Joba 35

1 Ary mbola niteny ihany Eliho ka nanao hoe:

And Elihu went on to say:

2 Ataonao va fa marina ny nanaovanao hoe: Ny fahamarinako mihoatra noho ny an’ Andriamanitra?

“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’

3 Fa hoy ianao: Mahasoa ahy manao ahoana moa? Ary inona no soa azoko mihoatra noho ny avy amin’ ny fahotako?

For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’

4 Izaho no hiteny hamaly anao Mbamin’ ny namanao.

I will reply to you and to your friends as well.

5 Jereo ary ny lanitra ka izahao; Ary tsinjovy iry habakabaka, avo loatra iny ka tsy takatrao.

Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.

6 Raha manota ianao, moa mahefa inona aminy? Ary raha maro ny fahotanao, mampaninona Azy moa izany?

If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?

7 Raha marina ianao, dia hahazoany inona moa izany? Na inona no horaisiny avy amin’ ny tananao?

If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?

8 Mihatra amin’ ny olona tahaka anao ihany ny ratsy ataonao; Ary mihatra amin’ ny olombelona ihany ny fahamarinanao.

Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.

9 Noho ny habiazan’ ny fampahoriana no itarainan’ ny olona; Eny, minananana izy noho ny sandrin’ ny mahery,

Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.

10 Nefa tsy misy manao hoe: Aiza Andriamanitra, Mpanao ahy, Izay mahatonga fiderana amin’ ny alina,

But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,

11 Izay manome fahalalana antsika mihoatra noho ny an’ ny biby ambonin’ ny tany, dia Izay manome fahendrena antsika mihoatra noho ny an’ ny voro-manidina?

who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’

12 Eny, mitaraina mafy ireo (fa tsy mamaly Izy) noho ny fireharehan’ ny ratsy fanahy.

There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.

13 Ny fitarainam-poana dia tsy mba henoin’ Andriamanitra, ary ny Tsitoha tsy mandinika izany.

Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.

14 Na dia lazainao fa tsy mahita azy aza ianao, efa mby eo anatrehany ny ady, koa tsy maintsy miandry Azy ianao.

How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,

15 Koa raha saingy tsy mihatra ny fahatezerany, moa dia tsy fantany tsara koa va ny fihaikana?

and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!

16 Mba miloa-bava foana anefa Joba ary manao teny maro tsy amim-pahalalana.

So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”