¹Efa ho ritra ny aiko; Efa milopilopy ny androko; Efa miandry ahy ny fasana.

¹My spirit hath been destroyed, My days extinguished — graves [are] for me.

²Eny, fanesoana tokoa no manodidina ahy, ary tsy maintsy mijery ny filany ady amiko aho.

²If not — mockeries [are] with me. And in their provocations mine eye lodgeth.

³Masina Hianao, aoka ny tenanao ihany no hiantoka ahy aminao; Fa iza moa no hety hiantoka ahy?

³Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?

⁴Fa ny fon'ireto dia voahidinao tsy hidiran'ny fahalalana; koa izany no tsy hanandratanao azy.

⁴For their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them.

⁵Izay manolotra ny sakaizany ho babo, dia ho pahina kosa ny mason'ny zanany.

⁵For a portion he sheweth friendship, And the eyes of his sons are consumed.

⁶Ary efa nanao ahy ho ambentinteny amin'ny firenena Izy, ka rorany mandrakariva ny tavako.

⁶And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.

⁷Efa pahina ny masoko noho ny alahelo; Ary efa toy ny aloka ny momba ny tenako rehetra.

⁷And dim from sorrow is mine eye, And my members as a shadow all of them.

⁸Ankona noho izany ny olona mahitsy, ary ny tsy manan-tsiny mihendratra mahita ny mpihatsaravela-tsihy.40

⁸Astonished are the upright at this, And the innocent against the profane Stirreth himself up.

⁹Fa ny marina mifikitra tsara amin'ny halehany, ary izay madio tanana no hitombo hery.

⁹And the righteous layeth hold [on] his way, And the clean of hands addeth strength, And — dumb are they all.

¹⁰Avia avokoa indray ary ianareo rehetra tsy mahita izay olon-kendry eo aminareo aho.

¹⁰Return, and come in, I pray you, And I find not among you a wise man.

¹¹Mihelina ny androko, voaongotra ny fikasako. Dia izay hevitra fikirin'ny foko indrindra;

¹¹My days have passed by, My devices have been broken off, The possessions of my heart!

¹²Ny alina ataon'ireny ho antoandro, ary ny mazava ho efa akaiky, nefa tamy ihany ny maizina.

¹²Night for day they appoint, Light [is] near because of darkness.

¹³Raha mbola misy antenaiko, dia ny fiainan-tsi-hita fonenako ihany; Ao amin'ny maizina no hamelarako ny fandriako.[Heb. Sheola]

¹³If I wait — Sheol [is] my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch.

¹⁴Ny fasana no nantsoiko hoe: Raiko ianao; Ary ny kankana: Reniko sy anabaviko ianao.[Na: Ny fahalòvana]

¹⁴To corruption I have called: — `Thou [art] my father.` `My mother` and `my sister` — to the worm.

¹⁵Fa aiza ary ny fanantenako? Ary iza no mahita azy?Midina any amin'ny vavahadin'ny fiainan-tsi-hita izany, raha mba hahita fitsaharana ao amin'ny vovoka aho.[Heb. Sheola]

¹⁵And where [is] now my hope? Yea, my hope, who doth behold it?

¹⁶Midina any amin'ny vavahadin'ny fiainan-tsi-hita izany, raha mba hahita fitsaharana ao amin'ny vovoka aho.[Heb. Sheola]

¹⁶[To] the parts of Sheol ye go down, If together on the dust we may rest.