Job

 2 Sapos mi duim datwan, wat nao bae God givim lo mi,

Bae mi kasem inheritance from Olmaeti lo heven tu?

 3 Hao, trabol bae no kasem man wea duim rong samting

And nogud samting bae no kasem man wea spoelem narawan?+

 4 Hao, hem no lukim evri samting wea mi duim+

And kaontem evri step blo mi?

 6 Sapos God weighim mi lo stretfala scale,+

Then hem bae luksavve dat mi faithful.+

 7 Sapos olketa footstep blo mi go difren from datfala wei+

Or heart blo mi followim tufala eye blo mi+

Or tufala hand blo mi kamap dirty,

 8 Then mi bae plantim seed and narawan nao bae kaikaim,+

And wat mi plantim bae pipol pullimaot.*

 9 Sapos heart blo mi laekem nara woman+

And mi weit+ lo door blo neiba blo mi,

10 Then waef blo mi bae smasem grain for nara man,

And olketa nara man bae duim sex witim hem.*+

11 Bikos samting wea mi duim hem shameful samting,

Hem rong samting wea olketa judge fit for panisim mi lo hem.+

12 Datwan bae olsem wanfala fire wea bonem and distroem evriting,+

Wea bonem evriting wea mi plantim go kasem rut blo olketa.*

13 Sapos mi no showim justice lo olketa man and woman servant blo mi

Taem olketa komplen* againstim mi,

14 Wat nao bae mi duim taem God kotem mi?

16 Sapos mi les for givim lo poor pipol wat olketa laekem+

Or mi mekem eye blo widow woman hem sorre.*+

17 Sapos mi kaikaim seleva nomoa kaikai blo mi

And mi no sharem witim olketa pikinini wea dadi and mami blo olketa dae.+

18 (Bikos start from taem wea mi young, mi nao olsem dadi blo boy wea dadi and mami blo hem dae,*

And mi helpem widow woman from taem wea mi pikinini.*)

19 Sapos mi lukim eniwan hem dae bikos hem no garem kaleko

Or eni poor man no garem eniting for kavarem body blo hem.+

20 Sapos hem no blessim mi+

Taem hem keepim body blo hem warm lo wool blo sheepsheep blo mi.

21 Sapos mi treatim nogud pikinini wea dadi and mami blo hem dae+

Taem hem needim help blo mi lo gate blo taon.*+

22 Then arm blo mi bae foldaon from shoulder blo mi,

And arm blo mi bae brek lo elbow.*

23 Bikos mi fraetem tumas trabol from God,

And mi no fit for standap front lo glory blo hem.

24 Sapos mi trustim gold

Or mi sei lo pure gold, ‘Iu nao mi trustim iu!’+

25 Sapos staka riches blo mi nao mekem mi hapi+

From mi onam staka samting.+

26 Sapos mi lukim sun* hem shaen

Or moon wea luk naes tumas hem muv lo skae.+

27 And heart blo mi start for laea lo mi,

And mouth blo mi kissim hand blo mi for worshipim olketa samting hia.+

28 Then datwan hem rong samting wea olketa judge fit for panisim mi lo hem,

Bikos datwan minim mi rejectim tru God lo heven.

29 Hao, enitaem mi hapi taem enemy blo mi distroe+

Or laf lo hem bikos nogud samting kasem hem?

30 No enitaem mi letem mouth blo mi for sin

Taem mi mekem promis* for cursim enemy blo mi for dae.+

31 Hao, olketa man lo tent blo mi no sei,

‘Hu nao no satisfae lo kaikai* wea Job provaedem?’+

33 Hao, enitaem mi trae for haedem olketa rong wea mi duim, olsem olketa nara man,+

Taem mi haedem olketa mistek blo mi lo poket lo kaleko blo mi?

34 Hao, enitaem mi fraetem tingting blo crowd,

Or hao, enitaem mi shame lo eni famili bikos olketa heitim mi,

Gogo mi no talem eniting and mi shame for go aotsaed?

36 Mi bae karem datwan lo shoulder blo mi,

And mi bae taengem datwan raonem hed blo mi olsem wanfala kraon.

38 Sapos graon blo mi komplen againstim mi

And olketa row blo hem krae tugeta.

39 Sapos mi kaikaim frut blo hem bat mi no peim,+

Or sapos mi mekem olketa owner blo hem for sorre.+

40 Then olketa nila grass nao bae grow lo field blo mi and no wheat

And olketa nila grass wea smel nogud nao bae grow and no barley.”