Joba 5
1 Miantsoa ange! moa misy hamaly anao va? Ary iza amin’ ireo masìna no hotodihinao?
Call out now; is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 Fa ny adala dia vonoin’ ny fahasosorana, ary ny kely saina dia matin’ ny fialonana.
For anger kills the foolish man; jealousy kills the silly one.
3 Izaho nahita olona adala mamaka, nefa vetivety Indray dia tsy maintsy nanozona ny fonenany aho;
I have seen a foolish person taking root, but suddenly I cursed his home.
4 Lavitra ny famonjena ny zanany Ka torotoro eo am-bavahady, nefa tsy manan-kamonjy;
His children are far from safety; they are crushed in the city gate. There is no one to rescue 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
The hungry eat up their harvest; they even take it from among the thorns. The thirsty pant for their wealth.
6 Fa tsy mivoaka avy amin’ ny vovoka ny alahelo, ary tsy mitrebona avy amin’ ny tany ny fahoriana,
For difficulties do not come out from the soil; neither does trouble sprout from the ground.
7 Nefa teraka ho amin’ ny fahoriana ny olombelona, dia tahaka ny fanidin’ ny kilalaon’ afo miakatra
Instead, mankind is born for trouble, just as sparks fly upward.
8 Fa raha toa ahy kosa dia hitady an’ Andriamanitra aho, ary Andriamanitra ihany no hotolorako ny teniko,
But as for me, I would turn to God himself; to him I would commit my cause—
9 Dia Izay manao zava-dehibe tsy takatry ny saina sy zava-mahagaga tsy hita isa,
he who does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number.
10 Dia Izay mampilatsaka ranonorana etỳ ambonin’ ny tany ary mampandeha rano eny amin’ ny saha,
He gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields.
11 Ka apetrany amin’ ny avo Izay ambany, ary asandrany ho amin’ ny fahafinaretana ny miory,
He does this in order to set up on high those who are low; to raise to safety those who mourn.
12 Dia Izay mahafoana ny hevitry ny fetsy, ka tsy hahefan’ ny tànany na inona na inona hahasoa ny tenany;
He breaks the plans of the crafty people, so that their hands cannot achieve success.
13 Ny fahafetsen’ ny hendry ihany no entiny misambotra azy, ary ny saina ataon’ ny mpiolakolaka dia rava;
He traps wise people in their own crafty actions; the plans of twisted people are hurried to their end.
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 encounter darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as if it were 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 person from the sword in their mouths and the needy person from the hand of mighty people.
16 Dia misy fanantenana ho an’ ny reraka; fa ny faharatsiana kosa mihombom-bava
So the poor person has hope, and injustice shuts her own mouth.
17 Indro, sambatra ny zanak’ olombelona izay anarin’ Andriamanitra, koa aza atao ho zavatra kely ny famaizan’ ny Tsitoha;
See, blessed is the man whom God corrects; therefore, do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
18 Fa sady mandratra Izy no mamehy; Manorotoro Izy, ary ny tànany ihany no manasitrana.
For he wounds and then binds up; he wounds and then his hands heal.
19 Amin’ ny fahoriana enina dia hamonjy anao Izy; Eny, amin’ ny fito aza dia tsy hisy loza hihatra aminao.
He will rescue you out of six troubles; indeed, in seven troubles, no evil will 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 will ransom you from death, and in war from the hands of the sword.
21 Hampiereny tsy ho voan’ ny kapo-bava ianao, ary tsy hatahotra, raha avy ny fandringanana;
You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and you will not be afraid of destruction when it comes.
22 Ny fandringanana sy ny mosary dia hihomehezanao; ary tsy hatahoranao ny bibi-dia;
You will laugh at destruction and famine, and you will not be afraid of beasts of the earth.
23 Fa vita fanekena amin’ ny vato any an-tsaha aza ianao; Ary ny bibi-dia hihavana aminao;
For you will have a covenant with the stones in your field, and the beasts of the field will 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;
You will know that your tent is in safety; you will visit your sheepfold and you will not miss anything.
25 Ary ho hitanao koa fa maro ny zanakao, ary ny terakao ho tahaka ny ahitra amin’ ny tany;
You will also know that your seed will be great, that your offspring will be like the grass on the ground.
26 Haharitra ianao ambara-piditrao any am-pasana, raha mbola henjana, dia tahaka ny amboaram-bary akarina amin’ ny fotoana.
You will come to your grave at a full age, like a stack of grain bundles that goes up at its time.
27 Izany ary no izy, fa efa nandinika azy izahay; Hevero ary izany, ka fantaro tsara.
See, we have examined this matter; it is like this; listen to it, and know it for yourself.”
