Sòm 44
1 Pou chèf sanba yo. Se yonn nan chante pitit Kore yo. Bondye, nou te tande ak zòrèy nou tout gwo bagay ou te fè nan tan lontan. Wi, granmoun nou yo te rakonte nou tou sa ou te fè pou yo nan tan lontan.
For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah. Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, What work thou didst in their days, In the days of old.
2 Yo di nou se avèk fòs kouraj ou ou te chase moun lòt nasyon yo, pou ou te kapab tabli yo nan peyi a. Yo di nou jan ou te maltrete anpil lòt nasyon pou ou te ka fè plas pou zansèt nou yo.
Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand; But them thou didst plant: Thou didst afflict the peoples; But them thou didst spread abroad.
3 Se pa t' avèk nepe pèp ou a te pran peyi a, se pa t' fòs ponyèt yo ki te fè yo genyen batay la. Men, se te pouvwa ou ak fòs ponyèt pa ou ki te penmèt yo fè tou sa. Ou te la avèk yo pou ba yo kouraj. Ou te fè tou sa paske ou renmen yo.
For they gat not the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save them; But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, Because thou wast favorable unto them.
4 Se ou ki wa mwen, se ou ki Bondye mwen. Fè pitit Jakòb yo jwenn delivrans.
Thou art my King, O God: Command deliverance for Jacob.
5 Avèk pouvwa ou, nou kilbite lènmi nou yo. Avèk ou menm ki la avèk nou an, n'ap kraze moun ki leve dèyè nou yo.
Through thee will we push down our adversaries: Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
6 Mwen p'ap mete konfyans mwen nan banza. Se pa nepe m' ki pou delivre m'.
For I will not trust in my bow, Neither shall my sword save me.
7 Se ou menm ki te delivre nou anba lènmi nou yo. Ou fè moun ki pa t' vle wè nou yo wont.
But thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And hast put them to shame that hate us.
8 Se chak jou n'ap fè lwanj ou. Se tout tan n'ap nonmen non ou, n'ap di ou mèsi.
In God have we made our boast all the day long, And we will give thanks unto thy name for ever. (Selah)
9 Men koulye a, Bondye, ou vire do ban nou, ou fè nou pran wont, ou pa soti ansanm avèk lame nou yo ankò.
But now thou hast cast [us] off, and brought us to dishonor, And goest not forth with our hosts.
10 Ou fè nou kouri devan lènmi nou yo. Moun ki pa vle wè nou yo ap piye nou alèz.
Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us take spoil for themselves.
11 Ou lage nou tankou mouton y'ap mennen labatwa. Ou gaye nou nan mitan tout lòt peyi yo.
Thou hast made us like sheep [appointed] for food, And hast scattered us among the nations.
12 Ou vann pèp ou a pou gremesi, ou pa fè okenn benefis sou li.
Thou sellest thy people for nought, And hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price.
13 Ou fè nasyon ki bò kote nou yo ap pase nou nan betiz Wi, yo tout ap lonje dwèt sou nou, y'ap pase nou nan rizib.
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us.
14 Ou fè tout lòt nasyon yo ap bay istwa sou nou. Kou yo wè nou, y'ap fè siy sou nou.
Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 -(we vèsè pwochen)
All the day long is my dishonor before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me,
16 Lè m' tande moun k'ap joure m' yo, moun k'ap vekse m' yo, mwen pa ka gade yo nan je. Lè m' devan lènmi ak moun ki pa vle wè m' yo, lawont fè m' bouche figi m'.
For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth, By reason of the enemy and the avenger.
17 Wi, tout malè sa yo rive nou, men, nou pa janm bliye ou. Nou pa t' manke anyen nan kontra ou fè avèk nou an.
All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
18 Nou pa janm vire do ba ou, nou pa janm kite chemen ou mete devan nou an.
Our heart is not turned back, Neither have our steps declined from thy way,
19 Men ou menm, ki jan ou fè lage nou konsa san sekou nan mitan bèt nan bwa yo? Ou kite nou konsa kote ki fè nwa anpil la.
That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
20 Si nou te bliye rele Bondye nou an, si nou te lapriyè yon lòt bondye,
If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
21 èske Bondye pa ta konn sa, li menm ki konn sekrè ki nan kè tout moun?
Will not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22 Men, se poutèt ou tout tan yo soti pou touye nou. Yo gade nou tankou mouton y'ap pare pou labatwa.
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Louvri je ou, Seyè. Poukisa w'ap dòmi konsa? Leve non. Pa voye nou jete nèt!
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast [us] not off for ever.
24 Poukisa ou vire do ban nou konsa? Poukisa ou bliye anba ki tray nou ye, jan y'ap peze nou?
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
25 Nou tonbe san fòs nan pousyè a. Nou kouche sou vant atè plat.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: Our body cleaveth unto the earth.
26 Leve non. vin pote nou sekou! Jan ou renmen nou sa, vin delivre nou non!
Rise up for our help, And redeem us for thy lovingkindness’ sake.
