Joba 4
1 Le hoe ty natoi’ i Elifaze nte-Temane:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2 Hampihivivioke azo hao ty fimanea’ay rehak’ ama’o? fa Ia ty maha-lie-batañe tsy hivolañe?
If we try to speak with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can restrain from speaking?
3 Ingo te maro ty nanare’o, fa nampaozare’o ty fitañe mavozo.
Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
4 Fiatoa’ o mitsikapio o saontsi’oo; nampifatrare’o o ongotse mikoletrao;
Thy words have upheld him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
5 F’ie nizò azo henaneo, ihe ka ty midazidazìtse; nioza ama’o, le minevenevetse;
But now it hath come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
6 Tsy o havañona’oo hao ty fatokisa’o vaho fitamà’o ty fahitin-dala’o?
Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
7 Ehe, tiahio hey: Ia ty nikoromake te nalio-tahiñe? Aia ty vañoñe naitoeñe?
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
8 Aa naho o nitreakoo: hambañe ty tatahe’ ty mpitraba-karatiañe, naho ty mpitongy kilily.
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
9 Ie mihomak’ ami’ty kofòn’ Añahare, mikoromak’ ami’ty fiforoaham-pifombo’e.
By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
10 Mitromoro ty liona mireñetse ty liona romotse, fe poñafeñe o nifem-parasy tora’eo,
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
11 Mate ty liona-lahi’e te po-tsindroke, mibarakaike ty anan-diona rene’e,
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.
12 Nasese amako añ’etake ty volañe, nitsepahen-tsòfiko ty nitangongoe’e.
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a whisper of it.
13 Nitsakoreñe añ’aroñaron-kaleñe, ie lampon-drotse ondatio,
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
14 Niazo ty anifan-draho, nirevendreveñe, nampititititihe’e o taolako iabio.
Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
15 Nihelañe añatrefan-tareheko eo ty angatse, niriñariña o volon-tsandrikoo.
Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
16 Nijohan-dre, fe tsy nirendreko ty vinta’e; nitroatse aolo’ o masokoo ty vente’e, nianjiñe, le inao ty fiarañanañañe nanao ty hoe:
It stood still, but I could not discern its form: an image was before my eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
17 Ho to añatrefan’ Añahare hao t’i raolombelo? halio te amy Namboatse azey hao ondatio?
Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
18 Heheke ndra o mpitoro’eo tsy atokisa’e, mbore anisia’e lilatse o anjeli’eo,
Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
19 Àntsake o mpimoneñe an-traño taneo, O faha’eo an-debok’ ao, ie ho pìneke aolo’ ty fizara!
How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth?
20 Ie demok’ añivo’ ty manjirik’andro naho ty haleñe; modo kitro-katroke tsy ihaoñañe.
They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.
21 Tsy nombotañe an-tro’e ao hao o talin-kivoho’eo? Ie mihomak’ avao, tsy aman-kilala!
Doth not their excellency which is in them depart? they die, even without wisdom.
