Ezayi 40
1 Ankouraje pèp mwen an, ankouraje l'! Se Bondye nou an ki di sa!
“Be consoled, be consoled, O my people!” says your God.
2 Souke kouraj moun lavil Jerizalèm yo! Fè yo konnen yo soufri kont yo atò. Yo fin peye pou sa yo te fè. Seyè a pini yo kont yo pou tout peche yo te fè yo.
Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and call out to her! For her malice has reached its end. Her iniquity has been forgiven. She has received double for all her sins from the hand of the Lord.
3 Tande vwa yon moun k'ap rele byen fò: -Pare chemen Seyè a nan dezè a. Louvri yon wout nan savann lan pou Bondye nou an!
The voice of one crying out in the desert: “Prepare the way of the Lord! Make straight the paths of our God, in a solitary place.
4 Se pou yo konble tout fon yo! Se pou yo kase tèt mòn yo ak tèt bit yo! Se pou ti mòn yo tounen platon, se pou tout mòn yo vin tè pla!
Every valley will be exalted, and every mountain and hill will be brought low. And the crooked will be straightened, and the uneven will become level ways.
5 Seyè a pral fè wè pouvwa li a! Tout moun pral wè l' menm lè a. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa ak bouch li.
And the glory of the Lord will be revealed. And all flesh together will see that the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
6 Yon vwa rete li di: Pale non! Yon lòt mande: Sa pou m' di? Di yo moun se tankou zèb yo ye. Tout bèlte yo, se tankou bèlte flè nan savann.
The voice of one saying, “Cry out!” And I said, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field.
7 Zèb la cheche, flè a fennen, lè Seyè a voye van li soufle sou yo. Se vre wi! Se tankou zèb pèp la ye!
The grass has dried up, and the flower has fallen. For the Spirit of the Lord has blown over it. Truly, the people are like grass.
8 Wi, zèb la cheche, flè a fennen, Men, pawòl Bondye nou an la pou tout tan!
The grass has dried up, and the flower has fallen. But the Word of our Lord remains for eternity.”
9 Nou menm moun lavil Jerizalèm, moute sou yon mòn byen wo, gaye bon nouvèl la! Nou menm moun mòn Siyon yo, pale byen fò, gaye bon nouvèl la! Nou mèt pale fò. Nou pa bezwen pè! Di moun lavil peyi Jida yo men Bondye nou an ap vini!
You who evangelize Zion, climb a high mountain! You who evangelize Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength! Lift it up! Do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah: “Behold, your God!”
10 Men Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a! L'ap vini avèk tout fòs kouraj li. Li pral pran pouvwa a nan men l'. L'ap mennen moun li te delivre yo avè l'. Y'ap mache devan l'! Se rekonpans li. Se rezilta travay li.
Behold, the Lord God will arrive in strength, and his arm will rule. Behold, his reward is with him, and his work is before him.
11 Tankou yon gadò, l'ap okipe mouton l' yo. Se li menm k'ap sanble yo. L'ap pote ti mouton yo sou bra l'. Tou dousman l'ap mennen manman mouton ki gen pitit dèyè yo.
He will pasture his flock like a shepherd. He will gather together the lambs with his arm, and he will lift them up to his bosom, and he himself will carry the very young.
12 Kilès ki ka mezire valè dlo ki nan lanmè a ak men l'? Kilès ki ka pran lajè syèl la ak dwèt li? Kilès ki ka mete tout tè a nan yon ti mezi? Kilès ki ka pran pèz mòn yo ak pèz ti bit yo nan balans?
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and who has weighed the heavens with his palm? Who has suspended the mass of the earth with three fingers, and who has weighed the mountains on a balance and the hills on a scale?
13 Ki moun ki ka di Seyè a sa pou li fè? Ki moun ki te ba li konsèy?
Who has assisted the Spirit of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor and has revealed things to him?
14 Ki moun Seyè a te al jwenn pou l' te ka gen bon konprann? Ki moun ki te moutre l' jan pou l' mache dwat? Ki moun ki te ba li konesans? Ki moun ki te fè l' konnen jan tout bagay fèt?
With whom has he consulted? And who has instructed him, and taught him the path of justice, and guided him to knowledge, and revealed the way of understanding to him?
