Jòb 7
1 Lavi yon nonm sou latè, se tankou sèvis militè l'ap fè. Li tankou moun k'ap vann jounen!
Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
2 Li tankou yon esklav k'ap tann lannwit pou l' poze, tankou yon travayè k'ap tann kòb jounen travay li.
As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, and as a hireling who looks for his wages,
3 Depi kèk mwa, m' pa wè poukisa m'ap viv. Tout lannwit se soufri m'ap soufri.
so I am made to possess months of misery, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
4 M' poko kouche nan kabann mwen, m'ap mande kilè pou l' jou. Nwit la long. M' pa ka dòmi, yon bann vye lide ap pase nan tèt mwen jouk solèy leve.
When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? And I am full of tossing to and fro to the dawning of the day.
5 Tout kò m' plen vè ak gwo plak bouton toupatou. Po m' fann fann, l'ap bay postim.
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.
6 Jou m' yo pase pi vit pase zegwi nan men moun k'ap maye senn. Yo disparèt, pa gen anyen m'ap tann ankò.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
7 Bondye o! Pa bliye, lavi m' tankou yon nwaj k'ap pase. Lè m'a fèmen je m', mwen p'ap janm kapab jwi lavi a ankò.
O remember that my life is a breath. My eye shall no more see good.
8 Ou wè m' koulye a, men ou p'ap janm wè m' ankò. W'a chache m', ou p'ap jwenn mwen.
The eye of him who sees me shall behold me no more. Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.
9 Tankou yon nwaj ki ale nèt, ki disparèt, lè yon moun mouri, pa gen leve pou li ankò. (Sheol h7585)
As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more. (Sheol h7585)
10 Li p'ap janm tounen lakay li. Moun lakay li tou bliye l'.
He shall return no more to his house, nor shall his place know him any more.
11 Se poutèt sa, m' pa ka pa pale. Kè m' sere. Kite m' pale pale m'. Lapenn kaye nan kè m'. Kite m' plenyen plenyen m'.
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12 Poukisa ou mete moun veye m' konsa? M' pa lanmè. M' pa gwo bèt lanmè.
Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou set a watch over me?
13 M' te di nan kè m': M' pral lage kò m' yon kote. M'a pran yon ti kanpo. Si m' dòmi, m'a jwenn yon ti soulajman!
When I say, My bed shall comfort me. My couch shall ease my complaint.
14 Men, ou fè m' fè yon bann vye rèv k'ap fè m' pè. M'ap fè yon bann vye vizyon k'ap fè m' tranble.
Then thou scare me with dreams, and terrify me through visions,
15 Lè konsa, pito moun te trangle m'. Pito m' te mouri pase pou m' soufri tout doulè sa yo.
so that my soul chooses strangling and death rather than these my bones.
16 Se fini m'ap fini. Fòk mwen mouri yon jou! Kite m' pou kont mwen. Lavi m' prèt pou bout!
I loathe my life. I would not live always. Let me alone, for my days are vanity.
17 Kisa lèzòm ye pou ou pran ka yo konsa? Kisa yo ye menm pou w'ap okipe yo konsa?
What is man, that thou should magnify him, and that thou should set thy mind upon him,
18 Chak maten ou pase wè jan yo ye. Chak lè, w'ap gade nan fon kè yo, w'ap sonde yo.
and that thou should visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
19 Kilè w'a sispann gade m'? Ban m' yon ti souf non kont pou m' vale krache m'!
How long will thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
20 Si m' fè peche, kisa m' fè ou? Di m' non, ou menm k'ap veye tou sa moun ap fè? Poukisa w'ap plante tout flèch ou yo nan kò m' konsa? Poukisa ou fè m' tounen yon chay pou ou?
If I have sinned, what do I do to thee, O thou watcher of men? Why have thou set me as a mark for thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
21 Se sipòte ou pa ka sipòte ankò sa mwen fè ki mal? Se padonnen ou pa ka padonnen peche m' yo? Talè konsa mwen pral anba tè. W'a chache m', ou p'ap jwenn mwen ankò.
And why do thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lie down in the dust, and thou will seek me diligently, but I shall not be.
