Isaiah 44
1 And therefore listen O Jacob servant my and Israel [whom] I have chosen it.
Seyè a di ankò: -Koute m' byen koulye a, nou menm fanmi Jakòb, sèvitè m' yo, nou menm pèp Izrayèl mwen te chwazi pou mwen an.
2 Thus he says Yahweh [who] made you and [who] formed you from [the] womb he will help you may not you be afraid O servant my Jacob and Jeshurun [whom] I have chosen it.
Men sa Seyè ki te kreye nou an, Seyè k'ap ede nou depi nan vant manman nou an, di: -Nou pa bezwen pè anyen, nou menm fanmi Jakòb, sèvitè m' yo, nou menm pèp Jechouwoun mwen te chwazi pou mwen an.
3 For I will pour out water on thirsty [ground] and streams on dry ground I will pour out spirit my on offspring your and blessing my on descendants your.
M'ap vide dlo sou tè sèk la. M'ap fè sous dlo koule nan dezè a. M'ap bay pitit nou yo pouvwa lespri mwen. M'ap voye benediksyon m' sou pitit pitit nou yo.
4 And they will spring up in between grass like poplars at watercourses of water.
Yo pral pouse tankou zèb ki jwenn lapli, tankou banbou bò larivyè.
5 This one he will say [belong] to Yahweh I and this one he will call out with [the] name of Jacob and this one he will write hand his [belongs] to Yahweh and with [the] name of Israel he will name.
Yonn apre lòt, moun yo pral di: -Se pou Seyè a mwen ye! Y'a vin mete tèt yo ansanm ak fanmi Jakòb yo. Yo tout pral make non Seyè a nan pla men yo. Y'a di se moun pèp Izrayèl la yo ye tou.
6 Thus he says Yahweh [the] king of Israel and redeemer its Yahweh of hosts I [am] first and I [am] last and except me there not [is] a god.
Seyè ki wa pèp Izrayèl la, Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, li menm k'ap delivre pèp la, men sa li di: -Se mwen menm ki te la anvan tout bagay, Se mwen menm k'ap la apre tout bagay. Pa gen lòt bondye pase mwen menm sèl.
7 And who? [is] like me let him proclaim [it] and let him declare it and let him recount in order it to me from when established I a people of antiquity and [the] coming [things] and [the things] which they will come let them declare to them.
Kilès ki tankou m'? Se pou l' kanpe di sa! Se pou l' fè nou konn sa, se pou l' ban m' prèv la! Se pou l' di tou sa ki pase depi nan konmansman! Se pou l' fè konnen davans sa ki gen pou rive.
8 May not you be in dread and may not you fear ¿ not from then did I proclaim to you and did I declare and you [are] witnesses my ¿ [is] there a god except me and there not [is] a rock not I know.
Nou pa bezwen pè, nou pa bezwen tranble. Depi lontan mwen te fè nou konn sa, mwen te di nou sa. Nou pral kanpe pale pou mwen. Eske gen lòt bondye pase mwen menm? Eske gen lòt bondye ki ka pwoteje moun? Mwen menm, mwen pa konnen l'.
9 [those who] form an idol All of them [are] nothingness and desired [things] their not they confer profit and witnesses their they not they see and not they know so that they may be ashamed.
Tout moun k'ap fè estati zidòl yo, se moun ki pa vo anyen. Bondye yo renmen anpil yo pa ka fè anyen pou yo. Moun k'ap pran pou yo se moun ki pa wè, moun ki pa konn anyen. Se pou sa yo pral wont pita.
10 Who? has he formed a god and an idol has he cast? to not to confer profit.
Ki moun k'ap fè pòtre yon bondye, k'ap fonn metal pou fè yon estati san li pa wè avantaj li ladan l'?
11 There! all companions his they will be ashamed and craftsmen they [are] from humankind let them gather together all of them let them stand up let them be in dread let them be ashamed altogether.
Moun k'ap sèvi estati zidòl yo pral wont. Moun k'ap fè estati yo, se moun yo ye. Se pou yo vini pou yo konparèt devan tribinal la. Se pou yo pè, se pou yo wont!
12 A craftsman of iron a tool and he works [it] on the coal[s] and with hammers he forms it and he worked it with [the] arm of strength his also he is hungry and there not [is] strength not he drinks water and he grew weary.
Bòs fòjon an pran yon moso fè, li mete l' nan dife, li travay li ak mato. Li ba l' fòm li vle ak fòs ponyèt li. Li pa manje, li vin fèb. Li pa bwè dlo, li pa kapab ankò.
13 A craftsman of wood he stretches out a measuring-line he outlines it with marker he works it with scraping tools and with compass he outlines it and he made it like [the] form of a man like [the] beauty of a man to dwell a house.
Moun k'ap travay bwa a menm pran mezi yon moso bwa, li trase pòtre zidòl la sou li ak moso lakre, li travay li ak sizo. Li ba li fòm yon moun, fòm yon bèl moun, pou l' mete l' nan yon tanp.
14 To cut down for himself cedars and he took a cypress and an oak and he strengthened [it] for himself among [the] trees of [the] forest he plants laurel and rain it makes [it] grow.
Li ka koupe yon pye sèd. Li ka chwazi yon pye chenn, osinon yon pye kajou nan rakbwa a. Li ka plante yon pye pichpen epi li tann pou lapli fè l' grandi.
15 And it belongs to anyone to burn and he took some of them and he became warm also he kindles a fire and he bakes bread also he makes a god and he bowed down he makes it an idol and he prostrated himself to it.
