¹Then Job answered and said,

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

²I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

²Fantatro tokoa fa izany no izy; Fa aiza no hahamarina ny zanak'olombelona eo anatrehan'Andriamanitra?

³If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

³Raha te-hifandahatra aminy izy,dia tsy mahavaly teny Azy na dia iray amin'ny arivo aza.

⁴He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

⁴Hendry am-po Izy sady matanjaka amin'ny hery; iza no nikiry nanohitra Azy ka tsy naninona?

⁵Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.

⁵Izay mamindra tendrombohitra, nefa ireny tsy mahalala akory, izay mamadika azy amin'ny fahatezerany,

⁶Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.

⁶Ary mampihorohoro ny tany ho afaka amin'ny fitoerany, ka mihozongozona ny andriny;

⁷Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.

⁷Mandidy ny masoandro Izy, ka tsy miposaka iny, ary manisy tombo-kase manafina ny kintana;

⁸Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.

⁸Sady Izy irery ihany no mamelatra ny lanitra sy mandia ny onjan-dranomasina;

⁹Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.

⁹Manao ireo kintana lehibe Izy, dia ny Bera sy ny Telonohorefy ary ny Ikotokelimiadilaona sy ireo kintana maro any atsimo,[Heb. ireny efi-trano erỳ atsimo]

¹⁰Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

¹⁰Ary manao zava-dehibe tsy takatry ny saina, eny, fahagagana tsy hita isa.

¹¹Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

¹¹Indro, mandalo ahy Izy, nefa tsy hitako; Ary mihelina Izy, nefa tsy fantatro.

¹²Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?

¹²Indro, mipaoka Izy, ka iza no mahasakana Azy? Iza no hanao aminy hoe: Inona no ataonao?

¹³If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.

¹³Andriamanitra tsy mampitony ny fahatezerany; Ny mpanampy an-dRahaba aza dia mitanondrika eo ambaniny.[Rahaba = Rehareha]

¹⁴How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?

¹⁴Mainka fa izaho tsy mahavaly Azy, na mahafidy teny hifandaharako aminy;

¹⁵Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.

¹⁵Fa na dia marina aza aho, dia tsy hahavaly tsy akory; Hifona amin'Ilay manana ady amiko no hany heriko.

¹⁶If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.

¹⁶Raha mba niantso aho, ka namaly ahy aza Izy, dia tsy ho nino aho fa hanaiky ny fitarainako Izy.

¹⁷For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

¹⁷Fa manorotoro ahy amin'ny tafio-drivotra Izy ka manamaro ny feriko tsy ahoan-tsy ahoana.

¹⁸He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

¹⁸Sady tsy avelany haka aina akory aho, fa vokisany zava-mangidy.

¹⁹If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?

¹⁹Raha ny amin'ny herin'ny mahery, dia: Indro ary! Ary ny amin'ny fitsarana: Iza no hifandahatra amiko?

²⁰If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

²⁰Na dia marina aza aho, dia hanameloka ahy ihany ny vavako; Ary na dia tsy manan-tsiny aza aho, dia hanao ahy ho meloka Izy.

²¹Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

²¹Marina aho, ataoko tsinontsinona ny aiko; Tsy ahoako izay ho velona.

²²This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

²²Tsy misy hafa aminy, ka izany no nanaovako hoe: Ny marina sy ny meloka dia samy aringany avokoa.

²³If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

²³Raha misy loza mahafaty tampoka, dia mihomehy ny fizahan-toetra ny marina Izy.[Heb. fikapohana]

²⁴The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?

²⁴Ny tany efa voatolotra ho eo an-tànan'ny ratsy fanahy; Manarona ny tavan'ny mpitsara eo Izy; Raha tsy Izy no manao izany, dia iza, kosa ary?

²⁵Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

²⁵Ny androko dia faingana noho ny tsimandoa; Lasa ireny ka tsy nahita soa akory.

²⁶They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.

²⁶Mihelina tahaka ny lakana faingam-pandeha izy, tahaka ny voromahery mipaoka hanina.[Heb. lakana zozoro]

²⁷If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

²⁷Raha hoy izaho: Hanadino ny alaheloko aho, hitsahatra tsy hanjonitra aho ka ho miramirana,

²⁸I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

²⁸Dia mahatsiravina ahy ny fahoriako rehetra; Fantatro fa tsy hataonao ho tsy manan-tsiny aho.

²⁹If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

²⁹Tsy maintsy hatao ho meloka ihany aho, koa nahoana aho no hanasa-tena foana?

³⁰If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;

³⁰Na dia mandro amin'ny oram-panala aza aho ka manadio ny tanako amin'ny ranon-davenona,

³¹Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.

³¹Dia hanitrika ahy any am-pahitra miaraka amin'izay Hianao, ka hataon'ny fitafiako ho zava-betaveta aho.

³²For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

³²Fa tsy olona tahaka ahy Izy ka ho azoko valiana hifanatrehanay amin'ny fitsarana.

³³Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

³³Tsy misy mpanelanelana anay Hametraka ny tànany aminay roa tonta.

³⁴Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

³⁴Aoka hanaisotra ny tsorakazony amiko Izy, ary aoka tsy hampahatsiravina ahy ny fampitahorany,Dia hiteny aho ka tsy hatahotra Azy; Fa fantatro fa tsy hatahotra foana aho.

³⁵Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.

³⁵Dia hiteny aho ka tsy hatahotra Azy; Fa fantatro fa tsy hatahotra foana aho.