Joba 5
1 Mikoiha arè! ia ty ao t’ie hanoiñe azo! Ia amo masiñeo ty hitoliha’o?
“Job, [it is okay that you] continue to cry out for someone to help you, but [I am certain that] [RHQ] no angel will come to help you!
2 Mañe-doza ami’ty minè ty hasosora’e, zevoñe’ i famarahia’ey ty derendereñe.
Foolish people die because of being (resentful/very angry at someone); people who are easily deceived are destroyed by their being jealous [of others].
3 Fa nitreako te nivahatse ty dagola, fe nozoñeko amy zao ty akiba’e.
I have seen foolish people who seemed to be successful/prosperous, but suddenly [they experienced disaster/trouble because] someone cursed their home.
4 Lavi-pipalirañe o tiri’eo, demoheñe an-dalambey ey, vaho tsy eo ty mpandrombake.
Their sons are never safe; they (lose their case/are condemned) when someone (takes them to court/sues them), because there is no one to defend them.
5 Kamae’ o salikoeñeo ty nitatahe’e, tsindrohe’ iereo boak’am-patik’ao; midañadaña amo vara’eo ty kòboñe
Hungry people [steal] the crops that foolish people harvest, [and] eat [those crops]; they even steal the crops that grow among thorns, and greedy people take away the wealth of foolish people.
6 Tsy miboak’ an-debok’ ao ty hasotriañe, naho tsy mitiry an-tane ao ty hankàñe;
But evil circumstances/sufferings are not produced by the soil; troubles do not grow up from the ground.
7 Fe ampoheke t’indaty te samake manahake ty fionjona’ ty fipitsin’afo.
People have troubles from the time that they are born just as surely as sparks shoot up [from a fire].
8 Izaho ho nipay an’Andrianañahare vaho i Andrianamboatse ty nitaroñako o entakoo—
[“If I were suffering like you are, ] I would ask God [for help] and tell him (what I am complaining about/about my suffering).
9 amy Mpanao raha mampañeveñe tsy taka-tsikaraheñey, raha tsitantane tsivatse.
He does great things, things that we cannot understand; we cannot even count the marvelous things that he does.
10 I mampahavy orañe an-tane atoy, vaho mañirake rano an-teteke ey;
He sends rain on the ground; he sends water on our fields.
11 Hampitongoà’e ambone o mirèkeo, le honjonem-b’am-pipalirañe o mandalao.
He exalts those who are humble, and causes those who mourn to be joyful (OR, safe, prosperous).
12 Avorembore’e ty kilili’ o kalitakeo, soa tsy hahapi-draha o taña’eo.
He causes crafty/cunning people to not be able to do what they plan to do, with the result that they achieve nothing.
13 Tsepahe’e ami’ty fikitrofa’e o kanteo, vaho misaok’ añe ty fikinià’o mengokeo.
He causes people who [think that they] [IRO] are wise to be trapped by the cunning things they try to do, with the result that they do not succeed.
14 Ie manjo ieñe te antoandro, mijimenjimè hoe an-kaleñe te tsipinde-mena.
[It is as though] even in the daytime they are covered by darkness, and grope around [trying to find the road] at noontime like people do at night.
15 Fe rombahe’e am-pibara am-bava’iareo, ty rarake am-pità’ o maozatseo.
But God saves helpless people from being harmed by what [wicked people] say [MTY], he saves needy people from being injured by [MTY] powerful people.
16 Aa le aman-ko tamae’e o rarakeo, fe mampikite-bava ty haratiañe.
So, poor people confidently expect [that good things will happen to them] but God causes wicked [people] to stop talking.
17 Haha t’indaty endahan’ Añahare; le ko tsambolitio’o ty fandilova’ i El-Sadai.
“But those whom God corrects/rebukes are happy; so do not despise/dislike it when [God] who is all-powerful disciplines you.
18 Ie mandafa, le bandie’e; mitrabake, le melañe’ o fità’eo.
He wounds people, but then he puts bandages on those wounds; he hurts people, but he [SYN] also heals them.
19 Ho haha’e irehe am-peh’ohatse eneñe; Eka, im-pito tsy hipaok’ azo ty hankàñe.
He will rescue you many times from your troubles, with the result that nothing evil will happen to you.
20 Ho jebañe’e ami’ty havilasy irehe an-tsan-kerè, naho ami’ty haozara’ i fibaray an-tsàn’aly.
When there is a famine, he will not allow you to die, and when there is a war, you will not be killed [MTY].
21 Harovan-drehe ami’ty fifiaham-pameleke, f’ie tsy ho hembañe te itsatohan-kekoheko.
God will protect you when people slander [MTY] you; you will not be afraid when many things [around you] are destroyed.
22 Hiankahafa’o ty hankàñe naho ty kerè, le tsy hatahora’o ze bibi’ ty tane toy.
You will [be able to] laugh/scoff when things are destroyed and when there is famine, and you will not be afraid of wild animals.
23 Ie hirai-lia amo vato an-tetekeo vaho hiharo-rehak’ ama’o o biby an-kivokeo.
You will not worry about [having big] rocks in your fields [that will make plowing difficult], and you will not worry about [being attacked by] wild animals there.
24 Ho rendre’o te mierañerañe ty akiba’o, ho tilihe’o ty golobo’o le tsy ho motso ze ama’e ao.
In your tent, you will know that things will go well for you, and when you look at your livestock, you will see that (they are all there/none of them is missing).
25 Ho fohi’o te maro o ana’oo, ho mira ami’ty hatsifotofoto’ o ahetse an-tane atoio o tarira’oo.
You will be sure that you will have many descendants, who will be as numerous as blades of grass.
26 Homb’an-kibori’o ao irehe ami’ty haañon-kaantera’o, manahake ty fitroara’ o toboron’ ampembao an-tsa’e.
You will become very old before you die, like sheaves of grain continue to grow until it is time to harvest them.
27 Heheke! fa nitsikarahe’ay, le ie Izay. Inao! irendreho, ho ami’ty hasoa’o.
[“My friends and I] have thought carefully about these things, and [we know that] they are true, so pay attention to what I have said!”
