Job 35
1 Then Elihu continued, saying,
Ary mbola niteny ihany Eliho ka nanao hoe:
2 “Do you think it's honest to claim you are right before God?
Ataonao va fa marina ny nanaovanao hoe: Ny fahamarinako mihoatra noho ny an’ Andriamanitra?
3 And you ask, ‘What benefit do I get? What good has it done me by not sinning?’
Fa hoy ianao: Mahasoa ahy manao ahoana moa? Ary inona no soa azoko mihoatra noho ny avy amin’ ny fahotako?
4 I'll tell you, and your friends too!
Izaho no hiteny hamaly anao Mbamin’ ny namanao.
5 Just look up at the sky and see. Observe the clouds high above you.
Jereo ary ny lanitra ka izahao; Ary tsinjovy iry habakabaka, avo loatra iny ka tsy takatrao.
6 If you sin, how does that harm God? How do your many sins affect God?
Raha manota ianao, moa mahefa inona aminy? Ary raha maro ny fahotanao, mampaninona Azy moa izany?
7 If you do what's right, what good are you doing for him?
Raha marina ianao, dia hahazoany inona moa izany? Na inona no horaisiny avy amin’ ny tananao?
8 No—your sins only affect people like yourself, and whatever good you do only affects them too.
Mihatra amin’ ny olona tahaka anao ihany ny ratsy ataonao; Ary mihatra amin’ ny olombelona ihany ny fahamarinanao.
9 People cry out because of terrible persecution; they call for someone to save them from their oppressors.
Noho ny habiazan’ ny fampahoriana no itarainan’ ny olona; Eny, minananana izy noho ny sandrin’ ny mahery,
10 But no one asks, ‘Where is the God my maker, the one who gives songs in the night,
Nefa tsy misy manao hoe: Aiza Andriamanitra, Mpanao ahy, Izay mahatonga fiderana amin’ ny alina,
11 who teaches us more than the animals, and makes us wiser than the birds?’
Izay manome fahalalana antsika mihoatra noho ny an’ ny biby ambonin’ ny tany, dia Izay manome fahendrena antsika mihoatra noho ny an’ ny voro-manidina?
12 When they call out for help, God doesn't answer because they are proud and evil people.
Eny, mitaraina mafy ireo (fa tsy mamaly Izy) noho ny fireharehan’ ny ratsy fanahy.
13 God doesn't listen to their empty cries; the Almighty doesn't pay them any attention.
Ny fitarainam-poana dia tsy mba henoin’ Andriamanitra, ary ny Tsitoha tsy mandinika izany.
14 How much less will God hear you when you say he can't see you? Your case is before him, so you have to wait for him.
Na dia lazainao fa tsy mahita azy aza ianao, efa mby eo anatrehany ny ady, koa tsy maintsy miandry Azy ianao.
15 You're saying that God doesn't punish people in his anger and pays little attention to sin.
Koa raha saingy tsy mihatra ny fahatezerany, moa dia tsy fantany tsara koa va ny fihaikana?
16 You, Job, are talking nonsense, making long speeches when you know nothing!”
Mba miloa-bava foana anefa Joba ary manao teny maro tsy amim-pahalalana.
