1 ULB Afaka misintona Leviatana amin'ny fintana ve ianao? Na mamatotra ireo valanoranony amin'ny tady? BSB BSB: “Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?
2 ULB Afaka manisy tady eo amin'ny orony ve ianao, na manindrona ny valanoranony amin'ny alalan'ny fitana? BSB BSB: Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
3 ULB Hitalao fatratra aminao ve izy? Hanao teny malefaka aminao ve izy? BSB BSB: Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?
4 ULB Hanao fifanekena aminao ve izy, fa tokony ho alainao ho mpanompo mandrakizay izy? BSB BSB: Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?
5 ULB Hilalao hiaraka aminy toy ny hiarahanao amin'ny vorona ve ianao? Hamatotra azy ho an'ny mpanomponao vavy ve ianao? BSB BSB: Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?
6 ULB Hiady varotra ny aminy ve ireo vondron'ny mpanarato? Hifampizaran'izy ireo mba hamidy amin'ireo mpivarotra ve izy? BSB BSB: Will traders barter for him or divide him among the merchants?
7 ULB Mahavita mandefona ny hodiny amin'ny fitaovam-pihazana ve ianao na ny lohany amin'ny lelam-pitana? BSB BSB: Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?
8 ULB Apetaho eo aminy indray mandeha ny tananao, ary ho tsaroanao ny ady ary tsy hanao izany intsony ianao. BSB BSB: If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!
9 ULB Indro, ny fanantenan'ny olona izay manao izany dia lainga; moa ve tsy hisy olona hianjera amin'ny tany nohon'ny fahitana azy fotsiny ihany? BSB BSB: Surely hope of overcoming him is false. Is not the sight of him overwhelming?
10 ULB Tsy misy olona feno hatezerana ka sahy hihantsy Leviatana; koa, iza ary no afaka mitsangana eo anatrehako? BSB BSB: No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?
11 ULB Iza no nanome zavatra Ahy voalohany mba hanefako azy? Izay rehetra ambanin'ny lanitra manontolo dia Ahy. BSB BSB: Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.
12 ULB Tsy hangina aho mahakasika ny tongotry ny Leviatana, na ihany koa ny zavatra mahakasika ny heriny, na mahakasika ny hatsaran'ny bikany. BSB BSB: I cannot keep silent about his limbs, his power and graceful form.
13 ULB Iza no afaka manala ireo fitafiny ivelany? Iza no afaka miditra ny fiarovany misosona? BSB BSB: Who can strip off his outer coat? Who can approach him with a bridle?
14 ULB Iza no afaka manokatra ireo varavaran'ny tavany— voahodidina ireo nifiny, izay horohoro? BSB BSB: Who can open his jaws, ringed by his fearsome teeth?
15 ULB Ny lamosiny dia vita amin'ireo ampinga misosona, mifanery toy ny fihidin'ny tombo-kase. BSB BSB: His rows of scales are his pride, tightly sealed together.
16 ULB Ny iray dia tena mifanakaiky amin'ny iray hafa hany ka tsy misy rivotra afaka miditra eo anelanelan'izy ireo. BSB BSB: One scale is so near to another that no air can pass between them.
17 ULB Mifandray izy ireo; mifampiraikitra, izany dia mba tsy hahafahan'izy ireo hisaraka. BSB BSB: They are joined to one another; they clasp and cannot be separated.
18 ULB Ny hazavana mitaratra avy amin'ny fierony; ny masony dia tahaka ireo hodimason'ny vao mangiran-dratsy. BSB BSB: His snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
19 ULB Ary fanilo mirehitra no mivoaka ny vavany, miparitaka ny pitik'afo. BSB BSB: Firebrands stream from his mouth; fiery sparks shoot forth!
20 ULB Ny vavoriny dia mivoka setroka toy ny zavatra mangotraka ao anaty vilany eo ambony afo izay nokopahana ho tena mahamay. BSB BSB: Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
21 ULB Ny fofon'ainy dia mampirehitra ny vain'afo ho tonga afo; afo no mivoaka avy ao amin'ny vavany. BSB BSB: His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour from his mouth.
22 ULB Ao amin'ny vozony ny hery; ary ny horohoro dia mandihy eo anoloany. BSB BSB: Strength resides in his neck, and dismay leaps before him.
23 ULB Mikambana ny fivalonan'ireo nofony; mafy orina eo aminy ireo; tsy afaka ahetsika ireo. BSB BSB: The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.
24 ULB Ny fony dia mafy toy ny vato— eny tokoa, mafy toy ny fikosoham-bary. BSB BSB: His chest is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone!
25 ULB Rehefa manandratra ny tenany Izy, na ireo andriamanitra aza ho raiki-tahotra; nohon'ny tahotra, dia mihemotra izy ireo. BSB BSB: When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw before his thrashing.
26 ULB Raha mamely azy ny sabatra iray, dia tsy misy dikany izany— na ny lefona, tsipìka, na fitaovam-piadiana maranitra hafa. BSB BSB: The sword that reaches him has no effect, nor does the spear or dart or arrow.
27 ULB Mieritreritra izy fa tahaka ny mololo ny vy, ary tahaka ny hazo lò ny varahina. BSB BSB: He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.
28 ULB Ny tsipìka dia tsy afaka mampandositra azy; tonga akofa aminy ireo vaton'ny antsamotady. BSB BSB: No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.
29 ULB Ataony tahaka ny mololo ireo langilangy; mihomehy amin'ny firaondraonana amin'ny fanidin'ilay lefona izy. BSB BSB: A club is regarded as straw, and he laughs at the sound of the lance.
30 ULB Ny tapany ambany dia tahaka ireo vakim-bilany maranitra; mamela dian-kitsaka eo amin'ny fotaka izy tahaka ny kodiaram-by fikosoham-bary. BSB BSB: His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge.
31 ULB Ataony tahaka ny rano mangotraka anaty vilany ny lalina; ataony toy ny vilanin'ny hosotra manitra ny ranomasina. BSB BSB: He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
32 ULB Manazava izay nolalovany izy; misy mieritreritra fa fotsy volo ny lalina. BSB BSB: He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!
33 ULB Ety an-tany dia tsy misy mitovy aminy, izay noforonina mba hiaina tsy misy tahotra. BSB BSB: Nothing on earth is his equal—a creature devoid of fear!
34 ULB Mahita ny zavatra rehetra izay mirehareha izy; izy no mpanjaka ambon'ireo zanaky ny fireharehana rehetra." BSB BSB: He looks down on all the haughty; he is king over all the proud.”
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