Ezekiel 20
1 And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth [month], the tenth of the month, [that] certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of Jehovah, and they sat before me.
Alò, nan setyèm ane, nan senkyèm mwa a, nan dizyèm jou nan mwa a, kèk nan ansyen Israël yo te vin mande SENYÈ a konsèy. Yo te chita devan m.
2 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Konsa, pawòl SENYÈ a te vin kote mwen. Li te di:
3 Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Are ye come to inquire of me? [As] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you.
“Fis a lòm, pale ak ansyen Israël yo pou di yo: ‘Konsa pale Senyè BONDYE a: “Èske nou vini la pou mande M konsèy? Jan Mwen viv la,” deklare Senyè BONDYE a: “Nou p ap vin mande M konsèy.’”
4 Wilt thou judge them, wilt thou judge, son of man? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers,
“Èske ou va jije yo, fis a lòm? Èske ou va jije yo? Fè yo konnen abominasyon a papa yo.
5 and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up my hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up my hand unto them, saying, I [am] Jehovah your God,
Di yo: ‘Konsa pale Senyè BONDYE a: “Nan jou ke M te chwazi Israël la, e te sèmante a desandan a lakay Jacob yo, pou te revele Mwen menm a yo menm nan peyi Égypte la, lè M te sèmante a yo menm, e te di: ‘Mwen se SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an,’
6 in that day I lifted up my hand unto them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the ornament of all lands;
nan jou sa a, Mwen te sèmante a yo menm pou mennen fè yo sòti nan peyi Égypte, pou antre nan yon peyi ke M te chwazi pou yo, ki koule lèt avèk siwo myèl, ki se glwa a tout peyi yo.
7 and I said unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I [am] Jehovah your God.
Mwen te di a yo menm: ‘Voye jete, nou chak, bagay abominab a zye nou yo, e pa souye tèt nou ak zidòl Égypte yo. Mwen se SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an.’
8 But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: none of them cast away the abominations of his eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I thought to pour out my fury upon them, so as to accomplish mine anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
“‘“Men yo te fè rebèl kont Mwen, e yo pa t dakò koute Mwen. Yo pa t voye jete bagay abominab a zye yo, ni yo pa t abandone zidòl a Égypte yo. Konsa, Mwen te detèmine pou vide gwo chalè kòlè Mwen sou yo, pou akonpli kòlè Mwen sou yo nan mitan peyi Égypte la.
9 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they were, in whose sight I had made myself known unto them in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
Men Mwen te aji pou koz non Mwen, pou li pa ta vin degrade nan zye a nasyon pami sila yo te rete yo, nan zye a sila Mwen te fè Mwen menm rekonèt a yo, lè M te fè yo sòti nan peyi Égypte la.
10 And I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.
Konsa, Mwen te retire yo nan peyi Égypte pou te mennen yo nan dezè a.
11 And I gave them my statutes, and made known unto them mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them.
Mwen te bay yo lalwa Mwen yo, e te fè yo rekonèt règleman Mwen yo, pa sila, si yon nonm swiv yo, li va viv nan yo.
12 And I also gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I [am] Jehovah that hallow them.
Anplis, Mwen te bay yo Saba Mwen yo pou vin yon sign antre Mwen menm ak yo, pou yo ta ka konnen ke Mwen se SENYÈ ki sanktifye yo a.
13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they rejected mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them; and my sabbaths they greatly profaned: and I said I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
“‘“Men lakay Israël te fè rebèl kont Mwen, nan dezè a. Yo pa t mache nan lalwa Mwen yo, e yo te refize règleman Mwen yo, pa sila, si yon nonm swiv yo, li va viv nan yo. Epi Saba Mwen yo, yo te vin pwofane nèt. Konsa, Mwen te pran desizyon pou vide chalè kòlè Mwen sou yo nan dezè a, pou manje yo nèt.
14 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.
Men Mwen te aji pou koz non Mwen, pou li pa ta degrade nan zye a nasyon yo, devan zye a sila Mwen te fè yo sòti yo.
15 And I also lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land that I had given [them], flowing with milk and honey, which is the ornament of all lands;
Anplis, Mwen te sèmante a yo nan dezè a pou Mwen pa ta mennen yo antre nan peyi ke M te bay a, yo menm nan, peyi ki t ap koule ak siwo myèl, ki se glwa a tout peyi yo,
16 because they rejected mine ordinances and walked not in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
akoz yo te rejte règleman Mwen yo e pou lalwa Mwen yo, yo pa t mache ladan yo. Menm Saba Mwen yo, yo te pwofane yo, paske kè yo te tout tan ap mache dèyè zidòl yo.
