Nehemiah 9

1 Then, on the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the sons of Israel came together in fasting and in sackcloth, and with soil upon them.

Alò, nan venn-katriyèm jou nan mwa sa a, fis Israël yo te rasanble fè jèn abiye ak twal sak ak tè yo mete sou yo.

2 And the offspring of the sons of Israel were separated from all the sons of foreigners. And they stood up, and they confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

Desandan Israël yo te separe yo soti nan tout etranje yo, e te kanpe pou konfese peche pa yo avèk inikite a papa zansèt yo.

3 And they arose to stand. And they read in the volume of the law of the Lord their God, four times in the day, and four times they confessed. And they adored the Lord their God.

Pandan yo te kanpe nan plas yo, yo te li soti nan liv lalwa SENYÈ a, Bondye pa yo a, pou yon ka de jounen an. Pou yon lòt ka, yo te konfese e te adore SENYÈ a, Bondye pa yo a.

4 Then, upon the step of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, and Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani rose up. And they cried out in a great voice to the Lord their God.

Alò, sou etaj, Levit yo te kanpe Jousé, Bani, Dadmiel, Schebania, Bunni, Schérébia, Bani avèk Kenani. Yo t ap kriye ak vwa fò anlè a SENYÈ a, Bondye yo a.

5 And the Levites, Jeshua and Kadmiel, Bunni, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said: “Rise up. Bless the Lord your God, from eternity even to eternity! And blessed be the exalted name of your glory, with all blessing and praise.

Konsa, Levit yo, Josué, Kadmiel, Bani, Haschabnia, Schérébia, Hodija, Schebania, avèk Pethachja te di: “Leve pou beni SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, jis pou tout tan! O ke non Ou ki se leve wo sou tout benediksyon yo ak lwanj yo ranpli ak glwa kapab beni.

6 You yourself alone, O Lord, made heaven, and the heaven of the heavens, and all their host, the earth and all things that are in it, the seas and all things that are in them. And you gave life to all these things. And the host of heaven adores you.

Se Ou sèl ki SENYÈ a. Ou te fè syèl yo, syèl de syèl yo avèk tout lame pa yo, latè a avèk tout sa ki sou li, lanmè ak tout sa ki ladann. Se Ou ki bay yo tout lavi. Menm lame syèl la bese ba devan Ou.

7 You yourself, O Lord God, are the One who chose Abram. And you led him away from the fire of the Chaldeans, and you gave him the name Abraham.

Ou se SENYÈ a, ki te chwazi Abram nan, e ki te fè l sòti nan Ur a Kaldeyen yo, ki te bay li non Abraham.

8 And you found his heart to be faithful before you. And you formed a covenant with him, so that you might give to him the land of the Canaanite, of the Hittite, and of the Amorite, and of the Perizzite, and of the Jebusite, and of the Girgashite, so that you might give it to his offspring. And you have fulfilled your words, for you are just.

Ou te twouve kè li fidèl devan Ou, epi te fè yon akò avèk li, pou bay li tout tè a Canaan yo, a Etyen yo avèk Amoreyen yo, a Ferezyen yo, Jebizyen yo, avèk Girezyen yo, pou livre bay li a desandan pa li yo. Konsa, Ou te akonpli pwomès Ou te fè a, paske Ou jis.

9 And you saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt. And you heard their outcry beside the Red Sea.

Ou te wè afliksyon a zansèt nou yo an Egypte, epi te tande kri yo akote Lanmè Wouj.

10 And you gave signs and portents to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to the people of his land. For you knew that they acted arrogantly against them. And you made a name for yourself, just as it is in this day.

Ou te fè sign ak mèvèy kont Farawon, kont tout sèvitè li yo avèk moun a peyi li yo, paske Ou te konnen ke yo te aji avèk awogans kont yo, epi te fè yon non pou tèt Ou ki dire jis rive jodi a.

11 And you divided the sea before them, and they crossed through the midst of the sea on dry land. But their pursuers you cast into the depths, like a stone into great waters.

Ou te divize lanmè a devan yo. Konsa yo te pase nan mitan lanmè a sou tè sèch. Epi sila ki te kouri dèyè yo te jete nan fon, tankou yon wòch nan dlo anraje.

12 And in the pillar of cloud, you were their leader by day, and in the pillar of fire, by night, so that they might see the way along which they might advance.

Avèk yon pilye nwaj, Ou te mennen pèp la pandan lajounen, e avèk yon pilye dife pandan lannwit, pou limen chemen yo sou sila yo ta dwe mache yo.

13 You also descended to mount Sinai, and you spoke with them from heaven. And you gave them upright judgments, and the law of truth, and ceremonies, and good precepts.

Anplis, Ou te desann sou Mon Sinaï, e te pale avèk yo soti nan syèl la. Ou te bay yo òdonans ki jis avèk lalwa ki te vrè, bon règleman avèk bon kòmandman yo.

14 You revealed to them your sanctified Sabbath, and you instructed them in commandments, and ceremonies, and the law, by the hand of Moses, your servant.

