Oze 4
1 Seyè a gen yon pwose l'ap mennen ak moun k'ap viv nan peyi a. Nou menm, pitit Izrayèl yo, koute sa Seyè a ap di: -Nan peyi a, bonjou moun pa laverite. Yo pa gen bon kè ankò. Pa gen moun ki konn Bondye ankò nan peyi a.
Hear the word of the LORD, you children of Israel: for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 Se fè sèman pou gremesi, se bay manti. Se touye moun, se vòlò, se fè adiltè. Y'ap kraze gason, se krim sou krim.
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood touches blood.
3 Se poutèt sa, peyi a pral nan lapenn. Tout moun nan peyi a pral deperi. Tout zannimo nan savann, tout zwazo k'ap vole nan syèl, tout pwason nan lanmè pral mouri.
Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwells therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yes, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
4 Seyè a di: Piga pesonn louvri bouch yo di yon mo! Piga pesonn kritike anyen! Se nou menm prèt yo, m'ap akize koulye a.
Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for your people are as they that strive with the priest.
5 Gwo lajounen, n'ap fè sa nou pa t' dwe fè. Lannwit menm, ata pwofèt yo ap fè tankou nou. Se fini m'ap fini ak pèp la ki tankou yon manman sitirèz pou nou.
Therefore shall you fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with you in the night, and I will destroy your mother.
6 Pèp mwen an ap fini, paske li pa konnen mwen. Prèt yo voye tou sa mwen te moutre yo jete. Se konsa, mwen menm tou, mwen p'ap rekonèt yo pou prèt mwen ankò. Yo voye tou sa mwen menm, Bondye yo a, mwen te moutre yo a jete. Mwen menm tou, m'ap voye pitit yo jete.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you shall be no priest to me: seeing you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
7 Plis nou gen prèt, se plis n'ap fè sa ki mal devan je m'. Se poutèt sa, kote pou yo ta respekte nou an, se la y'ap fè nou wont.
As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.
8 Plis pèp la plonje nan fè peche, se plis n'ap vin pi rich. Se konsa nou ta renmen wè pèp la fè peche plis toujou.
They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
9 Sa k'ap rive pèp la, se sa k'ap rive nou tou, nou menm prèt yo. M'ap regle nou pou tout move mès nou yo. M'ap fè nou peye tou sa nou fè ki mal.
And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
10 N'a manje sa ki pou nou nan bèt nou ofri yo, men n'a rete grangou toujou. N'ap fè sèvis pou zidòl yo pretann di k'ap bay pitit, men n'a rete san fè pitit. Tou sa, paske nou vire do bay Seyè a pou nou kouri dèyè lòt bondye.
For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit prostitution, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.
11 Seyè a di: -Nan sèvi lòt bondye, fanm, diven ak bweson fè pèp la pèdi tèt li.
Prostitution and wine and new wine take away the heart.
12 Se yon moso bwa y' al mande sa pou yo fè! Se yon bout bwa ki pou di yo sa yo bezwen konnen! Yo tankou yon fanm marye ki lage kò l' nan fè jennès, yo pèdi tèt yo. Y'ap kouri dèyè lòt bondye, y'ap twonpe Seyè a!
My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declares to them: for the spirit of prostitutions has caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
13 Yo moute sou tèt mòn yo al ofri bèt pou touye. Y' al boule lansan sou ti mòn yo, anba pye bwadchenn, anba pye sikren ak pye mapou, kote ki gen bon lonbraj! Se poutèt sa, pitit fi yo ap lage kò yo nan jennès, bèlfi yo ap fè adiltè.
They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and burn incense on the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit prostitution, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
14 Non. Mwen p'ap pini ni pitit fi nou yo, ni bèlfi nou yo pou sa y'ap fè a, paske se nou menm gason k'ap fèmen kò nou apa ak medam k'ap fè jennès nan tanp yo. Nou mete tèt ansanm ak yo pou fè sèvis pou lòt bondye. Tankou pawòl la di: Yon pèp ki san konprann, se yon pèp ki fini.
I will not punish your daughters when they commit prostitution, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that does not understand shall fall.
15 Si moun Izrayèl yo vle vire do ban mwen, mwen ta swete moun Jida yo pa fè menm jan an tou! Pa ale lavil Gilgal! Pa moute Betavenn pou fè sèvis! Pa pran non Bondye vivan an pou fè sèman!
Though you, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not you to Gilgal, neither go you up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD lives.
16 Paske, moun Izrayèl yo gen tèt di pase milèt pòt. Ki jan pou Seyè a ka mennen yo al manje nan savann tankou ti mouton?
For Israel slides back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
17 Moun Efrayim yo menm lage kò yo bay zidòl yo nèt. Kite yo pou kont yo!
Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
18 Yo mete tèt yo ansanm ak yon bann gwògè. Yo lage kò yo nan fanm. Yo pito sa ki pou fè yo wont la pase sa ki pou ta fè moun respekte yo.
Their drink is sour: they have committed prostitution continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give you.
19 Yo pran nan yon move kouran. Y'a wont ofrann bèt y'ap fè pou touye pou zidòl yo.
The wind has bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
