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 a warfare to man on earth? And as the days of an hireling his days?
2 Toy ny mpanompo maniry alokaloka, ary toy ny mpikarama miandry ny karaman’ ny asany,
As a servant desireth the shadow, And as a hireling expecteth his wage,
3 Dia toy izany no anaovana ahy hahita volana mampahory, ary alina mahadisadisa no tendrena ho ahy.
So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And nights of misery they numbered 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.
If I lay down then I said, 'When do I rise!' And evening hath been measured, And I have been full of tossings till dawn.
5 Ny nofoko mitafy olitra sy baingan-tany; efa maina ny hoditro, kanjo mitsiranorano indray.
Clothed hath been my flesh [with] worms, And a clod of dust, My skin hath been shrivelled and is loathsome,
6 Faingana noho ny famahanan-tenona ny androko ka lany tsy misy fanantenana.
My days swifter than a weaving machine, And they are consumed without hope.
7 Tsarovy fa rivotra ny aiko: ary tsy hahita soa intsony ny masoko.
Remember Thou that my life [is] a breath, Mine eye turneth not back to see good.
8 Tsy hahita ahy intsony ny mason’ izay mijery ahy: Ny masonao hizaha ahy, fa tsy ho ao aho.
The eye of my beholder beholdeth me not. Thine 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)
Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up. (Sheol h7585)
10 Tsy hiverina any an-tranony intsony izy. Ary tsy hahalala azy intsony ny fonenany.
He turneth not again to his house, Nor doth his place discern him again.
11 Ary izaho dia tsy hamehy vava, Fa hiteny noho ny fahorian’ ny fanahiko sy hitaraina noho ny fangidian’ ny aiko.
Also I — I withhold not my mouth — I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul.
12 Ranomasina va aho, na trozona, No dia asianao fiambenana?
A sea -[monster] am I, or a dragon, That thou settest over me a guard?
13 Raha hoy izaho: Hampionona ahy ny farafarako, hampitony ny fitarainako ny fandriako.
When I said, 'My bed doth comfort me,' He taketh away in my talking my couch.
14 Dia mampitahotra ahy amin’ ny nofy Hianao ary mampihorohoro ahy amin’ ny tsindrimandry;
And thou hast affrighted me with dreams, And from visions thou terrifiest me,
15 Ka dia aleon’ ny fanahiko ny hokendaina, eny, aleoko ny fahafatesana aza toy izay izato fitofezako izato;
And my soul chooseth strangling, Death rather than my bones.
16 Maharikoriko ahy izao, tsy tiako ny ho velona ela; Ilaozy miala aho, fa fofona foana ny androko.
I have wasted away — not to the age do I live. Cease from me, 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 dost magnify him? And that Thou settest unto him Thy heart?
18 Sady fantarinao isa-maraina izy; sy izahanao toetra isaky ny indray mipi-maso?
And inspectest him in the mornings, In the evenings dost try him?
19 Mandra-pahoviana re vao hihodina tsy hijery ahy Hianao, ka mba hiala amiko mandra-piteliko rora?
How long dost Thou not look from me? Thou dost not desist 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 do I to Thee, O watcher of man? Why hast Thou set me for a mark to Thee, And I am for a burden to myself — and what?
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.
Thou dost not take away my transgression, And cause to pass away mine iniquity, Because now, for dust I lie down: And Thou hast sought me — and I am not!
