¹Moreover Elihu answered and said,

¹Ary mbola niteny ihany Eliho ka nanao hoe:

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

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

³For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?

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

⁴I will reply to thee in words, and to thy companions with thee.

⁴Izaho no hiteny hamaly anao Mbamin'ny namanao.

⁵Look unto the heavens and see; and survey the skies: they 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? 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 to him? or what doth he receive of thy hand?

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

⁸Thy wickedness [may affect] a man as thou [art], and thy righteousness a 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 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 fowl of the heavens?

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, and he answereth not, because of the pride of evil men.

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

¹³Surely ùGod 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 dost not see him, judgment is before him, therefore wait for 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 he hath not visited in his anger, doth not [Job] know [his] great arrogancy?

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.

¹⁶For Job hath opened his mouth in vanity, and made words abundant without knowledge.

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