< Joba 18 >
1 Dia namaly Bildada Sohita ka nanao hoe:
And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
2 Mandra-pahoviana no hamandrika teny ianareo? Mba hendre aloha, dia vao hiteny izahay.
How long will ye hunt for words? Be intelligent, and then we will speak.
3 Sao ataonareo ho biby anie izahay ka tahaka ny maloto eo imasonareo?
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed stupid in your sight?
4 Ry ilay mamiravira tena amin’ ny fahatezerana, noho ny aminao va no hahatonga ny tany ho lao, ary ny vatolampy hafindra hiala amin’ ny fitoerany?
Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?
5 Tsy izany, fa ho faty ny jiron’ ny ratsy fanahy, ary hilopilopy ny lelafony;
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the flame of his fire shall not shine.
6 Ny mazava manjary maizina ao amin’ ny lainy, ary ny jirony eo amboniny dia maty.
The light shall become dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.
7 Etena ny herin’ ny diany, ary ny fisainany ihany no mandavo azy.
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
8 Fa ny tongony ihany no mahatonga azy eo amin’ ny fandrika harato, ka manitsaka eo amin’ ny harato izy;
For he is sent into the net by his own feet, and he walketh on the meshes;
9 Azon’ ny fandrika ny ombelahin-tongony ary voahazon’ ny tadivavarana
The gin taketh [him] by the heel, the snare layeth hold on him;
10 Miafina ao amin’ ny tany ny fandrika haningotra azy sy ny tonta eny an-dalana.
A cord is hidden for him in the ground, and his trap in the way.
11 Fampitahorana no mampitahotra azy manodidina ka mampivadi-po azy eny amin’ ny alehany rehetra.
Terrors make him afraid on every side, and chase him at his footsteps.
12 Liana azy ny loza, ary ny fandringanana dia vonona eo anilany;
His strength is hunger-bitten, and calamity is ready at his side.
13 Eny, laniny tsikelikely ny hodiny; ny momba ny tenany dia lanin’ ny lahimatoan’ ny fahafatesana.
The firstborn of death devoureth the members of his body; it will devour his members.
14 Ongotana hiala amin’ ny lainy ny zavatra itokiany, ka tsy maintsy ho entina ho amin’ ilay mpanjaka mampahatahotra indrindra izy.
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tent, and it shall lead him away to the king of terrors:
15 Izay tsy taranany no hitoetra ao amin’ ny lainy; Solifara no hafafy amin’ ny fonenany.
They who are none of his shall dwell in his tent; brimstone shall be showered upon his habitation:
16 Maina ny fakany ao ambany, ary tapaka ny rantsany eo ambony.
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off;
17 Ny fahatsiarovana azy dia very tsy ho eo amin’ ny tany. Ary tsy malaza eny ivelany izy.
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name on the pasture-grounds.
18 Roahina hiala amin’ ny mazava ho any amin’ ny maizina izy ary enjehina hiala amin’ izao tontolo izao.
He is driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
19 Tsy manana fara mandimby eo amin’ ny fireneny izy, ka tsy misy tsy tratry ny loza ny ao amin’ ny fonenany.
He hath neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining in the places of his sojourn.
20 Ny manjo azy dia italanjonan’ ny any andrefana, ary ny any atsinanana raiki-tahotra.
They that come after shall be astonished at his day, as they that went before [them] were affrighted.
21 Izany tokoa no anjaran’ ny ratsy fanahy, ary izany no manjo ny tsy mahalala an’ Andriamanitra.
Surely, such are the dwellings of the unrighteous man, and such the place of him that knoweth not God.