1. Lawo madoda amathathu ayeseyeka ukumphendula 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 kaBarakeli, 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 uJobenowaphendula amazwi akhe phakathi kwenu.