Ezekyèl 33
1 Seyè a pale avè m' ankò. Li di m' konsa:
The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
2 -Nonm o! Pale ak moun pèp Izrayèl yo. W'a di yo konsa: Lè m'ap voye lènmi atake yon peyi, moun peyi a va chwazi yonn nan yo, y'a mete l' faksyonnè pou veye peyi a.
“Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and tell them, ‘When I bring the sword on a land, and the people of the land take a man from amongst them, and set him for their watchman,
3 Lè faksyonnè a va wè lènmi ap pwoche, l'a bay yon kout klewon pou avèti moun yo.
if, when he sees the sword come on the land, he blows the trumpet and warns the people,
4 Si yon moun tande klewon an, men li pa okipe l', kifè lènmi an rive, li touye l', se djòb pa moun sa a, l'ap pote reskonsablite lanmò li.
then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and doesn’t heed the warning, if the sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head.
5 Li tande kout klewon an pati, men li pa okipe sa, kifè sa lakòz li mouri. Paske si li te koute avètisman an, li ta ka pa mouri.
He heard the sound of the trumpet and didn’t take warning. His blood will be on him; whereas if he had heeded the warning, he would have delivered his soul.
6 Men, si faksyonnè a wè lènmi ap vini epi li pa bay kout klewon an pou avèti moun yo, lènmi an ap vini, l'ap touye moun. Moun yo ap mouri akòz peche yo fè, se vre. Men, se faksyonnè a k'ap pote reskonsablite lanmò yo.
But if the watchman sees the sword come and doesn’t blow the trumpet, and the people aren’t warned, and the sword comes and takes any person from amongst them, he is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.’
7 Koulye a, nonm o! Mwen mete ou faksyonnè pou veye pou pèp Izrayèl la. Lè w'a tande mesaj m'a ba ou a, w'a avèti yo pou mwen.
“So you, son of man, I have set you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word from my mouth, and give them warnings from me.
8 Si mwen fè ou konnen yon mechan gen pou l' mouri, epi ou pa avèti l' pou l' chanje, pou l' kite move pant l'ap swiv la pou l' ka sove lavi l', l'ap toujou mouri poutèt peche l' yo, men se ou menm m'ap rann reskonsab lanmò li.
When I tell the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ and you don’t speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at your hand.
9 Men, si ou avèti mechan an, lèfini li pa chanje, li pa kite move pant l'ap swiv la, l'ap mouri poutèt peche l' yo, men ou menm w'ap sove lavi pa ou.
Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he doesn’t turn from his way; he will die in his iniquity, but you have delivered your soul.
10 Seyè a pale avè m', li di m' ankò: -Nonm o! W'a fè moun pèp Izrayèl yo chonje jan yo t'ap plede repete: Peche nou yo ak fòt nou yo ap peze lou sou nou. Se fini y'ap fini ak nou! Nou pa ka viv nan kondisyon sa a ankò!
“You, son of man, tell the house of Israel: ‘You say this, “Our transgressions and our sins are on us, and we pine away in them. How then can we live?”’
11 Enben, ou menm w'a di yo: Jan nou konnen mwen vivan vre a, se mwen menm Seyè a k'ap pale! Men sa mwen di: Mwen pa pran ankenn plezi nan wè mechan yo mouri. Mwen ta pito wè yo sispann fè sa ki mal pou yo ka viv. Nou menm moun pèp Izrayèl yo, sispann fè sa nou pa dwe fè. Tounen vin jwenn mwen. Poukisa se lanmò n'ap chache konsa?
Tell them, ‘“As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why will you die, house of Israel?”’
12 Ou menm, nonm o! Men sa w'a di moun ou yo: Yon moun te mèt bon kou l' bon, li te mèt mache dwat kou l' mache dwat, jou li fè sa ki mal, li gen pou l' peye sa. Jou mechan an va sispann fè sa ki mal, yo p'ap pini l' pou sa li te konn fè a. Konsa tou, lè yon moun ki t'ap mache dwat pran fè sa ki mal, yo p'ap gade sou jan l' te konn mache dwat la pou yo pa fè l' peye sa l' fè a.
“You, son of man, tell the children of your people, ‘The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him in the day of his disobedience. And as for the wickedness of the wicked, he will not fall by it in the day that he turns from his wickedness; neither will he who is righteous be able to live by it in the day that he sins.
13 Wi, mwen deklare tout moun k'ap mache dwat yo gen pou viv. Men, si yo tanmen mete nan tèt yo, paske yo te konn mache dwat la yo gen dwa fè sa ki mal, mwen p'ap chonje jan yo te konn mache dwat la menm. Y'ap mouri paske yo fè sa yo pa t' dwe fè.
When I tell the righteous that he will surely live, if he trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, none of his righteous deeds will be remembered; but he will die in his iniquity that he has committed.
14 Konsa tou, m' avèti tout mechan yo yo gen pou mouri. Men, si yon mechan sispann fè sa ki mal, epi li tanmen mache dwat devan mwen, l'ap fè sa ki byen,
Again, when I say to the wicked, “You will surely die,” if he turns from his sin and does that which is lawful and right,
15 si pa egzanp, li renmèt garanti yo te ba li pou lajan li te prete, si l' renmèt sa li te vòlò a, osinon si li sispann fè sa ki mal pou li mache dapre lòd mwen k'ap bay lavi a, li p'ap mouri, se viv pou li viv.
if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that which he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity, he will surely live. He will not die.
16 M'ap padonnen tout peche li te fè yo. L'ap viv paske l'ap mache dwat devan mwen, l'ap fè sa ki byen.
None of his sins that he has committed will be remembered against him. He has done that which is lawful and right. He will surely live.
