Deuteronomy 31
1 Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.
Konsa Moïse te ale e te pale pawòl sa yo a tout Israël.
2 He said to them, “I am one hundred twenty years old today. I can no more go out and come in. The LORD has said to me, ‘You shall not go over this Jordan.’
Li te di yo: “Mwen gen san-ventan daj jodi a. Mwen p ap ka ankò fè antre soti. SENYÈ a te di mwen: ‘Ou p ap travèse Jourdain sila a.’
3 The LORD your God himself will go over before you. He will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them. Joshua will go over before you, as the LORD has spoken.
Se SENYÈ a, Bondye nou menm nan, ki va travèse devan nou. Li va detwi nasyon sila yo devan nou e nou va deplase yo. Se Josué ki va travèse devan nou, jan SENYÈ a te pale a.
4 The LORD will do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, when he destroyed them.
SENYÈ a va fè yo menm jan ke Li te fè a Sihon avèk Og, wa a Amoreyen yo, e a peyi pa yo a, lè Li te detwi yo a.
5 The LORD will deliver them up before you, and you shall do to them according to all the commandment which I have commanded you.
SENYÈ a va livre yo devan nou, e nou va aji avèk yo an akò avèk kòmandman ke mwen menm te kòmande nou yo.
6 Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or scared of them, for the LORD your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”
Rete fò e pran kouraj. Pa pè yo ni tranble devan yo, paske SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, se sila k ap ale avèk nou an. Li p ap fè nou desi, ni li p ap abandone nou.
7 Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land which the LORD has sworn to their fathers to give them; and you shall cause them to inherit it.
Konsa, Moïse te rele Josué e te di li devan tout Israël: “Kenbe fò, pran kouraj, paske ou va ale avèk pèp sa a pou antre nan peyi ke SENYÈ a te sèmante a zansèt pa yo pou ba yo a; epi ou va ba yo li kòm eritaj.
8 The LORD himself is who goes before you. He will be with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid. Do not be discouraged.”
Se SENYÈ a k ap prale devan ou. Li va avèk ou. Li p ap fè ou desi, ni abandone ou. Pa pè, ni pèdi kouraj.”
9 Moses wrote this law and delivered it to the priests the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of the LORD’s covenant, and to all the elders of Israel.
Konsa, Moïse te ekri lwa sa a, e li te livre bay li a prèt yo, fis a Lévi yo ki te pote lach akò a SENYÈ a, e a tout ansyen an Israël yo.
10 Moses commanded them, saying, “At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of booths,
Moïse te kòmande yo e te di: “Nan fen chak sèt ane, nan sezon ane remisyon dèt nan Fèt Tonèl Yo,
11 when all Israel has come to appear before the LORD your God in the place which he will choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
lè tout Israël vini pou parèt devan SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, kote ke Li va chwazi a, nou va li lwa sila a devan tout Israël pou yo tout tande l.
12 Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and the foreigners who are within your gates, that they may hear, learn, fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law,
Rasanble pèp la, gason avèk fanm, ak pitit yo, etranje ki nan vil nou yo, pou yo ka tande aprann gen lakrent SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, epi fè atansyon pou swiv tout pawòl a lwa sila yo.
13 and that their children, who have not known, may hear and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land where you go over the Jordan to possess it.”
Pitit yo ki pa t konnen, va tande e aprann gen lakrent SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, pou tout tan ke nou viv nan peyi ke nou prèt pou travèse Jourdain an pou posede a.”
14 The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, your days approach that you must die. Call Joshua, and present yourselves in the Tent of Meeting, that I may commission him.” Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the Tent of Meeting.
Alò, SENYÈ a te di a Moïse: “Gade byen, lè pou ou mouri toupre. Rele Josué, e prezante nou menm nan tant asanble a, pou Mwen kapab ba li komisyon li.”
15 The LORD appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood over the Tent’s door.
SENYÈ a te vin parèt nan tant lan nan yon pilye nwaj e pilye nwaj la te kanpe nan pòtay tant lan.
16 The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers. This people will rise up and play the prostitute after the strange gods of the land where they go to be among them, and will forsake me and break my covenant which I have made with them.
SENYÈ a te di a Moïse: “Gade byen, ou prèt pou kouche avèk zansèt ou yo. Konsa, pèp sa a va fè jwèt pwostitiye ak dye etranje yo nan peyi kote y ap prale a, pou abandone Mwen, epi va kraze akò Mwen ke Mwen te fè avèk yo a.
