¹[Ny amin'ny toetr'i Joba sy ny fizahan-toetra azy voalohany] Nisy lehilahy tany amin'ny tany Oza Joba no anarany; ary marina sy mahitsy izany lehilahy izany sady natahotra an'Andriamanitra ka nifady ny ratsy.

¹A man there hath been in the land of Uz — Job his name — and that man hath been perfect and upright — both fearing God, and turning aside from evil.

²Ary niteraka fito lahy sy vavy telo izy.

²And there are borne to him seven sons and three daughters,

³Ary ny fananany dia ondry aman'osy fito arivo sy rameva telo arivo sy omby arivo sy borikivavy diman-jato ary mpanompo maro be; ka dia nanan-karena be mihoatra noho ny zanaky ny atsinanana rehetra izany lehilahy izany.

³and his substance is seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred pairs of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a service very abundant; and that man is greater than any of the sons of the east.

⁴Ary fanaon'ny zananilahy ny nandeha sy nanao fanasana isaky ny an'androny avy isan-tranony; dia naniraka naka ny anabaviny telo mirahavavy izy hiara-mihinana sy misotro aminy.

⁴And his sons have gone and made a banquet — the house of each [in] his day — and have sent and called to their three sisters to eat and to drink with them;

⁵Ary isaky ny tapitra nitsingerina ireo andro fanasana ireo dia naniraka Joba ka nanamasina ireny ary nifoha maraina koa izy ka nanatitra fanatitra dorana araka ny isan'izy rehetra; fa hoy Joba: Fandrao efa nanota ny zanako ka nandà an'Andriamanitra tao am-pony. Izany no nataon'i Joba mandrakariva.

⁵and it cometh to pass, when they have gone round the days of the banquet, that Job doth send and sanctify them, and hath risen early in the morning, and caused to ascend burnt-offerings — the number of them all — for Job said, `Perhaps my sons have sinned, yet blessed God in their heart.` Thus doth Job all the days.

⁶Ary tamin'ny indray andro nony avy ireo zanak'Andriamanitra hiseho teo anatrehan'i Jehovah dia mba tonga teo koa Satana tafaharo taminy.

⁶And the day is, that sons of God come in to station themselves by Jehovah, and there doth come also the Adversary in their midst.

⁷Dia hoy Jehovah tamin'i Satana: Avy taiza ianao? Dia namaly an'i Jehovah Satana ka nanao hoe: Avy nizahazaha teny amin'ny tany aho ka nivezivezy teny.

⁷And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Whence comest thou?` And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `From going to and fro in the land, and from walking up and down on it.`

⁸Dia hoy Jehovah tamin'i Satana: Efa nandinika an'i Joba mpanompoko va ianao? Fa tsy misy tahaka azy eny ambonin'ny tany, fa olona marina sy mahitsy izy sady matahotra an'Andriamanitra ka mifady ny ratsy.

⁸And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Hast thou set thy heart against My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God, and turning aside from evil?`

⁹Ary Satana dia namaly an'i Jehovah ka nanao hoe: Moa tsy fanantenan-javatra va no atahoran'i Joba an'Andriamanitra?

⁹And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `For nought is Job fearing God?

¹⁰Tsy Hianao va no nanao fefy manodidina azy sy manodidina ny tranony ary manodidina izay ananany rehetra? Notahinao ny asan'ny tànany ka manenika ny tany ny omby aman'ondriny.

¹⁰Hast not Thou made a hedge for him, and for his house, and for all that he hath — round about?

¹¹Fa ahinjiro ange ny tananao ka tendreo izay ananany rehetra raha tsy handà Anao eo imasonao aza izy e![Na: hahafoy Anao mihitsy]

¹¹The work of his hands Thou hast blessed, and his substance hath spread in the land, and yet, put forth, I pray Thee, Thy hand, and strike against anything that he hath — if not: to Thy face he doth bless Thee!`

¹²Dia hoy Jehovah tamin'i Satana: Indro eo an-tananao izay ananany rehetra; fa ny tenany ihany no aza aninjiranao ny tananao. Dia nivoaka Satana niala teo anatrehan'i Jehovah.

