¹And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

¹ Gaa no Elifaz Teman boro tu ka ne:

²Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,

² «Boro kaŋ gonda laakal ga sanni yeti da bayray yaamo, Wala a ga nga gundo toonandi nda wayna funay hawo no?

³Reasoning with unprofitable talk, and with speeches which do no good?

³ A ma kakaw te da sanni kaŋ sinda nafa mo, Wala nda sanniyaŋ kaŋ si hay kulu hanse?

⁴Yea, thou makest piety of none effect, and restrainest meditation before ùGod.

⁴ Oho, yaadin no ni goono ga Irikoy humburkumay zeeri, Ni go ga Irikoy se sududuyaŋ mo ganji.

⁵For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.

⁵ Zama ni taalo ga daŋ ni meyo ma salaŋ, Ni na hiilantey deene suuban mo.

⁶Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; and thy lips testify against thee.

⁶ Ni bumbo meyo go ga ni zeeri, manti ay bo. Ni bumbo sanno goono ga seeda ni boŋ.

⁷Art thou the first man that was born? and wast thou brought forth before the hills?

⁷ To, nin no ga ti bora kaŋ i sintin ka hay, wala? Wala i na ni kaa taray za i mana tudey te no?

⁸Hast thou listened in the secret council of +God? And hast thou absorbed wisdom for thyself?

⁸ Irikoy saaware marge ra no ni goono ga goro ka maa? Ni goono ga ne ni hinne do no laakal bara, wala?

⁹What knowest thou that we know not? [what] understandest thou which is not in us?

⁹ Ifo no ni ga bay kaŋ iri wo si bay? Wala ifo no ni faham d'a kaŋ si iri wo banda?

¹⁰Both the greyheaded and the aged are with us, older than thy father.

¹⁰ Iri do haray gonda hamni kwaaray koy yaŋ da arkusu zeeno boobo, Boroyaŋ kaŋ ga zeen ni baabo gumo.

¹¹Are the consolations of ùGod too small for thee? and the word gently spoken to thee?

¹¹ Irikoy yaamaryaŋey kayna ni se no? Wala baa sanni baana kaŋ i te ni se?

¹²Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and why do thine eyes wink?

¹² Ifo se no ni ta ni bina ma ni halli? Ifo se mo no ni moy goono ga ciray?

¹³That thou turnest thy spirit against ùGod, and lettest words go out of thy mouth?

¹³ Hala nda ni bare ka fay da Irikoy ni biya ra, Kaŋ ni goono ga naŋ sanney wo dumi ma fun ni me ra.

¹⁴What is man, that he should be pure? and he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

¹⁴ Adam-ize wo, ifo no? sanku fa a ma ciya hanante? Wayboro hayyaŋ mo, ifo no, hal a ma ciya adilante?

¹⁵Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight:

¹⁵ Guna, baa a wane hanantey, Irikoy mana naanay i gaa bo. Oho, hala beeney bumbo sinda hananyaŋ a do.

¹⁶How much less the abominable and corrupt, -- man, that drinketh unrighteousness like water!

¹⁶ Sanku fa binde boro kaŋ go, Fanta hari no, ifumbo mo no! Adam-ize kaŋ ga laala haŋ sanda hari cine!

¹⁷I will shew thee, listen to me; and what I have seen I will declare;

¹⁷ Ma maa ay se ay ma woone cabe ni se mo. Haŋ kaŋ ay jin ka di, nga no ay ga ci.

¹⁸Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hidden;

¹⁸ Haŋ kaŋ laakalkooney ci, Ngey kaayey do no i maa r'a, Ngey mo man'a tugu.

¹⁹Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

¹⁹ Ngey hinne se no i na laabo no, Yaw fo kulu mana furo a ra.

²⁰All his days the wicked man is tormented, and numbered years are allotted to the violent.

²⁰ Boro laalo ga azaaba haŋ nga jirbey kulu ra, I na jiiri timmanteyaŋ jisi kankamandiko se.

²¹The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him.

²¹ Humburkumay yooje maayaŋ go a hanga ra, A baani jirbey ra mo halaciko no ga kaŋ a boŋ.

²²He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is singled out for the sword.

²² A ga laakal kaa hala nga ga ye ka kaa ka fun kubay ra, Takuba mo goono g'a batu.

²³He wandereth abroad for bread, -- where may it be? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

²³ A ga windi-windi ka ŋwaari ceeci, Ka ne: ‹Man no a go?› A bay kaŋ kubay zaaro maan nga gaa.

²⁴Distress and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for the battle.

²⁴ Kankami nda foyrayyaŋ goono g'a humburandi. I goono ga te a boŋ zaama mo, Sanda bonkooni kaŋ go soolante wongu se.

²⁵For he hath stretched out his hand against ùGod, and strengthened himself against the Almighty:

²⁵ Zama a na nga kambe salle ka gaaba nda Irikoy. A goono ga boŋbeeray te ka gaaba nda Hina-Kulu-Koyo.

²⁶He runneth against him, with [outstretched] neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers;

²⁶ Boŋ sanday no a ga zuru ka koy d'a Irikoy gaa, A korayo banda gaa gonda wargayaŋ.

²⁷For he hath covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon [his] flanks.

²⁷ Zama a na nga moyduma daabu nda maani, A na maani margu mo nga tanja boŋ.

²⁸And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps.

²⁸ A goro mo gallu kurmuyaŋ ra, Windey kaŋ ra boro kulu si da goray, Wo kaŋ yaŋ zeen hala i ga ba ka kaŋ.

²⁹He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth.

²⁹ A si te arzakante, a duura si duumi, A fari nafa mo si sumbal kala ganda.

³⁰He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches; and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

³⁰ A si du ka fun kubay ra, Danji beela g'a tuuri kambey koogandi mo. Irikoy meyo ra funsaro no g'a ganandi.

³¹Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;

³¹ A ma si de yaamo gaa, ka nga boŋ halli mo, Zama yaadin gaa yaamo ga ciya a wane alhakku.

³²It shall be complete before his day, and his branch shall not be green.

³² A g'a kulu bana a se za da hinay. A tuuri kambe mo si zaada.

³³He shall shake off his unripe grapes as a vine, and shall cast his flower as an olive.

³³ A ga nga izey kaŋ mana nin yaŋ zama, Danga reyzin* nya cine. Danga zeytun* tuuri-nya mo, a ga nga booso dooru.

³⁴For the family of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

³⁴ Zama borey kaŋ yaŋ ga wangu Irikoy ganayaŋ, I jama si du banda, Danji mo ga ngey kaŋ yaŋ ga me-daabu ta windey ŋwa.

³⁵They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

³⁵ I ga kun da hasaraw ka laala hay, I biney mo go ga halliyaŋ soola.»