¹[Ny fitarainan'i Joba noho ny fahoriana nanjo azy] Rehefa afaka izany, dia niloa-bava Joba ka nanozona ny androny

¹After this hath Job opened his mouth, and revileth his day.

²nanao hoe:

²And Job answereth and saith: —

³Foàna anie ny andro nahaterahako sy ny alina izay nanao hoe: Misy zazalahy vao torontoronina!

³Let the day perish in which I am born, And the night that hath said: `A man-child hath been conceived.`

⁴Izany andro izany dia aoka ho maizina, ary aoka tsy hitady azy Andriamanitra any ambony; ary aoka tsy hisy mazava hamirapiratra aminy;

⁴That day — let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it.

⁵Aoka ny aizina sy ny aloky ny fahafatesana hahalasa azy indray; Aoka ny rahona hitatao eo amboniny; Aoka izay zavatra mahamaizina ny andro hampahatsiravina azy.[Na:handoto azy]

⁵Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.

⁶Izany alina izany aoka ny aizim-pito hisambotra azy; Aoka tsy hiara-mifaly amin'ny andron'ny taona izy. Ary tsy ho tonga amin'ny isan'ny volana;

⁶That night — let thick darkness take it, Let it not be united to days of the year, Into the number of months let it not come.

⁷Indro izany alina izany aoka ho momba izy; Aoka tsy ho velona ao ny hoby;

⁷Lo! that night — let it be gloomy, Let no singing come into it.

⁸Aoka hanozona azy ny mpanozona andro, Izay mahay mamoha ny dragona;

⁸Let the cursers of day mark it, Who are ready to wake up Leviathan.

⁹Aoka ho maizina ny kintan'ny marainany; Aoka hiandry ny mazava izy, nefa tsy hisy, ary aoka tsy ho faly mahita ny hodimason'ny maraina izy,

⁹Let the stars of its twilight be dark, Let it wait for light, and there is none, And let it not look on the eyelids of the dawn.

¹⁰Satria tsy nanidy ny varavaran'ny kibon'ineny izy ka tsy nanafina fahoriana tamin'ny masoko.

¹⁰Because it hath not shut the doors Of the womb that was mine! And hide misery from mine eyes.

¹¹Nahoana re aho no tsy maty hatrany am-bohoka e, ary tsy niala aina, fony vao nivoaka avy tany an-kibo e?

¹¹Why from the womb do I not die? From the belly I have come forth and gasp!

¹²Nahoana no nisy lohalika niandry ahy? Ary nahoana no nisy nono hinonoako?

¹²Wherefore have knees been before me? And what [are] breasts, that I suck?

¹³Fa raha tsy izany, dia efa nandry aho toy izay ka niadana, eny, natory aho ka afa-tsasatra,

¹³For now, I have lain down, and am quiet, I have slept — then there is rest to me,

¹⁴Teo amin'ny mpanjaka sy ny mpanolo-tsaina avy amin'ny tany, izay nanao ireny tanàna efa rava, [Na: namboatra][Na: fasana lehibe]

¹⁴With kings and counsellors of earth, These building wastes for themselves.

¹⁵Na teo amin'ny andriandahy izay manana volamena sady mameno volafotsy ny tranony;

¹⁵Or with princes — they have gold, They are filling their houses [with] silver.

¹⁶Na efa tsy ary toy ny zaza tsy tonga volana aho ka nafenina, dia toy ny zaza izay tsy nahita ny mazava akory.

¹⁶(Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants — they have not seen light.)

¹⁷Any no itsaharan'ny ratsy fanahy tsy hampitebiteby, ary any ny reraka no afa-tsasatra;

¹⁷There the wicked have ceased troubling, And there rest do the wearied in power.

¹⁸Miara-miadana avokoa ny mpifatotra; Tsy mandre ny feon'ny mpampiasa izy.

¹⁸Together prisoners have been at ease, They have not heard the voice of an exactor,

¹⁹Samy any ny kely sy ny lehibe, Ary ny mpanompo dia afaka amin'ny tompony.

¹⁹Small and great [are] there the same. And a servant [is] free from his lord.

²⁰Nahoana no fahazavana no mba omena ny reraka, ary fiainana ho an'izay latsaka amin'ny fangidiana?

²⁰Why giveth He to the miserable light, and life to the bitter soul?

²¹Izay miandry fahafatesana, nefa tsy avy izy, sady mitady azy mihoatra noho ny fitady harena nafenina:

²¹Who are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures.

²²Izay faly indrindra sady ravoravo, raha mahita ny fasana,

²²Who are glad — unto joy, They rejoice when they find a grave.

²³Dia olona izay mandeha ao amin'ny maizina sady voafefin'Andriamanitra manodidina.

²³To a man whose way hath been hidden, And whom God doth shut up?

²⁴Fa mialoha ny haninkaniko ny fitolokoko, ary migororoana toy ny rano ny fidradradradrako;

²⁴For before my food, my sighing cometh, And poured out as waters [are] my roarings.

²⁵Fa Izay atahorako no mahazo ahy, ary izay angovitako no manjo ahy.Tsy mbola nahita fiadanana na fitsaharana na fakàna aina akory aza aho, dia tonga indray ny tebiteby.

²⁵For a fear I feared and it meeteth me, And what I was afraid of doth come to me.

²⁶Tsy mbola nahita fiadanana na fitsaharana na fakàna aina akory aza aho, dia tonga indray ny tebiteby.

²⁶I was not safe — nor was I quiet — Nor was I at rest — and trouble cometh!