1 Samuel 2
1 And she said, "My heart rejoices in Jehovah. My strength rises up in my God. My mouth boasts over my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.
Lè sa a, Ana lapriyè, li di: -Seyè a fè kè m' kontan anpil! Seyè a remoute kouraj mwen. M'ap kenbe tèt ak lènmi yo. Kè m' kontan paske Bondye delivre mwen.
2 Truly, there is no one as holy as Jehovah. Truly, there is no one besides you, nor is there any rock like our God.
Pa gen Bondye tankou Seyè a. Non, pa gen tankou l'. Pa gen moun ki ka pwoteje tankou Bondye nou an.
3 Do not speak boastfully or let arrogance come out of your mouth, for Jehovah is a God of knowledge. By him actions are weighed.
Sispann pale avèk lògèy. Pa kite pawòl radiyès soti nan bouch nou. Paske Seyè a se yon Bondye ki konnen tout bagay. Li jije tou sa moun ap fè.
4 The bows of the mighty men are broken. Those who stumbled are armed with strength.
L'ap kraze zam ki nan men vanyan sòlda yo. Men l'ap bay moun ki fèb yo fòs kouraj.
5 Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread. Those who were hungry are satisfied. Even the barren has borne seven, and she who has many children languishes.
Sa ki te konn manje vant deboutonnen yo al vann jounen pou yo ka jwenn manje pou yo manje. Sa ki t'ap mouri grangou yo pa grangou ankò. Fanm ki pa t' ka fè pitit la fè pitit sèt fwa. Sa ki te gen anpil pitit la rete san anyen.
Seyè a touye, lèfini li bay lavi ankò. Li fè moun desann nan peyi kote mò yo ye a. Li mennen yo tounen ankò. (Sheol h7585)
7 Jehovah makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.
Li fè moun rich, li fè moun pòv. Li desann moun jouk atè, lèfini li fè yo kanpe ankò.
8 He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's. He has set the world on them.
Li wete pòv yo nan lapenn yo, li bay endijan yo men pou yo soti nan mizè yo. Li fè yo chita menm kote ak grannèg yo. Li ba yo bèl pozisyon nan lasosyete. Fondasyon latè, se nan men Seyè a sa ye. Se sou yo li bati tou sa ki la.
9 He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked will be put to silence in darkness. For no man will prevail by strength.
L'ap pwoteje lavi moun k'ap sèvi l' ak tout kè yo. Men, mechan yo pral mouri nan fènwa. Paske se pa fòs kouraj yon nonm k'ap fè l' genyen.
10 Those who strive with Jehovah will be broken to pieces. He will thunder against them in the sky. "Jehovah will judge the farthest parts of the earth. He will give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed."
Seyè a ap kraze tout lènmi l' yo. L'ap rete nan syèl la, l'ap voye loraj tonbe sou yo. Seyè a gen pou jije dènye moun ki sou latè. L'a bay wa li a pouvwa, l'ap chita pouvwa moun li te chwazi pou wa a.
11 And she went to Ramah, while the child served Jehovah before Eli the priest.
Apre sa, Elkana tounen lakay li lavil Rama, men yo kite ti gason an lavil Silo pou l' te sèvi Seyè a sou zòd Eli, prèt la.
12 Now the sons of Eli were worthless men; they did not know Jehovah.
Pitit gason Eli yo te yon bann vòryen. Pou yo, Seyè a pa t' egziste,
13 The custom of the priests with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a fork of three teeth in his hand;
ni yo pa t' aji jan prèt yo fèt pou aji ak pèp la. Chak fwa yon nonm t'ap touye bèt pou ofri bay Bondye, domestik prèt la vini avèk yon gwo fouchèt twa dan nan men l'. Antan vyann lan ap kwit nan dife a,
14 and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fork brought up the priest took therewith. So they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.
li plonje fouchèt la nan kaswòl la, nan chodyè a, nan mamit la osinon nan bonm lan. Tou sa fouchèt la te pran, se te pou prèt la. Se konsa yo te fè sa lavil Silo ak tout moun pèp Izrayèl la ki te vin fè ofrann yo la.
