Deuteronomy 9
1 'Hear, Israel, thou art passing over to-day the Jordan, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself; cities great and fenced in the heavens;
Koute byen, nou menm pèp Izrayèl! Lè a rive, jòdi a nou pral janbe lòt bò larivyè Jouden an pou n' al anvayi peyi ki pou nasyon ki gen plis moun pase nou, nasyon ki pi fò pase nou. Nou pral pran yon bann gwo lavil ki gen ranpa wotè syèl la pou pwoteje yo.
2 a people great and tall, sons of Anakim, whom thou — thou hast known, (and thou — thou hast heard: Who doth station himself before sons of Anak?)
Moun peyi a se yon bann moun ki gwonèg, ki bèl wotè tankou moun Anak yo. Nou konn tande yo di pa gen moun ki ka kenbe tèt ak moun sa yo.
3 and thou hast known to-day, that Jehovah thy God [is] He who is passing over before thee — a fire consuming; He doth destroy them, and He doth humble them before thee, and thou hast dispossessed them, and destroyed them hastily, as Jehovah hath spoken to thee.
Enben, koulye a, nou pral konnen se Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ki pral pran devan nou. Tankou yon gwo dife k'ap boule tou sa li kontre, li pral disparèt yo chak fwa n'a jwenn yo sou wout nou. Li pral fè yo bese tèt devan nou. Se konsa n'a pran peyi a nan men yo, n'a disparèt yo la pou la jan Seyè a te di l' la.
4 'Thou dost not speak in thy heart (in Jehovah thy God's driving them away from before thee), saying, For my righteousness hath Jehovah brought me in to possess this land, seeing for the wickedness of these nations is Jehovah dispossessing them from thy presence;
Lè Seyè a, Bondye nou an, va fin chase moun sa yo devan nou, piga nou di nan kè nou se paske nou merite kifè Seyè a te fè n' antre pran peyi a pou nou. Non. Se paske moun sa yo mechan kifè Seyè a te mete yo deyò ban nou plas yo.
5 not for thy righteousness, and for the uprightness of thy heart, art thou going in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations is Jehovah thy God dispossessing them from before thee; and in order to establish the word which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob;
Non! Se pa paske nou te merite, ni paske nou te mennen bak nou dwat kifè Seyè a pral fè nou pran peyi a pou nou. Se paske moun sa yo mechan kifè Seyè a, Bondye nou an, pral disparèt yo sou tout wout nou. Epitou, se pou l' te ka kenbe pawòl li te sèmante bay zansèt nou yo, Abraram, Izarak ak Jakòb.
6 and thou hast known, that not for thy righteousness is Jehovah thy God giving to thee this good land to possess it, for a people stiff of neck thou [art].
Se pou nou konnen se pa paske nou merite anyen kifè Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ap ban nou bon peyi sa a pou rele nou pa nou. Non! Paske se yon pèp ki gen tèt di anpil nou ye.
7 'Remember — do not forget — that [with] which thou hast made Jehovah thy God wroth in the wilderness; even from the day that thou hast come out of the land of Egypt till your coming in unto this place rebels ye have been with Jehovah;
Pa janm bliye jan ou te fè Seyè a, Bondye nou an, fache anpil nan dezè a. Depi lè nou te soti nan peyi Lejip jouk nou rive isit la, n'ap fè wòklò devan Seyè a.
8 even in Horeb ye have made Jehovah wroth, and Jehovah sheweth Himself angry against you — to destroy you.
Lè nou te sou mòn Orèb la, nou te eksite kòlè Seyè a. Li te sitèlman fache lè sa a, li te fè lide detwi nou tout.
9 'In my going up into the mount to receive the tables of stone (tables of the covenant which Jehovah hath made with you), and I abide in the mount forty days and forty nights; bread I have not eaten, and water I have not drunk;
Mwen te moute sou mòn lan pou m' te al resevwa de wòch plat yo, wòch ki te gen kontra Seyè a te fè ak nou an ekri sou yo. Mwen rete la, mwen pase karant jou, karant nwit, san manje, san bwè anyen sou mòn lan.
10 and Jehovah giveth unto me the two tables of stone written with the finger of God, and on them according to all the words which Jehovah hath spoken with you in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, in the day of the assembly.
Se lè sa a Seyè a te ban mwen de wòch plat yo. Se sou yo li te ekri avèk pwòp men l' tou sa li di nou, antan li te nan mitan gwo dife a, jou nou tout te reyini nan pye mòn lan.
11 'And it cometh to pass, at the end of forty days and forty nights, Jehovah hath given unto me the two tables of stone — tables of the covenant,
Wi, apre karant jou ak karant nwit, Seyè a ban mwen de wòch plat yo avèk kontra a ekri sou yo.
12 and Jehovah saith unto me, Rise, go down, hasten from this, for thy people hath done corruptly, whom thou hast brought out of Egypt; they have turned aside hastily out of the way which I have commanded them — they have made to themselves a molten thing!
Epi li di m' konsa: Leve non, desann mòn lan byen vit, paske pèp ou a, pèp ou te mennen soti kite peyi Lejip la, lage kò l' nan fè sa ki mal. Yo pa tann lontan pou yo kite chemen mwen te mete devan yo pou yo swiv la. Yo gen tan fonn metal, yo fè yon zidòl pou tèt pa yo.
13 'And Jehovah speaketh unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and lo, a people stiff of neck it [is];
Apre sa, Seyè a di m' ankò: mwen gade pèp la, mwen wè se yon pèp ki gen tèt di anpil.
14 desist from Me, and I destroy them, and blot out their name from under the heavens, and I make thee become a nation more mighty and numerous than it.
