< Job 17 >

1 My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me.
Efa ho ritra ny aiko; Efa milopilopy ny androko; Efa miandry ahy ny fasana.
2 Surely there are mockers with me, and mine eye abideth in their provocation.
Eny, fanesoana tokoa no manodidina ahy, ary tsy maintsy mijery ny filany ady amiko aho.
3 Give now a pledge, be surety for me with Thyself; who else is there that will strike hands with me?
Masìna Hianao, aoka ny tenanao ihany no hiantoka ahy aminao; Fa iza moa no hety hiantoka ahy?
4 For Thou hast hid their heart from understanding; therefore shalt Thou not exalt them.
Fa ny fon’ ireto dia voahidinao tsy hidiran’ ny fahalalana; koa izany no tsy hanandratanao azy.
5 He that denounceth his friends for the sake of flattery, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Izay manolotra ny sakaizany ho babo, dia ho pahina kosa ny mason’ ny zanany.
6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and I am become one in whose face they spit.
Ary efa nanao ahy ho ambentinteny amin’ ny firenena Izy, ka rorany mandrakariva ny tavako.
7 Mine eye also is dimmed by reason of vexation, and all my members are as a shadow.
Efa pahina ny masoko noho ny alahelo; Ary efa toy ny aloka ny momba ny tenako rehetra.
8 Upright men are astonished at this, and the innocent stirreth up himself against the godless.
Ankona noho izany ny olona mahitsy, ary ny tsy manan-tsiny mihendratra mahita ny mpihatsaravela-tsihy.
9 Yet the righteous holdeth on his way, and he that hath clean hands waxeth stronger and stronger.
Fa ny marina mifikitra tsara amin’ ny halehany, ary izay madio tanana no hitombo hery.
10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now; and I shall not find a wise man among you.
Avia avokoa indray ary ianareo rehetra tsy mahita izay olon-kendry eo aminareo aho.
11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
Mihelina ny androko, voaongotra ny fikasako. Dia izay hevitra fikirin’ ny foko indrindra;
12 They change the night into day; the light is short because of darkness.
Ny alina ataon’ ireny ho antoandro, ary ny mazava ho efa akaiky, nefa tamy ihany ny maizina.
13 If I look for the nether-world as my house; if I have spread my couch in the darkness; (Sheol h7585)
Raha mbola misy antenaiko, dia ny fiainan-tsi-hita fonenako ihany; Ao amin’ ny maizina no hamelarako ny fandriako. (Sheol h7585)
14 If I have said to corruption: 'Thou art my father', to the worm: 'Thou art my mother, and my sister';
Ny fasana no nantsoiko hoe: Raiko ianao; Ary ny kankana: Reniko sy anabaviko ianao.
15 Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
Fa aiza ary ny fanantenako? Ary iza no mahita azy?
16 They shall go down to the bars of the nether-world, when we are at rest together in the dust. (Sheol h7585)
Midìna any amin’ ny vavahadin’ ny fiainan-tsi-hita izany, raha mba hahita fitsaharana ao amin’ ny vovoka aho. (Sheol h7585)

< Job 17 >