Deuteronomy 31
1 And Moses goes and speaks these words to all Israel,
Moyiz pale ankò ak tout pèp Izrayèl la, li di yo:
2 and he says to them, “I [am] a son of one hundred and twenty years today; I am not able to go out and to come in anymore, and YHWH has said to me, You do not pass over this Jordan.
-Koulye a, mwen gen sanventan sou tèt mwen. Mwen pa gen fòs pou m' fè anyen ankò. Lèfini, Seyè a te tou di m' mwen p'ap janbe lòt bò larivyè Jouden an.
3 Your God YHWH—He is passing over before you; He destroys these nations from before you, and you have possessed them; Joshua—he is passing over before you, as YHWH has spoken.
Seyè a, Bondye nou an, se li menm ki pral pran devan nou. L'ap detwi tout nasyon sa yo devan je nou pou nou ka pran peyi yo pou nou: Se Jozye ki va mache devan nou, jan Seyè a te di l' la.
4 And YHWH has done to them as he has done to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorite, and to their land, whom He destroyed.
Seyè a va detwi nasyon sa yo nèt, menm jan li te detwi Siyon ak Og, wa peyi Amori yo, ansanm ak tout moun nan peyi yo a nèt ale.
5 And YHWH has given them before your face, and you have done to them according to all the command which I have commanded you;
Seyè a pral lage yo nan men nou. Lè sa a, se pou nou aji avèk yo jan Seyè a te ban nou lòd aji ak yo a.
6 be strong and courageous, do not fear, nor be terrified because of them, for your God YHWH [is] He who is going with you; He does not fail you nor forsake you.”
Se pou nou vanyan. Se pou nou mete gason sou nou! Nou pa bezwen pè. Pa tranble lè yo parèt devan nou. Seyè a, Bondye nou an, kanpe la avèk nou. Li p'ap janm lage nou, li p'ap janm kite nou pou kont nou.
7 And Moses calls for Joshua and says to him before the eyes of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you go in with this people to the land which YHWH has sworn to their fathers to give to them, and you cause them to inherit it;
Apre sa, Moyiz rele Jozye, li pale avè l' devan tout pèp Izrayèl la, li di l' konsa: -Mete gason sou ou! Se pou ou vanyan! Paske se ou menm ki pral alatèt pèp la pou l' antre pran peyi Seyè a te fè sèman l'ap bay zansèt yo a.
8 and YHWH [is] He who is going before you, He Himself is with you; He does not fail you nor forsake you; do not fear, nor be frightened.”
Seyè a va pran devan ou, l'a kanpe la avè ou. Li p'ap janm lage ou, li p'ap kite ou pou kont ou: Ou pa bezwen pè. Ou pa bezwen tranble.
9 And Moses writes this law and gives it to the priests (sons of Levi, those carrying the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH), and to all [the] elderly of Israel,
Apre sa, Moyiz ekri tout lalwa a, epi li renmèt li bay prèt yo, moun fanmi Levi yo ki te reskonsab Bwat Kontra Seyè a, ansanm ak tout chèf fanmi pèp Izrayèl la.
10 and Moses commands them, saying, “At the end of seven years, in the appointed time, the year of release, in the Celebration of Shelters,
Moyiz ba yo lòd sa a: -Chak sètan, lè lanne pou yo renmèt dèt yo va rive, pandan y'ap fete fèt Joupa yo.
11 in the coming in of all Israel to see the face of YHWH in the place which He chooses, you proclaim this law before all Israel in their ears.
lè tout pèp Izrayèl la va vin adore Seyè a, Bondye nou an, nan kote li te chwazi pou sa a, n'a li tout liv lalwa a byen fò devan yo tout, pou yo ka tande l' nan zòrèy yo.
12 Assemble the people, the men, and the women, and the infants, and your sojourner who [is] within your gates, so that they hear, and so that they learn, and have feared your God YHWH, and observed to do all the words of this law;
N'a sanble tout moun, fanm kou gason, timoun kou granmoun, ansanm ak moun lòt nasyon k'ap viv nan lavil nou yo, pou yo ka tande l', pou yo ka aprann gen krentif pou Seyè a, Bondye nou an, pou yo kenbe lalwa a, epi pou yo fè tou sa ki ladan l'.
13 and their sons, who have not known, hear and have learned to fear your God YHWH [for] all the days which you are living on the ground to where you are passing over the Jordan to possess it.”
Se konsa, pitit yo ki pa t' janm konn lalwa a va tande l'. Y'a aprann gen krentif pou Seyè a, Bondye nou an, chak jou pandan tout tan n'ap viv nan peyi nou pral pran pou nou an, lè n'a janbe lòt bò larivyè Jouden an.
14 And YHWH says to Moses, “Behold, your days have drawn near to die; call Joshua, and station yourselves in the Tent of Meeting, and I charge him”; and Moses goes—Joshua also—and they station themselves in the Tent of Meeting,
Lè sa a, Seyè a di Moyiz konsa: -Ou pa lwen mouri. Rele Jozye. Vini ansanm avè l' nan Tant Randevou a pou m' ka ba li lòd sa pou l' fè. Se konsa, Moyiz ak Jozye al kanpe nan Tant Randevou a.
15 and YHWH is seen in the tent in a pillar of a cloud; and the pillar of the cloud stands at the opening of the tent.
Seyè a parèt devan yo anndan Tant Randevou a, nan yon nwaj ki te gen fòm yon gwo poto devan pòt tant lan.
