< Isaiah 37 >

1 And it came to pass, when king Ezechias had heard it, that he rent his garments and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.
Lè wa Ezekyas tande pawòl sa yo, li chire rad sou li sitèlman sa te fè l' lapenn, li mete yon rad sak sou li, epi li al nan tanp Seyè a.
2 And he sent Eliacim who was over the house, and Sobna the scribe, and the ancients of the priests covered with sackcloth, to Isaias the son of Amos the prophet.
Li voye Elyakim, chèf moun k'ap travay nan palè a, ak Chebna, sekretè a, ansanm ak chèf prèt yo bò kote pwofèt Ezayi, pitit Amòz la. Yo tout te gen rad sak sou yo.
3 And they said to him: Thus saith Ezechias: This day is a day of tribulation, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
Men mesaj Ezekyas te ba yo pou Ezayi: -Jòdi a se yon jou malè pou nou! Bondye ap pini nou. Se yon wont pou nou. Nou tankou yon fanm ansent ki deja kase lezo men ki pa gen fòs pou li pouse pitit la soti.
4 It may be the Lord thy God will hear the words of Rabsaces, whom the king of the Assyrians his master hath sent to blaspheme the living God, and to reproach with words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.
Wa peyi Lasiri a te voye chèf gad palè li a manke Bondye vivan an dega. Se pou Seyè a, Bondye ou la, tande tout jouman sa yo. Se pou l' pini moun ki di pawòl sa yo. Ou menm, se pou ou lapriyè pou rès moun pèp nou an ki vivan toujou.
5 And the servants of Ezechias came to Isaias.
Moun wa Ezekyas yo al jwenn Ezayi.
6 And Isaias said to them: Thus shall you say to your master: Thus saith the Lord: Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of the Assyrians have blasphemed me.
Men repons Ezayi ba yo pou wa Ezekyas: -Men sa Seyè a voye di ou: Ou pa bezwen pè tout pawòl ou tande yo, tout jouman moun wa Lasiri yo di sou mwen.
7 Behold, I will send a spirit upon him, and he shall hear a message, and shall return to his own country, and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own country.
Mwen pral fè wa Lasiri a tande yon sèl nouvèl, li pral kouri tounen nan peyi l'. Rive li rive, m'ap fè touye l'.
8 And Rabsaces returned, and found the king of the Assyrians besieging Lobna. For he had heard that he was departed from Lachis.
Chèf gad palè a te vin konnen wa Lasiri a te pati kite Lakis pou l' te al atake lavil Libna. Se la li al jwenn wa a.
9 And he heard say about Tharaca the king of Ethiopia: He is come forth to fight against thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Ezechias, saying:
Paske wa a te pran nouvèl Tiraka, wa peyi Letiopi a, t'ap moute vin atake l'. Wa a voye lòt mesaje ankò bò kote Ezekyas.
10 Thus shall you speak to Ezechias the king of Juda, saying: Let not thy God deceive thee, in whom thou trustest, saying: Jerusalem shall not be given into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.
Li di yo: -Men mesaj n'a bay Ezekyas, wa Jida a, pou mwen. Ou mèt tande Bondye ou la, Bondye ou fè konfyans lan, di ou Jerizalèm p'ap tonbe nan men wa Lasiri a, pa kite l' twonpe ou.
11 Behold thou hast heard all that the kings of the Assyrians hare done to all countries which they have destroyed, and canst thou be delivered?
Ou te pran nouvèl sa wa Lasiri yo te fè tout lòt peyi yo. Yo te soti pou detwi yo nèt. Atò, se ou menm ki pou ta chape anba men m'!
12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them whom my fathers have destroyed, Gozam, and Haram, and Reseph, and the children of Eden, that were in Thalassar?
Lè zansèt mwen yo te touye dènye moun nan lavil Gozan, lavil Aran, lavil Rezèf ak moun Betedenn yo ki rete lavil Tèlasa, èske bondye nasyon sa yo te delivre yo?
13 Where is the king of Emath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Ana, and of Ava?
Kote wa lavil Amat la, wa lavil Apad la, wa lavil Sefarayim lan, wa lavil Ena ak wa lavil Iva?
