Job 23
1 Then Job replied again,
Dia namaly Joba ka nanao hoe:
2 “Today I am again complaining bitterly/strongly [to God]; I [continue] groaning, but he [SYN] [continues to] (punish me/cause me to suffer).
Mbola atao ho fikomianao ihany ny fitarainako; Ny tanana mamely ahy dia mitambesatra amin’ ny fisentoako.
3 I (wish that I knew/want to know) where I could meet/talk with him, so that I could go to the place where he lives.
Enga anie ka ho fantatro izay hahitako Azy ka ho tonga any amin’ ny fitoerany aza!
4 If I could do that, I would tell him why [I know that] I am innocent; I would tell [MTY] to him all my (arguments/evidence [to show that I have not done what is evil]).
Dia handahatra ny teniko eo anatrehany aho. Ka hofenoiko ny teny alahatro ny vavako;
5 Then I would find out what he would reply to me [DOU].
Ary hahalala izay teny havaliny ahy aho sy hamantatra izay holazainy amiko.
6 Would he use his great power to argue with me? No, he would listen to me carefully.
Hery lehibe va no handaharany teny amiko? Tsia, fa Izy indrindra no hihaino ahy
7 I am (an honest/a righteous) man; so I would be able to discuss things with him [fairly], and then he would declare that I am innocent, [and that decision would endure] forever.
Fa amin’ izany dia olona marina no ho nifandahatra taminy; Ka dia ho nanan-drariny mihitsy aho tamin’ ny Mpitsara ahy.
8 “But, I have gone to the east, and he is not there; I have gone to the west, but I have not found him there.
Indro, miantsinanana aho, fa tsy any Izy; Ary miankandrefana aho, fa tsy hitako Izy;
9 I have gone north and I have gone south, but I have not seen him anywhere.
Mianavaratra amin’ izay iasany aho, fa tsy tazako Izy; Mivily any atsimo Izy, ka tsy hitako.
10 But he knows how I have conducted my life; and when he has finished testing me, [he] will [see that] I [am] as pure as [SIM] gold [whose impurities have all been burned out].
Fa mahalala ny lalana falehako Izy; Raha hizahany toetra aho, dia hivoaka tahaka ny volamena.
11 I [SYN] have faithfully walked on the path that he showed me; I have not stopped [obeying] him.
Ny tongotro nifikitra tamin’ ny lalany; Eny, ny lalany no nizorako tsara, ka tsy nivily aho.
12 I have always obeyed what he [SYN] commanded; I have treasured the words that he has spoken.
Ny didin’ ny molony tsy mba nialako; Ny tenin’ ny vavany noraketiko mihoatra noho ny faniriako.
13 “He never changes. There is no one who can [RHQ] stop him [from doing what he desires]. Whatever he wants to do, he does.
Nefa tsy miova saina Izy, iza no mahasakana Azy? Fa na inona na inona irin’ ny fanahiny dia ataony.
14 And he will finish doing for me the things that he has planned for me; [and I am sure that] he has thought about doing many things for me.
Eny, manatanteraka izay voatendry ho ahy Izy; Ary zavatra maro toy izany no ao aminy;
15 So I am terrified in his presence; when I think [about what he can do], I am very afraid [DOU].
Roa Izany no mampangovitra ahy eo anatrehany; Raha misaintsaina izany aho, dia matahotra Azy.
16 Almighty God has caused me [SYN] to feel terrified [DOU].
Fa Andriamanitra no mandrerakany foko, ary ny Tsitoha no mampangovitra ahy;
17 [It is as though] there is only thick darkness in front of me, but it is God that I am afraid of, not the darkness.”
Fa tsy ny fahamaizinana no maharesy ahy, na ny maizim-pito izay manarona ny tavako.
