Ezayi 59
1 Non! Se pa paske Seyè a manke fòs kifè li pa vin delivre nou. Se pa paske li soudè kifè li pa tande lè n'ap lapriyè nan pye l'.
Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it can’t save; nor his ear dull, that it can’t hear.
2 Men se mechanste nou yo ki mete yon bayè ant nou ak Bondye nou an. Se peche nou yo ki fè l' vire figi l' pou l' pa tande nou.
But your iniquities have separated you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
3 San ap koule sou tout dwèt nou. Nou foure men nou nan tout kalite mechanste. Bonjou nou pa laverite. Depi nou louvri bouch nou se kout lang n'ap bay.
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies. Your tongue mutters wickedness.
4 Lè n' al nan tribinal se pou defann move kòz. Lè n'ap plede, nou bay manti. N'ap di yon bann bagay ki pa laverite. Se move lide ase ki nan tèt nou. Se mechanste ase n'ap fè.
No one sues in righteousness, and no one pleads in truth. They trust in vanity and speak lies. They conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
5 Move plan y'ap fè yo tankou pwazon. Si ou pran ladan yo nanpwen rechap. Si ou rive kraze yon move plan y'ap fè, y'ap pare yonn ki pi rèd pou ou.
They hatch adders’ eggs and weave the spider’s web. He who eats of their eggs dies; and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper.
6 Menm jan ou pa ka fè rad ak fil zariyen, konsa tou sa y'ap fè a p'ap rapòte yo anyen ki bon. Se mechanste ase yo soti pou yo fè. Se nan san ase yo mete men yo.
Their webs won’t become garments. They won’t cover themselves with their works. Their works are works of iniquity, and acts of violence are in their hands.
7 Y'ap kouri konsa pou fè sa ki mal, yo cho pou yo touye moun inonsan. Lide yo toujou sou sa ki mal, kote yo pase se dega toupatou. Se malè yo kite dèyè yo.
Their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity. Desolation and destruction are in their paths.
8 Yo pa konn jan pou yo viv byen ak moun. Tout sa y'ap fè kwochi. Tout kò yo se plan. Moun k'ap swiv yo toujou nan tèt chaje.
They don’t know the way of peace; and there is no justice in their ways. They have made crooked paths for themselves; whoever goes in them doesn’t know peace.
9 Pèp la di: -Koulye a nou konnen poukisa Bondye ki pou ta defann kòz nou an rete lwen nou konsa, poukisa li pa vin delivre nou. Nou t'ap tann limyè pou klere kote n'ap mete pye nou, men kote nou pase se nan fènwa nou ye.
Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness doesn’t overtake us. We look for light, but see darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.
10 N'ap tatonnen tankou avèg k'ap chache wout, tankou moun je pete. N'ap bite gwo midi tankou si nou t'ap mache solèy kouche. San nou pa malad, nou tankou moun ki deja nan peyi san chapo.
We grope for the wall like the blind. Yes, we grope as those who have no eyes. We stumble at noon as if it were twilight. Amongst those who are strong, we are like dead men.
11 N'ap wouke tankou chen, n'ap plenn tankou bourik anba chay. N'ap tann Bondye pou l' pran defans nou. Bichi! N'ap tann li vin delivre nou. Anyen menm!
We all roar like bears and moan sadly like doves. We look for justice, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far off from us.
12 Seyè, se vre wi, nou te fè anpil peche kont ou! Koulye a, se peche nou yo k'ap kale nou. Yo la devan je nou. Nou rekonèt nou te fè yo vre.
For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know them:
13 Nou te vire do bay Seyè a, nou voye l' jete. Nou derefize koute l'. Nou tòde men frè parèy nou, nou revòlte kont Bondye. Se move lide ase nou te gen nan kè nou. Se manti ase nou t'ap kalkile nan tèt nou.
transgressing and denying the LORD, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
14 Se poutèt sa, nou pa t' bay chans pou yo defann nou. Pesonn pa ka pwoche vin delivre nou. Nan tout lavil la ou pa konn kote ou gad ak pesonn. Pesonn pa mache dwat.
Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has fallen in the street, and uprightness can’t enter.
15 Pa gen moun serye ankò! Si ou pa fè tankou tout moun, se ou k'ap anba. Seyè a wè sa. Sa te fè l' mal paske pa t' gen jistis nan peyi a.
Yes, truth is lacking; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. The LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.
16 Li sezi wè pesonn pa leve kanpe pou defann inonsan yo. Se konsa, li vin delivre pèp la ak pwòp fòs kouraj li. Li ba l' men, li pran defans li.
He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor. Therefore his own arm brought salvation to him; and his righteousness sustained him.
17 Li mete jistis anwo li tankou yon plak pwotèj pou lestonmak li. Li mete pouvwa pou sove a tankou yon kas nan tèt li. Li mete pouvwa revanj li sou li tankou yon palto, li vlope kò l' ak fòs pou l' pran defans moun li renmen yo.
He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head. He put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle.
18 L'ap pini chak moun dapre sa yo fè: li pral move sou moun ki pa vle wè l' yo, li pral tire revanj sou lènmi l' yo, menm sou moun ki rete nan zile byen lwen yo.
According to their deeds, he will repay as appropriate: wrath to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies. He will repay the islands their due.
19 Depi kote solèy la leve a jouk kote solèy la kouche a, tout moun va pè Seyè a, y'a respekte pouvwa li. L'ap vin tankou lavalas k'ap desann nan fon ravin, tankou gwo van tanpèt.
So they will fear the LORD’s name from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come as a rushing stream, which the LORD’s breath drives.
20 M'ap vin sou mòn Siyon an pou m' delivre tout moun fanmi Jakòb yo ki va vire do bay peche yo. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
“A Redeemer will come to Zion, and to those who turn from disobedience in Jacob,” says the LORD.
21 Seyè a di ankò: Men kontra mwen pral pase ak yo a: M'ap mete lespri m' sou yo. M'ap ba yo lòd mwen yo pou lòd mwen yo ka nan bouch yo, nan bouch pitit yo ak nan bouch pitit pitit yo, pou tout tan tout tan. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
“As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit who is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your offspring, nor out of the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says the LORD, “from now on and forever.”
