Isaiah 28
1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower the glory of his joy, who were on the head of the fat valley, staggering with wine.
Malè a kouwòn ògèy a moun sou ak diven Éphraïm yo, ak flè fane li ki pèdi bèlte ak glwa li. Li menm ki sou tèt vale fètil a sila ki fin sou ak diven yo!
2 Behold the Lord is mighty and strong, as a storm of hail: a destroying whirlwind, as the violence of many waters overflowing, and sent forth upon a spacious land.
Veye byen, SENYÈ a gen yon asistan ase fò e pwisan. Tankou tanpèt lagrèl, yon tanpèt destriksyon, yon tanpèt pwisan k ap debòde dlo, Li va vin jete yo atè ak men Li.
3 The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under feet.
Kouwòn ògèy a moun sou Éphraïm yo va vin foule anba pye.
4 And the fading flower the glory of his joy, who is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as a hasty fruit before the ripeness of autumn: which when he that seeth it shall behold, as soon as he taketh it in his hand, he will eat it up.
Epi flè ki kanpe sou tèt valè fètil la, va vin pèdi bèlte li tankou premye fwi figye etranje ke yon moun wè avan gran sezon a. Yon moun jwenn l, epi lapoula, li vale l.
5 In that day the Lord of hosts shall be a crown of glory, and a garland of joy to the residue of his people:
Nan jou sa a, SENYÈ dèzame yo va vini yon bèl kouwòn, yon dyadèm ranpli ak glwa pou retay a pèp Li a.
6 And a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and strength to them that return out of the battle to the gate.
Li va yon espri lajistis pou sila ki chita nan jijman an, yon ranfòsman pou sila k ap detounen atak devan pòtay yo.
7 But these also have been ignorant through wine, and through drunkenness have erred: the priest and the prophet have been ignorant through drunkenness, they are swallowed up with wine, they have gone astray in drunkenness, they have not known him that seeth, they have been ignorant of judgment.
Anplis yo vin toudi akoz bwason fò yo: prèt la ak pwofèt la vin toudi ak bwason fò. Yo vin konfonn akoz diven an, e yo vin toudi akoz bwason fò a. Yo kilbite pandan y ap fè vizyon, e yo manke tonbe lè y ap rann jijman.
8 For all tables were full of vomit and filth, so that there was no more place.
Paske tout tab yo plen ak salte vomisman an; pa menm gen yon kote ki pwòp.
9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand the hearing? them that are weaned from the milk, that are drawn away from the breasts.
A ki moun Li ta enstwi konesans e a kilès Li ta entèprete mesaj la? Sila ki fenk sevre nan lèt yo? Sila ki fenk sispann pran tete yo?
10 For command, command again; command, command again; expect, expect again; expect, expect again: a little there, a little there.
Paske Li pale, Lòd sou lòd, lòd sou lòd, liy sou liy, liy sou liy, yon ti kras pa isi, yon ti kras pa la.
11 For with the speech of lips, and with another tongue he will speak to this people.
Anverite, Li va pale ak pèp sa a ak lèv bege e ak yon lang etranje,
12 To whom he said: This is my rest, refresh the weary, and this is my refreshing: and they would not hear.
Sila ki te di yo: “Men repo isit la; bay repo a sila ki fatige yo,” epi: “Men repo”, men yo pa t koute.
13 And the word of the Lord shall be to them: Command, command again; command, command again: expect, expect again; expect, expect again: a little there, a little there: that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
Akoz sa, pawòl SENYÈ a, yo va: “Lòd sou lòd, lòd sou lòd, liy sou liy, liy sou liy, yon ti kras pa isi, yon ti kras pa la,” pou yo kapab ale, chape glise pa dèyè, vin kraze, pran nan pèlen e vin prizonye.
14 Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, who rule over my people that is in Jerusalem.
Pou sa, koute pawòl SENYÈ a, O nou menm k ap moke yo, sila ki chèf sou pèp sa a ki rete nan Jérusalem nan:
15 For you have said: We have entered into a league with death, and we have made a covenant with hell. When the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come upon us: for we have placed our hope in lies, and by falsehood we are protected. (Sheol h7585)
“Akoz nou te di: ‘Nou te fè yon akò ak lanmò’, epi ak Sejou mò yo, nou te vin angaje. Gwo dega p ap rive sou nou lè l pase, paske nou te fè pwotèj nou ak manti e nou te kache kò nou ak desepsyon.” (Sheol h7585)
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will lay a stone in the foundations of Sion, a tried stone, a corner stone, a precious stone, founded in the foundation. He that believeth, let him not hasten.
