Joba 14
1 Ny olona tera-behivavy dia vitsy andro sady vontom-pahoriana.
Life is short and full of trouble,
2 Mitsimoka tahaka ny voninkazo izy ka jinjana, ary mihelina tahaka ny aloka izy ka tsy mitoetra.
like a flower that blooms and withers, like a passing shadow that soon disappears.
3 kanefa amin’ izay toy izany foana no ampihiratanao ny masonao? ka dia izay izaho avy no entinao hifandahatra aminao amin’ ny fitsarana!
Do you even notice me, God, and why do you have to drag me to court?
4 Aiza no misy madio ateraky ny tsy madio? Tsy misy na dia iray akory aza.
Who can bring something clean of what is unclean? No one.
5 Raha voafetra ny androny, ary voatendrinao ny isan’ ny volana iainany, ary asianao fefy tsy azony ihoarana,
You have determined how long we shall live—the number of months, a time limit on our lives.
6 Dia mihodìna tsy hanatrika azy Hianao, mba hitsaharany, ka hifaliany amin’ ny androny toy ny mpikarama.
So leave us alone and give us some peace—so like a laborer we could enjoy a few hours of rest at the end of the day.
7 Fa azo antenaina ny hazo, satria na dia kapaina aza izy, dia mbola hitsimoka indray, ka tsy maintsy hisy ny solofony;
Even a tree that's cut down has the hope of sprouting again, of sending up shoots and continuing to live.
8 Na dia efa tonga antitra ao amin’ ny tany aza ny fakany, ary maty ao amin’ ny vovoka ny fotony,
Even though its roots grow old in the earth, and its stump dies in the ground,
9 Raha mahare ny fofon-drano izy, dia hitsimoka indray. Ka handrahaka tahaka ny hazo tanora nambolena.
just a trickle of water will make it bud and grow branches like a young plant.
10 Fa ny olona kosa maty ka miampatra; Eny, miala aina ny olona, ary aiza izy?
But human beings die, their strength dwindles away; they perish, and where are they then?
11 Ny rano miala eo amin’ ny kamory, ary ny ony mihena ka ritra,
Like water evaporating from a lake and a river that dries up and disappears,
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.
so human beings lie down and don't get up again. Until the heavens cease to exist they will 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)
I wish you would hide me in Sheol; conceal me there until your anger is gone. Set a definite time for me there, and 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.
Will the dead live again? Then I would have hope through all my time of trouble until my release comes.
15 Dia hiantso Hianao, ary izaho hamaly Anao; ary mba halahelo ny asan’ ny tananao Hianao.
You would call and I would answer you; you would long for me, the being that you made.
16 Fa ankehitriny manisa ny diako Hianao; Tsy mitsikilo ny fahotako va Hianao?
Then you would look after me and wouldn't be watching me to see if I sinned.
17 Efa voaisy tombo-kase ny kitapo misy ny fahadisoako; Ary voazaitranao ny heloko.
My sins would be sealed up in a bag and you would cover my guilt.
18 Kanefa na dia ny tendrombohitra aza, raha mianjera, dia mihalevona; Ary ny vatolampy dia afindra hiala amin’ ny fitoerany;
But just as the mountains crumble and fall, and the rocks tumble down;
19 Lanin’ ny rano ny vato; ary indaosin’ ny riaka ny vovo-tany: Toy izany no fanimbanao ny fanantenan’ ny zanak’ olombelona.
as water wears away the stones, as floods wash away the soil, so you destroy the hope people have.
20 Mandresy azy ho mandrakizay Hianao, ka lasa izy; Manova ny tarehiny Hianao ka mampandeha azy.
You continually overpower them and they pass away; you distort their faces in death and send them away.
21 Omem-boninahitra ny zanany nefa tsy fantany; Ary mietry ireo, nefa tsy hitany.
Their children may become important or fall from their positions, but they don't know or see any of this.
22 Ny mihatra amin’ ny tenany ihany no mampanaintaina azy, ary ny mihatra amin’ ny tenany ihany no mampalahelo ny fanahiny.
As people die they only know their own pain and are sad for themselves.”
