< Deteronòm 7 >
1 Seyè a, Bondye nou an, pral fè nou antre nan peyi nou pral pran pou nou an. Li pral fè sèt nasyon ki gen plis moun pase nou, ki pi fò pase nou, kouri met deyò devan nou, ki vle di moun Et yo, moun Gigach yo, moun Amori yo, moun Kanaran yo, moun Perèz yo, moun Evi yo ak moun Jebis yo.
And when the Lord your God shall bring you into the land, into which you go to possess it, and shall remove great nations from before you, the Chettite, and Gergesite, and Amorite, and Chananite, and Pherezite, and Evite, and Jebusite, seven nations [more] numerous and stronger than you,
2 Seyè a, Bondye nou an, pral lage yo nan men nou, nou pral bat yo. Lè sa a, se pou nou detwi yo nèt tankou yon ofrann pou Bondye nou an. Piga nou pase ankenn kontra ak yo. Piga nou gen pitye pou yo.
and the Lord your God shall deliver them into your hands, then you shall strike them: you shall utterly destroy them: you shall not make a covenant with them, neither shall you pity them:
3 Piga nou marye ak moun sa yo. Pa kite pitit fi nou marye ak pitit gason yo, ni pa kite pitit gason nou marye ak pitit fi yo.
neither shall you contract marriages with them: you shall not give your daughter to his son, and you shall not take his daughter to your son.
4 Paske y'a pran tèt pitit gason nou yo, y'a fè yo vire do ban mwen pou y' al sèvi lòt bondye. Si nou fè sa, Bondye va fache sou nou, l'a disparèt nou la pou la.
For he will draw away your son from me, and he will serve other gods; and the Lord will be very angry with you, and will soon utterly destroy you.
5 Men sa pou n' fè yo: Demoli tout lòtèl yo, kraze tout estati yo, rache tout poto Achera yo, boule tout zidòl yo.
But thus shall you do to them; you shall destroy their altars, and shall break down their pillars, and shall cut down their groves, and shall burn with fire the graven images of their gods.
6 N'a fè sa paske se yon pèp k'ap viv apa pou Seyè a, Bondye nou an, nou ye. Se nou menm Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te chwazi nan tout pèp ki sou latè pou li fè nou tounen yon pèp ki rele l' pa l'.
For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; and the Lord your God chose you to be to him a peculiar people beyond all nations that [are] upon the face of the earth.
7 Si, nan tout pèp ki sou latè, se nou menm Seyè a te pi pito, si li te chwazi nou, se pa paske nou te gen plis moun nan pèp nou an pase lòt yo. Okontrè, se nou ki te gen pi piti moun.
It was not because you are more numerous than all [other] nations that the Lord preferred you, and the Lord made choice of you: for you are fewer in number than all [other] nations.
8 Men, se paske Seyè a te renmen nou, epi li te vle kenbe pwomès li te fè zansèt nou yo. Se poutèt sa li delivre nou avèk fòs ponyèt li. Li fè nou soti kite peyi Lejip kote nou te tounen esklav la. Li wete nou anba pouvwa farawon an.
But because the Lord loved you, and as keeping the oath which he sware to your fathers, the Lord brought you out with a strong hand, and the Lord redeemed you from the house of bondage, out of the hand of Pharao king of Egypt.
9 Se pou nou rekonèt Seyè a, Bondye nou an, se sèl Bondye ki genyen, sèl Bondye k'ap toujou kenbe pawòl li. Wi, l'ap toujou kenbe kontra li pase a. L'ap toujou renmen moun ki renmen l', moun ki fè tou sa l' mande yo fè, de pitit an pitit, pandan mil jenerasyon.
You shall know therefore, that the Lord your God, he [is] God, a faithful God, who keeps covenant and mercy for them that love him, and for those that keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
10 Men, li p'ap manke pini moun ki rayi l'. Se moun sa yo menm l'ap touye, pa lòt moun ankò. Wi, li p'ap pran reta pou l' fè yo peye sa yo fè a.
and who recompenses them that hate him to their face, to destroy them utterly; and will not be slack with them that hate him: he will recompense them to their face.
11 Se poutèt sa, se pou nou swiv tout kòmandman, tout lòd ak tout prensip mwen mande nou jòdi a pou nou swiv.
You shall keep therefore the commands, and the ordinances, and these judgements, which I command you this day to do.
12 Si nou koute tou sa mwen mande nou la a, si nou kenbe yo nan tèt nou, si nou swiv yo pwen pa pwen, Seyè a, Bondye nou an, va toujou kenbe kontra li te pase ak zansèt nou yo, l'ap toujou renmen nou jan li te fè sèman bay zansèt nou yo.
And it shall come to pass when you shall have heard these ordinances, and shall have kept and done them, that the Lord your God shall keep for you the covenant and the mercy, which he sware to your fathers.
13 L'a renmen nou, l'a beni nou, l'a fè nou peple. L'a ban nou anpil pitit. L'a voye benediksyon sou jaden nou, n'a gen anpil manje, anpil diven ak anpil lwil. Bèf nou yo va bay anpil pòte, mouton nou yo va fè anpil pitit. L'a fè tou sa pou nou nan peyi li te pwomèt zansèt nou yo l'ap ban nou an.
