Isaiah 28
1 Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley of those who are overcome with wine!
Madichon pou gwògmann ki alatèt peyi Efrayim lan! Pouvwa yo ap fini tankou bèl flè ki te nan kouwòn yo te mete sou tèt yo a. Madichon pou bèl kapital k'ap deperi sou tèt mòn kote li dominen bon venn tè ki nan plenn lan! Madichon pou nou tout ki anba gwòg nou!
2 Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one. As a tempest of hail, a destroying storm, as a tempest of mighty waters overflowing, he will cast down to the earth with the hand.
Seyè a gen yon moun ki gen fòs, yon moun ki gen pouvwa pou fè travay la pou li. L'ap vini tankou yon gwo lapli k'ap tonbe fòs avès, k'ap fè dlo moute anvayi toupatou. L'ap pran tout bagay nan men l', l'ap leve yo. l'ap fese yo atè.
3 The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot.
Li pral pilonnen anba pye li sa ki te fè lògèy gwògmann yo, chèf peyi Efrayim yo.
4 And the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as the first-ripe fig before the summer, which, when he who looks upon it sees, while it is yet in his hand, he eats it up.
Bèl kapital chèf sa yo pral fini kraze sou tèt mòn kote l'ap donminen sou bon venn tè ki nan fon an. Enben, yo pral disparèt tankou premye fig frans mi ki parèt nan sezon an. Wè yon moun wè l', l'ap pran l', l'ap manje l'.
5 In that day Jehovah of hosts will become a crown of glory, and a diadem of beauty, to the residue of his people,
Jou sa a, Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a pral tankou yon bèl kouwòn flè pou rès moun ki pa mouri yo, yon bèl kouwòn dyaman pou sa ki chape yo.
6 and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
L'a fè moun ki chita nan tribinal yo gen bon konprann pou yo pa fè lenjistis. L'ap bay sòlda yo fòs pou yo ka kilbite lènmi yo lòt bò pòtay lavil la.
7 And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up of wine. They stagger with strong drink; they err in vision; they stumble in judgment.
Ata pwofèt yo ak prèt yo, yo sitèlman sou, y'ap titibe. Yo sitèlman bwè diven ak gwo gwòg fò, y'ap di betiz, y'ap depale. Pwofèt yo twò sou pou yo konprann anyen nan vizyon Bondye ap fè yo wè. Prèt yo ap depale, yo pa konn sa pou yo di lè moun vin mete yon ka devan yo.
8 For all tables are full of vomit, filthiness, no place clean.
Yo vonmi sal tout tab kote yo chita a. Pa gen yon ti kote ki pa sal.
9 Whom will he teach knowledge? And whom will he make to understand the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts?
Y'ap pale sou mwen, y'ap di: Ki moun l'ap moutre tout bagay sa yo? Ki moun l'ap fè konprann sa Bondye fè l' konnen an? Gen lè se pou timoun ki fèk sevre, timoun ki fèk kite tete?
10 For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.
Tankou pwofesè lekòl, l'ap repete lèt apre lèt, liy apre liy, leson apre leson.
11 No, but by men of strange lips and with another tongue he will speak to this people,
Si yo pa koute m', Bondye pral voye yon bann moun k'ap pale yon lòt lang yo p'ap konprann menm pou pale ak yo.
12 to whom he said, This is the rest. Give ye rest to him who is weary. And this is the refreshing. Yet they would not hear.
Se li menm ki te ban nou yon kote pou n' poze kò nou, yon peyi kote tout moun ki bouke ka jwenn kanpo, yon peyi kote moun ka viv ak kè poze, men nou derefize koute.
13 Therefore the word of Jehovah shall be to them precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little, that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
Se poutèt sa, Seyè a pral pale ak nou, l'ap repete lèt apre lèt, liy apre liy, leson apre leson. Lè sa a, n'a pral bite, nou pral tonbe sou dèyè, nou pral kase pye nou, nou pral pran nan pèlen, y'ap fè nou prizonye.
14 Therefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scoffers, who rule this people that is in Jerusalem.
Se poutèt sa, nou menm bann awogan ki chita lavil Jerizalèm pou gouvènen pèp sa a, koute sa Seyè a di nou:
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and we are at agreement with Sheol. When the overflowing scourge shall pass through it shall not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hid ourselves under falsehood. (Sheol h7585)
-N'ap fè grandizè deske nou te pase kontra avèk lanmò, nou te siyen papye ak chèf peyi kote mò yo ye a. N'ap plede di lè malè a va rive li p'ap tonbe sou nou, paske avèk fòs manti nou jwenn kote pou n' kache, avèk fòs plan nou maske kò nou. (Sheol h7585)
16 Therefore thus says the lord Jehovah, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation, a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-stone, a sure foundation. He who believes in him shall, no, not be shamed.
