Jòb 17
1 Souf mwen prèt pou koupe. Mwen pa lwen mouri. Se pou simityè ase mwen bon.
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
2 Kote m' vire, se moun k'ap pase m' nan betiz. Vye pawòl jouman yo enpoze m' dòmi.
Are there not mockers with me? and does not mine eye continue in their provocation?
3 Ou mèt kwè m', Bondye! Se ou menm ankò ki pou bay garanti pou mwen. M' pa gen pesonn lòt ki ka tope ak yo.
Lay down now, put me in a guarantor with you; who is he that will shake hands with me?
4 Ou fèmen lespri yo pou yo pa konprann. Pa kite yo gen rezon sou mwen.
For you have hid their heart from understanding: therefore shall you not exalt them.
5 Pawòl la di: Yon moun ap fè gwo fèt pou zanmi l', epi pitit li yo ap mouri grangou anndan lakay li.
He that speaks flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
6 Yo fè koze sou mwen nan pèp la. Yo vin krache nan figi m'!
He has made me also a byword of the people; and in old times I was as a timbrel.
7 Mwen sitèlman nan lapenn, m' pa ka louvri je m'. Mwen fin tounen zo ak po. Ata lonbraj mwen pa fè!
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
8 Moun k'ap mache dwat yo sezi lè yo wè sa. Inonsan yo fin debòde sou mechan an ki vire do bay Bondye.
Upright men shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
9 Moun k'ap mennen yon vi dwat, se yo ki gen rezon. Sa ki pa mete men yo nan ankenn move zafè kanpe pi rèd sou pozisyon yo.
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that has clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
10 Nou tout mèt vin kanpe devan m', mwen p'ap jwenn yonn ladan nou ki gen bon konprann.
But as for you all, do all of you return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
11 Mwen fin viv! Tout plan m' te gen nan tèt mwen kraze. Mwen pa gen ankenn espwa ankò.
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
12 Yo pretann lannwit se lajounen. Lè fènwa, yo di limyè a pa lwen.
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness. (Sheol h7585)
14 Mwen di tonm lan ou se papa m'. Mwen di vèmen ki pral manje m' yo: nou se manman m' ak sè m'.
I have said to corruption, You are my father: to the worm, You are my mother, and my sister.
15 Kote ki gen espwa pou mwen ankò? Ki moun ki wè yon bon lavi pou mwen ankò?
And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
