Joba 17
1 Efa ho ritra ny aiko; Efa milopilopy ny androko; Efa miandry ahy ny fasana.
“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.
2 Eny, fanesoana tokoa no manodidina ahy, ary tsy maintsy mijery ny filany ady amiko aho.
Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
3 Masìna Hianao, aoka ny tenanao ihany no hiantoka ahy aminao; Fa iza moa no hety hiantoka ahy?
Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?
4 Fa ny fon’ ireto dia voahidinao tsy hidiran’ ny fahalalana; koa izany no tsy hanandratanao azy.
You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
5 Izay manolotra ny sakaizany ho babo, dia ho pahina kosa ny mason’ ny zanany.
If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
6 Ary efa nanao ahy ho ambentinteny amin’ ny firenena Izy, ka rorany mandrakariva ny tavako.
He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
7 Efa pahina ny masoko noho ny alahelo; Ary efa toy ny aloka ny momba ny tenako rehetra.
My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.
8 Ankona noho izany ny olona mahitsy, ary ny tsy manan-tsiny mihendratra mahita ny mpihatsaravela-tsihy.
The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are stirred against the godless.
9 Fa ny marina mifikitra tsara amin’ ny halehany, ary izay madio tanana no hitombo hery.
Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
10 Avia avokoa indray ary ianareo rehetra tsy mahita izay olon-kendry eo aminareo aho.
But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.
11 Mihelina ny androko, voaongotra ny fikasako. Dia izay hevitra fikirin’ ny foko indrindra;
My days have passed; my plans are broken off— even the desires of my heart.
12 Ny alina ataon’ ireny ho antoandro, ary ny mazava ho efa akaiky, nefa tamy ihany ny maizina.
They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.
13 Raha mbola misy antenaiko, dia ny fiainan-tsi-hita fonenako ihany; Ao amin’ ny maizina no hamelarako ny fandriako. (Sheol h7585)
If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness, (Sheol h7585)
14 Ny fasana no nantsoiko hoe: Raiko ianao; Ary ny kankana: Reniko sy anabaviko ianao.
and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
15 Fa aiza ary ny fanantenako? Ary iza no mahita azy?
where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?
