Ezayi 8
1 Seyè a pale avè m', li di m' konsa: -Pran yon gwo wòch plat ak yon sizo mason. Ekri pawòl sa yo sou li an gwo lèt: Prese piye, prese devalize.
And the Lord said to me: Take thee a great book, and write in it with a man’s pen. Take sway the spoils with speed, quickly take the prey.
2 Lèfini, mwen pran de moun serye, Ouri, yon prèt, ak Zakari, pitit Jeberekiya a, pou yo sèvi m' temwen.
And I took unto me faithful witnesses, Urias the priest, and Zacharias the son of Barachias.
3 Apre sa, m' al kouche ak madanm mwen. Li vin ansent, li fè yon pitit gason. Seyè a di m' konsa: -W'a rele l': Prese piye, prese devalize.
And I went to the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son. And the Lord said to me: Call his name, Hasten to take away the spoils: Make haste to take away the prey.
4 Paske, anvan pitit la ka pale pou l' di papa manman, moun peyi Lasiri yo va gen tan pran tout richès moun lavil Damas yo ak tou sa moun Samari yo pran nan piyay, y'a pote yo ale bay wa pa yo a.
For before the child know to call his father and his mother, the strength of Damascus, and the spoils of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of the Assyrians.
5 Seyè a pale avè m' ankò, li di m' konsa:
And the Lord spoke to me again, saying:
6 -Paske pèp la meprize dlo larivyè Siloe a k'ap koule tou dousman, paske yo tranble devan wa Rezen ak wa Pekak, pitit Remalya a,
Forasmuch as this people hath cast away the waters of Siloe, that go with silence, and hath rather taken Basin, and the son of Romelia:
7 mwen menm, Seyè a, m'ap fè wa peyi Lasiri a vin atake yo ak tout fòs li. L'ap vini tankou dlo gwo larivyè Lefrat la lè l'ap desann. L'ap gonfle, l'ap debòde sou tout rivaj li yo.
Therefore behold the Lord will bring upon them the waters of the river strong and many, the king of the Assyrians, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and shall overflow all his banks,
8 L'ap anvayi tout peyi Jida a, l'ap rive ra kou, l'ap kouvri tout peyi a. Bondye avèk nou! L'ap pwoteje peyi a anba zèl li!
And shall pass through Juda, overflowing, and going over shall reach even to the neck. And the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Emmanuel.
9 Nou menm, moun tout nasyon yo, manyè konn sa! Nou mèt tranble! Nou menm ki rete nan peyi byen lwen, louvri zòrèy nou! Pare pou nou goumen! Men, konnen nou anba kou! Wi, mwen di nou pare pou nou goumen. Men, konnen nou anba kou!
Gather yourselves together, O ye people, and be overcome, and give ear, all ye lands afar off: strengthen yourselves, and be overcome, gird yourselves, and be overcome.
10 Nou mèt fè plan nou. Men, sa p'ap mache! Nou mèt pale jan nou vle. Men, sa p'ap sèvi nou anyen, paske nou menm patizan Bondye yo, se Bondye ki avèk nou!
Take counsel together, and it shall be defeated: speak a word, and it shall not be done: because God is with us.
11 Wi, Seyè a lonje men l', li pran m'. Li tou pale m' pou m' pa swiv chemen pèp la t'ap swiv la. Li di m' konsa:
For thus saith the Lord to me: As he hath taught me, with a strong arm, that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying:
12 Pa rele konplo sa pèp la rele konplo. Ou pa bezwen pè sa pèp la pè a. Wi, ou pa bezwen gen kè sote.
Say ye not: A conspiracy: for all that this people speaketh, is a conspiracy: neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
13 Chonje, se mwen menm, Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, pou nou konsidere tankou Bondye apa a! Se mwen menm pou nou pè. Se pou mwen nou dwe gen krentif.
Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself: and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
14 Paske se mwen menm ki yon Bondye apa. M'ap tounen yon wòch k'ap fè nou bite, yon wòch k'ap fè moun peyi Izrayèl yo ak moun peyi Jida yo tonbe! M'ap tounen yon move pa, yon pèlen pou moun lavil Jerizalèm yo.
And he shall be a sanctification to you. But for a stone or stumbling, and for a rock of offence to the two houses of Israel, for a snare and a ruin to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
15 Anpil moun pral bite, y'ap tonbe, y'ap kase ren yo. Y'ap tonbe nan pèlen an, y'ap pran ladan l'.
And very many of them shall stumble and fall, and shall be broken in pieces, and shall be snared, and taken.
16 Se pou patizan m' yo kenbe pawòl Bondye di m' lan. Se pou yo kenbe lòd Bondye yo nan kè yo!
Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
17 Seyè a vire do l' bay moun fanmi Jakòb yo. Men, mwen menm m'ap konte sou li, m'ap mete tout espwa m' nan li.
And I will wait for the Lord, who hath hid his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
18 Men mwen ansanm ak tout pitit Seyè a ban mwen yo! Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, li menm ki rete sou mòn Siyon an, li fè nou tounen yon siy nan mitan pèp la pou nou moutre sa ki pral rive.
Behold I and my children, whom the Lord hath given me for a sign, and for a wonder in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Sion.
19 Si pèp la mande nou pou n' al kay divinò ak moun k'ap rele mò, yon bann moun k'ap pale chwichwi pou moun pa ka konprann, si yo di nou: Eske moun pa gen dwa mande bondye yo sa pou yo fè? Eske yo pa gen dwa al rele mò yo pou vivan yo?
And when they shall say to you: Seek of pythons, and of diviners, who mutter in their enchantments: should not the people seek of their God, for the living of the dead?
20 W'a reponn yo: Koute pawòl Seyè a, koute sa li te moutre nou an! Si nou koute moun k'ap di nou fè lòt bagay, n'ap toujou rete nan fènwa.
To the law rather, and to the testimony. And if they speak not according to this word, they shall not have the morning light.
21 Moun pral pwonmennen mache nan tout peyi a, y'ap dekouraje, y'ap grangou. Grangou pral fè yo move, y'a rive rele madichon pou wa yo a ansanm ak Bondye yo a. Y'a leve je yo gade nan syèl,
And they shall pass by it, they shall fall, and be hungry: and when they shall be hungry, they will be angry, and curse their king, and their God, and look upwards.
22 y'a bese je yo gade atè. Toupatou se va renk kè sere ak fènwa, yon fènwa k'ap fè kè tout moun kase. Y'ap pèdi nan gwo fènwa. Tout moun nan peyi a te mèt gen kè kase, rive yon lè sa gen pou chanje, fènwa a p'ap toujou rete la.
And they shall look to the earth, and behold trouble and darkness, weakness and distress, and a mist following them, and they cannot fly away from their distress.
