2 Wa 3
1 Lè sa a, wa Jozafa t'ap mache sou dizwitan depi li t'ap gouvènen nan peyi Jida lè Joram, pitit Akab la, moute sou fotèy wa peyi Izrayèl la. Li pase douzan ap gouvènen nan lavil Samari.
Truly, Joram, the son of Ahab, reigned over Israel, in Samaria, in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah. And he reigned for twelve years.
2 Li fè sa ki mal nan je Seyè a, men pa tankou papa l' ak manman l' Jezabèl. Li wete gwo wòch papa l' te mete kanpe pou sèvis Baal la.
And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not as his father and mother did. For he took away the statues of Baal, which his father had made.
3 Men, li fè menm peche ak Jewoboram, pitit gason Nebat la, li lakòz pèp Izrayèl la fè peche. Li pa t' soti pou l' te kite vye chemen sa a.
Yet truly, he did adhere to the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin; neither did he withdraw from these.
4 Mesa, wa peyi Moab la, te fè gadinaj mouton. Se konsa li te pran angajman pou li te bay wa peyi Izrayèl la sanmil (100.000) ti mouton ak sanmil (100.000) belye ak tout lenn yo sou yo.
Now Mesha, the king of Moab, raised many sheep. And he repaid to the king of Israel one hundred thousand lambs, and one hundred thousand rams, with their fleece.
5 Men, lè Akab, wa peyi Izrayèl la, mouri, wa peyi Moab la revòlte kont otorite wa peyi Izrayèl la.
And when Ahab had died, he transgressed the pact that he had with the king of Israel.
6 Lamenm, wa Joram kite lavil Samari, li sanble tout lame pèp Izrayèl la.
Therefore, king Joram departed on that day from Samaria, and he took a count of all of Israel.
7 Epi li pati, li voye di Jozafa, wa peyi Jida a: —Wa peyi Moab la revòlte kont otorite mwen. Ou pa ta vle vin avè m' pou nou atake moun Moab yo? Jozafa reponn: —Men wi! Mwen menm ak tout sòlda mwen yo ak kavalye mwen yo, nou avè ou ansanm ak pèp ou a. Se yonn nou ye!
And he sent to Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, saying: “The king of Moab has withdrawn from me. Come to battle with me against him.” And he responded: “I will go up. What is mine, is yours. My people are your people. And my horses are your horses.”
8 Ki wout n'ap pran pou n' al atake? Joram reponn li: —N'ap pran chemen ki pase nan dezè Edon an.
And he said, “Along which way shall we ascend?” So he responded, “Along the desert of Idumea.”
9 Se konsa Joram, wa peyi Izrayèl la, ansanm ak wa peyi Jida a ak wa peyi Edon an pati. Yo pase sèt jou ap mache. Lè sa a dlo yo fini, pa t' gen yon ti gout dlo ni pou sòlda yo ni pou bèt chay ki te avè yo.
Therefore, the king of Israel, and the king of Judah, and the king of Idumea, traveled, and they went by a circuitous path for seven days. But there was no water for the army or for the beasts of burden which were following them.
10 Joram, wa peyi Izrayèl la, di: —Woy! Nou fini! Seyè a fè nou tou twa vin isit la ansanm pou l' lage nou nan men wa Moab la.
And the king of Israel said: “Alas, alas, alas! The Lord has gathered we three kings, so that he might deliver us into the hands of Moab.”
11 Jozafa mande: —Pa gen yon pwofèt bò isit la ki ta ka pale ak Seyè a pou nou? Yonn nan chèf wa peyi Izrayèl yo di: —Bò isit la gen Elize, pitit gason Chafa a. Se li ki t'ap sèvi ak Eli.
And Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not a prophet of the Lord here, so that we may appeal to the Lord through him?” And one of the servants of the king of Israel responded, “Elisha, the son of Shaphat, is here, who poured water upon the hands of Elijah.”
12 Jozafa di: —Sèten l'ap gen kichòy pou l' di nou nan non Seyè a! Se konsa wa peyi Izrayèl la ansanm ak Jozafa ak wa peyi Edon an pati, y' al wè Elize.
And Jehoshaphat said, “The word of the Lord is with him.” And so, the king of Israel, with Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, and with the king of Idumea, descended to him.
13 Elize di wa Izrayèl la konsa: —Ki rapò m' gen avè ou! Al wè pwofèt papa ou ak manman ou te konn al wè yo! Joram reponn: —Non! Se Seyè a ki voye chache nou pou l' lage nou twa wa sa yo nan men wa peyi Moab la.
Then Elisha said to the king of Israel: “What is there between you and me? Go to the prophets of your father and your mother.” And the king of Israel said to him, “Why has the Lord gathered these three kings, so that he might deliver them into the hands of Moab?”
14 Elize reponn: —Mwen pran Seyè vivan m'ap sèvi a pou temwen! Si mwen pa t' gen respè pou Jozafa, wa peyi Jida a, m' pa ta menm gade ou, m' pa ta okipe ou.
