Psalms 135
1 Praise Yahweh! You who (do work for/serve) Yahweh, praise him!
Lwanj pou Seyè a! Fè lwanj Seyè a! Nou tout k'ap sèvi Seyè a,
2 You who stand in the temple of Yahweh our God and in the surrounding courtyard, praise him [MTY]!
nou tout ki kanpe lakay li, nan kote ki apa pou Bondye nou an, fè lwanj li!
3 Praise Yahweh, because he does good things [for us]; sing to him [MTY], because he is kind [to us].
Fè lwanj Seyè a, paske li gen bon kè! Chante chante pou li, paske li aji byen ak nou.
4 He has chosen [us, the descendants of] Jacob; he has chosen [us] Israelis to belong to him [DOU].
Se li menm ki te chwazi Jakòb pou moun pa l', se li menm ki te chwazi pèp Izrayèl la pou pèp li.
5 I know that Yahweh is great; he is greater than all the gods.
Mwen konnen Seyè nou an gen gwo pouvwa. Li gen pouvwa pase tout lòt bondye yo.
6 Yahweh does whatever he desires to do, in heaven and on the earth and in the seas/oceans, [down] to the bottom of the seas.
Li fè sa li vle nan syèl ak sou latè, sou lanmè ak nan fon lanmè.
7 He is the one who causes clouds to appear from very distant places on the earth; he sends lightning with the rain, and he brings the winds from the places where he stores them.
Li fè nwaj yo leve kote syèl la kole ak latè a, li fè zèklè ak lapli, li fè van yo soti kote li sere yo a.
8 He is the one who killed [all] the firstborn [males] in Egypt, the firstborn of people and of animals.
Se li menm ki te touye tout premye pitit gason ak tout premye pòte mal zannimo nan peyi Lejip.
9 There he performed many kinds of miracles [DOU] to punish the king and all his officials.
Se li ki te fè anpil mirak ak mèvèy nan peyi Lejip pou pini farawon an ansanm ak tout moun k'ap sèvi l' yo.
10 He destroyed many nations and the powerful kings [who ruled them]:
Li detwi anpil nasyon, li touye wa ki te gen pouvwa:
11 Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, and Og, the king of Bashan [region], and all the other kings in Canaan [land].
Siyon, wa peyi Amon an, Og, wa peyi Bazan an ansanm ak tout wa nan peyi Kanaran yo.
12 Then he gave their land to [us] Israeli people to belong to us [forever].
Li pran peyi yo, li bay pèp li a, wi, li bay moun pèp Izrayèl yo peyi moun sa yo pou yo rete.
13 Yahweh your name will endure forever, and people who are not yet born will remember the great things [that you have done].
Seyè, lèzòm ap toujou konnen ki moun ou ye. Yo p'ap janm bliye ou!
14 Yahweh, [you] declare that we your people (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong), and you are merciful to us.
Seyè a va pran defans pèp li a, l'a gen pitye pou moun k'ap sèvi l' yo.
15 But the idols that the [other] people-groups [worship] are only [statues made of] silver and gold, things that humans have made.
Zidòl nasyon yo se bagay ki fèt ak ajan, ak lò. Se moun ki fè yo ak men yo.
16 Their idols have mouths, but they cannot say [anything]; they have eyes, but they cannot see [anything].
Yo gen bouch, men yo pa ka pale. Yo gen je, men yo pa ka wè.
17 They have ears, but they cannot hear [anything], and they are not [even able to] breathe.
Yo gen zòrèy, men yo pa ka tande. Yo pa gen yon ti souf nan bouch yo.
18 The people who make those idols are as [powerless as] those idols, and those who trust in those idols [can accomplish no more than] their idols can!
Moun ki fè zidòl yo ansanm ak tout moun ki mete konfyans yo nan yo, se pou yo tounen tankou yo.
19 [My fellow] Israelis, praise Yahweh! You [priests] who are descended from Aaron, praise Yahweh!
Nou menm, pèp Izrayèl la, fè lwanj Seyè a! Nou menm, prèt Bondye yo, fè lwanj Seyè a!
20 You [men] who are descended from Levi, [you who assist the priests], praise Yahweh! [All] you who revere Yahweh, praise him!
Nou menm k'ap sèvi nan tanp li a, fè lwanj Seyè a! Nou tout ki gen krentif pou Seyè a, fè lwanj li!
21 Praise Yahweh in [the temple on] Zion [Hill] in Jerusalem, where he lives! Praise Yahweh!
Fè lwanj Seyè a nan peyi Siyon. nan lavil Jerizalèm, kote l' rete a. Lwanj pou Seyè a!
