Luke 11
1 Once Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples asked him, “Lord, please teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
Yon lè, Jezi t'ap lapriyè yon kote. Lè l' fin lapriyè, yonn nan disip li yo di li: Mèt, moutre nou lapriyè tankou Jan te moutre patizan li yo.
2 Jesus told them, “When you pray, say, ‘Father, let your name be honored as holy. May your kingdom come.
Jezi di yo: Lè n'ap lapriyè, men sa pou n' di: Papa, nou mande pou non ou toujou respekte. vin tabli gouvènman ou lan.
3 Give us every day the food we need.
Chak jou, ban nou manje nou bezwen pou jounen an.
4 Forgive us our sins, just as we forgive everyone who sins against us. Keep us from temptation.’”
Padonnen peche nou yo, paske nou menm tou nou padonnen tout moun ki fè nou mal. Pa kite nou nan pozisyon pou n' tonbe nan tantasyon.
5 Jesus went on to tell them, “Say you have a friend and you go to him in the middle of the night and ask, ‘My friend, lend me three loaves of bread
Jezi di yo ankò: Sipoze yonn nan nou ta gen yon zanmi, li al jwenn zanmi an nan mitan lannwit pou l' di li: Zanmi, prete m' twa biswit.
6 because a friend of mine has come to visit me, and I don't have any food to give him.’
Mwen gen yon zanmi ki sot nan vwayaj ki fèk rive lakay mwen. Mwen pa gen anyen pou m' ba li.
7 Your friend in the house might reply, ‘Don't bother me—I've already locked the door, and I and my children have gone to bed. I can't get up to give you anything now.’
Sipoze nonm lan rete anndan lakay li, li reponn li: Kite m' an repo! Pòt la gen tan fèmen akle, ni mwen ni timoun yo, nou tout kouche deja. Mwen pa kapab leve pou m' ba ou biswit yo.
8 I tell you, even though he refuses to get up and give you anything, despite you being his friend, if you are persistent, your friend will get up and give you everything you need.
M'ap di nou sa: Menm si li pa ta leve pou l' ba li biswit yo paske li se zanmi l', li gen pou l' leve pou l' ba li tou sa li bezwen, si zanmi an pa wont kontinye mande li.
9 I tell you: ask, and you shall receive; seek, and you shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you.
Mwen menm mwen di nou: Mande, y'a ban nou, chache n'a jwenn, frape y'a louvri pou nou.
10 For everyone who asks, receives; and everyone who seeks, finds; and to everyone who knocks the door will be opened.
Paske, nenpòt moun ki mande, la resevwa; moun ki chache, la jwenn; y'a louvri pou moun k'ap frape.
11 Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, would give him a snake instead?
Eske yonn nan nou ki papa pitit ta bay pitit li yon koulèv si pitit la mande l' yon pwason?
12 Or if he asks for an egg, would you give him a scorpion?
Osinon, èske la ba li yon èskòpyon si li mande l' yon ze?
13 So if you, even though you are evil, still know to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”
Si nou menm ki mechan jan nou mechan an, nou konn bay pitit nou bon bagay, se pa Papa nou ki nan syèl la ki pou ta refize ban nou Sentespri l', lè nou mande l' li.
14 Jesus was driving out a demon that had made a man dumb. When the demon had left, the man who was dumb spoke, and the crowds were amazed.
Jezi t'ap chase yon move lespri ki te rann yon nonm bèbè. Lè move lespri a soti, bèbè a pale. Foul moun yo menm te rete men nan bouch.
15 But some of them said, “He is driving out demons using the power of Beelzebub, the ruler of demons.”
Men, gen kèk moun ki t'ap di: Se Bèlzeboul, chèf move lespri yo, ki ba l' pouvwa chase move lespri yo.
16 Others were trying to test Jesus by demanding a miraculous sign from heaven.
Gen lòt ki te vle pran l' nan pèlen: yo mande l' pou l' fè yon mirak ki pou moutre se Bondye ki ba l' pouvwa sa a.
17 Jesus knew what they were thinking and said, “Any kingdom divided against itself will be destroyed. A family divided against itself will fall.
Jezi menm te konnen sak te nan lide yo. Li di yo konsa: Yon peyi ki gen divizyon ladan l', kote moun ap goumen yonn ak lòt, peyi sa a la pou disparèt; menm kay yo gen pou tonbe yonn sou lòt.
18 If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? You say that I cast out demons using the power of Beelzebub.
Konsa tou, si Satan ap konbat pwòp tèt li, pouvwa Satan an pa la pou lontan. Nou di se Bèlzeboul ki ban m' pouvwa chase move lespri yo.
19 But if I drive out demons by the power of Beelzebub, by whose power do your own people drive them out? They themselves will condemn you as wrong!
Si mwen menm mwen chase move lespri ak pouvwa Bèlzeboul, patizan nou yo, ak ki pouvwa yo chase move lespri yo? Se poutèt sa se yo menm k'ap ban nou tò.
