Joba 5

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

Do but call: is there one that will answer thee? and to whom of the saints wilt thou turn thyself?

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

For vexation will prove death to a foolish man, and jealousy will slay the simple.

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

I have myself seen the foolish taking root; but I suddenly held his habitation as accursed.

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

His children are far from help, and men crush them in the gate, with no one 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

[He it is] whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber snatcheth eagerly after their substance.

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

For wrong doth not come forth out of the dust, neither doth trouble grow up out of the ground;

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

But man is born unto trouble, as young birds take up their flight.

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

I, however, would have besought God, and unto God would I have committed my cause;

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

Who doth great things which are unsearchable, marvelous things till they are without number;

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

Who giveth rain upon the surface of the earth, and sendeth out waters over the face of the fields;

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

To set up the lowly on high, that those who mourn may rise high to happiness;

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

[But] who frustrateth the plans of the crafty, so that their hands cannot execute their well-devised counsel;

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

Who catcheth the wise in their own craftiness; and the advise of the perverse is hastened on 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;

By day they meet with darkness, and as though it were night they grope about in the noon of day;

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

But who saveth from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty, the needy one:

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

And so cometh to the indigent hope, and iniquity stoppeth 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 admonisheth: despise then not the correction of the Almighty.

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

For he it is that woundeth, and bindeth up: he smiteth, and his hands do heal.

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

In six distresses will he deliver thee; and in seven there shall no evil 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 redeemeth thee 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;

Against the scourge of the tongue shall thou he hidden; and thou needest not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

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

At destruction and famine canst thou laugh; and thou needest not have any fear 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 with the stones of the field shalt thou have thy covenant; and the 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;

And thou shalt know that there is peace in thy tent; and thou wilt look over thy habitation, and shalt miss nothing.

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 is numerous, and thy offspring as the herbage of the earth.

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

Thon wilt go in a ripe age unto the grave, as a shock of corn is carried home in its season.

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

Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is: hear it, and do thou note it well for thyself.