Taata Elihu ro
(32:1–37:24)1 Lidri se nätu kayi driyite ni tadri Eyobo ro ozavoya tana Eyobo modo ni taŋgye iro te. 2 Ndi Elihu ŋgwa Barakela ro zelevo Buza ro ni Käläsikala Rama ro yasi a'dote kyila ro, tana Eyobo 'ba andivo ndaro te taŋgye'ba ro ago ka Lu kozi. 3 Nda a'do kpate kyilaro bereazii nätu Eyobo robe. Tana ànya usuyi ta aza kote tadri Eyobo ro ozazana, ànya katayi gica ekye Eyobo ni orivoya koziro owo. 4 Tana Elihu orivoya agoanji yi lau, nda rite ata ako madale 'dicini nde ta ata lutu. 5 Ago ondro Elihu kondrete lidri nätu kwoi ni kote tadri Eyobo ro ozane oko, nda a'dote kyilaro. 6 Ago Elihu ŋgwa Barakela, Buza'ba ro eto atate ekye:
Elihu
Ma orivoya agoanjiro, ago ami orivoya odeodero;
ta'doro muturi turi tase musube 'do itine ämiri.
7 Musutate makye 'di 'desi ri ni ta atane,
tana 'dise odeodero kwoi ri ni tavouni embane.
8 Oko tori se orivoya lidri ya
se ni tori Lu Mbarapara ro kani tavouni ozo ànyari.
9 Ode 'ba lidri koni tavouni be
kode ko 'diodeode ka toto ni tase ŋgye unina.
10 Ka'do inye nyeri dia ta maro;
mi'ba miti tase musube ono kpa.
11 Marite tase nyàbe atana ono erine yaiŋgyi si
ago meri ata amiro se tavouni si ono te se nyàbe vona uṛina uṛi atane ono.
12 Maga bi te ta amiro erine;
caoko aloaza amiro ka'da tase Eyobo katabe kwoi kozina kote,
ca zatadri ta ndaro ro kote.
13 Nyàta mìkye yusu tavouni te;
Lu ozana tadri Eyobo ro teni, ago kote lidri.
14 Eyobo ata ata ndaro kote märi,
ago mänina ko tadri ndaro ozane oso mìzabe ronye.
15 Ànya te ata aza ako tadri ozaza Eyobo;
ànya te ta aza ako atane.
16 Inye'do ànya ka'dobe titiro ono marina te ta aza ata ako ya?
Ànya edreyibe lau ana zayitadri aza kote tona.
17 Mazana tadri kpa ndi
ago mitina tase musube kpa ndi miri.
18 Tana ma orivoya ata amba be atane.
Mänina kote drina o'bine.
19 Ya maro te oso vino se asote twi kuru ya ronye,
a'dote oso kuru kyiniro vino ro to'diro,
to'diro twi vino be ago ti reṛone ronye.
20 Beṛo märi atane, tana musu lawavo robe;
ndi märi kala maro upine ago tadriozane.
21 Märi o'dene 'diaza alo vosi i'do;
märi 'diaza räṛune kowero i'do.
22 Mäni 'di räṛu kowero ko,
ondro ka'do mayete inye O'ba'ba maro ezana ma ndi.
Elihu Is Upset with Job's Friends
1 Finally, these three men stopped arguing with Job, because he refused to admit he was guilty.
2 Elihu from Buz was there, and he had become upset with Job for blaming God instead of himself. 3 He was also angry with Job's three friends for not being able to prove that Job was wrong. 4 Elihu was younger than these three, and he let them speak first. 5 But he became irritated when they could not answer Job, 6 and he said to them:
I am much younger than you,
so I have shown respect
by keeping silent.
7 I once believed age
was the source of wisdom;
8 now I truly realize
wisdom comes from God.
9 Age is no guarantee of wisdom
and understanding.
10 That's why I ask you
to listen to me.
I Eagerly Listened
* 11 I eagerly listened
to each of your arguments,
12 but not one of you proved
Job to be wrong.
13 You shouldn't say,
“We know what's right!
Let God punish him.”
14 Job hasn't spoken against me,
and so I won't answer him
with your arguments.
15 All of you are shocked;
you don't know what to say.
16 But am I to remain silent,
just because you
have stopped speaking?
17 No! I will give my opinion,
18 because I have so much to say,
that I can't keep quiet.
19 I am like a swollen wineskin,
and I will burst
20 if I don't speak.
* 21 I don't know how to be unfair
or to flatter anyone—
22 if I did, my Creator
would quickly destroy me!