Joba 17
1 Efa ho ritra ny aiko; Efa milopilopy ny androko; Efa miandry ahy ny fasana.
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are mine.
2 Eny, fanesoana tokoa no manodidina ahy, ary tsy maintsy mijery ny filany ady amiko aho.
Are there not mockers around me? and doth [not] mine eye abide in their provocation?
3 Masìna Hianao, aoka ny tenanao ihany no hiantoka ahy aminao; Fa iza moa no hety hiantoka ahy?
Lay down now [a pledge], be thou surety for me with thyself: who is he that striketh hands with me?
4 Fa ny fon’ ireto dia voahidinao tsy hidiran’ ny fahalalana; koa izany no tsy hanandratanao azy.
For thou hast hidden their heart from understanding; therefore thou wilt not exalt [them].
5 Izay manolotra ny sakaizany ho babo, dia ho pahina kosa ny mason’ ny zanany.
He that betrayeth friends for a prey — even the eyes of his children shall fail.
6 Ary efa nanao ahy ho ambentinteny amin’ ny firenena Izy, ka rorany mandrakariva ny tavako.
And he hath made me a proverb of the peoples; and I am become one to be spit on in the face.
7 Efa pahina ny masoko noho ny alahelo; Ary efa toy ny aloka ny momba ny tenako rehetra.
And mine eye is dim by reason of grief, and all my members are as a shadow.
8 Ankona noho izany ny olona mahitsy, ary ny tsy manan-tsiny mihendratra mahita ny mpihatsaravela-tsihy.
Upright men [shall be] astonished at this, and the innocent shall be stirred up against the ungodly;
9 Fa ny marina mifikitra tsara amin’ ny halehany, ary izay madio tanana no hitombo hery.
But the righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall increase in strength.
10 Avia avokoa indray ary ianareo rehetra tsy mahita izay olon-kendry eo aminareo aho.
But as for you all, pray come on again; and I shall not find one wise man among you.
11 Mihelina ny androko, voaongotra ny fikasako. Dia izay hevitra fikirin’ ny foko indrindra;
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, the cherished thoughts of my heart.
12 Ny alina ataon’ ireny ho antoandro, ary ny mazava ho efa akaiky, nefa tamy ihany ny maizina.
They change the night into day; the light [they imagine] near in presence of the 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 wait, Sheol is my house; I spread my bed in the darkness: (Sheol h7585)
14 Ny fasana no nantsoiko hoe: Raiko ianao; Ary ny kankana: Reniko sy anabaviko ianao.
I cry to the grave, Thou art my father! to the worm, My mother, and my sister!
15 Fa aiza ary ny fanantenako? Ary iza no mahita azy?
And where is then my hope? yea, my hope, who shall see it?
