Isaiah 29
1 Woe to Ariel! Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year to year; let the feasts come around;
Mwen wè malè pou lotèl Bondye a, lavil Jerizalèm! Mwen wè malè pou lavil kote David te moute kan li an. Kite ennan, dezan konsa pase, kite tout fèt yo fin pase,
2 then I will distress Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation. She shall be to me as an altar hearth.
Seyè a pral voye yon sèl lafliksyon sou lotèl Bondye a. Moun pral rele, yo pral plenn. Lavil la pral tounen yon lotèl Bondye tout bon kote y'ap ofri bèt yo touye pou li.
3 I will encamp against you all around you, and will lay siege against you with posted troops. I will raise siege works against you.
Bondye pral atake lavil la tankou David te fè l' la. Li pral sènen l' ak sòlda. L'ap fèmen l' toupatou.
4 You will be brought down, and will speak out of the ground. Your speech will mumble out of the dust. Your voice will be as of one who has a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and your speech will whisper out of the dust.
Lavil Jerizalèm pral tankou yon moun anba tè k'ap pale. Pousyè tè ap toufe pawòl nan bouch li. Antan li anba tè a, l'ap pale tankou yon zonbi ak yon vwa nan nen tou fèb!
5 But the multitude of your foes will be like fine dust, and the multitude of the ruthless ones like chaff that blows away. Yes, it will be in an instant, suddenly.
Men, tout lènmi ou yo pral gaye tankou pousyè nan van. Tout kantite moun ki t'ap fè ou pase tray yo pral disparèt tankou pay van ap bwote. W'ap rete konsa,
6 She will be visited by Yahweh of Armies with thunder, with earthquake, with great noise, with whirlwind and storm, and with the flame of a devouring fire.
Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a ap parèt sou ou, avèk gwo van loraj, tranblemanntè, ak yon pakèt gwo bri, avèk siklòn, van tanpèt ak gwo flanm dife k'ap boule.
7 The multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all who fight against her and her stronghold, and who distress her, will be like a dream, a vision of the night.
Lè sa a, tout bann moun lòt nasyon yo ki t'ap fè lagè avèk lotèl Bondye a, tout gwo lame ki te anvayi peyi a, ki te sènen lavil la, ki t'ap toufounen l' kote l' te ye a, yo tout yo pral disparèt tankou yon move rèv ou t'ap fè, tankou yon vizyon w'ap fè nan mitan lannwit.
8 It will be like when a hungry man dreams, and behold, he eats; but he awakes, and his hunger isn’t satisfied; or like when a thirsty man dreams, and behold, he drinks; but he awakes, and behold, he is faint, and he is still thirsty. The multitude of all the nations that fight against Mount Zion will be like that.
Wi, tout bann moun lòt nasyon yo ki t'ap fè lagè ak lavil Jerizalèm sou mòn Siyon an, y'ap tankou yon moun k'ap mouri grangou epi ki reve l'ap manje. Men, lè li leve, li grangou pi rèd. Osinon, tankou yon moun k'ap mouri swaf dlo, li reve l'ap bwè dlo. Men, lè li leve, li tou fèb, li swaf dlo pi rèd.
9 Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
Nou pral sezi, nou pral rete bèbè! Fèmen je nou pou nou pa wè! Nou pral sou, san nou pa menm bwè. N'ap titibe san nou pa pran yon gout gwòg!
10 For Yahweh has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the prophets; and he has covered your heads, the seers.
Paske Seyè a fè nou anvi dòmi. Li fè je nou vin lou. Pwofèt yo, se je pèp la yo ye! Li kouvri tèt nou. Divinò yo, se tèt pèp la yo ye.
11 All vision has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is educated, saying, “Read this, please;” and he says, “I can’t, for it is sealed;”
Nou pa ka konprann tou sa Bondye fè nou konnen la a. Y'ap tankou yon liv yo sele. Si nou pote l' bay yon moun ki konn li pou nou mande l' li l' pou nou, l'ap reponn nou li pa kapab, paske liv la sele.
12 and the book is delivered to one who is not educated, saying, “Read this, please;” and he says, “I can’t read.”
Lè ou pote l' bay yon moun ki pa konn li pou ou mande l' li l' pou ou, l'ap reponn ou li pa konn li.
13 The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and honors me with their lips, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;
Seyè a di: -Lè moun sa yo ap fè sèvis pou mwen, se pawòl nan bouch! Y'ap louvri bouch yo pou fè lwanj mwen, men lespri yo byen lwen. Si y'ap mache di yo gen krentif pou mwen, se pawòl granmoun lontan moutre yo y'ap repete lè konsa.
14 therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their prudent men will be hidden.”
Se poutèt sa, mwen pral fè yon lòt seri mèvèy ak mirak devan je yo. Mwen pral detounen bon konprann moun save yo. Moun lespri yo ak tout konesans yo p'ap konprann anyen.
15 Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from Yahweh, and whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, “Who sees us?” and “Who knows us?”
Madichon pou moun k'ap kache Seyè a sa yo gen lide fè! Y'ap fè plan yo an kachèt. Y'ap di pa gen moun ki wè yo. Pa gen moun k'ap konnen sa y'ap fè.
16 You turn things upside down! Should the potter be thought to be like clay, that the thing made should say about him who made it, “He didn’t make me;” or the thing formed say of him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?
Nou vire tout bagay lanvè! Kilès ki pi konsekan, moun k'ap fè krich yo osinon tè wouj la? Eske bagay yon nonm fè ka di moun ki fè l' la se pa ou ki fè m'? Eske yon krich ka di moun ki fè l' la se moun sòt ou ye?
17 Isn’t it yet a very little while, and Lebanon will be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field will be regarded as a forest?
Anvan nou bat je nou, rakbwa peyi Liban tounen jaden, jaden tounen rakbwa.
18 In that day, the deaf will hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind will see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
Jou sa a, moun soudè yo va tande pawòl y'ap li nan liv. Avèg yo ki t'ap viv nan fènwa va louvri je yo, y'a wè.
19 The humble also will increase their joy in Yahweh, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Seyè a va fè tipitit yo gen kè kontan ankò. Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, li menm ki yon Bondye apa, va fè malere yo danse tèlman y'a kontan.
20 For the ruthless is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases, and all those who are alert to do evil are cut off—
Paske lwijanboje a pral jwenn ak bout li. Moun ki t'ap pase Bondye nan betiz la pral disparèt. Yo pral fini ak tout moun ki t'ap chache okazyon pou fè sa ki mal,
21 who cause a person to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for one who reproves in the gate, and who deprive the innocent of justice with false testimony.
moun k'ap fè inonsan peye pou koupab, moun k'ap antrave travay jij yo nan tribinal, moun k'ap bay manti pou moun serye pa jwenn jistis.
22 Therefore Yahweh, who redeemed Abraham, says concerning the house of Jacob: “Jacob shall no longer be ashamed, neither shall his face grow pale.
Se poutèt sa, koulye a, men sa Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, Bondye ki te delivre Abraram lan, di: Moun Jakòb yo p'ap janm wont ankò. Figi yo p'ap dekonpoze ankò.
23 But when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in the middle of him, they will sanctify my name. Yes, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
Lè y'a wè pitit mwen menm m'ap ba yo nan kò kay yo, y'a rekonèt se yon Bondye apa mwen ye. Y'a rekonèt Bondye fanmi Jakòb la se yon Bondye apa. Y'a respekte m', y'a genyen m' krentif.
24 They also who err in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will receive instruction.”
Moun ki te pèdi tèt yo va rive gen bon konprann. Moun ki te toujou ap bougonnen yo va kontan aprann nan men mwen.
