Isaiah 51
1 Hearken to me, ye who follow after righteousness, ye who seek Jehovah. Look to the rock from where ye were hewn, and to the hold of the pit from where ye were dug.
Men sa Seyè a di: -Nou tout ki dèyè delivrans, nou tout k'ap chache Seyè a, chonje wòch kote nou soti a, chonje min kote yo wete nou an!
2 Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you. For when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.
Chonje Abraram, zansèt nou an, ak Sara, manman ki fè nou an! Lè m' te rele Abraram, li pa t' gen pitit. Mwen beni l', mwen ba li anpil pitit.
3 For Jehovah has comforted Zion. He has comforted all her waste places, and has made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Jehovah. Joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Mwen menm Seyè a, mwen pral gen pitye pou peyi Siyon an, pou tout moun k'ap viv nan kay kraze l' yo. M'ap fè tout dezè li yo tounen bèl jaden, tout savann li yo tounen tankou premye jaden mwen te plante Edenn lan. Se kè kontan, se fèt ase ki va gen la. Y'a chante, y'a fè mizik pou di m' mèsi.
4 Attend to me, O my people, and give ear to me, O my nation. For a law shall go forth from me, and I will establish my justice for a light of the peoples.
Nou menm pèp mwen, koute sa m'ap di nou: Nou menm nasyon yo, pare zòrèy nou: Se mwen menm ki bay lalwa ki la pou rann jistis, pou sa sèvi yon limyè pou tout nasyon yo.
5 My righteousness is near. My salvation has gone forth, and my arms shall judge the peoples. The isles shall wait for me, and on my arm they shall trust.
Mwen p'ap mize vin sove nou. Talè konsa m'ap delivre nou. Se mwen menm ki pral gouvènen nasyon yo. Moun ki sou zile yo ap tann mwen vini, y'ap tann mwen vin delivre yo.
6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath. For the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall grow old like a garment, and those who dwell in it shall die in like manner. But my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
Leve je nou gade syèl la! Voye je gade latè! Syèl la pral disparèt tankou lafimen. Latè pral fini tankou yon vye rad. Moun ki rete sou latè pral mouri tankou mouch. Men, delivrans m'ap ba yo a ap la pou tout tan. Mwen p'ap janm bezwen delivre yo ankò apre sa.
7 Hearken to me, ye who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law. Fear ye not the reproach of men, nor be ye dismayed at their revilings.
Nou menm ki konnen sa ki dwat, koute sa m'ap di nou. Nou menm ki kenbe lòd mwen yo nan kè nou, nou pa bezwen pè lè moun ap trennen nou nan labou, nou pa bezwen tranble lè moun ap joure nou.
8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool. But my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation to all generations.
Moun sa yo pral disparèt tankou rad sizo ap devore. Yo pral fini tankou twal ki kanni. Men delivrans m'ap ban nou an ap la pou tout tan. Pitit pitit nou yo p'ap janm nan ka pou m' delivre yo ankò.
9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah. Awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Is it not thou who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster?
Leve non, Seyè! Leve non! Mete kouraj ou sou ou, Seyè! Leve non, tankou nan tan lontan, jan ou te fè l' sou tan zansèt nou yo! Apa ou menm ki te fann Raab pak an pak? Apa ou menm ki te pèse gwo dragon lanmè a?
10 Is it not thou who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?
Se ou menm ki te cheche dlo lanmè a. Se ou menm ki te louvri yon chemen nan mitan lanmè a pou moun ou t'ap delivre yo te ka pase.
11 And the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come with singing to Zion, and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads. They shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Moun Seyè a delivre yo ap tounen lakay yo. Y'ap rive sou mòn Siyon an avèk chante nan bouch yo, ak yon kontantman nan tout figi yo, yon sèl kè kontan ki p'ap janm fini. P'ap gen lapenn, p'ap gen plenyen ankò. Se va kè kontan ak fèt pou tout tan.
