Deuteronomy 9

1 Hear, O Israel: You go this day across Jordan to inherit nations greater and stronger than yourselves, cities great and walled up to heaven;

Koute byen, nou menm pèp Izrayèl! Lè a rive, jòdi a nou pral janbe lòt bò larivyè Jouden an pou n' al anvayi peyi ki pou nasyon ki gen plis moun pase nou, nasyon ki pi fò pase nou. Nou pral pran yon bann gwo lavil ki gen ranpa wotè syèl la pou pwoteje yo.

2 a people great and many and tall, the sons of Enac, whom you know, and concerning whom you have heard [say], Who can stand before the children of Enac?

Moun peyi a se yon bann moun ki gwonèg, ki bèl wotè tankou moun Anak yo. Nou konn tande yo di pa gen moun ki ka kenbe tèt ak moun sa yo.

3 And you shall know today, that the Lord your God he shall go before your face: he is a consuming fire; he shall destroy them, and he shall turn them back before you, and shall destroy them quickly, as the Lord said to you.

Enben, koulye a, nou pral konnen se Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ki pral pran devan nou. Tankou yon gwo dife k'ap boule tou sa li kontre, li pral disparèt yo chak fwa n'a jwenn yo sou wout nou. Li pral fè yo bese tèt devan nou. Se konsa n'a pran peyi a nan men yo, n'a disparèt yo la pou la jan Seyè a te di l' la.

4 Speak not in your heart, when the Lord your God has destroyed these nations before your face, saying, For my righteousness the Lord brought me in to inherit this good land.

Lè Seyè a, Bondye nou an, va fin chase moun sa yo devan nou, piga nou di nan kè nou se paske nou merite kifè Seyè a te fè n' antre pran peyi a pou nou. Non. Se paske moun sa yo mechan kifè Seyè a te mete yo deyò ban nou plas yo.

5 Not for your righteousness, nor for the holiness of your heart, do you go in to inherit their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord will destroy them from before you, and that he may establish the covenant, which the Lord sware to our fathers, to Abraam, and to Isaac, and to Jacob.

Non! Se pa paske nou te merite, ni paske nou te mennen bak nou dwat kifè Seyè a pral fè nou pran peyi a pou nou. Se paske moun sa yo mechan kifè Seyè a, Bondye nou an, pral disparèt yo sou tout wout nou. Epitou, se pou l' te ka kenbe pawòl li te sèmante bay zansèt nou yo, Abraram, Izarak ak Jakòb.

6 And you shall know today, that [it is] not for your righteousnesses the Lord your God gives you this good land to inherit, for you are a stiff-necked people.

Se pou nou konnen se pa paske nou merite anyen kifè Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ap ban nou bon peyi sa a pou rele nou pa nou. Non! Paske se yon pèp ki gen tèt di anpil nou ye.

7 Remember, forget not, how much you provoked the Lord your God in the wilderness: from the day that you came forth out of Egypt, even till you came into this place, you continued to be disobedient toward the Lord.

Pa janm bliye jan ou te fè Seyè a, Bondye nou an, fache anpil nan dezè a. Depi lè nou te soti nan peyi Lejip jouk nou rive isit la, n'ap fè wòklò devan Seyè a.

8 Also in Choreb you provoked the Lord, and the Lord was angry with you to destroy you;

Lè nou te sou mòn Orèb la, nou te eksite kòlè Seyè a. Li te sitèlman fache lè sa a, li te fè lide detwi nou tout.

9 when I went up into the mountain to receive the tables of stone, the tables of the covenant, which the Lord made with you, and I was in the mountain forty days and forty nights, I ate no bread and drank no water.

Mwen te moute sou mòn lan pou m' te al resevwa de wòch plat yo, wòch ki te gen kontra Seyè a te fè ak nou an ekri sou yo. Mwen rete la, mwen pase karant jou, karant nwit, san manje, san bwè anyen sou mòn lan.

10 And the Lord gave me the two tables of stone written with the finger of God, and on them there had been written all the words which the Lord spoke to you in the mountain in the day of the assembly.

Se lè sa a Seyè a te ban mwen de wòch plat yo. Se sou yo li te ekri avèk pwòp men l' tou sa li di nou, antan li te nan mitan gwo dife a, jou nou tout te reyini nan pye mòn lan.

11 And it came to pass after forty days and forty nights, the Lord gave me the two tables of stone, the tables of the covenant.

Wi, apre karant jou ak karant nwit, Seyè a ban mwen de wòch plat yo avèk kontra a ekri sou yo.

12 And the Lord said to me, Arise, go down quickly from hence, for your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt have transgressed; they have gone aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them, and have made themselves a molten image.

Epi li di m' konsa: Leve non, desann mòn lan byen vit, paske pèp ou a, pèp ou te mennen soti kite peyi Lejip la, lage kò l' nan fè sa ki mal. Yo pa tann lontan pou yo kite chemen mwen te mete devan yo pou yo swiv la. Yo gen tan fonn metal, yo fè yon zidòl pou tèt pa yo.

13 And the Lord spoke to me, saying, I have spoken to you once and again, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people.

Apre sa, Seyè a di m' ankò: mwen gade pèp la, mwen wè se yon pèp ki gen tèt di anpil.

14 And now suffer me utterly to destroy them, and I will blot out their name from under heaven, and will make of you a nation great and strong, and more numerous than this.

