Isaiah 54
1 Let your voice be loud in song, O woman without children; make melody and sounds of joy, you who did not give birth: for the children of her who had no husband are more than those of the married wife, says the Lord.
Jerizalèm, ou menm ki pa t' kapab fè pitit, rele, fè fèt! Ou menm ki pa t' janm konnen doulè tranche, chante, danse, fè kè ou kontan! Paske fanm gason pa t' okipe a ap gen plis pitit pase fanm mari l' pa t' janm kite l' la. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
2 Make wide the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your house be stretched out without limit: make your cords long, and your tent-pins strong.
Laji kote w'ap moute tant ou pou ou viv la! Louvri twal tant ou yo. Ou pa bezwen jennen. Lonje kòd ou yo, ranfòse pikèt ou yo!
3 For I will make wide your limits on the right hand and on the left; and your seed will take the nations for a heritage, and make the waste towns full of people.
Ou pral louvri lakou ou sou bò dwat ak sou bò gòch pou fè plas. Moun ou yo pral tounen nan peyi moun lòt nasyon yo te pran nan men yo. Yo pral plen tout lavil ki te rete san moun yo.
4 Have no fear; for you will not be shamed or without hope: you will not be put to shame, for the shame of your earlier days will go out of your memory, and you will no longer keep in mind the sorrows of your widowed years.
Ou pa bezwen pè! Yo p'ap derespekte ou ankò! Ou pa bezwen bese tèt ou, yo p'ap fè ou wont ankò! Ou pral bliye bagay lèd ou te fè lè ou te jenn marye a. Ou p'ap chonje lè ou te rete pou kont ou tankou yon fanm ki pèdi mari l'.
5 For your Maker is your husband; the Lord of armies is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is he who takes up your cause; he will be named the God of all the earth.
Bondye ki te kreye ou la pral tankou yon mari pou ou. Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, se konsa yo rele l'. Se Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, Bondye ki apa a, ki pral delivre ou. Se Bondye tout latè a yo rele l'.
6 For the Lord has made you come back to him, like a wife who has been sent away in grief of spirit; for one may not give up the wife of one's early days.
Ou tankou yon madanm mari l' kite l', epi ki nan gwo lapenn. Ou tankou yon madanm mari l' te renmen depi lè l' te jenn gason, men li vire do kite l'. Seyè a rele ou tounen vin jwenn li.
7 For a short time I gave you up; but with great mercies I will take you back again.
Men sa Bondye ou la di ou: -Mwen te kite ou pou yon ti tan. Men, m'ap tounen avè ou ankò paske mwen renmen ou anpil.
8 In overflowing wrath my face was veiled from you for a minute, but I will have pity on you for ever, says the Lord who takes up your cause.
Kòlè te fè m' pèdi tèt mwen. Mwen te vire do ba ou. Men, kè m' fè m' mal pou ou. M'ap moutre ou jan m' toujou renmen ou. Se Seyè k'ap delivre ou la ki di ou sa.
9 For this is like the days of Noah to me: for as I took an oath that the waters of Noah would never again go over the earth, so have I taken an oath that I will not again be angry with you, or say bitter words to you.
Menm jan nan tan Noe, mwen te pwomèt mwen p'ap janm kite gwo inondasyon rive ankò sou latè. Konsa tou, mwen pwomèt koulye a m' p'ap janm fache sou nou ankò. Mwen p'ap rele dèyè nou, mwen p'ap pini nou ankò.
10 For the mountains may be taken away, and the hills be moved out of their places, but my love will not be taken from you, or my agreement of peace broken, says the Lord, who has had mercy on you.
Ou te mèt wè mòn yo ap souke, ti mòn yo ap tranble, mwen p'ap janm sispann renmen ou. M'ap toujou kenbe kontra mwen te pase pou m' te toujou byen avè ou la. Se Seyè ki renmen ou lan ki di ou sa.
11 O troubled one, storm-crushed, uncomforted! see, your stones will be framed in fair colours, and your bases will be sapphires.
Seyè a di ankò: -Ou menm lavil Jerizalèm ki nan gwo lapenn, ki san sekou, ki san pesonn pou konsole ou, mwen pral poze bèl wòch pyè ak yon mòtye koulè pou fondasyon ou. Mwen pral rebati ou sou pyè safi.
12 I will make your towers of rubies, and your doors of carbuncles, and the wall round you will be of all sorts of beautiful stones.
M'ap bati fò ou yo ak pyè ribi, pòtay ou yo ak pyè malachi, miray ranpa ou yo ak bèl wòch pyè ki koute chè.
13 And all your builders will be made wise by the Lord; and great will be the peace of your children.
Se Seyè a menm ki pral moutre pitit ou yo tout bagay. Yo pral viv alèz ak kè poze.
14 All your rights will be made certain to you: have no fear of evil, and destruction will not come near you.
Ou pral kanpe fèm paske tout moun ap mache dwat lakay ou. Pa fè mechanste. Ou pa bezwen pè pesonn. Ou pa bezwen gen kè sote. Anyen p'ap rive ou.
15 See, they may be moved to war, but not by my authority: all those who come together to make an attack on you, will be broken against you.
Si yo atake ou, sa p'ap soti nan mwen. Nenpòt moun ki va fè ou lagè pral tonbe devan ou.
16 See, I have made the iron-worker, blowing on the burning coals, and making the instrument of war by his work; and I have made the waster for destruction.
Se mwen menm ki kreye bòs fòjon k'ap chofe dife chabon pou fè tout kalite zam. Se mwen menm tou ki fè lwijanboje yo pou kraze brize.
17 No instrument of war which is formed against you will be of any use; and every tongue which says evil against you will be judged false. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness comes from me, says the Lord.
Men, tout zam y'a fè pou sèvi kont ou yo p'ap fè ou anyen. W'a gen repons nan bouch ou pou tout moun ki va akize ou nan tribinal. Se sa m'ap fè pou tout sèvitè m' yo. Se mwen k'ap defann kòz yo. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa!
A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark
