< Isaiah 37 >

1 When King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the LORD’s house.
Lè wa Ezekyas tande pawòl sa yo, li chire rad sou li sitèlman sa te fè l' lapenn, li mete yon rad sak sou li, epi li al nan tanp Seyè a.
2 He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.
Li voye Elyakim, chèf moun k'ap travay nan palè a, ak Chebna, sekretè a, ansanm ak chèf prèt yo bò kote pwofèt Ezayi, pitit Amòz la. Yo tout te gen rad sak sou yo.
3 They said to him, “Hezekiah says, ‘Today is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to give birth.
Men mesaj Ezekyas te ba yo pou Ezayi: -Jòdi a se yon jou malè pou nou! Bondye ap pini nou. Se yon wont pou nou. Nou tankou yon fanm ansent ki deja kase lezo men ki pa gen fòs pou li pouse pitit la soti.
4 It may be the LORD your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’”
Wa peyi Lasiri a te voye chèf gad palè li a manke Bondye vivan an dega. Se pou Seyè a, Bondye ou la, tande tout jouman sa yo. Se pou l' pini moun ki di pawòl sa yo. Ou menm, se pou ou lapriyè pou rès moun pèp nou an ki vivan toujou.
5 So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
Moun wa Ezekyas yo al jwenn Ezayi.
6 Isaiah said to them, “Tell your master, ‘The LORD says, “Don’t be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
Men repons Ezayi ba yo pou wa Ezekyas: -Men sa Seyè a voye di ou: Ou pa bezwen pè tout pawòl ou tande yo, tout jouman moun wa Lasiri yo di sou mwen.
7 Behold, I will put a spirit in him and he will hear news, and will return to his own land. I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.”’”
Mwen pral fè wa Lasiri a tande yon sèl nouvèl, li pral kouri tounen nan peyi l'. Rive li rive, m'ap fè touye l'.
8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.
Chèf gad palè a te vin konnen wa Lasiri a te pati kite Lakis pou l' te al atake lavil Libna. Se la li al jwenn wa a.
9 He heard news concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, “He has come out to fight against you.” When he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
Paske wa a te pran nouvèl Tiraka, wa peyi Letiopi a, t'ap moute vin atake l'. Wa a voye lòt mesaje ankò bò kote Ezekyas.
10 “Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, ‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem won’t be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”
Li di yo: -Men mesaj n'a bay Ezekyas, wa Jida a, pou mwen. Ou mèt tande Bondye ou la, Bondye ou fè konfyans lan, di ou Jerizalèm p'ap tonbe nan men wa Lasiri a, pa kite l' twonpe ou.
11 Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly. Shall you be delivered?
Ou te pran nouvèl sa wa Lasiri yo te fè tout lòt peyi yo. Yo te soti pou detwi yo nèt. Atò, se ou menm ki pou ta chape anba men m'!
12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?
Lè zansèt mwen yo te touye dènye moun nan lavil Gozan, lavil Aran, lavil Rezèf ak moun Betedenn yo ki rete lavil Tèlasa, èske bondye nasyon sa yo te delivre yo?
13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?’”
Kote wa lavil Amat la, wa lavil Apad la, wa lavil Sefarayim lan, wa lavil Ena ak wa lavil Iva?
14 Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to the LORD’s house, and spread it before the LORD.
Ezekyas pran lèt la nan men mesaje yo, li li l'. Apre sa, li pati al nan tanp lan, li mete lèt la devan lotèl Seyè a.
15 Hezekiah prayed to the LORD, saying,
Epi li vire bò Seyè a, li lapriyè, li di l':
16 “LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, who is enthroned amongst the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.
-Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, ou menm ki chita sou fotèy zanj cheriben yo ap pote sou zepòl yo a, se ou menm sèl Bondye k'ap gouvènen tout peyi sou latè. Se ou menm ki fè syèl la ak latè a.
17 Turn your ear, LORD, and hear. Open your eyes, LORD, and behold. Hear all of the words of Sennacherib, who has sent to defy the living God.
Panche zòrèy ou, Seyè, pou ou tande. Louvri je ou pou ou wè. Koute tou sa Senakerib voye di pou manke Bondye vivan an dega.
18 Truly, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the countries and their land,
Nou konnen, Seyè, wa peyi Lasiri yo te fini ak anpil nasyon, yo te detwi peyi yo.
19 and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.
Yo te boule tout bondye yo paske se pa t' bondye yo te ye. Se estati fèt an bwa ak wòch moun te fè ak men yo. Se poutèt sa yo te rive detwi yo.
20 Now therefore, LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are the LORD, even you only.”
Koulye a, Seyè, Bondye nou an, tanpri, delivre nou anba men Senakerib, pou tout nasyon ki sou latè ka konnen se ou menm sèl, Seyè, ki Bondye.
21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “The LORD, the God of Israel says, ‘Because you have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria,
Lè sa a, Ezayi, pitit Amòz la, voye mesaj sa a bay Ezekyas. -Ou te lapriyè Seyè a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, pou Senakerib, wa peyi Lasiri a. Men repons li voye ba ou.
