Isaiah 8
1 And the Lord said to me: “Take up for yourself a large book, and with a man’s pen write in it: ‘Take away the spoils quickly; plunder swiftly.’”
Seyè a pale avè m', li di m' konsa: -Pran yon gwo wòch plat ak yon sizo mason. Ekri pawòl sa yo sou li an gwo lèt: Prese piye, prese devalize.
2 And I summoned to myself faithful witnesses: Uriah, the priest, and Zechariah, the son of Berechiah.
Lèfini, mwen pran de moun serye, Ouri, yon prèt, ak Zakari, pitit Jeberekiya a, pou yo sèvi m' temwen.
3 And I joined with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. And the Lord said to me: “Call his name: ‘Rush to take away the spoils; Hurry to be plundered.’
Apre sa, m' al kouche ak madanm mwen. Li vin ansent, li fè yon pitit gason. Seyè a di m' konsa: -W'a rele l': Prese piye, prese devalize.
4 For before the boy knows how to call to his father and his mother, the strength of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria will be taken away, in the sight of the king of the Assyrians.”
Paske, anvan pitit la ka pale pou l' di papa manman, moun peyi Lasiri yo va gen tan pran tout richès moun lavil Damas yo ak tou sa moun Samari yo pran nan piyay, y'a pote yo ale bay wa pa yo a.
5 And the Lord spoke to me further, saying:
Seyè a pale avè m' ankò, li di m' konsa:
6 “Because this people has cast aside the waters of Shiloah, which go forth silently, and has instead chosen Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
-Paske pèp la meprize dlo larivyè Siloe a k'ap koule tou dousman, paske yo tranble devan wa Rezen ak wa Pekak, pitit Remalya a,
7 for this reason, behold, the Lord will lead over them the waters of a river, strong and plentiful: the king of the Assyrians with all his glory. And he will rise up throughout all his streams, and he will overflow all his banks.
mwen menm, Seyè a, m'ap fè wa peyi Lasiri a vin atake yo ak tout fòs li. L'ap vini tankou dlo gwo larivyè Lefrat la lè l'ap desann. L'ap gonfle, l'ap debòde sou tout rivaj li yo.
8 And he will pass through Judah, inundating it, and he will cross over and arrive, even at its neck. And he will extend his wings, filling the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.”
L'ap anvayi tout peyi Jida a, l'ap rive ra kou, l'ap kouvri tout peyi a. Bondye avèk nou! L'ap pwoteje peyi a anba zèl li!
9 O people, gather together, and be conquered! All distant lands, listen! Be strengthened, and be conquered! Gird yourselves, and be conquered!
Nou menm, moun tout nasyon yo, manyè konn sa! Nou mèt tranble! Nou menm ki rete nan peyi byen lwen, louvri zòrèy nou! Pare pou nou goumen! Men, konnen nou anba kou! Wi, mwen di nou pare pou nou goumen. Men, konnen nou anba kou!
10 Undertake a plan, and it will be dissipated! Speak a word, and it will not be done! For God is with us.
Nou mèt fè plan nou. Men, sa p'ap mache! Nou mèt pale jan nou vle. Men, sa p'ap sèvi nou anyen, paske nou menm patizan Bondye yo, se Bondye ki avèk nou!
11 For the Lord said this to me, and he has instructed this to me with a strong hand, lest I go forth in the way of this people, saying:
Wi, Seyè a lonje men l', li pran m'. Li tou pale m' pou m' pa swiv chemen pèp la t'ap swiv la. Li di m' konsa:
12 “You should not say ‘It is conspiracy!’ For all that this people speaks is a conspiracy. And you should not be frightened or alarmed with their fear.
Pa rele konplo sa pèp la rele konplo. Ou pa bezwen pè sa pèp la pè a. Wi, ou pa bezwen gen kè sote.
13 Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself. Let him be your dread, and let him be your fear.
Chonje, se mwen menm, Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, pou nou konsidere tankou Bondye apa a! Se mwen menm pou nou pè. Se pou mwen nou dwe gen krentif.
14 And so shall he be a sanctification to you. But he will be a stone of offense and a rock of scandal to the two houses of Israel, and a snare and a ruin to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Paske se mwen menm ki yon Bondye apa. M'ap tounen yon wòch k'ap fè nou bite, yon wòch k'ap fè moun peyi Izrayèl yo ak moun peyi Jida yo tonbe! M'ap tounen yon move pa, yon pèlen pou moun lavil Jerizalèm yo.
15 And very many of them will stumble and fall, and they will be broken and entangled and seized.
Anpil moun pral bite, y'ap tonbe, y'ap kase ren yo. Y'ap tonbe nan pèlen an, y'ap pran ladan l'.
16 Bind the testimony, seal the law, among my disciples.”
Se pou patizan m' yo kenbe pawòl Bondye di m' lan. Se pou yo kenbe lòd Bondye yo nan kè yo!
17 And I will wait for the Lord, who has concealed his face from the house of Jacob, and I will stand before him.
Seyè a vire do l' bay moun fanmi Jakòb yo. Men, mwen menm m'ap konte sou li, m'ap mete tout espwa m' nan li.
18 Behold: I and my children, whom the Lord has given to me as a sign and a portent, in Israel, from the Lord of hosts, who lives on Mount Zion.
Men mwen ansanm ak tout pitit Seyè a ban mwen yo! Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, li menm ki rete sou mòn Siyon an, li fè nou tounen yon siy nan mitan pèp la pou nou moutre sa ki pral rive.
19 And though they say to you, “Seek from seers and diviners,” they who hiss in their incantations, should not the people seek from their God, for the sake of the living, and not from the dead?
Si pèp la mande nou pou n' al kay divinò ak moun k'ap rele mò, yon bann moun k'ap pale chwichwi pou moun pa ka konprann, si yo di nou: Eske moun pa gen dwa mande bondye yo sa pou yo fè? Eske yo pa gen dwa al rele mò yo pou vivan yo?
20 And this is, moreover, for the sake of the law and the testimony. But if they do not speak according to this Word, then he will not have the morning light.
W'a reponn yo: Koute pawòl Seyè a, koute sa li te moutre nou an! Si nou koute moun k'ap di nou fè lòt bagay, n'ap toujou rete nan fènwa.
21 And he will pass by it; he will fall and become hungry. And when he is hungry, he will become angry, and he will speak evil against his king and his God, and he will lift himself upward.
Moun pral pwonmennen mache nan tout peyi a, y'ap dekouraje, y'ap grangou. Grangou pral fè yo move, y'a rive rele madichon pou wa yo a ansanm ak Bondye yo a. Y'a leve je yo gade nan syèl,
22 And he will gaze downward to the earth, and behold: tribulation and darkness, dissolution and distress, and a pursuing gloom. For he will not be able to fly away from its distress.
y'a bese je yo gade atè. Toupatou se va renk kè sere ak fènwa, yon fènwa k'ap fè kè tout moun kase. Y'ap pèdi nan gwo fènwa. Tout moun nan peyi a te mèt gen kè kase, rive yon lè sa gen pou chanje, fènwa a p'ap toujou rete la.
