Isaiah 51
1 Hearken unto me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek Jehovah: look unto the rock [whence] ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit [whence] ye were digged.
Men sa Seyè a di: -Nou tout ki dèyè delivrans, nou tout k'ap chache Seyè a, chonje wòch kote nou soti a, chonje min kote yo wete nou an!
2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bore you; for I called him when he was alone, and blessed him, and multiplied him.
Chonje Abraram, zansèt nou an, ak Sara, manman ki fè nou an! Lè m' te rele Abraram, li pa t' gen pitit. Mwen beni l', mwen ba li anpil pitit.
3 For Jehovah shall comfort Zion, he shall comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Jehovah: gladness and joy shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of song.
Mwen menm Seyè a, mwen pral gen pitye pou peyi Siyon an, pou tout moun k'ap viv nan kay kraze l' yo. M'ap fè tout dezè li yo tounen bèl jaden, tout savann li yo tounen tankou premye jaden mwen te plante Edenn lan. Se kè kontan, se fèt ase ki va gen la. Y'a chante, y'a fè mizik pou di m' mèsi.
4 Listen unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will establish my judgment for a light of the peoples.
Nou menm pèp mwen, koute sa m'ap di nou: Nou menm nasyon yo, pare zòrèy nou: Se mwen menm ki bay lalwa ki la pou rann jistis, pou sa sèvi yon limyè pou tout nasyon yo.
5 My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the peoples: the isles shall wait for me, and in mine arm shall they trust.
Mwen p'ap mize vin sove nou. Talè konsa m'ap delivre nou. Se mwen menm ki pral gouvènen nasyon yo. Moun ki sou zile yo ap tann mwen vini, y'ap tann mwen vin delivre yo.
6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall grow old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner; but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
Leve je nou gade syèl la! Voye je gade latè! Syèl la pral disparèt tankou lafimen. Latè pral fini tankou yon vye rad. Moun ki rete sou latè pral mouri tankou mouch. Men, delivrans m'ap ba yo a ap la pou tout tan. Mwen p'ap janm bezwen delivre yo ankò apre sa.
7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear not the reproach of men, and be not afraid of their revilings.
Nou menm ki konnen sa ki dwat, koute sa m'ap di nou. Nou menm ki kenbe lòd mwen yo nan kè nou, nou pa bezwen pè lè moun ap trennen nou nan labou, nou pa bezwen tranble lè moun ap joure nou.
8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
Moun sa yo pral disparèt tankou rad sizo ap devore. Yo pral fini tankou twal ki kanni. Men delivrans m'ap ban nou an ap la pou tout tan. Pitit pitit nou yo p'ap janm nan ka pou m' delivre yo ankò.
9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah; awake, as in the days of old, [as in] the generations of passed ages. Is it not thou that hath hewn Rahab in pieces, [and] pierced the monster?
Leve non, Seyè! Leve non! Mete kouraj ou sou ou, Seyè! Leve non, tankou nan tan lontan, jan ou te fè l' sou tan zansèt nou yo! Apa ou menm ki te fann Raab pak an pak? Apa ou menm ki te pèse gwo dragon lanmè a?
10 Is it not thou that dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?
Se ou menm ki te cheche dlo lanmè a. Se ou menm ki te louvri yon chemen nan mitan lanmè a pou moun ou t'ap delivre yo te ka pase.
11 So the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come to Zion with singing; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Moun Seyè a delivre yo ap tounen lakay yo. Y'ap rive sou mòn Siyon an avèk chante nan bouch yo, ak yon kontantman nan tout figi yo, yon sèl kè kontan ki p'ap janm fini. P'ap gen lapenn, p'ap gen plenyen ankò. Se va kè kontan ak fèt pou tout tan.
12 I, [even] I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou fearest a man that shall die, and the son of man that shall become as grass;
Seyè a di: -Se mwen menm k'ap ban nou kouraj. Poukisa pou nou ta pè moun ki la pou mouri, moun ki gen pou pase tankou zèb nan savann?
