Joba 3

1 Rehefa afaka izany, dia niloa-bava Joba ka nanozona ny androny

After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

2 nanao hoe:

And Job spoke, and said:

3 Foàna anie ny andro nahaterahako sy ny alina izay nanao hoe: Misy zazalahy vao torontoronina!

Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night wherein it was said: 'A man-child is brought forth.'

4 Izany andro izany dia aoka ho maizina, ary aoka tsy hitady azy Andriamanitra any ambony; ary aoka tsy hisy mazava hamirapiratra aminy;

Let that day be darkness; let not God inquire after it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

5 Aoka ny aizina sy ny aloky ny fahafatesana hahalasa azy indray; Aoka ny rahona hitatao eo amboniny; Aoka izay zavatra mahamaizina ny andro hampahatsiravina azy.

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; let a cloud dwell upon it; let all that maketh black the day terrify it.

6 Izany alina izany aoka ny aizim-pito hisambotra azy; Aoka tsy hiara-mifaly amin’ ny andron’ ny taona izy. Ary tsy ho tonga amin’ ny isan’ ny volana;

As for that night, let thick darkness seize upon it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.

7 Indro izany alina izany aoka ho momba izy; Aoka tsy ho velona ao ny hoby;

Lo, let that night be desolate; let no joyful voice come therein.

8 Aoka hanozona azy ny mpanozona andro, Izay mahay mamoha ny dragona;

Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.

9 Aoka ho maizina ny kintan’ ny marainany; Aoka hiandry ny mazava izy, nefa tsy hisy, ary aoka tsy ho faly mahita ny hodimason’ ny maraina izy,

Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning;

10 Satria tsy nanidy ny varavaran’ ny kibon’ ineny izy ka tsy nanafina fahoriana tamin’ ny masoko.

Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid trouble from mine eyes.

11 Nahoana re aho no tsy maty hatrany am-bohoka e, ary tsy niala aina, fony vao nivoaka avy tany an-kibo e?

Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not perish at birth?

12 Nahoana no nisy lohalika niandry ahy? Ary nahoana no nisy nono hinonoako?

Why did the knees receive me? And wherefore the breasts, that I should suck?

13 Fa raha tsy izany, dia efa nandry aho toy izay ka niadana, eny, natory aho ka afa-tsasatra,

For now should I have lain still and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest —

14 Teo amin’ ny mpanjaka sy ny mpanolo-tsaina avy amin’ ny tany, izay nanao ireny tanàna efa rava,

With kings and counsellors of the earth, who built up waste places for themselves;

15 Na teo amin’ ny andriandahy izay manana volamena sady mameno volafotsy ny tranony;

Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver;

16 Na efa tsy ary toy ny zaza tsy tonga volana aho ka nafenina, dia toy ny zaza izay tsy nahita ny mazava akory.

Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants that never saw light.

17 Any no itsaharan’ ny ratsy fanahy tsy hampitebiteby, ary any ny reraka no afa-tsasatra;

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary are at rest.

18 Miara-miadana avokoa ny mpifatotra; Tsy mandre ny feon’ ny mpampiasa izy.

There the prisoners are at ease together; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.

19 Samy any ny kely sy ny lehibe, Ary ny mpanompo dia afaka amin’ ny tompony.

The small and great are there alike; and the servant is free from his master.

20 Nahoana no fahazavana no mba omena ny reraka, ary fiainana ho an’ izay latsaka amin’ ny fangidiana?

Wherewith is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul —

21 Izay miandry fahafatesana, nefa tsy avy izy, sady mitady azy mihoatra noho ny fitady harena nafenina:

Who long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

22 Izay faly indrindra sady ravoravo, raha mahita ny fasana,

Who rejoice unto exultation, and are glad, when they can find the grave? —

23 Dia olona izay mandeha ao amin’ ny maizina sady voafefin’ Andriamanitra manodidina.

To a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

24 Fa mialoha ny haninkaniko ny fitolokoko, ary migororoana toy ny rano ny fidradradradrako;

For my sighing cometh instead of my food, and my roarings are poured out like water.

25 Fa Izay atahorako no mahazo ahy, ary izay angovitako no manjo ahy.

For the thing which I did fear is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of hath overtaken me.

26 Tsy mbola nahita fiadanana na fitsaharana na fakàna aina akory aza aho, dia tonga indray ny tebiteby.

I was not at ease, neither was I quiet, neither had I rest; but trouble came.