Joba 38
1 Ary teo anatin’ ny tafio-drivotra Jehovah dia namaly an’ i Joba ka nanao hoe:
And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
2 Iza moa izato manao izay hahamaizina ny fisainana amin’ ny teny tsy misy fahalalana?
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
3 Misikìna ary tahaka ny lehilahy; Fa hanadina anao Aho, ka valio:
Gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.
4 Taiza ary ianao, fony Aho nanorina ny tany? Ambarao, raha hainao.
Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
5 Iza ary no nandidy izay ho refiny, raha fantatrao? Ary iza no nanenjana ny famolaina teo aminy?
Who set the measures thereof — if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?
6 Teo amin’ inona no nanorenana ny vodi-andriny, ary iza no nametraka ny vato fehizorony,
Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone,
7 Raha niara-nihira ny kintan’ ny maraina, ary nihoby avokoa ireo zanak’ Andriamanitra?
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8 Ary iza no nanao varavarana misakana ny ranomasina, raha nibosesika nivoaka avy tany am-bohoka izy,
And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?
9 Raha nanao ny rahona ho fitafiany Aho ary ny aizim-pito ho fonony,
When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;
10 Ary nandidy ny ho fetrany sady nanisy hidy sy varavarana
When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,
11 Ka nanao hoe: Hatreto no azonao androsoana ka tsy hihoatra, ary eto no hampijanonana ny fisafoaky ny onjanao?
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
12 Hatrizay niainanao moa mba efa nandidy ny maraina va ianao? Efa notoroanao ny fitoerany va ny fipoak’ andro,
Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place,
13 Mba horaisiny ny sisin’ ny tany. Ka hakopakopany hiala ny ratsy fanahy?
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked might be shaken out of it?
14 Ary hiova tahaka ny tanimanga tombohin-kase ny endriny, ka hiseho tahaka ny lamba misoratra ny tarehiny,
It is changed like the signet-clay; and [all things] stand forth as in a garment:
15 Ary hosakanana ny fahazavan’ ny ratsy fanahy, ka ho tapaka ny sandry naingaina.
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the uplifted arm is broken.
16 Moa efa niditra hatrany amin’ ny loharanon-dranomasina va ianao, ary efa nandehandeha tany amin’ ny fanambanin’ ny lalina?
Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
17 Moa efa naharihary taminao va ny vavahadin’ ny fahafatesana? Ary efa hitanao va ny vavahadin’ ny aloky ny fahafatesana?
Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
18 Moa efa voadinikao ny hatrany amin’ ny fahalalahan’ ny tany? Ambarao ary, raha fantatrao izany rehetra izany.
Hath thine understanding compassed the breadths of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all.
19 Aiza ary no lalana ho any amin’ ny fonenan’ ny mazava? Ary aiza no fitoeran’ ny maizina?
Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place,
20 Mba hitondranao izany ho amin’ ny faran’ ny alehany, ary ho fantatrao ny lalana ho any an-tranony.
That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house?
21 Eny, fantatrao mantsy izany, satria efa teraka ianao tamin’ izay, ary maro ny isan’ ny andronao!
Thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!
22 Moa efa niditra tany amin’ ny firaketana ny oram-panala va ianao? Ary efa hitanao va ny firaketana ny havandra,
Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, and hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,
23 Izay voatahiriko ho amin’ ny andro fahoriana, dia ny andro misy ady sy tafika?
Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of battle and war?
24 Aiza moa no lalana izarazarana ny mazava sy ielezan’ ny rivotra avy any atsinanana ho etỳ ambonin’ ny tany?
By what way is the light parted, [and] the east wind scattered upon the earth?
25 Iza moa no nihady lalan-drano ho an’ ny ranonorana mirotsaka be, sy lalan-kaleha ho an’ ny helatry ny kotrokorana,
Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood, and a way for the thunder's flash;
26 Handatsaka ranonorana ambonin’ ny tany izay tsy itoeran’ olona, dia any amin’ ny efitra tsy misy mponina,
To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man;
27 Mba hahavonto ny efitra sy ny tany foana, ary hampitsimoka ny ahitra vao mitsiry?
To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground], and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth?
28 Manan-dray va ny ranonorana? Ary iza kosa no miteraka ny ranon’ ando?
Hath the rain a father? or who begetteth the drops of dew?
29 Kibon’ iza moa no nihavian’ ny ranomandry? Ary ny vongam-panala avy amin’ ny lanitra, iza no niteraka azy?
Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth?
30 Tonga mafy toy ny vato ny rano, Ary mitambatra ny fanambonin’ ny lalina.
When the waters lie hidden as in stone, and the face of the deep holdeth fast together.
31 Mahavona ny kofehin’ ny Ikotokelimiadilaona va ianao, ary mahavaha ny Telonohorefy?
Canst thou fasten the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?
32 Mahavoaka ny Mazarota amin’ ny fotoany va ianao? Ary mahatondra ny Bera mbamin’ ny zanany va ianao?
Dost thou bring forth the constellations each in its season? or dost thou guide the Bear with her sons?
33 Fantatrao va ny lalàn’ ny lanitra? Ary manendry ny fanapahan’ ireny ny tany va ianao?
Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth?
34 Mahasandratra ny feonao ho amin’ ny rahona matevina va ianao, Mba hanafotra anao ny rano mandriaka?
Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee?
35 Mahay mandefa ny helatra va ianao, ka ho avy ireo hilaza aminao hoe: Indreto izahay?
Dost thou send forth lightnings that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
36 Iza moa no nanao ny rahona matevina ho fitoeram-pahendrena, Ary irery miseho erỳ an-danitra ho fampisehoana ny fahalalana?
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the mind?
37 Iza moa no manam-pahendrena mahisa ny rahom-potsy manify? Ary iza no mahatankina ny fitoeran-dranon’ ny lanitra,
Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens,
38 Hitambaran’ ny vovoka ho dilatra sy hivonganany ho bainga?
When the dust runneth as into a molten mass, and the clods cleave fast together?
39 Mahay mihaza toha ho an’ ny liom-bavy va ianao, sy mahafaka ny fahalianan’ ny liona tanora,
Dost thou hunt the prey for the lioness, and dost thou satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
40 Raha mamitsaka ao amin’ ny fitoerany izy ary manotrika ao amin’ ny kirihitrala?
When they crouch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the thicket to lie in wait?
41 Iza moa no manome hanina ny goaika, raha mitaraina amin’ Andriamanitra ny zanany ka mirenireny tsy mahita hanina?
Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto God, [and] they wander for lack of meat?
