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

¹And Job answereth and saith: —

²Mbola atao ho fikomianao ihany ny fitarainako; Ny tanana mamely ahy dia mitambesatra amin'ny fisentoako.[Na: mangidy]

²Also — to-day [is] my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.

³Enga anie ka ho fantatro izay hahitako Azy ka ho tonga any amin'ny fitoerany aza!

³O that I had known — and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,

⁴Dia handahatra ny teniko eo anatrehany aho. Ka hofenoiko ny teny alahatro ny vavako;

⁴I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill [with] arguments.

⁵Ary hahalala izay teny havaliny ahy aho sy hamantatra izay holazainy amiko.

⁵I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.

⁶Hery lehibe va no handaharany teny amiko? Tsia, fa Izy indrindra no hihaino ahy

⁶In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth [it] in me.

⁷Fa amin'izany dia olona marina no ho nifandahatra taminy; Ka dia ho nanan-drariny mihitsy aho tamin'ny Mpitsara ahy.

⁷There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.

⁸Indro, miantsinanana aho, fa tsy any Izy; Ary miankandrefana aho, fa tsy hitako Izy;

⁸Lo, forward I go — and He is not, And backward — and I perceive him not.

⁹Mianavaratra amin'izay iasany aho, fa tsy tazako Izy; Mivily any atsimo Izy, ka tsy hitako.

⁹[To] the left in His working — and I see not, He is covered [on] the right, and I behold not.

¹⁰Fa mahalala ny lalana falehako Izy; Raha hizahany toetra aho, dia hivoaka tahaka ny volamena.

¹⁰For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me — as gold I go forth.

¹¹Ny tongotro nifikitra tamin'ny lalany; Eny, ny lalany no nizorako tsara, ka tsy nivily aho.

¹¹On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,

¹²Ny didin'ny molony tsy mba nialako; Ny tenin'ny vavany noraketiko mihoatra noho ny faniriako.[Na: anjara-haniko]

¹²The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.

¹³Nefa tsy miova saina Izy, iza no mahasakana Azy? Fa na inona na inona irin'ny fanahiny dia ataony.

¹³And He [is] in one [mind], And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired — and He doth [it].

¹⁴Eny, manatanteraka izay voatendry ho ahy Izy; Ary zavatra maro toy izany no ao aminy;

¹⁴For He doth complete my portion, And many such things [are] with Him.

¹⁵Roa Izany no mampangovitra ahy eo anatrehany; Raha misaintsaina izany aho, dia matahotra Azy.

¹⁵Therefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him.

¹⁶Fa Andriamanitra no mandrerakany foko, ary ny Tsitoha no mampangovitra ahy;Fa tsy ny fahamaizinana no maharesy ahy, na ny maizim-pito izay manarona ny tavako.[Na: Satria tsy nalaina aho, dieny tsy mbola avy ny maizina, Ary tsy nanafina ny maizim-pito amin'ny tavako Izy]

¹⁶And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me.

¹⁷Fa tsy ny fahamaizinana no maharesy ahy, na ny maizim-pito izay manarona ny tavako.[Na: Satria tsy nalaina aho, dieny tsy mbola avy ny maizina, Ary tsy nanafina ny maizim-pito amin'ny tavako Izy]

¹⁷For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.