And Elisha said to him: “As the Lord of hosts lives, in whose sight I stand, if I was not humbled by the face of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, certainly I would neither have listened to you, nor have looked upon you.
15 Koulye a, al chache yon mizisyen pou mwen. Pandan mizisyen an t'ap jwe mizik, pouvwa Seyè a desann sou Elize.
But now, bring a musician to me.” And while the musician was playing, the hand of the Lord fell upon him, and he said:
16 Elize di: —Men sa Seyè a di: Fouye anpil gwo twou nan fon ravin sa a.
“Thus says the Lord: Make, in the channel of this torrent, pit after pit.
17 Paske, men sa li di ankò: Nou p'ap wè van, nou p'ap wè lapli, men ravin sa a pral plen dlo. Konsa n'a jwenn kont dlo pou nou bwè ansanm ak bèf, kabrit nou yo ak bèt chay nou yo.
For thus says the Lord: You shall not see wind or rain. And yet this channel shall be filled with water. And you shall drink, you and your families, and your beasts of burden.
18 Men tou sa pa anyen bò kote sa Seyè a ka fè. Li pral lage moun peyi Moab yo nan men nou.
And this is small in the sight of the Lord. So, in addition, he will also deliver Moab into your hands.
19 Nou pral pran tout bèl lavil ak ranpa yo, nou pral koupe tout bèl pyebwa yo, nou pral bouche tout sous dlo yo. Nou pral gate tout pi bèl jaden yo, nou pral kouvri yo ak wòch.
And you shall strike every fortified town and every elect city. And you shall cut down every fruitful tree. And you shall obstruct all the sources of water. And you shall cover every excellent field with stones.”
20 Nan denmen maten, lè lè pou yo fè ofrann lan rive, yon dlo soti nan direksyon Edon, li kouvri tout tè a.
Then it happened that, in the morning, when the sacrifices were usually to be offered, behold, water was arriving along the way of Idumea, and the land was filled with water.
21 Lè moun Moab yo pran nouvèl twa wa yo te moute vin atake yo, tout gason ki te gen laj pou pote zam, gran kou piti, yo sanble, y' al mase kò yo sou fwontyè a.
Then all the Moabites, hearing that the kings had ascended so that they might fight against them, gathered all who had been girded with a belt around them, and they stood at the borders.
22 Nan denmen maten, lè yo leve, limyè solèy la t'ap bat sou dlo a. Li bay dlo a yon koulè wouj, moun Moab yo te kwè se san.
And rising up in early morning, and when the sun was now rising before the waters, the Moabites saw the waters opposite them, which were red like blood.
23 Yo di: —Gade san! Lame wa yo gen lè goumen yonn ak lòt, yonn touye lòt. Ann al piye kan yo!
And they said: “It is the blood of the sword! The kings have fought among themselves, and they have slain one another. Go now, Moab, to the spoils!”
24 Men lè moun Moab yo rive nan kan moun Izrayèl yo, moun Izrayèl yo tonbe sou yo, yo kòmanse bat yo. Moun Moab yo pran kouri. Moun Izrayèl yo antre dèyè yo nan peyi Moab, yo touye tout moun Moab ki tonbe anba men yo.
And they went into the camp of Israel. But Israel, rising up, struck Moab, and they fled before them. And since they had prevailed, they went and struck down Moab.
25 Yo detwi lavil yo. Chak fwa yo rive bò yon bèl jaden, chak moun pran wòch, yo voye ladan l' jouk jaden an kouvri nèt ak wòch. Yo bouche tout sous dlo yo, yo koupe tout bèl pyebwa yo. Sèl kote ki te rete kanpe se te lavil Kiraresèt, kapital la. Sòlda yo sènen l', yo atake l' ak kout wòch.
And they destroyed the cities. And they filled up every excellent field, each one casting stones. And they obstructed all the sources of water. And they cut down all the fruitful trees, to such an extent that only brick walls remained. And the city was encircled by the slingers of stones. And a great part of it was struck down.
26 Lè wa peyi Moab la wè li t'ap pèdi batay la, li pran sètsan (700) sòlda avè l'. Avèk nepe yo, yo chache mwayen pou yo pase nan mitan sòlda Izrayèl yo al fè wout yo nan direksyon peyi Edon, men yo pa t' kapab.
And when the king of Moab had seen this, specifically, that the enemies had prevailed, he took with him seven hundred men who draw the sword, so that he might break through to the king of Idumea. But they were unable.
27 Lè sa a, wa peyi Moab la pran premye pitit gason l' lan, sa ki te pou pran plas li sou fotèy la, li ofri l' bay bondye peyi Moab la, li touye l' sou tèt miray lavil la. Lè moun Izrayèl yo wè sa, yo pè pou malè pa rive yo. Yo rale kò yo dèyè, yo tounen nan peyi yo.
And taking his firstborn son, who would have reigned in his place, he offered him as a holocaust upon the wall. And there was great indignation in Israel. And they promptly withdrew from him, and they turned back to their own land.