Pou sa, Senyè BONDYE a di: “Gade byen, Mwen ap poze nan Sion yon wòch, yon wòch eprèv, yon wòch ang prensipal pou fondasyon ki plase byen solid la. Sila ki kwè nan li a, p ap twouble menm.
17 And I will set judgment in weight, and justice in measure: and hail shall overturn the hope of falsehood: and waters shall overflow its protection.
Mwen va fè jistis sèvi kon lign mezi e ladwati kon règ nivo. Lagrèl va bale tout fatra nèt ki fèt ak manti, e dlo yo va debòde antre nan kote sekrè a.
18 And Sour league with death shall be abolished, and your covenant with hell shall not stand: when the overflowing scourge shall pass, you shall be trodden down by it. (Sheol h7585)
Akò nou an ak lanmò va anile, e angajman nou an ak Sejou mò yo p ap kanpe. Lè gwo twoub la k ap kraze tout moun nan, pase kote nou, alò, nou va foule anba l. (Sheol h7585)
19 Whensoever it shall pass through, it shall take you away: because in the morning early it shall pass through, in the day and in the night, and vexation alone shall make you understand what you hear.
Otan li pase, li va kenbe nou; maten apre maten, l ap pase. Nenpòt lè pandan lajounen oswa lannwit, pou konprann sa li ye a, va pote gwo laperèz.”
20 For the bed is straitened, so that one must fall out, and a short covering cannot cover both.
Kabann nan twò kout pou lonje kò nou e dra a twò etwat pou vlope nou.
21 For the Lord shall stand up as in the mountain of divisions: he shall be angry as in the valley which is in Gabaon: that he may do his work, his strange work: that he may perform his work, his work is strange to him.
Paske SENYÈ a va leve tankou nan Mòn Peratsim. Li va fache tankou nan vale Gabaon, pou fè tach Li, tach ki pa sanblab ak lòt, e pou egzekite travay Li, travay ekstrawòdinè Li.
22 And now do not mock, lest your bonds be tied strait. For I have heard of the Lord the God of hosts a consumption and a cutting short upon all the earth.
Alò, konsa, pa aji tankou mokè yo, pou chenn ki mare nou yo pa vin pi rèd. Paske mwen te tande soti nan Senyè BONDYE dèzame yo, desizyon deja fèt pou detwi tout latè a.
23 Give ear, and hear my voice, hearken, and hear my speech.
Prete zòrèy nou pou tande vwa mwen! Koute e tande pawòl mwen yo.
24 Shall the ploughman plough all the day to sow, shall he open and harrow his ground?
Èske kiltivatè a raboure tout tan pou plante grenn semans? Èske li pa janm sispann vire tè a?
25 Will he not, when he hath made plain the surface thereof, sow gith, and scatter cummin, and put wheat in order, and barley, and millet, and vetches in their bounds?
Èske li pa fè tè a nivo pou simen grenn lanni, gaye grenn kimen, plante ble nan ranje yolòj nan plas li ak pitimi nan kote pa li?
26 For he will instruct him in judgment: his God will teach him.
Paske Bondye pa li a enstwi li, e montre li sa ki bon.
27 For gith shall not be thrashed with saws, neither shall the cart wheel turn about upon cummin: but gith shall be beaten out with a rod, and cummin with a staff.
Paske grenn lanni pa kraze vannen ak gwo baton, ni wou kabwèt pa woule sou kimen, men lanni bat ak yon planch bwa e kimen ak yon baton.
28 But bread corn shall be broken small: but the thrasher shall not thrash it for ever, neither shall the cart wheel hurt it, nor break it with its teeth.
Sereyal pou fè pen oblije kraze; anverite, li p ap ka kontinye bat pou vannen li tout tan. Menmsi wou kabwèt li a ak pye cheval li yo ta pase sou li, cheval la pa ka fè l moulen.
29 This also is come forth from the Lord God of hosts, to make his counsel wonderful, and magnify justice.
Sa anplis, sòti nan SENYÈ dèzame yo, ki te fè konsèy Li mèvèye, ak sajès Li byen gran.