Se poutèt sa, koulye a, men sa Seyè a di: Gade! Se mwen menm menm k'ap mete yon fondasyon byen fèm, byen solid nan lavil Siyon an. Nan kwen fondasyon an, m'ap mete yon gwo wòch pyè byen chita. Sou li m'ap make: moun ki gen konfyans nan Bondye p'ap janm gen kè sote.
17 And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet. And the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.
Jistis, se va mèt k'ap sèvi pou mezire fondasyon an. Seriozite, se va nivo k'ap sèvi pou mete l' nivo. Men, gwo van lagrèl la pral kraze kachèt mantò yo. Dlo inondasyon an pral bwote kachkach nou yo pote ale.
18 And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand. When the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. (Sheol h7585)
Li pral kraze kontra nou te pase avèk lanmò a. Li pral chire papye nou te siyen avèk chèf peyi kote mò yo ye a. Lè malè a vini, l'a kraze nou. (Sheol h7585)
19 As often as it passes though, it shall take you. For morning by morning it shall pass through, by day and by night. And it shall be nothing but terror to understand the report.
Malè a ap pase sou nou chak maten. N'a gen pou n' sipòte l' lajounen kou lannwit. Chak mesaj Bondye va fè yo konnen va ba yo sezisman.
20 For the bed is shorter than what a man can stretch himself on it, and the covering narrower than what he can wrap himself in it.
Jan pawòl la di a, n'ap tankou moun k'ap chache kouche sou yon kabann twò kout pou yo, anba yon lenn ki manke lajè.
21 For Jehovah will rise up as in mount Perazim. He will be angry as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work, and bring to pass his act, his strange act.
Paske Seyè a pral leve kanpe jan l' te fè l' sou mòn Perazim lan, li pral souke kò l' jan l' te fè l' nan plenn Gabawon an, pou l' fè sa li vle fè a, bagay nou pa ta janm kwè, pou l' fin fè travay li, travay nou pa ka konprann.
22 Now therefore be ye not scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong. For I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, upon the whole earth.
Koulye a, piga nou pase pawòl mwen yo nan betiz pou yo pa mare nou nan kòd pi rèd toujou. Paske, Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a fè m' konnen li fin pran desizyon l' pou l' detwi tout peyi a. Li p'ap chanje lide.
23 Give ye ear, and hear my voice, hearken, and hear my speech.
Pare zòrèy nou! Tande sa m'ap di nou! Koute byen pawòl k'ap soti nan bouch mwen!
24 Does he who plows to sow plow continually? Does he continually open and harrow his ground?
Yon moun k'ap travay tè p'ap janm pase tout tan l' ap raboure, ap kraze bit, ap pare tè pou plante.
25 When he has leveled the face of it, does he not cast abroad the chick-peas, and scatter the cummin, and put in the wheat in rows, and the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in the border of it?
Rive yon lè, lè li fin bat tè a, l'ap simen grenn tankou lanni ak kannèl. Apre sa, l'ap plante ble, pitimi ak lòj. Lèfini, sou lizyè jaden an li gen dwa simen lòt grenn tankou pwa chouk.
26 For his God instructs him aright, and teaches him.
Li konn sa pou l' fè, paske se Bondye menm ki moutre l' sa pou l' fè.
27 For the chick-peas are not threshed with a sharp instrument, nor is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin, but the chick-peas are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.
Yo pa janm sèvi ak woulo pou degrennen lanni osinon kannèl. Men, se avèk yon bout bwa yo bat pitimi ak pwa.
28 Bread grain is ground, for he will not be always threshing it. And though the wheel of his cart and his horses scatter it, he does not grind it.
Lè y'ap bat ble a pou degrennen l', yo pa bat li san rete. Yo konnen jan pou yo fè woulo a pase sou ble a san yo pa kraze grenn yo.
29 This also comes forth from Jehovah of hosts, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom.
Tout konesans sa a se nan Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a li soti. Plan travay li se bèl bagay. Li bay bon konsèy, li gen anpil bon konprann.