17 But mine eye spared them so as not to destroy them, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.
Malgre sa, zye M te epanye yo olye de detwi yo e Mwen pa t detwi yo nèt nan dezè a.
18 And I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk not in the statutes of your fathers, neither keep their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
Mwen te di a pitit yo nan dezè a: ‘Pa mache nan règleman a papa nou yo, ni swiv règleman yo oswa souye tèt nou ak zidòl yo.
19 I [am] Jehovah your God: walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them;
Mwen se SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an. Mache nan règleman Mwen yo e swiv òdonans Mwen yo pou fè yo.
20 and hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I [am] Jehovah your God.
Sanktifye Saba Mwen yo. Konsa, yo va vin yon sign antre Mwen menm ak nou, pou nou ka konnen ke Mwen se SENYÈ Bondye nou an.’
21 And the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept mine ordinances to do them, which if a man do, he shall live by them; they profaned my sabbaths: and I said I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish mine anger against them in the wilderness.
“‘“Men pitit yo te fè rebèl kont Mwen. Yo pa t mache nan règleman Mwen yo, ni yo pa t fè atansyon pou swiv òdonans Mwen yo, pa sila, si yon nonm swiv yo, li va viv la. Yo te pwofane Saba Mwen yo. Konsa, mwen te pran desizyon pou vide chalè kòlè Mwen sou yo, pou akonpli kòlè Mwen kont yo nan dezè a.
22 But I withdrew my hand, and wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.
Men Mwen te ralanti men M. Konsa, Mwen te aji pou koz non Mwen, pou li pa ta vin degrade devan zye a nasyon yo devan zye sila Mwen te fè yo sòti yo.
23 I lifted up my hand also unto them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;
Anplis, Mwen te sèmante a yo menm nan dezè a pou Mwen ta gaye yo pami nasyon yo, e dispèse yo nan tout peyi yo,
24 because they performed not mine ordinances, and rejected my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.
akoz yo pa t swiv òdonans Mwen yo, men te refize tout règleman Mwen yo, te pwofane Saba Mwen yo, e zye yo te sou zidòl a papa zansèt yo.
25 And I also gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances whereby they should not live;
Mwen te bay yo anplis, règleman ki pa t bon ak òdonans yo sou sila yo pa t ka viv.
26 and I defiled them by their own gifts, in that they devoted all that opened the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I [am] Jehovah.
Mwen te deklare yo pa pwòp akoz de sakrifis yo. Yo te koze tout premye ne yo pase nan dife, pou Mwen ta fè yo vin sanzespwa; konsa, pou yo ta konnen ke se Mwen menm ki SENYÈ a.”’
27 Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In this moreover have your fathers blasphemed me, in that they have wrought unfaithfulness against me.
“Pou sa, fis a lòm, pale ak lakay Israël pou di yo: ‘Konsa pale Senyè BONDYE a: “Malgre nan sa, papa zansèt nou yo te blasfeme Mwen lè yo te enfidel a lalwa M.
28 When I had brought them into the land which I had lifted up my hand to give unto them, then they saw every high hill and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering; and there they placed their sweet savour, and there poured out their drink-offerings.
Lè Mwen te mennen yo nan peyi ke M te sèmante pou bay yo a, yo te vin wè tout kolin wo ak tout bwa ki plen fèy yo. La, yo te ofri sakrifis yo, e la, yo te prezante ofrann ki te fè M fache nèt. La, yo te fè monte odè santi bon, e la, yo te vide ofrann bwason yo.
29 And I said unto them, What is the high place whither ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.
Konsa, Mwen te di yo: ‘Kisa wo plas kote nou prale a ye?’ Pou sa, yo rele non plas sa a “Bama “jis rive jou sa a.”’
30 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Do ye defile yourselves after the manner of your fathers? and do ye commit fornication after their abominations?
“Akoz sa, pale ak lakay Israël: ‘Konsa pale Senyè BONDYE a: “Èske nou va souye tèt nou menm, swiv abitid papa zansèt nou yo e jwe pwostitiye apre bagay abominab yo?
31 And when ye offer your gifts, making your sons to pass through the fire, ye defile yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day; and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? [As] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you.
Lè nou ofri ofrann nou yo, lè nou fè fis nou yo pase nan dife, nou ap souye tèt nou ak tout zidòl yo jis rive nan jou sa a. Epi èske nou ta dwe vin mande Mwen konsèy, O lakay Israël? Jan Mwen viv la,” deklare Senyè BONDYE a, Mwen p ap kite nou mande M anyen.
32 And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the nations, as the families of the countries, in serving wood and stone.
“‘“Sa ki vini nan lespri nou an, se pa sa k ap rive vrè, lè nou di: ‘Nou va tankou lòt nasyon yo, tankou fanmi a peyi yo, k ap sèvi bwa ak wòch yo.’
