Ezayi 48

1 Koute pawòl sa yo byen, nou menm fanmi Jakòb yo. Nou menm ki pote non Izrayèl, zansèt nou an, nou menm ki soti nan ras Jida a, nou pran non Seyè a pou fè sèman. N'ap fè sèvis pou Bondye pèp Izrayèl la. Men, se pawòl nan bouch. Nou pa viv jan Bondye vle l' la.

“Hear this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and have come out of the waters of Judah. You swear by the LORD’s name, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness—

2 Nou cho konsa pou nou di se moun lavil Jerizalèm, lavil Bondye a, nou ye. Se sou Bondye pèp Izrayèl la n'ap mete tout espwa nou, li menm yo rele Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a.

for they call themselves citizens of the holy city, and rely on the God of Israel; the LORD of Armies is his name.

3 Depi lontan mwen te fè nou konnen davans sa ki tapral rive. Mwen te pale pou tout moun tande. Mwen rete konsa, mwen fè sa m' gen pou m' fè a, epi yo rive vre.

I have declared the former things from of old. Yes, they went out of my mouth, and I revealed them. I did them suddenly, and they happened.

4 Mwen te konnen jan nou wòklò. Tèt nou di pase fè, di pase wòch

Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow bronze;

5 Se poutèt sa mwen te fè nou konnen davans sa ki tapral rive nou. Wi, mwen te avèti nou anvan yo te rive, pou nou pa t' di se zidòl nou yo ki te fè sa pou nou, se estati an fè nou yo ak pòtre zidòl nou yo ki te fè sa pase konsa.

therefore I have declared it to you from of old; before it came to pass I showed it to you; lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them. My engraved image and my molten image has commanded them.’

6 Se pou nou rekonèt tou sa mwen te di nou yo rive vre. Enben, mwen pral fè ou konnen lòt bagay ankò ki gen pou rive, bagay mwen te kenbe pou mwen, bagay ou pa ka konnen menm.

You have heard it. Now see all this. And you, won’t you declare it? “I have shown you new things from this time, even hidden things, which you have not known.

7 Se bagay m'ap fè koulye a menm. Mwen pa janm ko fè sa. Se bagay nou pa t' janm konnen jouk jounen jòdi a. Konsa nou pa ka di nou te konn sa deja!

They are created now, and not from of old. Before today, you didn’t hear them, lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’

8 Nou pa t' janm konn bagay konsa, nou pa t' janm tande sa. Mwen pa t' kase bwa nan zòrèy nou sou sa, paske mwen konnen jan nou trèt. Yo pa ka fè nou konfyans. Depi nou fèt yo konnen nou pou moun tèt di.

Yes, you didn’t hear. Yes, you didn’t know. Yes, from of old your ear was not opened, for I knew that you dealt very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb.

9 Se poutèt non mwen pote a kifè mwen kenbe kòlè m'. Se paske mwen vle pou moun fè lwanj mwen kifè mwen pa koute kòlè m' pou m' kraze nou!

For my name’s sake, I will defer my anger, and for my praise, I hold it back for you so that I don’t cut you off.

10 Tankou lajan yo fonn nan fòj pou wè si li bon, mwen te fè nou pase tray pou m' wè kote nou ye.

Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver. I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

11 Se poutèt mwen, poutèt mwen menm ase, mwen fè sa m' fè a. Eske m' ka kite yo derespekte non mwen? Mwen p'ap kite yon lòt resevwa lwanj ki pou mwen an!

For my own sake, for my own sake, I will do it; for how would my name be profaned? I will not give my glory to another.

12 Nou menm fanmi Jakòb yo, Nou menm pèp Izrayèl mwen te chwazi a, koute m' byen. Se mwen menm ki te la anvan tout bagay, Se mwen menm k'ap la apre tout bagay kaba. Mwen p'ap janm chanje.

“Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he. I am the first. I am also the last.

13 Se mwen menm ak men mwen ki fè latè. Se ak fòs ponyèt mwen mwen louvri syèl la. Lè m' rele yo, yo tout kouri vin nan pye m'.

Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spread out the heavens. when I call to them, they stand up together.

14 Nou tout, sanble non pou nou koute m'! Kilès nan zidòl nou yo ki te fè konnen depi davans tout bagay sa yo? Moun mwen renmen an pral fè travay mwen vle l' fè a kont lavil Babilòn, kont ras moun Kalde yo.

“Assemble yourselves, all of you, and hear! Who amongst them has declared these things? He whom the LORD loves will do what he likes to Babylon, and his arm will be against the Chaldeans.

15 Se mwen menm ki te pale, se mwen menm ki te rele l'. Se mwen menm ki fè l' vini. M'ap fè l' reyisi nan travay l'ap fè a.

I, even I, have spoken. Yes, I have called him. I have brought him and he shall make his way prosperous.

16 Pwoche kote m' non, koute sa m'ap di: Depi nan konmansman mwen pa kache nou anyen. Depi lè bagay la t'ap rive, mwen te la. Koulye a, Seyè a ban mwen lespri l', li voye m'!

“Come near to me and hear this: “From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it happened, I was there.” Now the Lord GOD has sent me with his Spirit.

17 Bondye pèp Izrayèl la ki yon Bondye apa, Seyè k'ap delivre yo a, men sa li di: -Se mwen menm ki Seyè a, Bondye nou an. Se mwen menm k'ap moutre nou sa ki pou byen nou. Se mwen menm k'ap mennen nou nan chemen pou nou swiv la.

The LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, says: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.

18 Si sèlman nou te swiv lòd mwen te ban nou yo, benediksyon ta vide sou nou tankou lapli k'ap tonbe. Tankou lanmè ki pa janm sispann voye lanm, m' pa ta janm sispann kanpe pou nou!

Oh that you had listened to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

19 Moun ras nou yo ta menm kantite ak grenn sab. Pitit pitit nou yo ta tankou grenn sab bò lanmè. Anyen pa ta ka detwi nou devan mwen. Non! Nou pa ta janm disparèt devan mwen.

Your offspring also would have been as the sand and the descendants of your body like its grains. His name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.”

20 Soti kite lavil Babilòn! Sove kò nou lakay moun Kalde yo! Gaye nouvèl la ak kè kontan. Mache fè konnen l' toupatou. Seyè a delivre Izrayèl, sèvitè li a.

Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! With the sound of joyful shouting announce this, tell it even to the end of the earth; say, “The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob!”

21 Lè li t'ap mennen yo nan dezè a, yo pa t' swaf dlo. Li fè sous dlo pete nan wòch pou yo. Li fann wòch la, dlo koule soti.

They didn’t thirst when he led them through the deserts. He caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them. He also split the rock and the waters gushed out.

22 Men Seyè a di: Pa gen kè poze pou mechan yo!

“There is no peace”, says the LORD, “for the wicked.”