Ezra 9
1 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
Lè tout bagay sa yo fin regle, chèf pèp Izrayèl yo vin jwenn mwen, yo di m' konsa: -Pèp la, ansanm ak prèt yo ak moun Levi yo fin melanje nèt ak moun lòt nasyon ki nan peyi a: moun Kanaran yo, moun Et yo, moun Ferezi yo, moun Jebis yo, moun Amon yo, moun Moab yo, moun Lejip yo ak moun Amori yo. Yo lage kò yo nan fè menm vye bagay ak moun sa yo.
2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers has been chief in this trespass.
Yo marye ak fanm pèp sa yo, yo marye pitit gason yo ak pitit fi pèp sa yo. Se konsa, ras Bondye chwazi pou li a twouve l' melanje ak ras moun peyi a. Premye moun ki lage kò yo nan move zak sa yo se chèf yo ak konseye yo.
3 And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonished.
Lè m' tande sa, mwen vin gen yon sèl lapenn, mwen chire rad sou mwen, mwen rache cheve nan tèt mwen ak plim bab mwen.
4 Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonished until the evening sacrifice.
M' al koupi kò m' yon kote sitèlman sa te fè m' lapenn. Anpil moun te pè lè yo vin konnen sa Seyè a te di sou koze peche moun yo te depòte epi ki te tounen nan peyi a te fè a. Yo tout vin sanble bò kote m'. Mwen menm menm, mwen te rete chita koupi atè a, jouk lè pou yo fè ofrann chak aswè a rive, tèlman sa te fè m' mal.
5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,
Lè lè a rive pou yo fè ofrann chak aswè a, mwen leve kote m' te koupi ap kriye a, epi ak tout rad chire yo sou mwen, mwen tonbe ajenou, mwen louvri de bra m' devan Seyè a, Bondye mwen an.
6 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
Mwen di l' konsa: -O Bondye papa m'! Mwen twò wont, mwen pa konn sa pou m' fè! M' pa ka leve tèt mwen devan ou, Bondye mwen! Nou tèlman fè sa ki mal, yo fè pil moute pi wo pase tèt nou. Peche nou yo anpile yonn sou lòt, yo rive jouk nan syèl la.
7 Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
Depi nan tan zansèt nou yo jouk jounen jòdi a, nou pa manke fè sa ki mal. Se poutèt tou sa nou te fè ki mal kifè ou te lage nou ansanm ak wa nou yo ak prèt nou yo nan men wa lòt peyi yo. Yo touye nou nan lagè, yo depòte nou, yo piye tout ajan nou, yo fè nou wont jan nou ye jouk koulye a.
8 And now for a little space grace has been showed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
Men koulye a, depi kèk jou, Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te fè nou yon favè. Li sove de twa nan nou, li ban nou yon kote pou nou jwenn pwoteksyon nan kay ki apa pou li a. Se konsa li ban nou kouraj ankò, li wete nou nan kalite esklavaj kote nou te ye a, li ban nou yon ti souf.
9 For we were bondmen; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
Paske se esklav nou ye jouk jòdi a. Men menm nan esklavaj sa a, Bondye pa lage nou. Li fè wa peyi Pès yo aji byen ak nou. Yo ban nou yon ti souf, pou nou te ka rebati tanp Bondye nou an ki te fin kraze nèt. Yo ban nou yon kote pou nou jwenn pwoteksyon nan peyi Jida ak lavil Jerizalèm.
10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken your commandments,
Koulye a menm, Bondye, kisa pou nou di ou? Menm apre tou sa ou deja fè pou nou, nou dezobeyi tout kòmandman
11 Which you have commanded by your servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which all of you go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.
ou te ban nou pou nou swiv, lè pwofèt yo, sèvitè ou yo, te di nou nan non ou: Peyi kote nou pral antre a, peyi nou pral pran pou nou rete a, se yon peyi ki pèdi favè Bondye, paske moun k'ap viv ladan l' yo ap fè yon bann bagay degoutan, vye bagay sal toupatou ladan l'.
12 Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that all of you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
Enben! Piga nou marye pitit fi nou yo ak pitit gason yo, ni piga nou chwazi pitit fi yo pou pitit gason nou yo. Nou pa bezwen chache konnen si zafè yo ap mache, si yo gen kè kontan. Se sèl jan nou menm nou ka vin fò, nou ka manje tout bon bagay ki donnen nan peyi a, nou ka kite tè sa a pou pitit nou yo pou tout tan.
13 And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that you our God have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such deliverance as this;
Apre tou sa ki te rive nou, yon jan pou ou te pini nou pou move zak ak tout bagay mal nou te fè yo, nou wè, O Bondye nou, ou pa t' pini nou jan nou te merite l' la. Ou te kite yon ti rès nan nou ap viv toujou, nou menm ki la koulye a.
14 Should we again break your commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? would not you be angry with us till you had consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?
Epi pou koulye a ankò pou nou pa swiv kòmandman ou yo, pou n' al marye avèk kalite move moun sa yo? Fwa sa a, p'ap gen anyen ki pou anpeche ou fache sou nou jouk pou ou detwi nou nèt, san ou pa kite pesonn chape!
15 O LORD God of Israel, you are righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before you in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before you because of this.
Seyè, ou menm ki Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, se paske ou bon anpil pou nou kifè gen yon ti ponyen nan nou ki rete toujou, jan sa ye jòdi a. Epi, gade koulye a, men nou kanpe devan ou avèk tout peche nou yo! Wi, nou pa gen dwa rete vivan devan ou ankò poutèt sa!
