Joba 16
1 Le hoe ty natoi’ Iobe:
Then Job answered and said,
2 Fa maro ty entañe tsinanoko hoe Izay, songa mpañohò mahamonjetse.
I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
3 Tsy higadom-bao o reha-kafoakeo? ke inoñe ty manigik’azo hanoiñe?
Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
4 Mete ho nivolambolañe manahake anahareo iraho, naho nifandimbe toetse o tron-tikañeo, mete ho nanoitoim-bolañe ama’ areo, vaho nikofikofihako loha.
I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake my head at you.
5 Ho nampahaozare’ ty vavako nahareo, vaho nampanintsiña’ ty fihetsen-tsoñiko.
But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should relieve your grief.
6 Fe ndra te mivolan-draho, tsy mikepake ty hasotriako, hahamaivañ’ ahy hao te mifoneñe.
Though I speak, my grief is not relieved: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
7 Fe nimokore’e iraho henaneo, fa nahabangý o mpiamako iabio irehe,
But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
8 Nampiforejeje ahiko irehe, valolombelo amako izay; Mionjoñe amako ato ty faifoifoko, ie oniñe an-tareheko.
And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
9 Nirimita’ ty haviñera’e, mitan-kabò amako, nialia’e vazañe; nabohiri’ i Rafelahikoy amako o fihaino’eo.
He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; my enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
10 Nampibolobea-palie amako, tinakapi’ iareo amañ’inje ty fifiko, le nihimpok’ amako.
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
11 Toe nasesen’Añahare amo raty tserekeo iraho, mbore navokovoko’e am-pità’ o tsy vokatseo.
God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
12 Nierañeran-draho, fe nampivaletrahe’e. Ginore’e am-bozoko vaho hinotohoto’e, mbore najado’e ho fanolarañe.
I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
13 Miarikoboñe ahy o mpitàm-pale’eo, tseratserahe’e, abenta’e tsy aman-tretre o tsapa-voakoo, vaho adoandoa’e an-tane eo o aferokoo.
His archers surround me, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
14 Boroboñake atovom-boroboñake ty niboroboñaha’e ahy; hoe fanalohaly t’ie mañoridañe.
He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
15 Nitrebehako gony ty holiko, vaho napoko an-deboke ao ty tsifako.
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my strength in the dust.
16 Nampandofiry ty tareheko o tañikoo, an-koli-masoko eo ty talinjon-kavilasy;
My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids are the shadow of death;
17 ndra te tsy aman-tsenge hery o tañakoo, mbore malio o halalikoo.
Not for any injustice in my hands: also my prayer is pure.
18 O ry tane; ko lembefa’o ty lioko, le ko mea’o fitofàñe o toreokoo.
O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
19 Ie amy zao hehe te an-dikerañe ao i valolombelokoy, ambone ao i Mpañalañalakoy.
Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
20 Mikizak’ahy o rañekoo, i Andrianañahare ty fitsopaha’ o masokoo.
My friends scorn me: but my eye poureth out tears to God.
21 Ehe t’ie nimpañalañalañe añivo’ ondatio naho i Andrianañahare, manahake ty ana’ondaty aman-drañe’e.
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
22 Aa ie añe ty taoñe tsy ampeampe, le hionjomb’an-dalañe tsy impolian-draho.
When a few years are come, then I shall go the way from which I shall not return.
