Esdras 9
1 Lè tout bagay sa yo fin regle, chèf pèp Izrayèl yo vin jwenn mwen, yo di m' konsa: -Pèp la, ansanm ak prèt yo ak moun Levi yo fin melanje nèt ak moun lòt nasyon ki nan peyi a: moun Kanaran yo, moun Et yo, moun Ferezi yo, moun Jebis yo, moun Amon yo, moun Moab yo, moun Lejip yo ak moun Amori yo. Yo lage kò yo nan fè menm vye bagay ak moun sa yo.
And after these things were accomplished, the princes came to me, saying: The people of Israel, and the priests and Levites have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, and from their abominations, namely, of the Chanaanites, and the Hethites, and the Pherezites, and the Jebusites, and the Ammonites, and the Moabites, and the Egyptians, and the Amorrhites.
2 Yo marye ak fanm pèp sa yo, yo marye pitit gason yo ak pitit fi pèp sa yo. Se konsa, ras Bondye chwazi pou li a twouve l' melanje ak ras moun peyi a. Premye moun ki lage kò yo nan move zak sa yo se chèf yo ak konseye yo.
For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, and they have mingled the holy seed with the people of the lands. And the hand of the princes and magistrates hath been first in this transgression.
3 Lè m' tande sa, mwen vin gen yon sèl lapenn, mwen chire rad sou mwen, mwen rache cheve nan tèt mwen ak plim bab mwen.
And when I had heard this word, I rent my mantle and my coat, and plucked off the hairs of my head and my beard, and I sat down mourning.
4 M' al koupi kò m' yon kote sitèlman sa te fè m' lapenn. Anpil moun te pè lè yo vin konnen sa Seyè a te di sou koze peche moun yo te depòte epi ki te tounen nan peyi a te fè a. Yo tout vin sanble bò kote m'. Mwen menm menm, mwen te rete chita koupi atè a, jouk lè pou yo fè ofrann chak aswè a rive, tèlman sa te fè m' mal.
And there were assembled to me all that feared the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that were come from the captivity, and I sat sorrowful, until the evening sacrifice.
5 Lè lè a rive pou yo fè ofrann chak aswè a, mwen leve kote m' te koupi ap kriye a, epi ak tout rad chire yo sou mwen, mwen tonbe ajenou, mwen louvri de bra m' devan Seyè a, Bondye mwen an.
And at the evening sacrifice I rose up from my affliction, and having rent my mantle and my garment, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands to the Lord my God,
6 Mwen di l' konsa: -O Bondye papa m'! Mwen twò wont, mwen pa konn sa pou m' fè! M' pa ka leve tèt mwen devan ou, Bondye mwen! Nou tèlman fè sa ki mal, yo fè pil moute pi wo pase tèt nou. Peche nou yo anpile yonn sou lòt, yo rive jouk nan syèl la.
And said: My God I am confounded and ashamed to lift up my face to thee: for our iniquities are multiplied over our heads, and our sins are grown up even unto heaven,
7 Depi nan tan zansèt nou yo jouk jounen jòdi a, nou pa manke fè sa ki mal. Se poutèt tou sa nou te fè ki mal kifè ou te lage nou ansanm ak wa nou yo ak prèt nou yo nan men wa lòt peyi yo. Yo touye nou nan lagè, yo depòte nou, yo piye tout ajan nou, yo fè nou wont jan nou ye jouk koulye a.
From the days of our fathers: and we ourselves also have sinned grievously unto this day, and for our iniquities we and our kings, and our priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the lands, and to the sword, and to captivity, and to spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is at this day.
8 Men koulye a, depi kèk jou, Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te fè nou yon favè. Li sove de twa nan nou, li ban nou yon kote pou nou jwenn pwoteksyon nan kay ki apa pou li a. Se konsa li ban nou kouraj ankò, li wete nou nan kalite esklavaj kote nou te ye a, li ban nou yon ti souf.
And now as a little, and for a moment has our prayer been made before the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant, and give us a pin in his holy place, and that our God would enlighten our eyes, and would give us a little life in our bondage.
9 Paske se esklav nou ye jouk jòdi a. Men menm nan esklavaj sa a, Bondye pa lage nou. Li fè wa peyi Pès yo aji byen ak nou. Yo ban nou yon ti souf, pou nou te ka rebati tanp Bondye nou an ki te fin kraze nèt. Yo ban nou yon kote pou nou jwenn pwoteksyon nan peyi Jida ak lavil Jerizalèm.
For we are bondmen, and in our bondage our God hath not forsaken us, but hath extended mercy upon us before the king of the Persians, to give us life, and to set up the house of our God, and rebuild the desolations thereof, and to give us a fence in Juda and Jerusalem.
10 Koulye a menm, Bondye, kisa pou nou di ou? Menm apre tou sa ou deja fè pou nou, nou dezobeyi tout kòmandman
And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,
11 ou te ban nou pou nou swiv, lè pwofèt yo, sèvitè ou yo, te di nou nan non ou: Peyi kote nou pral antre a, peyi nou pral pran pou nou rete a, se yon peyi ki pèdi favè Bondye, paske moun k'ap viv ladan l' yo ap fè yon bann bagay degoutan, vye bagay sal toupatou ladan l'.
Which thou hast commanded by the hand of thy servants the prophets, saying: The land which you go to possess, is an unclean land, according to the uncleanness of the people, and of other lands, with their abominations, who have filled it from mouth to mouth with their filth.
12 Enben! Piga nou marye pitit fi nou yo ak pitit gason yo, ni piga nou chwazi pitit fi yo pou pitit gason nou yo. Nou pa bezwen chache konnen si zafè yo ap mache, si yo gen kè kontan. Se sèl jan nou menm nou ka vin fò, nou ka manje tout bon bagay ki donnen nan peyi a, nou ka kite tè sa a pou pitit nou yo pou tout tan.
Now therefore give not your daughters to their sons, and take not their daughters for your sons, and seek not their peace, nor their prosperity forever: that you may be strengthened, and may eat the good things of the land, and may have your children your heirs for ever.
13 Apre tou sa ki te rive nou, yon jan pou ou te pini nou pou move zak ak tout bagay mal nou te fè yo, nou wè, O Bondye nou, ou pa t' pini nou jan nou te merite l' la. Ou te kite yon ti rès nan nou ap viv toujou, nou menm ki la koulye a.
And after all that is come upon us, for our most wicked deeds, and our great sin, seeing that thou our God hast saved us from our iniquity, and hast given us a deliverance as at this day,
14 Epi pou koulye a ankò pou nou pa swiv kòmandman ou yo, pou n' al marye avèk kalite move moun sa yo? Fwa sa a, p'ap gen anyen ki pou anpeche ou fache sou nou jouk pou ou detwi nou nèt, san ou pa kite pesonn chape!
That we should not turn away, nor break thy commandments, nor join in marriage with the people of these abominations. Art thou angry with us unto utter destruction, not to leave us a remnant to be saved?
15 Seyè, ou menm ki Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, se paske ou bon anpil pou nou kifè gen yon ti ponyen nan nou ki rete toujou, jan sa ye jòdi a. Epi, gade koulye a, men nou kanpe devan ou avèk tout peche nou yo! Wi, nou pa gen dwa rete vivan devan ou ankò poutèt sa!
O Lord God of Israel, thou art just: for we remain yet to be saved as at this day. Behold we are before thee in our sin, for there can be no standing before thee in this matter.
