Jòb 17
1 “Lespri m fin kase. Jou m yo etenn; tonbo a pare pou mwen.
My spirit is broken, my days are cut short, the grave is ready for me.
2 Anverite mokè yo avè m, e zye m fikse sou pwovokasyon yo.
Yet truly those that mock are with me, and on their offendings must my eye rest.
3 “Depoze la koulye a, yon sekirite. Kanpe kon garanti mwen, ak Ou menm. Se kilès ki kab antann avè m?
And thou, [Creator!] attend, I pray thee, be my surety with thyself: who else is there that would strike hands with me?
4 Paske Ou te anpeche kè yo konprann; pou sa, ou pa p egzalte yo.
For thou hast concealed their heart against intelligence: therefore art thou not exalted [through them].
5 Sila ki enfòme kont zanmi li yo pou piyaj la, menm zye pitit li yo va vin gate.
Every one of them speaketh deceptively to his friends: may also the eyes of his children fail.
6 “Men Li te fè m vin tounen yon vye pwovèb pou pèp la. Konsa, yo vin krache sou figi m.
And he hath placed me here as a by-word unto nations; and I become openly as a place of abomination.
7 Anplis, zye m vin pa wè klè akoz doulè m, e tout nanm mwen tankou lonbraj.
Therefore is my eye dim from vexation, and my limbs are all of them like a shadow.
8 Moun ladwati va byen twouble ak sa, e linosan an va leve li menm kont enkwayan yo.
Upright men must be astonished at this, and the innocent must arouse himself against the hypocrite.
9 Malgre, moun dwat la va kenbe chemen li e sila ki gen men pwòp yo va vin pi fò e pi fò.
Yet will the righteous hold firmly on to his way; and he that is clean of hands will acquire additional strength.
10 Men nou tout, retounen; malgre mwen pa twouve yon nonm saj pami nou.
But all of you, do only return, and come but [to me]: and yet I shall not find among you one wise man.
11 Jou pa m yo fin pase, plan mwen yo vin chire nèt, menm dezi a kè mwen yo.
My days are past, my resolves are broken off, [even the thoughts]—the possessions of my heart.
12 Yo fè lannwit mwen vin sanble lajounen. Yo di ‘limyè a toupre’ lè tout se fènwa.
These would change the night into day, the light as near in the presence of darkness.—
When I hope for the nether world as my house; in the darkness have I spread my couch; (Sheol h7585)
14 Si mwen kriye a fòs tonbo a: ‘Se ou ki papa m’; epi a vè a: “Ou se manman m ak sè m’;
When I call to corruption, Thou art my father: Thou art my mother, and my sister, to the worms.
15 Alò, koulye a, se kibò espwa mwen ye? Epi se kilès k ap okipe espwa m?
Ay, where is then my hope? as for my hope, who will see it [fulfilled]?
