< Job 20 >
1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
Dia namaly Zofara Namatita ka nanao hoe:
2 Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.
Noho izany dia mamaly ahy ny eritreritro, eny, noho ny fihetsiketsiky ny saiko.
3 I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame, and the spirit of my understanding answereth me.
Reko lalandava ny anatra mampahamenatra ahy; Ary ny fanahiko mamaly ahy avy amin’ ny fahalalako.
4 Knowest thou [not] this of old time, since man was placed upon earth,
Tsy fantatrao va fa hatramin’ ny ela, eny, hatrizay nampitoerana ny olona tetỳ ambonin’ ny tany,
5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
Dia vetivety foana ny firavoravoan’ ny ratsy fanahy, ary indray mipi-maso monja ny fifalian’ ny mpihatsaravelatsihy?
6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
Fa na dia mipaka amin’ ny lanitra aza ny hahavony, ka mitehika amin’ ny rahona ny lohany,
7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Dia ho very mandrakizay toy ny dikiny ihany izy; Izay nahita azy dia hanao hoe: Aiza izy?
8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
Manidina tahaka ny nofy izy ka tsy ho hita; Eny, ampandosirina tahaka ny tsindrimandry amin’ ny alina izy.
9 The eye which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
Ny maso izay mijery, dia indray mitopy ihany no ahitany azy; Ary dia tsy hahita azy intsony ny fitoerany.
10 His children shall seek the favour of the poor, and his hands shall give back his wealth.
Ny zanany hitambitamby amin’ ny malahelo, ary ny tànany ihany no hampody ny hareny.
11 His bones are full of his youth, but it shall lie down with him in the dust.
Ny taolany dia feno ny herin’ ny fahatanorana, Nefa hiara-mandry aminy eo amin’ ny vovoka izany.
12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
Na dia mamy ao am-bavany aza ny ratsy, ka afeniny ao ambanin’ ny lelany,
13 Though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;
Ary tsitsiny ka tsy foiny, fa tehiriziny ao amin’ ny lanilaniny ihany,
14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
Dia miova ny haniny ao an-kibony, ka aferon’ ny vipera no ao anatiny.
15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
Harena no nateliny, nefa aloany indray; Loaran’ Andriamanitra hiala ao an-kibony izany.
16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
Ny poizin’ ny vipera no hotsentsefiny; Hahafaty azy ny lelan’ ny menarana.
17 He shall not look upon the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.
Tsy ho faly mahita renirano izy, dia ony sy riaky ny tantely sy ronono.
18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; according to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.
Tsy azony atelina izay nikelezany aina, fa tsy maintsy hampodiny; Na dia be aza ny hareny, dia tsy ho araka izany ny hafaliany.
19 For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away an house, and he shall not build it up.
Fa nampahory sy nahafoy ny reraka izy ka naka trano an-keriny, fa tsy hahatontosa azy.
20 Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.
Satria tsy mahalala mionona ny kibony, dia tsy hahavonjy ny tenany mbamin’ ny tiany indrindra izy.
21 There was nothing left that he devoured not; therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
Tsy misy tsy tratry ny fieremany; Ka dia tsy haharitra ny fiadanany.
22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: the hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.
Ho poriporitra izy, na dia mihoa-pampana aza ny fananany; Ny tanan’ ny ory no hamely azy.
23 When he is about to fill his belly, [God] shall cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
Halefan’ Andriamanitra ny fahatezerany mirehitra hameno ny kibony; Eny, halatsany aminy toy ny ranonorana izany ho hanina ho azy.
24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of brass shall strike him through.
Raha mandositra ny vy fiadiana izy, dia hahavoa azy miboroaka ny tsipìka varahina;
25 He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body: yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall; terrors are upon him.
Tsoahany izany, ka mivoaka avy amin’ ny tenany; Eny, ny manelatselatra dia mivoaka avy amin’ ny aferony; Lasa izy azon’ ny fahatahorana mafy.
26 All darkness is laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown [by man] shall devour him; it shall consume that which is left in his tent.
Ny aizim-pito no voarakitra ho amin’ ny raki-malalany; Afo tsy tsofina no handoro azy sady handevona izay sisa ao amin’ ny lainy.
27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.
Hambaran’ ny lanitra ny helony, Ary ny tany hitsangana hiampanga azy,
28 The increase of his house shall depart, [his goods] shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
Ho lasa ny harena tafiditra ao an-tranony; Eny, ho levona izany amin’ ny andro fahatezerany.
29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
Izany no anjaran’ ny ratsy fanahy avy amin’ Andriamanitra, sy lova voatendrin’ Andriamanitra ho azy.