22 this is the word which the LORD has spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
Men pawòl Seyè a di sou li: Senakerib, lavil Jerizalèm ki sou mòn Siyon an ap ri ou, l'ap pase ou nan rizib. Moun lavil Jerizalèm yo ap rele chalbari dèyè ou.
23 Whom have you defied and blasphemed? Against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.
Ki moun ou konprann ou derespekte, ou joure konsa? Sou ki moun ou pale fò konsa? Se sou Bondye pèp Izrayèl la ki yon Bondye apa.
24 By your servants, you have defied the Lord, and have said, “With the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon. I will cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypress trees. I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field.
Ou voye moun ou yo vin manke Bondye dega. Ou deklare: O wi, avèk tout kantite cha lagè m' yo, mwen moute sou tèt tout mòn ata sou mòn Liban an. Mwen koupe pi gwo pye sèd li yo, pi bèl pye sikren li yo, mwen rive jouk anwo nèt sou tèt li, nan mitan rakbwa li yo ki tankou bèl jaden.
25 I have dug and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt.”
Mwen fouye pi nan peyi moun lòt nasyon yo, mwen bwè dlo. Mwen cheche dlo nan tout larivyè Lejip yo pou sòlda mwen yo pase san pye yo pa mouye.
26 “‘Have you not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it in ancient times? Now I have brought it to pass, that it should be yours to destroy fortified cities, turning them into ruinous heaps.
Ou pa t' konnen gen lontan depi mwen te fè lide pou tou sa te rive? Gen lontan depi sa te nan tèt mwen? Koulye a, mwen kite sa rive, pou ou te ka kraze tout lavil ak ranpa yo pou fè yo tounen yon pil demoli.
27 Therefore their inhabitants had little power. They were dismayed and confounded. They were like the grass of the field, and like the green herb, like the grass on the housetops, and like a field before its crop has grown.
Moun ki te rete la yo te san fòs. Yo te pè, yo pa t' konn sa pou yo fè. Yo te tankou raje nan jaden, tankou zèb gazon, tankou raje k'ap pouse sou do kay, tankou pye mayi ki cheche anvan li mete zepi.
28 But I know your sitting down, your going out, your coming in, and your raging against me.
Mwen konnen lè ou leve, mwen konnen lè ou chita. Mwen konnen lè ou soti, mwen konnen lè ou antre. Mwen konnen lè ou fin anraje sou mwen.
29 Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance has come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.
Koulye a, mwen vin konnen jan ou move sou mwen, jan ou vin awogan. Se poutèt sa, mwen mete yon fè won nan bwa nen ou, ak yon mò nan bouch ou. Mwen pral fè ou pran menm chemen ou te pran pou vini an pou ou tounen.
30 “‘This shall be the sign to you: You will eat this year that which grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs from it; and in the third year sow and reap and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
Apre sa, Ezayi di wa Ezekyas konsa: -Men sa ki pral sèvi yon siy pou ou. Lanne sa a, n'a manje rès grenn ki te tonbe atè. Lanne k'ap vini apre sa a, n'a manje grenn nou pa t' plante. Men, apre sa ankò, n'a ka plante, n'a ka fè rekòt. N'a plante pye rezen, n'a manje rezen.
31 The remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah will again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
Rès moun peyi Jida ki va chape yo va pran pye ankò. Y'a kanpe ankò.
32 For out of Jerusalem a remnant will go out, and survivors will escape from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Armies will perform this.’
Va gen yon ti rès moun nan lavil Jerizalèm ak sou mòn Siyon an ki va chape. Se Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a ki soti pou fè sa, paske li renmen ou anpil.
33 “Therefore the LORD says concerning the king of Assyria, ‘He will not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither will he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
Men sa Seyè a di sou wa peyi Lasiri a: Li p'ap mete pye l' nan lavil sa a. Li p'ap gen tan voye yon sèl grenn flèch sou li. P'ap gen yon sèl sòlda ak plak pwotèj k'ap pwoche bò kote l'. Ni yo p'ap fouye twou pou sènen l'.
34 He will return the way that he came, and he won’t come to this city,’ says the LORD.
Chemen li te pran pou l' vini an, se li menm l'ap pran pou l' tounen. Li p'ap mete pye l' nan lavil sa a. Se mwen menm, Seyè a menm, ki di sa.
35 ‘For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.’”
M'ap pwoteje lavil sa a, m'ap delivre l' pou m' fè respè tèt mwen, pou m' kenbe pwomès mwen te fè David, sèvitè m' lan.
36 Then the LORD’s angel went out and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
Zanj Seyè a al nan kan moun Lasiri yo, li touye sankatrevensenk mil sòlda. Nan maten, lè moun leve, se kadav yo ase yo jwenn. Yo tout te mouri.
37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, went away, returned to Nineveh, and stayed there.
Senakerib, wa peyi Lasiri a, leve, li pati. Li tounen lavil Niniv.
38 As he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons struck him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.
Yon jou, antan wa a t'ap fè sèvis nan tanp Niswòk, bondye li a, de nan pitit gason l' yo touye l' ak nepe yo, epi yo kouri al kache nan peyi Arara. Yo te rele Adramelèk ak Sarezè. Se yon lòt nan pitit gason l' yo ki te rele Asaradon, ki te vin moute wa nan plas li.

< Isaiah 37 >