Job 23

Then Job answered and said,

Lè sa a, Jòb pran lapawòl, li di konsa:

Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

-Fwa sa a ankò, m'ap kenbe tèt ak Bondye, m'ap plenyen nan pye l'. Se plenn m'ap plenn pou sa m'ap pase anba men l'.

Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

Si m' te ka konnen kote pou m' jwenn li, mwen ta rive kote l' ye a.

I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

M' ta defann kòz mwen devan li. M' ta di l' dènye sa ki nan lide m' pou defann tèt mwen.

I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

M' ta konnen jan l'ap reponn mwen, m' ta tande sa l'ap di m'.

Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

Eske Bondye tapral sèvi ak tout fòs li pou diskite avè m'? Non. Li ta rete koute m' ase.

There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

Li ta wè moun k'ap pale avè l' la se yon moun ki toujou mache dwat. Li menm k'ap jije m' lan, li ta rekonèt mwen inonsan.

Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

M' ale bò solèy leve, Bondye pa la. M' ale bò solèy kouche, mwen pa wè l' tou.

On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

Mwen moute nan nò al chache l', m' pa wè l'. Mwen desann nan sid, bichi!

But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Men, Bondye konnen tout ti vire tounen mwen. Si li sonde m', l'a wè m' bon tankou bon lò ki pase nan dife.

My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

M' mache pye pou pye dèyè l'. M' swiv chemen li mete devan m' lan. M' pa janm devire ni adwat ni agoch.

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

Mwen toujou fè tou sa li bay lòd fè. Mwen te fè volonte l', mwen pa fè sa m' te gen nan tèt mwen.

But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

Men, lè Bondye fin deside yon bagay, ki moun ki ka fè l' chanje lide? Ki moun ki ka enpoze l' fè sa li vle fè a?

For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

L'ap toujou fè m' sa li vle fè m' lan. Sa se yonn nan tout bagay li deside fè yo.

Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

Se poutèt sa, m'ap tranble devan l'. Lè m' chonje sa, mwen soti pè l'.

For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

Men wi, se Bondye k'ap kraze kouraj mwen. Se Bondye menm mwen soti pè. Se pa fènwa a.

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.

Fènwa a kache Bondye pou m' pa wè l'. L' enpoze m' santi prezans li. Se tout!