| 1 « أَلَيْسَ جِهَادٌ لِلإِنْسَانِ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، وَكَأَيَّامِ الأَجِيرِ أَيَّامُهُ؟ | 1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling? |
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| 2 كَمَا يَتَشَوَّقُ الْعَبْدُ إِلَى الظِّلِّ، وَكَمَا يَتَرَجَّى الأَجِيرُ أُجْرَتَهُ، | 2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: |
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| 3 هكَذَا تَعَيَّنَ لِي أَشْهُرُ سُوءٍ، وَلَيَالِي شَقَاءٍ قُسِمَتْ لِي. | 3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. |
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| 4 إِذَا اضْطَجَعْتُ أَقُولُ: مَتَى أَقُومُ؟ اللَّيْلُ يَطُولُ، وَأَشْبَعُ قَلَقًا حَتَّى الصُّبْحِ. | 4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. |
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5 لَبِسَ لَحْمِيَ الدُّودُ مَعَ مَدَرِ التُّرَابِ. جِلْدِي كَرِشَ وَسَاخََ.  | 5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome. |
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| 6 أَيَّامِي أَسْرَعُ مِنَ الْوَشِيعَةِ، وَتَنْتَهِي بِغَيْرِ رَجَاءٍ. | 6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. |
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| 7 « اُذْكُرْ أَنَّ حَيَاتِي إِنَّمَا هِيَ رِيحٌ، وَعَيْنِي لاَ تَعُودُ تَرَى خَيْرًا. | 7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good. |
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| 8 لاَ تَرَانِي عَيْنُ نَاظِرِي. عَيْنَاكَ عَلَيَّ وَلَسْتُ أَنَا. | 8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. |
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| 9 السَّحَابُ يَضْمَحِلُّ وَيَزُولُ، هكَذَا الَّذِي يَنْزِلُ إِلَى الْهَاوِيَةِ لاَ يَصْعَدُ. | 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. |
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| 10 لاَ يَرْجعُ بَعْدُ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ، وَلاَ يَعْرِفُهُ مَكَانُهُ بَعْدُ. | 10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. |
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| 11 أَنَا أَيْضًا لاَ أَمْنَعُ فَمِي. أَتَكَلَّمُ بِضِيقِ رُوحِي. أَشْكُو بِمَرَارَةِ نَفْسِي. | 11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. |
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| 12 أَبَحْرٌ أَنَا أَمْ تِنِّينٌ، حَتَّى جَعَلْتَ عَلَيَّ حَارِسًا؟ | 12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? |
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| 13 إِنْ قُلْتُ: فِرَاشِي يُعَزِّينِي، مَضْجَعِي يَنْزِعُ كُرْبَتِي، | 13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaints; |
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| 14 تُرِيعُنِي بِالأَحْلاَمِ، وَتُرْهِبُنِي بِرُؤًى، | 14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions: |
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| 15 فَاخْتَارَتْ نَفْسِي الْخَنِقَ، الْمَوْتَ عَلَى عِظَامِي هذِهِ. | 15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. |
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| 16 قَدْ ذُبْتُ. لاَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ أَحْيَا. كُفَّ عَنِّي لأَنَّ أَيَّامِي نَفْخَةٌ. | 16 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity. |
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| 17 مَا هُوَ الإِنْسَانُ حَتَّى تَعْتَبِرَهُ، وَحَتَّى تَضَعَ عَلَيْهِ قَلْبَكَ؟ | 17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? |
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| 18 وَتَتَعَهَّدَهُ كُلَّ صَبَاحٍ، وَكُلَّ لَحْظَةٍ تَمْتَحِنُهُ؟ | 18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment? |
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| 19 حَتَّى مَتَى لاَ تَلْتَفِتُ عَنِّي وَلاَ تُرْخِينِي رَيْثَمَا أَبْلَعُ رِيقِي؟ | 19 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? |
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| 20 أَأَخْطَأْتُ؟ مَاذَا أَفْعَلُ لَكَ يَا رَقِيبَ النَّاسِ؟ لِمَاذَا جَعَلْتَنِي عَاثُورًا لِنَفْسِكَ حَتَّى أَكُونَ عَلَى نَفْسِي حِمْلاً؟ | 20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself? |
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| 21 وَلِمَاذَا لاَ تَغْفِرُ ذَنْبِي، وَلاَ تُزِيلُ إِثْمِي؟ لأَنِّي الآنَ أَضْطَجِعُ فِي التُّرَابِ، تَطْلُبُنِي فَلاَ أَكُونُ». | 21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be. |
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