Joba 10

1 Maharikoriko ahy ny aiko; Hamoaka ny fitarainako aho sy hiteny noho ny fangidian’ ny fanahiko

Weary in my soul, I will pour my words with groans upon him: I will speak being straitened in the bitterness of my soul.

2 Hanao amin’ Andriamanitra hoe aho: Aza manameloka ahy; Mba ampahalalao izay anton’ ny iadianao amiko aho.

And I will say to the Lord, Do not teach me to be impious; and wherefore hast thou thus judged me?

3 Mahafaly Anao va ny hampahory sy hanary ny efa nisasaranao ka hamirapiratra amin’ ny fisainan’ ny ratsy fanahy?

Is it good before thee if I be unrighteous? for thou hast disowned the work of thy hands, and attended to the counsel of the ungodly.

4 Manana maso nofo va Hianao? Na mijery tahaka ny fijerin’ ny zanak’ olombelona?

Or dost thou see as a mortal sees? or wilt thou look as a man sees?

5 Tahaka ny andron’ ny zanak’ olombelona va ny andronao? Na tahaka ny taonan’ ny olombelona ny taonanao,

Or is thy life human, or thy years [the years] of a man,

6 No dia mikaroka izay heloko Hianao sy mikatsaka izay fahotako,

that thou hast enquired into mine iniquity, and searched out my sins?

7 Na dia fantatrao aza fa tsy mba ratsy fanahy aho, ary tsy misy mahavonjy amin’ ny tananao?

For thou knowest that I have not committed iniquity: but who is he that can deliver out of thy hands?

8 Ny tananao ihany no namorona ahy ka nanisy endrika izao tenako rehetra izao, kanjo levoninao indray aho izao.

Thy hands have formed me and made me; afterwards thou didst change [thy mind], and smite me.

9 Masìna Hianao, tsarovy fa notefenao toy ny tanimanga aho, ka hamerina ahy amin’ ny vovoka indray Hianao!

Remember that thou hast made me [as] clay, and thou dost turn me again to earth.

10 Tsy naidinao toy ny ronono va aho ka nampandrinao toy ny ronono-mandry?

Hast thou not poured me out like milk, and curdled me like cheese?

11 Eny, notafianao hoditra sy nofo aho ary norarinao tamin’ ny taolana sy ny ozatra.

And thou didst clothe me with skin and flesh, and frame me with bones and sinews.

12 Aina sy famindram-po no nomenao ahy; Ary ny fiahianao no niaro ny aiko.

And thou didst bestow upon me life and mercy, and thy oversight has preserved my spirit.

13 Saingy izao no nafeninao tao am-ponao, eny, fantatro fa tao aminao izao:

Having these things in thyself, I know that thou canst do all things; for nothing is impossible with thee.

14 Raha manota aho, dia mamantatra ahy Hianao ka tsy manafaka ahy amin’ ny heloko.

And if I should sin, thou watchest me; and thou hast not cleared me from iniquity.

15 Raha meloka aho, dia lozako! Ary na dia marina aza aho, dia tsy ho sahy miandrandra, satria feno henatra sady mahatsiaro fahoriana aho.

Or if I should be ungodly, woe is me: and if I should be righteous, I cannot lift myself up, for I am full of dishonour.

16 Fa raha sahy miandrandra aho, dia hihaza ahy tahaka ny liona masiaka Hianao; Ary hiverina indray Hianao, ka ho mahagaga ny famelinao ahy.

For I am hunted like a lion for slaughter; for again thou hast changed and art terribly destroying me;

17 Mbola hanangana vavolombelona vaovao mandrakariva hanameloka ahy Hianao sy hampitombo ny fahatezeranao amiko; Fahavalo mifanontona no mamely ahy.

renewing against me my torture: and thou hast dealt with me in great anger, and thou hast brought trials upon me.

18 Ka nahoana no namoaka ahy foana avy tany am-bohoka Hianao? Fa raha tsy izany, dia ho niala aina aho, ka tsy mba nisy maso nahita ahy akory.

Why then didst thou bring me out of the womb? and why did I not die, and no eye see me,

19 Ary efa toy ny tsy ary aho. Ka nentina avy tany an-kibo ho any am-pasana.

and I become as if I had not been? for why was I not carried from the womb to the grave?

20 Tsy vitsy va ny androko? Koa mitsahara Hianao, mihataha mba hakako aina kely,

Is not the time of my life short? suffer me to rest a little,

21 Dieny tsy mbola lasa tsy hiverina aho, dia ho any amin’ ny tanin’ ny aizina sy ny aloky ny fahafatesana,

before I go whence I shall not return, to a land of darkness and gloominess;

22 Ho any amin’ ny tany maizim-pito, dia ny an’ ny aloky ny fahafatesana sy ny fikorontanana, sady maizim-pito ny famirapiratana any.

to a land of perpetual darkness, where there is no light, neither [can any one] see the life of mortals.