¹And Job continued his parable and said,

¹Dia mbola nandroso nanao oha-teny ihany Joba ka nanao hoe:

²Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when +God preserved me;

²Enga anie ka ho tahaka ny tamin'ireny volana lasa ireny aho! Dia tahaka ilay tamin'ny andro niarovan'Andriamanitra ahy!

³When his lamp shone over my head, [and] by his light I walked through darkness;

³Fony mbola nazava teo ambonin'ny lohako ny jirony, ary ny fahazavany no nandehanako tao amin'ny maizina;

⁴As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret counsel of +God was over my tent,

⁴Eny, tahaka ny toetro fony aho mbola fararano, raha niseho teo ambonin'ny laiko ny fisakaizan'Andriamanitra;

⁵When the Almighty was yet with me, my young men round about me;

⁵Fony mbola tao amiko ny Tsitoha, Ary nanodidina ahy ny zanako;[Na: ny ankizilahiko]

⁶When my steps were bathed in milk, and the rock poured out beside me rivers of oil! ...

⁶Fony mbola nanasa ny tongotro tamin'ny rononomandry aho, ary ny vatolampy namoaka renirano diloilo teo amiko;

⁷When I went out to the gate by the city, when I prepared my seat on the broadway,

⁷Raha niainga niakatra ho eo amin'ny vavahadin'ny tanàna aho ka nametraka ny fipetrahako teo ankalalahana,

⁸The young men saw me, and hid themselves; and the aged arose [and] stood up;

⁸Dia nahita ahy ny zatovo ka niampirimpirina; Ary niainga ny fotsy volo, dia nijoro;

⁹Princes refrained from talking, and laid the hand on their mouth;

⁹Nangina tsy niteny ny lehibe ka nitampim-bava;

¹⁰The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to their palate.

¹⁰Tsy sahy niteny ny mpanapaka, ary ny lelany niraikitra tamin'ny lanilaniny.

¹¹When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me, and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me;

¹¹Izay sofina nandre dia nanao ahy hoe sambatra; Ary Izay maso nahita dia vavolombelona ho ahy,

¹²For I delivered the afflicted that cried, and the fatherless who had no helper.

¹²Satria namonjy ny ory izay nitaraina aho sy ny kamboty izay tsy nanan-kamonjy.

¹³The blessing of him that was perishing came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

¹³Ny fisaoran'izay efa ho faty dia tonga tamiko; Ary ny fon'ny mpitondratena nampifaliko.[Heb. nampihobiko]

¹⁴I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was as a mantle and a turban.

¹⁴Nitafy fahamarinana aho, ka mba nitafy ahy kosa izy; Eny, tahaka ny lamba sy ny hamama ny rariny izay nananako.

¹⁵I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame;

¹⁵Efa maso ho an'ny jamba aho ary tongotra ho an'ny mandringa.

¹⁶I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out;

¹⁶Efa ray ho an'ny malahelo aho, ary ny adin'ny olona tsy fantatro aza nodinihiko.

¹⁷And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

¹⁷Namaky ny nifin'ny ratsy fanahy aho ka nandrombaka ny babo teo am-bavany

¹⁸And I said, I shall die in my nest, and multiply my days as the sand;

¹⁸Dia hoy izaho: Eo amin'ny akaniko ihany no hialako aina, ary hanamaro ny androko toy ny fasika aho.

¹⁹My root shall be spread out to the waters, and the dew will lie all night on my branch;

¹⁹Ny fakako ho azon'ny rano, ary ny ando hitoetra amin'ny sampako mandritra ny alina.

²⁰My glory shall be fresh in me, and my bow be renewed in my hand.

²⁰Ho vaovao amiko lalandava ny voninahitro, ary ny tsipikako hihahenjana eny an-tanako.

²¹Unto me they listened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel:

²¹Nihaino ahy ny olona, dia niandry, ka nangina tamin'ny fanolorako saina izy.

²²After my words they spoke not again, and my speech dropped upon them;

²²Rehefa niteny aho, dia tsy mba namaly intsony izy; ary nitetevan'ny teniko izy.

²³And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

²³Niandry ahy toy ny fiandry ny ranonorana izy ary nitanatana vava toy ny fiandry ny fara-orana.

²⁴[If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and they troubled not the serenity of my countenance.

²⁴Raha nisy nila ho ketraka, dia mbola niseho miramirana taminy ihany ny tarehiko, ary tsy nahamaloka ny fahazavan'ny tavako ireo.Nifidy ny lalan-kalehany aho ka nipetraka ho lohany, eny, nitoetra toy ny mpanjaka teo amin'ny miaramila sy toy ny mpampionona ny misaona aho.

²⁵I chose their way, and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth mourners.

²⁵Nifidy ny lalan-kalehany aho ka nipetraka ho lohany, eny, nitoetra toy ny mpanjaka teo amin'ny miaramila sy toy ny mpampionona ny misaona aho.