Jòb 3
1 Lè l fini, Job te ouvri bouch li e te modi jou li te fèt la.
After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day.
2 Job te di:
And Job spoke, and said,
3 “Kite jou ke m te dwe fèt la peri, ak nwit ki te anonse ‘se yon gason ki fèt la.’
Let the day perish in which I was born, and the night [in which] it was said, There is a man child conceived.
4 Ke jou sa a kapab vin fènwa nèt. Pa kite Bondye anwo a pran swen li, ni limyè vin klere sou li.
Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
5 Kite fènwa avèk gwo tenèb reklame li. Kite fènwa jou sa a modi li.
Let darkness and the shades of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
6 Selon nwit sa a, kite tenèb sezi li. Kite li pa gen rejwisans nan jou ane a. Kite li pa antre nan chif ki konte mwa yo.
As [for] that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined to the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
7 Koute byen, kite nwit sa a rete esteril. Pa kite okenn kri lajwa antre ladann.
Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
8 Kite sila ki konn modi jou yo modi jou sa a, sila ki prè pou fè Levyatan leve kò l.
Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
9 Kite zetwal lannwit li yo vin etenn. Kite li espere limyè, men pa twouve l. E kite li pa wè maten vin parèt,
Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it look for light, but [have] none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
10 akoz li pa t fèmen ouvèti vant manman m, ni kache twoub devan zye m.
Because it prevented not my birth, nor hid sorrow from my eyes.
11 “Poukisa mwen pa t mouri lè m te fèt? Sòti nan vant li e mouri la menm?
Why died I not from the womb? [why] did I [not] expire at the time of my birth?
12 Poukisa jenou yo te resevwa m, e poukisa tete a, pou m ta pran?
Why did the knees receive me? or why the breasts that I should be nursed?
13 Paske koulye a mwen t ap gen tan kouche pou m jwenn lapè; mwen t ap dòmi depi lè sa a e mwen t ap twouve repo,
For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
14 ansanm ak wa ak konseye latè ki te rebati ansyen mazi yo pou kont yo;
With kings and counselors of the earth, who built desolate places for themselves;
15 oswa avèk prens ki te gen lò yo, ki t ap plen lakay yo ak ajan;
Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
16 Oswa kon yon fòs kouch ki kache, mwen pa t ap egziste, kon yon pitit ki pa t janm wè limyè.
Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants [which] never saw light.
17 La, mechan yo sispann fè laraj, e la moun fatige yo jwenn repo.
There the wicked cease [from] troubling; and there the weary are at rest.
18 Prizonye yo alèz ansanm. Yo p ap tande vwa a sipèvizè a.
[There] the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
19 Ni piti, ni gran yo la. E esklav la lib de mèt li.
The small and great are there; and the servant [is] free from his master.
20 “Poukisa limyè bay a sila ki soufri a, e lavi a nanm anmè a,
Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to the bitter [in] soul;
21 ki anvi wè lanmò, men nanpwen, e fouye plis pou twouve li pase trezò kache,
Who long for death, but it [cometh] not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
22 ki rejwi anpil e fè lwanj lè yo rive nan tonbo a?
Who rejoice exceedingly, [and] are glad, when they can find the grave?
23 Poukisa limyè bay a yon nonm ak chemen an kache a, ke Bondye te jennen tout kote a?
[Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
24 Paske soupi mwen yo parèt menm moman manje a rive devan ze m. Epi kri mwen yo vide tankou dlo.
For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
25 Paske sa m krent lan te vini sou mwen. Sa ke m pa vle wè a te tonbe sou mwen.
For the thing which I greatly feared hath come upon me, and that which I dreaded hath come to me.
26 Mwen pa alèz, ni mwen pa anpè. Mwen pa jwenn repo, ni m pa kal, men se boulvèsman ki vin parèt.”
I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
