Esdras 10

1 Esdras menm te ajenou toujou, fas atè, devan Kay Bondye a, li t'ap lapriyè. Dlo nan je, li t'ap rekonèt tout fòt pèp la te fè devan Bondye. Pandan li t'ap fè sa, yon foul moun pèp Izrayèl la, gason, fanm ak timoun, vin sanble fè wonn bò kote l'. Dlo t'ap ponpe nan je yo tout.

Now while Ezra prayed, and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there was gathered together unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children; for the people wept very sore.

2 Le sa a, Chekanya, pitit gason Jeyèl la, nan branch fanmi Elam lan, pran lapawòl. Li di Esdras konsa: -Nou trayi Bondye nou an vre lè nou pran fanm lòt nasyon k'ap viv nan peyi a pou madanm nou. Men malgre sa, mwen kwè gen espwa toujou pou pèp Izrayèl la.

And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra: 'We have broken faith with our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.

3 Nou tout pral pran angajman an piblik devan Bondye pou nou ranvwaye tout medam sa yo ansanm ak pitit yo fè pou nou. Wi, mèt, nou pral swiv konsèy ou menm ak lòt moun ki gen respè pou kòmandman Bondye nou an te ban nou. Se pou nou fè tou sa lalwa Bondye a mande nou fè.

Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of the LORD, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

4 Leve non! Se ou menm ki pou regle bagay sa a. N'ap kanpe la avè ou! Kouraj! Annavan!

Arise; for the matter belongeth unto thee, and we are with thee; be of good courage, and do it.'

5 Lè sa a, Esdras leve, li fè chèf prèt yo, chèf moun Levi yo ak tout rès moun yo sèmante yo pral fè sa Chekanya te di a. Yo sèmante vre.

Then arose Ezra, and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. So they swore.

6 Apre sa, Esdras ale lakay Jokanan, pitit gason Eliyachib la, sou devan tanp Bondye a. Li pase nwit lan la, san manje, san bwè, paske li te nan gwo lapenn dèske moun yo te depòte epi ki te tounen nan peyi a pa t' kenbe pawòl yo.

Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib; and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water; for he mourned because of the faithlessness of them of the captivity.

7 Yo fè yon piblikasyon nan tout peyi Jida a ak nan lavil Jerizalèm, pou mande tout moun ki te tounen soti nan peyi kote yo te depòte yo a pou yo tout te reyini lavil Jerizalèm.

And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;

8 Si yon moun kite twa jou pase li pa moute, tout chèf yo ak tout moun ki an tèt branch fanmi yo te dakò pou yo te sezi tout byen moun sa a, pou yo te fè tanp Bondye a kado l', lèfini pou yo pa t' konsidere l' tankou moun sosyete a ankò avèk rès moun ki te tounen soti kote yo te depòte yo a.

and that whosoever came not within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of the captivity.

9 Nan twa jou vre, ki te ventyèm jou nan nevyèm mwa a, tout gason ki t'ap viv sou pòsyon tè ki te pou branch fanmi Jida ak branch fanmi Benjamen yo te sanble lavil Jerizalèm. Yo rete sou plas piblik ki devan tanp Bondye a. Yon gwo lapli t'ap tonbe. Tout moun t'ap tranble, yo te frèt, men yo te pè tou paske se te yon gwo zafè.

Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.

10 Lè sa a, Esdras, prèt la, leve, li di yo: -Lè nou marye ak fanm lòt nasyon yo, se trayi nou trayi Bondye. Se mete nou mete sou tou sa k'ap fèt mal deja nan mitan pèp Izrayèl la.

And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them: 'Ye have broken faith, and have married foreign women, to increase the guilt of Israel.

11 Men koulye a, rekonèt devan Seyè a, Bondye zansèt nou yo, sa nou fè ki mal la. Fè sa li vle nou fè a: pran distans nou ak moun lòt nasyon k'ap viv nan peyi a. Separe ak fanm nou te pran pami lòt nasyon yo pou madanm.

Now therefore make confession unto the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His pleasure; and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign women.'

12 Tout pèp la pran reponn byen fò: -Wi. N'ap fè tou sa ou mande nou fè!

Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice: 'As thou hast said, so it is for us to do.

13 Men pèp la anpil. Se sezon lapli. Nou pa ka rete deyò a konsa. Epitou, se pa bagay k'ap pran yon jou osinon de jou, paske gen anpil nan nou ki koupab nan zafè sa a.

But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two; for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.

14 Se pou chèf nou yo rete isit la nan plas nou pou regle bagay la. Nan dat y'a fikse a, tout moun nan peyi a ki marye ak yon fanm lòt nasyon va vin parèt devan yo. Chèf fanmi yo ak jij k'ap dirije lavil kote moun lan rete a va vin avè l'. Konsa konsa, jouk kòlè Bondye ki te tonbe sou nou poutèt bagay sa a va bese.

Let now our princes of all the congregation stand, and let all them that are in our cities that have married foreign women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God be turned from us, as touching this matter.'

