Joba 27
1 Dia mbola nandroso nanao oha-teny ihany Joba ka nanao hoe:
Job began to speak again.
2 Raha velona koa Andriamanitra, Izay efa nandà tsy hanome ahy ny rariny, sy ny Tsitoha, Izay efa nampangidy ny aiko.
“I promise you—as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter,
3 Fa mbola ato anatiko ihany ny aiko, ary eo am-bavoroko ny Fanahin’ Andriamanitra.
for as long as I have life, while the breath of God remains in my nostrils—
4 Dia tsy hanao teny tsy marina ny molotro, ary tsy hanonom-pitaka ny lelako.
my lips will never speak lies, my tongue will never be dishonest.
5 Sanatria raha hanaiky ny anareo ho marina aho! Mandra-pialan’ ny aiko dia tsy hanaiky ny tenako ho manan-tsiny aho.
I will never agree that you are right; I will insist on my innocence until the day I die.
6 Ny fahamarinako dia hazoniko mafy ka tsy ho foiko; Ny foko tsy manome tsiny ahy akory na dia ny amin’ ny androko iray monja aza.
I'm convinced I'm right and will never give up believing this; my conscience will not condemn me as long as I live.
7 Aoka ho hita fa ratsy fanahy ny fahavaloko, ary tsy marina izay mitsangana hanohitra ahy.
May my enemy become like the wicked; may those who oppose me become like those who do evil.
8 Fa inona no fanantenan’ ny mpihatsaravelatsihy, raha maito ny ainy, ka tsoahan’ Andriamanitra ny fanahiny?
For what hope do those who reject God have when he cuts them down, when God brings their lives to an end?
9 Hihaino ny fitarainany va Andriamanitra, raha ozoim-pahoriana izy?
When times of trouble come to them, will God hear their cry for help?
10 Ho azony hiravoravoana va ny Tsitoha? Hahazo miantso an’ Andriamanitra mandrakariva va izy?
Do they have a good relationship with the Almighty? Can they call on God at any time?
11 Hampianatra anareo ny amin’ ny tànan’ Andriamanitra aho, ary tsy hisorona anareo aho ny amin’ ny hevitry ny Tsitoha.
Let me explain God's power to you. I will not keep anything back that the Almighty has planned.
12 Indreo, ianareo rehetra samy efa nahita izany; Koa nahoana ianareo no manao hevi-poana?
If all of you have recognized this, why do you talk such vain nonsense?
13 Izao no anjaran’ ny ratsy fanahy avy amin’ Andriamanitra, sy lovan’ ny lozabe raisiny avy amin’ ny Tsitoha:
This is what God provides as the destiny for the wicked, this is the inheritance that the ruthless will receive from the Almighty—
14 Na dia mihamaro aza ny zanany, dia ho an’ ny sabatra ihany ireny. Ary ny zaza aterany tsy ho voky hanina;
even if they have many children, they will experience violent deaths or die of starvation.
15 Ny ankohonany sisa dia hasitrik’ Ifahafatesana, ary tsy hisaona azy ny mpitondratenany;
Those who survive will die from disease, and even their widows will not mourn for them.
16 Na dia mahary volafotsy hoatra ny vovoka aza izy ary mahangona fitafiana hoatra ny fotaka,
Even though they pile up silver like dust, and clothes like heaps of clay,
17 Eny, manangona ihany izy, nefa ny marina no hitafy izany, ary ny tsy manan-tsiny no hizara ny volafotsy;
those who do good will wear the clothes and the innocent will divide the silver among them.
18 Manao ny tranony tahaka ny an’ ny lolofotsy izy, ary tahaka ny trano rantsan-kazo ataon’ ny mpiandry voly;
They build their houses like a moth; like some flimsy shelter made by a watchman.
19 Ao avokoa ihany ny hareny, raha vao mandry izy; Nefa nony ahirany ny masony, dia tsy ao intsony ireny.
They go to bed rich, but never again! For when they wake up, it's all gone.
20 Ny fampahatahorana mahatratra azy tahaka ny riaka: Nony alina paohin’ ny tafio-drivotra izy;
Waves of panic flood over them; in the night a whirlwind snatches them away.
21 Ny rivotra avy any atsinanana mampiainga sy mahalasa azy ka mipaoka azy hiala amin’ ny fitoerany;
The east wind picks them up and they're gone, carried away from where they were.
22 Asian’ Andriamanitra izy ka tsy iantrany, ary mandositra dia mandositra ho afaka amin’ ny tànany izy;
The wind blows at them with full force; they try desperately to escape.
23 Tehafin’ ny olona tanana izy sady isitrisirany ka ampialainy amin’ ny fonenany.
People clap their hands at them and hiss at them wherever they are.