20 However, if I am driving out demons by the power of God, then this proves God's kingdom has arrived. It's right here among you!
Non. Se avèk pouvwa Bondye mwen chase move lespri yo; sa vle di: Pouvwa gouvènman Bondye ki Wa a gen tan rive sou nou.
21 When a strong man who is fully armed guards his house, all he owns is safe.
Lè yon nonm vanyan ap veye kay li, zam li nan men l', tout byen l' yo byen pwoteje.
22 But if a stronger man comes and defeats him, taking from him all his weapons that he depended on, then he can carry off all his possessions.
Men, si yon pi vanyan pase l' vin rive, l'ap bat li, l'ap wete zam ki te ba l' fòs yo nan men l', l'ap piye tou sa l' te genyen an l'ap separe ak lòt.
23 Anyone who is not with me is against me, and anyone who doesn't build together with me is breaking it all apart.
Moun ki pa avèk mwen, se kont mwen yo ye; moun ki p'ap ede m' ranmase, se gaye y'ap gaye.
24 When an evil spirit leaves someone, it goes through the desert looking for a place to stay. When it doesn't find anywhere, it says, ‘I'll return to the house I left.’
Lè yon move lespri soti nan yon nonm, li al pwonmennen toupatou nan dezè, l'ap chache yon kote pou l' pran repo. Si l' pa jwenn, l'ap di nan kè li: m'ap tounen lakay mwen kote m' soti a.
25 When it returns, it finds its old home is swept and tidy.
Lè l' rive, li jwenn nonm lan tankou yon kay byen bale, byen ranje.
26 So it goes and finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there. In the end that man is worse off than before.”
Lè sa a, li al chache sèt lòt lespri ki pi move pase li; yo antre nan kay la, yo enstale yo. Konsa, kondisyon nonm lan vin pi mal pase jan l' te ye anvan an.
27 As he was speaking, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the womb from where you came and the breasts that nursed you.”
Pandan Jezi t'ap pale konsa, yon fanm pran pale byen fò nan mitan foul la, epi l' di: Fanm ki te pote ou nan vant li epi ki te ba ou tete a, se yon fanm Bondye beni!
28 But Jesus said, “Even more blessed are those who hear God's word, and follow what it says.”
Jezi reponn li: Moun ki koute pawòl Bondye epi ki mete l' an pratik, se yo menm Bondye beni.
29 As people crowded around him, Jesus began telling them, “This is an evil generation for it's looking for some miraculous sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.
Anpil moun t'ap vin an kantite bò kot Jezi. Li pran di yo: Ala move moun se moun alèkile yo! Y'ap mande yon mirak ki pou fè yo wè Bondye dakò ak sa k'ap fèt la. Men, yo p'ap jwenn lòt mirak pase mirak Jonas la.
30 In the same way that Jonah was a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of man be a sign to this generation.
Menm jan Jonas te yon avètisman pou moun lavil Niniv yo, se konsa tou Moun Bondye voye nan lachè a va yon avètisman pou moun alèkile yo.
31 The queen of the south will rise in the judgment together with the people of this generation and will condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear Solomon's wisdom, and now there is someone greater than Solomon here!
Jou jijman an, larenn peyi ki nan sid la va leve kanpe, la fè yo kondannen moun alèkile yo. Paske, li te soti byen lwen, jouk nan dènye bout latè, pou l' te vin tande pawòl bon konprann wa Salomon yo. Men isit la, gen bagay ki pi konsekan pase wa Salomon.
32 The people of Nineveh rise in the judgment together with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented when they heard Jonah's message, and now there's someone greater than Jonah here!
Jou jijman an tou, moun lavil Niniv va leve kanpe y'a fè yo kondannen moun alèkile yo. Paske yo menm, yo te tounen vin jwenn Bondye, lè Jonas te fè yo konnen mesaj la. Men isit la, gen bagay ki pi konsekan pase Jonas.
33 No one lights a lamp and then hides it or places it under a bowl. No, you put it on a lamp stand so that those who come into the house can see the light.
Pa gen moun ki pou kache yon lanp nan yon kwen osinon ki pou mete l' anba yon mamit lè l' fin limen li. Okontrè, l'ap mete l' sou yon etajè pou tout moun k'ap antre ka wè limyè a.
34 Your eye is the light for your body. When your eye is good, your whole body is full of light. But when your eye is bad, your body is in the dark.
Je ou se tankou yon lanp yo ye pou kò ou. Si je ou an bon eta, tout kò ou nan limyè. Men, si je ou an move eta, tout kò ou nan fènwa.
35 So make sure the light you have in you is not actually darkness.
Fè sèten pou limyè ki anndan ou lan pa fènwa.
36 If your whole body is full of light, with no areas of darkness, then it will be completely illuminated, just as a bright lamp gives you light.”
