¹ Choncho amuna atatuwa anasiya kuyankha Yobu chifukwa anali kudziona kuti ndi wolungama. ² Pamenepo panabuka mkwiyo wa Elihu mwana wa Barakeli Mbuzi wa fuko la Ramu; chinakwiyira Yobu chifukwa anadziyesa wolungama osati Mulungu. ³ Elihu anakwiyiranso anzake atatu aja chifukwa sanapeze yankho kwa Yobu, koma anali ataweruza Yobu. ⁴ Tsopano Elihu anali atadikira kuti alankhule ndi Yobu chifukwa amuna enawo anali okulirapo kuposa iye. ⁵ Komabe, Elihu ataona kuti palibe yankho mkamwa mwa amuna atatuwa, anakwiya. ⁶ Pamenepo Elihu mwana wa Barakeli wa ku Buzite anayankha nati, "Ine ndine wamng'ono, ndipo inu ndinu okalamba kwambiri. Ichi ndichifukwa chake ndinadziletsa ndipo sindinayerekeze kukuwuzani maganizo anga. ⁷ Ndinati," Masiku ayankhule; zaka zambiri ziziwaphunzitsa nzeru. ⁸ Koma muli mzimu mwa munthu; mpweya wa Wamphamvuyonse upatsa luntha. ⁹ Sianthu akulu okha omwe ali anzeru, kapena okalamba okha omwe amamvetsetsa chilungamo. ¹⁰ Chifukwa chake ndinena kwa inu, Ndimvereni; Ndikuuzanso zomwe ndikudziwa. ' ¹¹ Taonani, ndinayembekezera mawu anu; Ndidamvetsera zokambirana zanu pomwe mumaganizira zonena. ¹² Zoonadi, ndinakusamalirani, koma taonani, palibe mmodzi wa inu amene akanatsimikizira Yobu kapena amene akanayankha mawu ake. ¹³ Samalani kuti musanene kuti, 'Tapeza nzeru!' Mulungu adzayenera kugonjetsa Yobu; munthu wamba sangathe kuchita izi. ¹⁴ Pakuti Yobu sananene mawu ake pa ine, chotero sindidzamuyankha ndi mawu anu. ^{15 16} Amuna atatu'wa akusowa chonena; samayankhanso Yobu; alibe mawu oti anene. Kodi ndiyembekezere chifukwa sakuyankhula, chifukwa amangokhala chete osayankhanso? ¹⁷ Ayi, inenso ndidzayankha pa mbali yanga; Ndiwauzanso zomwe ndikudziwa. ¹⁸ Pakuti ndadzala ndi mawu; mzimu wakundikakamiza. ¹⁹ Onani, bere langa lili ngati vinyo wowawira amene alibe potulutsa; ngati matumba atsopano, likonzeka kuti liphulike. ²⁰ Ndilankhula kuti nditsitsimutsidwe; Ndidzatsegula milomo yanga ndi kuyankha. ²¹ Sindidzakondera; ngakhalenso kupereka ulemu kwa munthu aliyense. ²² Pakuti sindikudziwa momwe ndingaperekere mayina otere; ndikatero, Mlengi wanga angandichotse posachedwa.