13 and forgettest Jehovah thy Maker, who hath stretched out the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and thou art afraid continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he prepareth to destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor?
Gen lè ou bliye Seyè ki te fè ou la, li menm ki te louvri syèl la epi ki te poze fondasyon latè a? Poukisa tout lajounen w'ap tranble konsa devan kòlè moun k'ap peze ou yo, moun k'ap chache detwi ou yo? Kisa kòlè moun sa yo ka fè ou?
14 He that is bowed down shall speedily be loosed, and he shall not die in the pit, nor shall his bread fail.
Talè konsa, yo pral lage moun ki nan prizon yo. Yo p'ap mouri nan kacho. Y'a jwenn kont manje pou yo manje.
15 And I am Jehovah thy God, who raiseth the sea, so that its waves roar: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
Se mwen menm, Seyè a, ki Bondye ou la. Mwen souke dlo lanmè a, mwen fè lanm lanmè yo gwonde. Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, se konsa yo rele m'!
16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and covered thee with the shadow of my hand, to plant the heavens, and to lay the foundations of the earth, and to say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
Lè m' t'ap louvri syèl la, lè m' t'ap mete fondasyon latè a, mwen te di moun Siyon yo: se pèp mwen nou ye. Mwen te mete pawòl mwen nan bouch nou. Mwen te pwoteje nou ak fòs ponyèt mwen.
17 Arouse thyself, arouse thyself, stand up, Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of Jehovah the cup of his fury. Thou hast drunk, hast drained out the goblet-cup of bewilderment:
Leve non, lavil Jerizalèm! Leve non! Souke kò ou. Leve non! Ou fin bwè gode chatiman Bondye te ba ou bwè nan kòlè li a. Ou bwè dènye degout ki te nan gode a jouk li fè tèt ou vire!
18 — there is none to guide her among all the children that she hath brought forth; neither is there any to take her by the hand of all the children that she hath brought up.
Nanpwen yonn nan tout pitit li fè yo ki la pou moutre l' chemen pou l' pran. Pa gen yonn nan tout pitit li elve yo ki la pou ba l' men.
19 These two [things] are come unto thee; who will bemoan thee? — desolation and destruction, and famine and sword: how shall I comfort thee?
De malè tonbe sou ou yonn apre lòt. Ki moun ki ka plenn sò ou? Yo ravaje peyi a, yo fini avè l'. Grangou ak lagè fin touye moun ou yo. Pa gen moun ankò ki pou ba ou kouraj.
20 Thy children have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an oryx in a net: they are full of the fury of Jehovah, the rebuke of thy God.
Nan tout kwen lari, moun ou yo kouche atè san konesans. Tankou bèt nan bwa, yo pran nan pèlen. Kòlè Seyè a fè yo sou. Bondye pa nan pale mete la.
21 Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
Se poutèt sa, nou menm moun lavil Jerizalèm ki nan soufrans, koute pawòl sa yo byen, nou menm ki sou tankou si nou te bwè diven.
22 thus saith thy Lord, Jehovah, and thy God, who pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I take out of thy hand the cup of bewilderment, the goblet-cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:
Seyè a, Bondye nou an, pale. Men sa Bondye k'ap pran defans pèp li a di: -Mwen pral wete nan men nou gode mwen te ban nou bwè nan kòlè mwen an. Nou p'ap gen pou nou bwè ankò nan gode k'ap fè nou sou a.
23 and I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; who have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over; and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street to them that went over.
Se moun ki t'ap maltrete nou yo mwen pral bay li, moun ki t'ap fè nou pase tray yo epi ki t'ap di nou: Kouche kò nou atè pou nou ka pase sou nou. Lè konsa, nou pare do nou ba yo vre atè a, yo mache sou nou, tankou sou granchemen kote moun ap pase!
