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 ass 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 asses in the desert, they go forth to their work; rising betimes 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 corn 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] wine-presses, 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 day-time: 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 shades of death: if [one] knoweth [them], [they are in] the terrors of the shades 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)
Drouth 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 oppresseth 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 ears of corn.
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?
