Job 31
1 I MADE a covenant with mine eyes; how then should I look upon a maid?
Efa nampanekeko ny masoko; Koa hataoko ahoana indray no fijery zazavavy?
2 For what [is] the portion of God from above, and the heritage of the Almighty from on high?
Fa raha izany, dia inona no anjara avy amin’ Andriamanitra any ambony. Sy lova avy amin’ ny Tsitoha any amin’ ny avo?
3 Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?
Moa tsy loza va no manjo ny ratsy fanahy? Ary tsy fahoriana va no mahazo ny mpanao ratsy?
4 Doth not he see my ways, and number all my steps?
Moa tsy Andriamanitra va no mijery ny lalako ka manisa ny diako rehetra?
5 If I have walked with vanity, and my foot hath hasted to deceit;
Raha tàhiny nandeha tamin’ ny fitaka aho na niezaka tamin’ ny fahafetsena.
6 (Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity; )
(Enga anie ka holanjain’ Andriamanitra eo amin’ ny mizanan’ ny fahamarinana aho! Dia ho fantany ny tsi-fananako tsiny);
7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any spot hath cleaved to mine hands:
Raha tàhiny nivily niala tamin’ ny lalana ny diako, na nanaraka ny masoko ny foko, na nisy tsiny niraikitra tamin’ ny tanako:
8 Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
Dia aoka hamafy aho, fa olon-kafa no hihinana, ary aoka ho fongotra izay amboleko.
9 If mine heart have been enticed unto a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door:
Raha tahìny adala tamin’ ny vadin’ olona ny foko, ka namitsaka teo am-baravaran’ ny namako aho,
10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
Dia aoka kosa ny vadiko halain’ ny sasany, ary aoka olon-kafa no handry aminy.
11 For that were an heinous crime; yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:
Fa fahavetavetana izany, eny, heloka tokony hotsarain’ ny mpitsara;
12 For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
Fa afo mandevona hatrany amin’ ny fandringanana izany ka hanongotra ny vokatro rehetra.
13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me:
Raha tàhiny aho nandà ny rariny izay an’ ny ankizilahiko na ny ankizivaviko, raha nifamaly tamiko izy,
14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
Dia inona no hataoko, raha hitsangana Andriamanitra? Ary ahoana no havaliko Azy, raha handinika Izy?
15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
Fa moa tsy Izay nanao ahy tany an-kibo ihany va no nanao azy koa? Ary tsy Iray ihany va no namorona anay tany am-bohoka?
16 If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Raha tàhiny aho nandà Izay nirin’ ny malahelo ka nahapahina ny mason’ ny mpitondratena,
17 Or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
Na nihinana ny sombin-kaniko irery, ka tsy mba nihinanan’ ny kamboty
18 (Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have been her guide from my mother’s womb; )
(Fa tsy izany, fa hatry ny fony mbola tanora aho, dia notezaina teo amiko tahaka ny zanaka ny kamboty, Ary nitondra ny mpitondratena hatrany an-kibon-dreniko aho);
19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;
Raha tàhiny aho nahita olona efa ho faty noho ny tsi-fananan-damba. Na malahelo tsy manan-kitafy,
20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
Koa tsy nankasitraka ahy ny tenany, ary tsy nanafàna azy ny volon’ ondriko;
21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate:
Raha tahìny aho naninjitra ny tanako hampahory ny kamboty, saingy hitako fa nisy niandany tamiko teo am-bavahady:
22 Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
Dia aoka ny foto-tsandriko hitsoaka hiala amin’ ny rangomainako, eny, aoka ny sandriko ho latsaka hiala amin’ ny taolam-panaviko.
23 For calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his excellency I could do nothing.
Fa mampahatahotra ahy ny loza avy amin’ Andriamanitra, ka tsy mahavita na inona na inona aho noho ny fahalehibiazany.
24 If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence;
Raha tàhiny aho nanao ny volamena ho fanantenako, na nanonona ny volamena tsara hoe: Ry tokiko ô;
25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
Raha tàhiny ho nifaly noho ny haben’ ny fananako sy noho ny nahazoan’ ny tanako harena betsaka;
26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
Raha tàhiny aho nijery ny masoandro, raha namirapiratra izy, na ny volana, raha nandeha tamin’ ny fangarangarany izy,
27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, and my mouth hath kissed my hand:
Ka voafitaka mangingina ny foko, ary nanoroka ny tanako ny vavako
28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges: for I should have lied to God that is above.
(Dia heloka hanamelohan’ ny mpitsara koa izany; Fa ho nihatsaravelatsihy tamin’ Andriamanitra Izay any ambony aho);
29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him;
Raha tàhiny aho nifaly noho ny loza nanjo izay nankahala ahy, na nibitabitaka, raha nozoim-pahoriana izy
30 (Yea, I suffered not my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse; )
(Tsia, fa tsy navelako hanota akory ny vavako hangataka ozona hanjo azy);
31 If the men of my tent said not, Who can find one that hath not been satisfied with his flesh?
Raha tàhiny ny tao an-daiko tsy nanao hoe: Iza moa no tsy voky tamin’ ny henany?
32 The stranger did not lodge in the street; but I opened my doors to the traveller;
Ny vahiny aza tsy nandry teny ala-trano; Fa novohako ny varavarako manatrika ny lalana;
33 If like Adam I covered my transgressions, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom;
Raha tàhiny aho mba nanarona ny fahadisoako tahaka an’ i Adama ka nanafina ny heloko tato an-tratrako,
34 Because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and went not out of the door—
Satria nampihorohoro ny foko ny vahoaka maro be, ary natahotra aho, fandrao hamavoin’ ny fokon’ olona, ka dia namitsaka, fa tsy sahy nivoaka ny varavarana
35 Oh that I had one to hear me! (lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me; ) and [that I had] the indictment which mine adversary hath written!
Enga anie ka hisy hihaino ahy! Indro ny soniako! Enga anie ka hamaly ahy ny Tsitoha! Indro ny taratasy voasoratr’ ilay manana ady amiko!
36 Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown.
Hataoko eny an-tsoroko tokoa izany ary hafehiko amiko ho satro-boninahitra.
37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
Ny isan’ ny diako dia hambarako aminy, ary tahaka ny fanakon’ ny zanak’ andriana no hanatonako Azy.
38 If my land cry out against me, and the furrows thereof weep together;
Raha tàhiny mitaraina hiampanga ahy ny taniko, ka miara-mitomany ny vavasako;
39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
Raha tàhiny aho nihinana ny vokatra, nefa tsy nandoa ny vidiny. Na nanao izay hahafaty ny ain’ ny tompony:
40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Dia aoka ny tsilo no haniry hisolo ny vary tritika. Ary ny ahi-dratsy hisolo ny vary hordea. Tapitra ny tenin’ i Joba.
