Joba 17
1 Efa ho ritra ny aiko; Efa milopilopy ny androko; Efa miandry ahy ny fasana.
My spirit hath been destroyed, My days extinguished — graves [are] for me.
2 Eny, fanesoana tokoa no manodidina ahy, ary tsy maintsy mijery ny filany ady amiko aho.
If not — mockeries [are] with me. And in their provocations mine eye lodgeth.
3 Masìna Hianao, aoka ny tenanao ihany no hiantoka ahy aminao; Fa iza moa no hety hiantoka ahy?
Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?
4 Fa ny fon’ ireto dia voahidinao tsy hidiran’ ny fahalalana; koa izany no tsy hanandratanao azy.
For their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them.
5 Izay manolotra ny sakaizany ho babo, dia ho pahina kosa ny mason’ ny zanany.
For a portion he sheweth friendship, And the eyes of his sons are consumed.
6 Ary efa nanao ahy ho ambentinteny amin’ ny firenena Izy, ka rorany mandrakariva ny tavako.
And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.
7 Efa pahina ny masoko noho ny alahelo; Ary efa toy ny aloka ny momba ny tenako rehetra.
And dim from sorrow is mine eye, And my members as a shadow all of them.
8 Ankona noho izany ny olona mahitsy, ary ny tsy manan-tsiny mihendratra mahita ny mpihatsaravela-tsihy.
Astonished are the upright at this, And the innocent against the profane Stirreth himself up.
9 Fa ny marina mifikitra tsara amin’ ny halehany, ary izay madio tanana no hitombo hery.
And the righteous layeth hold [on] his way, And the clean of hands addeth strength, And — dumb are they all.
10 Avia avokoa indray ary ianareo rehetra tsy mahita izay olon-kendry eo aminareo aho.
Return, and come in, I pray you, And I find not among you a wise man.
11 Mihelina ny androko, voaongotra ny fikasako. Dia izay hevitra fikirin’ ny foko indrindra;
My days have passed by, My devices have been broken off, The possessions of my heart!
12 Ny alina ataon’ ireny ho antoandro, ary ny mazava ho efa akaiky, nefa tamy ihany ny maizina.
Night for day they appoint, Light [is] near 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)
If I wait — Sheol [is] my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch. (Sheol h7585)
14 Ny fasana no nantsoiko hoe: Raiko ianao; Ary ny kankana: Reniko sy anabaviko ianao.
To corruption I have called: — 'Thou [art] my father.' 'My mother' and 'my sister' — to the worm.
15 Fa aiza ary ny fanantenako? Ary iza no mahita azy?
And where [is] now my hope? Yea, my hope, who doth behold it?
