Esdras 10
1 Esdras menm te ajenou toujou, fas atè, devan Kay Bondye a, li t'ap lapriyè. Dlo nan je, li t'ap rekonèt tout fòt pèp la te fè devan Bondye. Pandan li t'ap fè sa, yon foul moun pèp Izrayèl la, gason, fanm ak timoun, vin sanble fè wonn bò kote l'. Dlo t'ap ponpe nan je yo tout.
Now when Esdras was thus praying, and beseeching, and weeping, and lying before the temple of God, there was gathered to him of Israel an exceeding great assembly of men and women and children, and the people wept with much lamentation.
2 Le sa a, Chekanya, pitit gason Jeyèl la, nan branch fanmi Elam lan, pran lapawòl. Li di Esdras konsa: -Nou trayi Bondye nou an vre lè nou pran fanm lòt nasyon k'ap viv nan peyi a pou madanm nou. Men malgre sa, mwen kwè gen espwa toujou pou pèp Izrayèl la.
And Sechenias the son of Jehiel of the sons of Elam answered, and said to Esdras: We have sinned against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: and now if there be repentance in Israel concerning this,
3 Nou tout pral pran angajman an piblik devan Bondye pou nou ranvwaye tout medam sa yo ansanm ak pitit yo fè pou nou. Wi, mèt, nou pral swiv konsèy ou menm ak lòt moun ki gen respè pou kòmandman Bondye nou an te ban nou. Se pou nou fè tou sa lalwa Bondye a mande nou fè.
Let us make a covenant with the Lord our God, to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the will of the Lord, and of them that fear the commandment of the Lord our God: let it be done according to the law.
4 Leve non! Se ou menm ki pou regle bagay sa a. N'ap kanpe la avè ou! Kouraj! Annavan!
Arise, it is thy part to give orders, and we will be with thee: take courage, and do it.
5 Lè sa a, Esdras leve, li fè chèf prèt yo, chèf moun Levi yo ak tout rès moun yo sèmante yo pral fè sa Chekanya te di a. Yo sèmante vre.
So Esdras arose, and made the chiefs of the priests and of the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word, and they swore.
6 Apre sa, Esdras ale lakay Jokanan, pitit gason Eliyachib la, sou devan tanp Bondye a. Li pase nwit lan la, san manje, san bwè, paske li te nan gwo lapenn dèske moun yo te depòte epi ki te tounen nan peyi a pa t' kenbe pawòl yo.
And Esdras rose up from before the house of God, and went to the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliasib, and entered in thither: he ate no bread, and drank no water: for he mourned for the transgression of them that were come out of the captivity.
7 Yo fè yon piblikasyon nan tout peyi Jida a ak nan lavil Jerizalèm, pou mande tout moun ki te tounen soti nan peyi kote yo te depòte yo a pou yo tout te reyini lavil Jerizalèm.
And proclamation was made in Juda and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should assemble together into Jerusalem.
8 Si yon moun kite twa jou pase li pa moute, tout chèf yo ak tout moun ki an tèt branch fanmi yo te dakò pou yo te sezi tout byen moun sa a, pou yo te fè tanp Bondye a kado l', lèfini pou yo pa t' konsidere l' tankou moun sosyete a ankò avèk rès moun ki te tounen soti kote yo te depòte yo a.
And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the ancients, all his substance should be taken away, and he should be cast out of the company of them that were returned from captivity.
9 Nan twa jou vre, ki te ventyèm jou nan nevyèm mwa a, tout gason ki t'ap viv sou pòsyon tè ki te pou branch fanmi Jida ak branch fanmi Benjamen yo te sanble lavil Jerizalèm. Yo rete sou plas piblik ki devan tanp Bondye a. Yon gwo lapli t'ap tonbe. Tout moun t'ap tranble, yo te frèt, men yo te pè tou paske se te yon gwo zafè.
Then all the men of Juda, and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within three days, in the ninth month, the twentieth day of the month: and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of the sin, and the rain.
10 Lè sa a, Esdras, prèt la, leve, li di yo: -Lè nou marye ak fanm lòt nasyon yo, se trayi nou trayi Bondye. Se mete nou mete sou tou sa k'ap fèt mal deja nan mitan pèp Izrayèl la.
