Joba 35
1 Le hoe ty natovo’ i Eliho:
Moreover Elihu answered and said,
2 Atao’o mahity hao i nanoe’o ty hoe, Izaho ro vantañe te aman’ Añahare.
Thinkest thou this to be [thy] right, [or] sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God’s,
3 Fa hoe irehe, Inoñe ty ho tombo’e ho azo? Ino ty ho tambeko mandikoatse te tsy nandilatse?
That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? [and], What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?
4 Hanoiñe azo naho o rañe’o mindre ama’oo iraho.
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
5 Mitalakesa mb’andikerañe ey vaho Mahaisaha; Heheke o rahoñeo, ambòne’o iereo.
Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the skies, which are higher than thou.
6 Ihe mandilatse, Mijoy aze hao? Ie bey hakeo, Inoñe ty anoe’o ama’e?
If thou hast sinned, what doest thou against him? and if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him.
7 Ie vantan-drehe, ino ty atolo’o aze, ke ino ty rambese’e am-pità’o?
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
8 Ho ama’ ondaty manahak’ azo ty hatsivokara’o naho amo ana’ ondatio ty havañona’o.
Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou art; and thy righteousness [may profit] a 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 cry out; they cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
10 fe tsy eo ty manao: Aia t’i Andrianamboatse ahy, i Mpañomey sabo an-kaleñey,
But none saith, Where is God my Maker, who giveth 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 maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
12 Eo ty mikaike, f’ie tsy manoiñe ty amy firengevoha’ ondaty raty tserekeoy.
There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13 Toe tsy janjin’ Añahare ty raha kafoake; tsy haoñe’ i El-Sadai,
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
14 Antsake t’ie manao te tsy mahaoniñe aze; aolo’e eo ty enta’o, aa le liñiso;
How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, the cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!
15 Ie henaneo, mbe tsy nitilihe’e an-kaviñera’e, tsy loho nihaoñe’e o fandilarañeo.
But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, neither doth he greatly regard arrogance;
16 Aa le evoñe ty aakam-palie’ Iobe; ampitomboa’e lañonañe tsy aman-kilala.
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
