¹I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

¹Efa nampanekeko ny masoko; Koa hataoko ahoana indray no fijery zazavavy? [Heb. virijina]

²For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

²Fa raha izany, dia inona no anjara avy amin'Andriamanitra any ambony. Sy lova avy amin'ny Tsitoha any amin'ny avo?

³Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

³Moa tsy loza va no manjo ny ratsy fanahy? Ary tsy fahoriana va no mahazo ny mpanao ratsy?

⁴Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?

⁴Moa tsy Andriamanitra va no mijery ny lalako ka manisa ny diako rehetra? [Heb. Izy]

⁵If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

⁵Raha tàhiny nandeha tamin'ny fitaka aho na niezaka tamin'ny fahafetsena.

⁶Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.

⁶(Enga anie ka holanjain'Andriamanitra eo amin'ny mizanan'ny fahamarinana aho! Dia ho fantany ny tsi-fananako tsiny);

⁷If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

⁷Raha tàhiny nivily niala tamin'ny lalana ny diako, na nanaraka ny masoko ny foko, na nisy tsiny niraikitra tamin'ny tanako:

⁸Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

⁸Dia aoka hamafy aho, fa olon-kafa no hihinana, ary aoka ho fongotra izay amboleko.

⁹If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;

⁹Raha tahìny adala tamin'ny vadin'olona ny foko, ka namitsaka teo am-baravaran'ny namako aho,

¹⁰Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

¹⁰Dia aoka kosa ny vadiko halain'ny sasany, ary aoka olon-kafa no handry aminy.[Na: hitoto ho an']

¹¹For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

¹¹Fa fahavetavetana izany, eny, heloka tokony hotsarain'ny mpitsara;

¹²For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

¹²Fa afo mandevona hatrany amin'ny fandringanana izany ka hanongotra ny vokatro rehetra.

¹³If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

¹³Raha tàhiny aho nandà ny rariny izay an'ny ankizilahiko na ny ankizivaviko, raha nifamaly tamiko izy,

¹⁴What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

¹⁴Dia inona no hataoko, raha hitsangana Andriamanitra? Ary ahoana no havaliko Azy, raha handinika Izy?

¹⁵Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

¹⁵Fa moa tsy Izay nanao ahy tany an-kibo ihany va no nanao azy koa? Ary tsy Iray ihany va no namorona anay tany am-bohoka?

¹⁶If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

¹⁶Raha tàhiny aho nandà Izay nirin'ny malahelo ka nahapahina ny mason'ny mpitondratena,

¹⁷Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

¹⁷Na nihinana ny sombin-kaniko irery, ka tsy mba nihinanan'ny kamboty

¹⁸(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)

¹⁸(Fa tsy izany, fa hatry ny fony mbola tanora aho, dia notezaina teo amiko tahaka ny zanaka ny kamboty, Ary nitondra ny mpitondratena hatrany an-kibon-dreniko aho);

¹⁹If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

¹⁹Raha tàhiny aho nahita olona efa ho faty noho ny tsi-fananan-damba. Na malahelo tsy manan-kitafy,

²⁰If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

²⁰Koa tsy nankasitraka ahy ny tenany, ary tsy nanafàna azy ny volon'ondriko;[Heb. valahany]

²¹If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

²¹Raha tahìny aho naninjitra ny tanako hampahory ny kamboty, saingy hitako fa nisy niandany tamiko teo am-bavahady:

²²Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

²²Dia aoka ny foto-tsandriko hitsoaka hiala amin'ny rangomainako, eny, aoka ny sandriko ho latsaka hiala amin'ny taolam-panaviko.

²³For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

²³Fa mampahatahotra ahy ny loza avy amin'Andriamanitra, ka tsy mahavita na inona na inona aho noho ny fahalehibiazany.[Na: Fa hanjo ahy ny zava-mahatahotra, dia]

²⁴If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

²⁴Raha tàhiny aho nanao ny volamena ho fanantenako, na nanonona ny volamena tsara hoe: Ry tokiko ô;

²⁵If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

²⁵Raha tàhiny ho nifaly noho ny haben'ny fananako sy noho ny nahazoan'ny tanako harena betsaka;

²⁶If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

²⁶Raha tàhiny aho nijery ny masoandro, raha namirapiratra izy, na ny volana, raha nandeha tamin'ny fangarangarany izy,

²⁷And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

²⁷Ka voafitaka mangingina ny foko, ary nanoroka ny tanako ny vavako

²⁸This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.

²⁸(Dia heloka hanamelohan'ny mpitsara koa izany; Fa ho nihatsaravelatsihy tamin'Andriamanitra Izay any ambony aho);

²⁹If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

²⁹Raha tàhiny aho nifaly noho ny loza nanjo izay nankahala ahy, na nibitabitaka, raha nozoim-pahoriana izy

³⁰Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

³⁰(Tsia, fa tsy navelako hanota akory ny vavako hangataka ozona hanjo azy);

³¹If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

³¹Raha tàhiny ny tao an-daiko tsy nanao hoe: Iza moa no tsy voky tamin'ny henany? [Na: Iza moa no tsy voky tamin'ny fianakaviany?]

³²The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.

³²Ny vahiny aza tsy nandry teny alatrano; Fa novohako ny varavarako manatrika ny lalana;

³³If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:

³³Raha tàhiny aho mba nanarona ny fahadisoako tahaka an'i Adama ka nanafina ny heloko tato an-tratrako,[Na: tahaka ny olona]

³⁴Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?

³⁴Satria nampihorohoro ny foko ny vahoaka maro be, ary natahotra aho, fandrao hamavoin'ny fokon'olona, ka dia namitsaka, fa tsy sahy nivoaka ny varavarana

³⁵Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.

³⁵Enga anie ka hisy hihaino ahy! Indro ny soniako! Enga anie ka hamaly ahy ny Tsitoha! Indro ny taratasy voasoratr'ilay manana ady amiko!

³⁶Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.

³⁶Hataoko eny an-tsoroko tokoa izany ary hafehiko amiko ho satro-boninahitra.

³⁷I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

³⁷Ny isan'ny diako dia hambarako aminy, ary tahaka ny fanakon'ny zanak'andriana no hanatonako Azy.

³⁸If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

³⁸Raha tàhiny mitaraina hiampanga ahy ny taniko, ka miara-mitomany ny vavasako;

³⁹If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

³⁹Raha tàhiny aho nihinana ny vokatra, nefa tsy nandoa ny vidiny.Na nanao izay hahafaty ny ain'ny tompony:Dia aoka ny tsilo no haniry hisolo ny vary tritika. Ary ny ahi-dratsy hisolo ny vary hordea. Tapitra ny tenin'i Joba.

⁴⁰Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

⁴⁰Dia aoka ny tsilo no haniry hisolo ny vary tritika. Ary ny ahi-dratsy hisolo ny vary hordea. Tapitra ny tenin'i Joba.