14 And Ezechias took the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it, and went up to the house of the Lord, and Ezechias spread it before the Lord.
Ezekyas pran lèt la nan men mesaje yo, li li l'. Apre sa, li pati al nan tanp lan, li mete lèt la devan lotèl Seyè a.
15 And Ezechias prayed to the Lord, saying:
Epi li vire bò Seyè a, li lapriyè, li di l':
16 O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, who sittest upon the cherubims, thou alone art the God of all the kingdoms of the earth, thou hast made heaven and earth.
-Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, ou menm ki chita sou fotèy zanj cheriben yo ap pote sou zepòl yo a, se ou menm sèl Bondye k'ap gouvènen tout peyi sou latè. Se ou menm ki fè syèl la ak latè a.
17 Incline, O Lord, thy ear, and hear: open, O Lord, thy eyes, and see, and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he hath sent to blaspheme the living God.
Panche zòrèy ou, Seyè, pou ou tande. Louvri je ou pou ou wè. Koute tou sa Senakerib voye di pou manke Bondye vivan an dega.
18 For of a truth, O Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have laid waste lands, and their countries.
Nou konnen, Seyè, wa peyi Lasiri yo te fini ak anpil nasyon, yo te detwi peyi yo.
19 And they have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods, but the works of men’s hands, of wood and stone: and they broke them in pieces.
Yo te boule tout bondye yo paske se pa t' bondye yo te ye. Se estati fèt an bwa ak wòch moun te fè ak men yo. Se poutèt sa yo te rive detwi yo.
20 And now, O Lord our God, save us out of his hand: and let all the kingdoms of the earth know, that thou only art the Lord.
Koulye a, Seyè, Bondye nou an, tanpri, delivre nou anba men Senakerib, pou tout nasyon ki sou latè ka konnen se ou menm sèl, Seyè, ki Bondye.
21 And Isaias the son of Amos sent to Ezechias, saying: Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: For the prayer thou hast made to me concerning Sennacherib the king of the Assyrians:
Lè sa a, Ezayi, pitit Amòz la, voye mesaj sa a bay Ezekyas. -Ou te lapriyè Seyè a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, pou Senakerib, wa peyi Lasiri a. Men repons li voye ba ou.
22 This is the word which the Lord hath spoken of him: The virgin the daughter of Sion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn: the daughter of Jerusalem hath wagged the head after thee.
Men pawòl Seyè a di sou li: Senakerib, lavil Jerizalèm ki sou mòn Siyon an ap ri ou, l'ap pase ou nan rizib. Moun lavil Jerizalèm yo ap rele chalbari dèyè ou.
23 Whom hast thou reproached, and whom hast thou blasphemed, and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thy eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.
Ki moun ou konprann ou derespekte, ou joure konsa? Sou ki moun ou pale fò konsa? Se sou Bondye pèp Izrayèl la ki yon Bondye apa.
24 By the hand of thy servants thou hast reproached the Lord: and hast said: With the multitude of my chariots I have gone up to the height of the mountains, to the top of Libanus: and I will out down its tall cedars, and its choice fir trees, and will enter to the top of its height, to the forest of its Carmel.
Ou voye moun ou yo vin manke Bondye dega. Ou deklare: O wi, avèk tout kantite cha lagè m' yo, mwen moute sou tèt tout mòn ata sou mòn Liban an. Mwen koupe pi gwo pye sèd li yo, pi bèl pye sikren li yo, mwen rive jouk anwo nèt sou tèt li, nan mitan rakbwa li yo ki tankou bèl jaden.
25 I have digged, and drunk water, and have dried up with the sole of my foot, all the rivers shut up in banks.
Mwen fouye pi nan peyi moun lòt nasyon yo, mwen bwè dlo. Mwen cheche dlo nan tout larivyè Lejip yo pou sòlda mwen yo pase san pye yo pa mouye.
26 Hast thou not heard what I have done to him of old? from the days of old I have formed it: and now I have brought it to effect: and it hath come to pass that hills fighting together, and fenced cities should be destroyed.
Ou pa t' konnen gen lontan depi mwen te fè lide pou tou sa te rive? Gen lontan depi sa te nan tèt mwen? Koulye a, mwen kite sa rive, pou ou te ka kraze tout lavil ak ranpa yo pou fè yo tounen yon pil demoli.
