Ezayi 48
1 “Tande sa, O lakay Jacob, ki rele pa non Israël, ki te sòti nan dlo Juda la. Nou sèmante pa non SENYÈ a, e envoke Bondye Israël la, men san verite e san ladwati.
Listen to this, descendants of Jacob, called by the name of Israel, and who come from the lineage of Judah. Listen, you people who swear by the name of the Lord, or who invoke the God of Israel, but not truly or sincerely.
2 Paske yo rele tèt yo menm jan ak vil sen an e yo depann sou Bondye Israël la; SENYÈ dèzame se non Li.
You say you're from the “Holy City,” and claim you're trusting in the God of Israel, whose name is the Lord Almighty.
3 Mwen te deklare ansyen bagay lontan yo, yo te sòti nan bouch Mwen e Mwen te pwoklame yo. Sibitman Mwen te fè yo, e yo te vin rive.
I predicted long ago what was going to happen—I said it and let people know. Then suddenly I decided to act, and it all came true.
4 Akoz Mwen konnen ke tèt ou di, kou ou tankou ba fè, e fwontèn ou tankou bwonz;
I know how stubborn you are, with necks as unbending as iron and foreheads as hard as bronze.
5 pou sa, Mwen te deklare sa a ou menm lontan sa; avan yo te rive, Mwen te pwoklame yo a Ou menm, pou ou pa ta di: ‘Se zidòl mwen an ki te fè l; imaj taye mwen ak imaj fonn mwen an ki te kòmande yo.’
I predicted these things to you long ago, before they happened. I explained them to you so that you couldn't say “My idol did this,” or “My image and my metal god ordered this to happen.”
6 Ou te tande sa! Gade tout sa! Konsa, ou menm, èske ou p ap deklare li? Mwen pwoklame bagay tounèf yo a ou menm soti kounye a, tout bagay kache a ke ou pa t konnen yo.
You've heard all I predicted, and seen it happen. Won't you admit it? Now I'm going to tell you new things, secrets you don't know anything about.
7 Se koulye a yo fèt, e pa lontan sa. Avan jou sa a, ou pa t tande yo. Konsa, ou p ap di: “Gade byen, mwen te konnen yo”.
These are brand-new, not something from the past. Before today you won't have heard anything about them, so you can't say, “Oh yes, I know about that.”
8 Anverite, Ou pa t konn tande yo, ni ou pa t konnen yo. Menm depi lontan, zòrèy ou pa t ouvri, paske Mwen te konnen ke ou aji nan koken. Depi nan nesans ou, se rebèl ou te ye.
No, you've never heard that, and you've never known that! Nobody's told you about that before! I know how deviously you operate—you're called “rebels from birth”!
9 Pou koz a non Mwen, M ap fè kòlè Mwen pran ti reta; pou koz lwanj Mwen, Mwen ralanti l pou ou, pou m pa koupe retire ou nèt.
But because of my nature I am delaying my punishment; and because of my reputation, I'm not going to destroy you.
10 Gade byen, Mwen te rafine ou, men pa tankou ajan; Mwen te fè ou pase a leprèv nan founo doulè a.
Look how I've refined you, but not like silver—I chose you in the furnace of trouble.
11 Pou koz pa M, pou pwòp koz pa Mwen, Mwen va aji; paske kòman non Mwen ka vin pwofane konsa? Glwa Mwen, Mwen p ap ka sede l bay yon lòt.
The reason I'm doing this is because of who I am, yes, because of my very nature. I won't let my reputation be damaged—I won't let anyone else have it.
12 Koute Mwen, O Jacob, menm Israël ke M te rele a; Mwen se Li menm nan. Mwen se premye a. E Mwen se osi dènye a.
Listen to me, Jacon, and Israel, the one I called. Only I am God. I am the first, and I am the last.
13 Anverite, men M te etabli latè, e men dwat Mwen te louvri syèl yo. Lè M rele yo, yo kanpe ansanm.
I laid the foundations of the earth with my own hands; I personally spread out the heavens. When I call the stars, they all take their positions.
14 Rasanble, nou tout pou koute! Se kilès pami yo ki te deklare bagay sa yo? Sila SENYÈ a renmen; li va akonpli sa li pito sou Babylone. Men L va kontra Kaldeyen yo.
Everyone gather round and listen. Which of your “gods” told you anything like this? The one the Lord loves will carry out the Lord's wishes against Babylon—he will attack the Babylonians.
15 Mwen menm, Mwen te pale. Anverite, Mwen te rele li. Mwen te mennen li, e Li va fè chemen li yo vin reyisi.
I myself have spoken. I have called him to do this, and he will be successful in what he does.
16 Vin toupre Mwen, koute sa: “Depi nan kòmansman, Mwen pa t pale an sekrè; depi tan sa te rive a, Mwen te la.” Epi koulye a Senyè BONDYE a te voye Mwen ak Lespri Li.
Come close to me, and listen to this. From the very beginning I haven't spoken in secret; I am always there right when it happens. Now the Lord God and his Spirit has sent me to tell you this:
17 Konsa pale SENYÈ a, Redanmtè ou a, Sila Ki Sen an Israël la: “Mwen se SENYÈ a, Bondye ou a, ki enstwi ou pou ou ta byen reyisi, ki mennen ou nan chemen ke ou ta dwe ale a.
This is what the Lord says, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, I am the Lord your God. I am the one who teaches you what is good for you, who leads you along the way you should go.
18 Si sèlman ou te okipe kòmandman Mwen yo! Konsa afè ou t ap mache byen tankou yon rivyè, e ladwati ou tankou lam lanmè yo.
If you had only listened carefully to what I told you! Then your blessings would have flowed like a river, and goodness would have washed over you like the waves of the sea.
19 Desandan nou yo t ap tankou sab e pitit ou yo tankou grenn sab. Non pa li pa ta janm vin disparèt ni detwi devan prezans Mwen.”
Your children, your descendants, would have been like all those grains of sand. They wouldn't have had to be destroyed, wiped out before me.
20 Ale kite Babylone! Sove ale devan Kaldeyen yo! Deklare ak son a kri lajwa, pwoklame sa. Voye li rive jis nan dènye pwent latè. Anonse li, “SENYÈ a te rachte sèvitè Li a, Jacob.”
Leave Babylon! Run away from Babylonia with happy shouts! Let everyone know, telling the whole earth, “The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob!”
21 Yo pa t swaf lè Li te mennen yo travèse dezè yo. Li te fè dlo sòti nan wòch pou yo; Li te fann wòch la e dlo te vin pete.
They weren't thirsty when he led them through the desert—he made water come out of the rock for them. He split the rock open and water poured out.
22 “Pa gen lapè pou mechan yo”, SENYÈ a di.
The wicked have no peace, says the Lord.
