Joba 24
1 Nahoana no tsy misy fotoan’ andro voatendrin’ ny Tsitoha, ary nahoana no tsy hitan’ ny mahalala Azy izany androny Izany?
Why, seeing times are not hid from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
2 Misy mamindra fari-tany sy mangalatra omby aman’ ondry sady miandry azy.
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and their feed.
3 Mandroaka ny borikin’ ny kamboty izy, ary maka ny ombin’ ny mpitondratena ho tsatòka.
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
4 Manosika ny mahantra hiala amin’ ny lalana izy, ka dia miery azy avokoa ny malahelo amin’ ny tany.
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
5 Indro, tahaka ny fivoaky ny boriki-dia any an-efitra no fivoak’ ireny ho amin’ ny asany hiremby; Ny tani-hay no ahazoany hanina ho an’ ny zanany.
Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go forth to their work; rising early for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
6 Any an-tsaha izy maka vilona sy mitsimpontsimpona ny voaloboky ny ratsy fanahy.
They reap every one his grain in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
7 Mandry mitanjaka amin’ ny alina izy, satria tsy manan-damba, ka dia tsy manana firakotra amin’ ny hatsiaka;
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
8 Kotsan’ ny ranonoram-baratra any an-tendrombohitra izy, ka mitampisaka amin’ ny vatolampy, fa tsy manam-pialofana.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
9 Misarika ny kamboty eo am-pinonoana izy ary maka tsatòka amin’ ny ory.
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
10 Mandeha mitsaitsaika ireo, fa mitanjaka tsy manan-kitafy, ary noana eo am-pitondrana ny amboaram-bary.
They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
11 Manao diloilo eo anatin’ ny tambohon’ ny mpampahory azy izy; Ary manosihosy ny famiazam-boaloboka izy, nefa mangetaheta ihany.
Who make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
12 Mitrona ny lehilahy ao an-tanana, ary mitaraina ny fanahin’ ny voalefona; Nefa tsy ahoan’ Andriamanitra akory ny ratsy atao.
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
13 Ireny no mpikomy amin’ ny mazava; Tsy mba mihevitra ny lalany izy, na mitoetra eo amin’ ny alehany.
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not its ways, nor abide in its paths.
14 Raha vao mangiran-dratsy, dia mifoha ny mpamono olona; Mamono ny ory sy ny malahelo izy, ary nony alina, dia tahaka ny mpangalatra.
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
15 Ny mason’ ny mpijangajanga miandry ny maizimaizina, ka hoy izy: Tsy misy hahalala ahy ka dia manao very maso izy.
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
16 Misy manamy trano nony maizina; Nefa nony antoandro dia miery izy; Tsy mahalala ny mazava izy;
In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
17 Fa ny aizim-pito no marainan’ ireo rehetra ireo; Satria efa mahazatra azy ny fampahatahoran’ ny aizim-pito izy.
For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one knoweth them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
18 Mitsinkafona paohin’ ny rano izy; Voaozona ny anjarany eo amin’ ny tany; Tsy mivily ho amin’ ny lalana mankeny amin’ ny tanim-boaloboka izy.
He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
19 Toy ny andevonan’ ny maina sy ny mafana ny ranom-panala no andevonan’ ny fiainan-tsi-hita ny mpanota. (Sheol h7585)
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those who have sinned. (Sheol h7585)
20 Manadino azy ny vohoka; manjary hanim-py ho an’ ny olitra izy ka tsy tsarovana intsony; Ary tapaka tahaka ny hazo ny ratsy fanahy,
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
21 Dia ilay nandroba ny momba izay tsy niteraka ary tsy nanisy soa ny mpitondratena.
He wrongeth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
22 Kanefa halavain’ Andriamanitra amin’ ny heriny ny andron’ ny olo-mahery; Mitsangana indray ireo, na dia tsy nanampo izay ho velona intsony aza.
He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
23 Ataony mandry fahizay sy tsara tohana izy, sady tsinjoviny mandrakariva ny lalany.
Though it is given him to be in safety, on which he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
24 Nasandratra izy, kanjo vetivety dia tsy ao intsony, dia mihalevona izy ka otazana tahaka ny olona rehetra, ary tangosana tahaka ny salohim-bary.
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all others, and cut off as the tops of the heads of grain.
25 Raha tsy izany, dia aoka hisy hamaky lainga ahy ka hampiseho ny teniko ho tsinontsinona.
And if it is not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech of no worth?