15 Yes, before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man who sacrificed, "Give meat to roast for the priest; for he will not accept boiled meat from you, but raw."
Sa ki pi rèd ankò, anvan menm yo te wete grès pou boule yo, domestik prèt la vini, epi li di nonm ki t'ap ofri bèt yo te touye a konsa: -Ban m' moso vyann pou prèt la fè woti. Li p'ap asepte ou ba li vyann bouyi. Li bezwen vyann fre.
16 If the man said to him, "Let the fat be burned first, and then take all of it which your soul desires"; then he would say, "No, but you shall give it to me now; and if not, I will take it by force."
Men, si nonm lan ta reponn li: Tann yo boule grès la anvan, apre sa w'a pran sa ou vle, domestik prèt la ap di l': -Non! Ban mwen l' koulye a. Si ou pa ban mwen li, m'ap pran l' ak fòs pa m'.
17 The sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah; for they despised the offering of Jehovah.
Peche pitit gason Eli yo te grav anpil anpil devan Seyè a, paske yo pa t' respekte ofrann yo te fè pou Seyè a.
18 But Samuel ministered before Jehovah, being a child, clothed with a linen ephod.
Ti Samyèl menm t'ap sèvi Seyè a. Li te gen yon ti jile tankou prèt yo konn mete a.
19 Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
Chak lanne manman l' te fè yon ti rad pou li, epi li te pote l' ba li lè li moute ak mari l' pou touye bèt pou yo ofri chak lanne a.
20 And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and said, "May Jehovah repay you with offspring by this woman for the gift which she made to Jehovah." And the man returned to his home.
Se konsa, Eli te beni Elkana ansanm ak madanm li. Li di Elkana: -M'ap lapriyè Seyè a pou l' ba ou lòt pitit avèk madanm sa a pou ranplase pitit ou mete apa pou Seyè a. Apre sa yo tounen lakay yo.
21 Jehovah visited Hannah, and she bore more children, three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before Jehovah.
Seyè a beni Ana ankò. Ana fè senk lòt pitit, de fi twa gason. Ti Samyèl menm t'ap grandi nan kay Seyè a.
22 Now Eli was very old; and he heard what his sons did to the children of Israel (and how that they lay with the women who served at the door of the Tent of Meeting).
Eli te fin granmoun. Li te tande moun ap di tou sa pitit gason l' yo t'ap fè moun Izrayèl yo pase, jan yo te menm rive kouche ak medam ki t'ap travay nan pòtay devan Kay Randevou a.
23 And he said to them, "Why do you do such things as these that I hear being said of you from the mouth of the people of Jehovah?
Lè sa a, li di yo konsa: -Poukisa n'ap fè bagay konsa? Mwen tande tout vye koze y'ap di sou nou nan pèp la.
24 No, my sons, do not do this. For it is not a good report that I hear the people of Jehovah spreading.
Sispann non, pitit mwen yo! Paske, sa m' tande y'ap di sou nou yo se pa bèl bagay menm.
25 If a man sins gravely against another, he can appeal to Jehovah; but if a man sins against Jehovah, who can intercede for him?" But, they did not listen to the voice of their father, because Jehovah intended to kill them.
Si yon moun fè yon lòt yon bagay mal, Seyè a ka pran defans li. Men lè se Bondye menm yon moun fè mal, ki moun ki va pran defans li? Men, mesye yo pa t' vle koute sa papa a t'ap di yo, paske Seyè a te fin pran desizyon l' pou l' te touye yo.
26 The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Jehovah, and also with men.
Ti Samyèl menm t'ap grandi toujou. Li t'ap aji yon jan ki te fè ni Bondye ni lèzòm plezi.
27 A man of God came to Eli, and said, "Thus says Jehovah, I plainly revealed myself to the house of your father, when they were slaves in Egypt to the house of Pharaoh.
