Joba 16
1 Dia namaly Joba ka nanao hoe:
Job replied,
2 Efa nandre zavatra maro toy izany aho; Mpampionona mahasorisorena foana ianareo rehetra.
“I've heard all this before. You are comforters who just cause trouble!
3 Efa tapitra va izay ny bedibedy foana? Sa mbola misy manesika anao hamaly ahy ihany?
Will your windy speeches never cease? What's bothering you that you have to answer me?
4 Izaho kosa mba mahazo miteny tahaka anareo, raha mba tonga tahaka ahy ianareo; eny, mahazo manamboatra teny ho enti-mamely anareo aho ary mahazo mihifikifi-doha aminareo;
I could talk like you do if you were in my place, stringing words together to criticize you, ridiculing you with a toss of my head.
5 Mahazo mampahery anareo amin’ ny Vavako aho, ary mahazo mampitony ny alahelonareo ny fampiononana ataon’ ny molotro.
I could build you up by my mouth speaking words; the movement of my lips would ease your pain.
6 Na dia miteny aza aho, dia tsy mitsahatra ny alaheloko; Ary na dia mangìna aza aho, dia tsy misy mihena izany.
For me, if I speak it doesn't ease my pain, and if I don't speak the pain is still there.
7 Fa ankehitriny efa nandreraka ahy Izy; Naringanao ny ankohonako rehetra.
God, you have worn me out. You have destroyed my whole family.
8 Ary efa nampifezaka ny tenako Hianao, ka dia vavolombelona amiko izany. Ary mitsangana hiampanga ahy ny fahahiazako, ka dia tondromaso akaiky izany.
You have made me shrivel up, which is a witness against me; my thin body testifies against me.
9 Amin’ ny fahatezerany no amiravirany sy andrafiany ahy, mihidy vazana amiko Izy; Eny, miseho ho fahavaloko Izy ka mampivandravandra ny masony amiko;
He has torn me apart in his anger; in his hostility he has gnashed his teeth at me; my enemy pierces me with his fierce look.
10 Nisanasana vava tamiko ny olona; Latsa no nentiny namely ny takolako; Mitambatra hamely ahy izy.
People stare at me with their mouths wide open, they slap me on my cheeks to mock me, they crowd around me to attack me.
11 Efa voatolotr’ Andriamanitra ho amin’ ny ratsy fanahy aho, ary natsipiny ho eo an-tànan’ ny mpanota.
God has handed me over to evil people; he has thrown me into their hands.
12 Tamin’ ilay izaho tsy nanana ahiahy iny, dia nanorotoro ahy Izy; Nosamboriny tamin’ ny hatoko aho ka nomontsaniny, sady natsangany ho marika hokendreny.
I was living in peace and he smashed me to pieces. He grabbed me by the neck and dashed me to pieces. He set me up as his target.
13 Manodidina ahy ny mpandefa zana-tsipìkany; Mamaky ny voako Izy ka tsy miantra ary manidina ny aferoko ho amin’ ny tany.
His archers surround me. His arrows pierce my kidneys without mercy. He pours out my gall on the ground.
14 Bangabangainy lalandava aho, ka miroatra hamely ahy tahaka ny lehilahy mahery Izy.
Like a wall he breaks me down, breach upon breach, rushing at me like a warrior.
15 Lamba fisaonana no voazaitrako hanarona ny hoditro, ary nalàko baraka tamin’ ny vovoka ny tandroko.
I have sown sackcloth to cover my skin; my strength lies broken in the dust.
16 Ny tavako tera-menan’ ny fitomaniana, ary eo amin’ ny hodi-masoko ny aloky ny fahafatesana;
My face is red from crying and dark shadows surround my eyes,
17 Kanefa tsy misy eto an-tanako izay mba nalaina an-keriny; Ary madio ny fivavako.
although I have done nothing wrong and my prayer is pure.
18 Ry tany ô, aza manarona ny rako, ary aoka tsy ho voahazona ny fitarainako!
Earth, do not cover up my blood. May my cry find no place to hide.
19 Fa na dia ankehitriny aza, indro, any an-danitra ny Vavolombeloko, eny, ny Vavolombeloko dia any amin’ ny avo.
Look, right now my witness is in heaven; the one who speaks for me is on high.
20 Na dia mihomehy ahy aza ny sakaizako, dia mamarin-dranomaso eo anatrehan’ Andriamanitra kosa aho,
My friends scorn me, but my eyes pour out tears to God.
21 Mba hanamarina ahy olombelona eo anatrehany Izy sy hanafa-tsiny ahy zanak’ olombelona amin’ ny sakaizako.
I want my witness to speak for me with God as someone does for their friend.
22 Fa rehefa lasa ny taona vitsy, dia handeha any amin’ ny lalana izay tsy hiverenako intsony aho.
For in a few short years I shall go down that road from which I shall not return.