Konsa, Ou te fè yo rekonèt Saba sen Ou an, epi te byen poze pou yo, kòmandman yo, règleman yo, avèk lalwa yo pa sèvitè Ou, Moïse.

15 You also gave them bread from heaven in their hunger, and you brought forth water from the rock for them in their thirst. And you said to them that they should enter and possess the land, over which you lifted up your hand so that you might give it to them.

Ou te founi pen soti nan syèl la pou grangou yo, epi Ou te mennen dlo soti nan yon wòch pou yo menm, pou swaf yo, epi Ou te di yo antre ladann nan peyi ke Ou te sèmante pou bay yo pou posede a.

16 Yet truly, they and our fathers acted arrogantly, and they hardened their necks, and they did not listen to your commandments.

Men yo menm, zansèt nou yo, te aji avèk awogans. Yo te fè tèt di, epi te refize koute kòmandman Ou yo.

17 And they were not willing to hear, and they did not remember, your miracles which you had accomplished for them. And they hardened their necks, and they offered their head, so that they would return to their servitude, as if in contention. But you, a forgiving God, lenient and merciful, longsuffering and full of compassion, did not abandon them.

Yo te refize koute e yo pa t sonje mèvèy ke Ou te fè pami yo. Konsa, yo te vin tèt di, e te chwazi yon chèf ki pou mennen yo retounen an esklavaj yo an Egypte. Men Ou se yon Bondye ki padone, plen ak gras avèk mizerikòd, lan nan kòlè e plen avèk lanmou dous. Ou pa t abandone yo.

18 Indeed, even when they had made for themselves a molten calf, and they had said, ‘This is your God, who led you away from Egypt!’ and had committed great blasphemies,

Menm lè yo te fè pou kont yo yon ti bèf an metal fonn, yo te di: ‘Sa se Bondye nou, ki te mennen nou monte soti an Egypte la’, epi te fè gran blasfèm,

19 even so, in the multitude of your mercies, you did not send them away in the desert. The pillar of cloud did not withdraw from them by day, so that it might lead them on the way, nor the pillar of fire by night, so that it might show them the way along which they might advance.

Ou menm, nan gran mizerikòd Ou, pa t abandone yo nan dezè. Pilye nwaj la pa t kite yo pandan lajounen, pou gide yo nan chemen yo, ni pilye dife a pandan lannwit, pou klere pou yo chemen an, e montre yo direksyon ke yo dwe ale.

20 And you gave them your good Spirit, so that he might teach them, and you did not withhold your manna from their mouth, and you gave them water in their thirst.

Ou te bay bon lespri pa Ou pou enstwi yo. Lamàn Ou, Ou pa t refize fè antre nan bouch yo. Ou te bay yo dlo pou lè yo te swaf.

21 For forty years, you fed them in the desert, and nothing was lacking to them; their garments did not grow old, and their feet were not worn down.

Anverite, pandan karantan, Ou te fè pwovizyon pou yo nan dezè a, e yo pa t manke anyen. Rad yo pa t epwize, ni pye yo pa t anfle.

22 And you gave them kingdoms and peoples, and you distributed to them by lot. And they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og, the king of Bashan.

Anplis, Ou te bay yo wayòm yo avèk pèp yo, epi te divize bay yo tout selon pòsyon pa yo. Yo te pran posesyon a peyi Sihon, wa a Hesbon an ak peyi Og, wa Basan an.

23 And you multiplied their sons like the stars of heaven. And you led them into the land, about which you had said to their fathers that they would enter and possess it.

Ou te fè fis pa yo vin anpil kon zetwal syèl yo, epi Ou te mennen yo antre nan peyi ke Ou te mande zansèt pa yo antre pou posede a.

24 And the sons arrived and possessed the land. And you humbled the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, before them. And you delivered them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, so that they might do with them just as it was pleasing to them.

Pou sa, fis pa yo te antre pou posede peyi a. Epi Ou te fè moun peyi a Canaan yo soumèt devan Ou. Konsa, Ou te livre yo nan men yo, avèk wa yo ak pèp peyi a, pou fè avèk yo sa yo te pito.

25 And so they seized fortified cities and fat soil. And they possessed houses filled with all kinds of goods, cisterns made by others, vineyards, and olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. And they ate and were satisfied. And they were fattened, and they abounded with delights from your great goodness.

Yo te kaptire vil fòtifye yo, avèk tèren byen fètil yo. Yo te vin posede kay yo plen avèk tout bon bagay, sitèn ki fin fouye, chan rezen, chan oliv avèk pye fwi an kantite. Konsa, yo te manje, te vin plen, epi te vin gra, e te pran plezi nan gran bonte Ou.

26 But they provoked you to wrath, and they withdrew from you, and they cast your law behind their backs. And they killed your prophets, who contended with them so that they might return to you. And they committed great blasphemies.

Men yo te tanmen dezobeyi, epi te fè rebèl kont Ou. Yo te jete lalwa pa Ou dèyè do yo, e te touye pwofèt Ou yo ki te bay yo avètisman pou yo ta retounen kote Ou, epi yo te komèt gwo blasfèm.