¹²And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Lo, all that he hath [is] in thy hand, only unto him put not forth thy hand.` And the Adversary goeth out from the presence of Jehovah.

¹³Ary tamin'ny indray andro dia nihinana sy nisotro divay teo an-tranon'ny zokiny lahimatoa ny zananilahy sy ny zananivavy;

¹³And the day is, that his sons and his daughters are eating, and drinking wine, in the house of their brother, the first-born.

¹⁴ary nisy iraka tonga tany amin'i Joba ka nanao hoe: Ny omby niasa, ary ny borikivavy nandrasana teo anilany,

¹⁴And a messenger hath come in unto Job and saith, `The oxen have been plowing, and the she-asses feeding by their sides,

¹⁵dia namely azy tampoka ny Sabeana ka namabo azy, ary ny ankizilahy dia nasiany tamin'ny lelan-tsabatra, ary izaho dia izaho irery ihany no afa-nandositra hilaza aminao.

¹⁵and Sheba doth fall, and take them, and the young men they have smitten by the mouth of the sword, and I am escaped — only I alone — to declare [it] to thee.`

¹⁶Raha mbola niteny izy, dia nisy anankiray koa tonga ka nanao hoe: Nisy afon'Andriamanitra latsaka avy tany an-danitra ary nandoro ny ondry aman'osy sy ny ankizilahy ka nandevona azy, ary izaho dia izaho irery ihany no afa-nandositra hilaza aminao.

¹⁶While this [one] is speaking another also hath come and saith, `Fire of God hath fallen from the heavens, and burneth among the flock, and among the young men, and consumeth them, and I am escaped — only I alone — to declare [it] to thee.`

¹⁷Raha mbola niteny izy, dia nisy anankiray koa tonga ka nanao hoe: Ny Kaldeana nanao telo toko, dia niroatany ny rameva ka nobaboiny, ary ny ankizilahy dia nasiany tamin'ny lelan-tsabatra, ary izaho dia izaho irery ihany no afa-nandositra hilaza aminao.

¹⁷While this [one] is speaking another also hath come and saith, `Chaldeans made three heads, and rush on the camels, and take them, and the young men they have smitten by the mouth of the sword, and I am escaped — only I alone — to declare [it] to thee.`

¹⁸Raha mbola niteny izy, dia nisy anankiray koa tonga ka nanao hoe: Ny zanakao-lahy sy ny zanakao-vavy dia nihinana sy nisotro divay tao an-tranon'ny zokiny lahimatoa;

¹⁸While this [one] is speaking another also hath come and saith, `Thy sons and thy daughters are eating, and drinking wine, in the house of their brother, the first-born.

¹⁹ary, indro, nisy rivotra mahery avy tany an-efitra ka namely ny zoron-trano efatra, dia nianjera tamin'ny zatovo ny trano, ka maty izy rehetra, ary izaho dia izaho irery ihany no afa-nandositra hilaza aminao.

¹⁹And lo, a great wind hath come from over the wilderness, and striketh against the four corners of the house, and it falleth on the young men, and they are dead, and I am escaped — only I alone — to declare [it] to thee.`

²⁰Dia nitsangana Joba ka nandriatra ny lambany, ary nanaratra ny lohany, dia niapoka tamin'ny tany ka niankohoka

²⁰And Job riseth, and rendeth his robe, and shaveth his head, and falleth to the earth, and doth obeisance,

²¹sady nanao hoe: Nitanjaka no nivoahako avy tany an-kibon'ineny, ary mitanjaka no hiverenako any; Jehovah no nanome, ary Jehovah no nanaisotra; isaorana anie ny anaran'i JehovahTamin'izany rehetra izany dia tsy nanota Joba, na nanome tsiny an'Andriamanitra.

²¹and he saith, `Naked came I forth from the womb of my mother, and naked I turn back thither: Jehovah hath given and Jehovah hath taken: let the name of Jehovah be blessed.`

²²Tamin'izany rehetra izany dia tsy nanota Joba, na nanome tsiny an'Andriamanitra.

²²In all this Job hath not sinned, nor given folly to God.