Kite m' fè sa m'ap fè a non! Mwen pral disparèt yo nèt pou pesonn sou latè pa janm chonje te gen moun sa yo. Men ou menm, m'ap ba ou pitit ki va vin zansèt yon nasyon k'ap pi gran, k'ap pi fò pase yo.
15 'And I turn, and come down from the mount, and the mount is burning with fire, and the two tables of the covenant on my two hands,
Mwen desann soti nan mòn lan ki te plen flanm dife: mwen te gen de wòch kontra yo nan men m'.
16 and I see, and lo, ye have sinned against Jehovah your God; ye have made to yourselves a molten calf; ye have turned aside hastily out of the way which Jehovah hath commanded you.
Lè mwen wè nou te gen tan dezobeyi Seyè a, Bondye nou an, nou te gen tan kite chemen Seyè a te mete devan nou, nou te fonn metal, nou te fè estati yon ti towo,
17 'And I lay hold on the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and break them before your eyes,
mwen pran de wòch plat ki te nan men m' yo, mwen voye yo jete, mwen kraze yo devan nou tout.
18 and I throw myself before Jehovah, as at first, forty days and forty nights; bread I have not eaten, and water I have not drunk, because of all your sins which ye have sinned, by doing the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, to make Him angry.
Apre sa, mwen lage kò m' fas atè devan Seyè a. Tankou premye fwa a, mwen pase karant jou ak karant nwit, san manje, san bwè anyen. Tou sa, paske nou te fè sa ki mal devan Seyè a, nou pa t' fè l' plezi, nou te fè l' fache anpil.
19 'For I have been afraid because of the anger and the fury with which Jehovah hath been wroth against you, to destroy you; and Jehovah doth hearken unto me also at this time.
Mwen menm, mwen te pè anpil lè m' wè jan Seyè a te fache, paske li te fache kont pou l' te disparèt nou nèt. Men, fwa sa a ankò, Seyè a koute m'.
20 'And with Aaron hath Jehovah shewed himself very angry, to destroy him, and I pray also for Aaron at that time;
Lè sa a, li te fache anpil tou sou Arawon jouk li te vle touye l'. Men, mwen te lapriyè nan pye l' pou Arawon.
21 and your sin, which ye have made — the calf — I have taken, and I burn it with fire, and beat it, grinding well till that it [is] small as dust, and I cast its dust unto the brook which is going down out of the mount.
Mwen te pran estati ti towo bèf nou te fè ak move lide nan tèt nou an, mwen jete l' nan dife. Mwen mete l' nan yon pilon, mwen kraze l' an myèt moso, mwen fè l' tounen pousyè. Lèfini, mwen te jete pousyè a nan dlo larivyè ki desann soti nan mòn lan.
22 'And in Taberah, and in Massah, and in Kibroth-Hattaavah, ye have been making Jehovah wroth:
Nou te eksite kòlè Seyè a tou lè nou te Tabera, lè nou te Masa ak lè nou te Simityè Grangou.
23 and in Jehovah's sending you from Kadesh-Barnea, saying, Go up, and possess the land which I have given to you, then ye provoke the mouth of Jehovah your God, and have not given credence to Him, nor hearkened to His voice;
Le Seyè a te ban nou lòd pati kite Kadès-Banea pou n' al pran pou nou peyi li te di l'ap ban nou an, nou t'ap fè wòklò ak Seyè a, Bondye nou an. Nou pa t' kwè nan li, nou te derefize tande l'.
24 rebels ye have been with Jehovah from the day of my knowing you.
Depi mwen konnen nou, se wòklò n'ap plede fè ak Bondye!
25 'And I throw myself before Jehovah, the forty days and the forty nights, as I had thrown myself, for Jehovah hath said — to destroy you;
Se konsa mwen lage kò m' fas atè devan Seyè a, pandan karant jou ak karant nwit, paske Seyè a te di l'ap disparèt nou.
26 and I pray unto Jehovah, and say, Lord Jehovah, destroy not Thy people, and Thine inheritance, whom Thou hast ransomed in Thy greatness; whom Thou hast brought out of Egypt with a strong hand;
mwen te lapriyè Seyè a pou nou, mwen di l' konsa: O Seyè, Bondye mwen, tanpri! Pa detwi pèp ou a, pèp ki rele ou pa ou la, pèp ou te delivre ak pouvwa ou la, pèp ou te fè soti kite peyi Lejip ak fòs ponyèt ou a.
27 be mindful of Thy servants, of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, turn not unto the stiffness of this people, and unto its wickedness, and unto its sin;
Chonje sèvitè ou yo, Abraram, Izarak ak Jakòb! Pa gade sou tèt di pèp la, ni sou mechanste ak sou peche l'ap fè.
28 lest the land say from which Thou hast brought us out, Because of Jehovah's want of ability to bring them in unto the land of which He hath spoken to them, and because of His hating them, He brought them out to put them to death in the wilderness;
Mwen pa ta vle pou nan peyi kote ou fè nou soti a moun yo ta di: Wi, Seyè a pa t' ka mennen yo nan peyi li te pwomèt l'ap ba yo a. Se rayi li rayi yo kifè li fè yo soti kite peyi Lejip la pou l' touye yo nan dezè a.
29 and they [are] Thy people, and Thine inheritance, whom Thou hast brought out by Thy great power, and by Thy stretched-out arm!
Men, se pèp ou yo ye! Yo rele ou pa ou! Se avèk gwo pouvwa ou, avèk fòs ponyèt ou ou te fè yo soti kite peyi Lejip.
