Job 24
1 Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do those who know him not see his days?
Poukisa Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a pa fikse yon dat pou li jije tout moun, yon jou pou li rann tout moun k'ap sèvi l' yo jistis?
2 There are men who remove the landmarks. They take away flocks violently, and feed them.
Mechan yo deplase bòn tè moun. Yo vòlò mouton lòt moun, mete ansanm avèk bann mouton pa yo.
3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless. They take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Yo pran bourik ki pou timoun san papa yo. Yo sezi bèf vèv la jouk li resi peye dèt li.
4 They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
Yo enpoze pòv yo jwenn sa ki vin pou yo. Yo fòse tout pòv malere kouri al kache.
5 Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness yields them bread for their sons.
Tankou bourik mawon, pòv yo soti al nan dezè a, y' al chache lavi pou pitit yo ki grangou. Pa gen lòt kote yo ka ale.
6 They cut their provender in the field, and they glean the vintage of the wicked.
Y'ap ranmase rekòt pou lòt moun. Y'ap keyi rezen nan jaden pou mechan yo.
7 They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
Lè yo toutouni, yo pa gen rad pou mete sou yo. Lannwit, yo pa gen anyen pou chofe kò yo lè yo frèt.
8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
Lapli k'ap tonbe sou mòn yo mouye yo jouk nan zo. Yo kwoupi kò yo dèyè wòch pou pare lapli.
9 There are men who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,
Mechan yo wete timoun san papa yo nan men manman yo pou fè yo tounen esklav. Yo pran rad pòv malere yo pou garanti dèt yo.
10 so that they go about naked without clothing, and being hungry they carry the sheaves.
Pòv yo menm ap mache yon men devan yon men dèyè, san rad pou mete sou yo. Y'ap mache ranmase rekòt nan jaden, men y'ap mouri grangou.
11 They make oil within the walls of these men. They tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
Nan lakou mechan yo y'ap moulen grenn oliv fè lwil. Y'ap kraze rezen fè diven. Men y'ap mouri swaf dlo.
12 From out of the populous city men groan, and the soul of the wounded cries out. Yet God does not regard the folly.
Nan lavil yo, ou tande moun k'ap mouri yo ap plenn. Ou tande moun ki blese yo ap rele anmwe. Men, Bondye fè tankou li pa tande yo.
13 These are of those who rebel against the light. They do not know the ways of it, nor abide in the paths of it.
Se moun sa yo ki pa vle wè limyè a. Yo derefize konprann limyè a. Yo pa vle pran chemen limyè a nan tou sa y'ap fè.
14 The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. And in the night he is as a thief.
Anvan bajou kase, ansasen an gen tan leve, pou li al touye pòv malere yo. Lannwit, se vòlò l'ap mache vòlò.
15 The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me. And he disguises his face.
Mouche marye k'ap fè adiltè a ap tann solèy kouche konsa. Li bouche figi l' pou pesonn pa wè l'.
16 In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They do not know the light.
Lannwit, vòlè ap kraze kay moun. Lajounen yo kache, y'ap kouri pou solèy.
17 For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness. For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
Yo pè limyè lajounen an. Men, pa gen anyen ki pou fè yo pè nan fènwa a.
18 Swiftly they pass away upon the face of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth. They do not turn into the way of the vineyards.
Lè sa a, Sofa di konsa: -Men dlo desann pote mechan yo ale. Madichon Bondye tonbe sou tout tè ki pou yo. Yo pa soti al travay nan jaden rezen yo.
Menm jan chalè fonn lanèj, lèfini tè sèk bwè dlo a, se konsa moun k'ap fè peche yo ap disparèt ale nan peyi kote mò yo ye a. (Sheol h7585)
20 The womb shall forget him. The worm shall feed sweetly on him. He shall be no more remembered. And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.
Tout moun bliye yo. Ata manman ki fè yo pa chonje yo. Se vè k'ap manje kadav yo. Yo fini tankou yon pyebwa yo koupe jete.
21 He devours the barren who do not bear, and does no good to the widow.
Tou sa rive konsa, paske li maltrete fanm ki pa ka fè pitit. Li san pitye pou vèv yo.
22 Yet God preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.
Lè sa a, Bondye detwi gwo chèf yo ak fòs ponyèt li. Li annik parèt, mechan an konnen li mouri.
23 God gives them to be in security, and they rest in it. And his eyes are upon their ways.
Bondye kite l' viv alèz san pwoblèm, men, se toutan l'ap veye tou sa l'ap fè.
24 They are exalted. Yet a little while, and they are gone. Yea, they are brought low. They are taken out of the way as all others, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.
Zafè mechan yo mache byen pou yon tan. Men, apre sa, yo fennen tankou zèb savann, tankou tèt ble yo koupe.
25 And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?
Si se pa konsa sa ye, ki moun ki ka demanti sa m' di la a? Ki moun ki ka fè wè pawòl mwen yo pa vo anyen?
