Isaiah 37
1 And it happened that, when king Hezekiah had heard this, he rent his garments, and he wrapped himself in sackcloth, and he entered the house of the Lord.
Lè wa Ezekyas tande pawòl sa yo, li chire rad sou li sitèlman sa te fè l' lapenn, li mete yon rad sak sou li, epi li al nan tanp Seyè a.
2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the house, and Shebna, the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah, the son of Amoz, the prophet.
Li voye Elyakim, chèf moun k'ap travay nan palè a, ak Chebna, sekretè a, ansanm ak chèf prèt yo bò kote pwofèt Ezayi, pitit Amòz la. Yo tout te gen rad sak sou yo.
3 And they said to him: “Thus says Hezekiah: This day is a day of tribulation, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy. For the sons have arrived at the time for birth, but there is not enough strength to bring them forth.
Men mesaj Ezekyas te ba yo pou Ezayi: -Jòdi a se yon jou malè pou nou! Bondye ap pini nou. Se yon wont pou nou. Nou tankou yon fanm ansent ki deja kase lezo men ki pa gen fòs pou li pouse pitit la soti.
4 Perhaps, somehow, the Lord your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of the Assyrians, his lord, has sent to blaspheme the living God, and will rebuke the words that the Lord your God has heard. Therefore, lift up your prayers on behalf of the remnant which has been left behind.”
Wa peyi Lasiri a te voye chèf gad palè li a manke Bondye vivan an dega. Se pou Seyè a, Bondye ou la, tande tout jouman sa yo. Se pou l' pini moun ki di pawòl sa yo. Ou menm, se pou ou lapriyè pou rès moun pèp nou an ki vivan toujou.
5 And so the servants of king Hezekiah went to Isaiah.
Moun wa Ezekyas yo al jwenn Ezayi.
6 And Isaiah said to them: “You shall say this to your lord: Thus says the Lord: Do not be afraid to face the words that you have heard, by which the servants of the king of the Assyrians blasphemed me.
Men repons Ezayi ba yo pou wa Ezekyas: -Men sa Seyè a voye di ou: Ou pa bezwen pè tout pawòl ou tande yo, tout jouman moun wa Lasiri yo di sou mwen.
7 Behold, I will send a spirit to him, and he will hear a message, and he will return to his own land. And I will cause him to fall by the sword, in his own land.”
Mwen pral fè wa Lasiri a tande yon sèl nouvèl, li pral kouri tounen nan peyi l'. Rive li rive, m'ap fè touye l'.
8 Then Rabshakeh returned, and he found the king of the Assyrians fighting against Libnah. For he had heard that he had set out from Lachish.
Chèf gad palè a te vin konnen wa Lasiri a te pati kite Lakis pou l' te al atake lavil Libna. Se la li al jwenn wa a.
9 And he heard from Tirhakah, the king of Ethiopia: “He has gone forth so that he may fight against you.” And when he had heard this, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying:
Paske wa a te pran nouvèl Tiraka, wa peyi Letiopi a, t'ap moute vin atake l'. Wa a voye lòt mesaje ankò bò kote Ezekyas.
10 “You shall say this to Hezekiah, the king of Judah, saying: Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying: ‘Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.’
Li di yo: -Men mesaj n'a bay Ezekyas, wa Jida a, pou mwen. Ou mèt tande Bondye ou la, Bondye ou fè konfyans lan, di ou Jerizalèm p'ap tonbe nan men wa Lasiri a, pa kite l' twonpe ou.
11 Behold, you have heard about all that the kings of the Assyrians have done to all the lands that they have conquered, and so, how can you be delivered?
Ou te pran nouvèl sa wa Lasiri yo te fè tout lòt peyi yo. Yo te soti pou detwi yo nèt. Atò, se ou menm ki pou ta chape anba men m'!
12 Have the gods of the nations rescued those whom my fathers have conquered: Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden who were at Telassar?
Lè zansèt mwen yo te touye dènye moun nan lavil Gozan, lavil Aran, lavil Rezèf ak moun Betedenn yo ki rete lavil Tèlasa, èske bondye nasyon sa yo te delivre yo?
13 Where is the king of Hamath and the king of Arpad, or the king of the city of Sepharvaim, or of Hena and Ivvah?”
Kote wa lavil Amat la, wa lavil Apad la, wa lavil Sefarayim lan, wa lavil Ena ak wa lavil Iva?
