¹Then Job answered and said,

¹[Ny teny navalin'i Joba] Dia namaly Joba ka nanao hoe:

²Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

²Mbola atao ho fikomianao ihany ny fitarainako; Ny tanana mamely ahy dia mitambesatra amin'ny fisentoako.[Na: mangidy]

³Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

³Enga anie ka ho fantatro izay hahitako Azy ka ho tonga any amin'ny fitoerany aza!

⁴I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

⁴Dia handahatra ny teniko eo anatrehany aho. Ka hofenoiko ny teny alahatro ny vavako;

⁵I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

⁵Ary hahalala izay teny havaliny ahy aho sy hamantatra izay holazainy amiko.

⁶Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

⁶Hery lehibe va no handaharany teny amiko? Tsia, fa Izy indrindra no hihaino ahy

⁷There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

⁷Fa amin'izany dia olona marina no ho nifandahatra taminy; Ka dia ho nanan-drariny mihitsy aho tamin'ny Mpitsara ahy.

⁸Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

⁸Indro, miantsinanana aho, fa tsy any Izy; Ary miankandrefana aho, fa tsy hitako Izy;

⁹On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

⁹Mianavaratra amin'izay iasany aho, fa tsy tazako Izy; Mivily any atsimo Izy, ka tsy hitako.

¹⁰But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

¹⁰Fa mahalala ny lalana falehako Izy; Raha hizahany toetra aho, dia hivoaka tahaka ny volamena.

¹¹My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

¹¹Ny tongotro nifikitra tamin'ny lalany; Eny, ny lalany no nizorako tsara, ka tsy nivily aho.

¹²Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

¹²Ny didin'ny molony tsy mba nialako; Ny tenin'ny vavany noraketiko mihoatra noho ny faniriako.[Na: anjara-haniko]

¹³But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

¹³Nefa tsy miova saina Izy, iza no mahasakana Azy? Fa na inona na inona irin'ny fanahiny dia ataony.

¹⁴For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

¹⁴Eny, manatanteraka izay voatendry ho ahy Izy; Ary zavatra maro toy izany no ao aminy;

¹⁵Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

¹⁵Roa Izany no mampangovitra ahy eo anatrehany; Raha misaintsaina izany aho, dia matahotra Azy.

¹⁶For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

¹⁶Fa Andriamanitra no mandrerakany foko, ary ny Tsitoha no mampangovitra ahy;Fa tsy ny fahamaizinana no maharesy ahy, na ny maizim-pito izay manarona ny tavako.[Na: Satria tsy nalaina aho, dieny tsy mbola avy ny maizina, Ary tsy nanafina ny maizim-pito amin'ny tavako Izy]

¹⁷Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.

¹⁷Fa tsy ny fahamaizinana no maharesy ahy, na ny maizim-pito izay manarona ny tavako.[Na: Satria tsy nalaina aho, dieny tsy mbola avy ny maizina, Ary tsy nanafina ny maizim-pito amin'ny tavako Izy]