¹ Lawo madoda amathathu ayeseyeka ukumphen dula uJobe , ngokuba wayelungile emehlweni akhe. ² Lwase luvutha ulaka luka -Elihu, indodana kaBarakeli , umBuzi womndeni kaRamu; ulaka lwakhe lwavuthela uJobe , ngokuba wazithetha yena kunoNkulunkulu. ³ Ulaka lwakhe lwavuthela nabangane bakhe abathathu , ngokuba noma bengafumananga impendulo, bamlahla nokho uJobe. ⁴ U-Elihu wayelindele ukukhuluma kuJobe , ngokuba bona babebadala kunaye. ⁵ Lapho u-Elihu esebona ukuthi ayikho impendulo emilonyeni yalawo madoda amathathu, lwavutha ulaka lwakhe. ⁶ U-Elihu, indodana kaBa rakeli, umBuzi, wayesethatha-ke, wathi: Mina ngisemusha ngeminyaka, nina nibadala; ngalokho nganginamahloni, ngesaba ukunitshela umqondo wami. ⁷ Ngathi: Makukhulume izinsuku, ubuningi beminyaka bazise ukuhlakanipha. ⁸ Nokho kukhona umoya kumuntu ; ukuphefumula kukaSomandla kuyabaqondisa. ⁹ Abakhulu abahlakaniphile, nabadala abaqondi ukwahlulela. ¹⁰ Ngalokho ngithi: Ngizweni; nami ngiyakusho umqondo wami. ¹¹ Bhekani, ngilindele amazwi enu , ngabeka indlebe emiqondweni yenu , nisaphenya eniyakukusho. ¹² Nganilalela nina; bhekani, kwakungekho noyedwa owamahlula uJob e nowaphendula amazwi akhe phakathi kwenu. ¹³ Maningasho ukuthi : S ifumene ukuhlakanipha ; uNkulunkulu angamphengulula, hhayi umuntu. ¹⁴ Akahlelelanga mina amazwi akhe; angiyikumphendula ngezinkulumo zenu. ¹⁵ Bayakhungatheka, abasaphenduli; baphelelwa ngamazwi. ¹⁶ Ngibalindele yini, uma bengakhulumi, na? Ngokuba bemi bengasaphenduli. ¹⁷ Nami ngiyakuphendula okwami, ngitshengise nami umqondo wami. ¹⁸ Ngokuba ngigcwele amazwi; umoya phakathi kwami uyangiqhubezela. ¹⁹ Bhekani, okuphakathi kwami kunjengewayini elingenambobo ; kucishe ukuqhuma njengezimvaba ezintsha. ²⁰ Ngiyakukhuluma ukuba ngikhululeke ; ngiyakuvula izindebe zami ukuba ngiphendule. ²¹ Mangingakhethi ubuso bamuntu, ngingathophi nobani. ²² Ngokuba angikwazi uku thopha; uma kunjalo , uMenzi wami angangisusa masinyane.