¹And Job answered and said,

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

²I have heard many such things: grievous comforters are ye all.

²Efa nandre zavatra maro toy izany aho; Mpampionona mahasorisorena foana ianareo rehetra.

³Shall words of wind have an end? or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?

³Efa tapitra va izay ny bedibedy foana? Sa mbola misy manesika anao hamaly ahy ihany?

⁴I also could speak as ye: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join together words against you, and shake my head at you;

⁴Izaho kosa mba mahazo miteny tahaka anareo, raha mba tonga tahaka ahy ianareo; eny, mahazo manamboatra teny ho enti-mamely anareo aho ary mahazo mihifikifi-doha aminareo;

⁵[But] I would encourage you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips should assuage [your pain].

⁵Mahazo mampahery anareo amin'ny Vavako aho, ary mahazo mampitony ny alahelonareo ny fampiononana ataon'ny molotro.

⁶If I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and if I forbear, what am I eased?

⁶Na dia miteny aza aho, dia tsy mitsahatra ny alaheloko; Ary na dia mangina aza aho, dia tsy misy mihena izany.

⁷But now he hath made me weary; ... thou hast made desolate all my family;

⁷Fa ankehitriny efa nandreraka ahy Izy; Naringanao ny ankohonako rehetra.

⁸Thou hast shrivelled me up! it is become a witness; and my leanness riseth up against me, it beareth witness to my face.

⁸Ary efa nampifezaka ny tenako Hianao, ka dia vavolombelona amiko izany. Ary mitsangana hiampanga ahy ny fahahiazako, ka dia tondromaso akaiky izany.[Na: nosamborinao aho]

⁹His anger teareth and pursueth me; he gnasheth with his teeth against me; [as] mine adversary he sharpeneth his eyes at me.

⁹Amin'ny fahatezerany no amiravirany sy andrafiany ahy, mihidy vazana amiko Izy; Eny, miseho ho fahavaloko Izy ka mampivandravandra ny masony amiko;

¹⁰They gape upon me with their mouth; they smite my cheeks reproachfully; they range themselves together against me.

¹⁰Nisanasana vava tamiko ny olona; Latsa no nentiny namely ny takolako; Mitambatra hamely ahy izy.

¹¹ùGod hath delivered me over to the iniquitous man, and hurled me into the hands of the wicked.

¹¹Efa voatolotr'Andriamanitra ho amin'ny ratsy fanahy aho, ary natsipiny ho eo an-tànan'ny mpanota.

¹²I was at rest, but he hath shattered me; he hath taken me by the neck and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

¹²Tamin'ilay izaho tsy nanana ahiahy iny, dia nanorotoro ahy Izy; Nosamboriny tamin'ny hatoko aho ka nomontsaniny, sady natsangany ho marika hokendreny.

¹³His arrows encompass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

¹³Manodidina ahy ny mpandefa zana-tsipìkany; Mamaky ny voako Izy ka tsy miantra ary manidina ny aferoko ho amin'ny tany.

¹⁴He breaketh me with breach upon breach; he runneth upon me like a mighty man.

¹⁴Bangabangainy lalandava aho, ka miroatra hamely ahy tahaka ny lehilahy mahery Izy.

¹⁵I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and rolled my horn in the dust.

¹⁵Lamba fisaonana no voazaitrako hanarona ny hoditro, ary nalàko baraka tamin'ny vovoka ny tandroko.[Heb. lamba malailay]

¹⁶My face is red with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

¹⁶Ny tavako tera-menan'ny fitomaniana, ary eo amin'ny hodi-masoko ny aloky ny fahafatesana;

¹⁷Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

¹⁷Kanefa tsy misy eto an-tanako izay mba nalaina an-keriny; Ary madio ny fivavako.

¹⁸O earth, cover not my blood, and let there be no place for my cry!

¹⁸Ry tany ô, aza manarona ny rako, ary aoka tsy ho voahazona ny fitarainako!

¹⁹Even now, behold, my Witness is in the heavens, and he that voucheth for me is in the heights.

¹⁹Fa na dia ankehitriny aza, indro, any an-danitra ny Vavolombeloko, eny, ny Vavolombeloko dia any amin'ny avo.

²⁰My friends are my mockers; mine eye poureth out tears unto +God.

²⁰Na dia mihomehy ahy aza ny sakaizako, dia mamarin-dranomaso eo anatrehan'Andriamanitra kosa aho,

²¹Oh that there were arbitration for a man with +God, as a son of man for his friend!

²¹Mba hanamarina ahy olombelona eo anatrehany Izy sy hanafa-tsiny ahy zanak'olombelona amin'ny sakaizako.[Heb. sakaizany]Fa rehefa lasa ny taona vitsy, dia handeha any amin'ny lalana izay tsy hiverenako intsony aho.

²²For years [few] in number shall pass, -- and I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return.

²²Fa rehefa lasa ny taona vitsy, dia handeha any amin'ny lalana izay tsy hiverenako intsony aho.