Joba 9
1 Aa hoe ty natoi’ Iobe:
Then Job answered and said,
2 Toe apotako ty hatò izay: fe aia te ho to añatrefan’ Añahare ondatio?
Of a truth I know that it is so: but how can man be just with God?
3 Naho teo ty nipay hifandietse ama’e, tsy ho toiñe’e indraik’ ami’ty arivo.
If he be pleased to contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
4 Mahihitse añ’Arofo, fatratse an-kaozarañe, ia ty nanjehatse ama’e tsy aman-joy?
[He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?
5 Aveve’e o vohitseo, tsy apota’ iareo te avali-hoho’e an-kaviñerañe.
Which removeth the mountains, and they know it not, when he overturneth them in his anger.
6 Akofikofi’e tsy an-toe’e ty tane toy, le mitroetroe o faha’eo;
Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
7 Lilie’e tsy hanjirike i àndroy, agobo’e o vasiañeo;
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
8 Ie avao ty namelatse o likerañeo, naho mandialia o onjan-driakeo;
Which alone stretcheth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
9 Ie ty nañoreñe i Arktorose naho i Telo-milahatsey, i Bode naho i Koto-kede atimoy.
Which maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
10 Ie i manao halatsàñe tsy onim-biribiriy, raha tsitantane tsy taka-voliliy.
Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, marvelous things without number.
11 Ie miary amako, tsy ho treako: Naho ihelaña’e tsy ho rendreko.
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
12 Ie mandrirotse, ia ty hisebañe. Hanoa’ ia ty hoe, Ino o anoe’oo?
Behold, he seizeth [the prey], who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?
13 Tsy hampolin’ Añahare ty haviñera’e; mitsolofìñe ama’e ka o mpañimba’ i Rahabeo.
God will not withdraw his anger; the helpers of Rahab do stoop under him.
14 Akore arè ty hahatoiñako aze, ty hijoboñe o volañe hitaroñakoo;
How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words [to reason] with him?
15 Ndra te to i ahikoy, tsy ho nahatoiñe; ho nihalalieko tretre i Mpizakakoy.
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to mine adversary.
16 Naho nikanjy iraho vaho nanoiñe ahiko re, tsy ho niantofako te nihaoñe’e ty feoko.
If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice.
17 Vinonotrobo’e an-tio-bey iraho, indrae’e tsy amam-poto’e o ferekoo.
For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
18 Tsy hapo’e hikofòke iraho, te mone atsafe’e afero;
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
19 Ty amo haozarañeo, Inao! Ie ty Maozatse! Le ty hatò: Ia ty hifamotoañe ama’e?
If [we speak] of the strength of the mighty, lo, [he is there]! and if of judgment, who will appoint me a time?
20 Naho naniom-batan-draho, ho nanisý ahy ty vavako; ndra t’ie tsy an-kila, ho tsarae’e te mengoke.
Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.
21 Malio tahin-draho, tsy haoñe’ ty troko, ho farieko ty fiaiko;
I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life.
22 Toe raike iaby avao: aa hoe iraho: Songa rotsahe’e ty mahity naho ty lo-tsereke.
It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
23 Naho manjamañe aniany ty angorosy, le kizahe’e ty famoeañ’ay o vañoñeo.
If the scourge slay suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.
24 Ie atolots’an-taña’ o lo-tserekeo ty tane, le takone’e ty lahara’ o mpizakao; aa naho tsy ie, le ia ka?
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if [it be] not [he], who then is it?
25 Masìka te amo mpanao tsikiaviavio o androkoo, mihelañe tsy ahaisahan-kasoa.
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
26 Mitsiritsioke hoe lakam-bezo, hoe tsimalaho mañao-tsindroke.
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.
27 Aa naho nanao ty hoe iraho, handikofako i halalikoy, hapoko ty tareheko lonjetse toy, vaho hisomilake;
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my [sad] countenance, and be of good cheer:
28 Ihembañako o fanaintaiñakoo, apotako t’ie tsy ho haha’o;
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
29 Aa kanao atao lo-tsereke iraho; ino ty ifanehafako tsy vente’e?
I shall be condemned; why then do I labour in vain?
30 Naho miandro an-dranom-panala, naho kotriñeko an-tsokay o tañakoo;
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
31 Mbe hagodo’o an-davak’ ao, vaho halaim-bintañe ahy o sikikoo.
Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
32 Toe tsy ondaty manahak’ ahy re hahatoiñako, t’ie hifañatrek’ an-jaka.
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.
33 Tsy amam-pañalañalañe ty añivo’ay ao, ze mete ho nanazok’ anay roroe.
There is no daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
34 Ehe te hasita’e amako i kobai’ey, vaho tsy hampangebahebak’ ahy i fañeveñañe ama’ey;
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his terror make me afraid:
35 Le ho nivolan-draho, vaho tsy ho nianifañe ama’e; fa toe tsy Izay ty an-troko ao.
Then would I speak, and not fear him; for I am not so in myself.
