Joba 35
1 Le hoe ty natovo’ i Eliho:
Moreover Eliu spoke these words:
2 Atao’o mahity hao i nanoe’o ty hoe, Izaho ro vantañe te aman’ Añahare.
Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say: I am more just than God?
3 Fa hoe irehe, Inoñe ty ho tombo’e ho azo? Ino ty ho tambeko mandikoatse te tsy nandilatse?
For thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what will it profit thee if I sin?
4 Hanoiñe azo naho o rañe’o mindre ama’oo iraho.
Therefore I will answer thy words, and thy friends with thee.
5 Mitalakesa mb’andikerañe ey vaho Mahaisaha; Heheke o rahoñeo, ambòne’o iereo.
Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thee.
6 Ihe mandilatse, Mijoy aze hao? Ie bey hakeo, Inoñe ty anoe’o ama’e?
If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him? and if thy iniquities be multiplied, what shalt thou do against him?
7 Ie vantan-drehe, ino ty atolo’o aze, ke ino ty rambese’e am-pità’o?
And if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him, or what shall he receive of thy hand?
8 Ho ama’ ondaty manahak’ azo ty hatsivokara’o naho amo ana’ ondatio ty havañona’o.
Thy wickedness may hurt a man that is like thee: and thy justice may help the son of man.
9 O hamarom-pamorekekeañeo ty itoreova’ iareo, ty sira maoza’ i maroy ty ikaiha’iareo,
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they shall cry out: and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants.
10 fe tsy eo ty manao: Aia t’i Andrianamboatse ahy, i Mpañomey sabo an-kaleñey,
And he hath not said: Where is God, who made me, who hath given songs in the night?
11 i mañòke raha maro amantika te amo bibi’ ty tane toioy, vaho ampahihire’e ambone’ o voron-tiokeo?
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and instructeth us more than the fowls of the air.
12 Eo ty mikaike, f’ie tsy manoiñe ty amy firengevoha’ ondaty raty tserekeoy.
There shall they cry, and he will not hear, because of the pride of evil men.
13 Toe tsy janjin’ Añahare ty raha kafoake; tsy haoñe’ i El-Sadai,
God therefore will not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into the causes of every one.
14 Antsake t’ie manao te tsy mahaoniñe aze; aolo’e eo ty enta’o, aa le liñiso;
Yea when thou shalt say: He considereth not: be judged before him, and expect him.
15 Ie henaneo, mbe tsy nitilihe’e an-kaviñera’e, tsy loho nihaoñe’e o fandilarañeo.
For he doth not now bring on his fury, neither doth he revenge wickedness exceedingly.
16 Aa le evoñe ty aakam-palie’ Iobe; ampitomboa’e lañonañe tsy aman-kilala.
Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge.
