Joba 19
1 Dia namaly Joba ka nanao hoe:
Then Job answered and said,
2 Mandra-pahoviana no hampalahelovanareo ny fanahiko sy hanorotoroanareo ahy amin’ ny fiteny?
How long will ye vex my soul and break me in pieces with words?
3 Efa im-polo izay no nanaratsianareo ahy; Tsy misoroka izay hampahory ahy ianareo.
These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye deal hardly with me.
4 Ary raha diso tokoa aho, dia izaho ihany no andrian’ ny fa hadisoako.
And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
5 Raha mirehareha amiko kosa ianareo ka mampiaiky ahy ho nanao izay mahamenatra,
If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
6 Dia aoka ho fantatrareo fa Andriamanitra no efa nampitanondrika ahy ka efa naningotra ahy tamin’ ny fandrika haratony.
Know now that God hath subverted me [in my cause], and hath compassed me with his net.
7 Indro, miantso mafy aho hoe: Loza! nefa tsy misy mamaly ahy; Mitaraina aho, nefa tsy mahita rariny.
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no judgment.
8 Ny lalako dia nofefeny, ka tsy afa-mandroso aho; ary nasiany maizina teo amin’ ny lalana alehako.
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and hath set darkness in my paths.
9 Ny voninahitro nalany tamiko, ary nesoriny ny satro-boninahitra teo an-dohako.
He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
10 Efa nandrava ahy manodidina Izy, ka efa ho faty aho; Ary efa nofongorany tahaka ny hazo ny fanantenako.
He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he plucked up like a tree.
11 Dia nampirehetiny tamiko ny fahatezerany, ka nataony ho fahavalony aho.
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as [one of] his adversaries.
12 Miara-mandroso ny antokon’ ny miaramilany ary manandratra tovon-tany hamelezany ahy izy ka mitoby manodidina ny laiko.
His troops come on together, and cast up their way against me, and encamp round about my tent.
13 Ny rahalahiko efa nampanalaviriny ahy; Ary ny olona nahazatra ahy efa nihafahafa tamiko avokoa.
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
14 Efa tsy misy eto intsony ny havako, ary ny sakaizako efa nanadino ahy.
My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
15 Ny vahiny izay mitoetra ao an-tranoko sy ny ankizivaviko aza samy manao ahy ho olon-kafa; Tonga olon-ko azy eo imasony aho.
They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
16 Antsoiko ny mpanompoko, nefa tsy namaly ahy izy; Mifona aminy amin’ ny vavako aho.
I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, [though] I entreat him with my mouth.
17 Ny fofonaiko mahaloiloy ny vadiko, ary maharikoriko ny zanak’ ineny aho.
My breath is strange to my wife, and my supplication to the children of my [mother’s] womb.
18 Eny, ny ankizilahy madinika aza mamingavinga ahy; Raha te-hitsangana aho, dia miteny mamely ahy ireny.
Even young children despise me; if I arise, they speak against me.
19 Na dia izay nifankazatra tamiko indrindra aza dia manao ahy ho zava-betaveta, ary izay olon-tiako dia mivadika ho fahavaloko.
All my inward friends abhor me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.
20 Ny taolako miraikitra amin’ ny hoditro sy ny nofoko, ary ny akanjo-nifiko ihany no hany sisa azoko enti-mandositra.
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
21 Mamindrà fo amiko, mamindrà fo amiko ianareo, ry sakaizako ô; fa ny tànan’ Andriamanitra efa mikasika ahy.
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
22 Nahoana no manenjika ahy tahaka an’ Andriamanitra koa ianareo ka tsy mety afa-po amin’ ny nofoko?
Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
23 Enga anie ka ho voasoratra ny teniko! Enga anie ka ho voatomboka eo amin’ ny boky ireny!
Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were inscribed in a book!
24 Enga anie ka ho voasoratra amin’ ny vy fanoratana sady voasy firaka eo amin’ ny vatolampy ho mandrakizay izy!
That with an iron pen and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!
25 Kanefa raha izaho, dia fantatro fa velona ny Mpanavotra ahy, ka hitsangana any am-parany eo ambonin’ ny vovoka Izy.
But I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand up at the last upon the earth:
26 Ary rehefa levona ny hoditro, izao simba izao, sady afaka amin’ ny nofoko aho, dia hahita an’ Andriamanitra;
And after my skin hath been thus destroyed, yet from my flesh shall I see God:
27 Eny, izaho no hahita Azy, ary ny masoko no hijery, fa tsy olon-kafa. Efa matim-paniriana ny saiko ato anatiko.
Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another. My reins are consumed within me.
28 Raha hoy ianareo: Andeha hanenjika azy fatratra isika. Fa hita ao anatiny ny fototry ny mahameloka azy.
If ye say, How we will persecute him! seeing that the root of the matter is found in me;
29 Dia matahora ny sabatra ianareo; Fa ny fahatezerana dia heloka mendrika ny hovalian-tsabatra, mba ho fantatrareo fa misy fitsarana.
Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath [bringeth] the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