Paske si tout kò ou nan limyè san yon sèl pati ladan l' pa nan fènwa, la klere nèt tankou lè yon lanp klere ou ak bèl limyè li.
37 After Jesus had finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him to come and eat with him. So Jesus went and sat down to a meal.
Lè Jezi fin pale, yon farizyen envite l' vin manje lakay li. Jezi antre, li al chita bò tab la.
38 The Pharisee was surprised that Jesus didn't wash his hands before eating as ceremonially required.
Farizyen an te sezi lè l' wè Jezi pa t' lave men l' anvan l' manje.
39 So the Lord told him, “You Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you're full of greed and wickedness.
Men, Jezi di li: Nou menm farizyen, se konsa nou ye. Nou netwaye tout deyò gode a ak deyò plat la, men anndan kè nou se lide vòlò ak mechanste ase ki genyen.
40 You're so foolish! Don't you think the one who made the outside made the inside as well?
Bann egare! Bondye ki fè deyò a, se li menm ki fè anndan an tou.
41 If, acting from within, you do acts of kindness to others, then everything will be clean to you.
Pito nou bay pòv tou sa ki nan gode nou yo ak nan plat nou yo. Lè sa a, anyen nan tou sa nou genyen p'ap mete nou nan kondisyon pou nou pa ka sèvi Bondye.
42 Shame on you Pharisees! You pay tithe on herbs and plants, but you neglect justice and the love of God. You need to pay attention to the latter, while not leaving the former things undone.
Malè pou nou, farizyen! Nou bay Bondye ladim nan donn ti pye mant, pye sitwon ak pye legim. Men, nou pa fè sa ki dwat devan Bondye, nou pa renmen Bondye. Okontrè, se sa pou n' te fè san nou pa bliye fè lòt bagay yo tou.
43 Shame on you Pharisees! You love to have the best seats in the synagogues, and to be greeted with respect when you go to the markets.
Malè pou nou, farizyen! Nan sinagòg yo, nou renmen chita kote pou tout moun wè nou, nou renmen pou moun bese jouk atè pou di nou bonjou sou plas piblik.
44 Shame on you! You are like unmarked graves that people walk over without knowing.”
Malè pou nou! Paske, nou tankou tonm ki ra tè: moun ap mache sou yo san yo pa konnen.
45 One of the experts in religious law reacted, saying, “Teacher, when you talk like this, you're insulting us too!”
Yonn nan dirèktè lalwa yo pran lapawòl, li di Jezi konsa: Mèt, lè ou pale konsa, ou joure nou tou wi.
46 Jesus replied, “Shame on you lawyers too! You place burdens on people that are too hard to carry, but you don't lift a finger to help them.
Epi Jezi reponn li: Malè pou nou tou, nou menm dirèktè lalwa yo! N'ap chaje moun ak chay ki twò lou pou pote. Men nou menm, nou pa menm manyen l' ak ti dwèt nou.
47 Shame on you! You build memorial tombs to honor the prophets, but it was your own fathers who killed them in the first place!
Malè pou nou! N'ap bati bèl tonm pou pwofèt zansèt nou yo te touye.
48 By doing this you are witnesses showing that you agree with what your fathers did. They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs!
Lè nou fè sa, nou admèt zansèt nou yo te byen fèt; nou dakò ak yo: yo menm yo te touye pwofèt yo, nou menm n'ap bati tonm pou yo.
49 This is why God in his wisdom said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some they will kill, and others they will persecute.’
Se poutèt sa Bondye te di nan bon konprann li: M'ap voye pwofèt avèk apòt ba yo; y'a touye kèk ladan yo, y'a pèsekite lòt yo.
50 Consequently, this generation will be held accountable for the blood of all the prophets shed from the beginning of the world,
Se konsa moun alèkile yo ap reskonsab pou san tout pwofèt ki te koule depi lè Bondye te fin kreye latè;
51 from the blood of Abel right up to the blood of Zachariah who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held accountable for all of it.
wi, depi san Abèl jouk san Zakari yo te touye ant lotèl la ak kote ki rezève apa pou Bondye nan tanp lan. Wi. Se mwen k'ap di nou sa: Y'a mande moun alèkile yo kont pou tout krim sa yo.
52 Shame on you lawyers! You have removed the key of knowledge. You didn't go in yourselves, and you prevented others from going in too.”
Malè pou nou, nou menm direktè lalwa yo! Nou pran kle ki pou louvri pòt kay konesans la: nou menm nou pa antre ladann, epi moun ki ta vle antre, nou anpeche yo antre.
53 As Jesus was leaving, the religious teachers and the Pharisees began to attack him aggressively, asking questions to provoke him.
Lè Jezi kite kote l' te ye a, dirèktè lalwa yo ak farizyen yo kòmanse atake l' avèk fòs; yo t'ap poze l' keksyon sou anpil bagay.
54 They were hoping to catch him out, trying to get him to say something they could use against him.
Yo t'ap pare pèlen pou li pou pran kèk pawòl nan bouch li.
