Joba 31

1 Efa nampanekeko ny masoko; Koa hataoko ahoana indray no fijery zazavavy?

I made a covenant with mine eyes; and how should I fix my regard upon a maid?

2 Fa raha izany, dia inona no anjara avy amin’ Andriamanitra any ambony. Sy lova avy amin’ ny Tsitoha any amin’ ny avo?

For what would have been [my] portion of God from above, and what the heritage of the Almighty from on high?

3 Moa tsy loza va no manjo ny ratsy fanahy? Ary tsy fahoriana va no mahazo ny mpanao ratsy?

Is not calamity for the unrighteous? and misfortune for the workers of iniquity?

4 Moa tsy Andriamanitra va no mijery ny lalako ka manisa ny diako rehetra?

Doth not he see my ways, and number all my steps?

5 Raha tàhiny nandeha tamin’ ny fitaka aho na niezaka tamin’ ny fahafetsena.

If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot hath hasted to deceit,

6 (Enga anie ka holanjain’ Andriamanitra eo amin’ ny mizanan’ ny fahamarinana aho! Dia ho fantany ny tsi-fananako tsiny);

(Let me be weighed in an even balance, and God will take knowledge of my blamelessness; )

7 Raha tàhiny nivily niala tamin’ ny lalana ny diako, na nanaraka ny masoko ny foko, na nisy tsiny niraikitra tamin’ ny tanako:

If my step have turned out of the way, and my heart followed mine eyes, and if any blot cleaveth to my hands;

8 Dia aoka hamafy aho, fa olon-kafa no hihinana, ary aoka ho fongotra izay amboleko.

Let me sow, and another eat; and let mine offspring be rooted out.

9 Raha tahìny adala tamin’ ny vadin’ olona ny foko, ka namitsaka teo am-baravaran’ ny namako aho,

If my heart have been enticed unto a woman, so that I laid wait at my neighbour's door,

10 Dia aoka kosa ny vadiko halain’ ny sasany, ary aoka olon-kafa no handry aminy.

Let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.

11 Fa fahavetavetana izany, eny, heloka tokony hotsarain’ ny mpitsara;

For this is an infamy; yea, it is an iniquity [to be judged by] the judges:

12 Fa afo mandevona hatrany amin’ ny fandringanana izany ka hanongotra ny vokatro rehetra.

For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

13 Raha tàhiny aho nandà ny rariny izay an’ ny ankizilahiko na ny ankizivaviko, raha nifamaly tamiko izy,

If I have despised the cause of my bondman or of my bondmaid, when they contended with me,

14 Dia inona no hataoko, raha hitsangana Andriamanitra? Ary ahoana no havaliko Azy, raha handinika Izy?

What then should I do when God riseth up? and if he visited, what should I answer him?

15 Fa moa tsy Izay nanao ahy tany an-kibo ihany va no nanao azy koa? Ary tsy Iray ihany va no namorona anay tany am-bohoka?

Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not One fashion us in the womb?

16 Raha tàhiny aho nandà Izay nirin’ ny malahelo ka nahapahina ny mason’ ny mpitondratena,

If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

17 Na nihinana ny sombin-kaniko irery, ka tsy mba nihinanan’ ny kamboty

Or have eaten my morsel alone, so that the fatherless ate not thereof,

18 (Fa tsy izany, fa hatry ny fony mbola tanora aho, dia notezaina teo amiko tahaka ny zanaka ny kamboty, Ary nitondra ny mpitondratena hatrany an-kibon-dreniko aho);

(For from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have guided the [widow] from my mother's womb; )

19 Raha tàhiny aho nahita olona efa ho faty noho ny tsi-fananan-damba. Na malahelo tsy manan-kitafy,

If I have seen any perishing for want of clothing, or any needy without covering;

20 Koa tsy nankasitraka ahy ny tenany, ary tsy nanafàna azy ny volon’ ondriko;

If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my lambs;

21 Raha tahìny aho naninjitra ny tanako hampahory ny kamboty, saingy hitako fa nisy niandany tamiko teo am-bavahady:

If I have lifted up my hand against an orphan, because I saw my help in the gate:

22 Dia aoka ny foto-tsandriko hitsoaka hiala amin’ ny rangomainako, eny, aoka ny sandriko ho latsaka hiala amin’ ny taolam-panaviko.

[Then] let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone!

23 Fa mampahatahotra ahy ny loza avy amin’ Andriamanitra, ka tsy mahavita na inona na inona aho noho ny fahalehibiazany.

For calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his excellency I was powerless.

24 Raha tàhiny aho nanao ny volamena ho fanantenako, na nanonona ny volamena tsara hoe: Ry tokiko ô;

If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence!

25 Raha tàhiny ho nifaly noho ny haben’ ny fananako sy noho ny nahazoan’ ny tanako harena betsaka;

If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

26 Raha tàhiny aho nijery ny masoandro, raha namirapiratra izy, na ny volana, raha nandeha tamin’ ny fangarangarany izy,

If I beheld the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness,

27 Ka voafitaka mangingina ny foko, ary nanoroka ny tanako ny vavako

And my heart have been secretly enticed, so that my mouth kissed my hand:

28 (Dia heloka hanamelohan’ ny mpitsara koa izany; Fa ho nihatsaravelatsihy tamin’ Andriamanitra Izay any ambony aho);

This also would be an iniquity for the judge, for I should have denied the God who is above.

29 Raha tàhiny aho nifaly noho ny loza nanjo izay nankahala ahy, na nibitabitaka, raha nozoim-pahoriana izy

If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, and exulted when evil befell him;

30 (Tsia, fa tsy navelako hanota akory ny vavako hangataka ozona hanjo azy);

(Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse; )

31 Raha tàhiny ny tao an-daiko tsy nanao hoe: Iza moa no tsy voky tamin’ ny henany?

If the men of my tent said not, Who shall find one that hath not been satisfied with his meat? —

32 Ny vahiny aza tsy nandry teny ala-trano; Fa novohako ny varavarako manatrika ny lalana;

The stranger did not lodge without; I opened my doors to the pathway.

33 Raha tàhiny aho mba nanarona ny fahadisoako tahaka an’ i Adama ka nanafina ny heloko tato an-tratrako,

If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,

34 Satria nampihorohoro ny foko ny vahoaka maro be, ary natahotra aho, fandrao hamavoin’ ny fokon’ olona, ka dia namitsaka, fa tsy sahy nivoaka ny varavarana

Because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and went not out of the door, ...

35 Enga anie ka hisy hihaino ahy! Indro ny soniako! Enga anie ka hamaly ahy ny Tsitoha! Indro ny taratasy voasoratr’ ilay manana ady amiko!

Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold my signature: let the Almighty answer me! And let mine opponent write an accusation!

36 Hataoko eny an-tsoroko tokoa izany ary hafehiko amiko ho satro-boninahitra.

Would I not take it upon my shoulder? I would bind it on to me [as] a crown;

37 Ny isan’ ny diako dia hambarako aminy, ary tahaka ny fanakon’ ny zanak’ andriana no hanatonako Azy.

I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I come near to him.

38 Raha tàhiny mitaraina hiampanga ahy ny taniko, ka miara-mitomany ny vavasako;

If my land cry out against me, and its furrows weep together;

39 Raha tàhiny aho nihinana ny vokatra, nefa tsy nandoa ny vidiny. Na nanao izay hahafaty ny ain’ ny tompony:

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have tormented to death the souls of its owners:

40 Dia aoka ny tsilo no haniry hisolo ny vary tritika. Ary ny ahi-dratsy hisolo ny vary hordea. Tapitra ny tenin’ i Joba.

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and tares instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.