Jòb 7
1 Lavi yon nonm sou latè, se tankou sèvis militè l'ap fè. Li tankou moun k'ap vann jounen!
"Isn't a man forced to labor on earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand?
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, 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 am I made to possess months of misery, 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?' I toss and turn until 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.
Oh 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 see me no more. Your eyes shall be on 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, neither 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 keep silent. 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 you put a guard 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 you 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, death rather than 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 do not want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
17 Kisa lèzòm ye pou ou pran ka yo konsa? Kisa yo ye menm pou w'ap okipe yo konsa?
What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,
18 Chak maten ou pase wè jan yo ye. Chak lè, w'ap gade nan fon kè yo, w'ap sonde yo.
that you should visit him every morning, and test 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 you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until 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 you, you watcher of men? Why have you set me as a mark for you, 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.
Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I shall not be."
