# For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters of timber will answer them

Here the materials with which the man has built his house are personified as witnesses of the crimes that he has committed. If your culture uses different materials to build houses, you can consider using those materials here. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])

# cry out

"cry out against you" or "cry out to accuse you"

# will answer them

"will agree with the stones"

