Joba 16
1 Dia namaly Joba ka nanao hoe:
Then Job answered and said,
2 Efa nandre zavatra maro toy izany aho; Mpampionona mahasorisorena foana ianareo rehetra.
“I have heard many such things; you are all miserable comforters.
3 Efa tapitra va izay ny bedibedy foana? Sa mbola misy manesika anao hamaly ahy ihany?
Will useless words ever have an end? What is wrong with you that you answer like this?
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 also could speak as you do, if you were in my place; I could collect and join words together against you and shake my head at you in mockery.
5 Mahazo mampahery anareo amin’ ny Vavako aho, ary mahazo mampitony ny alahelonareo ny fampiononana ataon’ ny molotro.
I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the quivering of my lips will bring you relief!
6 Na dia miteny aza aho, dia tsy mitsahatra ny alaheloko; Ary na dia mangìna aza aho, dia tsy misy mihena izany.
If I speak, my grief is not lessened; if I keep from speaking, how am I helped?
7 Fa ankehitriny efa nandreraka ahy Izy; Naringanao ny ankohonako rehetra.
But now, God, you have made me weary; you have made all my family desolate.
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 dry up, which itself is a witness against me; the leanness of my body rises up against me, and it testifies against my face.
9 Amin’ ny fahatezerany no amiravirany sy andrafiany ahy, mihidy vazana amiko Izy; Eny, miseho ho fahavaloko Izy ka mampivandravandra ny masony amiko;
God has torn me in his wrath and persecuted me; He grinds his teeth in rage; my enemy fastens his eyes on me as he tears me apart.
10 Nisanasana vava tamiko ny olona; Latsa no nentiny namely ny takolako; Mitambatra hamely ahy izy.
People have gaped with open mouth at me; they have hit me reproachfully on the cheek; they have gathered together against me.
11 Efa voatolotr’ Andriamanitra ho amin’ ny ratsy fanahy aho, ary natsipiny ho eo an-tànan’ ny mpanota.
God hands me over to ungodly people, and throws me into the hands of wicked people.
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 at ease, and he broke me apart. Indeed, he has taken me by the neck and dashed me to pieces; he has also 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 all around; God pierces my kidneys and does not spare me; he pours out my bile on the ground.
14 Bangabangainy lalandava aho, ka miroatra hamely ahy tahaka ny lehilahy mahery Izy.
He smashes through my wall again and again; he runs upon me like a warrior.
15 Lamba fisaonana no voazaitrako hanarona ny hoditro, ary nalàko baraka tamin’ ny vovoka ny tandroko.
I have sewn sackcloth on my skin; I have thrust my horn into the ground.
16 Ny tavako tera-menan’ ny fitomaniana, ary eo amin’ ny hodi-masoko ny aloky ny fahafatesana;
My face is red with weeping; on my eyelids is the shadow of death
17 Kanefa tsy misy eto an-tanako izay mba nalaina an-keriny; Ary madio ny fivavako.
although there is no violence in my hands, 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; let my cry have no resting place.
19 Fa na dia ankehitriny aza, indro, any an-danitra ny Vavolombeloko, eny, ny Vavolombeloko dia any amin’ ny avo.
Even now, see, my witness is in heaven; he who vouches for me is on high.
20 Na dia mihomehy ahy aza ny sakaizako, dia mamarin-dranomaso eo anatrehan’ Andriamanitra kosa aho,
My friends scoff at me, but my eye pours out tears to God.
21 Mba hanamarina ahy olombelona eo anatrehany Izy sy hanafa-tsiny ahy zanak’ olombelona amin’ ny sakaizako.
I ask for that witness in heaven to argue for this man with God as a man does with his neighbor!
22 Fa rehefa lasa ny taona vitsy, dia handeha any amin’ ny lalana izay tsy hiverenako intsony aho.
For when a few years have passed, I will go to a place from where I will not return.
