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?
Does not man have hard labor on earth? Are not his days like the days of a hired man?
2 Toy ny mpanompo maniry alokaloka, ary toy ny mpikarama miandry ny karaman’ ny asany,
Like a slave earnestly desires the shadows of evening, like a hired man looks for his wages—
3 Dia toy izany no anaovana ahy hahita volana mampahory, ary alina mahadisadisa no tendrena ho ahy.
so I have been made to endure months of misery; I have been given trouble-filled nights.
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 lie down, I say to myself, 'When will I get up and when will the night be gone?' I am full of tossing to and fro until the day's dawning.
5 Ny nofoko mitafy olitra sy baingan-tany; efa maina ny hoditro, kanjo mitsiranorano indray.
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; the sores in my skin harden up and then dissolve and run afresh.
6 Faingana noho ny famahanan-tenona ny androko ka lany tsy misy fanantenana.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle; they pass without hope.
7 Tsarovy fa rivotra ny aiko: ary tsy hahita soa intsony ny masoko.
God, call to mind that my life is only a breath; my eye will no more see good.
8 Tsy hahita ahy intsony ny mason’ izay mijery ahy: Ny masonao hizaha ahy, fa tsy ho ao aho.
The eye of God, who sees me, will see me no more; God's eyes will be on me, but I will not exist.
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)
As a cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol will come up no more. (Sheol h7585)
10 Tsy hiverina any an-tranony intsony izy. Ary tsy hahalala azy intsony ny fonenany.
He will return no more to his house; neither will his place know him again.
11 Ary izaho dia tsy hamehy vava, Fa hiteny noho ny fahorian’ ny fanahiko sy hitaraina noho ny fangidian’ ny aiko.
Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish 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 place a guard over me?
13 Raha hoy izaho: Hampionona ahy ny farafarako, hampitony ny fitarainako ny fandriako.
When I say, 'My bed will comfort me, and my couch will ease my complaint,'
14 Dia mampitahotra ahy amin’ ny nofy Hianao ary mampihorohoro ahy amin’ ny tsindrimandry;
then you scare me with dreams and terrify me through visions,
15 Ka dia aleon’ ny fanahiko ny hokendaina, eny, aleoko ny fahafatesana aza toy izay izato fitofezako izato;
so that I would choose strangling and death rather than preserving these bones of mine.
16 Maharikoriko ahy izao, tsy tiako ny ho velona ela; Ilaozy miala aho, fa fofona foana ny androko.
I loathe my life; I would not wish to always be alive; let me alone for my days are useless.
17 Inona moa ny zanak’ olombelona, no ekenao ho lehibe, ka ampandinihinao azy ny fonao,
What is man that you should pay attention to him, that you should set your mind on him,
18 Sady fantarinao isa-maraina izy; sy izahanao toetra isaky ny indray mipi-maso?
that you should observe him every morning and test him every moment?
19 Mandra-pahoviana re vao hihodina tsy hijery ahy Hianao, ka mba hiala amiko mandra-piteliko rora?
How long will it be before you look away from me, before you let me alone long enough for me to swallow down my own saliva?
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?
Even if I have sinned, what would that do to you, you who watch men? Why have you made a target of me, so that I am a burden for you?
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.
Why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now will I lie down in the dust; you will seek me carefully, but I will not exist.”
