Job 39
1 “[Job], do you know at what time/season [of the year] the female mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the wild deer while their fawns were being born?
“Èske ou konnen lè kabrit mòn yo fè pitit? Èske ou konn wè lè sèf yo metba?
2 Do you know how many months pass from the time they become pregnant until their fawns are born?
Èske ou kab kontwole mwa ke yo rete plenn yo, oswa èske ou konnen lè yo fè pitit?
3 [When they give birth, ] they crouch down so that the fawns do not [get hurt by] falling to the ground when they are born.
Yo bese a jenou, yo pouse fè pitit yo parèt, yo fòse fè doulè yo fini nèt.
4 The young fawns grow up in the open fields, and then they leave their mothers and do not return to them again.
Pitit yo vin fò, yo grandi nan chan lib; yo ale e yo pa retounen kote yo.
5 “Who allows the wild donkeys to go wherever they want [DOU]?
“Se kilès ki te fè bourik mawon yo vin lib? Epi kilès ki te lache kòd ki te mare sou bourik kous la,
6 I am the one who put them in the desert, in places where grass does not grow.
ke Mwen te bay savann nan kon abitasyon li, ak tè sale a kon kote pou l rete a?
7 They do not like the noise in the cities; [in the desert] they do not have to listen to the shouts of those who force donkeys to work.
Li pa bay valè a zen lavil la; kri a chofè yo, li pa okipe yo.
8 They go to the hills to find food; there they search for grass to eat.
Li chache nan tout mòn yo pou manje l e chache jwenn tout sa ki vèt.
9 :Will a wild ox agree to work for you? Will it allow you to keep it penned up at night in the place where you put feed for your animals?
“Èske bèf mawon va dakò pou sèvi ou, oswa èske l ap pase nwit lan devan manjwa ou?
10 And can you fasten it with a rope so that it will plow furrows/trenches in your fields?
Èske ou kab mare bèf mawon a ak kòd pou l rete nan ranp li, oswa èske l ap boulvèse jaden an dèyè w?
11 Since it is very strong, can you trust it to work for you? Can you go away after you tell it what work it should do [and assume that it will do that work]?
Èske ou va fè l konfyans akoz gran fòs li, e kite l responsab travay ou?
12 Can you rely on it to come back [from the field], bringing your grain to the place where you thresh it?
Èske ou va mete lafwa ou nan li pou li pote semans lakay, o ranmase seryel sou glasi vannen an?
13 “[Think also about] the ostriches. [They] joyfully flap their wings, but they do not have wing feathers [that enable them to fly] like storks do.
“Zèl a otrich yo bat anlè ak gran jwa, men èske se plimaj lanmou?
14 Ostriches lay their eggs on top of the ground [and then walk away], leaving the eggs to be warmed in the sand.
Veye byen, li abandone pwòp ze li yo sou latè a pou yo ka chofe yo nan pousyè,
15 Ostriches do not worry that some wild animal may step on the eggs and crush them [DOU].
Li bliye yon grenn pye ka kraze yo, oswa yon bèt sovaj kab foule yo.
16 Ostriches act cruelly towards their chicks; they act as though the chicks belonged to some other ostrich. They are not concerned if [their chicks die], [and so] the laying of the eggs was in vain.
Li maltrete pitit li yo ak mechanste, konsi yo pa t pou li; menm si tout travay li ta an ven, sa pa regade l;
17 That is because I did not allow ostriches to be wise. I did not enable them to be intelligent.
Akoz Bondye te fè li bliye sajès li, e pa t bay li yon pòsyon bon konprann.
18 But, when they get up and begin to run, they scornfully laugh at horses with their riders [because the horses cannot run as fast as the ostriches!]
Lè l leve kò l anlè, li giyonnen cheval la ak chevalye a.
19 And [think about] horses. [Job], are you the one who caused horses to be strong? Are you the one who put flowing (manes/long hair) on their necks?
Èske se ou ki te bay cheval la fòs? Èske ou te abiye kou li ak krenyen?
20 Are you the one who enabled them to leap forward like locusts? When they (snort/blow loudly through their noses), they cause people to be afraid.
Èske ou fè l vòltije tankou yon krikèt? Gran souf ki sòti nan nen l byen etonnan.
21 They paw the ground, rejoicing about being very strong, as they prepare to rush into a battle.
Pye li fouye tè a nan vale a, e li kontan fòs li. Li sòti parèt pou rankontre zam yo.
22 [It is as if] they laugh at the thought of being afraid. They are not afraid of anything! They do not run away when [the soldiers in the battle are fighting each other with] swords.
Li ri sou danje, ni li pa gen lakrent. Li pa vire fè bak devan nepe;
23 The quivers containing the riders’ arrows rattle against the horses’ sides, and the spears and javelins flash [in the light of the sun].
fouwo soukwe akote l, lans k ap briye a, ak gwo frenn nan.
24 The horses paw the ground fiercely/excitedly, [wanting the battle to begin, ] and they rush into the battle when the trumpet is blown.
Byen anraje e tranblan, li fè kous sou tè a, e li p ap kanpe lè vwa twonpèt la sone.
25 They neigh [joyfully] when they hear someone blowing the trumpet. They can smell a battle even when they are far away, and they understand what it means when the commanders shout their commands [to their soldiers].
Depi twonpèt la sone li di: ‘Aha!’ Soti lwen, li pran sant batay la, tonnè a kapitèn yo ak kri gè a.
26 “[And think about big birds.] Are you the one who enabled hawks to spread their wings and fly to the south [for the winter]?
Èske se pa bon konprann ou ke malfini an konn vole anlè, avèk zèl li lonje vè sid?
27 Do eagles fly high up [into the cliffs] to make their nests because you commanded them to do that?
Èske se pa kòmand pa ou ke èg la monte wo pou fè nich li nan wotè?
28 They live in [holes in] those cliffs. They are safe in those high pointed rocks [because no animals can reach them there].
Anwo sou falèz la, li rete e fè abitasyon li, sou kwen wòch yon kote ki pa kab pwoche.
29 As they watch carefully from there, they see far away the animals that they can kill (OR, dead bodies of animals).
Se la li veye manje li; zye li wè l soti lwen.
30 After an eagle kills an animal, the baby eagles drink the blood of that animal.”
Pitit li yo, anplis, konn souse san; epi kote mò yo ye; se la li ye.”