15 Tout moun te dakò esepte Jonatan, pitit gason Asayèl, ak Jaksya, pitit gason Tikva a, ki te kont. Machoulam ak Chabtayi, yon moun Levi, te pran pozisyon ak yo tou.

Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this matter; and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.

16 Men, moun ki te tounen soti nan peyi kote yo te depòte yo a te dakò ak sa yo te mande yo fè a. Esdras, prèt la, fè chwazi kèk moun ki te chèf branch fanmi pou ede l' nan travay la. Li pran non yo sou lis. Epi se konsa, depi premye jou dizyèm mwa a yo chita nan tribinal, y'ap egzaminen ka chak moun yonn apre lòt.

And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers' houses, after their fathers' houses, and all of them by their names, were separated; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

17 Apre twa mwa, jou pou jou, lè premye jou premye mwa a rive, yo te fin regle zafè tout moun ki te marye ak fanm lòt nasyon yo.

And they were finished with all the men that had married foreign women by the first day of the first month.

18 Men lis gason ki te marye ak fanm lòt nasyon yo: Pami prèt yo, nan branch fanmi Jozye a, pitit Jeozadak la ak nan branch fanmi frè l' yo, te gen Maseja, Elyezè ak Gedalya.

And among the sons of the priests there were found that had married foreign women, namely: of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brethren, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.

19 Yo fè sèman y'ap ranvwaye madanm yo, epi yo ofri yon belye mouton bay Seyè a pou mande li padon pou fòt yo te fè a.

And they gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.

20 Nan branch fanmi Imè a te gen Anani ak Zebadya.

And of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.

21 Nan branch fanmi Arim lan, te gen Maseja, Elija, Chemaja, Jeyèl ak Ouzya.

And of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.

22 Nan branch fanmi Pachou an, te gen Elyeyoenayi, Maseja, Jichmayèl, Netaneyèl, Jozabad ak Eleaza.

And of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

23 Pami moun Levi yo, te gen Jozabad, Chimeyi, Kelaya (yo te rele l' Kelita tou), Petaja, Jeouda ak Elyezè.

And of the Levites: Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah — the same is Kelita — Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

24 Pami sanba yo, te gen Elijachib. Pami gad tanp yo, te gen Chaloum, Telèm ak Ouri.

And of the singers: Eliashib; and of the porters: Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.

25 Pami rès pèp la, nan branch fanmi Pareòch la, te gen Ramya, Jizija, Malkija, Mijamen, Eleaza, Malkija ak Benaja.

And of Israel: of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, and Izziah, and Malchijah, and Mijamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.

26 Nan branch fanmi Elam lan, te gen Natanya, Zekarya, Jeyèl, Abdi, Jeremòt ak Elija.

And of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah.

27 Nan branch fanmi Zatou a, te gen Elyeyoenayi, Elyachib, Matanya, Jeremòt, Zabad ak Azisa.

And of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.

28 Nan branch fanmi Bebayi a, te gen Yokanan, Ananya, Zabayi a ak Atlayi.

And of the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai.

29 Nan branch fanmi Bani an, te gen Mechoulam, Malouk, Adaja, Jachoub, Cheal ak Jeramòt.

And of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.

30 Nan branch fanmi Pakat m'oab la, te gen Adna, Kelal, Benaja, Machiya, Matanya, Bezaleyèl, Bennwi ak Manase.

And of the sons of Pahath-moab: Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.

31 Nan branch fanmi Arim lan, te gen Elyezè, Jichija, Malkija, Chemaja, Simeyon,

And of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon;

32 Benjamen, Malouk ak Chemarya.

Benjamin, Malluch, Shemariah.

33 Nan branch fanmi Achoum lan, te gen Matenayi, Matata. Zabab, Elifelèt, Jeremayi, Manase ak Chimèyi.

Of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei.

34 Nan branch fanmi Bani an, te gen Madayi, Amram, Ourèl,

Of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, and Uel;

35 Benaja, Bedeja, Kelwit,

Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhu;

36 Vanya, Meremòt, Elyachib,

Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib;

37 Matanya, Matenayi ak Jasayi.

Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasai;

38 Nan branch fanmi Bennwi a, te gen Chimèyi,

and Bani, and Binnui, Shimei;

39 Chelemija, Natan, Adaja,

Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah;

40 Maknadebayi, Chachayi, Charayi,

Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai;

41 Azaryèl, Chelemya, Chemarya,

Azarel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah;

42 Chaloum, Amarya ak Jozèf.

Shallum, Amariah, Joseph.

43 Nan branch fanmi Nebo a te gen Jeyèl, Matitya, Zabab, Zebina, Jadayi, Joèl ak Benaja.

Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, and Joel, Benaiah.

44 Tout mesye sa yo te marye ak fanm lòt nasyon. Yo ranvwaye medam yo ansanm ak tout pitit yo te fè pou yo.

All these had taken foreign wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had children.