Joba 35

1 Ary mbola niteny ihany Eliho ka nanao hoe:

And Elihu answers and says:

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

“Have you reckoned this for judgment [when] you have said, My righteousness [is] more than God’s?

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

For you say, What does it profit You? What do I profit from my sin?

4 Izaho no hiteny hamaly anao Mbamin’ ny namanao.

I return words, and your friends with you,

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

Behold attentively the heavens—and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than you.

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

If you have sinned, what do you do against Him? And your transgressions have been multiplied, 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 have been righteous, What do you give to 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.

For a man like yourself [is] your wickedness, And for a son of man your righteousness.

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

Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.

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

And none said, Where [is] God my Maker? Giving 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?

Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Indeed, He makes us wiser than the bird of the heavens.

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

There they cry, and He does not answer, Because of the pride of evildoers.

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

Surely God does not hear vanity, And the Mighty does not behold it.

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

Indeed, though you say you do not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stays for Him.

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

And now, because there is not, He has appointed His anger, And He has not known in great extremity.

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

And Job opens his mouth [with] vanity, He multiplies words without knowledge.”