1 ULB Koa ankehitriny, ry Joba, miangavy anao aho, mandrenesa ny lahateniko; henoy ny teniko rehetra. BSB BSB: “But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
2 ULB Indro ankehitriny, efa manokatra ny vavako aho; efa miteny tao am-bavako ny lelako. BSB BSB: Behold, I will open my mouth; my address is on the tip of my tongue.
3 ULB Avy amin'ny fahitsian'ny foko ny teniko; manambara fahalalana madio ny molotro. BSB BSB: My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know.
4 ULB Ny Fanahin'Andriamanitra no nanao ahy; ny fofonain'ilay Tsitoha no nanome fahavelomana ahy. BSB BSB: The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
5 ULB Raha azonao atao, valio aho; alaharo eto anatrehako ny teninao ka mitsangàna. BSB BSB: Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me.
6 ULB Indro, tahaka anao ihany aho eo imason'Andriamanitra; namboarina avy tamin'ny tanimanga ihany koa aho. BSB BSB: I am just like you before God; I was also formed from clay.
7 ULB Indro, tsy hampatahotra anao ny horohoroko; na havesatra anao ny tsindriko. BSB BSB: Surely no fear of me should terrify you; nor will my hand be heavy upon you.
8 ULB Niteny teo an-tsofiko tokoa ianao; reko ny feon'ny teninao nanao hoe: BSB BSB: Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words:
9 ULB 'Madio aho ary tsy misy heloka; tsy manan-tsiny aho, ary tsy misy ota ato amiko. BSB BSB: ‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me.
10 ULB Indro, mahita irika hamelezana ahy Andriamanitra; raisiny ho toy ny fahavalony aho. BSB BSB: Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy.
11 ULB Hapetrany amin'ny boloky hazo ny tongotro; dinihiny avokoa ny lalako.' BSB BSB: He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’
12 ULB Indro, amin'izao no mahadiso anao—hamaly anao aho, satria lehibe noho ny olona Andriamanitra. BSB BSB: Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
13 ULB Nahoana ianao no miady aminy? Tsy manisa na inona na inona amin'izay ataony Izy. BSB BSB: Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?
14 ULB Fa miteny indray mandeha Andriamanitra—eny, indroa, na dia tsy tsikaritry ny olona aza izany. BSB BSB: For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.
15 ULB Ao anaty nofy, ao anaty fahitana amin'ny alina, rehefa tonga amin'ny olona ny torimaso lalina, rehefa ao anaty faharendrehana eo am-pandriana— BSB BSB: In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,
16 ULB dia manokatra ny sofin'ny olona Andriamanitra, ary mampitahotra azy ireo amin'ny horohoro, BSB BSB: He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings
17 ULB mba hisintonana ny olona hiala amin'ny tanjony feno fahotana, sy hanalavirana ny fieboeboana aminy. BSB BSB: to turn a man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride,
18 ULB Andriamanitra no miaro ny ain'ny olona amin'ny lavaka, ny ainy tsy hiampita ho any amin'ny fahafatesana. BSB BSB: to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
19 ULB Faizina amin'ny fanaintainana eo am-pandriany ihany koa ny olona, miaraka amin'ny fangirifiriana tsy miato ao amin'ny taolany, BSB BSB: A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,
20 ULB mba hankahala hanina ny ainy, ary hankahala hanim-py ny fanahiny. BSB BSB: so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.
21 ULB Levona ny nofony mba tsy ho hita; ny taolany, izay tsy hita fahiny, dia mitrakitraky ankehitriny. BSB BSB: His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.
22 ULB Eny tokoa, manakaiky lavaka ny fanahiny, ary ny ainy akaikin'ireo izay maniry ny hamotika izany. BSB BSB: He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.
23 ULB Saingy raha misy anjely iray afaka ny ho mpanelanelana ho azy, dia mpanelanelana iray, avy amin'ireo anjely an'alinalina, mba hampiseho azy izay mety hatao, BSB BSB: Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,
24 ULB ary raha malemy fanahy aminy ilay anjely ka miteny amin'Andriamanitra hoe: 'Vonjeo mba tsy hidina any an-davaka ity olona ity; fa nahita vidim-panavotana ho azy aho,' BSB BSB: to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’
25 ULB ary dia hanjary ho vaovao noho ny an'ny zaza ny nofony; dia hiverina amin'ny andro tamin'ny herin'ny fahatanorany izy. BSB BSB: then his flesh is refreshed like a child’s; he returns to the days of his youth.
26 ULB Hivavaka amin'Andriamanitra izy, ary halemy fanahy aminy Andriamanitra, mba hahitany ny tavan'Andriamanitra amin'ny fifaliana. Homen'Andriamanitra an'ilay olona ny fandreseny. BSB BSB: He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.
27 ULB Dia hihira eo anoloan'ny olona hafa izany olona izany ka hanao hoe: 'Nanota aho ka namadika izay marina, saingy tsy nofaizina ny fahotako. BSB BSB: Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
28 ULB Namonjy ny fanahiko tsy hidina any an-davaka Andriamanitra; hahita fahazavana hatrany ny fiainako.' BSB BSB: He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
29 ULB Indro, manao ireo zavatra ireo amin'ny olona iray Andriamanitra, indroa, eny, intelo aza, BSB BSB: Behold, all these things God does to a man, two or even three times,
30 ULB mba hitondra ny fanahiny hiverina avy any an-davaka, mba ho hazavaina amin'ny fahazavan'aina izy. BSB BSB: to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
31 ULB Mitandrema, ry Joba, ary mihainoa ahy; mangina dia hiteny aho. BSB BSB: Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.
32 ULB Raha misy hambara ianao, dia valio aho; mitenena, fa maniry ny hanaporofo aho fa marina ianao. BSB BSB: But if you have something to say, answer me; speak up, for I would like to vindicate you.
33 ULB Raha tsy izany, dia henoy aho; mangina, dia hampianariko fahendrena ianao." BSB BSB: But if not, then listen to me; be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom.”
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