16 And YHWH says to Moses, “Behold, you are lying down with your fathers, and this people has risen and gone whoring after the gods of the stranger of the land, into the midst of which it has entered, and it has forsaken Me and broken My covenant which I made with it;
Seyè a di Moyiz: -Ou pral mouri. Ou pa lwen al jwenn zansèt ou yo ki mouri deja. Men, apre ou fin mouri, pèp la pral leve, yo pral vire do ban mwen pou y' al kouri dèyè lòt bondye y'ap sèvi nan peyi lòt nasyon kote nou pral antre a. Wi, yo pral lage m', yo pral kase kontra m' te pase avèk yo a.
17 and My anger has burned against it in that day, and I have forsaken them, and hidden My face from them, and it has been for consumption, and many evils and distresses have found it, and it has said in that day, [Is] it not because my God is not in my midst that these evils have found me?
Lè sa va rive, m'a fè yon sèl kòlè anwo yo, m'a lage yo tout, mwen p'ap okipe yo ankò. Se peri y'a peri. Tout kalite malè ak lafliksyon pral tonbe sou yo. Se lè sa a y'a blije rekonèt se paske Bondye yo a pa la nan mitan yo ankò kifè tout malè sa yo rive yo.
18 And I certainly hide My face in that day for all the evil which it has done, for it has turned to other gods.
Men malgre sa, mwen menm m'a refize ede yo paske yo te fè twòp bagay mal lè yo te al kouri dèyè lòt bondye.
19 And now, write this song for yourselves, and teach it [to] the sons of Israel; put it in their mouths, so that this song is to Me for a witness against the sons of Israel.
Koulye a, ekri chante sa a. W'a moutre tout moun pèp Izrayèl yo li, pou l' ka nan bouch yo tout, epi pou l' sa sèvi m' temwen kont yo.
20 When I bring them to the ground flowing with milk and honey, which I have sworn to their fathers, and they have eaten, and been satisfied, and been fat, and have turned to other gods, and they have served them, and despised Me, and broken My covenant,
Lè m'ap fè yo antre nan peyi mwen te pwomèt bay zansèt yo a, peyi kote lèt ak siwo myèl ap koule tankou dlo a, m'a fè yo manje plen vant yo, y'a viv alèz. Men, y'a kouri dèyè lòt bondye, y'a sèvi yo. Men mwen menm, y'a voye m' jete, y'a kraze kontra mwen te pase ak yo a.
21 then it has been, when many evils and distresses meet it, that this song has testified to its face for a witness; for it is not forgotten out of the mouth of its seed, for I have known its imagining which it is doing today, before I bring them into the land of which I have sworn.”
Konsa, lè tout kalite malè ak lafliksyon va tonbe sou yo, chante sa a va sèvi m' temwen, l'ap toujou nan bouch yo, paske pitit yo p'ap janm bliye l'. Wi, depi koulye a, anvan menm mwen fè yo antre nan peyi mwen te pwomèt yo a, mwen konnen sa yo gen nan tèt yo.
22 And Moses writes this song on that day, and teaches it [to] the sons of Israel.
Menm jou sa a, Moyiz ekri chante a epi li moutre tout moun pèp Izrayèl yo li.
23 Then He commands Joshua son of Nun, and says, “Be strong and courageous, for you bring in the sons of Israel to the land which I have sworn to them, and I am with you.”
Apre sa, Seyè a bay Jozye, pitit gason Noun lan, lòd li yo. Li di l' konsa: -Mete gason sou ou. Se pou ou vanyan. Paske se ou menm ki pou fè moun pèp Izrayèl yo antre nan peyi mwen te pwomèt m'ap ba yo a. M'ap kanpe la avè ou.
24 And it comes to pass, when Moses finishes to write the words of this law on a scroll, until their completion,
Lè Moyiz fin ekri tout pawòl lalwa Bondye a nan yon liv san li pa sote anyen,
25 that Moses commands the Levites carrying the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH, saying,
li rele moun Levi ki te reskonsab pou pote Bwat Kontra Seyè a, li di yo konsa:
26 “Take this Scroll of the Law, and you have set it on the side of the Ark of the Covenant of your God YHWH, and it has been against you for a witness there;
-Pran liv lalwa a, mete l' sou kote Bwat Kontra Seyè a, Bondye nou an. L'a rete la, l'a sèvi temwen kont nou.
27 for I have known your rebellion and your stiff neck; behold, in my being yet alive with you today, you have been rebelling against YHWH, and surely also after my death.
Mwen konnen jan nou gen tèt di, jan nou pa vle koute. Si koulye a, pandan mwen vivan ankò nan mitan nou an, nou te kenbe tèt ak Seyè a konsa, lè m'a mouri menm se va pi rèd.
28 Assemble to me all the elderly of your tribes, and your authorities, and I speak these words in their ears, and cause the heavens and the earth to testify against them,
Sanble bò kote m' tout chèf fanmi nou yo ak tout chèf branch fanmi nou yo pou m' fè yo tande pawòl sa yo. Mwen pral pran syèl la ak latè a sèvi m' temwen sa mwen pral di nou la a.
29 for I have known that you act very corruptly after my death, and have turned aside from the way which I commanded you, and evil has met you in the latter end of the days, because you do evil in the eyes of YHWH, to make Him angry with the work of your hands.”
Paske mwen konnen, lè m'a mouri, nou pral lage kò nou nan fè move bagay, nou pral kite chemen mwen te louvri devan nou an. Lè sa a, malè pral tonbe sou nou, paske nou te fè sa ki mal nan je Seyè a, nou te eksite kòlè li avèk tout move bagay nou t'ap fè yo.
30 And Moses speaks the words of this song in the ears of all the assembly of Israel, until their completion:
Lè sa a, Moyiz pran resite byen fò tout chante sa a, depi nan konmansman jouk li bout, devan tout moun pèp Izrayèl yo ki te reyini pou yo te ka tande sa l'ap di a.