And he will love you, and bless you, and multiply you; and he will bless the off-spring of your body, and the fruit of your land, your corn, and your wine, and your oil, the herds of your oxen, and the flocks of your sheep, on the land which the Lord sware to your fathers to give to you.
14 Bondye ap beni nou plis pase tout lòt pèp yo. p'ap gen yon moun nan mitan nou, fanm kou gason, ki p'ap ka fè pitit. Konsa tou, p'ap gen yonn nan bèt nou yo, ni mal ni fenmèl, ki p'ap ka fè pitit.
You shall be blessed beyond all nations; there shall not be amongst you an impotent or barren one, or amongst your cattle.
15 Seyè a p'ap kite ankenn maladi tonbe sou nou. Li p'ap janm voye sou nou move epidemi nou te wè ki te tonbe sou moun peyi Lejip yo. L'ap kite sa pou tout moun ki pa vle wè nou yo.
And the Lord your God shall remove from you all sickness; and none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you have seen, and all that you have known, will he lay upon you; but he will lay them upon all that hate you.
16 Se pou nou disparèt tout pèp Seyè a, Bondye nou an, va lage nan men nou. Se pou nou san pitye pou yo. Piga nou fè sèvis pou bondye moun sa yo, paske sa ka fini mal pou nou.
And you shall eat all the spoils of the nations which the Lord your God gives you; your eye shall not spare them, and you shall not serve their gods; for this is an offence to you.
17 Si nou ta rive di nan kè nou: Nasyon sa yo gen plis moun pase nou. Ki jan pou n' fè pou n' pran peyi a nan men yo? wete lide konsa nan tèt nou.
But if you should say in your heart, This nation [is] greater than I, how shall I be able to destroy them utterly?
18 Nou pa bezwen pè yo. Chonje tou sa Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te fè farawon an ak tout peyi Lejip li a.
you shall not fear them; you shall surely remember all that the Lord your God did to Pharao and to all the Egyptians:
19 Chonje tout gwo malè nou te wè ak je nou, tout mèvèy ak tout mirak Seyè a te fè ak fòs ponyèt li ak gwo kouraj li pou l' fè nou soti kite peyi sa a. Seyè a pral fè menm jan an tou ak tout pèp nou pè yo.
the great temptations which your eyes have seen, those signs and great wonders, the strong hand, and the high arm; how the Lord your God brought you forth: so the Lord your God will do to all the nations, whom you fear in their presence.
20 Sa ki pi rèd ankò, l'ap voye yon bann tanwouan pou touye tou sa ki va chape anba men nou pou y' al kache pou nou.
And the Lord your God shall send against them the hornets, until they that are left and they that are hidden from you be utterly destroyed.
21 Nou pa bezwen pè moun sa yo menm. Seyè a, Bondye nou an, kanpe la avèk nou. Se yon Bondye ki gen anpil pouvwa, yon Bondye ki fè tout moun respekte l'.
You shall not be wounded before them, because the Lord your God in the midst of you [is] a great and powerful God.
22 Seyè a, Bondye nou an, va mete nasyon sa yo deyò devan nou, yonn apre lòt. Nou p'ap ka detwi yo tout yon sèl kou. Paske si nou fè l', bèt nan bwa ka anvayi peyi a, epi sa pa ta bon pou nou.
And the Lord your God shall consume these nations before you by little and little: you shall not be able to consume them speedily, lest the land become desert, and the wild beasts of the field be multiplied against you.
23 Men, Seyè a, Bondye nou an, pral lage yo nan men nou. L'ap fè yo pati kouri devan nou jouk n'a fin disparèt yo nèt.
And the Lord your God shall deliver them into your hands, and you shall destroy them with a great destruction, until you shall have utterly destroyed them.
24 Seyè a pral mete wa yo anba pye nou. Nou pral touye yo, nou pral fè tout moun sou latè bliye non yo. Pesonn p'ap ka rete nou sou kous nou. Nou pral detwi yo tout.
And he shall deliver their kings into your hands, and you shall destroy their name from that place; none shall stand up in opposition before you, until you shall have utterly destroyed them.
25 N'a boule tout zidòl yo te taye nan bwa. Pa kite lò ak ajan ki kouvri zidòl yo mete move lanvi nan ke nou. Pa pran yo pou nou. Sa ka yon pèlen pou nou. Nou konnen bagay konsa se bagay Seyè a, Bondye nou an, pa vle wè menm.
You shall burn with fire the graven images of their gods: you shall not covet [their] silver, neither shall you take to yourself gold from them, lest you should offend thereby, because it is an abomination to the Lord your God.
26 Konsa tou, pa pran ankenn nan zidòl sa yo pou nou mete anndan lakay nou, pou menm madichon ki sou yo a pa tonbe sou nou tou. Se pou nou konsidere yo pou move bagay, pou vye bagay sal. Se bagay ki madichonnen, bagay ki fèt pou disparèt nèt.
And you shall not bring an abomination into your house, so should you be an accursed thing like it; you shall utterly hate it, and altogether abominate it, because it is an accursed thing.