Joba 24
1 Tsy mikafitse amy El-Sadai o sa-o, Akore te tsy mahaoniñe o andro’eo o mahafohiñe azeo?
Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? and why do not they which know him see his days?
2 Ao ty mameve vorovoro: ie mitavañe naho mampibotseke lia-raike.
There are that remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed them.
3 Roahe’ iareo añe ty borìkem-bode-rae, vaho rambese’ iereo ho tsoake ty vosi’ i vantotsey.
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
4 Ampisitahe’ iereo amy lalañey ty poie’e; mitrao-pietake o rarake an-tane atoio.
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
5 Hehe te hoe borìke-ly an-dratraratra añe ty irembea’ iareo mitsindroke; hera hamahan-kaneñe amo ana’eo ty fatrambey.
Behold, as wild asses in the desert they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for meat; the wilderness [yieldeth] them food for their children.
6 Tatahe’ iereo ze haneñe an-kivok’ ao, vaho timpone’ iereo ty an-tanem-bahen-do-tserek’ ao.
They cut their provender in the field; and they glean the vintage of the wicked.
7 Miboridañe t’ie mialeñe, tsy aman-tsaroñe, tsy amam-bodo amy hanintsiñey.
They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
8 Len-oram-bohitse iereo, vihineñe ty lamilamy amy t’ie tsy amam-pipalirañe.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
9 Eo ty mitavam-bode-rae am-patroa vaho andrambesan-tsoak’ ty rarake.
There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:
10 Ampandenàñe tsy aman-tsikiñe ty miboridañe, tavane’ iareo ty taho’ o salikoeñeo,
[So that] they go about naked without clothing, and being an-hungred they carry the sheaves;
11 ie mamboatse menake an-kijoly ao; mandia am-piriritan-divay, f’ie maran-drano.
They make oil within the walls of these men; they tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst.
12 Miñeoñeoñe an-drova ao ondatio, mikoiake ty fiai’ o fereo; f’ie tsy anesehan’ Añahare hagegeañe.
From out of the populous city men groan, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God imputeth it not for folly.
13 Mpiamo mpiola amo hazavàñeo, tsy fohi’ iareo o sata’eo, tsy imoneña’ iareo o lala’eo.
These are of them that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
14 Mitroatse te mazava i mpañoho-dozay, hanjevoa’e o rarakeo naho o poie’eo, ie haleñe manao malaso.
The murderer riseth with the light, he killeth the poor and needy; and in the night he is as a thief.
15 Mandiñe mielizava ty masom-panao havambañe, hoe re: tsy honiñam-pihaino, mbore honohonoe’e ty tarehe’e.
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and he disguiseth his face.
16 Ie añ’ieñe ro mampigorabak’ anjomba, antoandro migabeñe ao: tsy fohi’ iereo ty hazavàñe.
In the dark they dig through houses: they shut themselves up in the daytime; they know not the light.
17 Talinjom-piantantiritse ama’e ty maraindray: mahazats’ aze ty fampangebahebahan- kamoromoroñañe.
For the morning is to all of them as the shadow of death; for they know the terrors of the shadow of death.
18 Vore mikafo an-drano eo iereo; fatra an-tane ty anjara’e, tsy itsileañe ty mb’an-tanem-bahe’e.
He is swift upon the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he turneth not by the way of the vineyards.
19 Mamotseke ranom-panala ty tariñandroke naho ty hain-tane: Izay ka ty kibory amo manan-tahiñeo. (Sheol h7585)
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: [so doth] Sheol [those which] have sinned. (Sheol h7585)
20 Handikok’ aze i hoviñey; an-kaehake ty fihinanan’ oletse aze ampara’ te tsy tiahy ka: ie pozaheñe hoe hatae i lo-tserekey.
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered: and unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.
21 Joie’e i betsiterakey, tsy soa’e ty vantotse.
He devoureth the barren that beareth not; and doeth not good to the widow.
22 Kozozote’e amañ-ozatse ty fanalolahy; mitroatse re le iatoa’ ia ty havelo’e.
He draweth away the mighty also by his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
23 Tolora’e fañarovañe, le iatoa’iareo; mbore jilove’e o lala’iareoo.
[God] giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; and his eyes are upon their ways.
24 Onjoneñe betebeteke iereo, naho mifiotse añe; afotsake naho atontoñe ao manahake o ila’e iabio; vaho miheatse hoe t’ie lengom-boto-tsako.
They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone; yea, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all other, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
25 Aa naho tsy Izay, ia ty hamente t’ie mavande hampikoake i entakoy?
And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
