Jezekiel 19
1 Moreover do you take up a lamentation for the prince of Israel,
Bondye pale avè m', li di m' konsa: -Koulye a, plenn sò chèf peyi Izrayèl yo.
2 and say, Why is your mother become a whelp in the midst of lions? in the midst of lions she has multiplied her whelps.
Men sa ou pral di: Apa yon manman lyon manman ou tè ye! Li kouche nan mitan lyon yo, l'ap okipe pitit li yo.
3 And one of her whelps sprang forth; he became a lion, and learned to take prey, he devoured men.
Li pran yonn nan pitit li yo, li fè l' tounen yon jenn mal lyon. Jenn lyon an aprann jan pou l' kouri dèyè bèt pou l' manje. Li tanmen devore moun.
4 And the nations heard a report of him; he was caught in their pit, and they brought him into the land of Egypt in chains.
Men, lòt nasyon yo pran nouvèl la. Yo pran l' nan pèlen twou yo te pare pou li a. Yo mete yon zanno fè nan nen l', yo trennen l' ale nan peyi Lejip.
5 And she saw that he was driven away from her, [and] her hope [of him] perished, and she took another of her whelps; she made him a lion.
Manman lyon an tann, li tann jouk li pèdi espwa wè l' ankò. Li pran yon lòt nan pitit li yo, li fè l' tounen yon jenn mal lyon.
6 And he went up and down in the midst of lions, he became a lion, and learned to take prey, he devoured men.
Li t'ap pwonmennen nan mitan lòt lyon yo, li tounen yon jenn mal lyon. Li aprann jan pou l' kouri dèyè bèt pou l' manje. Li tanmen devore moun.
7 And he prowled in his boldness and laid waste their cities, and made the land desolate, and the fullness of it, by the voice of his roaring.
Li demoli fò yo. Li sakaje lavil yo. Chak fwa li gwonde, moun k'ap viv nan peyi a gen kè sote.
8 Then the nations set upon him from the countries round about, and they spread their nets upon him: he was taken in their pit.
Moun lòt nasyon yo leve dèyè l'. Moun soti toupatou nan pwovens bò kote l' yo, yo vin voye yon privye sou li. Yo pran l' nan pèlen twou yo te pare pou li a.
9 And they put him in chains and in a cage, [and] he came to the king of Babylon; and he cast him into prison, that his voice should not be heard on the mountains of Israel.
Yo mete yon zanno fè nan nen l', yo fèmen l' nan yon kaj. Yo mennen l' bay wa Babilòn lan. Yo mete sòlda veye l' pou moun pa janm tande vwa l' ankò nan mòn peyi Izrayèl yo.
10 Your mother was as a vine and as a blossom on a pomegranate tree, planted by water: her fruit and her shoot abounded by reason of much water.
Manman ou te tankou yon pye rezen plante bò kannal dlo. Pye rezen an te chaje ak fèy, li t'ap donnen anpil paske li te jwenn kont dlo li.
11 And she became a rod for a tribe of princes, and was elevated in her bulk in the midst of [other] trees, and she saw her bulk in the multitude of her branches.
Li pouse gwo branch. Branch yo tounen baton kòmandman wa. Pye rezen an grandi, li rive depase tèt tout lòt bwa yo. Tout moun t'ap gade jan li te wo, jan li te gen anpil branch.
12 But she was broken down in wrath, she was cast upon the ground, and the east wind dried up her choice [branches]: vengeance came upon them, and the rod of her strength was withered; fire consumed it.
Men, yo move sou li, yo derasinen l', yo jete l' atè. Van lès koule tout donn li yo, li kase tout gwo branch li yo. Branch yo cheche, yo boule nan dife.
13 And now they have planted her in the wilderness, in a dry land.
Koulye a, se nan yon dezè li kanpe, nan yon tè sèk san dlo.
14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her choice [boughs], and has devoured her; and there was no rod of strength in her. Her race is become a parable of lamentation, and it shall be for a lamentation.
Dife pran nan pye rezen an. Li boule ni branch li yo ni donn li yo. Li pa gen gwo branch ankò ki pou ta sèvi baton kòmandman pou wa. Sa a se yon chante pou yo chante anpil fwa pou plenn sò chèf peyi Izrayèl yo.
