Job 4
1 Then Eliphaz the Thaemanite answered and said,
Elifaz, moun Teman an, pran lapawòl, li di konsa:
2 Hast you been often spoken to in distress? but who shall endure the force of your words?
-Jòb, si m' pale avè ou, ou p'ap fache, vye frè? Mwen pa ka pa pale.
3 For whereas you have instructed many, and have strengthened the hands of the weak one,
Yon lè, se ou ki te konn moutre moun anpil bagay, se ou ki te konn bay moun fòs lè yo fèb.
4 and have supported the failing with words, and have imparted courage to feeble knees.
Pawòl nan bouch ou te yon ankourajman pou moun ki te dekouraje. Ou te ede yo kanpe sou de pye yo ankò.
5 Yet now [that] pain has come upon you, and touched you, you are troubled.
Koulye a, paske se tou pa ou, ou pèdi tèt ou. Malè tonbe sou ou, w'ap depale.
6 Is not your fear [founded] in folly, your hope also, and the mischief of your way?
W'ap sèvi Bondye, ou fèt pou genyen l' konfyans. Ou mennen bak ou byen, ou pa fèt pou dekouraje.
7 Remember then who has perished, being pure? or when were the true-hearted utterly destroyed?
Repase tèt ou byen. Ou janm konnen yon inonsan ki mouri mal? Ou janm wè yo touye yon moun ki mache dwat?
8 Accordingly as I have seen men plowing barren places, and they that sow them will reap sorrows for themselves.
M'ap di sa m' wè ak je m': Moun ki kouve mechanste nan kè yo epi k'ap mache bay moun lapenn, se mechanste ak lapenn yo rekòlte.
9 They shall perish by the command of the Lord, and shall be utterly consumed by the breath of his wrath.
Lè Bondye fache, li soufle sou yo, yo mouri. Lè van tanpèt Bondye a leve, yo disparèt.
10 The strength of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the exulting cry of serpents are quenched.
Mechan yo rele kou lyon, yo gwonde kou bèt sovaj. Men, Bondye fèmen bouch yo, li kase dan nan bouch yo.
11 The old lion has perished for lack of food, and the lions' whelps have forsaken one another.
Yo mouri tankou lyon ki pa jwenn bèt pou yo manje. Tout pitit yo gaye nan bwa.
12 But if there had been any truth in your words, none of these evils would have befallen you. Shall not mine ear receive excellent [revelations] from him?
Yon lè, mwen tande Bondye t'ap pale tou dousman nan zòrèy mwen. Mwen pa t' fin tande nèt sa li t'ap di.
13 But [as when] terror falls upon men, with dread and a sound in the night,
Tankou yon move rèv nan mitan lannwit, li mete yon bann vye lide nan tèt mwen. M' pa ka dòmi tèlman mwen pè.
14 horror and trembling seized me, and caused all my bones greatly to shake.
Mwen pran tranble, mwen santi yon frison mache nan tout kò m'. Tout zo nan kò m' ap krake.
15 And a spirit came before my face; and my hair and flesh quivered.
Yon souf pase bò figi m', tout cheve nan tèt mwen kanpe.
16 I arose and perceived it not: I looked, and there, was no form before my eyes: but I only heard a breath and a voice, [saying],
Mwen rete konsa mwen wè yon moun kanpe devan m'. Mwen pa t' rekonèt ki moun li ye. Men, fòm moun lan te la devan je m'. Mwen pa tande yon ti bri menm. Apre sa, mwen tande yon vwa ki t'ap pale tou dousman, li t'ap di:
17 What, shall a mortal be pure before the Lord? or a man be blameless in regard to his works?
Ki moun ki ka di li mache dwat devan Bondye? Ki moun ki san repwòch devan Bondye ki kreye l' la?
18 Whereas he trust not in his servants, and perceives perverseness in his angels.
Bondye pa janm fin fye sèvitè l' yo nèt. Ata zanj li yo, li jwenn bagay pou l' repwoche yo.
19 But [as for] them that dwell in houses of clay, of whom we also are formed of the same clay, he smites them like a moth.
Ale wè atò pou moun ki fèt ak labou, pou moun ki soti nan pousyè tè, pou moun yo kapab kraze tankou poudbwa!
20 And from the morning to evening they no longer exist: they have perished, because they can’t help themselves.
Yon sèl jou kont pou yo tounen pousyè, yo disparèt nèt. Pesonn pa wè sa.
21 For he blows upon them, and they are withered: they have perished for lack of wisdom.
Yo rete konsa yo kase kòd. Yo mouri san yo pa janm rive fin gen bon konprann.
