Job 16
1 Job replied [to Eliphaz and the others: ]
Dia namaly Joba ka nanao hoe:
2 “I have heard things like that before; all of you, [instead of helping me, ] are only causing me to feel more miserable.
Efa nandre zavatra maro toy izany aho; Mpampionona mahasorisorena foana ianareo rehetra.
3 Will your speeches, which are only hot air, never end [RHQ]? Eliphaz, what bothers/irritates you so much that you continue replying to me?
Efa tapitra va izay ny bedibedy foana? Sa mbola misy manesika anao hamaly ahy ihany?
4 If it were you [three and not I] who were suffering, I could say the things that you are saying; I could make great speeches [to criticize/condemn you], and I could shake my head at you [to ridicule you].
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 But, [unlike all of you, ] with what I said [MTY] I would encourage you and try to cause your pain to be less.
Mahazo mampahery anareo amin’ ny Vavako aho, ary mahazo mampitony ny alahelonareo ny fampiononana ataon’ ny molotro.
6 “But now, if I talk, my pain does not decrease, and if I am silent, my pain still certainly does not [RHQ] go away.
Na dia miteny aza aho, dia tsy mitsahatra ny alaheloko; Ary na dia mangìna aza aho, dia tsy misy mihena izany.
7 God has now taken away all my strength, and he has destroyed my family.
Fa ankehitriny efa nandreraka ahy Izy; Naringanao ny ankohonako rehetra.
8 He has shriveled me up, and people think that shows that I [am a sinner]. And people see that I am only skin and bones, and they think that proves that I [am guilty].
Ary efa nampifezaka ny tenako Hianao, ka dia vavolombelona amiko izany. Ary mitsangana hiampanga ahy ny fahahiazako, ka dia tondromaso akaiky izany.
9 Because God is very angry with me and hates me, [it is as though he is a wild animal that] [MET] has gnashed his teeth at me because he is my enemy.
Amin’ ny fahatezerany no amiravirany sy andrafiany ahy, mihidy vazana amiko Izy; Eny, miseho ho fahavaloko Izy ka mampivandravandra ny masony amiko;
10 People gape/stare at me with their mouths open [to sneer at me]; they have struck me on the face/cheek to ridicule me, and they crowd around me to threaten me.
Nisanasana vava tamiko ny olona; Latsa no nentiny namely ny takolako; Mitambatra hamely ahy izy.
11 [It is as though] God has handed me over to ungodly people and turned me over to the wicked [DOU].
Efa voatolotr’ Andriamanitra ho amin’ ny ratsy fanahy aho, ary natsipiny ho eo an-tànan’ ny mpanota.
12 Previously, I was living peacefully, but he crushed me; [it is as though] he grabbed my neck and smashed me to pieces. [It is as though] [MET] he set me up like a target;
Tamin’ ilay izaho tsy nanana ahiahy iny, dia nanorotoro ahy Izy; Nosamboriny tamin’ ny hatoko aho ka nomontsaniny, sady natsangany ho marika hokendreny.
13 people are surrounding me [and shooting arrows at me]. His arrows pierce my kidneys and cause the bile [from my liver] to spill onto the ground, and God does not pity me at all.
Manodidina ahy ny mpandefa zana-tsipìkany; Mamaky ny voako Izy ka tsy miantra ary manidina ny aferoko ho amin’ ny tany.
14 [It is as though] [MET] I am a wall that he is breaking through; he rushes at me like [SIM] a soldier [attacking his enemies].
Bangabangainy lalandava aho, ka miroatra hamely ahy tahaka ny lehilahy mahery Izy.
15 [“Because I am mourning, ] I wear pieces of rough cloth that I have sewed together, and I sit [here] in the dirt, very depressed/discouraged.
Lamba fisaonana no voazaitrako hanarona ny hoditro, ary nalàko baraka tamin’ ny vovoka ny tandroko.
16 My face is red because I have cried very much, and there are dark circles around my eyes.
Ny tavako tera-menan’ ny fitomaniana, ary eo amin’ ny hodi-masoko ny aloky ny fahafatesana;
17 [All this has happened to me] even though I have not acted violently [toward anyone], and I [always] pray sincerely/honestly [to God].
Kanefa tsy misy eto an-tanako izay mba nalaina an-keriny; Ary madio ny fivavako.
18 [When I die, ] I want the ground [APO] to [act as though I had been murdered and] cry out against those who killed me, and I do not want anyone to stop me while I am demanding [that God act justly toward] me.
Ry tany ô, aza manarona ny rako, ary aoka tsy ho voahazona ny fitarainako!
19 But even now, [I know that] there is someone in heaven who will testify for me, and he will say that what I have done is right.
Fa na dia ankehitriny aza, indro, any an-danitra ny Vavolombeloko, eny, ny Vavolombeloko dia any amin’ ny avo.
20 My [three] friends scorn/ridicule me, but my eyes are full of tears [while I cry out] to God.
Na dia mihomehy ahy aza ny sakaizako, dia mamarin-dranomaso eo anatrehan’ Andriamanitra kosa aho,
21 I pray that [the] one [who knows what I have done] would come to plead with God for me like people plead for their friends.
Mba hanamarina ahy olombelona eo anatrehany Izy sy hanafa-tsiny ahy zanak’ olombelona amin’ ny sakaizako.
22 [I say this because] within a few years [I will die]; I will walk along the [to the grave] from which I will never return.”
Fa rehefa lasa ny taona vitsy, dia handeha any amin’ ny lalana izay tsy hiverenako intsony aho.
