Sòm 81

1 Pou chèf sanba yo. Se sou lè chante yo chante lè y'ap kraze rezen. Se yon sòm Asaf. Chante ak kè kontan pou Bondye ki tout defans nou! Fè fèt pou Bondye Jakòb la!

For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. By Asaph. Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob!

2 Konmanse chante a. Bat tanbouren yo! Jwe bèl mizik sou gita ak bandjo yo.

Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp.

3 Kònen twonpèt pou anonse fèt la, lè lalin lan nouvèl, ak lè li plenn!

Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.

4 Se yon lwa nan peyi Izrayèl, se yon lòd Bondye Jakòb la bay!

For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

5 Bondye te fè sa tounen yon lwa pou pitit pitit Jozèf yo lè li te fè yo soti nan peyi Lejip la. Mwen tande yon vwa mwen pa rekonèt ki di m' konsa:

He appointed it in Joseph for a covenant, when he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I didn’t know.

6 Se mwen ki te wete gwo chay lou ki te sou zepòl nou an. Se mwen ki te fè nou mete panyen yo atè.

“I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.

7 Lè nou te anba tray, nou te rele m', mwen te delivre nou. Mwen reponn nou nan loraj kote m' te kache a. Mwen te vle wè sou ki pye nou ye avè m', lè nou te bò sous dlo Meriba a.

You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.” (Selah)

8 Koute m' non lè m'ap avèti nou, pèp mwen! Pèp Izrayèl, poukisa nou pa vle koute m'!

“Hear, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel, if you would listen to me!

9 Piga nou janm sèvi lòt bondye, piga nou janm adore bondye lòt nasyon yo!

There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god.

10 Se mwen menm ki Seyè a, Bondye nou an. Se mwen menm ki te fè nou kite peyi Lejip la. Louvri bouch nou, m'a plen l' ak pawòl mwen!

I am the LORD, your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

11 Men, pèp mwen an pa koute m'. Pèp Izrayèl la pa obeyi m'.

But my people didn’t listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.

12 Lè m' wè sa, mwen kite yo swiv lide yo te gen nan tèt yo, mwen kite yo fè tou sa yo te vle fè.

So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.

13 Ayayay! Si pèp mwen an te vle koute m'. Si pèp Izrayèl la te vle obeyi mwen!

Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!

14 Anvan yo ta bat je yo, mwen ta fè lènmi yo wont, mwen ta kraze tout lènmi yo.

I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries.

15 Moun ki rayi Seyè a ta vin flate yo. Pèp Izrayèl la t'ap alèz pou tout tan.

The haters of the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.

16 Mwen ta ba yo pi bon kalite manje pou yo manje. Mwen ta plen vant yo ak bon siwo myèl ki soti nan twou wòch!

But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock.”