Joba 23
1 Dia namaly Joba ka nanao hoe:
And Job answered and said,
2 Mbola atao ho fikomianao ihany ny fitarainako; Ny tanana mamely ahy dia mitambesatra amin’ ny fisentoako.
Even to-day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
3 Enga anie ka ho fantatro izay hahitako Azy ka ho tonga any amin’ ny fitoerany aza!
Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come to his seat!
4 Dia handahatra ny teniko eo anatrehany aho. Ka hofenoiko ny teny alahatro ny vavako;
I would order the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments;
5 Ary hahalala izay teny havaliny ahy aho sy hamantatra izay holazainy amiko.
I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
6 Hery lehibe va no handaharany teny amiko? Tsia, fa Izy indrindra no hihaino ahy
Would he plead against me with [his] great power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.
7 Fa amin’ izany dia olona marina no ho nifandahatra taminy; Ka dia ho nanan-drariny mihitsy aho tamin’ ny Mpitsara ahy.
There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge.
8 Indro, miantsinanana aho, fa tsy any Izy; Ary miankandrefana aho, fa tsy hitako Izy;
Lo, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I do not perceive him;
9 Mianavaratra amin’ izay iasany aho, fa tsy tazako Izy; Mivily any atsimo Izy, ka tsy hitako.
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I behold [him] not; he hideth himself on the right hand, and I see [him] not.
10 Fa mahalala ny lalana falehako Izy; Raha hizahany toetra aho, dia hivoaka tahaka ny volamena.
But he knoweth the way that I take; he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 Ny tongotro nifikitra tamin’ ny lalany; Eny, ny lalany no nizorako tsara, ka tsy nivily aho.
My foot hath held to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside.
12 Ny didin’ ny molony tsy mba nialako; Ny tenin’ ny vavany noraketiko mihoatra noho ny faniriako.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart.
13 Nefa tsy miova saina Izy, iza no mahasakana Azy? Fa na inona na inona irin’ ny fanahiny dia ataony.
But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, that will he do.
14 Eny, manatanteraka izay voatendry ho ahy Izy; Ary zavatra maro toy izany no ao aminy;
For he will perform [what] is appointed for me; and many such things are with him.
15 Roa Izany no mampangovitra ahy eo anatrehany; Raha misaintsaina izany aho, dia matahotra Azy.
Therefore am I troubled at his presence; I consider, and I am afraid of him.
16 Fa Andriamanitra no mandrerakany foko, ary ny Tsitoha no mampangovitra ahy;
For God hath made my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me;
17 Fa tsy ny fahamaizinana no maharesy ahy, na ny maizim-pito izay manarona ny tavako.
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he hidden the gloom from me.
