¹Call, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?

¹Miantsoa ange! moa misy hamaly anao va? Ary iza amin'ireo masina no hotodihinao?

²For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.

²Fa ny adala dia vonoin'ny fahasosorana, ary ny kely saina dia matin'ny fialonana.

³I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

³Izaho nahita olona adala mamaka, nefa vetivety Indray dia tsy maintsy nanozona ny fonenany aho;

⁴His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer:

⁴Lavitra ny famonjena ny zanany Ka torotoro eo am-bavahady, nefa tsy manan-kamonjy;

⁵Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance.

⁵Ny vokatry ny taniny dia lanin'ny noana, eny, alainy na dia voafefy tsilo aza; ary ny fandrika mitanatana vava hahazo ny fananany

⁶For evil cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

⁶Fa tsy mivoaka avy amin'ny vovoka ny alahelo, ary tsy mitrebona avy amin'ny tany ny fahoriana,

⁷For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.

⁷Nefa teraka ho amin'ny fahoriana ny olombelona, dia tahaka ny fanidin'ny kilalaon'afo miakatra

⁸But as for me I will seek unto ùGod, and unto God commit my cause;

⁸Fa raha toa ahy kosa dia hitady an'Andriamanitra aho, ary Andriamanitra ihany no hotolorako ny teniko,

⁹Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;

⁹Dia Izay manao zava-dehibe tsy takatry ny saina sy zava-mahagaga tsy hita isa,

¹⁰Who giveth rain on the face of the earth, and sendeth waters on the face of the fields;

¹⁰Dia Izay mampilatsaka ranonorana etỳ ambonin'ny tany ary mampandeha rano eny amin'ny saha,

¹¹Setting up on high those that are low; and mourners are exalted to prosperity.

¹¹Ka apetrany amin'ny avo Izay ambany, ary asandrany ho amin'ny fahafinaretana ny miory,

¹²He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.

¹²Dia Izay mahafoana ny hevitry ny fetsy, ka tsy hahefan'ny tànany na inona na inona hahasoa ny tenany;

¹³He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:

¹³Ny fahafetsen'ny hendry ihany no entiny misambotra azy, ary ny saina ataon'ny mpiolakolaka dia rava;

¹⁴They meet with darkness in a the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night.

¹⁴Na dia amin'ny antoandro aza dia tafatsarapaka ao amin'ny maizina ireny ka miraparapa amin'ny mitataovovonana tahaka ny amin'ny alina;

¹⁵And he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

¹⁵Fa vonjeny kosa ny malahelo tsy ho voan'ny sabatry ny vavany; Eny, vonjeny tsy ho azon'ny tanan'ny mahery izy.

¹⁶So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.

¹⁶Dia misy fanantenana ho an'ny reraka; fa ny faharatsiana kosa mihombom-bava

¹⁷Behold, happy is the man whom +God correcteth; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.

¹⁷Indro, sambatra ny zanak'olombelona izay anarin'Andriamanitra, koa aza atao ho zavatra kely ny famaizan'ny Tsitoha;

¹⁸For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

¹⁸Fa sady mandratra Izy no mamehy; Manorotoro Izy, ary ny tànany ihany no manasitrana.

¹⁹He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

¹⁹Amin'ny fahoriana enina dia hamonjy anao Izy; Eny, amin'ny fito aza dia tsy hisy loza hihatra aminao.

²⁰In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

²⁰Raha avy ny mosary, dia hiaro anao amin'ny fahafatesana Izy; Ary raha avy ny ady, dia hiaro anao tsy ho voan'ny sabatra Izy;

²¹Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

²¹Hampiereny tsy ho voan'ny kapo-bava ianao, ary tsy hatahotra, raha avy ny fandringanana;

²²At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.

²²Ny fandringanana sy ny mosary dia hihomehezanao; ary tsy hatahoranao ny bibi-dia;

²³For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

²³Fa vita fanekena amin'ny vato any an-tsaha aza ianao; Ary ny bibi-dia hihavana aminao;

²⁴And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou wilt survey thy fold, and miss nothing.

²⁴Ary ho hitanao fa ny fiadanana no lainao; Ary raha mizaha ny kijanao ianao, dia ho hitanao fa tsy misy very ny ao;

²⁵And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.

²⁵Ary ho hitanao koa fa maro ny zanakao, ary ny terakao ho tahaka ny ahitra amin'ny tany;

²⁶Thou shalt come to the grave in a ripe age, as a shock of corn is brought in in its season.

²⁶Haharitra ianao ambara-piditrao any am-pasana, raha mbola henjana, dia tahaka ny amboaram-bary akarina amin'ny fotoana.Izany ary no izy, fa efa nandinika azy izahay; Hevero ary izany, ka fantaro tsara.

²⁷Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thyself.

²⁷Izany ary no izy, fa efa nandinika azy izahay; Hevero ary izany, ka fantaro tsara.