Oze 12
1 Pèp Efrayim lan ap fè yon bann bagay ki p'ap rapòte yo anyen. Y'ap kouri siyen kontra ak moun k'ap fini ak yo. Tout lajounen y'ap plede bay manti sou manti. Se fè mechanste. Yo fè kontra avèk peyi Lasiri, y'ap fè kòmès lwil avèk peyi Lejip.
Ephraim is enjoying wind, And is pursuing an east wind, All the day lying and spoiling he multiplieth, And a covenant with Asshur they make, And oil to Egypt is carried.
2 Seyè a gen yon kont pou l' regle ak moun Jida yo tou. Li pral pini moun Jakòb yo dapre ajisman yo. Li pral fè yo peye sa yo fè a.
And a controversy hath Jehovah with Judah, To lay a charge on Jacob according to his ways, According to his doings He returneth to him.
3 Depi nan vant manman l', Jakòb, zansèt yo, t'ap goumen ak Ezaou, frè jimo li a. Lè li vin gran li goumen ak Bondye.
In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And by his strength he was a prince with God,
4 Li mare batay ak yon zanj Bondye, epi li genyen. Lè sa a, Jakòb kriye, li mande pou zanj lan beni l'. Li kontre ak Bondye Betèl, Bondye pale avè l'.
Yea, he is a prince unto the Messenger, And he overcometh [by] weeping, And he maketh supplication to Him, At Bethel He doth find him, And there He doth speak with us,
5 Se te Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a. Seyè, se konsa yo rele li.
Even Jehovah, God of the Hosts, Jehovah [is] His memorial.
6 Konsa, nou menm pitit pitit Jakòb yo, tounen vin jwenn Bondye nou. Pa janm sispann renmen l'. Fè sa ki dwat devan je li. Pran pasyans! Toujou konte sou Bondye.
And thou, through thy God, dost turn, Kindness and judgment keep thou, And wait on thy God continually.
7 Seyè a di ankò: -Moun Izrayèl yo tankou moun Kanaran yo. Y'ap sèvi avèk fo mamit. Yo renmen fè mache nwa.
Canaan! in his hand [are] balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.
8 Y'ap plede di: Nou fin rich. Nou fè yon bèl kòb. Men, nou travay di tou. Pesonn pa ka di nou te fè ankenn bagay mal pou n' gen tout lajan sa a!
And Ephraim saith: 'Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, All my labours — they find not against me iniquity that [is] sin.'
9 Men, mwen menm, se Seyè a, Bondye nou an mwen ye. Se mwen ki te mennen nou depi lè nou te moute kite peyi Lejip la. M'a pral fè nou rete anba tant twal ankò, jan nou te konn fè l' lè mwen te vin jwenn nou nan dezè a.
And I — Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, Again do I turn thee back into tents, As in the days of the appointed time.
10 Mwen te pale ak pwofèt yo. Se mwen ki fè yo fè anpil vizyon. Mwen fè yo bay pèp la anpil avètisman pou mwen.
And I have spoken unto the prophets, And I have multiplied vision, And by the hand of the prophets I use similes.
11 Pèp la ap adore zidòl lavil Galarad. Men, sa p'ap sèvi yo anyen. Y'ap ofri towo bèf lavil Gilgal. Men, lotèl yo ap tounen pil wòch nan jaden y'ap pare.
Surely Gilead [is] iniquity, Only, vanity they have been, In Gilead bullocks they have sacrificed, Also their altars [are] as heaps, on the furrows of a field.
12 Jakòb, zansèt nou an, te blije al kache nan peyi Aram. Lè l' te la, li te travay pou moun pou l' te ka jwenn yon fanm pou l' marye. Wi, li te fè metye gadò mouton pou l' te ka jwenn yon fanm.
And Jacob doth flee to the country of Aram, And Israel doth serve for a wife, Yea, for a wife he hath kept watch.
13 Seyè a voye yon pwofèt pou fè pèp Izrayèl la soti kite peyi Lejip. Li fè menm pwofèt la pran swen yo.
And by a prophet hath Jehovah brought up Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet it hath been watched.
14 Men, pèp Efrayim lan te fè bagay ki te fè Seyè a fache anpil. Se poutèt sa, l'ap fè yo peye krim yo fè a. L'ap fè yo peye wont yo te fè l' wont la.
Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly, And his blood on himself he leaveth, And his reproach turn back to him doth his Lord!
