¹Elihu spake moreover, and said,

¹Ary mbola niteny ihany Eliho ka nanao hoe:

²Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

²Ataonao va fa marina ny nanaovanao hoe: Ny fahamarinako mihoatra noho ny an'Andriamanitra?

³For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

³Fa hoy ianao: Mahasoa ahy manao ahoana moa? Ary inona no soa azoko mihoatra noho ny avy amin'ny fahotako? [Heb. anao]

⁴I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

⁴Izaho no hiteny hamaly anao Mbamin'ny namanao.

⁵Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.

⁵Jereo ary ny lanitra ka izahao; Ary tsinjovy iry habakabaka, avo loatra iny ka tsy takatrao.

⁶If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

⁶Raha manota ianao, moa mahefa inona aminy? Ary raha maro ny fahotanao, mampaninona Azy moa izany?

⁷If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?

⁷Raha marina ianao, dia hahazoany inona moa izany? Na inona no horaisiny avy amin'ny tananao?

⁸Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.

⁸Mihatra amin'ny olona tahaka anao ihany ny ratsy ataonao; Ary mihatra amin'ny olombelona ihany ny fahamarinanao.

⁹By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

⁹Noho ny habiazan'ny fampahoriana no itarainan'ny olona; Eny, minananana izy noho ny sandrin'ny mahery,

¹⁰But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

¹⁰Nefa tsy misy manao hoe: Aiza Andriamanitra, Mpanao ahy, Izay mahatonga fiderana amin'ny alina,

¹¹Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

¹¹Izay manome fahalalana antsika mihoatra noho ny an'ny biby ambonin'ny tany, dia Izay manome fahendrena antsika mihoatra noho ny an'ny voro-manidina?

¹²There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.

¹²Eny, mitaraina mafy ireo (fa tsy mamaly Izy) noho ny fireharehan'ny ratsy fanahy.

¹³Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

¹³Ny fitarainam-poana dia tsy mba henoin'Andriamanitra, ary ny Tsitoha tsy mandinika izany.

¹⁴Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.

¹⁴Na dia lazainao fa tsy mahita azy aza ianao, efa mby eo anatrehany ny ady, koa tsy maintsy miandry Azy ianao.

¹⁵But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:

¹⁵Koa raha saingy tsy mihatra ny fahatezerany, moa dia tsy fantany tsara koa va ny fihaikana?Mba miloa-bava foana anefa Joba ary manao teny maro tsy amim-pahalalana.

¹⁶Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

¹⁶Mba miloa-bava foana anefa Joba ary manao teny maro tsy amim-pahalalana.