Joba 34
1 Ary mbola niteny ihany Eliho ka nanao hoe:
And Elihu answers and says:
2 Mandrenesa ny teniko, ianareo olon-kendry; Ary mihainoa ahy, ianareo manam-pahalalana.
“Hear, O wise men, my words, And, O knowing ones, give ear to me.
3 Fa ny sofina no mamantatra teny, Ary ny vava no manandrana hanina.
For the ear tries words, And the palate tastes to eat.
4 Koa aoka izay rariny no hodinihintsika, ary aoka hiara-mamantatra izay tsara isika.
Let us choose judgment for ourselves, Let us know among ourselves what [is] good.
5 Fa Joba efa nanao hoe: Marina aho, saingy nesorin’ Andriamanitra tamiko ny rariny;
For Job has said, I have been righteous, And God has turned aside my right,
6 Marina ny ahy, nefa ampandaingainy aho; Mahafaty ny zana-tsipìka mitsatoka amiko, na dia tsy manam-pahadisoana aza aho.
Against my right do I lie? My arrow [is] mortal—without transgression.
7 Aiza moa no misy lehilahy tahaka an’ i Joba, izay manaram-po amin’ ny famingavingana toy ny fisotro rano.
Who [is] a man like Job? He drinks scoffing like water,
8 Ary tonga naman’ ny mpanao ratsy sady miara-mandeha amin’ ny ratsy fanahy?
And he has traveled for company With workers of iniquity, So as to go with men of wickedness.
9 Fa hoy izy: Tsy mahasoa ny olona ny mihavana amin’ Andriamanitra.
For he has said, It does not profit a man When he delights himself with God.
10 Koa amin’ izany mihainoa ahy, ianareo manam-panahy: Lavitra an’ Andriamanitra ny hanao ratsy! Ary lavitra ny Tsitoha ny hanao meloka!
Therefore, O men of heart, listen to me; Far be it from God to do wickedness, And [from] the Mighty to do perverseness,
11 Fa ny nataon’ ny olona ihany no ampanodiaviny azy, ka mamaly ny olona rehetra araka ny lalany avy Izy.
For He repays the work of man to him, And according to the path of each He causes him to find.
12 Eny tokoa, Andriamanitra tsy manao ratsy mihitsy, ary ny Tsitoha tsy mba mamadika ny rariny.
Indeed, truly, God does not do wickedly, And the Mighty does not pervert judgment.
13 Iza moa no nanendry Azy ho Mpiadidy ny tany? Ary iza no nanorina izao tontolo izao?
Who has inspected for Himself the earth? And who has placed all the habitable world?
14 Raha tàhiny ny tenany ihany no heveriny, ka hangoniny ho ao aminy ny fanahiny sy ny fofonainy,
If He sets His heart on him, [If] He gathers His Spirit and His breath to Himself,
15 Dia hiala avokoa ny ain’ ny nofo rehetra, ary hiverina amin’ ny vovoka ny olona.
All flesh expires together, And man returns to dust.
16 Raha manam-pahalalana ianao, dia mandrenesa izao, ka mihainoa ny teniko
And if [there is] understanding, hear this, Give ear to the voice of my words.
17 Moa mahay mifehy va izay tsy tia rariny? Ary Ilay marina sady mahery va no hohelohinao?
Indeed, does one hating justice govern? Or do you condemn the Most Just?
18 (Mety va ny miteny amin’ ny mpanjaka hoe: Olom-poana ianao! Ary amin’ ny zanak’ andriana: Ry ilay ratsy!),
Who has said to a king, Worthless, To princes, Wicked?
19 Dia Ilay tsy mizaha ny tavan’ ny lehibe, ary tsy manaja ny ambony mihoatra noho ny ambany, satria samy asan’ ny tànany avokoa izy rehetra.
That has not accepted the person of princes, Nor has known the rich before the poor, For all of them [are] a work of His hands.
20 Maty amin’ ny indray mipi-maso monja amin’ ny mamatonalina ireny; Eny, ringana ny olona ka tsy ao intsony; Ary ny mahery dia lasa tsy esorin-tanana.
[In] a moment they die, And at midnight people shake, And they pass away, And they remove the mighty without hand.
21 Fa ny mason’ Andriamanitra dia mijery ny alehan’ ny olona, ary mahita ny diany rehetra Izy.
For His eyes [are] on the ways of each, And He sees all his steps.
22 Tsy misy aizina na alim-pito, Izay hieren’ ny mpanao ratsy.
There is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;
23 Fa Andriamanitra tsy mba miandry aloha vao mandinika ny olona Izay tonga hotsaraina eo anatrehany.
For He does not permit man anymore, To go to God in judgment,
24 Manorotoro ny olona mahery Izy, na dia tsy manadina aza, ka manangana olon-kafa hisolo azy.
He breaks the mighty—no searching! And He appoints others in their stead.
25 Koa hita amin’ izany fa fantany ny asan’ ireo, ka dia mamono azy amin’ ny alina ho torotoro Izy.
Therefore He knows their works, And He has overturned by night, And they are bruised.
26 Tehafiny tanana tahaka ny fanao amin’ ny ratsy fanahy ireo eo imason’ ny vahoaka.
As wicked He has struck them, In the place of beholders.
27 Izao no nialan’ ireo tamin’ Andriamanitra ka tsy nitandremany ny lalany akory,
Because that against right They have turned aside from after Him, And have considered none of His ways,
28 Dia ny mba hahatonga ny fitarainan’ ny malahelo eo anatrehany ka hampandre Azy ny fitarainan’ ny ory.
To cause to come to Him The cry of the poor, And He hears the cry of the afflicted.
29 Mangìna Izy, ka iza no mahay manameloka? Ary manafin-tava Izy (ka iza no mahajery Azy?), na amin’ ny firenena, na amin’ ny olona tsirairay,
And He gives rest, and who makes wrong? And hides the face, and who beholds it? And in reference to a nation and to a man, [It is] the same.
30 Mba tsy hanjakan’ ny ratsy fanahy, ary tsy ho voafandrika ny vahoaka.
From the reigning of a profane man, From the snares of a people;
31 Fa moa mba efa nisy niteny tamin’ Andriamanitra va nanao hoe: Efa nanandra-tena aho ka tsy hanao ratsy intsony;
For has any said to God: I have taken away, I do not do corruptly,
32 Izay tsy hitako mba ampianaro ahy; Raha nanao ratsy aho, dia tsy hanao intsony?
Besides [that which] I see, You show me, If I have done iniquity—I do not add?
33 Moa araka ny hevitrao va no hamaliany ny ataon’ ny olona, no efa nandà ianao? Fa ianao no mifidy, fa tsy izaho, koa izay fantatrao no ambarao.
Does He repay by you, that you have refused—That you choose, and not I? And what you have known, speak.
34 Ny olona manam-panahy hilaza amiko, ary ny olon-kendry izay mihaino ahy hanao hoe:
Let men of heart say to me, And a wise man is listening to me:
35 Miteny tsy amim-pahalalana Joba, ary ny teniny tsy amim-pahendrena.
Job—he does not speak with knowledge, And his words [are] not with wisdom.
36 Enga anie ka hizahan-toetra mandrakariva Joba noho ny famaliana ataony araka ny fanaon’ ny ratsy fanahy!
My Father! Let Job be tried—to victory, Because of answers for men of iniquity,
37 Fa ampiany fihaikana koa ny fahotany; Miteha-tanana eto amintsika izy ka manao teny maro ho enti-miady amin’ Andriamanitra.
For he adds to his sin, He vomits transgression among us, And multiplies his sayings to God.”
