1 Elihu mɔn yi siga falan ma, a naxa,

2 "I mɔn xa tin ndedi, n xa i xaran,

amasɔtɔ fala gbegbe mɔn n xɔn

n naxan falɛ i xa Ala fe ra.

3 N nan n ma kolonna fenma yire makuyen nin,

n yi yoon fi Ala ma naxan n daxi.

4 Wule mi n ma falane ra mumɛ.

N tan naxan be i yɛtagi,

n ma fekolonna kamalixi."

5 "Ala sɛnbɛn gbo yati,

a mi muxu yo rawolima ayi.

A sɛnbɛn gbo a xaxilimayaan xɔn.

6 A mi ɲaxudene luma e nii ra.

A kiti kɛndɛn sama yiigelitɔne xa.

7 A mi a xun xanbi soma tinxin muxune yi,

koni a e fe yitema nɛn,

a yi e dɔxɔ manga gbɛdɛne yi habadan.

8 Xa e xidixi yɔlɔnxɔnne ra,

xa e tɔrɔni,

9 Ala e kɛwanle nan makɛnɛnma e xa na kiini,

e nun e murutɛ feene

e naxanye ligaxi wasoni.

10 A yi e xaran,

a e xa e tuli mati e xuru falane ra,

a yi e yamari,

a e xa xɛtɛ e hakɛn fɔxɔ ra.

11 Xa e tuli mati,

e yi a yamarin suxu,

e siimayaan danguma hɛrin nin,

e yi e dunuɲa yi gidin ɲan sɛwani.

12 Xa e mi a ramɛ,

e faxama nɛn yɛngɛni,

e halagi e fe kolontareyani."

13 "Ala kolontarene nan xɔlɔn namarama,

e mi Ala maxandima malina fe ra

hali a na e ratɔrɔn.

14 E faxama e foningeyaan nin,

e siimayaan yi raɲan yagin ma yalundene tagi.

15 Koni, Ala tɔrɔ muxune rakisima

e tɔrɔn nan xɔn,

a yi e rakolon ɲaxankatan xɔn.

16 A i tan fan bama nɛn tɔrɔni,

a yi dɔxɔde rafulunxin fi i ma,

a yi i ya tabanla rafe donse faɲine ra."

17 "Koni iki,

kitin naxan nagidixi fe ɲaxi rabane xili ma,

na bata i sɔtɔ,

Ala to a kiti kɛndɛn sa i xili ma,

a yi i yalagi.

18 Nayi, xɔlɔn nama i radin

i yi fe kobin liga,

i nama xɛtɛ Ala fɔxɔ ra

bayo na saren gbo.

19 I ya nafunle i bɛ tɔrɔni ba?

Hali i sɛnbɛ gbeen mi nɔɛ i maliyɛ iki.

20 A xɔli nama i suxu kɔɛɛn xa so,

alogo i xa muxune ba e konne yi.

21 A liga i yeren ma!

I nama fa hakɛn liga sɔnɔn,

i bata yi gbalon sɔtɔ na fe ra.

22 I xa a kolon

a Alaa binyen gbo a sɛnbɛni.

Nde nɔɛ xaranna tiyɛ alo a tan?

23 Nde kiraan yitaxi a ra?

Nde nɔɛ a falɛ, a naxa,

‘I bata tinxintareyaan liga?’ "

24 "I nama ɲinan Alaa wanle matɔxɔn ma,

muxune birin naxanye fe falama e bɛtine yi,

25 adamadiine birin nɔɛ naxanye toɛ,

e yi e mato wulani.

26 Ala gbo yati,

en mi a gboon danna kolon,

a siimayaan dan mi na.

27 A na igen nate wuyenni kore,

a yi na findi tulen na mɛnni.

28 Na tulen yi keli kundane yi,

a godo adamadiine ma.

29 Nde nɔɛ kundaan nafala kiin kolonɲɛ,

e nun galanna godon kii naxan yi keli kore?

30 A mato, a kuyen ɲin masɔxɔnna raminima a rabilinni,

a fɔxɔ igen nafema

han dimin yi so a tilinna ma.

31 A yamaan makitima na tulen nan xɔn,

a donse gbegbe fi e ma.

32 A galanna tongoma a yii firinne nan na,

a yi a ragodo a na wa dɛnaxan xɔn.

33 A kuye sarinna a fa feen nan mayitama,

hali xuruseene a fa feen kolon."