And Esdras the priest stood up, and said to them: You have transgressed, and taken strange wives, to add to the sins of Israel.
11 Men koulye a, rekonèt devan Seyè a, Bondye zansèt nou yo, sa nou fè ki mal la. Fè sa li vle nou fè a: pran distans nou ak moun lòt nasyon k'ap viv nan peyi a. Separe ak fanm nou te pran pami lòt nasyon yo pou madanm.
And now make confession to the Lord the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure, and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from your strange wives.
12 Tout pèp la pran reponn byen fò: -Wi. N'ap fè tou sa ou mande nou fè!
And all the multitude answered and said with a loud voice: According to thy word unto us, so be it done.
13 Men pèp la anpil. Se sezon lapli. Nou pa ka rete deyò a konsa. Epitou, se pa bagay k'ap pran yon jou osinon de jou, paske gen anpil nan nou ki koupab nan zafè sa a.
But as the people are many, and it is time of rain, and me are not able to stand without, and it is not a work of one day or two, (for we have exceedingly sinned in this matter, )
14 Se pou chèf nou yo rete isit la nan plas nou pou regle bagay la. Nan dat y'a fikse a, tout moun nan peyi a ki marye ak yon fanm lòt nasyon va vin parèt devan yo. Chèf fanmi yo ak jij k'ap dirije lavil kote moun lan rete a va vin avè l'. Konsa konsa, jouk kòlè Bondye ki te tonbe sou nou poutèt bagay sa a va bese.
Let rulers be appointed in all the multitude: and in all our cities, let them that have taken strange wives come at the times appointed, and with them the ancients and the judges of every city, until the wrath of our God be turned away from us for this sin.
15 Tout moun te dakò esepte Jonatan, pitit gason Asayèl, ak Jaksya, pitit gason Tikva a, ki te kont. Machoulam ak Chabtayi, yon moun Levi, te pran pozisyon ak yo tou.
Then Jonathan the son of Azahel, and Jaasia the son of Thecua were appointed over this, and Mesollam and Sebethai, Levites, helped them:
16 Men, moun ki te tounen soti nan peyi kote yo te depòte yo a te dakò ak sa yo te mande yo fè a. Esdras, prèt la, fè chwazi kèk moun ki te chèf branch fanmi pou ede l' nan travay la. Li pran non yo sou lis. Epi se konsa, depi premye jou dizyèm mwa a yo chita nan tribinal, y'ap egzaminen ka chak moun yonn apre lòt.
And the children of the captivity did so. And Esdras the priest, and the men heads of the families in the houses of their fathers, and all by their names, went and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
17 Apre twa mwa, jou pou jou, lè premye jou premye mwa a rive, yo te fin regle zafè tout moun ki te marye ak fanm lòt nasyon yo.
And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.
18 Men lis gason ki te marye ak fanm lòt nasyon yo: Pami prèt yo, nan branch fanmi Jozye a, pitit Jeozadak la ak nan branch fanmi frè l' yo, te gen Maseja, Elyezè ak Gedalya.
And there were found among the sons of the priests that had taken strange wives: Of the sons of Josue the son of Josedec, and his brethren, Maasia, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Godolia.
19 Yo fè sèman y'ap ranvwaye madanm yo, epi yo ofri yon belye mouton bay Seyè a pou mande li padon pou fòt yo te fè a.
And they gave their hands to put away their wives, and to offer for their offence a ram of the flock.
20 Nan branch fanmi Imè a te gen Anani ak Zebadya.
And of the sons of Emmer, Hanani, and Zebedia.
21 Nan branch fanmi Arim lan, te gen Maseja, Elija, Chemaja, Jeyèl ak Ouzya.
And of the sons of Harim, Maasia, and Elia, and Semeia, and Jehiel, and Ozias.
22 Nan branch fanmi Pachou an, te gen Elyeyoenayi, Maseja, Jichmayèl, Netaneyèl, Jozabad ak Eleaza.
And of the sons of Pheshur, Elioenai, Maasia, Ismael, Nathanael, Jozabed, and Elasa.
