Job 8
1 Then Bildad, from [the] Shuah [area], spoke to Job. He said,
Nanoiñe amy zao t’i Bildade nte-Sohy:
2 “Job, how much longer will you talk like this? What you say is [only] hot air.
Pak’ombia te ho saontsie’o o raha zao? Ampara ombia te ho tio-bey avao o entam-palie’oo?
3 Almighty God certainly never does [RHQ] what is unfair/unjust. He always does [LIT] what is right/fair.
Mengohen’ Añahare hao ty zaka? Ampiolahe’ i El-Sadai hao ty hatò?
4 So, it is evident that your children have sinned against him, therefore he has caused them to be punished for evil things that they have done.
Ie nandilats’ azo o ana’oo, le nasese’e ami’ty haozara’ o fiodia’eo.
5 But, if you will [now] earnestly request [DOU] Almighty [God] to help you,
Aa naho nitsoehe’o t’i Andrianañahare vaho ty fiferenaiña’ i El-Sadai,
6 and if you are pure and honest/righteous, he will surely do something good for you and reward you by giving your family back to you and enabling you to prosper.
naho malio naho vantan-drehe, le hivañona’e hampipoly i akiban-kavantaña’oy.
7 And even though you [think that you] were not very prosperous/wealthy before, during the last part of your life you will become very wealthy.
Le ndra te nikede ty fifotora’o, hitombo ho ra’elahy ty figadoña’o.
8 “I request you to think about what happened long ago and consider what our ancestors found out.
Ehe añontaneo i sà’ taoloy vaho imaneo o nitsikarahen-droae’eo,
9 [It seems as though] we were born only yesterday and we know very little [HYP]; our time here on the earth [disappears quickly, like] a shadow [MET].
Bahimo tika fa toly omale avao, mbore talinjo ambone’ ty tane toy o andron-tikañeo.
10 So, why do you not allow your ancestors to teach you and tell you something? Allow them to tell you from what they learned!
Aa vaho tsy ho toroa’ iareo hao, hisaontsy ama’o, hañakatse entañe boak’ añ’arofo’ iareo ao?
11 Papyrus can certainly not [RHQ] grow in places where there is no marsh/swamp; reeds certainly cannot [RHQ] flourish/grow where there is no water.
Mahafitiry hao ty vinda lehe tsy an-tane hinake? Hitiry tsy aman-drano hao ty vondro?
12 [If they do not have enough water], while they are still blossoming, they wither more quickly than other plants wither.
Ie maindoñe, tsy nibiraeñe, le mbe miheatse aolo’ ze hene rongoñe.
13 Those who do not pay attention to what God says are like those [reeds]; godless people stop confidently expecting [that good things will happen to them].
Izay ty lala’ o mañaliño an’ Andrianañahareo; toe modo fitamàñe ty tsy aman-Kake.
14 The things they confidently expect to happen do not happen; things they trust [will help them] are [as fragile as] [MET] a spider’s web.
Ie maràntsañe ty fiatoa’e; naho fararotse ty fatokisa’e.
15 If they lean against a house (OR, trust in their wealth; OR, lean on a spider web), it does not (endure/protect them) [LIT]; they cling to things [to be protected], but those things do not remain firm.
Hiatoa’e ty anjomba’e fe tsy hahafijadoñe; vontitire’e fe tsy leo’e.
16 Godless people [are like plants] [MET] that are watered before the sun rises; their shoots spread all over the gardens.
Maindoñindoñe re añatrefa’ i àndroy andrevaha’ o tsampa’eo i golobo’ey,
17 The roots of those plants twist around piles of stones and cling tightly to rocks.
vandindire’ o vaha’eo ty votrim-bato, i traño-vatoo nitsifira’ iareoy.
18 But if those plants are pulled out, [it is as though] the place where they were planted says ‘They were never here!’ [And that is what happens to wicked people who do not heed what God says].
Ie ombotañe amy toe’ey, le ho lañe’e, ami’ty hoe, Mbe lia tsy nahatrea azo iraho.
19 Truly, evil people [MET] are not joyful [IRO] for a long time; other people come and take their places.
Eka, Izay ty haeha’ i lia’ey, mbe hitiry amo debokeo ka ty ila’e.
20 :So, [I tell you, Job], God will not reject you if you are truly godly/righteous, but he does not help [IDM] evil people.
Oniño te tsy ho farien’ Añahare ty vañoñe vaho tsy ho tohaña’e o lo-tserekeo.
21 He will enable you [MTY] to continually laugh and to always shout [joyfully].
Mbe ho lifore’e fiankahafañe ty falie’o naho o fivimbi’oo am-pazake.
22 But those who hate you will be very ashamed, and the homes of wicked people will disappear.”
Ho saroñen-kasalarañe ze malaiñe azo, ho modo ty kivoho’ o tsivokatseo.
