Isaiah 41
1 Keep silence before me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come near, then let them speak. Let us come near together to judgment.
Nou menm moun zile yo, pe bouch nou! Koute sa m'ap di nou! Mete gason sou nou! Pwoche vin defann kòz nou! Annou plede pou n' wè kilès ki gen rezon!
2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, calls him to his foot, gives nations before him, and makes him rule over kings? He gives them as the dust to his sword, as the driven stubble to his bow.
Kilès ki te fè chèf la soti bò solèy leve, ki te fè l' genyen nan tout batay kote l' pase? Kilès ki te lage tout nasyon yo nan men l', ki soumèt tout wa yo devan l'? Avèk nepe li, li kraze yo fè yo tounen pousyè. Avèk flèch li yo, li fè yo kouri tankou pay van ap gaye.
3 He pursues them, and passes on safely, even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.
L'ap fann nan siyay yo, l'ap kouri san li pa pè anyen. Pye l' pa menm touche tè.
4 Who has wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the first, and with the last, I am he.
Se travay ki moun sa? Kilès ki lakòz tout bagay sa yo rive? Ki moun ki depi nan kòmansman ap rele lèzòm, pitit an pitit, pou yo fè travay li sou latè? Se mwen menm, Seyè a, ki la anvan yo tout. Se mwen menm k'ap toujou la apre yo tout.
5 The isles have seen, and fear. The ends of the earth tremble, they draw near, and come.
Moun zile yo wè sa, yo pè. Moun nan dènye bout latè pran tranble, yo pwoche, yo vini.
6 They help every man his neighbor, and says to his brother, Be of good courage.
Yonn ap ede lòt. Yonn ap di lòt: Pran kouraj!
7 So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith, he who smoothes with the hammer, him who smites the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good, and he fastens it with nails, that it should not be moved.
Bòs atizan k'ap fè estati a ap ankouraje òfèv la. Moun k'ap fin bay estati a fòm ak ti kout mato l' yo ap ankouraje bòs fòjon an. Yon lòt di: Soudi a bon! Yo kloure zidòl la nan plas li pou li pa tonbe.
8 But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend,
Men, nou menm pèp Izrayèl, sèvitè m' yo! nou se pitit pitit Jakòb, moun mwen te chwazi a! Nou se moun ras Abraram, zanmi mwen an!
9 thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from the corners thereof, and said to thee, Thou are my servant, I have chosen thee and not cast thee away.
Mwen pran nou nan dènye bout latè, mwen rele nou soti byen lwen. Mwen di nou: Se sèvitè m' nou ye! Se chwazi mwen te chwazi nou, mwen pa voye nou jete.
10 Fear thou not, for I am with thee. Be not dismayed, for I am thy God. I will strengthen thee. Yea, I will help thee. Yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Nou pa bezwen pè. Mwen la avèk nou! Nou pa bezwen kite anyen ban nou kè sote. Se mwen menm ki Bondye nou. M'ap ban nou fòs, m'ap ede nou. M'ap soutni nou ak fòs ponyèt mwen ki pa janm pèdi batay.
11 Behold, all those who are incensed against thee shall be put to shame and confounded. Those who strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.
Tout moun ki te fache sou nou yo pral wont, yo pral bese tèt yo. Moun ki t'ap chache nou kont yo pral disparèt, yo pral mouri.
12 Thou shall seek them, and shall not find them, even those who contend with thee. Those who war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of naught.
Moun ki t'ap fè nou lagè yo, n'a chache yo, nou p'ap wè yo. Moun ki t'ap goumen ak nou yo pral disparèt, yo p'ap la ankò!
13 For I, Jehovah thy God, will hold thy right hand, saying to thee, Fear not, I will help thee.
Se mwen menm, Seyè a, ki Bondye nou! M'ap pran men nou, m'ap di nou: Nou pa bezwen pè. M'ap ede nou!
14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel. I will help thee, says Jehovah, and thy Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
Nou menm fanmi Jakòb yo, moun Izrayèl yo, nou te mèt piti tankou yon vètè, fèb tankou yon cheni, nou pa bezwen pè. Se mwen menm k'ap ede nou, mwen menm, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, ki yon Bondye apa. Se mwen menm k'ap delivre nou. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa!
15 Behold, I have made thee as a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth. Thou shall thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shall make the hills as chaff.
M'ap fè nou tounen yon machin pou raboure tè, yon machin tou nèf avèk dan byen file. Nou pral raboure mòn yo, nou pral kraze yo. Nou pral fè ti bit mòn yo tounen pousyè.
