1 O o weliba Eliihuu wuu sii jawaabay oo wuxuu yidhi,

And Elihu answereth and saith: --

2 M a waxaad u malaynaysaa in taasu xaq tahay, Amase ma waxaad leedahay, Xaqnimadaydu way ka sii badan tahay tan Ilaah?

This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said -- `My righteousness more than God's?'

3 M iyey kugu habboon tahay inaad tidhaahdid, Maxay ii taraysaa? Oo waa maxay faa'iidada aan ka helayo oo ka sii badan haddaan dembaabay?

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

4 H addaba waxaan u jawaabayaa Adiga iyo saaxiibbadaada kula jiraba.

I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,

5 B al indhahaaga kor u qaad oo samooyinka eeg, Oo bal daruuraha kaa sarreeya fiiri.

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

6 H addaad dembaabtay maxaa xumaan ah oo aad yeeshaa? Oo xadgudubyadaadu hadday bataanse maxaad isaga ku samaysaa?

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

7 H addaad xaq tahayse bal maxaad isaga siisaa? Isaguse muxuu gacantaada ka helaa?

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

8 X umaantaadu waxay wax u dhintaa nin sidaadoo kale ah, Oo xaqnimadaaduna waxay wax ku tartaa binu-aadmiga.

For a man like thyself thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.

9 D ulmiga ku batay daraaddiis ayay u qayliyaan, Oo kan xoogga badan gacantiisa daraaddeed ayay caawimaad ugu qayshadaan.

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

10 L aakiinse ninna ma yidhaahdo, Meeh Ilaahii i abuuray, Oo habeenkii gabayo i siiya,

And none said, `Where God my maker? Giving songs in the night,

11 O o wax na bara in ka sii badan xayawaanka dunida jooga, Oo weliba naga sii xigmad badiya haadda samada duusha?

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

12 D adka sharka ah kibirkooda daraaddiis Ayay iyagu halkaas uga qayliyaan, laakiinse ninna uma jawaabo.

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

13 H ubaal Ilaah maqli maayo wax aan waxba ahayn, Oo Kan Qaadirka ahuna innaba ka fiirsan maayo.

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

14 I n kastoo aad tidhaahdaa, Isaga ma arko, Dacwadii isagay hor taal, oo adna waa inaad isaga sugtaa.

Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment before Him, and stay for Him.

15 L aakiinse haatan, isagu cadhadiisii kuma uu soo booqan, Oo xumaantana si weyn ugama uu fikiro;

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

16 H addaba sidaas daraaddeed ayaa Ayuub hadalka aan waxtarka lahayn afkiisa ugu furaa, Oo isagoo aan aqoon lahayn ayuu erayo badiyaa.

And Job vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.