Joba 35
1 Ary mbola niteny ihany Eliho ka nanao hoe:
Moreover Elihu answered and said,
2 Ataonao va fa marina ny nanaovanao hoe: Ny fahamarinako mihoatra noho ny an’ Andriamanitra?
Thinkest thou this to be [thy] right, [or] sayest thou, 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?
That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? [and], What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?
4 Izaho no hiteny hamaly anao Mbamin’ ny namanao.
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
5 Jereo ary ny lanitra ka izahao; Ary tsinjovy iry habakabaka, avo loatra iny ka tsy takatrao.
Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the skies, which are higher than thou.
6 Raha manota ianao, moa mahefa inona aminy? Ary raha maro ny fahotanao, mampaninona Azy moa izany?
If thou hast sinned, what doest thou against him? and if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him.
7 Raha marina ianao, dia hahazoany inona moa izany? Na inona no horaisiny avy amin’ ny tananao?
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
8 Mihatra amin’ ny olona tahaka anao ihany ny ratsy ataonao; Ary mihatra amin’ ny olombelona ihany ny fahamarinanao.
Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou art; and thy righteousness [may profit] a son of man.
9 Noho ny habiazan’ ny fampahoriana no itarainan’ ny olona; Eny, minananana izy noho ny sandrin’ ny mahery,
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; they cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
10 Nefa tsy misy manao hoe: Aiza Andriamanitra, Mpanao ahy, Izay mahatonga fiderana amin’ ny alina,
But none saith, Where is God my Maker, who giveth 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 teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
12 Eny, mitaraina mafy ireo (fa tsy mamaly Izy) noho ny fireharehan’ ny ratsy fanahy.
There they cry, but none giveth 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 will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard 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 when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, the cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!
15 Koa raha saingy tsy mihatra ny fahatezerany, moa dia tsy fantany tsara koa va ny fihaikana?
But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, neither doth he greatly regard arrogance;
16 Mba miloa-bava foana anefa Joba ary manao teny maro tsy amim-pahalalana.
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
