Joba 34
1 Ary mbola niteny ihany Eliho ka nanao hoe:
Moreover Elihu answered and said,
2 Mandrenesa ny teniko, ianareo olon-kendry; Ary mihainoa ahy, ianareo manam-pahalalana.
Hear my words, ye wise men; And give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
3 Fa ny sofina no mamantatra teny, Ary ny vava no manandrana hanina.
For the ear trieth words, As the palate tasteth food.
4 Koa aoka izay rariny no hodinihintsika, ary aoka hiara-mamantatra izay tsara isika.
Let us choose for us that which is right: Let us know among ourselves what is good.
5 Fa Joba efa nanao hoe: Marina aho, saingy nesorin’ Andriamanitra tamiko ny rariny;
For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right:
6 Marina ny ahy, nefa ampandaingainy aho; Mahafaty ny zana-tsipìka mitsatoka amiko, na dia tsy manam-pahadisoana aza aho.
Notwithstanding my right I am [accounted] a liar; My wound is incurable, [though I am] without transgression.
7 Aiza moa no misy lehilahy tahaka an’ i Joba, izay manaram-po amin’ ny famingavingana toy ny fisotro rano.
What man is like Job, Who drinketh up scoffing like water,
8 Ary tonga naman’ ny mpanao ratsy sady miara-mandeha amin’ ny ratsy fanahy?
Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, And walketh with wicked men?
9 Fa hoy izy: Tsy mahasoa ny olona ny mihavana amin’ Andriamanitra.
For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.
10 Koa amin’ izany mihainoa ahy, ianareo manam-panahy: Lavitra an’ Andriamanitra ny hanao ratsy! Ary lavitra ny Tsitoha ny hanao meloka!
Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, And from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
11 Fa ny nataon’ ny olona ihany no ampanodiaviny azy, ka mamaly ny olona rehetra araka ny lalany avy Izy.
For the work of a man will he render unto him, And cause every man to find according to his ways.
12 Eny tokoa, Andriamanitra tsy manao ratsy mihitsy, ary ny Tsitoha tsy mba mamadika ny rariny.
Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
13 Iza moa no nanendry Azy ho Mpiadidy ny tany? Ary iza no nanorina izao tontolo izao?
Who gave him a charge over the earth? Or who hath disposed the whole world?
14 Raha tàhiny ny tenany ihany no heveriny, ka hangoniny ho ao aminy ny fanahiny sy ny fofonainy,
If he set his heart upon himself, [If] he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
15 Dia hiala avokoa ny ain’ ny nofo rehetra, ary hiverina amin’ ny vovoka ny olona.
All flesh shall perish together, And man shall turn again unto dust.
16 Raha manam-pahalalana ianao, dia mandrenesa izao, ka mihainoa ny teniko
If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: Hearken to the voice of my words.
17 Moa mahay mifehy va izay tsy tia rariny? Ary Ilay marina sady mahery va no hohelohinao?
Shall even one that hateth justice govern? And wilt thou condemn him that is righteous [and] mighty?—
18 (Mety va ny miteny amin’ ny mpanjaka hoe: Olom-poana ianao! Ary amin’ ny zanak’ andriana: Ry ilay ratsy!),
[Him] that saith to a king, [Thou art] vile, [Or] to nobles, [Ye are] wicked;
19 Dia Ilay tsy mizaha ny tavan’ ny lehibe, ary tsy manaja ny ambony mihoatra noho ny ambany, satria samy asan’ ny tànany avokoa izy rehetra.
That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.
20 Maty amin’ ny indray mipi-maso monja amin’ ny mamatonalina ireny; Eny, ringana ny olona ka tsy ao intsony; Ary ny mahery dia lasa tsy esorin-tanana.
In a moment they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away without hand.
21 Fa ny mason’ Andriamanitra dia mijery ny alehan’ ny olona, ary mahita ny diany rehetra Izy.
For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, And he seeth all his goings.
22 Tsy misy aizina na alim-pito, Izay hieren’ ny mpanao ratsy.
There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
23 Fa Andriamanitra tsy mba miandry aloha vao mandinika ny olona Izay tonga hotsaraina eo anatrehany.
For he needeth not further to consider a man, That he should go before God in judgment.
24 Manorotoro ny olona mahery Izy, na dia tsy manadina aza, ka manangana olon-kafa hisolo azy.
He breaketh in pieces mighty men [in ways] past finding out, And setteth others in their stead.
25 Koa hita amin’ izany fa fantany ny asan’ ireo, ka dia mamono azy amin’ ny alina ho torotoro Izy.
Therefore he taketh knowledge of their works; And he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
26 Tehafiny tanana tahaka ny fanao amin’ ny ratsy fanahy ireo eo imason’ ny vahoaka.
He striketh them as wicked men In the open sight of others;
27 Izao no nialan’ ireo tamin’ Andriamanitra ka tsy nitandremany ny lalany akory,
Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways:
28 Dia ny mba hahatonga ny fitarainan’ ny malahelo eo anatrehany ka hampandre Azy ny fitarainan’ ny ory.
So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him, And he heard the cry of the afflicted.
29 Mangìna Izy, ka iza no mahay manameloka? Ary manafin-tava Izy (ka iza no mahajery Azy?), na amin’ ny firenena, na amin’ ny olona tsirairay,
When he giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? Alike whether [it be done] unto a nation, or unto a man:
30 Mba tsy hanjakan’ ny ratsy fanahy, ary tsy ho voafandrika ny vahoaka.
That the godless man reign not, That there be none to ensnare the people.
31 Fa moa mba efa nisy niteny tamin’ Andriamanitra va nanao hoe: Efa nanandra-tena aho ka tsy hanao ratsy intsony;
For hath any said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]:
32 Izay tsy hitako mba ampianaro ahy; Raha nanao ratsy aho, dia tsy hanao intsony?
That which I see not teach thou me: If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more?
33 Moa araka ny hevitrao va no hamaliany ny ataon’ ny olona, no efa nandà ianao? Fa ianao no mifidy, fa tsy izaho, koa izay fantatrao no ambarao.
Shall his recompense be as thou wilt, that thou refusest it? For thou must choose, and not I: Therefore speak what thou knowest.
34 Ny olona manam-panahy hilaza amiko, ary ny olon-kendry izay mihaino ahy hanao hoe:
Men of understanding will say unto me, Yea, every wise man that heareth me:
35 Miteny tsy amim-pahalalana Joba, ary ny teniny tsy amim-pahendrena.
Job speaketh without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom.
36 Enga anie ka hizahan-toetra mandrakariva Joba noho ny famaliana ataony araka ny fanaon’ ny ratsy fanahy!
Would that Job were tried unto the end, Because of his answering like wicked men.
37 Fa ampiany fihaikana koa ny fahotany; Miteha-tanana eto amintsika izy ka manao teny maro ho enti-miady amin’ Andriamanitra.
For he addeth rebellion unto his sin; He clappeth his hands among us, And multiplieth his words against God.