23 Pami moun Levi yo, te gen Jozabad, Chimeyi, Kelaya (yo te rele l' Kelita tou), Petaja, Jeouda ak Elyezè.
And of the sons of the Levites, Jozabed, and Semei, and Celaia, the same is Calita, Phataia, Juda, and Eliezer.
24 Pami sanba yo, te gen Elijachib. Pami gad tanp yo, te gen Chaloum, Telèm ak Ouri.
And of the singing men, Elisiab: and of the porters, Sellum, and Telem, and Uri.
25 Pami rès pèp la, nan branch fanmi Pareòch la, te gen Ramya, Jizija, Malkija, Mijamen, Eleaza, Malkija ak Benaja.
And of Israel, of the sons of Pharos, Remeia, and Jezia, and Melchia, and Miamin, and Eliezer, and Melchia, and Banea.
26 Nan branch fanmi Elam lan, te gen Natanya, Zekarya, Jeyèl, Abdi, Jeremòt ak Elija.
And of the sons of Elam, Mathania, Zacharias, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jerimoth, and Elia.
27 Nan branch fanmi Zatou a, te gen Elyeyoenayi, Elyachib, Matanya, Jeremòt, Zabad ak Azisa.
And of the sons of Zethua, Elioenai, Eliasib, Mathania, Jerimuth, and Zabad, and Aziaza.
28 Nan branch fanmi Bebayi a, te gen Yokanan, Ananya, Zabayi a ak Atlayi.
And of the sons of Babai, Johanan, Hanania, Zabbai, Athalai:
29 Nan branch fanmi Bani an, te gen Mechoulam, Malouk, Adaja, Jachoub, Cheal ak Jeramòt.
And of the sons of Bani, Mosollam, and Melluch, and Adaia, Jasub, and Seal, and Ramoth.
30 Nan branch fanmi Pakat m'oab la, te gen Adna, Kelal, Benaja, Machiya, Matanya, Bezaleyèl, Bennwi ak Manase.
And of the sons of Phahath, Moab, Edna, and Chalal, Banaias, and Maasias, Mathanias, Beseleel, Bennui, and Manasse.
31 Nan branch fanmi Arim lan, te gen Elyezè, Jichija, Malkija, Chemaja, Simeyon,
And of the sons of Herem, Eliezer, Josue, Melchias, Semeias, Simeon,
32 Benjamen, Malouk ak Chemarya.
Benjamin, Maloch, Samarias.
33 Nan branch fanmi Achoum lan, te gen Matenayi, Matata. Zabab, Elifelèt, Jeremayi, Manase ak Chimèyi.
And of the sons of Hasom, Mathanai, Mathatha, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jermai, Manasse, Semei.
34 Nan branch fanmi Bani an, te gen Madayi, Amram, Ourèl,
Of the sons of Bani, Maaddi, Amran, and Uel,
35 Benaja, Bedeja, Kelwit,
Baneas, and Badaias, Cheliau,
36 Vanya, Meremòt, Elyachib,
Vania, Marimuth, and Eliasib,
37 Matanya, Matenayi ak Jasayi.
Mathanias, Mathania, and Jasi,
38 Nan branch fanmi Bennwi a, te gen Chimèyi,
And Bani, and Bennui, Semei,
39 Chelemija, Natan, Adaja,
And Salmias, and Nathan, and Adaias,
40 Maknadebayi, Chachayi, Charayi,
And Mechnedebai, Sisai, Sarai,
41 Azaryèl, Chelemya, Chemarya,
Ezrel, and Selemiau, Semeria,
42 Chaloum, Amarya ak Jozèf.
Sellum, Amaria, Joseph.
43 Nan branch fanmi Nebo a te gen Jeyèl, Matitya, Zabab, Zebina, Jadayi, Joèl ak Benaja.
Of the sons of Nebo, Jehiel, Mathathias, Zabad, Zabina, Jeddu, and Joel, and Banaia.
44 Tout mesye sa yo te marye ak fanm lòt nasyon. Yo ranvwaye medam yo ansanm ak tout pitit yo te fè pou yo.
All these had taken strange wives, and there were among them women that had borne children.
