Joba 14

1 Ny olona tera-behivavy dia vitsy andro sady vontom-pahoriana.

For a mortal born of a woman [is] short lived, and full of wrath.

2 Mitsimoka tahaka ny voninkazo izy ka jinjana, ary mihelina tahaka ny aloka izy ka tsy mitoetra.

Or he falls like a flower that has bloomed; and he departs like a shadow, and cannot continue.

3 kanefa amin’ izay toy izany foana no ampihiratanao ny masonao? ka dia izay izaho avy no entinao hifandahatra aminao amin’ ny fitsarana!

Hast thou not taken account even of him, and caused him to enter into judgment before thee?

4 Aiza no misy madio ateraky ny tsy madio? Tsy misy na dia iray akory aza.

For who shall be pure from uncleanness? not even one;

5 Raha voafetra ny androny, ary voatendrinao ny isan’ ny volana iainany, ary asianao fefy tsy azony ihoarana,

if even his life should be [but] one day upon the earth: and his months are numbered by him: thou hast appointed [him] for a time, and he shall by no means exceed [it].

6 Dia mihodìna tsy hanatrika azy Hianao, mba hitsaharany, ka hifaliany amin’ ny androny toy ny mpikarama.

Depart from him, that he may be quiet, and take pleasure in his life, [though] as a hireling.

7 Fa azo antenaina ny hazo, satria na dia kapaina aza izy, dia mbola hitsimoka indray, ka tsy maintsy hisy ny solofony;

For there is hope for a tree, even if it should be cut down, [that] it shall blossom again, and its branch shall not fail.

8 Na dia efa tonga antitra ao amin’ ny tany aza ny fakany, ary maty ao amin’ ny vovoka ny fotony,

For though its root should grow old in the earth, and its stem die in the rock;

9 Raha mahare ny fofon-drano izy, dia hitsimoka indray. Ka handrahaka tahaka ny hazo tanora nambolena.

it will blossom from the scent of water, and will produce a crop, as one newly planted.

10 Fa ny olona kosa maty ka miampatra; Eny, miala aina ny olona, ary aiza izy?

But a man that has died is utterly gone; and when a mortal has fallen, he is no more.

11 Ny rano miala eo amin’ ny kamory, ary ny ony mihena ka ritra,

For the sea wastes in [length of] time, and a river fails and is dried up.

12 Ary toy izany koa ny olona; mandry izy ka tsy hitsangana intsony; Eny, mandra-paha-tsy hisian’ ny lanitra dia tsy hahatsiaro izy na hofohazina amin’ ny torimasony.

And man that has lain down [in death] shall certainly not rise again till the heaven be dissolved, and they shall not awake from their sleep.

13 Enga anie ka hanafina ahy any amin’ ny fiainan-tsi-hita Hianao Ka hampiery ahy mandra-pahafaky ny fahatezeranao! Ary hanendry fetr’ andro ho ahy, dia hahatsiaro ahy (Sheol h7585)

For oh that thou hadst kept me in the grave, and hadst hidden me until thy wrath should cease, and thou shouldest set me a time in which thou wouldest remember me! (Sheol h7585)

14 Raha maty ny olona, moa ho velona indray va izy? Raha izany, dia hiandry mandritra ny andro fanafihako aho, mandra-pahatongan’ ny fahafahako.

For if a man should die, shall he live [again], having accomplished the days of his life? I will wait till I exist again?

15 Dia hiantso Hianao, ary izaho hamaly Anao; ary mba halahelo ny asan’ ny tananao Hianao.

Then shalt thou call, and I will hearken to thee: but do not thou reject the work of thine hands.

16 Fa ankehitriny manisa ny diako Hianao; Tsy mitsikilo ny fahotako va Hianao?

But thou hast numbered my devices: and not one of my sins shall escape thee?

17 Efa voaisy tombo-kase ny kitapo misy ny fahadisoako; Ary voazaitranao ny heloko.

An thou hast sealed up my transgressions in a bag, and marked if I have been guilty of any transgression unawares.

18 Kanefa na dia ny tendrombohitra aza, raha mianjera, dia mihalevona; Ary ny vatolampy dia afindra hiala amin’ ny fitoerany;

And verily a mountain falling will utterly be destroyed, and a rock shall be worn out of its place.

19 Lanin’ ny rano ny vato; ary indaosin’ ny riaka ny vovo-tany: Toy izany no fanimbanao ny fanantenan’ ny zanak’ olombelona.

The waters wear the stones, and waters falling headlong [overflow] a heap of the earth: and thou destroyest the hope of man.

20 Mandresy azy ho mandrakizay Hianao, ka lasa izy; Manova ny tarehiny Hianao ka mampandeha azy.

Thou drivest him to an end, and he is gone: thou settest thy face against him, and sendest him away;

21 Omem-boninahitra ny zanany nefa tsy fantany; Ary mietry ireo, nefa tsy hitany.

and though his children be multiplied, he knows [it] not; and if they be few, he is not aware.

22 Ny mihatra amin’ ny tenany ihany no mampanaintaina azy, ary ny mihatra amin’ ny tenany ihany no mampalahelo ny fanahiny.

But his flesh is in pain, and his soul mourns.