14 And Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers, and he read it, and he went up to the house of the Lord, and Hezekiah spread it out in the sight of the Lord.
Ezekyas pran lèt la nan men mesaje yo, li li l'. Apre sa, li pati al nan tanp lan, li mete lèt la devan lotèl Seyè a.
15 And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord, saying:
Epi li vire bò Seyè a, li lapriyè, li di l':
16 “O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel who sits upon the Cherubim: you alone are God of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.
-Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, ou menm ki chita sou fotèy zanj cheriben yo ap pote sou zepòl yo a, se ou menm sèl Bondye k'ap gouvènen tout peyi sou latè. Se ou menm ki fè syèl la ak latè a.
17 O Lord, incline your ear and listen. O Lord, open your eyes and see. And hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to blaspheme the living God.
Panche zòrèy ou, Seyè, pou ou tande. Louvri je ou pou ou wè. Koute tou sa Senakerib voye di pou manke Bondye vivan an dega.
18 For truly, O Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have laid waste to countries and territories.
Nou konnen, Seyè, wa peyi Lasiri yo te fini ak anpil nasyon, yo te detwi peyi yo.
19 And they have cast their gods into the fire. For these were not gods, but the works of men’s hands, of wood and of stone. And they broke them into pieces.
Yo te boule tout bondye yo paske se pa t' bondye yo te ye. Se estati fèt an bwa ak wòch moun te fè ak men yo. Se poutèt sa yo te rive detwi yo.
20 And now, O Lord our God, save us from his hand. And let all the kingdoms of the earth acknowledge that you alone are Lord.”
Koulye a, Seyè, Bondye nou an, tanpri, delivre nou anba men Senakerib, pou tout nasyon ki sou latè ka konnen se ou menm sèl, Seyè, ki Bondye.
21 And Isaiah, the son of Amoz, sent to Hezekiah, saying: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Because of what you have prayed to me about Sennacherib, the king of the Assyrians,
Lè sa a, Ezayi, pitit Amòz la, voye mesaj sa a bay Ezekyas. -Ou te lapriyè Seyè a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, pou Senakerib, wa peyi Lasiri a. Men repons li voye ba ou.
22 this is the word that the Lord has spoken over him: The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and mocked you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
Men pawòl Seyè a di sou li: Senakerib, lavil Jerizalèm ki sou mòn Siyon an ap ri ou, l'ap pase ou nan rizib. Moun lavil Jerizalèm yo ap rele chalbari dèyè ou.
23 Whom have you insulted? And whom have you blasphemed? And against whom have you lifted up your voice and raised up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel!
Ki moun ou konprann ou derespekte, ou joure konsa? Sou ki moun ou pale fò konsa? Se sou Bondye pèp Izrayèl la ki yon Bondye apa.
24 By the hand of your servants, you have reproached the Lord. And you have said: ‘With a multitude of my four-horse chariots, I have ascended the heights of the mountains adjoining Lebanon. And I will cut down its lofty cedars and its choice pine trees. And I will reach the top of its summit, to the forest of its Carmel.
Ou voye moun ou yo vin manke Bondye dega. Ou deklare: O wi, avèk tout kantite cha lagè m' yo, mwen moute sou tèt tout mòn ata sou mòn Liban an. Mwen koupe pi gwo pye sèd li yo, pi bèl pye sikren li yo, mwen rive jouk anwo nèt sou tèt li, nan mitan rakbwa li yo ki tankou bèl jaden.
25 I dug deep, and I drank water, and I dried up all the river banks with the sole of my foot.’
Mwen fouye pi nan peyi moun lòt nasyon yo, mwen bwè dlo. Mwen cheche dlo nan tout larivyè Lejip yo pou sòlda mwen yo pase san pye yo pa mouye.
26 Have you not heard what I have done to it in past times? In ancient times, I formed it. And now I have brought it forth. And it has been made so that the hills and the fortified cities would fight together, unto its destruction.
Ou pa t' konnen gen lontan depi mwen te fè lide pou tou sa te rive? Gen lontan depi sa te nan tèt mwen? Koulye a, mwen kite sa rive, pou ou te ka kraze tout lavil ak ranpa yo pou fè yo tounen yon pil demoli.
