< Job 31 >
1 I Made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
Efa nampanekeko ny masoko; Koa hataoko ahoana indray no fijery zazavavy?
2 For what portion of God [is there] from above? and [what] inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
Fa raha izany, dia inona no anjara avy amin’ Andriamanitra any ambony. Sy lova avy amin’ ny Tsitoha any amin’ ny avo?
3 [Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to the workers of iniquity?
Moa tsy loza va no manjo ny ratsy fanahy? Ary tsy fahoriana va no mahazo ny mpanao ratsy?
4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
Moa tsy Andriamanitra va no mijery ny lalako ka manisa ny diako rehetra?
5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
Raha tàhiny nandeha tamin’ ny fitaka aho na niezaka tamin’ ny fahafetsena.
6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity.
(Enga anie ka holanjain’ Andriamanitra eo amin’ ny mizanan’ ny fahamarinana aho! Dia ho fantany ny tsi-fananako tsiny);
7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and my heart walked after my eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to my hands;
Raha tàhiny nivily niala tamin’ ny lalana ny diako, na nanaraka ny masoko ny foko, na nisy tsiny niraikitra tamin’ ny tanako:
8 [Then] let me sow, and let another eat; yes, let my offspring be rooted out.
Dia aoka hamafy aho, fa olon-kafa no hihinana, ary aoka ho fongotra izay amboleko.
9 If my heart hath been deceived by a woman, or [if] I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;
Raha tahìny adala tamin’ ny vadin’ olona ny foko, ka namitsaka teo am-baravaran’ ny namako aho,
10 [Then] let my wife grind to another, and let others bow down upon her.
Dia aoka kosa ny vadiko halain’ ny sasany, ary aoka olon-kafa no handry aminy.
11 For this [is] a hainous crime; yea, it [is] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judges.
Fa fahavetavetana izany, eny, heloka tokony hotsarain’ ny mpitsara;
12 For it [is] a fire [that] consumeth to destruction, and would root out all my increase.
Fa afo mandevona hatrany amin’ ny fandringanana izany ka hanongotra ny vokatro rehetra.
13 If I despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me;
Raha tàhiny aho nandà ny rariny izay an’ ny ankizilahiko na ny ankizivaviko, raha nifamaly tamiko izy,
14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
Dia inona no hataoko, raha hitsangana Andriamanitra? Ary ahoana no havaliko Azy, raha handinika Izy?
15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
Fa moa tsy Izay nanao ahy tany an-kibo ihany va no nanao azy koa? Ary tsy Iray ihany va no namorona anay tany am-bohoka?
16 If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Raha tàhiny aho nandà Izay nirin’ ny malahelo ka nahapahina ny mason’ ny mpitondratena,
17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten of it;
Na nihinana ny sombin-kaniko irery, ka tsy mba nihinanan’ ny kamboty
18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as [with] a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb; )
(Fa tsy izany, fa hatry ny fony mbola tanora aho, dia notezaina teo amiko tahaka ny zanaka ny kamboty, Ary nitondra ny mpitondratena hatrany an-kibon-dreniko aho);
19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
Raha tàhiny aho nahita olona efa ho faty noho ny tsi-fananan-damba. Na malahelo tsy manan-kitafy,
20 If his loins have not blessed me, and [if] he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
Koa tsy nankasitraka ahy ny tenany, ary tsy nanafàna azy ny volon’ ondriko;
21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
Raha tahìny aho naninjitra ny tanako hampahory ny kamboty, saingy hitako fa nisy niandany tamiko teo am-bavahady:
22 [Then] let my arm fall from my shoulder-blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.
Dia aoka ny foto-tsandriko hitsoaka hiala amin’ ny rangomainako, eny, aoka ny sandriko ho latsaka hiala amin’ ny taolam-panaviko.
23 For destruction [from] God [was] a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
Fa mampahatahotra ahy ny loza avy amin’ Andriamanitra, ka tsy mahavita na inona na inona aho noho ny fahalehibiazany.
24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence;
Raha tàhiny aho nanao ny volamena ho fanantenako, na nanonona ny volamena tsara hoe: Ry tokiko ô;
25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth [was] great, and because my hand had gained much;
Raha tàhiny ho nifaly noho ny haben’ ny fananako sy noho ny nahazoan’ ny tanako harena betsaka;
26 If I have beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking [in] brightness;
Raha tàhiny aho nijery ny masoandro, raha namirapiratra izy, na ny volana, raha nandeha tamin’ ny fangarangarany izy,
27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
Ka voafitaka mangingina ny foko, ary nanoroka ny tanako ny vavako
28 This also [were] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judge: for I should have denied the God [that is] above.
(Dia heloka hanamelohan’ ny mpitsara koa izany; Fa ho nihatsaravelatsihy tamin’ Andriamanitra Izay any ambony aho);
29 If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or have lifted up myself when evil found him:
Raha tàhiny aho nifaly noho ny loza nanjo izay nankahala ahy, na nibitabitaka, raha nozoim-pahoriana izy
30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
(Tsia, fa tsy navelako hanota akory ny vavako hangataka ozona hanjo azy);
31 If the men of my tabernacle have not said, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
Raha tàhiny ny tao an-daiko tsy nanao hoe: Iza moa no tsy voky tamin’ ny henany?
32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: [but] I opened my doors to the traveler.
Ny vahiny aza tsy nandry teny ala-trano; Fa novohako ny varavarako manatrika ny lalana;
33 If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom:
Raha tàhiny aho mba nanarona ny fahadisoako tahaka an’ i Adama ka nanafina ny heloko tato an-tratrako,
34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, [and] went not out of the door?
Satria nampihorohoro ny foko ny vahoaka maro be, ary natahotra aho, fandrao hamavoin’ ny fokon’ olona, ka dia namitsaka, fa tsy sahy nivoaka ny varavarana
35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire [is], [that] the Almighty would answer me, and [that] my adversary had written a book.
Enga anie ka hisy hihaino ahy! Indro ny soniako! Enga anie ka hamaly ahy ny Tsitoha! Indro ny taratasy voasoratr’ ilay manana ady amiko!
36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, [and] bind it [as] a crown to me.
Hataoko eny an-tsoroko tokoa izany ary hafehiko amiko ho satro-boninahitra.
37 I would declare to him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near to him.
Ny isan’ ny diako dia hambarako aminy, ary tahaka ny fanakon’ ny zanak’ andriana no hanatonako Azy.
38 If my land crieth against me, or its furrows likewise complain;
Raha tàhiny mitaraina hiampanga ahy ny taniko, ka miara-mitomany ny vavasako;
39 If I have eaten the fruits of it without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life:
Raha tàhiny aho nihinana ny vokatra, nefa tsy nandoa ny vidiny. Na nanao izay hahafaty ny ain’ ny tompony:
40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Dia aoka ny tsilo no haniry hisolo ny vary tritika. Ary ny ahi-dratsy hisolo ny vary hordea. Tapitra ny tenin’ i Joba.