27 The inhabitants of them were weak of hand, they trembled, and were confounded: they became like the grass of the field, and the herb of the pasture, and like the grass of the housetops, which withered before it was ripe.
Moun ki te rete la yo te san fòs. Yo te pè, yo pa t' konn sa pou yo fè. Yo te tankou raje nan jaden, tankou zèb gazon, tankou raje k'ap pouse sou do kay, tankou pye mayi ki cheche anvan li mete zepi.
28 I know thy dwelling, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
Mwen konnen lè ou leve, mwen konnen lè ou chita. Mwen konnen lè ou soti, mwen konnen lè ou antre. Mwen konnen lè ou fin anraje sou mwen.
29 When thou wast mad against me, thy pride came up to my ears: therefore I will put a ring in thy nose, and a bit between thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
Koulye a, mwen vin konnen jan ou move sou mwen, jan ou vin awogan. Se poutèt sa, mwen mete yon fè won nan bwa nen ou, ak yon mò nan bouch ou. Mwen pral fè ou pran menm chemen ou te pran pou vini an pou ou tounen.
30 But to thee this shall be a sign: Eat this year the things that spring of themselves, and in the second year eat fruits: but in the third year sow and reap, and giant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
Apre sa, Ezayi di wa Ezekyas konsa: -Men sa ki pral sèvi yon siy pou ou. Lanne sa a, n'a manje rès grenn ki te tonbe atè. Lanne k'ap vini apre sa a, n'a manje grenn nou pa t' plante. Men, apre sa ankò, n'a ka plante, n'a ka fè rekòt. N'a plante pye rezen, n'a manje rezen.
31 And that which shall be saved of the house of Juda, and which is left, shall take root downward, and shall bear fruit upward:
Rès moun peyi Jida ki va chape yo va pran pye ankò. Y'a kanpe ankò.
32 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a, remnant, and salvation from mount Sion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this.
Va gen yon ti rès moun nan lavil Jerizalèm ak sou mòn Siyon an ki va chape. Se Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a ki soti pou fè sa, paske li renmen ou anpil.
33 Wherefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of the Assyrians: He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow into it, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a trench about it.
Men sa Seyè a di sou wa peyi Lasiri a: Li p'ap mete pye l' nan lavil sa a. Li p'ap gen tan voye yon sèl grenn flèch sou li. P'ap gen yon sèl sòlda ak plak pwotèj k'ap pwoche bò kote l'. Ni yo p'ap fouye twou pou sènen l'.
34 By the way that he came, he shall return, and into this city he shall not come, saith the Lord.
Chemen li te pran pou l' vini an, se li menm l'ap pran pou l' tounen. Li p'ap mete pye l' nan lavil sa a. Se mwen menm, Seyè a menm, ki di sa.
35 And I will protect this city, and will save it for my own sake, and for the sake of David my servant.
M'ap pwoteje lavil sa a, m'ap delivre l' pou m' fè respè tèt mwen, pou m' kenbe pwomès mwen te fè David, sèvitè m' lan.
36 And the angel of the Lord went out, and slew in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And they arose in the morning, and behold they were all dead corpses.
Zanj Seyè a al nan kan moun Lasiri yo, li touye sankatrevensenk mil sòlda. Nan maten, lè moun leve, se kadav yo ase yo jwenn. Yo tout te mouri.
37 And Sennacherib the king of the Assyrians went out and departed, and returned, and dwelt in Ninive.
Senakerib, wa peyi Lasiri a, leve, li pati. Li tounen lavil Niniv.
38 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the temple of Nesroch his god, that Adramelech and Sarasar his sons slew him with the sword: and they fled into the land of Ararat, and Asarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
Yon jou, antan wa a t'ap fè sèvis nan tanp Niswòk, bondye li a, de nan pitit gason l' yo touye l' ak nepe yo, epi yo kouri al kache nan peyi Arara. Yo te rele Adramelèk ak Sarezè. Se yon lòt nan pitit gason l' yo ki te rele Asaradon, ki te vin moute wa nan plas li.

< Isaiah 37 >