Jòb 24
1 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?
“Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?
2 Mechan yo deplase bòn tè moun. Yo vòlò mouton lòt moun, mete ansanm avèk bann mouton pa yo.
Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.
3 Yo pran bourik ki pou timoun san papa yo. Yo sezi bèf vèv la jouk li resi peye dèt li.
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
4 Yo enpoze pòv yo jwenn sa ki vin pou yo. Yo fòse tout pòv malere kouri al kache.
They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
5 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.
Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.
6 Y'ap ranmase rekòt pou lòt moun. Y'ap keyi rezen nan jaden pou mechan yo.
They gather fodder in the fields and glean the vineyards of the wicked.
7 Lè yo toutouni, yo pa gen rad pou mete sou yo. Lannwit, yo pa gen anyen pou chofe kò yo lè yo frèt.
Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold.
8 Lapli k'ap tonbe sou mòn yo mouye yo jouk nan zo. Yo kwoupi kò yo dèyè wòch pou pare lapli.
Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.
9 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.
The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.
10 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.
Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
11 Nan lakou mechan yo y'ap moulen grenn oliv fè lwil. Y'ap kraze rezen fè diven. Men y'ap mouri swaf dlo.
They crush olives within their walls; they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.
12 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.
From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.
13 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.
Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
14 Anvan bajou kase, ansasen an gen tan leve, pou li al touye pòv malere yo. Lannwit, se vòlò l'ap mache vòlò.
When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
15 Mouche marye k'ap fè adiltè a ap tann solèy kouche konsa. Li bouche figi l' pou pesonn pa wè l'.
The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.
16 Lannwit, vòlè ap kraze kay moun. Lajounen yo kache, y'ap kouri pou solèy.
In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
17 Yo pè limyè lajounen an. Men, pa gen anyen ki pou fè yo pè nan fènwa a.
For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!
18 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.
They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.
19 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)
As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned. (Sheol h7585)
20 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.
The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.
21 Tou sa rive konsa, paske li maltrete fanm ki pa ka fè pitit. Li san pitye pou vèv yo.
They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.
22 Lè sa a, Bondye detwi gwo chèf yo ak fòs ponyèt li. Li annik parèt, mechan an konnen li mouri.
Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.
23 Bondye kite l' viv alèz san pwoblèm, men, se toutan l'ap veye tou sa l'ap fè.
He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.
24 Zafè mechan yo mache byen pou yon tan. Men, apre sa, yo fennen tankou zèb savann, tankou tèt ble yo koupe.
They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.
25 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?
If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”
