Joba 9
1 Dia namaly Joba ka nanao hoe:
Then Job answered and said,
2 Fantatro tokoa fa izany no izy; Fa aiza no hahamarina ny zanak’ olombelona eo anatrehan’ Andriamanitra?
I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
3 Raha te-hifandahatra aminy izy, dia tsy mahavaly teny Azy na dia iray amin’ ny arivo aza.
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
4 Hendry am-po Izy sady matanjaka amin’ ny hery; iza no nikiry nanohitra Azy ka tsy naninona?
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
5 Izay mamindra tendrombohitra, nefa ireny tsy mahalala akory, izay mamadika azy amin’ ny fahatezerany,
Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.
6 Ary mampihorohoro ny tany ho afaka amin’ ny fitoerany, ka mihozongozona ny andriny;
Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
7 Mandidy ny masoandro Izy, ka tsy miposaka iny, ary manisy tombo-kase manafina ny kintana;
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
8 Sady Izy irery ihany no mamelatra ny lanitra sy mandia ny onjan-dranomasina;
Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
9 Manao ireo kintana lehibe Izy, dia ny Bera sy ny Telonohorefy ary ny Ikotokelimiadilaona sy ireo kintana maro any atsimo,
Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
10 Ary manao zava-dehibe tsy takatry ny saina, eny, fahagagana tsy hita isa.
Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.
11 Indro, mandalo ahy Izy, nefa tsy hitako; Ary mihelina Izy, nefa tsy fantatro.
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
12 Indro, mipaoka Izy, ka iza no mahasakana Azy? Iza no hanao aminy hoe: Inona no ataonao?
Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?
13 Andriamanitra tsy mampitony ny fahatezerany; Ny mpanampy an-dRahaba aza dia mitanondrika eo ambaniny.
If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
14 Mainka fa izaho tsy mahavaly Azy, na mahafidy teny hifandaharako aminy;
How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
15 Fa na dia marina aza aho, dia tsy hahavaly tsy akory; Hifona amin’ Ilay manana ady amiko no hany heriko.
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
16 Raha mba niantso aho, ka namaly ahy aza Izy, dia tsy ho nino aho fa hanaiky ny fitarainako Izy.
If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
17 Fa manorotoro ahy amin’ ny tafio-drivotra Izy ka manamaro ny feriko tsy ahoan-tsy ahoana.
For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
18 Sady tsy avelany haka aina akory aho, fa vokisany zava-mangidy.
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
19 Raha ny amin’ ny herin’ ny mahery, dia: Indro ary! Ary ny amin’ ny fitsarana: Iza no hifandahatra amiko?
If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
20 Na dia marina aza aho, dia hanameloka ahy ihany ny vavako; Ary na dia tsy manan-tsiny aza aho, dia hanao ahy ho meloka Izy.
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
21 Marina aho, ataoko tsinontsinona ny aiko; Tsy ahoako izay ho velona.
Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
22 Tsy misy hafa aminy, ka izany no nanaovako hoe: Ny marina sy ny meloka dia samy aringany avokoa.
This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
23 Raha misy loza mahafaty tampoka, dia mihomehy ny fizahan-toetra ny marina Izy.
If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
24 Ny tany efa voatolotra ho eo an-tànan’ ny ratsy fanahy; Manarona ny tavan’ ny mpitsara eo Izy; Raha tsy Izy no manao izany, dia iza, kosa ary?
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
25 Ny androko dia faingana noho ny tsimandoa; Lasa ireny ka tsy nahita soa akory.
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
26 Mihelina tahaka ny lakana faingam-pandeha izy, tahaka ny voromahery mipaoka hanina.
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
27 Raha hoy izaho: Hanadino ny alaheloko aho, hitsahatra tsy hanjonitra aho ka ho miramirana,
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
28 Dia mahatsiravina ahy ny fahoriako rehetra; Fantatro fa tsy hataonao ho tsy manan-tsiny aho.
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
29 Tsy maintsy hatao ho meloka ihany aho, koa nahoana aho no hanasa-tena foana?
If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
30 Na dia mandro amin’ ny oram-panala aza aho ka manadio ny tanako amin’ ny ranon-davenona,
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
31 Dia hanitrika ahy any am-pahitra miaraka amin’ izay Hianao, ka hataon’ ny fitafiako ho zava-betaveta aho.
Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
32 Fa tsy olona tahaka ahy Izy ka ho azoko valiana hifanatrehanay amin’ ny fitsarana.
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
33 Tsy misy mpanelanelana anay Hametraka ny tànany aminay roa tonta.
Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
34 Aoka hanaisotra ny tsorakazony amiko Izy, ary aoka tsy hampahatsiravina ahy ny fampitahorany,
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
35 Dia hiteny aho ka tsy hatahotra Azy; Fa fantatro fa tsy hatahotra foana aho.
Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.
