Joba 12
1 Nanoiñe ami’ty hoe t’Iobe:
Then Job answered and said:
2 Toe inahareo avao ro ondaty, vaho hitrao-pihomak’ ama’ areo ty hihitse.
No doubt ye are the whole people! And wisdom will die with you!
3 Fa toe mahilala ka iraho, tsy inahareo avao; Tsy zai’ areo iraho. Ia ty tsy mahafohiñe o raha rezao?
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
4 Fiankahafa’ o rañekoo iraho: Kanjie’e t’i Andrianañahare, vaho toiñe’e, Fitohafañe i vañoñe tsy aman-kilay.
I am become a laughing-stock to my friend, —I who call upon God, that he would answer me! The innocent and upright man is held in derision.
5 Tsambolitio’ ty miagaregañe ty failo, ie nihentseñañe ho a o mipolititse am-pandiao.
To calamity belongeth contempt in the mind of one at ease; It is ready for them that slip with the feet.
6 Mierañerañe ty kiboho-malaso, le tsi-añoleñañe ty manigìk’ an’Andrianañahare, o mitintiñe ty ndrahare’e am-pità’eo.
The tents of robbers are in prosperity, And they who provoke God are secure, Who carry their God in their hand.
7 Fe añontaneo o bibio, hampandrendreha’ iareo; naho o voro-mitiliñeo, hitalilia’ iareo;
For ask now the beasts, and they will teach thee; Or the fowls of the air, and they will tell thee;
8 ke misaontsia ami’ty tane toy, hañòha’e azo, apoho hitaroña’ o fian-driakeo.
Or speak to the earth, and it will instruct thee; And the fishes of the sea will declare unto thee.
9 Ia amy rezay ro tsy mahafohiñe t’ie nanoem-pità’ Iehovà?
Who among all these doth not know That the hand of Jehovah doeth these things?
10 Kila am-pità’e ao ty fiai’ ze veloñe, naho ty kofò’ ze hene ondaty.
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind.
11 Tsy mpitsò-bolañe hao ty ravembia, manahake ty fitsopehan-dañilañy ty mahakama?
Doth not the ear prove words, As the mouth tasteth meat?
12 Amo antetseo hao ty hihitse, amo lava’ androo hao ty hilala?
With the aged is wisdom, And with length of days is understanding.
13 Aman’Añahare o hihitse naho haozarañeo; ama’e o fanoroañe naho hilalao.
With Him are wisdom and strength; With Him counsel and understanding.
14 Heheke, mandrotsake re, le tsy hamboareñe ka; agabe’e ao t’indaty, vaho tsy ho hahañe ka.
Lo! he pulleth down, and it shall not be rebuilt; He bindeth a man, and he shall not be set loose.
15 Hehe te kalaña’e o ranoo, le maike; irahe’e ka iereo, le añinahinà’e ty tane.
Lo! he withholdeth the waters, and they are dried up; He sendeth them forth, and they lay waste the earth.
16 Ama’e ty hafatrarañe naho ty hilala; aze ty finitake naho ty mpamitake
With him are strength and wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are his.
17 Ampañaveloa’e tsy aman-kana o mpanoroo, vaho ampigege’e o mpizakao.
He leadeth counsellors away captive, And judges he maketh fools.
18 Abala’e ty kitambem-panjaka vaho diaña’e sokotry ty vania’e.
He looseth the authority of kings, And bindeth their loins with a cord.
19 Asese’e tsy aman-kana o mpisoroñeo naho gorè’e ty fanalolahy.
He leadeth priests away captive, And overthroweth the mighty.
20 Ampitsiñe’e ty lañona’ o matoeo, naho afaha’e ty hilala’o antetseo.
He removeth speech from the trusty, And taketh away judgment from the elders.
21 Ampidoaña’e inje o ana-donakeo naho abala’e ty sadia’ o maozatseo.
He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the girdle of the mighty.
22 Ventabentare’e o raha mietak’ añ’ieñeo, aboa’e an-kazavàñe o talinjon-kavilasio.
He revealeth deep things out of darkness, And bringeth the shadow of death to light.
23 Onjone’e o fifeheañeo naho rotsahe’e; atratrañahe’e o fifelehañeo vaho asese’e an-drohy añe.
He exalteth nations, and destroyeth them; He enlargeth nations, and leadeth them captive.
24 Ampimotsoe’e arofo o mpiaolo’ ty tane toio, vaho ampirerererè’e an-dratraratra tsy aman-dalañe añe.
He taketh away the understanding of the great men of the land, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness, where is no path;
25 Ie mijimejime añ’ ieñe ao tsy an-kazavàñe; midaleandaleañe hoe jike.
They grope in the dark without light; He maketh them stagger like a drunken man.
