Joba 35
1 Le hoe ty natovo’ i Eliho:
Then Elihu also said this:
2 Atao’o mahity hao i nanoe’o ty hoe, Izaho ro vantañe te aman’ Añahare.
“[Job, ] do you think that what you said is right/correct? You say, ‘God knows that I am innocent,’
3 Fa hoe irehe, Inoñe ty ho tombo’e ho azo? Ino ty ho tambeko mandikoatse te tsy nandilatse?
and you say [to God], ‘What good have I received for not sinning? What benefit have I received from that?’ [DOU, RHQ]
4 Hanoiñe azo naho o rañe’o mindre ama’oo iraho.
[Well, ] I will answer you, and I will answer your three friends, too.
5 Mitalakesa mb’andikerañe ey vaho Mahaisaha; Heheke o rahoñeo, ambòne’o iereo.
“[Job], look up at the sky; look at the clouds that are high above you and realize [that God is far above everything].
6 Ihe mandilatse, Mijoy aze hao? Ie bey hakeo, Inoñe ty anoe’o ama’e?
If you have sinned, that does not [RHQ] harm God at all. If many times you do things that are wrong, that certainly does not [RHQ] affect him [DOU].
7 Ie vantan-drehe, ino ty atolo’o aze, ke ino ty rambese’e am-pità’o?
And if you are righteous, does that help God? No, he is not benefited by anything that you do [DOU].
8 Ho ama’ ondaty manahak’ azo ty hatsivokara’o naho amo ana’ ondatio ty havañona’o.
It is other people who suffer because of the wicked things that you do, but by doing good things for people, you help them.
9 O hamarom-pamorekekeañeo ty itoreova’ iareo, ty sira maoza’ i maroy ty ikaiha’iareo,
“People cry out because of the many things that people do to others to (oppress them/treat them cruelly); they call for help because of the things that powerful people do [MTY] to them.
10 fe tsy eo ty manao: Aia t’i Andrianamboatse ahy, i Mpañomey sabo an-kaleñey,
But (no one/none of them) calls out [to God], saying ‘Why does God, my creator, [not help me]? He [should] enable me to sing [joyful] songs, [instead of very sad songs, ] during the night.
11 i mañòke raha maro amantika te amo bibi’ ty tane toioy, vaho ampahihire’e ambone’ o voron-tiokeo?
He [should be able to] teach us more than all the wild animals do; he [should] enable us to become wiser than [all] the birds are!’
12 Eo ty mikaike, f’ie tsy manoiñe ty amy firengevoha’ ondaty raty tserekeoy.
People cry out [for help], but God does not answer them, because those who cry out are proud and evil people.
13 Toe tsy janjin’ Añahare ty raha kafoake; tsy haoñe’ i El-Sadai,
It is useless for them to cry out, because God, the Almighty One, does not pay any attention to what they say.
14 Antsake t’ie manao te tsy mahaoniñe aze; aolo’e eo ty enta’o, aa le liñiso;
So, when you complain that you cannot see God, and you tell him that you are waiting for him [to decide whether or not you should be punished for what you have done], God will not listen to you, either!
15 Ie henaneo, mbe tsy nitilihe’e an-kaviñera’e, tsy loho nihaoñe’e o fandilarañeo.
Furthermore, [you say that] because he does not pay attention when people commit sins, he does not become angry and punish them.
16 Aa le evoñe ty aakam-palie’ Iobe; ampitomboa’e lañonañe tsy aman-kilala.
You say things that are useless; you say a lot of things without knowing [what you are talking about].”
