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?
[Is there] not an appointed time to man upon earth? [are not] his days also like the days of a hireling?
2 Toy ny mpanompo maniry alokaloka, ary toy ny mpikarama miandry ny karaman’ ny asany,
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as a hireling looketh for [the reward of] his work;
3 Dia toy izany no anaovana ahy hahita volana mampahory, ary alina mahadisadisa no tendrena ho ahy.
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
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, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro to the dawning of the day.
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; my skin is broken and become lothsome.
6 Faingana noho ny famahanan-tenona ny androko ka lany tsy misy fanantenana.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
7 Tsarovy fa rivotra ny aiko: ary tsy hahita soa intsony ny masoko.
O remember that my life [is] wind: 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 him that hath seen me shall see me no [more]: thy eyes [are] upon me, and I [am] not.
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] the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no [more]. (Sheol h7585)
10 Tsy hiverina any an-tranony intsony izy. Ary tsy hahalala azy intsony ny fonenany.
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
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 a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
13 Raha hoy izaho: Hampionona ahy ny farafarako, hampitony ny fitarainako ny fandriako.
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
14 Dia mampitahotra ahy amin’ ny nofy Hianao ary mampihorohoro ahy amin’ ny tsindrimandry;
Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
15 Ka dia aleon’ ny fanahiko ny hokendaina, eny, aleoko ny fahafatesana aza toy izay izato fitofezako izato;
So that my soul chooseth strangling, [and] death rather than my life.
16 Maharikoriko ahy izao, tsy tiako ny ho velona ela; Ilaozy miala aho, fa fofona foana ny androko.
I lothe [it]; I would not live always: let me alone; for my days [are] vanity.
17 Inona moa ny zanak’ olombelona, no ekenao ho lehibe, ka ampandinihinao azy ny fonao,
What [is] man, that thou shouldst magnify him? and that thou shouldst set thy heart upon him?
18 Sady fantarinao isa-maraina izy; sy izahanao toetra isaky ny indray mipi-maso?
And [that] thou shouldst visit him every morning, [and] try him every moment?
19 Mandra-pahoviana re vao hihodina tsy hijery ahy Hianao, ka mba hiala amiko mandra-piteliko rora?
How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow my spittle?
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?
I have sinned; what shall I do to thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden 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.
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I [shall] not [be].
