Deuteronomy 31
1 And Moses goes and speaks these words to all Israel,
Konsa Moïse te ale e te pale pawòl sa yo a tout Israël.
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.
Li te di yo: “Mwen gen san-ventan daj jodi a. Mwen p ap ka ankò fè antre soti. SENYÈ a te di mwen: ‘Ou p ap travèse Jourdain sila a.’
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.
Se SENYÈ a, Bondye nou menm nan, ki va travèse devan nou. Li va detwi nasyon sila yo devan nou e nou va deplase yo. Se Josué ki va travèse devan nou, jan SENYÈ a te pale a.
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.
SENYÈ a va fè yo menm jan ke Li te fè a Sihon avèk Og, wa a Amoreyen yo, e a peyi pa yo a, lè Li te detwi yo a.
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;
SENYÈ a va livre yo devan nou, e nou va aji avèk yo an akò avèk kòmandman ke mwen menm te kòmande nou yo.
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.”
Rete fò e pran kouraj. Pa pè yo ni tranble devan yo, paske SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, se sila k ap ale avèk nou an. Li p ap fè nou desi, ni li p ap abandone 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;
Konsa, Moïse te rele Josué e te di li devan tout Israël: “Kenbe fò, pran kouraj, paske ou va ale avèk pèp sa a pou antre nan peyi ke SENYÈ a te sèmante a zansèt pa yo pou ba yo a; epi ou va ba yo li kòm eritaj.
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.”
Se SENYÈ a k ap prale devan ou. Li va avèk ou. Li p ap fè ou desi, ni abandone ou. Pa pè, ni pèdi kouraj.”
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,
Konsa, Moïse te ekri lwa sa a, e li te livre bay li a prèt yo, fis a Lévi yo ki te pote lach akò a SENYÈ a, e a tout ansyen an Israël yo.
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,
Moïse te kòmande yo e te di: “Nan fen chak sèt ane, nan sezon ane remisyon dèt nan Fèt Tonèl 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 Israël vini pou parèt devan SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, kote ke Li va chwazi a, nou va li lwa sila a devan tout Israël pou yo tout tande l.
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;
Rasanble pèp la, gason avèk fanm, ak pitit yo, etranje ki nan vil nou yo, pou yo ka tande aprann gen lakrent SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, epi fè atansyon pou swiv tout pawòl a lwa sila yo.
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.”
Pitit yo ki pa t konnen, va tande e aprann gen lakrent SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, pou tout tan ke nou viv nan peyi ke nou prèt pou travèse Jourdain an pou posede a.”
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,
Alò, SENYÈ a te di a Moïse: “Gade byen, lè pou ou mouri toupre. Rele Josué, e prezante nou menm nan tant asanble a, pou Mwen kapab ba li komisyon li.”
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.
SENYÈ a te vin parèt nan tant lan nan yon pilye nwaj e pilye nwaj la te kanpe nan pòtay 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;
SENYÈ a te di a Moïse: “Gade byen, ou prèt pou kouche avèk zansèt ou yo. Konsa, pèp sa a va fè jwèt pwostitiye ak dye etranje yo nan peyi kote y ap prale a, pou abandone Mwen, epi va kraze akò Mwen ke Mwen te fè 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?
Alò, kòlè Mwen va vin limen kont yo nan jou sa a, Mwen va abandone yo e kache figi Mwen a yo menm. Yo va detwi e anpil malè va rive sou yo, jiskaske yo va di nan jou sa a: ‘Èske se pa paske Bondye nou an pa pami nou ke malè sa yo vin rive sou nou?’
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 anverite, Mwen va kache figi Mwen nan jou sa a akoz tout mechanste ke yo te fè, paske yo te vire vè lòt dye yo.”
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, akoz sa, ekri chanson sila a pou nou menm e montre li a fis Israël yo. Mete li sou lèv yo, pou chanson sa a kapab yon temwen pou Mwen kont fis Israël 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,
Paske lè Mwen mennen yo antre nan peyi k ap koule avèk lèt avèk siwo myèl la, ke Mwen te sèmante a zansèt pa yo, yo te manje e satisfè, e yo te vin pwospere, alò, yo va vire a lòt dye yo pou sèvi yo, meprize Mwen e kraze akò Mwen an.
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.”
Epi li va rive ke lè anpil malè avèk twoub vini sou yo, ke chan sa a va fè temwayaj devan yo (paske li p ap bliye pa desandan pa yo); paske Mwen konnen entansyon ke yo ap fòme depi jodi a, avan Mwen mennen yo antre nan peyi ke Mwen te fè sèman pou ba yo a.”
22 And Moses writes this song on that day, and teaches it [to] the sons of Israel.
Konsa, Moïse te ekri chan sa a nan menm jou a e te montre fis Israël 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.”
Epi li te bay Josué, fis a Nun nan, komisyon li, e te di: “Kenbe fèm e pran kouraj, paske ou va mennen fis Israël yo antre nan peyi ke mwen te sèmante a yo menm nan, epi mwen va avèk ou.”
24 And it comes to pass, when Moses finishes to write the words of this law on a scroll, until their completion,
Li te vin rive ke lè Moïse te fin ekri pawòl a lwa sa yo nan yon liv soti nan kòmansman jiska lafen,
25 that Moses commands the Levites carrying the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH, saying,
ke Moïse te kòmande Levit ki te pote lach akò SENYÈ yo. Li te di:
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 e mete li akote lach akò SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, pou li kapab rete la kòm yon 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.
Paske mwen konnen rebelyon nou ak kou rèd nou. Gade byen, pandan mwen toujou vivan avèk nou jodi a, nou te fè rebelyon kont SENYÈ a. Konbyen anplis, konsa, apre mwen fin mouri?
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,
Rasanble pou mwen tout ansyen a tribi nou yo ak ofisye nou yo, pou mwen kapab pale pawòl sila yo pou yo tande e rele sou syèl la avèk tè a pou temwaye kont yo.
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 apre lanmò mwen, nou va fè zak konwonpi e vire kite chemen an ke m te kòmande nou an. Epi konsa, malè va swiv nou nan dènye jou yo, paske nou va fè sa ki mal nan zye SENYÈ a, e pwovoke Li a lakòlè avèk zèv men nou.”
30 And Moses speaks the words of this song in the ears of all the assembly of Israel, until their completion:
Konsa, Moïse te resite pawòl chanson sa a soti nan kòmansman jiska lafen nan zòrèy tout asanble Israël la.