Moun sèvi ak moso nan rès bwa a pou boule. Yo fè dife pou yo chofe kò yo, pou yo kwit manje. Avèk rès bwa a yo fè yon bondye pou yo sèvi, yon estati pou yo mete ajenou devan l'.
16 Half of it he burns in a fire over half of it meat he eats he roasts roasted meat so he may be satisfied also he is warm and he may say aha! I am warm I see a fire.
Avèk mwatye nan bwa a, yo fè dife, yo griye vyann, yo manje plen vant yo. Yo chofe kò yo tou, epi yo di: Dife a bon! Li cho! Ala bèl dife!
17 And [the] remainder of it a god he makes idol his (he prostrates himself *Q(k)*) to it so he may bow down and he may pray to it so he may say deliver me for [are] god my you.
Avèk rès bwa a, yo fè estati yon bondye pou yo sèvi. Yo mete ajenou devan l', yo lapriyè devan l', y'ap di: Ou se bondye mwen. Delivre m' non!
18 Not they know and not they understand for it is besmeared from seeing eyes their from having insight hearts their.
Moun sa yo pa konn anyen, yo pa konprann anyen, paske je yo bouche, yo pa ka wè. Lespri yo bouche, yo pa konprann anyen.
19 And not he brings to heart his and not knowledge and not understanding to say half of it I burned in a fire and also I baked on coals its bread I roasted meat so I may eat [it] and [the] remainder of it an abomination will I make? to a product of a tree will I prostrate myself?
Moun k'ap fè zidòl yo pa kalkile nan tèt yo, yo pa konn anyen, yo pa gen konprann pou yo ta di: Mwen boule mwatye bwa a nan dife. Mwen kwit manje sou chabon dife a. Mwen griye vyann pou m' manje. Avèk rès bwa a mwen fè yon bagay k'ap avili m', yon zidòl. M'ap adore yon bout bwa!
20 [he is] feeding Ash[es] a heart [which] it is deceived it has turned aside him and not he will deliver self his and not he will say ¿ not [is] falsehood in right [hand] my.
Se tankou si yo te mete konfyans yo nan sann dife. Se tèt yo y'ap twonpe. Yo pèdi wout yo. Yo p'ap ka sove lavi yo, yo pa konprann zidòl yo gen nan men yo a se pa bondye li ye.
21 Remember these [things] O Jacob and O Israel for [are] servant my you I formed you [are] a servant of me you O Israel not you will be forgotten by me.
Seyè a di: -Nou menm fanmi Jakòb yo, chonje bagay sa yo byen! Nou menm pèp Izrayèl, chonje se sèvitè m' nou ye. Se mwen menm ki te fè nou pou nou te ka sèvi m'. Mwen p'ap janm bliye nou!
22 I have wiped out like dark cloud transgressions your and like cloud sins your return! to me for I have redeemed you.
Mwen te fè peche nou yo disparèt devan je m' tankou yon nwaj nan syèl la. Tounen vin jwenn mwen non, paske se mwen menm ki te delivre nou.
23 Shout for joy O heaven for he has acted Yahweh shout in triumph O lower parts of [the] earth break forth O mountains a shout of joy O forest and every tree in it for he has redeemed Yahweh Jacob and by Israel he will get glory for himself.
Ou menm syèl la, chante byen fò! Se pou tout kote ki byen fon anba tè a fè fèt! Se pou mòn yo rele tank yo kontan! Se pou rakbwa yo ansanm ak tout pyebwa ki ladan yo danse fè fèt. Paske Seyè a delivre fanmi Jakòb la, li fè moun Izrayèl yo wè pouvwa li.
24 Thus he says Yahweh redeemer your and [the one who] formed you from [the] womb I [am] Yahweh [who] made everything [who] stretched out [the] heavens to alone me [who] spread out the earth (from with myself. *Q(K)*)
Men sa Seyè a di, li menm ki delivre nou, li menm ki te fè nou depi nan vant manman nou: -Se mwen menm, Seyè a, ki fè tout bagay. Se pou kont mwen mwen te louvri syèl la anwo tèt nou. Lè m' t'ap fè latè, kilès ki te ede m'?
25 [who] frustrates [the] signs of Empty talkers and diviners he makes look foolish [who] turns back wise [people] backwards and knowledge their he makes foolish.
Se mwen menm ki fè siy yo te predi yo pèdi sans yo. Se mwen menm ki fè divinò yo depale. Mwen demanti pawòl moun save yo. Mwen fè yo wè tout konesans yo se bagay moun fou.
26 [who] establishes [the] word of Servant his and [the] counsel of messengers his he performs who says of Jerusalem it will be inhabited and of [the] cities of Judah they will be rebuilt and ruins its I will raise up.
Men lè sèvitè m' pale, mwen ba l' rezon. Lè mesaje m' yo bay yon pawòl, mwen fè l' rive vre. Mwen di moun va rete lavil Jerizalèm ankò. Yo pral rebati lavil peyi Jida yo. Lavil li yo ki te bandonnen pral kanpe ankò.
27 Who says to the ocean-deep be dried up and rivers your I will make dry.
Mwen menm ki te bay lanmè a lòd pou li cheche, m'ap cheche tout rivyè nou yo.
28 Who says of Cyrus shepherd my and all desire my he will perform and to say of Jerusalem let it be rebuilt and [the] temple let it be refounded.
Mwen di wa Siris se li ki pral gouvènen pou mwen! Li pral fè tou sa m'a mande l' fè. Li pral bay lòd pou yo rebati lavil Jerizalèm, pou yo refè fondasyon tanp Bondye a.