27 Their inhabitants had unsteady hands. They trembled and were confused. They became like the plants of the field, and the grass of the pastures, and like the weeds on the rooftops, which wither before they are mature.
Moun ki te rete la yo te san fòs. Yo te pè, yo pa t' konn sa pou yo fè. Yo te tankou raje nan jaden, tankou zèb gazon, tankou raje k'ap pouse sou do kay, tankou pye mayi ki cheche anvan li mete zepi.
28 I know your habitation, and your arrival, and your departure, and your madness against me.
Mwen konnen lè ou leve, mwen konnen lè ou chita. Mwen konnen lè ou soti, mwen konnen lè ou antre. Mwen konnen lè ou fin anraje sou mwen.
29 When you became angry against me, your arrogance rose up to my ears. Therefore, I will place a ring in your nose, and a bit between your lips. And I will turn you back on the road by which you arrived.
Koulye a, mwen vin konnen jan ou move sou mwen, jan ou vin awogan. Se poutèt sa, mwen mete yon fè won nan bwa nen ou, ak yon mò nan bouch ou. Mwen pral fè ou pran menm chemen ou te pran pou vini an pou ou tounen.
30 But this shall be a sign for you: Eat, in this year, whatever springs up on its own. And in the second year, eat fruits. But in the third year, sow and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
Apre sa, Ezayi di wa Ezekyas konsa: -Men sa ki pral sèvi yon siy pou ou. Lanne sa a, n'a manje rès grenn ki te tonbe atè. Lanne k'ap vini apre sa a, n'a manje grenn nou pa t' plante. Men, apre sa ankò, n'a ka plante, n'a ka fè rekòt. N'a plante pye rezen, n'a manje rezen.
31 And what will be saved from the house of Judah, and what is left behind, will form deep roots, and will bear high fruits.
Rès moun peyi Jida ki va chape yo va pran pye ankò. Y'a kanpe ankò.
32 For from Jerusalem, a remnant shall go forth, and salvation from mount Zion. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this.
Va gen yon ti rès moun nan lavil Jerizalèm ak sou mòn Siyon an ki va chape. Se Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a ki soti pou fè sa, paske li renmen ou anpil.
33 For this reason, thus says the Lord about the king of the Assyrians: He will not enter this city, nor shoot an arrow into it, nor overtake it with a shield, nor dig a rampart all around it.
Men sa Seyè a di sou wa peyi Lasiri a: Li p'ap mete pye l' nan lavil sa a. Li p'ap gen tan voye yon sèl grenn flèch sou li. P'ap gen yon sèl sòlda ak plak pwotèj k'ap pwoche bò kote l'. Ni yo p'ap fouye twou pou sènen l'.
34 He will return on the road by which he arrived. And into this city, he will not enter, says the Lord.
Chemen li te pran pou l' vini an, se li menm l'ap pran pou l' tounen. Li p'ap mete pye l' nan lavil sa a. Se mwen menm, Seyè a menm, ki di sa.
35 And I will protect this city, so that I may save it for my own sake, and for the sake of David, my servant.”
M'ap pwoteje lavil sa a, m'ap delivre l' pou m' fè respè tèt mwen, pou m' kenbe pwomès mwen te fè David, sèvitè m' lan.
36 Then the Angel of the Lord went forth and struck down, in the camp of the Assyrians, one hundred eighty-five thousand. And they arose in the morning, and behold, all these were dead bodies.
Zanj Seyè a al nan kan moun Lasiri yo, li touye sankatrevensenk mil sòlda. Nan maten, lè moun leve, se kadav yo ase yo jwenn. Yo tout te mouri.
37 And Sennacherib, the king of the Assyrians, departed and went away. And he returned and lived at Nineveh.
Senakerib, wa peyi Lasiri a, leve, li pati. Li tounen lavil Niniv.
38 And it happened that, as he was adoring his god in the temple of Nisroch, his sons, Adramelech and Sharezer, struck him with the sword. And they fled into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon, his son, reigned in his place.
Yon jou, antan wa a t'ap fè sèvis nan tanp Niswòk, bondye li a, de nan pitit gason l' yo touye l' ak nepe yo, epi yo kouri al kache nan peyi Arara. Yo te rele Adramelèk ak Sarezè. Se yon lòt nan pitit gason l' yo ki te rele Asaradon, ki te vin moute wa nan plas li.
