Joba 5

1 Miantsoa ange! moa misy hamaly anao va? Ary iza amin’ ireo masìna no hotodihinao?

But call, if any one will hearken to thee, or if thou shalt see any of the holy angels.

2 Fa ny adala dia vonoin’ ny fahasosorana, ary ny kely saina dia matin’ ny fialonana.

For wrath destroys the foolish one, and envy slays him that has gone astray.

3 Izaho nahita olona adala mamaka, nefa vetivety Indray dia tsy maintsy nanozona ny fonenany aho;

And I have seen foolish ones taking root: but suddenly their habitation was devoured.

4 Lavitra ny famonjena ny zanany Ka torotoro eo am-bavahady, nefa tsy manan-kamonjy;

Let their children be far from safety, and let them be crushed at the doors of vile men, and let there be no deliverer.

5 Ny vokatry ny taniny dia lanin’ ny noana, eny, alainy na dia voafefy tsilo aza; ary ny fandrika mitanatana vava hahazo ny fananany

For what they have collected, the just shall eat; but they shall not be delivered out of calamities: let their strength be utterly exhausted.

6 Fa tsy mivoaka avy amin’ ny vovoka ny alahelo, ary tsy mitrebona avy amin’ ny tany ny fahoriana,

For labour cannot by any means come out of the earth, nor shall trouble spring out of the mountains:

7 Nefa teraka ho amin’ ny fahoriana ny olombelona, dia tahaka ny fanidin’ ny kilalaon’ afo miakatra

yet man is born to labour, and [even so] the vulture's young seek the high places.

8 Fa raha toa ahy kosa dia hitady an’ Andriamanitra aho, ary Andriamanitra ihany no hotolorako ny teniko,

Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, and will call upon the Lord, the sovereign of all;

9 Dia Izay manao zava-dehibe tsy takatry ny saina sy zava-mahagaga tsy hita isa,

who does great things and untraceable, glorious things also, and marvellous, of which there is no number:

10 Dia Izay mampilatsaka ranonorana etỳ ambonin’ ny tany ary mampandeha rano eny amin’ ny saha,

who gives rain upon the earth, sending water on the earth:

11 Ka apetrany amin’ ny avo Izay ambany, ary asandrany ho amin’ ny fahafinaretana ny miory,

who exalts the lowly, and raises up them that are lost:

12 Dia Izay mahafoana ny hevitry ny fetsy, ka tsy hahefan’ ny tànany na inona na inona hahasoa ny tenany;

frustrating the counsels of the crafty, and their hands shall not perform the truth:

13 Ny fahafetsen’ ny hendry ihany no entiny misambotra azy, ary ny saina ataon’ ny mpiolakolaka dia rava;

who takes the wise in their wisdom, and subverts the counsel of the crafty

14 Na dia amin’ ny antoandro aza dia tafatsarapaka ao amin’ ny maizina ireny ka miraparapa amin’ ny mitataovovonana tahaka ny amin’ ny alina;

In the day darkness shall come upon them, and let them grope in the noon-day even as in the night:

15 Fa vonjeny kosa ny malahelo tsy ho voan’ ny sabatry ny vavany; Eny, vonjeny tsy ho azon’ ny tanan’ ny mahery izy.

and let them perish in war, and let the weak escape from the hand of the mighty.

16 Dia misy fanantenana ho an’ ny reraka; fa ny faharatsiana kosa mihombom-bava

And let the weak have hope, but the mouth of the unjust be stopped.

17 Indro, sambatra ny zanak’ olombelona izay anarin’ Andriamanitra, koa aza atao ho zavatra kely ny famaizan’ ny Tsitoha;

But blessed [is] the man whom the Lord has reproved; and reject not thou the chastening of the Almighty.

18 Fa sady mandratra Izy no mamehy; Manorotoro Izy, ary ny tànany ihany no manasitrana.

for he causes [a man] to be in pain, and restores [him] again: he smites, and his hands heal.

19 Amin’ ny fahoriana enina dia hamonjy anao Izy; Eny, amin’ ny fito aza dia tsy hisy loza hihatra aminao.

Six time he shall deliver thee out of distresses: and in the seventh harm shall not touch thee.

20 Raha avy ny mosary, dia hiaro anao amin’ ny fahafatesana Izy; Ary raha avy ny ady, dia hiaro anao tsy ho voan’ ny sabatra Izy;

In famine he shall deliver thee from death: and in war he shall free thee from the power of the sword.

21 Hampiereny tsy ho voan’ ny kapo-bava ianao, ary tsy hatahotra, raha avy ny fandringanana;

He shall hide thee from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not be afraid of coming evils.

22 Ny fandringanana sy ny mosary dia hihomehezanao; ary tsy hatahoranao ny bibi-dia;

Thou shalt laugh at the unrighteous and the lawless: and thou shalt not be afraid of wild beasts.

23 Fa vita fanekena amin’ ny vato any an-tsaha aza ianao; Ary ny bibi-dia hihavana aminao;

For the wild beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

24 Ary ho hitanao fa ny fiadanana no lainao; Ary raha mizaha ny kijanao ianao, dia ho hitanao fa tsy misy very ny ao;

Then shalt thou know that thy house shall be at peace, and the provision for thy tabernacle shall not fail.

25 Ary ho hitanao koa fa maro ny zanakao, ary ny terakao ho tahaka ny ahitra amin’ ny tany;

And thou shalt know that thy seed [shall be] abundant; and thy children shall be like the herbage of the field.

26 Haharitra ianao ambara-piditrao any am-pasana, raha mbola henjana, dia tahaka ny amboaram-bary akarina amin’ ny fotoana.

And thou shalt come to the grave like ripe corn reaped in its season, or as a heap of the corn-flour collected in proper time.

27 Izany ary no izy, fa efa nandinika azy izahay; Hevero ary izany, ka fantaro tsara.

Behold, we have thus sought out these matters; these are what we have heard: but do thou reflect with thyself, if thou hast done anything [wrong].