Joba 5
1 Miantsoa ange! moa misy hamaly anao va? Ary iza amin’ ireo masìna no hotodihinao?
Call now, if there be any that will answer you; and to which of the saints will you turn?
2 Fa ny adala dia vonoin’ ny fahasosorana, ary ny kely saina dia matin’ ny fialonana.
For wrath kills the foolish man, and envy slays the silly one.
3 Izaho nahita olona adala mamaka, nefa vetivety Indray dia tsy maintsy nanozona ny fonenany aho;
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4 Lavitra ny famonjena ny zanany Ka torotoro eo am-bavahady, nefa tsy manan-kamonjy;
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
5 Ny vokatry ny taniny dia lanin’ ny noana, eny, alainy na dia voafefy tsilo aza; ary ny fandrika mitanatana vava hahazo ny fananany
Whose harvest the hungry eats up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the robber swallows up their substance.
6 Fa tsy mivoaka avy amin’ ny vovoka ny alahelo, ary tsy mitrebona avy amin’ ny tany ny fahoriana,
Although affliction comes not out of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
7 Nefa teraka ho amin’ ny fahoriana ny olombelona, dia tahaka ny fanidin’ ny kilalaon’ afo miakatra
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
8 Fa raha toa ahy kosa dia hitady an’ Andriamanitra aho, ary Andriamanitra ihany no hotolorako ny teniko,
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
9 Dia Izay manao zava-dehibe tsy takatry ny saina sy zava-mahagaga tsy hita isa,
Which does great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
10 Dia Izay mampilatsaka ranonorana etỳ ambonin’ ny tany ary mampandeha rano eny amin’ ny saha,
Who gives rain upon the earth, and sends waters upon the fields:
11 Ka apetrany amin’ ny avo Izay ambany, ary asandrany ho amin’ ny fahafinaretana ny miory,
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
12 Dia Izay mahafoana ny hevitry ny fetsy, ka tsy hahefan’ ny tànany na inona na inona hahasoa ny tenany;
He dissapoints the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
13 Ny fahafetsen’ ny hendry ihany no entiny misambotra azy, ary ny saina ataon’ ny mpiolakolaka dia rava;
He takes the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the perverse is carried headlong.
14 Na dia amin’ ny antoandro aza dia tafatsarapaka ao amin’ ny maizina ireny ka miraparapa amin’ ny mitataovovonana tahaka ny amin’ ny alina;
They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday 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.
But he saves the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
16 Dia misy fanantenana ho an’ ny reraka; fa ny faharatsiana kosa mihombom-bava
So the poor has hope, and iniquity stops her mouth.
17 Indro, sambatra ny zanak’ olombelona izay anarin’ Andriamanitra, koa aza atao ho zavatra kely ny famaizan’ ny Tsitoha;
Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore despise not you the chastening of the Almighty:
18 Fa sady mandratra Izy no mamehy; Manorotoro Izy, ary ny tànany ihany no manasitrana.
For he makes sore, and binds up: he wounds, and his hands make whole.
19 Amin’ ny fahoriana enina dia hamonjy anao Izy; Eny, amin’ ny fito aza dia tsy hisy loza hihatra aminao.
He shall deliver you in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch you.
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 redeem you from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
21 Hampiereny tsy ho voan’ ny kapo-bava ianao, ary tsy hatahotra, raha avy ny fandringanana;
You shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
22 Ny fandringanana sy ny mosary dia hihomehezanao; ary tsy hatahoranao ny bibi-dia;
At destruction and famine you shall laugh: neither shall you be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
23 Fa vita fanekena amin’ ny vato any an-tsaha aza ianao; Ary ny bibi-dia hihavana aminao;
For you shall be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
24 Ary ho hitanao fa ny fiadanana no lainao; Ary raha mizaha ny kijanao ianao, dia ho hitanao fa tsy misy very ny ao;
And you shall know that your tabernacle shall be in peace; and you shall visit your habitation, and shall not sin.
25 Ary ho hitanao koa fa maro ny zanakao, ary ny terakao ho tahaka ny ahitra amin’ ny tany;
You shall know also that your seed shall be great, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.
26 Haharitra ianao ambara-piditrao any am-pasana, raha mbola henjana, dia tahaka ny amboaram-bary akarina amin’ ny fotoana.
You shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of corn comes in in his season.
27 Izany ary no izy, fa efa nandinika azy izahay; Hevero ary izany, ka fantaro tsara.
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know you it for your good.
