Job 16
1 Then responded Job, and said: —
Dia namaly Joba ka nanao hoe:
2 I have heard many such things, Wearisome comforters, are ye all!
Efa nandre zavatra maro toy izany aho; Mpampionona mahasorisorena foana ianareo rehetra.
3 Is there to be an end to windy words? Or what so strongly exciteth thee, that thou must respond?
Efa tapitra va izay ny bedibedy foana? Sa mbola misy manesika anao hamaly ahy ihany?
4 I also, like you, could speak, —If your soul were in the place of my soul, I could string together words against you, and could therewith shake over you 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 could make you determined, by my mouth, and then my lip-solace should restrain you.
Mahazo mampahery anareo amin’ ny Vavako aho, ary mahazo mampitony ny alahelonareo ny fampiononana ataon’ ny molotro.
6 Though I do speak, unassuaged is my stinging pain, —And, if I forbear, of what am I relieved?
Na dia miteny aza aho, dia tsy mitsahatra ny alaheloko; Ary na dia mangìna aza aho, dia tsy misy mihena izany.
7 But, now, hath he wearied me, thou hast destroyed all my family;
Fa ankehitriny efa nandreraka ahy Izy; Naringanao ny ankohonako rehetra.
8 And, having captured me, it hath served, as a witness; and so my wasting away hath risen up against me, in my face, it answereth.
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, hath torn and persecuted me, He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth, Mine adversary, hath sharpened 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 upon me with their mouth, With reproach, have they smitten my cheek, Together, against me, have they closed their ranks.
Nisanasana vava tamiko ny olona; Latsa no nentiny namely ny takolako; Mitambatra hamely ahy izy.
11 GOD doth abandon me to him that is perverse, and, into the hands of the lawless, he throweth me headlong.
Efa voatolotr’ Andriamanitra ho amin’ ny ratsy fanahy aho, ary natsipiny ho eo an-tànan’ ny mpanota.
12 At ease, was I when he shattered me, Yea he seized me by my neck, and dashed me in pieces, then set me up for himself as 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 came round against me, He clave asunder my reins, and spared not, He poured out, on the earth, my gall:
Manodidina ahy ny mpandefa zana-tsipìkany; Mamaky ny voako Izy ka tsy miantra ary manidina ny aferoko ho amin’ ny tany.
14 He made a breach in me, breach upon breach, He ran upon me, like a mighty man.
Bangabangainy lalandava aho, ka miroatra hamely ahy tahaka ny lehilahy mahery Izy.
15 Sackcloth, sewed I on my skin, and rolled—in the dust—my horn:
Lamba fisaonana no voazaitrako hanarona ny hoditro, ary nalàko baraka tamin’ ny vovoka ny tandroko.
16 My face, is reddened from weeping, and, upon mine eyelashes, is the death-shade: —
Ny tavako tera-menan’ ny fitomaniana, ary eo amin’ ny hodi-masoko ny aloky ny fahafatesana;
17 Though no violence was in my hands, and, my prayer, was 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 be no place for mine outcry.
Ry tany ô, aza manarona ny rako, ary aoka tsy ho voahazona ny fitarainako!
19 Even now, lo! in the heavens, is my witness,
Fa na dia ankehitriny aza, indro, any an-danitra ny Vavolombeloko, eny, ny Vavolombeloko dia any amin’ ny avo.
20 And, he that voucheth for me is on high. My friends are, they who scorn me, Unto GOD, hath mine eye shed tears: —
Na dia mihomehy ahy aza ny sakaizako, dia mamarin-dranomaso eo anatrehan’ Andriamanitra kosa aho,
21 That one might plead, for a man, with GOD, —Even 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, by a path by which I shall not return, shall I depart.
Fa rehefa lasa ny taona vitsy, dia handeha any amin’ ny lalana izay tsy hiverenako intsony aho.
