Isaiah 41
1 Keep silence before mee, O ylands, and let the people renue their strength: let the come neere, and let them speake: let vs come together into iudgement.
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 vp iustice from the East, and called him to his foote? and gaue the nations before him, and subdued the Kings? he gaue them as dust to his sword, and as scattered stubble vnto his bowe.
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 pursued them, and passed safely by the way that he had not gone with his feete.
L'ap fann nan siyay yo, l'ap kouri san li pa pè anyen. Pye l' pa menm touche tè.
4 Who hath wrought and done it? he that calleth the generations from the beginning. I the Lord am the first, and with the last I am ye same.
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 yles sawe it, and did feare, and the ends of the earth were abashed, drew neere, and came.
Moun zile yo wè sa, yo pè. Moun nan dènye bout latè pran tranble, yo pwoche, yo vini.
6 Euery man helped his neighbour, and saide to his brother, Be strong.
Yonn ap ede lòt. Yonn ap di lòt: Pran kouraj!
7 So the workeman comforted the founder, and he that smote with ye hammer, him that smote by course, saying, It is ready for the sodering, and he fastened it with nayles that it shoulde not be mooued.
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, art my seruant, and thou Iaakob, whom I haue chosen, the seede 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 For I haue taken thee from the endes of the earth, and called thee before the chiefe thereof, and saide vnto thee, Thou art my seruant: I haue 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 Feare thou not, for I am with thee: be not afraide, for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee, and helpe thee, and will susteine thee with the right hand of my iustice.
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 Beholde, all they that prouoke thee, shalbe ashamed, and confounded: they shalbe as nothing, and they that striue with thee, 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 shalt seeke them and shalt not finde them: to wit, the men of thy strife, for they shall be as nothing, and the men that warre against thee, as a thing of nought.
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 the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying vnto thee, Feare not, I wil helpe 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 Feare not, thou worme, Iaakob, and ye men of Israel: I wil helpe thee, sayth the Lord and thy redeemer 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 wil make thee a roller, and a newe threshing instrument hauing teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountaines, and bring them to pouder, and shalt make the hilles as chaffe.
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 shalt fanne them, and the winde shall carie them away, and the whirlewinde shall scatter them: and thou shalt reioyce in the Lord, and shalt 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 When the poore and the needy seeke water, and there is none (their tongue faileth for thirst: I the Lord will heare 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 riuers in the toppes of the hils, and fountaines in the middes of the valleis: I will make the wildernesse as a poole of water, and the waste land as 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 set in the wildernesse the cedar, the shittah tree, and the mirre tree, and the pine tree, and I will set in the wildernesse the firre tree, the elme and the boxe 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 Therefore let them see and knowe, and let them consider and vnderstande together that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the holy one of Israel hath 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 Stand to your cause, saith the Lord: bring forth your strong reasons, saith ye King of Iaakob.
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 foorth, and let them tell vs what shall come: let them shew the former things what they be, that wee may consider them, and knowe the latter ende of them: either declare vs things for 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 Shewe the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods: yea, doe good or doe euill, that we may declare it, and beholde 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 Beholde, ye are of no value, and your making is of naught: man hath chosen an abomination by them.
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 haue raised vp from the North, and he shall come: from the East sunne shall he cal vpon my Name, and shall come vpon princes as vpon clay, and as the potter treadeth myre vnder the foote.
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 hath declared from the beginning, that we may knowe? or before time, that we may say, He is righteous? Surely there is none that sheweth: surely there is none that declareth: surely there is none that heareth your wordes.
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 I am the first, that saieth to Zion, Beholde, beholde them: and I will giue to Ierusalem one that shall bring good tidings.
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 But when I behelde, there was none, and when I inquired of them, there was no counsellor, and when I demaunded of them, they answered not a woorde.
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 Beholde, they are all vanitie: their worke is of nothing, their 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.