27 And so you gave them into the hand of their enemies, and they afflicted them. And in the time of their tribulation, they cried out to you, and from heaven you heard them. And in accord with your great compassion, you gave to them saviors, who might save them from the hand of their enemies.

Pou sa, Ou te livre yo nan men a opresè yo ki te oprime yo. Men lè yo te kriye a Ou menm nan tan gwo twoub yo, Ou te tande soti nan syèl la, epi pa gran lanmou dous Ou, Ou te bay yo chèf liberatè yo, ki te delivre yo nan men a opresè yo.

28 But after they had rested, they turned back, so that they did evil in your sight. And you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, and they possessed them. And they converted, and they cried out to you. And from heaven you heeded them, and you freed them many times, by your mercies.

Men soti lè yo te fin jwenn repo a, yo te fè mal ankò devan Ou. Pou sa, Ou te abandone yo nan men a lènmi yo, jiskaske yo te renye sou yo. Lè yo te kriye ankò a Ou menm, Ou te tande Soti nan syèl la, epi anpil fwa Ou te fè yo chape akoz gran lanmou dous Ou,

29 And you contended with them, so that they might return to your law. Yet truly, they acted in arrogance, and they did not listen to your commandments, and they sinned against your judgments, which, if a man does them, he shall live by them. And they withdrew from offering their shoulder, and they hardened their neck; neither would they listen.

epi te fè tèmwen kont yo pou fè yo retounen kote lalwa Ou. Sepandan, yo te aji avèk awogans e pa t Koute kòmandman Ou yo, men te peche kont òdonans Ou yo, selon sila yo, si yon nonm ta swiv yo, li ta viv. Men yo te vire yon do byen di, yo te fè tèt di, epi te refize koute.

30 And you continued to forbear them for many years. And you contended with them by your Spirit, through the hand of your prophets. And they did not listen, and so you delivered them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

Malgre sa, Ou te sipòte yo pandan anpil ane, epi te avèti yo pa Lespri Ou, pa pwofèt Ou yo. Sepandan, yo te refize bay zòrèy yo. Akoz sa, Ou te livre yo nan men a pèp nasyon yo.

31 Yet in your very many mercies, you did not cause them to be consumed, nor did you abandon them. For you are a compassionate and lenient God.

Men nan gran mizerikòd Ou, Ou pa t fini ak yo, ni abandone yo, paske Ou menm se yon Bondye gras avèk mizerikòd.

32 Now therefore, our great God, strong and terrible, who keeps covenant and mercy, may you not avert your face from all the hardship that has found us, we and our kings, and our leaders, and our priests, and our prophets, and our fathers, and all the people, from the days of king Assur, even to this day.

Alò, pou sa, Bondye Nou an, Bondye gran, pwisan e mèvèy la, ki kenbe akò li avèk Lanmou dous, pa kite tout twoub sa yo vin bliye devan Ou, ki te vin rive sou nou, wa nou yo, chèf nou yo, prèt nou yo, papa zansèt nou yo, ak sou tout pèp Ou yo, depi nan jou wa Assyrie yo, jis rive jodi a.

33 For you are just, concerning all things that have overwhelmed us. For you have done truth, but we have acted impiously.

Sepandan, Ou jis nan tout sa ki vin rive nou; paske Ou te aji avèk fidelite, men nou te aji mal.

34 Our kings, our leaders, our priests, and our fathers have not done your law, and they have not been attentive to your commandments and your testimonies, to which you have testified among them.

Paske wa nou yo, chèf nou yo, prèt nou yo ak zansèt nou yo pa t kenbe lalwa Ou yo, ni okipe kòmandman Ou yo avèk avètisman Ou yo avèk sila Ou te avèti yo.

35 And they have not served you, in their kingdoms and with your many good things, which you gave to them, and in the very wide and fat land, which you delivered into their sight, nor did they return from their most wicked pursuits.

Men yo, malgre nan pwòp wayòm pa yo ke Ou te bay yo, pa t sèvi Ou, ni kite zak mechan yo.

36 Behold, we ourselves this day are servants. And the land, which you gave to our fathers so that they might eat its bread and have its good things, we ourselves are servants within it.

Gade byen, nou vin esklav yo jodi a, epi pou teren ke Ou te bay a zansèt Nou yo, pou manje fwi avèk bonte li, Gade byen, nou vin esklav ladann yo.

37 And its fruits are multiplied for the kings, whom you have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies, and over our cattle, according to their will. And we are in great tribulation.

Gran rekòlt li bay vin pou wa yo ke Ou te fin mete sou nou akoz peche nou yo. Anplis, yo renye sou kò nou epi sou bèt nou yo, jan yo pito; pou sa a, nou nan gran pwoblèm.

38 Therefore, concerning all of these things, we ourselves are forming and writing a covenant, and our leaders, our Levites, and our priests are signing it.”

Alò, akoz tout sa, nou ap fè yon akò ki si, ki ekri; epi dokiman an sele, pa Chèf nou yo, Levit nou yo ak prèt nou yo.”