Job 23
1 Then Job answered and said,
Hoe ty natoi’ Iobe:
2 “Even today my complaint is bitter; my hand is heavy because of my groaning.
Mafaitse ty toreoko henaneo, taña-miletraletra ty amy hatreontreoko.
3 Oh, that I knew where I might find him! Oh, that I might come to his place!
Ehe te napotako ty hahatreavako Aze, hiheovako mb’am-piambesa’e mb’eo.
4 I would lay my case in order before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
Halahako aolo’e eo ty amako, vaho hatsafeko veroke ty vavako.
5 I would learn the words with which he would answer me and would understand what he would say to me.
Ho azoko ty entañe havale’e ahy, vaho ho rendreko ty hitsara’e.
6 Would he argue against me in the greatness of his power? No, he would pay attention to me.
Hatreatré’e ami’ty hara’elahin-kaozara’e hao? Aiy, f’ie ho haoñe’e.
7 There the upright person might argue with him. In this way I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
Mete hilahatse ama’e ty vañoñe, hamotsorañe ahy nainai’e amy Mpizakakoy.
8 See, I go eastward, but he is not there, and westward, but I cannot perceive him.
Hehe te mionjon-draho, f’ie tsy eo, midisa-voly, fa tsy isako,
9 To the north, where he is at work, but I cannot see him, and to the south, where he hides himself so that I cannot see him.
ie mitoloñ’an-kavia, tsy treako, ie mitolike mb’àn-kavana, tsy rendreko.
10 But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come out like gold.
Fe arofoana’e ty lala fombàko, ie fa nitsoeha’e le hiboake hoe volamena.
11 My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept to his way and turned not aside.
Nahafitinoñe i lia’ey ty tomboko, nifaharako i lala’ey vaho tsy nitsile.
12 I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.
Tsy nisitahako o nafèm-pivimbi’eo; nahajako o tsaram-palie’eo mandikoatse ty anjara rimako.
13 But he is one of a kind, who can turn him back? What he desires, he does.
F’ie tsy roe tsy telo, ia ty hampitolik’ aze? anoe’e iaby ze satrin’arofo’e.
14 For he carries out his decree against me; there are many like them.
Ie ro mañeneke o atolots’ ahikoo: maro ty fanoe’e hoe Izay.
15 Therefore, I am terrified in his presence; when I think about him, I am afraid of him.
Aa le hirevendreven-draho añ’atrefa’e eo; izaho mitsakore, le añeveñako.
16 For God has made my heart weak; the Almighty has terrified me.
Ampianifan’ Añahare ty troko, ampangebahebae’ i El-Sadai,
17 I have not been brought to an end by darkness, because of the thick darkness that covers the gloom of my face.
Toe tsy naitoañ’ añatrefa’ i ieñey iraho, naho nisaroña’e an-tareheko i fimoromoroñañey.
