Job 5
1 Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn?
Miantsoa ange! moa misy hamaly anao va? Ary iza amin’ ireo masìna no hotodihinao?
2 For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,
Fa ny adala dia vonoin’ ny fahasosorana, ary ny kely saina dia matin’ ny fialonana.
3 I — I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,
Izaho nahita olona adala mamaka, nefa vetivety Indray dia tsy maintsy nanozona ny fonenany aho;
4 Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.
Lavitra ny famonjena ny zanany Ka torotoro eo am-bavahady, nefa tsy manan-kamonjy;
5 Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
Ny vokatry ny taniny dia lanin’ ny noana, eny, alainy na dia voafefy tsilo aza; ary ny fandrika mitanatana vava hahazo ny fananany
6 For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.
Fa tsy mivoaka avy amin’ ny vovoka ny alahelo, ary tsy mitrebona avy amin’ ny tany ny fahoriana,
7 For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly.
Nefa teraka ho amin’ ny fahoriana ny olombelona, dia tahaka ny fanidin’ ny kilalaon’ afo miakatra
8 Yet I — I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,
Fa raha toa ahy kosa dia hitady an’ Andriamanitra aho, ary Andriamanitra ihany no hotolorako ny teniko,
9 Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.
Dia Izay manao zava-dehibe tsy takatry ny saina sy zava-mahagaga tsy hita isa,
10 Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places.
Dia Izay mampilatsaka ranonorana etỳ ambonin’ ny tany ary mampandeha rano eny amin’ ny saha,
11 To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety.
Ka apetrany amin’ ny avo Izay ambany, ary asandrany ho amin’ ny fahafinaretana ny miory,
12 Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
Dia Izay mahafoana ny hevitry ny fetsy, ka tsy hahefan’ ny tànany na inona na inona hahasoa ny tenany;
13 Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,
Ny fahafetsen’ ny hendry ihany no entiny misambotra azy, ary ny saina ataon’ ny mpiolakolaka dia rava;
14 By day they meet darkness, And as night — they grope at noon.
Na dia amin’ ny antoandro aza dia tafatsarapaka ao amin’ ny maizina ireny ka miraparapa amin’ ny mitataovovonana tahaka ny amin’ ny alina;
15 And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,
Fa vonjeny kosa ny malahelo tsy ho voan’ ny sabatry ny vavany; Eny, vonjeny tsy ho azon’ ny tanan’ ny mahery izy.
16 And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.
Dia misy fanantenana ho an’ ny reraka; fa ny faharatsiana kosa mihombom-bava
17 Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,
Indro, sambatra ny zanak’ olombelona izay anarin’ Andriamanitra, koa aza atao ho zavatra kely ny famaizan’ ny Tsitoha;
18 For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.
Fa sady mandratra Izy no mamehy; Manorotoro Izy, ary ny tànany ihany no manasitrana.
19 In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.
Amin’ ny fahoriana enina dia hamonjy anao Izy; Eny, amin’ ny fito aza dia tsy hisy loza hihatra aminao.
20 In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.
Raha avy ny mosary, dia hiaro anao amin’ ny fahafatesana Izy; Ary raha avy ny ady, dia hiaro anao tsy ho voan’ ny sabatra Izy;
21 When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not afraid of destruction, When it cometh.
Hampiereny tsy ho voan’ ny kapo-bava ianao, ary tsy hatahotra, raha avy ny fandringanana;
22 At destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.
Ny fandringanana sy ny mosary dia hihomehezanao; ary tsy hatahoranao ny bibi-dia;
23 (For with sons of the field [is] thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.)
Fa vita fanekena amin’ ny vato any an-tsaha aza ianao; Ary ny bibi-dia hihavana aminao;
24 And thou hast known that thy tent [is] peace, And inspected thy habitation, and errest not,
Ary ho hitanao fa ny fiadanana no lainao; Ary raha mizaha ny kijanao ianao, dia ho hitanao fa tsy misy very ny ao;
25 And hast known that numerous [is] Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;
Ary ho hitanao koa fa maro ny zanakao, ary ny terakao ho tahaka ny ahitra amin’ ny tany;
26 Thou comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.
Haharitra ianao ambara-piditrao any am-pasana, raha mbola henjana, dia tahaka ny amboaram-bary akarina amin’ ny fotoana.
27 Lo, this — we searched it out — it [is] right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!
Izany ary no izy, fa efa nandinika azy izahay; Hevero ary izany, ka fantaro tsara.
