Oze 9

1 Nou menm pèp Izrayèl, pa fè kè nou kontan! Sispann fè fèt tankou moun lòt nasyon yo. Nou vire do bay Bondye nou an, nou pa kenbe pawòl nou te gen avè l' la. Tankou fanm ki nan dezòd, nou kouche kote nou jwenn glasi pou ti grenn yo fè nou kado.

Rejoice not too loudly, Israel, like the nations, for you have commited adultery, being untrue to your God. You have loved a prostitute’s wages on every threshing floor.

2 Men, talè konsa, nou p'ap gen kont farin, ni kont lwil pou nou sèvi. Kanta pou diven, nou p'ap jwenn sa menm.

Threshing floor and wine vat won’t feed them, the new wine will fail them.

3 Pèp Izrayèl la p'ap rete nan peyi Seyè a. Moun Efrayim yo ap tounen peyi Lejip ankò. Yo pral manje nan peyi Lasiri manje yo pa te gen dwa manje.

They will not stay in the Lord’s land, but Ephraim will return to Egypt, and in Assyria they will eat what is unclean.

4 Lè sa a, yo p'ap ka ofri diven bay Seyè a, ni yo p'ap ka fè okenn ofrann bèt ki pou ta fè l' plezi. Tout manje yo ap tankou manje yo bay nan veye. Tout moun ki manje manje sa yo p'ap nan kondisyon pou fè sèvis pou Bondye. Manje a va sèvi pou plen vant yo ase. Yo p'ap ka pran ladan l' pou ofri bay Seyè a nan tanp li a.

They will not pour out libations of wine to the Lord, nor please him with their sacrifices. Their bread will be like the bread of mourners: all who eat it will defile themselves. For their bread will be only for their hunger, it will not come into the Lord’s temple.

5 Kisa y'a fè menm lè gwo jou a, lè jou pou yo fè fèt pou Seyè a va rive?

What will you do on the day of the festival? Or on the day of the Lord’s feast?

6 Men malè tonbe sou yo, yo leve, yo pati. Moun peyi Lejip yo ap ranmase yo, y'ap antere yo nan lavil Menmfis. Raje pral pouse tout kote yo te konn mete richès yo. Pikan pral anvayi tout kote yo te moute kay yo.

Even if they flee from destruction, Egypt will gather them, Memphis will bury them. Nettles will take possession of their treasure of silver, thorns will push into their tents.

7 Jou pou yo pini nou an rive. Wi, lè pou yo ban nou sa nou merite a pral rive. Lè sa a, moun peyi Izrayèl yo va konprann sa k'ap rive yo a. Y'ap plede di: Pwofèt sa a pèdi tèt li. Nonm ki gen lespri Bondye moute l' la pa konn sa l'ap di. Men se paske yo fè gwo peche, se paske yo vire do bay Bondye kifè sa rive yo.

The days of punishment are come, the days of recompense are at hand, as soon the Israelites will know! ‘The prophet is a fool, the inspired man is raving mad!’ It is because of the greatness of your iniquity and the greatness of your hatred.

8 Bondye voye m' tankou yon pwofèt pou m' avèti moun Izrayèl yo, pèp li a. Men tout kote m' pase, yo pare pèlen pou yo pran m' tankou yon zwazo. Menm nan pwòp kay Bondye a, yo pa vle wè m'.

Ephraim acts the spy with my God, a prophet finds the snares of a fowler are in all his ways. In the house of his God they lay hostile plots,

9 Yo lage kò yo nèt nan fè sa ki mal, tankou yo te fè l' lavi Gibeya. Bondye va chonje jan yo mechan, l'a pini yo pou tout peche yo fè.

they commit crimes as in the days of Gibeah, God will remember their iniquity. He will punish their sin.

10 Seyè a di: Lè m' te fèk jwenn pèp Izrayèl la, se te tankou si m' te jwenn yon grap rezen nan mitan yon dezè. Lè m' te fèk wè zansèt nou yo, se te tankou si m' te wè premye fig frans ki mi nan rekòt fig la. Men, lè yo rive Baal-Peyò yo lage kò yo nan sèvi Baal. Yo fè m' vin rayi yo, tankou mwen rayi zidòl yo te renmen yo.

I found Israel like finding grapes in the wilderness. I saw your ancestors like they were the first fruit on a fig tree, but as soon as they came to Baal-peor, they consecrated themselves to shamefulness, and became as abominable as the object of their love.

11 Sa ki te yon lwanj pou pèp Efrayim lan ap vole ale tankou zwazo. Yo p'ap fè pitit, madanm yo p'ap gwovant, madanm yo p'ap menm ansent.

Ephraim – like a bird his glory flies away. There will be no more birth, no more motherhood, no more conception.

12 Menm si yo rive fè pitit, mwen p'ap kite yo fin grandi. Lè m' vire do ba yo, malè ap rive yo.

Even though they bring up their children, I will bereave them until not one is left. Woe to them when I turn away from them!

13 Mwen fè yon vizyon, mwen wè pitit gason moun Izrayèl yo nan yon bèl jaden, epi se moun Izrayèl yo menm ki t'ap mennen yo bay ansasen.

Ephraim – planted like Tyre in a meadow, But Ephraim too must lead forth their children to slaughter.

14 Seyè! Kisa m' ta mande ou fè pou yo? Fè madanm yo toujou an pèdisyon? Fè yo pa gen lèt pou bay pitit yo tete?

Give them, Lord – what will you give? Give them a miscarrying womb and shrivelled up breasts!

15 Seyè a di konsa: Mechanste pèp la konmanse depi nan peyi Gilgal. Se la menm mwen konmanse rayi yo. Yo fè twòp move zak. Se poutèt sa, m'ap mete yo deyò nan peyi mwen an. Mwen p'ap renmen yo ankò, paske tout chèf yo se yon bann wòklò.

All their evil began in Gilgal, there I learned to hate them. Because of the evil of their deeds I will drive them out of my house. I will no longer love them, for all their princes are rebels.

16 Peyi Efrayim lan tankou yon pyebwa ki pa ka donnen ankò. Rasin li yo fin cheche. Yo p'ap fè pitit. Menm si yo rive fè pitit, m'ap touye pitit yo pi renmen yo.

Ephraim is blighted, their root withered. If they do bear children, I will slay the darlings of their womb,

17 Bondye m'ap sèvi a ap voye yo jete, paske yo pa t' koute li. Yo pral mache pwomennen san rete nan mitan nasyon yo.

My God will reject them because they have not listened to him, and they will become wanderers among the nations.