Job 24

Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

Poukisa Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a pa fikse yon dat pou li jije tout moun, yon jou pou li rann tout moun k'ap sèvi l' yo jistis?

Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.

Mechan yo deplase bòn tè moun. Yo vòlò mouton lòt moun, mete ansanm avèk bann mouton pa yo.

They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

Yo pran bourik ki pou timoun san papa yo. Yo sezi bèf vèv la jouk li resi peye dèt li.

They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

Yo enpoze pòv yo jwenn sa ki vin pou yo. Yo fòse tout pòv malere kouri al kache.

Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.

Tankou bourik mawon, pòv yo soti al nan dezè a, y' al chache lavi pou pitit yo ki grangou. Pa gen lòt kote yo ka ale.

They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.

Y'ap ranmase rekòt pou lòt moun. Y'ap keyi rezen nan jaden pou mechan yo.

They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.

Lè yo toutouni, yo pa gen rad pou mete sou yo. Lannwit, yo pa gen anyen pou chofe kò yo lè yo frèt.

They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

Lapli k'ap tonbe sou mòn yo mouye yo jouk nan zo. Yo kwoupi kò yo dèyè wòch pou pare lapli.

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

Mechan yo wete timoun san papa yo nan men manman yo pou fè yo tounen esklav. Yo pran rad pòv malere yo pou garanti dèt yo.

They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;

Pòv yo menm ap mache yon men devan yon men dèyè, san rad pou mete sou yo. Y'ap mache ranmase rekòt nan jaden, men y'ap mouri grangou.

Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

Nan lakou mechan yo y'ap moulen grenn oliv fè lwil. Y'ap kraze rezen fè diven. Men y'ap mouri swaf dlo.

Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.

Nan lavil yo, ou tande moun k'ap mouri yo ap plenn. Ou tande moun ki blese yo ap rele anmwe. Men, Bondye fè tankou li pa tande yo.

They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

Se moun sa yo ki pa vle wè limyè a. Yo derefize konprann limyè a. Yo pa vle pran chemen limyè a nan tou sa y'ap fè.

The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

Anvan bajou kase, ansasen an gen tan leve, pou li al touye pòv malere yo. Lannwit, se vòlò l'ap mache vòlò.

The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.

Mouche marye k'ap fè adiltè a ap tann solèy kouche konsa. Li bouche figi l' pou pesonn pa wè l'.

In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

Lannwit, vòlè ap kraze kay moun. Lajounen yo kache, y'ap kouri pou solèy.

For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

Yo pè limyè lajounen an. Men, pa gen anyen ki pou fè yo pè nan fènwa a.

He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

Lè sa a, Sofa di konsa: -Men dlo desann pote mechan yo ale. Madichon Bondye tonbe sou tout tè ki pou yo. Yo pa soti al travay nan jaden rezen yo.

Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.

Menm jan chalè fonn lanèj, lèfini tè sèk bwè dlo a, se konsa moun k'ap fè peche yo ap disparèt ale nan peyi kote mò yo ye a.

The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.

Tout moun bliye yo. Ata manman ki fè yo pa chonje yo. Se vè k'ap manje kadav yo. Yo fini tankou yon pyebwa yo koupe jete.

He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

Tou sa rive konsa, paske li maltrete fanm ki pa ka fè pitit. Li san pitye pou vèv yo.

He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

Lè sa a, Bondye detwi gwo chèf yo ak fòs ponyèt li. Li annik parèt, mechan an konnen li mouri.

Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.

Bondye kite l' viv alèz san pwoblèm, men, se toutan l'ap veye tou sa l'ap fè.

They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

Zafè mechan yo mache byen pou yon tan. Men, apre sa, yo fennen tankou zèb savann, tankou tèt ble yo koupe.

And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

Si se pa konsa sa ye, ki moun ki ka demanti sa m' di la a? Ki moun ki ka fè wè pawòl mwen yo pa vo anyen?