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

¹And Job answereth and saith: —

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

²I have heard many such things, Miserable comforters [are] ye all.

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

³Is there an end to words of wind? Or what doth embolden thee that thou answerest?

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;

⁴I also, like you, might speak, If your soul were in my soul`s stead. I might join against you with words, And nod at you with my head.

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

⁵I might harden you with my mouth, And the moving of my lips might be sparing.

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

⁶If I speak, my pain is not restrained, And I cease — what goeth from me?

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

⁷Only, now, it hath wearied me; Thou hast desolated all my company,

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]

⁸And Thou dost loathe me, For a witness it hath been, And rise up against me doth my failure, In my face it testifieth.

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

⁹His anger hath torn, and he hateth me, He hath gnashed at me with his teeth, My adversary sharpeneth his eyes for me.

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

¹⁰They have gaped on me with their mouth, In reproach they have smitten my cheeks, Together against me they set themselves.

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

¹¹God shutteth me up unto the perverse, And to the hands of the wicked turneth me over.

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

¹²At ease I have been, and he breaketh me, And he hath laid hold on my neck, And he breaketh me in pieces, And he raiseth me to him for a mark.

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

¹³Go round against me do his archers. He splitteth my reins, and spareth not, He poureth out to the earth my gall.

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

¹⁴He breaketh me — breach upon breach, He runneth upon me as a mighty one.

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

¹⁵Sackcloth I have sewed on my skin, And have rolled in the dust my horn.

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

¹⁶My face is foul with weeping, And on mine eyelids [is] death-shade.

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

¹⁷Not for violence in my hands, And my prayer [is] pure.

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

¹⁸O earth, do not thou cover my blood! And let there not be a place for my cry.

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

¹⁹Also, now, lo, in the heavens [is] my witness, And my testifier in the high places.

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

²⁰My interpreter [is] my friend, Unto God hath mine eye dropped:

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.

²¹And he reasoneth for a man with God, And a son of man for his friend.

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

²²When a few years do come, Then a path I return not do I go.