Yon pwofèt Bondye vin jwenn Eli, li di l' konsa: -Men sa Seyè a voye di ou: Lè zansèt ou yo, Arawon ak moun fanmi l' yo, te esklav nan peyi Lejip ap sèvi farawon an, mwen te fè yo konnen ki moun mwen ye.
28 And I chose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod. And I gave to the house of your father all the offerings by fire of the children of Israel as food.
Nan tout branch fanmi pèp Izrayèl yo se fanmi pa li a mwen te chwazi pou sèvi m' prèt devan lotèl mwen, pou yo boule lansan, pou pote ti jile prèt yo devan m'. Epi mwen ba yo dwa pou yo pran yon pòsyon nan tout bèt yo ofri pou boule pou mwen sou lotèl la.
29 Then why do you look at my sacrifice and my offering with a selfish eye, and honor your sons more than me in letting them eat from the first part of every offering of Israel before me?'
Pouki nou pa respekte bèt yo touye pou mwen ak ofrann mwen te bay lòd pou pèp la fè nan Tanp mwen an? Poukisa, ou menm Eli, ou gen pitit ou yo plis krentif pase m', kifè ou kite yo ap gra ak pi bon pòsyon nan tout ofrann moun pèp Izrayèl yo ap fè pou mwen?
30 "Therefore Jehovah, the God of Israel, says, 'I said indeed that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever.' But now Jehovah says, 'Be it far from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
Se poutèt sa, mwen menm Seyè a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, men sa m'ap di: Nan tan lontan, mwen te pwomèt mwen t'ap kite fanmi ou ak moun branch fanmi ou yo sèvi m' prèt pou tout tan. Men koulye a, mwen di: Mwen p'ap fè sa ankò paske m'ap fè bèl bagay pou moun ki gen krentif pou mwen. Men moun k'ap derespekte m' yo, m'ap fè yo wont. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
31 Look, the days come, that I will cut off your descendants, and the descendants of your father's house, that there shall not be an old man in your house.
Gade! Koulye a lè a pral rive, mwen pral touye tout jenn gason ki nan fanmi ou ak nan tout branch fanmi zansèt ou a. Konsa p'ap gen gason nan fanmi ou ki va rive granmoun.
32 And you will see distress in the dwelling place, in all that he does good with Israel. And there will not be an old man in your house all the days.
Lespri ou pral boulvèse lè w'a wè tout bagay ap mache byen pou pèp la, men pesonn nan fanmi ou p'ap janm viv lontan jouk pou yo rive granmoun.
33 And the man of yours I do not cut off from my altar will be to cause his eyes to fail and to grieve his soul, and all the increase of your house will die by the sword of men.
M'ap kite yonn nan fanmi ou yo vivan pou li ka sèvi m' prèt. Men, l'ap pèdi de grenn je l' yo, epi lapenn ap fini avè l'. Tout lòt fanmi ou yo pral mouri tou jenn nan move kondisyon.
34 "'This shall be the sign to you, that shall come on your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall both die.
Lè w'a wè de pitit gason ou yo, Ofni ak Fineas, tonbe mouri menm jou a, w'a konnen sa m' te di a se vre.
35 I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind. I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before my anointed forever.
Mwen pral chwazi yon lòt prèt ki p'ap janm twonpe m'. L'a fè tou sa m'a vle l' fè, tou sa mwen ta renmen wè l' fè. M'a ba li yon fanmi ki p'ap janm disparèt, se yo ki va toujou sèvi wa mwen va chwazi a.
36 It shall happen, that everyone who is left in your house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, "Please put me into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread."'"
Men, moun ki va rete vivan nan fanmi ou lan va ale bò kote prèt sa a pou mande l' yon ti lajan ak yon ti manje, l'a lapriyè nan pye prèt la pou prèt la kite l' ede lòt prèt yo pou li ka jwenn kichòy pou l' manje.
