Joba 5

1 Miantsoa ange! moa misy hamaly anao va? Ary iza amin’ ireo masìna no hotodihinao?

Call, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?

2 Fa ny adala dia vonoin’ ny fahasosorana, ary ny kely saina dia matin’ ny fialonana.

For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.

3 Izaho nahita olona adala mamaka, nefa vetivety Indray dia tsy maintsy nanozona ny fonenany aho;

I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

4 Lavitra ny famonjena ny zanany Ka torotoro eo am-bavahady, nefa tsy manan-kamonjy;

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer:

5 Ny vokatry ny taniny dia lanin’ ny noana, eny, alainy na dia voafefy tsilo aza; ary ny fandrika mitanatana vava hahazo ny fananany

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance.

6 Fa tsy mivoaka avy amin’ ny vovoka ny alahelo, ary tsy mitrebona avy amin’ ny tany ny fahoriana,

For evil cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

7 Nefa teraka ho amin’ ny fahoriana ny olombelona, dia tahaka ny fanidin’ ny kilalaon’ afo miakatra

For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.

8 Fa raha toa ahy kosa dia hitady an’ Andriamanitra aho, ary Andriamanitra ihany no hotolorako ny teniko,

But as for me I will seek unto God, and unto God commit my cause;

9 Dia Izay manao zava-dehibe tsy takatry ny saina sy zava-mahagaga tsy hita isa,

Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;

10 Dia Izay mampilatsaka ranonorana etỳ ambonin’ ny tany ary mampandeha rano eny amin’ ny saha,

Who giveth rain on the face of the earth, and sendeth waters on the face of the fields;

11 Ka apetrany amin’ ny avo Izay ambany, ary asandrany ho amin’ ny fahafinaretana ny miory,

Setting up on high those that are low; and mourners are exalted to prosperity.

12 Dia Izay mahafoana ny hevitry ny fetsy, ka tsy hahefan’ ny tànany na inona na inona hahasoa ny tenany;

He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.

13 Ny fahafetsen’ ny hendry ihany no entiny misambotra azy, ary ny saina ataon’ ny mpiolakolaka dia rava;

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:

14 Na dia amin’ ny antoandro aza dia tafatsarapaka ao amin’ ny maizina ireny ka miraparapa amin’ ny mitataovovonana tahaka ny amin’ ny alina;

They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night.

15 Fa vonjeny kosa ny malahelo tsy ho voan’ ny sabatry ny vavany; Eny, vonjeny tsy ho azon’ ny tanan’ ny mahery izy.

And he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

16 Dia misy fanantenana ho an’ ny reraka; fa ny faharatsiana kosa mihombom-bava

So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.

17 Indro, sambatra ny zanak’ olombelona izay anarin’ Andriamanitra, koa aza atao ho zavatra kely ny famaizan’ ny Tsitoha;

Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.

18 Fa sady mandratra Izy no mamehy; Manorotoro Izy, ary ny tànany ihany no manasitrana.

For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

19 Amin’ ny fahoriana enina dia hamonjy anao Izy; Eny, amin’ ny fito aza dia tsy hisy loza hihatra aminao.

He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

20 Raha avy ny mosary, dia hiaro anao amin’ ny fahafatesana Izy; Ary raha avy ny ady, dia hiaro anao tsy ho voan’ ny sabatra Izy;

In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

21 Hampiereny tsy ho voan’ ny kapo-bava ianao, ary tsy hatahotra, raha avy ny fandringanana;

Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

22 Ny fandringanana sy ny mosary dia hihomehezanao; ary tsy hatahoranao ny bibi-dia;

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.

23 Fa vita fanekena amin’ ny vato any an-tsaha aza ianao; Ary ny bibi-dia hihavana aminao;

For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

24 Ary ho hitanao fa ny fiadanana no lainao; Ary raha mizaha ny kijanao ianao, dia ho hitanao fa tsy misy very ny ao;

And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou wilt survey thy fold, and miss nothing.

25 Ary ho hitanao koa fa maro ny zanakao, ary ny terakao ho tahaka ny ahitra amin’ ny tany;

And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.

26 Haharitra ianao ambara-piditrao any am-pasana, raha mbola henjana, dia tahaka ny amboaram-bary akarina amin’ ny fotoana.

Thou shalt come to the grave in a ripe age, as a shock of corn is brought in in its season.

27 Izany ary no izy, fa efa nandinika azy izahay; Hevero ary izany, ka fantaro tsara.

Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thyself.