¹And Elihu answereth and saith:

¹Oo weliba Eliihuu wuu jawaabay oo wuxuu yidhi,

²Hear, O wise men, my words, And, O knowing ones, give ear to me.

²Raggiinna xigmadda lahow, erayadayda maqla; Oo kuwiinna aqoonta lahow, i dhegaysta.

³For the ear doth try words, And the palate tasteth to eat.

³Waayo, dhegtu waxay hadalka u kala soocdaa Sida dhabxanaggu cuntada u dhedhemiyo oo kale.

⁴Judgment let us choose for ourselves, Let us know among ourselves what [is] good.

⁴Aynu dooranno waxa qumman, Oo aynu dhexdeenna ka ogaanno waxa wanaagsan.

⁵For Job hath said, `I have been righteous, And God hath turned aside my right,

⁵Waayo, Ayuub wuxuu yidhi, Anigu xaq baan ahay, Laakiinse Ilaah baa gartaydii ii diiday.

⁶Against my right do I lie? Mortal [is] mine arrow — without transgression.`

⁶Oo in kastoo aan xaq ahay haddana waxaa laygu tiriyey inaan beenlow ahay; Oo in kastoo aanan xadgudub lahayn, haddana nabarkaygu waa mid aan bogsan karin.

⁷Who [is] a man like Job? He drinketh scoffing like water,

⁷Ninkee baa Ayuub la mid ah, Oo quudhsashada u cabba sida biyaha oo kale,

⁸And he hath travelled for company With workers of iniquity, So as to go with men of wickedness.

⁸kaasoo raaca kuwa xumaanta ka shaqeeya, Oo dadka sharka ah la socda?

⁹For he hath said, `It doth not profit a man, When he delighteth himself with God.`

⁹Waayo, isagu wuxuu yidhi, Ninna wax uma tarto Inuu Ilaah ku farxo.

¹⁰Therefore, O men of heart, hearken to me; Far be it from God to do wickedness, And [from] the Mighty to do perverseness:

¹⁰Haddaba sidaas daraaddeed i dhegaysta, raggiinna waxgaradka ahow; Ilaah inuu xaqdarro sameeyo way ka fog tahay; Oo Ilaaha Qaadirka ahna inuu xumaan falo way ka fog tahay.

¹¹For the work of man he repayeth to him, And according to the path of each He doth cause him to find.

¹¹Waayo, nin walba shuqulkiisuu ka abaal mariyaa, Oo nin kastana siduu socodkiisu ahaa ayuu ugu abaal gudaa.

¹²Yea, truly, God doth not do wickedly, And the Mighty doth not pervert judgment.

¹²Laakiinse hubaal Ilaah xaqdarro ma uu samayn doono, Oo Kan Qaadirka ahuna garta ma uu qalloocin doono.

¹³Who hath inspected for Himself the earth? And who hath placed all the habitable world?

¹³Bal yaa isaga ku amray inuu dhulka u taliyo? Yaase isaga dusha ka saaray dunida oo dhan?

¹⁴If He doth set on him His heart, His spirit and his breath unto Him He gathereth.

¹⁴Hadduu keligiis iska fikiri lahaa, Oo uu ruuxiisa iyo neeftiisa soo urursan lahaa,

¹⁵Expire doth all flesh together, And man to dust returneth.

¹⁵Dadka oo dhammu waa wada baabbi'i lahaa, Oo binu-aadmiguna ciidduu ku noqon lahaa.

¹⁶And if [there is] understanding, hear this, Give ear to the voice of my words.

¹⁶Haddaba haddaad waxgarad tahay, waxan maqal; Oo erayadayda codkooda dhegayso.

¹⁷Yea, doth one hating justice govern? Or the Most Just dost thou condemn?

¹⁷War mid xaqnimada neceb miyuu wax u talinayaa? Oo ma waxaad xukumaysaa midka xaqa ah oo xoogga badan?

¹⁸Who hath said to a king — `Worthless,` Unto princes — `Wicked?`

¹⁸Ma waxaa boqor lagu yidhaahdaa, Shar baad tahay? Amase kuwa gobta ah, Cibaadalaawayaal baad tihiin?

¹⁹That hath not accepted the person of princes, Nor hath known the rich before the poor, For a work of His hands [are] all of them.

¹⁹Haddaba ma saasaad ku odhan lahayd kan aan amiirrada u eexan, Ama aan taajirka uga roonayn kan miskiinka ah? Waayo, iyagu dhammaantood waa shuqulkii gacmihiisu sameeyeen.

²⁰[In] a moment they die, and at midnight Shake do people, and they pass away, And they remove the mighty without hand.