12 I, even I, am he who comforts you. Who are thou, that thou are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who shall be made as grass,
Seyè a di: -Se mwen menm k'ap ban nou kouraj. Poukisa pou nou ta pè moun ki la pou mouri, moun ki gen pou pase tankou zèb nan savann?
13 and have forgotten Jehovah thy maker, who stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth, and fear continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he makes ready to destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor?
Gen lè ou bliye Seyè ki te fè ou la, li menm ki te louvri syèl la epi ki te poze fondasyon latè a? Poukisa tout lajounen w'ap tranble konsa devan kòlè moun k'ap peze ou yo, moun k'ap chache detwi ou yo? Kisa kòlè moun sa yo ka fè ou?
14 The captive exile shall speedily be loosed, and he shall not die in the pit, nor shall his bread fail.
Talè konsa, yo pral lage moun ki nan prizon yo. Yo p'ap mouri nan kacho. Y'a jwenn kont manje pou yo manje.
15 For I am Jehovah thy God, who stirs up the sea so that the waves of it roar. Jehovah of hosts is his name.
Se mwen menm, Seyè a, ki Bondye ou la. Mwen souke dlo lanmè a, mwen fè lanm lanmè yo gwonde. Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, se konsa yo rele m'!
16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say to Zion, Thou are my people.
Lè m' t'ap louvri syèl la, lè m' t'ap mete fondasyon latè a, mwen te di moun Siyon yo: se pèp mwen nou ye. Mwen te mete pawòl mwen nan bouch nou. Mwen te pwoteje nou ak fòs ponyèt mwen.
17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, who have drunk at the hand of Jehovah the cup of his wrath. Thou have drunk the bowl of the cup of staggering, and drained it.
Leve non, lavil Jerizalèm! Leve non! Souke kò ou. Leve non! Ou fin bwè gode chatiman Bondye te ba ou bwè nan kòlè li a. Ou bwè dènye degout ki te nan gode a jouk li fè tèt ou vire!
18 There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she has brought forth, nor is there any who takes her by the hand among all the sons that she has brought up.
Nanpwen yonn nan tout pitit li fè yo ki la pou moutre l' chemen pou l' pran. Pa gen yonn nan tout pitit li elve yo ki la pou ba l' men.
19 These two things have befallen thee (Who shall bemoan thee?): Desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword. How shall I comfort thee?
De malè tonbe sou ou yonn apre lòt. Ki moun ki ka plenn sò ou? Yo ravaje peyi a, yo fini avè l'. Grangou ak lagè fin touye moun ou yo. Pa gen moun ankò ki pou ba ou kouraj.
20 Thy sons have fainted. They lie at the head of all the streets, as an antelope in a net. They are full of the wrath of Jehovah, the rebuke of thy God.
Nan tout kwen lari, moun ou yo kouche atè san konesans. Tankou bèt nan bwa, yo pran nan pèlen. Kòlè Seyè a fè yo sou. Bondye pa nan pale mete la.
21 Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine.
Se poutèt sa, nou menm moun lavil Jerizalèm ki nan soufrans, koute pawòl sa yo byen, nou menm ki sou tankou si nou te bwè diven.
22 Thus says thy lord Jehovah, and thy God who pleads the cause of his people: Behold, I have taken out of thy hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath. Thou shall no more drink it again.
Seyè a, Bondye nou an, pale. Men sa Bondye k'ap pran defans pèp li a di: -Mwen pral wete nan men nou gode mwen te ban nou bwè nan kòlè mwen an. Nou p'ap gen pou nou bwè ankò nan gode k'ap fè nou sou a.
23 And I will put it into the hand of those who afflict thee, who have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over, and thou have laid thy back as the ground, and as the street, to those who go over.
Se moun ki t'ap maltrete nou yo mwen pral bay li, moun ki t'ap fè nou pase tray yo epi ki t'ap di nou: Kouche kò nou atè pou nou ka pase sou nou. Lè konsa, nou pare do nou ba yo vre atè a, yo mache sou nou, tankou sou granchemen kote moun ap pase!
