Job 16
1 And Job answers and says:
Dia namaly Joba ka nanao hoe:
2 “I have heard many such things, Miserable comforters [are] you all.
Efa nandre zavatra maro toy izany aho; Mpampionona mahasorisorena foana ianareo rehetra.
3 Is there an end to words of wind? Or what emboldens you that you answer?
Efa tapitra va izay ny bedibedy foana? Sa mbola misy manesika anao hamaly ahy ihany?
4 I also, like you, might speak, If your soul were in my soul’s stead. I might join against you with words, And nod at you with my head.
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;
5 I might harden you with my mouth, And the moving of my lips might be sparing.
Mahazo mampahery anareo amin’ ny Vavako aho, ary mahazo mampitony ny alahelonareo ny fampiononana ataon’ ny molotro.
6 If I speak, my pain is not restrained, And I cease—what goes from me?
Na dia miteny aza aho, dia tsy mitsahatra ny alaheloko; Ary na dia mangìna aza aho, dia tsy misy mihena izany.
7 Only, now, it has wearied me; You have desolated all my company,
Fa ankehitriny efa nandreraka ahy Izy; Naringanao ny ankohonako rehetra.
8 And You loathe me, For it has been a witness, And my failure rises up against me, It testifies in my face.
Ary efa nampifezaka ny tenako Hianao, ka dia vavolombelona amiko izany. Ary mitsangana hiampanga ahy ny fahahiazako, ka dia tondromaso akaiky izany.
9 His anger has torn, and He hates me, He has gnashed at me with His teeth, My adversary sharpens His eyes for me.
Amin’ ny fahatezerany no amiravirany sy andrafiany ahy, mihidy vazana amiko Izy; Eny, miseho ho fahavaloko Izy ka mampivandravandra ny masony amiko;
10 They have gaped on me with their mouth, In reproach they have struck my cheeks, Together they set themselves against me.
Nisanasana vava tamiko ny olona; Latsa no nentiny namely ny takolako; Mitambatra hamely ahy izy.
11 God shuts me up to the perverse, And turns me over to the hands of the wicked.
Efa voatolotr’ Andriamanitra ho amin’ ny ratsy fanahy aho, ary natsipiny ho eo an-tànan’ ny mpanota.
12 I have been at ease, and He breaks me, And He has laid hold on my neck, And He breaks me in pieces, And He raises me to Him for a mark.
Tamin’ ilay izaho tsy nanana ahiahy iny, dia nanorotoro ahy Izy; Nosamboriny tamin’ ny hatoko aho ka nomontsaniny, sady natsangany ho marika hokendreny.
13 His archers go around against me. He split my reins, and does not spare, He pours out my gall to the earth.
Manodidina ahy ny mpandefa zana-tsipìkany; Mamaky ny voako Izy ka tsy miantra ary manidina ny aferoko ho amin’ ny tany.
14 He breaks me—breach on breach, He runs on me as a mighty one.
Bangabangainy lalandava aho, ka miroatra hamely ahy tahaka ny lehilahy mahery Izy.
15 I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, And have rolled my horn in the dust.
Lamba fisaonana no voazaitrako hanarona ny hoditro, ary nalàko baraka tamin’ ny vovoka ny tandroko.
16 My face is foul with weeping, And on my eyelids [is] death-shade.
Ny tavako tera-menan’ ny fitomaniana, ary eo amin’ ny hodi-masoko ny aloky ny fahafatesana;
17 Not for violence in my hands, And my prayer [is] pure.
Kanefa tsy misy eto an-tanako izay mba nalaina an-keriny; Ary madio ny fivavako.
18 O earth, do not cover my blood! And let there not be a place for my cry.
Ry tany ô, aza manarona ny rako, ary aoka tsy ho voahazona ny fitarainako!
19 Also, now, behold, my witness [is] in the heavens, And my testifier in the high places.
Fa na dia ankehitriny aza, indro, any an-danitra ny Vavolombeloko, eny, ny Vavolombeloko dia any amin’ ny avo.
20 My interpreter [is] my friend, My eye has dropped to God;
Na dia mihomehy ahy aza ny sakaizako, dia mamarin-dranomaso eo anatrehan’ Andriamanitra kosa aho,
21 And He reasons for a man with God, As a son of man for his friend.
Mba hanamarina ahy olombelona eo anatrehany Izy sy hanafa-tsiny ahy zanak’ olombelona amin’ ny sakaizako.
22 When a few years come, Then I go [on] the path of no return.”
Fa rehefa lasa ny taona vitsy, dia handeha any amin’ ny lalana izay tsy hiverenako intsony aho.
