Deuteronomy 9
1 Hear, O Israel: thou art to pass over the Jordan this day, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fortified up to heaven,
Koute byen, nou menm pèp Izrayèl! Lè a rive, jòdi a nou pral janbe lòt bò larivyè Jouden an pou n' al anvayi peyi ki pou nasyon ki gen plis moun pase nou, nasyon ki pi fò pase nou. Nou pral pran yon bann gwo lavil ki gen ranpa wotè syèl la pou pwoteje yo.
2 a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say: 'Who can stand before the sons of Anak?'
Moun peyi a se yon bann moun ki gwonèg, ki bèl wotè tankou moun Anak yo. Nou konn tande yo di pa gen moun ki ka kenbe tèt ak moun sa yo.
3 Know therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is He who goeth over before thee as a devouring fire; He will destroy them, and He will bring them down before thee; so shalt thou drive them out, and make them to perish quickly, as the LORD hath spoken unto thee.
Enben, koulye a, nou pral konnen se Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ki pral pran devan nou. Tankou yon gwo dife k'ap boule tou sa li kontre, li pral disparèt yo chak fwa n'a jwenn yo sou wout nou. Li pral fè yo bese tèt devan nou. Se konsa n'a pran peyi a nan men yo, n'a disparèt yo la pou la jan Seyè a te di l' la.
4 Speak not thou in thy heart, after that the LORD thy God hath thrust them out from before thee, saying: 'For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land'; whereas for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.
Lè Seyè a, Bondye nou an, va fin chase moun sa yo devan nou, piga nou di nan kè nou se paske nou merite kifè Seyè a te fè n' antre pran peyi a pou nou. Non. Se paske moun sa yo mechan kifè Seyè a te mete yo deyò ban nou plas yo.
5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thy heart, dost thou go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that He may establish the word which the LORD swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Non! Se pa paske nou te merite, ni paske nou te mennen bak nou dwat kifè Seyè a pral fè nou pran peyi a pou nou. Se paske moun sa yo mechan kifè Seyè a, Bondye nou an, pral disparèt yo sou tout wout nou. Epitou, se pou l' te ka kenbe pawòl li te sèmante bay zansèt nou yo, Abraram, Izarak ak Jakòb.
6 Know therefore that it is not for thy righteousness that the LORD thy God giveth thee this good land to possess it; for thou art a stiffnecked people.
Se pou nou konnen se pa paske nou merite anyen kifè Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ap ban nou bon peyi sa a pou rele nou pa nou. Non! Paske se yon pèp ki gen tèt di anpil nou ye.
7 Remember, forget thou not, how thou didst make the LORD thy God wroth in the wilderness; from the day that thou didst go forth out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.
Pa janm bliye jan ou te fè Seyè a, Bondye nou an, fache anpil nan dezè a. Depi lè nou te soti nan peyi Lejip jouk nou rive isit la, n'ap fè wòklò devan Seyè a.
8 Also in Horeb ye made the LORD wroth, and the LORD was angered with you to have destroyed you.
Lè nou te sou mòn Orèb la, nou te eksite kòlè Seyè a. Li te sitèlman fache lè sa a, li te fè lide detwi nou tout.
9 When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water.
Mwen te moute sou mòn lan pou m' te al resevwa de wòch plat yo, wòch ki te gen kontra Seyè a te fè ak nou an ekri sou yo. Mwen rete la, mwen pase karant jou, karant nwit, san manje, san bwè anyen sou mòn lan.
10 And the LORD delivered unto me the two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the LORD spoke with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.
Se lè sa a Seyè a te ban mwen de wòch plat yo. Se sou yo li te ekri avèk pwòp men l' tou sa li di nou, antan li te nan mitan gwo dife a, jou nou tout te reyini nan pye mòn lan.
11 And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
Wi, apre karant jou ak karant nwit, Seyè a ban mwen de wòch plat yo avèk kontra a ekri sou yo.
12 And the LORD said unto me: 'Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people that thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have dealt corruptly; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.'
Epi li di m' konsa: Leve non, desann mòn lan byen vit, paske pèp ou a, pèp ou te mennen soti kite peyi Lejip la, lage kò l' nan fè sa ki mal. Yo pa tann lontan pou yo kite chemen mwen te mete devan yo pou yo swiv la. Yo gen tan fonn metal, yo fè yon zidòl pou tèt pa yo.
13 Furthermore the LORD spoke unto me, saying: 'I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people;
Apre sa, Seyè a di m' ankò: mwen gade pèp la, mwen wè se yon pèp ki gen tèt di anpil.
