¹Ary mbola niteny ihany Eliho ka nanao hoe:

¹And Elihu answereth and saith: —

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

²This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said — `My righteousness [is] more than God`s?`

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

³For thou sayest, `What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?`

⁴Izaho no hiteny hamaly anao Mbamin'ny namanao.

⁴I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,

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

⁵Behold attentively the heavens — and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.

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

⁶If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?

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

⁷If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?

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

⁸For a man like thyself [is] thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.

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

⁹Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.

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

¹⁰And none said, `Where [is] God my maker? Giving songs in the night,

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?

¹¹Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.`

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

¹²There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.

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

¹³Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.

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

¹⁴Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stay for Him.

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.

¹⁵And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity.

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

¹⁶And Job [with] vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.