Joba 16
1 Dia namaly Joba ka nanao hoe:
But Job answered and said,
2 Efa nandre zavatra maro toy izany aho; Mpampionona mahasorisorena foana ianareo rehetra.
I have heard many such things: poor comforters are ye all.
3 Efa tapitra va izay ny bedibedy foana? Sa mbola misy manesika anao hamaly ahy ihany?
What! is there any reason in vain words? or what will hinder thee from answering?
4 Izaho kosa mba mahazo miteny tahaka anareo, raha mba tonga tahaka ahy ianareo; eny, mahazo manamboatra teny ho enti-mamely anareo aho ary mahazo mihifikifi-doha aminareo;
I also will speak as ye [do]: if indeed your soul were in my [soul's] stead, then would I insult you with words, and I would shake my head at you.
5 Mahazo mampahery anareo amin’ ny Vavako aho, ary mahazo mampitony ny alahelonareo ny fampiononana ataon’ ny molotro.
And would there were strength in my mouth, and I would not spare the movement of my lips.
6 Na dia miteny aza aho, dia tsy mitsahatra ny alaheloko; Ary na dia mangìna aza aho, dia tsy misy mihena izany.
For if I should speak, I shall not feel the pain of my wound: and if I should be silent, how shall I be wounded the less?
7 Fa ankehitriny efa nandreraka ahy Izy; Naringanao ny ankohonako rehetra.
But now he has made me weary, and a worn-out fool; and thou hast laid hold of me.
8 Ary efa nampifezaka ny tenako Hianao, ka dia vavolombelona amiko izany. Ary mitsangana hiampanga ahy ny fahahiazako, ka dia tondromaso akaiky izany.
My falsehood has become a testimony, and has risen up against me: it has confronted me to my face.
9 Amin’ ny fahatezerany no amiravirany sy andrafiany ahy, mihidy vazana amiko Izy; Eny, miseho ho fahavaloko Izy ka mampivandravandra ny masony amiko;
In his anger he has cast me down; he has gnashed his teeth upon me: the weapons of his robbers have fallen upon me.
10 Nisanasana vava tamiko ny olona; Latsa no nentiny namely ny takolako; Mitambatra hamely ahy izy.
He has attacked me with the keen glances of his eyes; with his sharp [spear] he has smitten me [down] upon my knees; and they have run upon me with one accord.
11 Efa voatolotr’ Andriamanitra ho amin’ ny ratsy fanahy aho, ary natsipiny ho eo an-tànan’ ny mpanota.
For the Lord has delivered me into the hands of unrighteous men, and thrown me upon the ungodly.
12 Tamin’ ilay izaho tsy nanana ahiahy iny, dia nanorotoro ahy Izy; Nosamboriny tamin’ ny hatoko aho ka nomontsaniny, sady natsangany ho marika hokendreny.
When I was at peace he distracted me: he took me by the hair of the head, and plucked it out: he set me up as a mark.
13 Manodidina ahy ny mpandefa zana-tsipìkany; Mamaky ny voako Izy ka tsy miantra ary manidina ny aferoko ho amin’ ny tany.
They surrounded me with spears, aiming at my reins: without sparing [me] they poured out my gall upon the ground.
14 Bangabangainy lalandava aho, ka miroatra hamely ahy tahaka ny lehilahy mahery Izy.
They overthrew me with fall upon fall: they ran upon me in [their] might.
15 Lamba fisaonana no voazaitrako hanarona ny hoditro, ary nalàko baraka tamin’ ny vovoka ny tandroko.
They sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and my strength has been spent on the ground.
16 Ny tavako tera-menan’ ny fitomaniana, ary eo amin’ ny hodi-masoko ny aloky ny fahafatesana;
My belly has been parched with wailing, and darkness is on my eyelids.
17 Kanefa tsy misy eto an-tanako izay mba nalaina an-keriny; Ary madio ny fivavako.
Yet there was no injustice in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
18 Ry tany ô, aza manarona ny rako, ary aoka tsy ho voahazona ny fitarainako!
Earth, cover not over the blood of my flesh, and let my cry have no place.
19 Fa na dia ankehitriny aza, indro, any an-danitra ny Vavolombeloko, eny, ny Vavolombeloko dia any amin’ ny avo.
And now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.
20 Na dia mihomehy ahy aza ny sakaizako, dia mamarin-dranomaso eo anatrehan’ Andriamanitra kosa aho,
Let my supplication come to the Lord, and let mine eye weep before him.
21 Mba hanamarina ahy olombelona eo anatrehany Izy sy hanafa-tsiny ahy zanak’ olombelona amin’ ny sakaizako.
Oh that a man might plead before the Lord, even [as] the son of man with his neighbor!
22 Fa rehefa lasa ny taona vitsy, dia handeha any amin’ ny lalana izay tsy hiverenako intsony aho.
But my years are numbered and [their end] come, and I shall go by the way by which I shall not return.
