dab wax dhammeeya ilaa uu baabbi'iyo, Oo waxa ii soo baxa oo dhan wuu wada rujin lahaa.
Surely, a fire, had that been, which, unto destruction, would have consumed, and, of all mine increase, had it torn up the root.
13 Haddaan addoonkayga ama addoontayda dacwadooda quudhsaday, Markay ila mudacayeen,
If I refused the right of my servant, or my handmaid, when they contended with me,
14 Haddaba bal maxaan samayn doonaa markii Ilaah sara joogsado? Oo markuu i soo booqdose bal maxaan ugu jawaabi doonaa?
What then could I have done when GOD rose up? And, when he visited, what could I have answered him?
15 Kii uurka dhexdiisa igu abuuray sow isagana ma abuurin? Oo sow uurka nalaguma dhex samayn?
Did not he who, in the womb, made me, make him? And is not he who formed us in the body one?
16 Haddaan miskiin u diiday wax uu doonayay, Ama aan indhaha carmalka illin ka keenay,
If I withheld—from pleasure—the poor, or, the eyes of the widow, I dimmed;
17 Amase haddaan quudkayga keligay cunay, Oo ayan agoontu wax ka cunin,
Or, used to eat my morsel alone, so that the fatherless did not eat thereof;
18 (Saas ma aha, laakiinse isaga tan iyo yaraantaydii waan koriyey sidii mid aabbihiis koriyo oo kale, Oo tan iyo markaan uurkii hooyaday ka soo baxayna waxaan iyada u ahaan jiray horseed, )
Surely, from my youth, he grew up to me, as to a father, and, from my birth, I acted as guide to her:
19 Haddaan arkay qof arrad daraaddiis u dhimanaya, Amase sabool baahan oo aan dhar haysan,
If I saw one perishing for lack of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;
20 Hadduusan uurka iiga ducayn, Amase hadduusan isku kululayn dhogorta idahayga,
If his loins did not bless me, or if, with the fleece of my lambs, he did not warm himself;
21 Caawimaaddaydii oo aan iridda uga jeeday daraaddeed, Haddaan agoon gacantayda u qaaday,
If I shook—against the fatherless—my hand, when I saw, in the gate, his need of my help,
22 Markaas garabkaygu ha kala fakado, Oo gacantayduna kalagooyska ha ka jabto.
Let, my shoulder, from the shoulder-blade, fall, and, my arm, from the upper bone, be broken;
23 Waayo, masiibo xag Ilaah ka timid ayaa i cabsiisay, Oo sarraysnaantiisa daraaddeedna anigu waxba ma aanan samayn karin.
For, a dread unto me, was calamity from GOD, and, from his majesty, I could not escape.
24 Haddaan dahab rajo ka dhigtay, Oo aan dahabka saafiga ah ku idhi, Kalsoonidayda baad tahay,
If I made gold my stay, and, to precious metal, said, My confidence!
25 Haddaan ku reyreeyey maalkayga badan daraaddiis, Iyo waxyaalaha badan oo gacantaydu heshay daraaddood,
If I rejoiced because great was my substance, and, an abundance, my hand had discovered;
26 Haddaan fiiriyey qorraxda oo dhalaalaysa, Ama dayaxa oo iftiin ku socda,
If I looked at the sun, when it flashed forth light, or at the moon, majestically marching along;
27 Oo markaas qalbigayga haddii qarsoodi loo sasabtay, Oo anoo caabudaya aan afkayga gacanta ugu dhunkaday,
And befooled secretly was my heart, so that my hand kissed my mouth,
28 Kaasu weliba waa dembi ay xaakinnadii ciqaabi lahaayeen, Waayo, waxaan daacadlaawe u ahaan lahaa Ilaaha wax walba ka sarreeya.
That too, had been a judicial iniquity, For I should have been false to GOD, above.
29 Haddaan ku reyreeyey kan i neceb halligaaddiisa, Ama aan aad u farxay markii belaayadu isaga heshay,
If rejoiced in the misfortune of him that hated me, or exulted when calamity found him; —
30 (Afkayga uma aanan oggolaan inuu ku dembaabo Naftiisa oo aan habaar u weyddiisto; )
Neither did I suffer my palate to sin, by asking, with a curse, for his life:
31 Dadka teendhadayda jooga haddayan isku odhan, Yaa heli kara mid aan hilibkiisa ka dhergin?
If the men of my household have not said, Oh for some of his flesh—we cannot get filled,
32 Shisheeyuhu jidka kuma baryi jirin, Laakiinse socotada ayaan albaabbadayda u furi jiray,
Outside, the sojourner lodged not for the night, My doors—to the wayfarer, I threw open.
33 Haddaan xadgudubkaygii daboolay sidii binu-aadmiga oo kale, Anigoo xumaantayda laabtayda ku qarinaya,
If I covered, like Adam, my transgressions, by hiding in my bosom mine iniquity,
34 Maxaa yeelay, dadka badan waan ka baqay, Oo quudhsiga qaraabaday ayaa i cabsiiyey, Oo saas aawadeed ayaan ku aamusay, oo dibadda uma bixin.
Then let me be made to tremble at a great throng, yea let, the contempt of families, terrify me, so that, keeping silence, I shall not go out of the door!
35 Hoogaye haddaan lahaan lahaa mid i maqla! (Bal eeg, waa tan calaamaddaydii, haddaba Ilaaha Qaadirka ahu ha ii jawaabo; ) Yaa i siinaya eedayntii uu cadowgaygu iga qoray!
Oh that I had one to hear me, Lo! my crossmark, May, the Almighty, answer me! And would that, a book, mine opponent had written!
36 Sida xaqiiqada ah garabkaygaan ku qaadan lahaa, Oo weliba madaxaan ku xidhan lahaa sidii taaj oo kale.
Oh! would I not, upon my shoulder, lift it, or bind it as a crown upon me;
37 Oo waxaan isaga u sheegi lahaa tirada tallaabooyinkaygu inta ay tahay; Oo waxaan isaga ugu soo dhowaan lahaa sidii amiir oo kale.
The number of my footsteps, I would declare to him, Like a noble, would I draw near to him.
38 Haddii dalkaygu uu iga qayliyo, Oo jeexjeexiisu ay dhammaantood wada ooyaan,
If, against me, my ground used to cry out, and, together, my ridges did weep;
39 Haddaan midhihiisa lacagla'aan ku cunay, Ama aan sabab u noqday in kuwii lahaa ay dhintaan,
If, the strength thereof, I used to eat, without payment, and, the soul of the holders thereof, I made groan;
40 Sarreenka meeshiisii yamaarug ha ka soo baxo, Oo shiciirka meeshiisiina gocondho ha ka soo baxdo. Ayuub erayadiisii way dhammaadeen.
Instead of wheat, let there come forth bramble, and, instead of barley, a bad-smelling weed! Ended are the words of Job.