Kite m' fè sa m'ap fè a non! Mwen pral disparèt yo nèt pou pesonn sou latè pa janm chonje te gen moun sa yo. Men ou menm, m'ap ba ou pitit ki va vin zansèt yon nasyon k'ap pi gran, k'ap pi fò pase yo.

15 And I turned and went down from the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to heaven; and the two tables of the testimonies [were] in my two hands.

Mwen desann soti nan mòn lan ki te plen flanm dife: mwen te gen de wòch kontra yo nan men m'.

16 And when I saw that you had sinned against the Lord your God, and had made to yourselves a molten image, and had gone astray out of the way, which the Lord commanded you to keep;

Lè mwen wè nou te gen tan dezobeyi Seyè a, Bondye nou an, nou te gen tan kite chemen Seyè a te mete devan nou, nou te fonn metal, nou te fè estati yon ti towo,

17 then I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before you.

mwen pran de wòch plat ki te nan men m' yo, mwen voye yo jete, mwen kraze yo devan nou tout.

18 And I made my petition before the Lord as also at the first forty days and forty nights: I ate no bread and drank no water, on account of all your sins which you sinned in doing evil before the Lord God to provoke him.

Apre sa, mwen lage kò m' fas atè devan Seyè a. Tankou premye fwa a, mwen pase karant jou ak karant nwit, san manje, san bwè anyen. Tou sa, paske nou te fè sa ki mal devan Seyè a, nou pa t' fè l' plezi, nou te fè l' fache anpil.

19 And I was greatly terrified because of the wrath and anger, because the Lord was provoked with you utterly to destroy you; yet the Lord listened to me at this time also.

Mwen menm, mwen te pè anpil lè m' wè jan Seyè a te fache, paske li te fache kont pou l' te disparèt nou nèt. Men, fwa sa a ankò, Seyè a koute m'.

20 And he was angry with Aaron to destroy him utterly, and I prayed for Aaron also at that time.

Lè sa a, li te fache anpil tou sou Arawon jouk li te vle touye l'. Men, mwen te lapriyè nan pye l' pou Arawon.

21 And your sin which you had made, [even] the calf, I took, and burnt it with fire, and pounded it and ground it down till it became fine; and it became like dust, and I cast the dust into the brook that descended from the mountain.

Mwen te pran estati ti towo bèf nou te fè ak move lide nan tèt nou an, mwen jete l' nan dife. Mwen mete l' nan yon pilon, mwen kraze l' an myèt moso, mwen fè l' tounen pousyè. Lèfini, mwen te jete pousyè a nan dlo larivyè ki desann soti nan mòn lan.

22 Also in the burning, and in the temptation, and at the graves of lust, you provoked the Lord.

Nou te eksite kòlè Seyè a tou lè nou te Tabera, lè nou te Masa ak lè nou te Simityè Grangou.

23 And when the Lord sent you forth from Cades Barne, saying, Go up and inherit the land which I give to you, then you disobeyed the word of the Lord your God, and believed him not, and listened not to his voice.

Le Seyè a te ban nou lòd pati kite Kadès-Banea pou n' al pran pou nou peyi li te di l'ap ban nou an, nou t'ap fè wòklò ak Seyè a, Bondye nou an. Nou pa t' kwè nan li, nou te derefize tande l'.

24 You were disobedient in the things relating to the Lord from the day in which he became known to you.

Depi mwen konnen nou, se wòklò n'ap plede fè ak Bondye!

25 And I prayed before the Lord forty days and forty nights, the number that I prayed [before], for the Lord said that he would utterly destroy you.

Se konsa mwen lage kò m' fas atè devan Seyè a, pandan karant jou ak karant nwit, paske Seyè a te di l'ap disparèt nou.

26 And I prayed to God, and said, O Lord, King of gods, destroy not your people and your inheritance, whom you did redeem, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with your great power, and with your strong hand, and with your high arm.

mwen te lapriyè Seyè a pou nou, mwen di l' konsa: O Seyè, Bondye mwen, tanpri! Pa detwi pèp ou a, pèp ki rele ou pa ou la, pèp ou te delivre ak pouvwa ou la, pèp ou te fè soti kite peyi Lejip ak fòs ponyèt ou a.

27 Remember Abraam, and Isaac, and Jacob your servants, to whom you sware by yourself: look not upon the hardness of heart of this people, and their impieties, and their sins.

Chonje sèvitè ou yo, Abraram, Izarak ak Jakòb! Pa gade sou tèt di pèp la, ni sou mechanste ak sou peche l'ap fè.

28 Lest the inhabitants of the land whence you brought us out speak, saying, Because the Lord could not bring them into the land of which he spoke to them, and because he hated them, has he brought them forth to kill them in the wilderness.

Mwen pa ta vle pou nan peyi kote ou fè nou soti a moun yo ta di: Wi, Seyè a pa t' ka mennen yo nan peyi li te pwomèt l'ap ba yo a. Se rayi li rayi yo kifè li fè yo soti kite peyi Lejip la pou l' touye yo nan dezè a.

29 And these [are] your people and your portion, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with your great strength, and with your mighty hand, and with your high arm.

Men, se pèp ou yo ye! Yo rele ou pa ou! Se avèk gwo pouvwa ou, avèk fòs ponyèt ou ou te fè yo soti kite peyi Lejip.