¹[Ny fizahan-toetra faharoa nahazo an'i Joba, sy ny namangian'ny sakaizany telo lahy azy] Ary tamin'ny indray andro koa dia avy ireo zanak'Andriamanitra hiseho teo anatrehan'i Jehovah, ka dia mba tonga teo koa Satana tafaharo taminy hiseho teo anatrehan'i Jehovah.

¹And the day is, that sons of God come in to station themselves by Jehovah, and there doth come also the Adversary in their midst to station himself by Jehovah.

²Dia hoy Jehovah tamin'i Satana: Avy taiza ianao? Ary Satana dia namaly an'i Jehovah ka nanao hoe: Avy nizahazaha teny amin'ny tany aho ka nivezivezy teny.

²And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Whence camest thou?` And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `From going to and fro in the land, and from walking up and down in it.`

³Dia 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? Ary mbola mitana mafy ny fahamarinany ihany izy, na dia nanesika Ahy hamongotra azy foana aza ianao.

³And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Hast thou set thy heart unto My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God and turning aside from evil? and still he is keeping hold on his integrity, and thou dost move Me against him to swallow him up for nought!`

⁴Ary Satana dia namaly an'i Jehovah ka nanao hoe: Hoditra fefin'ny hoditra, eny, izay rehetra ananan'ny olona dia homeny ho-fefin'ny ainy.

⁴And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `A skin for a skin, and all that a man hath he doth give for his life.

⁵Fa ahinjiro ange ny tananao, ka tendreo ny taolany sy ny nofony raha tsy handà Anao eo Imasonao aza Izy e![Na: hahafoy Anao mihitsy]

⁵Yet, put forth, I pray Thee, Thy hand, and strike unto his bone and unto his flesh — if not: unto Thy face he doth bless Thee!`

⁶Dia hoy Jehovah tamin'i Satana: Indro, eo an-tananao izy; ny ainy tokana ihany no aza asiana.

⁶And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Lo, he [is] in thy hand; only his life take care of.`

⁷Dia nivoaka Satana avy teo anatrehan'i Jehovah ka namely vay ratsy an'i Joba hatramin'ny faladiany ka hatramin'ny tampon-dohany.

⁷And the Adversary goeth forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smiteth Job with a sore ulcer from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

⁸Dia naka tavim-bilany hihaorany izy, raha nipetraka teo an-davenona.

⁸And he taketh to him a potsherd to scrape himself with it, and he is sitting in the midst of the ashes.

⁹Ary hoy ny vadiny taminy: Mbola mitana ny fahamarinanao ihany va ianao? Mahafoiza an'Andriamanitra ianao, dia aoka ho faty.

⁹And his wife saith to him, `Still thou art keeping hold on thine integrity: bless God and die.`

¹⁰Fa hoy izy taminy: Tahaka ny tenin'ny anankiray amin'ny vehivavy adala ny teninao. Moa ny soa ihany va no horaisintsika avy amin'Andriamanitra, fa tsy ny ratsy koa? Tamin'izany rehetra izany dia tsy nanota tamin'ny molony Joba.

¹⁰And he saith unto her, `As one of the foolish women speaketh, thou speakest; yea, the good we receive from God, and the evil we do not receive.` In all this Job hath not sinned with his lips.

¹¹Ary rehefa ren'ny sakaizan'i Joba telo lahy ny fahoriana rehetra izay nanjo azy, dia samy niainga avy tany amin'ny fonenany avy izy dia Elifaza Temanita sy Bildada Sohita ary Zofara Namatita ary nifamotoana izy mba handeha hitsapa alahelo sy hampionona azy.

¹¹And three of the friends of Job hear of all this evil that hath come upon him, and they come in each from his place — Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite — and they are met together to come in to bemoan him, and to comfort him;

¹²Ary nanopy ny masony teny lavidavitra eny izy telo lahy ka tsy nahafantatra azy, dia nanandratra ny feony izy ka nitomany; ary samy nandriatra ny lambany avy koa izy rehetra, dia nanopy vovoka ho amin'ny lanitra hiraraka amin'ny lohany.Ary niara-nipetraka teo aminy tamin'ny tany hafitoan'andro sy hafitoan'alina izy, nefa tsy nisy niteny taminy na dia indraim-bava akory aza, satria hitany fa mafy loatra ny fahoriany.

¹²and they lift up their eyes from afar and have not discerned him, and they lift up their voice and weep, and rend each his robe, and sprinkle dust on their heads — heavenward.

¹³Ary niara-nipetraka teo aminy tamin'ny tany hafitoan'andro sy hafitoan'alina izy, nefa tsy nisy niteny taminy na dia indraim-bava akory aza, satria hitany fa mafy loatra ny fahoriany.

¹³And they sit with him on the earth seven days and seven nights, and there is none speaking unto him a word when they have seen that the pain hath been very great.