Joba 1
1 Nisy lehilahy tany amin’ ny tany Oza Joba no anarany; ary marina sy mahitsy izany lehilahy izany sady natahotra an’ Andriamanitra ka nifady ny ratsy.
There was a man in the land of Hus, whose name was Job, and that man was simple and upright, and fearing God, and avoiding evil.
2 Ary niteraka fito lahy sy vavy telo izy.
And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
3 Ary ny fananany dia ondry aman’ osy fito arivo sy rameva telo arivo sy omby arivo sy borikivavy diman-jato ary mpanompo maro be; ka dia nanan-karena be mihoatra noho ny zanaky ny atsinanana rehetra izany lehilahy izany.
And his possession was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a family exceeding great: and this man was great among all the people of the east.
4 Ary fanaon’ ny zananilahy ny nandeha sy nanao fanasana isaky ny an’ androny avy isan-tranony; dia naniraka naka ny anabaviny telo mirahavavy izy hiara-mihinana sy misotro aminy.
And his sons went, and made a feast by houses every one in his day. And sending they called their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
5 Ary isaky ny tapitra nitsingerina ireo andro fanasana ireo dia naniraka Joba ka nanamasina ireny ary nifoha maraina koa izy ka nanatitra fanatitra dorana araka ny isan’ izy rehetra; fa hoy Joba: Fandrao efa nanota ny zanako ka nandà an’ Andriamanitra tao am-pony. Izany no nataon’ i Joba mandrakariva.
And when the days of their feasting were gone about, Job sent to them, and sanctified them: and rising up early offered holocausts for every one of them. For he said: Lest perhaps my sons have sinned, and have blessed God in their hearts. So did Job all days.
6 Ary tamin’ ny indray andro nony avy ireo zanak’ Andriamanitra hiseho teo anatrehan’ i Jehovah dia mba tonga teo koa Satana tafaharo taminy.
Now on a certain day when the sons of God came to stand before the Lord, Satan also was present among them.
7 Dia hoy Jehovah tamin’ i Satana: Avy taiza ianao? Dia namaly an’ i Jehovah Satana ka nanao hoe: Avy nizahazaha teny amin’ ny tany aho ka nivezivezy teny.
And the Lord said to him: Whence comest thou? And he answered and said: I have gone round about the earth, and walked through it.
8 Dia hoy Jehovah tamin’ i Satana: Efa nandinika an’ i Joba mpanompoko va ianao? Fa tsy misy tahaka azy eny ambonin’ ny tany, fa olona marina sy mahitsy izy sady matahotra an’ Andriamanitra ka mifady ny ratsy.
And the Lord said to him: Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a simple and upright man, and fearing God, and avoiding evil?
9 Ary Satana dia namaly an’ i Jehovah ka nanao hoe: Moa tsy fanantenan-javatra va no atahoran’ i Joba an’ Andriamanitra?
And Satan answering, said: Doth Job fear God in vain?
10 Tsy Hianao va no nanao fefy manodidina azy sy manodidina ny tranony ary manodidina izay ananany rehetra? Notahinao ny asan’ ny tànany ka manenika ny tany ny omby aman’ ondriny.
Hast not thou made a fence for him, and his house, and all his substance round about, blessed the works of his hands, and his possession hath increased on the earth?
11 Fa ahinjiro ange ny tananao ka tendreo izay ananany rehetra raha tsy handà Anao eo imasonao aza izy e!
But stretch forth thy hand a little, and touch all that he hath, and see if he blesseth thee not to thy face.
12 Dia hoy Jehovah tamin’ i Satana: Indro eo an-tananao izay ananany rehetra; fa ny tenany ihany no aza aninjiranao ny tananao. Dia nivoaka Satana niala teo anatrehan’ i Jehovah.
Then the Lord said to Satan: Behold, all that he hath is in thy hand: only put not forth thy hand upon his person. And Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.
13 Ary tamin’ ny indray andro dia nihinana sy nisotro divay teo an-tranon’ ny zokiny lahimatoa ny zananilahy sy ny zananivavy;
Now upon a certain day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their eldest brother,
14 ary nisy iraka tonga tany amin’ i Joba ka nanao hoe: Ny omby niasa, ary ny borikivavy nandrasana teo anilany,
There came a messenger to Job, and said: The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them,
15 dia namely azy tampoka ny Sabeana ka namabo azy, ary ny ankizilahy dia nasiany tamin’ ny lelan-tsabatra, ary izaho dia izaho irery ihany no afa-nandositra hilaza aminao.
And the Sabeans rushed in, and took all away, and slew the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell thee.
16 Raha mbola niteny izy, dia nisy anankiray koa tonga ka nanao hoe: Nisy afon’ Andriamanitra latsaka avy tany an-danitra ary nandoro ny ondry aman’ osy sy ny ankizilahy ka nandevona azy, ary izaho dia izaho irery ihany no afa-nandositra hilaza aminao.
And while he was yet speaking, another came, and said: The fire of God fell from heaven, and striking the sheep and the servants, hath consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell thee.
17 Raha mbola niteny izy, dia nisy anankiray koa tonga ka nanao hoe: Ny Kaldeana nanao telo toko, dia niroatany ny rameva ka nobaboiny, ary ny ankizilahy dia nasiany tamin’ ny lelan-tsabatra, ary izaho dia izaho irery ihany no afa-nandositra hilaza aminao.
And while he also was yet speaking, there came another, and said: The Chaldeans made three troops, and have fallen upon the camels, and taken them, moreover they have slain the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell thee.
18 Raha mbola niteny izy, dia nisy anankiray koa tonga ka nanao hoe: Ny zanakao-lahy sy ny zanakao-vavy dia nihinana sy nisotro divay tao an-tranon’ ny zokiny lahimatoa;
He was yet speaking, and behold another came in, and said: Thy sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their elder brother:
19 ary, indro, nisy rivotra mahery avy tany an-efitra ka namely ny zoron-trano efatra, dia nianjera tamin’ ny zatovo ny trano, ka maty izy rehetra, ary izaho dia izaho irery ihany no afa-nandositra hilaza aminao.
A violent wind came on a sudden from the side of the desert, and shook the four corners of the house, and it fell upon thy children and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to fell thee.
20 Dia nitsangana Joba ka nandriatra ny lambany, ary nanaratra ny lohany, dia niapoka tamin’ ny tany ka niankohoka
Then Job rose up, and rent his garments, and having shaven his head fell down upon the ground and worshipped,
21 sady nanao hoe: Nitanjaka no nivoahako avy tany an-kibon’ ineny, ary mitanjaka no hiverenako any; Jehovah no nanome, ary Jehovah no nanaisotra; isaorana anie ny anaran’ i Jehovah
And said: Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: as it hath pleased the Lord so is it done: blessed be the name of the Lord.
22 Tamin’ izany rehetra izany dia tsy nanota Joba, na nanome tsiny an’ Andriamanitra.
In all these things Job sinned not by his lips, nor spoke he any foolish thing against God.