²⁰Iyagu daqiiqad bay ku dhintaan, Dadku habeenbadhkiiba way gariiraan oo naftaa ka baxda, Kuwa xoogga badanuna way libdhaan iyadoo aan gacanna la saarin.

²¹For His eyes [are] on the ways of each, And all his steps He doth see.

²¹Waayo, indhihiisu waxay fiiriyaan jidadka binu-aadmiga, Wuxuuna wada arkaa socodkiisa oo dhan.

²²There is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;

²²Ma jiro gudcur ama hoosdhimasho toona Oo ay kuwa xumaanta sameeyaa ku dhuuntaan.

²³For He doth not suffer man any more, To go unto God in judgment,

²³Waayo, isagu uma baahna inuu in kale binu-aadmiga ka sii fikiro, Inuu isagu Ilaah hortiisa garsoorid u tago.

²⁴He breaketh the mighty — no searching! And He appointeth others in their stead.

²⁴Ragga xoogga badan ayuu u kala jejebiyaa siyaalo aan la baadhi karin, Oo meeshoodiina kuwa kaluu ka kiciyaa.

²⁵Therefore He knoweth their works, And He hath overturned by night, And they are bruised.

²⁵Maxaa yeelay, isagu shuqulladooda wuu yaqaan; Oo habeennimuu afgembiyaa si ay u burburaan.

²⁶As wicked He hath stricken them, In the place of beholders.

²⁶Sharkooda daraaddiis ayuu iyaga wax ku dhuftaa, Iyagoo dadka kale u jeedo,

²⁷Because that against right They have turned aside from after Him, And none of His ways have considered wisely,

²⁷Maxaa yeelay, lasocodkiisii way ka leexdeen, Oo waxay diideen inay jidadkiisa midnaba ka fikiraan.

²⁸To cause to come in unto Him The cry of the poor, And the cry of the afflicted He heareth.

²⁸Sidaasay qaylada masaakiinta isaga soo gaadhsiiyeen, Oo isna qaylada kuwa dhibaataysan ayuu maqlay.

²⁹And He giveth rest, and who maketh wrong? And hideth the face, and who beholdeth it? And in reference to a nation and to a man, [It is] the same.

²⁹Haddii quruun lagu sameeyo iyo haddii qof lagu sameeyaba, Markuu nasiyo yaa belaayo kicin kara? Oo markuu wejigiisa qariyana bal yaa isaga fiirin kara?

³⁰From the reigning of a profane man, From the snares of a people;

³⁰Inaan cibaadalaawe boqornimada qabsan, Si uusan u jirin mid dadka shirqool u dhiga.

³¹For unto God hath any said: `I have taken away, I do not corruptly,

³¹Waayo, ninna miyuu Ilaah ku yidhi, Anigu edbintii waan qaatay, oo mar dambe ninna xumayn maayo,

³²Besides [that which] I see, shew Thou me, If iniquity I have done — I do not add?`

³²Haddaba waxaanan u jeedin i bar, Oo haddaan xumaan sameeyeyna mar dambe u noqon maayo?

³³By thee doth He recompense, That thou hast refused — That thou dost choose, and not I? And what thou hast known, speak.

³³Abaalgudkiisu ma wuxuu ahaan doonaa sidaad doonaysid, inaad diiddid aawadeed? Waayo, waa inaad adigu doorataa, mana aha aniga; Haddaba waxaad taqaanid ku hadal.

³⁴Let men of heart say to me, And a wise man is hearkening to me.

³⁴Nin kasta oo xigmad leh oo i maqla iyo dadka waxgaradka ahuba Waxay igu odhan doonaan,

³⁵Job — not with knowledge doth he speak, And his words [are] not with wisdom.

³⁵Ayuub aqoonla'aan buu ku hadlaa, Oo hadalkiisana xigmadu kuma jirto.

³⁶My Father! let Job be tried — unto victory, Because of answers for men of iniquity,

³⁶Waxaan jeclaan lahaa in Ayuub tan iyo ugudambaysta la sii imtixaamo, Maxaa yeelay, wuxuu u jawaabaa sida dadka sharka ah.Waayo, dembigiisii wuxuu ku sii darsadaa caasinimo, Oo dhexdeenna ayuu ka sacab tuntaa, Erayadiisana wuxuu ku sii badiyaa Ilaah.

³⁷For he doth add to his sin, Transgression among us he vomiteth, And multiplieth his sayings to God.

³⁷Waayo, dembigiisii wuxuu ku sii darsadaa caasinimo, Oo dhexdeenna ayuu ka sacab tuntaa, Erayadiisana wuxuu ku sii badiyaa Ilaah.