Joba 12
1 Dia namaly Joba ka nanao hoe:
Then responded Job, and said: —
2 Marina ary fa ianareo ihany tokoa olombelona! Ary hiara-maty aminareo ny fahendrena!
Of a truth, ye, are the people, and, with you, wisdom, will die.
3 Kanefa izaho mba manan-tsaina tahaka anareo ihany koa; Tsy latsaka noho ianareo aho; Fa iza moa no tsy nahalala izay zavatra toy izany?
I also, have a mind like you, I, fall not short, of you, But who hath not such things as these?
4 Tonga fihomehezan’ ny sakaizako aho. Dia izaho izay niantso an’ Andriamanitra ka novaliany; Eny, tonga fihomehezana ny olona marina tsy manan-tsiny.
A laughing-stock to one’s neighbour, do I become, one who hath called upon GOD and he hath answered him! A laughing-stock—a righteous man without blame!
5 Endrehin-datsa ny ozoim-pahoriana, raha araka ny hevitry ny miadana, eny, vonona ho amin’ izay ela mangozohozo ny latsa.
For ruin, there is contempt, in the thought of the man at ease, —ready, for such as are of faltering foot!
6 Mandry fahizay ny lain’ ny mpitohatoha, Ary mitoetra tsy manahy izay sahy mampahatezitra an’ Andriamanitra, dia izay mitondra ny herin’ ny tànany ho andriamaniny
At peace are the tents that belong to the spoilers, and there is security to them who provoke GOD, To him who bringeth a god in his hand.
7 Kanefa anontanio ange ny biby, fa hampianatra anao izy, ary ny voro-manidina, fa hanambara aminao izy;
But, in very deed, ask, I pray thee, the beasts, and they will teach thee, and the bird of the heavens, and it will tell thee;
8 Ary makà saina amin’ ny tany, dia hampianatra anao izy. Ary ny hazandrano any an-dranomasina hampahalala anao.
Or address the earth, and it will teach thee, and the fishes of the sea, will recount it to thee:
9 Iza no tsy mahalala, raha mandinika ireny rehetra ireny, fa ny nanao izany dia ny tanan’ i Jehovah,
Who knoweth not, among all these, that, the hand of Yahweh, hath done this?
10 Izay mitana ny ain’ ny zava-manan’ aina rehetra sy ny fofonain’ ny olombelona rehetra?
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all the flesh of men.
11 Moa tsy ny sofina va no mamantatra ny teny? Ary tsy ny vava va no manandrana ny hanina?
Doth not, the ear, try, words? even as, the palate, tasteth for itself, food?
12 Ao amin’ ny fotsy volo ny fahendrena, ary ny fahela-velona no ahazoam-pahalalana.
In the Ancient, is wisdom, and [in] Length of Days, understanding:
13 Ao amin’ Andriamanitra kosa no misy fahendrena sy hery; Izy no manana hevitra sy fahalalana.
With Him, are wisdom and strength, to Him, pertain counsel and understanding.
14 Indro, mandrava Izy, ka tsy hatsangana intsony; Manidy ny olona Izy, ka tsy hovohana.
Lo! He pulleth down, and it cannot be built, He closeth up over a man, and it cannot be opened:
15 Indro, manampina ny rano Izy, ka dia ritra iny; Ary alefany indray ka mahasimba ny tany.
Lo! He holdeth back the waters, and they dry up, or sendeth them out, and they transform the earth:
16 Izy no manana hery sy tena fahendrena; Samy eo an-tanany avokoa ny voafitaka sy ny mpamitaka.
With Him, is strength and effective wisdom, to Him, belong he that erreth, and he that causeth to err.
17 Alany voninahitra ny mpanolo-tsaina, dia entiny. Ary asehony ny fahadalan’ ny mpitsara.
Who leadeth away counsellors [as] a spoil, and, judges, He befooleth:
18 Vahany ny fifehezan’ ny mpanjaka, ka feheziny mahazaka ny valahany.
The fetters of kings, He looseth, or hath bound a slave’s waistcloth about their loins:
19 Alàny voninahitra ny mpisorona, dia entiny, ary ny mafy orina ela dia ravany.
Who leadeth away priests [as] a spoil, and, men firmly seated, He overturneth:
20 Koroiny ny laha-tenin’ ny mahay, ary ny fahazavan-tsain’ ny anti-panahy dia esoriny.
Setting aside the speech of the trusty, and, the discernment of elders, He taketh away:
21 Mandatsaka fanamavoana amin’ ny andriandahy Izy, ary ketrahiny ny fehin-kibon’ ny matanjaka.
Pouring contempt upon nobles, and, the girdle of the mighty, hath He loosed:
22 Manala rakotra izay lalina Izy mba tsy ho maizina ary mitondra ny aloky ny fahafatesana ho eo amin’ ny mazava.
Laying open deep things, out of darkness, and bringing out to light, the death-shade:
23 Mahalehibe ny firenena Izy, nefa mandringana azy koa, mampihahaka ny firenena Izy, nefa mitondra azy hody indray.
Who giveth greatness to nations, or destroyeth them, Who spreadeth out nations, or leadeth them into exile:
24 Mahavery saina ny loholona amin’ ny tany Izy ary mampirenireny azy any an-efitra tsy misy lalana;
Who taketh away the sense of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and hath caused them to wander in a pathless waste:
25 Mitsapatsapa amin’ ny maizina tsy misy mavaza ireo; ary mampivembena azy tahaka ny olona mamo Izy.
They grope about in the dark, having no light, and He hath made them to reel, like a drunken man.
