¹[Ny teny fanindroany nataon'i Bildada] Dia namaly Bildada Sohita ka nanao hoe:

¹And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: —

²Mandra-pahoviana no hamandrika teny ianareo? Mba hendre aloha, dia vao hiteny izahay.

²When do ye set an end to words? Consider ye, and afterwards do we speak.

³Sao ataonareo ho biby anie izahay ka tahaka ny maloto eo imasonareo?

³Wherefore have we been reckoned as cattle? We have been defiled in your eyes!

⁴Ry ilay mamiravira tena amin'ny fahatezerana, noho ny aminao va no hahatonga ny tany ho lao, ary ny vatolampy hafindra hiala amin'ny fitoerany?

⁴(He is tearing himself in his anger.) For thy sake is earth forsaken? And removed is a rock from its place?

⁵Tsy izany, fa ho faty ny jiron'ny ratsy fanahy, ary hilopilopy ny lelafony;

⁵Also, the light of the wicked is extinguished. And there doth not shine a spark of his fire.

⁶Ny mazava manjary maizina ao amin'ny lainy, ary ny jirony eo amboniny dia maty.

⁶The light hath been dark in his tent, And his lamp over him is extinguished.

⁷Etena ny herin'ny diany, ary ny fisainany ihany no mandavo azy.

⁷Straitened are the steps of his strength, And cast him down doth his own counsel.

⁸Fa ny tongony ihany no mahatonga azy eo amin'ny fandrika harato, ka manitsaka eo amin'ny harato izy;

⁸For he is sent into a net by his own feet, And on a snare he doth walk habitually.

⁹Azon'ny fandrika ny ombelahin-tongony ary voahazon'ny tadivavarana

⁹Seize on the heel doth a gin, Prevail over him do the designing.

¹⁰Miafina ao amin'ny tany ny fandrika haningotra azy sy ny tonta eny an-dalana.

¹⁰Hidden in the earth is his cord, And his trap on the path.

¹¹Fampitahorana no mampitahotra azy manodidina ka mampivadi-po azy eny amin'ny alehany rehetra.

¹¹Round about terrified him have terrors, And they have scattered him — at his feet.

¹²Liana azy ny loza, ary ny fandringanana dia vonona eo anilany;[Na: Lanin'ny mosary izy]

¹²Hungry is his sorrow, And calamity is ready at his side.

¹³Eny, laniny tsikelikely ny hodiny; ny momba ny tenany dia lanin'ny lahimatoan'ny fahafatesana.

¹³It consumeth the parts of his skin, Consume his parts doth death`s first-born.

¹⁴Ongotana hiala amin'ny lainy ny zavatra itokiany, ka tsy maintsy ho entina ho amin'ilay mpanjaka mampahatahotra indrindra izy.

¹⁴Drawn from his tent is his confidence, And it causeth him to step to the king of terrors.

¹⁵Izay tsy taranany no hitoetra ao amin'ny lainy; Solifara no hafafy amin'ny fonenany.

¹⁵It dwelleth in his tent — out of his provender, Scattered over his habitation is sulphur.

¹⁶Maina ny fakany ao ambany, ary tapaka ny rantsany eo ambony.[Na: malazo]

¹⁶From beneath his roots are dried up, And from above cut off is his crop.

¹⁷Ny fahatsiarovana azy dia very tsy ho eo amin'ny tany. Ary tsy malaza eny ivelany izy.

¹⁷His memorial hath perished from the land, And he hath no name on the street.

¹⁸Roahina hiala amin'ny mazava ho any amin'ny maizina izy ary enjehina hiala amin'izao tontolo izao.

¹⁸They thrust him from light unto darkness, And from the habitable earth cast him out.

¹⁹Tsy manana fara mandimby eo amin'ny fireneny izy, ka tsy misy tsy tratry ny loza ny ao amin'ny fonenany.

¹⁹He hath no continuator, Nor successor among his people, And none is remaining in his dwellings.

²⁰Ny manjo azy dia italanjonan'ny any andrefana, ary ny any atsinanana raiki-tahotra.Izany tokoa no anjaran'ny ratsy fanahy, ary izany no manjo ny tsy mahalala an'Andriamanitra.

²⁰At this day westerns have been astonished And easterns have taken fright.

²¹Izany tokoa no anjaran'ny ratsy fanahy, ary izany no manjo ny tsy mahalala an'Andriamanitra.

²¹Only these [are] tabernacles of the perverse, And this the place God hath not known.