Yusuf Ali
Forthwith he (starts) constructing the Ark: Every time that the chiefs of his people passed by him, they threw ridicule on him. He said: "If ye ridicule us now, we (in our turn) can look down on you with ridicule likewise!

Sahih International
And he constructed the ship, and whenever an assembly of the eminent of his people passed by him, they ridiculed him. He said, "If you ridicule us, then we will ridicule you just as you ridicule.

Shakir
And he began to make the ark; and whenever the chiefs from among his people passed by him they laughed at him. He said: If you laugh at us, surely we too laugh at you as you laugh (at us).

Pickthall
And he was building the ship, and every time that chieftains of his people passed him, they made mock of him. He said: Though ye make mock of Us, yet We mock at you even as ye mock;

محمد جالندھری
تو نوح نے کشتی بنانی شروع کردی۔ اور جب ان کی قوم کے سردار ان کے پاس سے گزرتے تو ان سے تمسخر کرتے۔ وہ کہتے کہ اگر تم ہم سے تمسخر کرتے ہو تو جس طرح تم ہم سے تمسخر کرتے ہو اس طرح (ایک وقت) ہم بھی تم سے تمسخر کریں گے