Joba 7

1 Tsy mahafantatra izay ratsy va ny vavako? Tsy mpiantafika va ny zanak’ olombelona etỳ ambonin’ ny tany? Ary tsy tahaka ny andron’ ny mpikarama va ny androny?

Is not the life of man upon earth a state of trial? and his existence as that of a hireling by the day?

2 Toy ny mpanompo maniry alokaloka, ary toy ny mpikarama miandry ny karaman’ ny asany,

Or as a servant that fears his master, and one who has grasped a shadow? or as a hireling waiting for his pay?

3 Dia toy izany no anaovana ahy hahita volana mampahory, ary alina mahadisadisa no tendrena ho ahy.

So have I also endured months of vanity, and nights of pain have been appointed me.

4 Raha vao mandry aho, dia mieritreritra hoe: Rahoviana re no hifoha aho? Fa mihalava izany ny alina, ary mivadibadika indrindra aho mandra-pahazavan’ ny andro.

Whenever I lie down, I say, When [will it be] day? and whenever I rise up, again [I say] when [will it be] evening? and I am full of pains from evening to morning.

5 Ny nofoko mitafy olitra sy baingan-tany; efa maina ny hoditro, kanjo mitsiranorano indray.

And my body is covered with loathsome worms; and I waste away, scraping off clods of dust from my eruption.

6 Faingana noho ny famahanan-tenona ny androko ka lany tsy misy fanantenana.

And my life is lighter than a word, and has perished in vain hope.

7 Tsarovy fa rivotra ny aiko: ary tsy hahita soa intsony ny masoko.

Remember then that my life is breath, and mine eye shall not yet again see good.

8 Tsy hahita ahy intsony ny mason’ izay mijery ahy: Ny masonao hizaha ahy, fa tsy ho ao aho.

The eye of him that sees me shall not see me [again]: your eyes are upon me, and I am no more.

9 Tahaka ny rahona misava ka levona, dia tahaka izany koa, izay midìna any amin’ ny fiainan-tsi-hita tsy mba hiakatra intsony; (Sheol h7585)

[I am] as a cloud that is cleared away from the sky: for if a man go down to the grave, he shall not come up again: (Sheol h7585)

10 Tsy hiverina any an-tranony intsony izy. Ary tsy hahalala azy intsony ny fonenany.

and he shall surely not return to his own house, neither shall his place know him any more.

11 Ary izaho dia tsy hamehy vava, Fa hiteny noho ny fahorian’ ny fanahiko sy hitaraina noho ny fangidian’ ny aiko.

Then neither will I refrain my mouth: I will speak being in distress; being in anguish I will disclose the bitterness of my soul.

12 Ranomasina va aho, na trozona, No dia asianao fiambenana?

Am I a sea, or a serpent, that you have set a watch over me?

13 Raha hoy izaho: Hampionona ahy ny farafarako, hampitony ny fitarainako ny fandriako.

I said that my bed should comfort me, and I would privately counsel with myself on my couch.

14 Dia mampitahotra ahy amin’ ny nofy Hianao ary mampihorohoro ahy amin’ ny tsindrimandry;

You scare me with dreams, and do terrify me with visions.

15 Ka dia aleon’ ny fanahiko ny hokendaina, eny, aleoko ny fahafatesana aza toy izay izato fitofezako izato;

You will separate life from my spirit; and yet [keep] my bones from death.

16 Maharikoriko ahy izao, tsy tiako ny ho velona ela; Ilaozy miala aho, fa fofona foana ny androko.

For I shall not live for ever, that I should patiently endure: depart from me, for my life [is] vain.

17 Inona moa ny zanak’ olombelona, no ekenao ho lehibe, ka ampandinihinao azy ny fonao,

For what is man, that you have magnified him? or that you give heed to him?

18 Sady fantarinao isa-maraina izy; sy izahanao toetra isaky ny indray mipi-maso?

Will you visit him till the morning, and judge him till [the time of] rest?

19 Mandra-pahoviana re vao hihodina tsy hijery ahy Hianao, ka mba hiala amiko mandra-piteliko rora?

How long do you not let me alone, nor let me go, until I shall swallow down my spittle?

20 Na dia ho nanota aza aho, nampaninona Anao moa izany, ry Mpandinika ny olombelona? Nahoana no dia nataonao fikendry aho, ka efa tonga enta-mavesatra amiko aho?

If I have sinned, what shall I be able to do, O you that understand the mind of men? why have you made me as your accuser, and [why] am I a burden to you?

21 Ary nahoana no tsy mamela ny fahadisoako sy manaisotra ny heloko Hianao? Fa izao dia efa handry any amin’ ny vovoka aho; ary hitady ahy fatratra Hianao, fa tsy ho atỳ intsony aho.

Why have you not forgotten my iniquity, and purged my sin? but now I shall depart to the earth; and in the morning I am no more.