17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come on them; so that they will say in that day, ‘Have not these evils come on us because our God is not among us?’
Alò, kòlè Mwen va vin limen kont yo nan jou sa a, Mwen va abandone yo e kache figi Mwen a yo menm. Yo va detwi e anpil malè va rive sou yo, jiskaske yo va di nan jou sa a: ‘Èske se pa paske Bondye nou an pa pami nou ke malè sa yo vin rive sou nou?’
18 I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they have done, in that they have turned to other gods.
Men anverite, Mwen va kache figi Mwen nan jou sa a akoz tout mechanste ke yo te fè, paske yo te vire vè lòt dye yo.”
19 “Now therefore write this song for yourselves, and teach it to the children of Israel. Put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
“Koulye a, akoz sa, ekri chanson sila a pou nou menm e montre li a fis Israël yo. Mete li sou lèv yo, pou chanson sa a kapab yon temwen pou Mwen kont fis Israël yo.
20 For when I have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they have eaten and filled themselves, and grown fat, then they will turn to other gods, and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant.
Paske lè Mwen mennen yo antre nan peyi k ap koule avèk lèt avèk siwo myèl la, ke Mwen te sèmante a zansèt pa yo, yo te manje e satisfè, e yo te vin pwospere, alò, yo va vire a lòt dye yo pou sèvi yo, meprize Mwen e kraze akò Mwen an.
21 It will happen, when many evils and troubles have come on them, that this song will testify before them as a witness; for it will not be forgotten out of the mouths of their descendants; for I know their ways and what they are doing today, before I have brought them into the land which I promised them.”
Epi li va rive ke lè anpil malè avèk twoub vini sou yo, ke chan sa a va fè temwayaj devan yo (paske li p ap bliye pa desandan pa yo); paske Mwen konnen entansyon ke yo ap fòme depi jodi a, avan Mwen mennen yo antre nan peyi ke Mwen te fè sèman pou ba yo a.”
22 So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it to the children of Israel.
Konsa, Moïse te ekri chan sa a nan menm jou a e te montre fis Israël yo li.
23 He commissioned Joshua the son of Nun, and said, “Be strong and courageous; for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land which I swore to them. I will be with you.”
Epi li te bay Josué, fis a Nun nan, komisyon li, e te di: “Kenbe fèm e pran kouraj, paske ou va mennen fis Israël yo antre nan peyi ke mwen te sèmante a yo menm nan, epi mwen va avèk ou.”
24 When Moses had finished writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,
Li te vin rive ke lè Moïse te fin ekri pawòl a lwa sa yo nan yon liv soti nan kòmansman jiska lafen,
25 Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of the LORD’s covenant, saying,
ke Moïse te kòmande Levit ki te pote lach akò SENYÈ yo. Li te di:
26 “Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the LORD your God’s covenant, that it may be there for a witness against you.
“Pran liv lalwa a e mete li akote lach akò SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, pou li kapab rete la kòm yon temwen kont nou.
27 For I know your rebellion and your stiff neck. Behold, while I am yet alive with you today, you have been rebellious against the LORD. How much more after my death?
Paske mwen konnen rebelyon nou ak kou rèd nou. Gade byen, pandan mwen toujou vivan avèk nou jodi a, nou te fè rebelyon kont SENYÈ a. Konbyen anplis, konsa, apre mwen fin mouri?
28 Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
Rasanble pou mwen tout ansyen a tribi nou yo ak ofisye nou yo, pou mwen kapab pale pawòl sila yo pou yo tande e rele sou syèl la avèk tè a pou temwaye kont yo.
29 For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn away from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will happen to you in the latter days, because you will do that which is evil in the LORD’s sight, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.”
Paske mwen konnen apre lanmò mwen, nou va fè zak konwonpi e vire kite chemen an ke m te kòmande nou an. Epi konsa, malè va swiv nou nan dènye jou yo, paske nou va fè sa ki mal nan zye SENYÈ a, e pwovoke Li a lakòlè avèk zèv men nou.”
30 Moses spoke in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, until they were finished.
Konsa, Moïse te resite pawòl chanson sa a soti nan kòmansman jiska lafen nan zòrèy tout asanble Israël la.
