¹And 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 to his seat!

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

⁴I would order the 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 he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

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

⁶Would he plead against me with [his] great power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.

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

⁷There would an upright man reason with him; and I should 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.

⁸Lo, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I do not 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 behold [him] not; he hideth himself on the right hand, and I see [him] not.

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

¹⁰But he knoweth the way that I take; he trieth 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 to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside.

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 laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart.

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, that will he do.

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

¹⁴For he will perform [what] 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; I consider, and I am afraid of him.

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

¹⁶For ùGod hath made 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 hidden the gloom from me.

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]