14 let Me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.'
Kite m' fè sa m'ap fè a non! Mwen pral disparèt yo nèt pou pesonn sou latè pa janm chonje te gen moun sa yo. Men ou menm, m'ap ba ou pitit ki va vin zansèt yon nasyon k'ap pi gran, k'ap pi fò pase yo.
15 So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire; and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
Mwen desann soti nan mòn lan ki te plen flanm dife: mwen te gen de wòch kontra yo nan men m'.
16 And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God; ye had made you a molten calf; ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you.
Lè mwen wè nou te gen tan dezobeyi Seyè a, Bondye nou an, nou te gen tan kite chemen Seyè a te mete devan nou, nou te fonn metal, nou te fè estati yon ti towo,
17 And I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.
mwen pran de wòch plat ki te nan men m' yo, mwen voye yo jete, mwen kraze yo devan nou tout.
18 And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water; because of all your sin which ye sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him.
Apre sa, mwen lage kò m' fas atè devan Seyè a. Tankou premye fwa a, mwen pase karant jou ak karant nwit, san manje, san bwè anyen. Tou sa, paske nou te fè sa ki mal devan Seyè a, nou pa t' fè l' plezi, nou te fè l' fache anpil.
19 For I was in dread of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto me that time also.
Mwen menm, mwen te pè anpil lè m' wè jan Seyè a te fache, paske li te fache kont pou l' te disparèt nou nèt. Men, fwa sa a ankò, Seyè a koute m'.
20 Moreover the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him; and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.
Lè sa a, li te fache anpil tou sou Arawon jouk li te vle touye l'. Men, mwen te lapriyè nan pye l' pou Arawon.
21 And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and beat it in pieces, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust; and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount. —
Mwen te pran estati ti towo bèf nou te fè ak move lide nan tèt nou an, mwen jete l' nan dife. Mwen mete l' nan yon pilon, mwen kraze l' an myèt moso, mwen fè l' tounen pousyè. Lèfini, mwen te jete pousyè a nan dlo larivyè ki desann soti nan mòn lan.
22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye made the LORD wroth.
Nou te eksite kòlè Seyè a tou lè nou te Tabera, lè nou te Masa ak lè nou te Simityè Grangou.
23 And when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying: 'Go up and possess the land which I have given you'; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed Him not, nor hearkened to His voice.
Le Seyè a te ban nou lòd pati kite Kadès-Banea pou n' al pran pou nou peyi li te di l'ap ban nou an, nou t'ap fè wòklò ak Seyè a, Bondye nou an. Nou pa t' kwè nan li, nou te derefize tande l'.
24 Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you. —
Depi mwen konnen nou, se wòklò n'ap plede fè ak Bondye!
25 So I fell down before the LORD the forty days and forty nights that I fell down; because the LORD had said He would destroy you.
Se konsa mwen lage kò m' fas atè devan Seyè a, pandan karant jou ak karant nwit, paske Seyè a te di l'ap disparèt nou.
26 And I prayed unto the LORD, and said: 'O Lord GOD, destroy not Thy people and Thine inheritance, that Thou hast redeemed through Thy greatness, that Thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
mwen te lapriyè Seyè a pou nou, mwen di l' konsa: O Seyè, Bondye mwen, tanpri! Pa detwi pèp ou a, pèp ki rele ou pa ou la, pèp ou te delivre ak pouvwa ou la, pèp ou te fè soti kite peyi Lejip ak fòs ponyèt ou a.
27 Remember Thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin;
Chonje sèvitè ou yo, Abraram, Izarak ak Jakòb! Pa gade sou tèt di pèp la, ni sou mechanste ak sou peche l'ap fè.
28 lest the land whence Thou broughtest us out say: Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which He promised unto them, and because He hated them, He hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.
Mwen pa ta vle pou nan peyi kote ou fè nou soti a moun yo ta di: Wi, Seyè a pa t' ka mennen yo nan peyi li te pwomèt l'ap ba yo a. Se rayi li rayi yo kifè li fè yo soti kite peyi Lejip la pou l' touye yo nan dezè a.
29 Yet they are Thy people and Thine inheritance, that Thou didst bring out by Thy great power and by Thy outstretched arm.'
Men, se pèp ou yo ye! Yo rele ou pa ou! Se avèk gwo pouvwa ou, avèk fòs ponyèt ou ou te fè yo soti kite peyi Lejip.
