< Zechariah 1 >

1 In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying:
Nan uityèm mwa dizyèm lanne rèy wa Dariyis, Seyè a pale ak pwofèt Zakari, ki te pitit Berekya, pitit pitit Ido. Li ba li mesaj sa a pou pèp la.
2 “The LORD was very angry with your fathers.
Li di li: -Mwen menm Seyè a, mwen te fache anpil sou zansèt nou yo.
3 So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’
Men koulye a, mwen menm Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, men sa m' voye di nou: Tounen vin jwenn mwen, m'a tounen vin jwenn nou tou. Se vre wi sa m'ap di nou la a.
4 Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.
Pa fè tankou zansèt nou yo. Nan tan lontan pwofèt yo te ba yo mesaj mwen. Yo te di yo: Men sa Seyè a di nou: Kite move chemen n'ap swiv la. Sispann fè sa ki mal. Men, yo pa t' koute m', yo fè tankou se pa avè yo m' t'ap pale. Se vre wi sa m'ap di la a.
5 Where are your fathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever?
Kote zansèt nou yo ye koulye a? Eske pwofèt yo te ka viv san yo pa janm mouri?
6 But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”
Men, sa m' te di nan pawòl ak lòd mwen te bay pwofèt yo, sèvitè m' yo, pou zansèt nou yo, èske sa pa rive yo vre? Lè sa a, yo vin règrèt sa yo te fè a. Yo rekonèt mwen menm, Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, mwen te pini yo pou jan yo t'ap viv la, pou tou sa yo te fè ki mal, jan mwen te soti pou m' fè l' la.
7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo.
Nan dezyèm lanne rèy wa Dariyis, vennkatriyèm jou nan onzyèm mwa a, mwa yo rele Cheba a, Seyè a bay pwofèt Zakari, pitit Berekya, pitit pitit Ido a, yon mesaj.
8 I looked out into the night and saw a man riding on a red horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in the hollow, and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.
Men ki jan pwofèt la rakonte l': -Mwen fè yon vizyon nan mitan lannwit: Mwen wè yon nonm sou yon chwal wouj. Li te kanpe nan mitan yon bann pye jasmen ki te nan yon ti fon anba pyebwa. Te gen yon chwal wouj, yon chwal alzan ak yon chwal blan kanpe dèyè do l'.
9 “What are these, my lord?” I asked. And the angel who was speaking with me replied, “I will show you what they are.”
Mwen mande: -Kisa chwal sa yo ye menm, mèt? Zanj ki t'ap pale avè m' lan reponn mwen: -Mwen pral fè ou wè sa yo ye.
10 Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, “They are the ones the LORD has sent to patrol the earth.”
Nonm ki te kanpe nan mitan pye jasmen yo pran lapawòl, li di m' konsa: -Se moun Seyè a te voye al wè sa k'ap pase toupatou sou latè.
11 And the riders answered the angel of the LORD who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth is at rest and tranquil.”
Chwal yo pale ak zanj Bondye a ki te kanpe nan mitan pye jasmen yo, yo di l' konsa: -Nou te ale toupatou sou latè. Nou te wè tout moun chita byen dousman lakay yo, san bri san kont.
12 Then the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”
Lè sa a, zanj Seyè a pran lapawòl, epi li di: -Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa, sa fè swasanndizan depi ou ankòlè sou lavil Jerizalèm ak sou lavil Jida yo. Kilè w'a resi gen pitye pou yo?
13 So the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.
Seyè a reponn zanj ki t'ap pale avè m' lan. Li ba li bon pawòl pou remoute kouraj li.
14 Then the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion,
Lèfini, zanj ki t'ap pale avè m' lan di m': -Men sa pou ou fè moun yo konnen: Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a pale. Li di: Mwen renmen lavil Jerizalèm ki sou mòn Siyon an anpil anpil.
15 but I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry, but they have added to the calamity.’
Men, mwen move anpil sou nasyon k'ap mennen lavi dous yo. Mwen te fache sou pèp mwen an, se vre. Men, mwen pa t' twò fache pase sa. Men, nasyon yo pwofite, yo fè gwo malè sou li.
16 Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declares the LORD of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’
Se poutèt sa, men sa Seyè a di: M'ap tounen vin jwenn lavil Jerizalèm ankò, m'ap gen pitye pou li. Yo pral rebati tanp mwen an nan lavil la. Jerizalèm pral kanpe ankò. Se mwen men, Seyè a, ki di sa:
17 Proclaim further that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘My cities will again overflow with prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.’”
Zanj lan di m': -Men yon lòt bagay pou fè yo konnen ankò. Seyè a pale, li di konsa: Lavil mwen yo pral wè zafè yo mache byen ankò. M'ap gen pitye pou mòn Siyon an ankò. Mwen pral chwazi lavil Jerizalèm pou li rele m' pa m' ankò.
18 Then I looked up and saw four horns.
Apre sa, mwen fè yon lòt vizyon, mwen leve je m' gade. Mwen wè kat kòn bèf.
19 So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these?” And he told me, “These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
Mwen mande zanj ki t'ap pale avè m' lan: -Kisa kòn sa yo ye, mèt? Li reponn mwen: -Kòn sa yo, se nasyon ki te depòte moun peyi Jida yo, pèp Izrayèl la ansanm ak moun lavil Jerizalèm yo.
20 Then the LORD showed me four craftsmen.
Apre sa, Seyè a fè m' wè kat bòs fòjon ak mato nan men yo.
21 “What are these coming to do?” I asked. And He replied, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head; but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations that have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”
Mwen mande l': -Kisa moun sa yo vin fè la a? Li reponn mwen: -Kòn sa yo, se nasyon ki te depòte tout pèp peyi Jida a, ki te fè tout moun Jida yo t'ap mache tèt bese. Men, bòs fòjon sa yo vini pou yo fè nasyon yo pè, pou kraze pouvwa tout nasyon ki t'ap pwofite sou pèp peyi Jida a, lèfini ki te gaye yo toupatou.

< Zechariah 1 >