Joba 17
1 Efa ho ritra ny aiko; Efa milopilopy ny androko; Efa miandry ahy ny fasana.
I perish, carried away by the wind, and I seek for burial, and obtain [it] not.
2 Eny, fanesoana tokoa no manodidina ahy, ary tsy maintsy mijery ny filany ady amiko aho.
Weary I entreat; and what have I done? and strangers have stolen my goods.
3 Masìna Hianao, aoka ny tenanao ihany no hiantoka ahy aminao; Fa iza moa no hety hiantoka ahy?
Who is this? let him join hands with me.
4 Fa ny fon’ ireto dia voahidinao tsy hidiran’ ny fahalalana; koa izany no tsy hanandratanao azy.
For you have hid their heart from wisdom; therefore you shall not exalt them.
5 Izay manolotra ny sakaizany ho babo, dia ho pahina kosa ny mason’ ny zanany.
He shall promise mischief to [his] companions: but [their] eyes have failed for [their] children.
6 Ary efa nanao ahy ho ambentinteny amin’ ny firenena Izy, ka rorany mandrakariva ny tavako.
But you has made me a byword amount the nations, and I am become a scorn to them.
7 Efa pahina ny masoko noho ny alahelo; Ary efa toy ny aloka ny momba ny tenako rehetra.
For my eyes are dimmed through pain; I have been grievously beset by all.
8 Ankona noho izany ny olona mahitsy, ary ny tsy manan-tsiny mihendratra mahita ny mpihatsaravela-tsihy.
Wonder has seized true men upon this; and let the just rise up against the transgressor.
9 Fa ny marina mifikitra tsara amin’ ny halehany, ary izay madio tanana no hitombo hery.
But let the faithful hold on his own way, and let him that is pure of hands take courage.
10 Avia avokoa indray ary ianareo rehetra tsy mahita izay olon-kendry eo aminareo aho.
Howbeit, do you all strengthen [yourselves] and come now, for I do not find truth in you.
11 Mihelina ny androko, voaongotra ny fikasako. Dia izay hevitra fikirin’ ny foko indrindra;
My days have passed in groaning, and my heart-strings are broken.
12 Ny alina ataon’ ireny ho antoandro, ary ny mazava ho efa akaiky, nefa tamy ihany ny maizina.
I have turned the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
13 Raha mbola misy antenaiko, dia ny fiainan-tsi-hita fonenako ihany; Ao amin’ ny maizina no hamelarako ny fandriako. (Sheol h7585)
For if I remain, Hades is my habitation: and my bed has been made in darkness. (Sheol h7585)
14 Ny fasana no nantsoiko hoe: Raiko ianao; Ary ny kankana: Reniko sy anabaviko ianao.
I have called upon death to be my father, and corruption [to be] my mother and sister.
15 Fa aiza ary ny fanantenako? Ary iza no mahita azy?
Where then is yet my hope? or [where] shall I see my good?
