Yusuf Ali
Then they proceeded: until, when they came to the inhabitants of a town, they asked them for food, but they refused them hospitality. They found there a wall on the point of falling down, but he set it up straight. (Moses) said: "If thou hadst wished, surely thou couldst have exacted some recompense for it!"

Sahih International
So they set out, until when they came to the people of a town, they asked its people for food, but they refused to offer them hospitality. And they found therein a wall about to collapse, so al-Khidh r restored it. [Moses] said, "If you wished, you could have taken for it a payment."

Shakir
So they went on until when they came to the people of a town, they asked them for food, but they refused to entertain them as guests. Then they found in it a wall which was on the point of falling, so he put it into a right state. (Musa) said: If you had pleased, you might certainly have taken a recompense for it.

Pickthall
So they twain journeyed on till, when they came unto the folk of a certain township, they asked its folk for food, but they refused to make them guests. And they found therein a wall upon the point of falling into ruin, and he repaired it. (Moses) said: If thou hadst wished, thou couldst have taken payment for it.

محمد جالندھری
پھر دونوں چلے۔ یہاں تک کہ ایک گاؤں والوں کے پاس پہنچے اور ان سے کھانا طلب کیا۔ انہوں نے ان کی ضیافت کرنے سے انکار کر دیا۔ پھر انہوں نے وہاں ایک دیوار دیکھی جو (جھک کر) گرا چاہتی تھی۔ خضر نے اس کو سیدھا کر دیا۔ موسیٰ نے کہا اگر آپ چاہتے تو ان سے (اس کا) معاوضہ لیتے (تاکہ کھانے کا کام چلتا)