Joba 7
1 Tsy mahafantatra izay ratsy va ny vavako? Tsy mpiantafika va ny zanak’ olombelona etỳ ambonin’ ny tany? Ary tsy tahaka ny andron’ ny mpikarama va ny androny?
“Isn't life for human beings like serving a sentence of hard labor? Don't their days pass like those of a hired laborer?
2 Toy ny mpanompo maniry alokaloka, ary toy ny mpikarama miandry ny karaman’ ny asany,
Like some slave longing for a bit of shade, like a hired hand anxiously waiting for pay day,
3 Dia toy izany no anaovana ahy hahita volana mampahory, ary alina mahadisadisa no tendrena ho ahy.
I've been given months of emptiness and nights of misery.
4 Raha vao mandry aho, dia mieritreritra hoe: Rahoviana re no hifoha aho? Fa mihalava izany ny alina, ary mivadibadika indrindra aho mandra-pahazavan’ ny andro.
When I go to bed I ask, ‘When shall I get up?’ But the night goes on and on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
5 Ny nofoko mitafy olitra sy baingan-tany; efa maina ny hoditro, kanjo mitsiranorano indray.
My body is covered with maggots and caked in dirt; my skin is cracked, with oozing sores.
6 Faingana noho ny famahanan-tenona ny androko ka lany tsy misy fanantenana.
My days pass quicker than a weaver's shuttle and they come to an end without hope.
7 Tsarovy fa rivotra ny aiko: ary tsy hahita soa intsony ny masoko.
Remember that my life is just a breath; I will not see happiness again.
8 Tsy hahita ahy intsony ny mason’ izay mijery ahy: Ny masonao hizaha ahy, fa tsy ho ao aho.
Those watching me won't see me anymore; your eyes will be looking for me, but I will be gone.
9 Tahaka ny rahona misava ka levona, dia tahaka izany koa, izay midìna any amin’ ny fiainan-tsi-hita tsy mba hiakatra intsony; (Sheol h7585)
When a cloud disappears, it's gone, just as anyone who goes down to Sheol does not come back up. (Sheol h7585)
10 Tsy hiverina any an-tranony intsony izy. Ary tsy hahalala azy intsony ny fonenany.
They will never return home, and the people they knew will forget them.
11 Ary izaho dia tsy hamehy vava, Fa hiteny noho ny fahorian’ ny fanahiko sy hitaraina noho ny fangidian’ ny aiko.
So, no, I won't hold my tongue—I will speak in the agony of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12 Ranomasina va aho, na trozona, No dia asianao fiambenana?
Am I the sea or a sea monster that you have to guard me?
13 Raha hoy izaho: Hampionona ahy ny farafarako, hampitony ny fitarainako ny fandriako.
If I tell myself, ‘I'll feel better if I lie down in my bed,’ or ‘it will help me to lie down on my couch,’
14 Dia mampitahotra ahy amin’ ny nofy Hianao ary mampihorohoro ahy amin’ ny tsindrimandry;
then you scare me so much with dreams and terrify me with visions
15 Ka dia aleon’ ny fanahiko ny hokendaina, eny, aleoko ny fahafatesana aza toy izay izato fitofezako izato;
that I would rather be strangled—I would rather die than become just a bag of bones.
16 Maharikoriko ahy izao, tsy tiako ny ho velona ela; Ilaozy miala aho, fa fofona foana ny androko.
I hate my life! I know I won't live long. Leave me alone because my life is just a breath.
17 Inona moa ny zanak’ olombelona, no ekenao ho lehibe, ka ampandinihinao azy ny fonao,
Why are human beings so important to you; why are you so concerned about them
18 Sady fantarinao isa-maraina izy; sy izahanao toetra isaky ny indray mipi-maso?
that you inspect them every morning and test them every moment? Won't you ever stop staring at me?
19 Mandra-pahoviana re vao hihodina tsy hijery ahy Hianao, ka mba hiala amiko mandra-piteliko rora?
Won't you ever leave me alone long enough to catch my breath?
20 Na dia ho nanota aza aho, nampaninona Anao moa izany, ry Mpandinika ny olombelona? Nahoana no dia nataonao fikendry aho, ka efa tonga enta-mavesatra amiko aho?
What have I done wrong? What have I done to you, Watcher of Humanity? Why have you made me your target, so that I'm a burden even to myself?
21 Ary nahoana no tsy mamela ny fahadisoako sy manaisotra ny heloko Hianao? Fa izao dia efa handry any amin’ ny vovoka aho; ary hitady ahy fatratra Hianao, fa tsy ho atỳ intsony aho.
If so why don't you pardon my sins, and take away my guilt? Right now I'm going to lie down in the dust, and though you will look for me, I will be gone.”
