Ezayi 24
1 Seyè a pral souke tè a, li pral ravaje l'. Li pral boulvèse l'. Tout moun ki rete sou tè a pral kouri gaye toupatou.
Watch out! The Lord is going to destroy the earth, to make it totally devastated. He's going to rip up the surface of the earth and scatter its inhabitants.
2 Tout moun pral pase, prèt yo kou moun nan pèp la, esklav yo kou mèt yo, sèvant yo kou metrès yo, sa k'ap vann kou sa k'ap achte, sa k'ap bay ponya kou sa k'ap pran ponya, sa k'ap bay kredi kou sa k'ap pran kredi.
It will happen the same for everybody—whether people or priests, servants or their masters, maids or their mistresses, buyers or sellers, lenders or borrowers, creditors or debtors.
3 Yo pral ravaje tout tè a, yo pral piye tout bagay. Seyè a fin pale, se sa ki pou rive.
The earth will be completely laid waste and looted. This is what the Lord has said.
4 Tout moun sou latè nan lapenn. Yo pa kapab ankò. Pèp la ap plenn, y'ap deperi. Chèf yo ap plenn ansanm ak rès pèp la.
The earth dries up and withers away; the world shrivels up and withers away, the high and mighty people shrivel up along with the earth.
5 Moun yo pa respekte peyi Bondye a. Yo pa koute lòd Bondye ba yo. Yo derefize fè sa l' te mande yo fè a, yo derefize obeyi kòmandman Bondye yo. Yo pa kenbe kontra li te fè ak yo pou tout tan an.
The earth is polluted by its people; they have flouted God's laws, violated his regulations, and broken the eternal agreement with him.
6 Se poutèt sa madichon ap fini ak latè: moun ki rete sou latè ap peye pou sa yo te fè ki mal. Y'ap deperi grenn pa grenn. Se yon ti ponyen ki rete.
That is why a curse is destroying the earth. The people suffer because of their guilt. The inhabitants of the earth are burned up and only a few survive.
7 Pye rezen yo ap fennen. Ou pa ka jwenn diven. Tout moun ki te konn fè fèt yo ap plenn.
The new wine dries up, and the vine withers. All the people celebrating groan.
8 Yo pa bat tanbou ankò. Pa gen gwo fèt ankò. Yo pa jwe gita ankò.
The happy sound of tambourines is over; the noise of the party-goers has stopped; the delightful harp music has finished,
9 Nanpwen chante ankò lè y'ap bwè diven. Gwòg vin anmè nan bouch gwògmann yo.
People don't sing any more as they drink wine, and the beer tastes bitter.
10 Pa gen moun nan lavil la. Yo kite kay yo ap tonbe. Tout pòt kay fèmen, moun pa antre la ankò.
The chaotic city is falling apart; every house is barred shut to keep others out.
11 Nan tout lari moun ap rele paske nanpwen diven ankò. Pa gen fèt rejwisans ankò. Nanpwen kè kontan nan peyi a.
Crowds on the street are shouting, demanding to have wine. Joy turns into darkness. There's no happiness left on earth.
12 Lavil la ap fini, ata pòtay yo fin kraze.
The city is in a horrible state of ruin; its gates have been broken down.
13 Se konsa sa pral ye nan tout peyi sou latè. Se va tankou apre rekòt lè y'ap gole dènye oliv ki rete nan pye oliv yo, lè y'ap fè grapyay apre rekòt rezen an.
This is the way it's going to be all throughout the earth among the nations—only a few olives are left after the tree is shaken, only a few grapes are left to be gleaned after the harvest.
14 Sa ki chape yo pral rele, yo pral chante byen fò ak kè kontan. Y'ap rete bò solèy kouche a, yo pral di jan Seyè a gen pouvwa.
These survivors shout aloud and sing for joy. From the west they praise the Lord's majesty.
15 Konsa tou, moun ki rete bò solèy leve pral fè lwanj Seyè a. Moun ki rete sou zile nan lanmè a pral fè chante pou Seyè a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la.
From the east they glorify the Lord; from the sea shores they praise the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
16 Byen lwen nan dènye bout latè, nou tande y'ap chante, y'ap fè lwanj pou moun ki mache dwat yo. Men mwen menm, mwen di: Pa gen rechap pou mwen! Pa gen chape pou mwen! Gade nan kisa m' ye! Trèt yo ap trayi moun toujou! Chak jou y'ap trayi moun pi rèd!
We hear songs coming from the ends of the earth, singing, “Glory to the God who does right.” But I'm miserable, miserable. Pity me! Deceitful people go on betraying, again and again.
17 Nou menm ki rete sou latè, se kè sere, se gwo twou, se pèlen ki pare pou nou!
Terrors and pit-traps and snares are waiting for you, people of the earth.
18 Moun k'ap kouri lè y'a tande rèl moun ki pè yo pral tonbe nan twou. Moun k'ap moute soti nan twou pral pran nan pèlen. Paske gwo lapli a pral tonbe sot nan syèl la. Fondasyon latè pral pran tranble.
Those who run away in terror will fall into a pit-trap, and those who escape from the pit-trap will be caught in a snare. Heaven's windows are opened; earth's foundations shake.
19 Latè pral fann, l'ap pete fè miyèt moso. L'ap tranble, l'ap souke tout kò l'.
The earth is completely broken up; the earth is ripped apart, the earth is violently shaken.
20 Latè pral balanse tankou moun sou. Li pral souke tankou yon ti joupa lè van ap soufle fò. Peche lèzòm yo peze lou sou li: l'ap tonbe, li p'ap janm ka leve ankò.
The earth staggers to and fro like a drunk, and sways this way and that like a shelter. The guilt of its rebelliousness weighs heavily on it, and it collapses—it won't rise again.
21 Jou sa a, Seyè a pral pini zanj yo ki anwo nan syèl la, l'ap pini tout chèf k'ap gouvènen sou latè.
At that time the Lord will punish all the high heavenly beings and the kings of the earth.
22 L'ap mete yo ansanm nan prizon nan yon tonm. L'ap fèmen yo nan kacho. Apre yon bon tan, l'ap pini yo.
They will be brought together, prisoners in a pit. They will be imprisoned, and eventually they will be punished.
23 lalin lan pral vin tou nwa. Solèy la p'ap klere ankò, paske Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a pral sèl wa. Li pral gouvènen nan lavil Jerizalèm sou tèt mòn Siyon an. Tout chèf fanmi pèp li a pral wè gwo pouvwa li.
The moon will be embarrassed and the sun will be ashamed, for the Lord Almighty will reign in glory on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem in the presence of its leaders.
