< Isaiah 58 >

1 "Cry aloud, do not spare, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and declare to my people their disobedience, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
Seyè a di m' konsa: -Rele ak tout fòs ou, rele mezi ou kapab! Fè vwa ou sonnen tankou klewon! Fè pèp mwen an konnen tout mechanste li fè yo! Fè moun fanmi Jakòb yo konnen tout peche yo te fè!
2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and did not forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.
Chak jou, y'ap fè sèvis pou mwen. Yo pretann yo konnen chemen m' yo, tankou si se yon nasyon ki fè sa ki dwat devan m', epi ki pa t' janm lage lòd mwen te ba yo. Y'ap mande m' pou m' defann kòz yo. Yo ta vle pou Bondye kanpe la ak yo.
3 'Why have we fasted,' say they, 'and you do not see? Why have we afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge?' "Look, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and exact all your labors.
Pèp la ap di: -Sa nou bezwen fè jèn fè si Bondye p'ap wè sa? Sa nou bezwen pran lapenn pou sa nou fè ki mal si ou p'ap gade sou sa? Seyè a reponn yo: -M'ap di nou laverite. Jou n'ap fè jèn lan, se jou sa a tou n'ap chache fè sa ki nan enterè nou ase. Se lè sa a n'ap plede peze moun k'ap travay pou nou yo.
4 Look, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness: you do not fast this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.
Konsa tou, jou n'ap fè jèn lan, se lè sa a tou n'ap joure, n'ap fè kont, n'ap goumen, n'ap bay move kou. Jan mwen wè n'ap fè jèn lan jòdi a se pa konsa pou nou fè l' si nou vle lapriyè nou yo rive nan zòrèy mwen.
5 Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
Eske mwen ka pran plezi nan kalite jèn sa a? Se sa nou rele yon jou n'ap pran lapenn pou sa nou fè ki mal? Fè jèn pou nou, se bese tèt nou jouk atè tankou wozo van ap pliye, se kouche plat atè sou sak nan mitan sann dife. Atò se sa nou rele fè jèn? Se sa ki pou fè Bondye plezi a?
6 "Isn't this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?
Non! Men kalite jèn ki pou fè kè m' kontan an: Sispann fè mechanste. Sispann fè lenjistis. Bay esklav nou yo libète! Mete chay k'ap foule moun yo atè.
7 Isn't it to distribute your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh?
Separe sa nou genyen ak moun ki grangou. Louvri pòt kay nou pou nou resevwa malere ki pa gen kote pou yo dòmi. Si nou wè yon frè nou toutouni, ba li rad pou li mete sou li. Pa refize lonje men bay frè parèy ou.
8 Then your light shall break forth as the morning, and your healing shall spring forth speedily; and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.
Lè sa a, tankou solèy k'ap leve, m'ap klere nou, m'a fè nou wè jan mwen renmen nou. Lapoula m'a geri nou, m'a toujou mache ak nou pou m' delivre nou. Pouvwa Bondye a va mache dèyè nou pou pwoteje nou.
9 Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, 'Here I am.' "If you take away from the midst of you the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking wickedly;
Lè sa a, si nou lapriyè nan pye m', m'a reponn nou. Si nou rele m', m'a di men mwen! Si nou rache tout mechanste nan kè nou voye jete, si nou sispann kraponnen moun, si nou sispann pale moun mal,
10 and if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then your light shall rise in darkness, and your obscurity be as the noonday;
si nou manje ak moun ki grangou, si nou plen vant moun ki nan nesesite, limyè va klere pou nou nan mitan fènwa. Lannwit va fè klè pou nou tankou gwo midi.
11 and the LORD will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in dry places, and make strong your bones; and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
Se tout tan Seyè a va moutre nou chemen pou nou pran, l'a rafrechi nanm nou nan tan chechrès. L'a ban nou fòs ak kouraj. N'a tankou yon jaden ki byen wouze, tankou yon sous dlo ki pa janm chèch.
12 Those who shall be of you shall build the old waste places; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
N'a rebati vye kay nou yo ki te fin tonbe. N'a moute lòt kay sou ansyen miray fondasyon tan lontan yo. Y'a rele nou moun ki konn repare miray fann yo, moun ki konn balize granchemen yo, moun k'ap refè kay ki kraze yo pou moun ka vin rete nan peyi a ankò.
13 "If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, and the holy of the LORD honorable; and shall honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words:
Si nou veye kò nou pou nou respekte jou repo a, pou nou pa regle pwòp zafè nou jou ki apa pou mwen an, si se yon plezi pou nou lè jou repo a rive, si nou respekte jou ki apa pou mwen menm, Seyè a, pou jou sa a nou pa nan fè sa ki nan lide nou, nou pa nan vwayaje, nou pa nan fè travay, ni nou pa nan pale vye koze,
14 then you shall delight yourself in the LORD; and I will make you to ride on the high places of the earth; and I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father:" for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it.
lè sa a, n'a jwenn plezi nou nan fè sèvis pou mwen. M'a fè tout moun sou latè pote nou anlè, n'a jwi lavi nan peyi mwen te bay Jakòb, zansèt nou an. Se mwen menm, Seyè a, ki di sa!

< Isaiah 58 >