17 Moun ou yo ap plede di: Sa Bondye ap fè a pa bon. Men, se sa yo menm y'ap fè a ki pa bon.
“‘Yet the children of your people say, “The way of the Lord is not fair;” but as for them, their way is not fair.
18 Lè moun k'ap mache dwat la sispann fè sa ki byen pou l' lage kò l' nan fè sa ki mal, l'ap mouri poutèt sa.
When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will even die therein.
19 Konsa tou, lè mechan an sispann fè mechanste pou li mache dwat, pou li fè sa ki byen, l'ap sove lavi l' poutèt sa.
When the wicked turns from his wickedness and does that which is lawful and right, he will live by it.
20 Nou di sa Bondye sèl Mèt la ap fè a pa bon. Enben, m'ap jije chak moun dapre sa yo fè. Nou tande, moun pèp Izrayèl yo!
Yet you say, “The way of the Lord is not fair.” House of Israel, I will judge every one of you after his ways.’”
21 Nan senkyèm jou, dizyèm mwa, douzyèm lanne depi yo te depòte nou an, yon moun ki te resi chape kò l' soti lavil Jerizalèm vin pote nouvèl ban mwen, li di m' lavil la tonbe nan men lènmi.
In the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, one who had escaped out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, “The city has been defeated!”
22 Lavèy jou sa a, nan aswè, mwen te santi pouvwa Seyè a chita sou mwen avèk fòs. Nan maten, lè moun lan rive, Seyè a demare lang mwen pou m' te ka pale. Mwen pa t' bèbè ankò.
Now the LORD’s hand had been on me in the evening, before he who had escaped came; and he had opened my mouth until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute.
23 Seyè a pale avè m' ankò, li di m' konsa:
The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
24 -Nonm o! Rès moun k'ap viv nan lavil yo fin kraze nan peyi Izrayèl la ap plede di: Abraram te pou kont li. Yo te ba li tout peyi a pou li. Nou menm nou anpil. Konsa, tout peyi a ap rete pou nou.
“Son of man, those who inhabit the waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, ‘Abraham was one, and he inherited the land; but we are many. The land is given us for inheritance.’
25 Men sa pou ou di yo: Seyè sèl Mèt la pale, li voye di nou: N'ap manje vyann ak tout san li ladan l'. N'ap fè sèvis pou zidòl, n'ap mete san moun deyò, epi nou mete nan tèt nou tout peyi a pral rete pou nou?
Therefore tell them, ‘The Lord GOD says: “You eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. So should you possess the land?
26 Nou met konfyans nou nan nepe nou. N'ap fè yon bann bagay ki derespektan. Tout gason marye ap kouche ak madanm frè parèy yo. Epi nou mete nan tèt nou tout peyi a pral rete pou nou?
You stand on your sword, you work abomination, and every one of you defiles his neighbour’s wife. So should you possess the land?”’
27 W'a pale ak yo, w'a di yo men mesaj Seyè sèl Mèt la voye ba yo: Jan nou konnen mwen vivan vre a, se mwen menm Seyè a k'ap pale: Rès moun k'ap viv nan lavil kraze yo pral mouri nan lagè. Moun k'ap viv andeyò yo, se bèt nan bwa ki pral manje yo. Moun ki al kache kò yo nan mòn, nan twou wòch, se maladi ki pral fini ak yo.
“You shall tell them, ‘The Lord GOD says: “As I live, surely those who are in the waste places will fall by the sword. I will give whoever is in the open field to the animals to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and in the caves will die of the pestilence.
28 M'ap fè peyi a tounen yon dezè san pesonn ladan l'. Fòs pouvwa ki te fè l' ap gonfle sou moun lan pral kraze. Mòn peyi Izrayèl yo pral tounen savann. Pesonn p'ap ka vwayaje pase ladan yo.
I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment. The pride of her power will cease. The mountains of Israel will be desolate, so that no one will pass through.
29 Lè m'a pini pèp la pou tout bagay derespektan yo fè yo, lè m'a fè peyi a tounen yon dezè san pesonn ladan l', lè sa a, y'a konnen se mwen menm ki Seyè a.
Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment because of all their abominations which they have committed.”’
30 Seyè a di m' konsa: -Nonm o! Tout pèp la sou do ou lè yo kontre yonn ak lòt bò miray lavil la, nan papòt lakay yo. Yonn ap di lòt: Ann al tande ki mesaj Seyè a voye ban nou fwa sa a!
“As for you, son of man, the children of your people talk about you by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak to one another, everyone to his brother, saying, ‘Please come and hear what the word is that comes out from the LORD.’
31 Se konsa, tankou si yo te gen dizon, tout pèp la ap sanble bò kote ou, y'ap vin chita devan ou pou yo ka koute sa w'ap di. Men, yo p'ap fè sa w'ap di yo fè. Yo pran pawòl ou yo pou fè bèl fraz. Se enterè yo ase yo konnen.
They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don’t do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.
32 Pou yo, ou pa anyen pase yon mizisyen ki gen bèl vwa, k'ap chante bèl ti chante swa, ki konn jwe mizik byen. Y'ap koute tou sa w'ap di yo, men yo p'ap fè sa ou di yo fè.
Behold, you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they don’t do them.
33 Men, lè sa ou di ki gen pou rive a rive vre, paske l'ap rive vre, se lè sa a y'a rekonèt te gen yon pwofèt nan mitan yo.
“When this comes to pass—behold, it comes—then they will know that a prophet has been amongst them.”
