Joba 30
1 Fa ankehitriny kosa dia mihomehy ahy na dia izay tokon-jandriko aza, dia zanak’ ireo izay nolaviko tsy ho isan’ ny amboa miandry ny ondriko akory aza.
But now [they that are] younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
2 Eny, mampaninona ahy ny herin’ ny tànan’ ireo. Izay efa very fahatanjahana?
Yea, whereto [might] the strength of their hands [profit] me, in whom old age was perished?
3 Manjenjena noho ny tsi-fisian-kanina sy ny mosary izy; Homankomana foana any an-tany karankaina izy, dia eo an-katoky ny loza sy ny fandringanana.
For want and famine [they were] solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
4 Mitsongo anambodihena eo amin’ ny kirihitrala izy, ary ny fakan’ ny anjavidy no fihinany.
Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots [for] their meat.
5 Roahina tsy ho eo amin’ ny olona izy sady akoraina toy ny mpangalatra.
They were driven forth from among [men], (they cried after them as [after] a thief; )
6 Any an-dohasaha mahatsiravina no tsy maintsy itoerany, dia ao an-dava-tany sy an-dava-bato.
To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, [in] caves of the earth, and [in] the rocks.
7 Minananana eny amin’ ny kirihitrala izy ary mitangorona eo ambanin’ ny amiana.
Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
8 Zanaky ny adala izy sady zanaky ny tsy manan-kaja, ka roahina tsy ho eo amin’ ny tany.
[They were] children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
9 Ary ankehitriny efa ataony an-kira aho. Eny, efa ambentinteniny aho.
And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
10 Ataony toy ny zava-betaveta aho ka halaviriny, ary tsy menatra handrora ny tavako izy.
They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
11 Fa noketrahin’ Andriamanitra ny kofehiko, ka nampietreny aho; Ka dia mba nesorin’ iretsy kosa teo anatrehako ny lamboridiny.
Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
12 Misy androvolahy mitsangana eo ankavanako; Manosika ny tongotro hiala izy ary manandratra tovon-tany hampidirany loza amiko.
Upon [my] right [hand] rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
13 Mandrava ny lalako sy manararaotra ny andravana ahy izy, nefa ny tenany tsy manan-kamonjy,
They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
14 Toy ny fiditra eo amin’ ny banga lehibe no fihaviny, ka avy ao amin’ ny voarava no imaonany.
They came [upon me] as a wide breaking in [of waters: ] in the desolation they rolled themselves [upon me].
15 Voatodika hamely ahy ny fampitahorana: Manenjika ny voninahitro tahaka ny rivotra izy, ka levona tahaka ny rahona ny famonjena ahy
Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
16 Ary ankehitriny, raraka ato anatiko ny fanahiko. Fenjàn’ ny andro fahoriana aho.
And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
17 Ny alina mampahalò ny taolako ho afaka amiko, ary tsy mitsahatra ireo manotahota ahy ireo.
My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
18 Noho ny haben’ ny hery dia tonga tsy antonona ny akanjoko, manenda ahy tahaka ny vozon-dobaka izany.
By the great force [of my disease] is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
19 Eny, nanary ahy teo amin’ ny fotaka Izy, ka efa tahaka ny vovoka sy ny lavenona aho
He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
20 Mitaraina aminao aho, nefa tsy mihaino ahy Hianao; Mijoro eo aho, nefa ierenao foana.
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me [not].
21 Efa manjary lozabe amiko Hianao; Ny herin’ ny tananao no andrafianao ahy.
Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
22 Aingainao ho eny amin’ ny rivotra aho ka alefanao handeha, ary levoninao amin’ ny tafio-drivotra mifofofofo ho tsinontsinona aho.
Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride [upon it], and dissolvest my substance.
23 Fa fantatro fa hampodinao any amin’ ny fahafatesana aho, dia any amin’ ny trano fivorian’ ny olombelona rehetra.
For I know [that] thou wilt bring me [to] death, and [to] the house appointed for all living.
24 Kanefa tsy manainga ny tànany va ny olona, raha ianjeran’ ny rava? Ary tsy mitaraina va izy, raha tratry ny loza?
Howbeit he will not stretch out [his] hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
25 Tsy nitomany ny ory va aho? Tsy nangorakoraka ny malahelo va ny fanahiko?
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was [not] my soul grieved for the poor?
26 Fa niandry ny soa aho, kanjo tonga ny ratsy; Ary nanantena ny mazava aho, kanjo avy ny maizina.
When I looked for good, then evil came [unto me: ] and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
27 Nandevilevy ny tsinaiko ka tsy nanam-pitsaharana; Nitsena ahy ny andro fahoriana.
My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
28 Mitsaitsaika mitafy lamba fisaonana aho sady tsy mahita masoandro; Mitsangana aho ka mitaraina eo ampivorian’ ny olona.
I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, [and] I cried in the congregation.
29 Rahalahin’ ny amboadia aho Ary naman’ ny ostritsa.
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
30 Efa mainty ny hoditro sady miendakendaka, ary efa karankaina noho ny hafanana ny taolako.
My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
31 Nanjary fisaonana ny lokangako. Ary feon’ ny mitomany ny sodiko.
My harp also is [turned] to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