33 [As] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, verily with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out, will I reign over you.
Jan Mwen viv la”, deklare Senyè BONDYE a: “Anverite, ak yon men pwisan, ak yon bra lonje e avèk chalè a kòlè Mwen vide deyò, Mwen va vin wa sou nou.
34 And I will bring you out from the peoples, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out;
Mwen va mennen nou soti nan tout pèp yo, rasanble nou soti nan peyi kote nou gaye yo, ak yon men pwisan, ak yon bra lonje e ak chalè kòlè Mwen vide nèt.
35 and I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there will I enter into judgment with you face to face.
Epi Mwen va mennen nou antre nan dezè a pèp yo, e la Mwen va antre nan jijman avèk nou fasafas.
36 Like as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I enter into judgment with you, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Jan Mwen te antre nan jijman ak papa zansèt nou yo nan dezè an Égypte la, konsa Mwen va antre nan jijman avèk nou”, deklare Senyè BONDYE a.
37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.
“Mwen va fè nou pase anba baton, e Mwen va mennen nou antre anba angajman akò a.
38 And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me; I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, but they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah.
Mwen va fè retire pami nou, rebèl ak sila ki transgrese kont Mwen yo. Mwen va mennen yo sòti nan peyi kote yo demere a, men yo p ap antre nan peyi Israël. Konsa, nou va konnen ke Mwen se SENYÈ a.”
39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Go ye, serve every one his idols henceforth also, if none of you will hearken unto me; but profane my holy name no more with your gifts and with your idols.
“Pou nou menm, O lakay Israël,” deklare Senyè Bondye a: “Ale, nou chak sèvi zidòl pa nou; menm pi ta tou, si nou p ap koute M. Men nou p ap pwofane non sen M ankò ak ofrann ak zidòl nou yo.
40 For in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah, there shall all the house of Israel serve me, the whole of it, in the land; there will I accept them, and there will I require your heave-offerings and the first-fruits of your offerings, with all your holy things.
Paske sou mòn sen Mwen an, sou wotè mòn Israël la,” deklare Senyè BONDYE a: “la, tout lakay Israël, yo tout, va sèvi Mwen nan peyi a. La Mwen va aksepte yo, e la, Mwen va egzije ofrann nou yo, avèk ofrann premyè fwi nou yo, ak tout bagay sen nou yo.
41 As a sweet savour will I accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be hallowed in you in the sight of the nations.
Kon yon odè santi bon, Mwen va aksepte nou lè Mwen mennen nou sòti nan pèp yo, e rasanble nou soti nan peyi kote nou te gaye yo. Epi Mwen va vin sen nan nou devan zye a tout nasyon yo.
42 And ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah, when I have brought you into the land of Israel, into the country which I lifted up my hand to give to your fathers.
Konsa, nou va konnen ke Mwen se SENYÈ a, lè mwen mennen nou fè nou antre nan peyi Israël la, nan peyi ke M te sèmante pou bay a papa zansèt nou yo.
43 And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils which ye have committed.
La, nou va sonje chemen nou yo ak tout zèv yo avèk sila nou te souye tèt nou yo. Epi nou va rayi pwòp tèt nou nan pwòp zye nou pou tout bagay mal ke nou te fè yo.
44 And ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah, when I have wrought with you for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O house of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Konsa, nou va konnen ke se Mwen ki SENYÈ a, lè Mwen fin regle avèk nou pou koz non Mwen, pa selon chemen mechan nou yo, ni selon zak konwonpi nou yo, O lakay Israël,” deklare Senyè BONDYE a.’”
45 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Alò, pawòl SENYÈ a te rive kote mwen. Li te di:
46 Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop [words] against the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
“Fis a lòm, mete figi ou vè Théman. Pale fò kont tout sid la, e pwofetize kont peyi forè nan Negev la.
47 and say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of Jehovah. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flashing flame shall not be quenched; and all that it meets from the south to the north shall be burned thereby.
Di a forè Negev la: ‘Koute pawòl SENYÈ a. Konsa pale Senyè BONDYE a: “Gade byen, Mwen prèt pou limen yon dife nan nou, e li va konsonmen tout bwa vèt nan nou menm ak tout bwa sèch. Flanm dife sa a p ap etenn e tout sifas latè soti nan sid jis rive nan nò va brile pa li menm.
48 And all flesh shall see that I Jehovah have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.
Tout chè va wè ke Mwen menm, SENYÈ a, te limen li. Li p ap etenn.”’”
49 And I said, Ah, Lord Jehovah! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
Epi mwen te di: “O Senyè BONDYE! Y ap di de mwen: ‘Èske se pa parabòl sèlman l ap pale?’”