16 Thou shall winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them. And thou shall rejoice in Jehovah. Thou shall glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Nou pral vannen yo, van ap bwote yo ale. Van tanpèt ap gaye yo toupatou. Men, nou pral fè fèt pou Seyè a. Nou pral kontan Bondye pèp Izrayèl la ki yon Bondye apa.
17 The poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue fails for thirst. I, Jehovah, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Lè malere yo ak pòv yo ap chache dlo pou yo bwè epi yo pa ka jwenn, lè gòj yo va chèch nèt sitèlman y'a swaf dlo, mwen menm, Seyè a, m'a ba yo sa yo lapriyè mande m' lan. Mwen menm, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, mwen p'ap lage yo.
18 I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
M'a fè gwo dlo larivyè koule sou tout tè sèk kote ki pa t' gen menm yon ti pyebwa. M'a fè sous dlo pete nan fon yo. M'ap fè dezè a tounen lagon dlo. Sous dlo pral pete nan tout tè sèk yo.
19 I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the oil tree. I will set in the desert the fir tree, the pine, and the box tree together,
M'ap fè pye zakasya ak pye sèd pouse nan tout dezè a, ansanm ak pye jasmen ak pye oliv mawon. Nan tè savann lan, m'ap mete pye pichpen, pye bwadòm ak pye sèd.
20 that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of Jehovah has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.
Lè moun va wè sa, y'a konnen pou yo pran tèt yo, pou yo manyè konprann se Seyè a ki fè bagay sa yo ak men l', se travay Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, Bondye ki apa a.
21 Produce your case, says Jehovah. Bring forth your strong reasons, says the King of Jacob.
Seyè a, wa pèp Izrayèl la, di: -Nou menm, bondye lòt nasyon yo, vin plede kòz nou! Vin di sa nou gen pou n' di pou defans nou!
22 Let them bring forth, and declare to us what shall happen. Declare ye the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them, or show us things to come.
Pwoche non! Vin di sa ki gen pou rive! Kisa nou te di k'ap rive ki rive vre? Di nou ki jan sa pral pase pou n' ka pran prekosyon nou! Fè nou konnen sa ki gen pou rive pou n' ka rekonèt sa lè l'a rive vre!
23 Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods. Yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
Di nou kisa ki gen pou rive pita. Lè sa a, n'a konnen se bondye nou ye vre! Fè kichòy non, li te mèt bon, li te mèt pa bon, pou n' ka wè l', pou nou ka egzaminen l' ansanm!
24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work is of naught. An abomination is he who chooses you.
Men, gade! Se pa anyen nou ye! Tou sa n'ap fè yo pa vo anyen menm! Se yon avilisman pou moun ki pran nou pou bondye yo!
25 I have raised up him from the north, and he has come, him who calls upon my name from the rising of the sun. And he shall come upon rulers as upon mortar, and as the potter treads clay.
Se mwen menm ki chwazi yon nonm soti bò solèy leve. Se mwen menm ki fè l' desann soti nan nò vin atake. Li kraze tout chèf yo tankou labou anba pye l', menm jan moun k'ap fè krich kraze tè pou l' travay.
26 Who has declared it from the beginning, that we may know, and beforetime, that we may say, He is right? Yea, there is none who declares. Yea, there is none who shows. Yea, there is none who hears your words.
Anvan sa te rive, kilès nan nou ki te di sa pou n' te ka konnen? Ki moun ki te di davans sa tapral rive konsa, pou n' te ka di se vre? Non. Pesonn pa t' di anyen sou sa. Pyès moun pa janm tande nou di yon mo sou sa.
27 First to Zion. Behold, behold them, and I will give to Jerusalem him who brings good news.
Se mwen menm premye moun ki bay moun Siyon yo nouvèl men l'ap vini! Se mwen menm ki voye yon moun al pote bon nouvèl la bay lavil Jerizalèm.
28 And when I look, there is no man. Even among them there is no counselor, that, when I ask of them, can answer a word.
Lè mwen gade nan tout bondye nou yo, mwen pa wè yonn ki te gen anyen pou l' te di. Pa t' gen yonn ki ta kapab reponn mwen si m' ta mande l' anyen.
29 Behold, all of them, their works are vanity and nothing. Their molten images are wind and confusion.
Tout bondye sa yo pa vo anyen. Yo pa kapab fè anyen menm. Estati zidòl yo, se van. Yo pa vo anyen.