15 Gade! Devan Seyè a, nasyon yo tankou yon gout dlo nan yon bokit. Yo pa peze plis pase ti pousyè nan yon balans. Moun zile yo menm, yo tankou pousyè van ap pote ale!
Behold, the nations are like a drop of water in a bucket, and they are considered as the smallest grain on a balance. Behold, the islands are like a little dust.
16 Tout rakbwa peyi Liban yo pa kont pou boule sou lotèl li. Tout bèt ki nan rakbwa peyi Liban yo pa kont ase pou yo fè ofrann bèt pou yo boule pou li yo!
And Lebanon will not be sufficient to start a fire, and its animals will not be sufficient for a burnt offering.
17 Tout nasyon yo mete ansanm, yo pa anyen devan Seyè a. Li pa pran yo pou anyen. Yo pa vo anyen nan je l'.
All the nations in his sight are as if they did not exist, and they are considered by him as if they were nothingness and emptiness.
18 Ki moun nou ka di ki tankou Bondye? Ki pòtre nou ta fè ki pou ta sanble avè l'?
Therefore, to whom would you liken God? Or with what image would you replace him?
19 Bòs atizan an pran yon moul pou fè yon estati. Efèv la kouvri estati a nèt ak lò. Li fonn ajan pou soude l' nan plas li.
Should the workman cast a statue? Or has the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver?
20 Sa ki pa gen gwo mwayen fè yon estati an bwa. Li chwazi yon bon bwa ki p'ap pouri. Li chache yon bon bòs atizan pou travay li pou li, pou fè yon estati ki p'ap tonbe kraze.
He has chosen strong wood that will not decay. The skillful artisan seeks a way to set up an idol that cannot be moved.
21 Se konnen nou pa konnen sa? Ki jan fè yo pa t' janm di nou sa? Pesonn pa t' fè nou konn sa depi lontan? Nou pa janm chache konprann ki moun ki fè latè?
Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been announced to you from the beginning? Have you not understood the foundations of the earth?
22 Moun ki fè l' la chita anwo nèt, anlè tè a, depase syèl la. Moun ki sou latè, se tankou foumi yo ye devan l'. Li deploye syèl la tankou yon rido. Li louvri syèl la tankou yon tant kote pou moun rete.
He is the One who sits upon the globe of the earth, and its inhabitants are like locusts. He extends the heavens as if they were nothing, and he spreads them out like a tent, in which to dwell.
23 Li wete tout pouvwa wa yo te genyen. Li fè chèf k'ap dirije lèzòm sou latè yo pase pou anyen.
He has brought those who examine what is secret to nothingness. He has brought the judges of the earth to emptiness.
24 Yo tankou yon jenn ti plan ki fèrenk ap pouse fèy, ki fenk ap fè rasin anba tè. Seyè a fè van li soufle sou yo, yo cheche. Yon toubouyon van an pote yo ale tankou pay.
And certainly, their stalk was neither planted, nor sown, nor rooted in the ground. He has suddenly blown across them, and they have withered, and a whirlwind will carry them away like chaff.
25 Ki moun nou ka di ki tankou m'? Ki moun ki pou ta sanble avè m'? Se Bondye apa a ki di sa.
“And to whom would you compare me or equate me?” says the Holy One.
26 Leve tèt nou gade syèl la. Ki moun ki kreye tout zetwal sa yo? Tankou nan yon lame, li bay yo chak plas yo. Li bay yo tout non, li konn non yo chak. Yonn pa janm manke nan syèl la! Li gen gwo pouvwa, li gen anpil fòs.
Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these things. He leads forth their army by number, and he calls them all by name. Because of the fullness of his strength and robustness and virtue, not one of them was left behind.
27 Nou menm, moun fanmi Jakòb yo, poukisa n'ap plenyen konsa? Nou menm, pèp Izrayèl la, poukisa n'ap plede di: Seyè a pa konn sa n'ap pase! Bondye nou an p'ap fè anyen pou defann kòz nou!
Why do you say this, O Jacob, and why do you speak this way, O Israel? “My way has been hidden from the Lord, and my judgment escaped notice by my God.”
28 Se konnen nou pa konnen? Kouman? Se di yo pa janm di nou sa? Seyè a se Bondye ki la pou tout tan an! Se li menm ki kreye tout latè. Li pa janm bouke, li pa konn pèdi souf. Pesonn pa ka konprann lide li gen nan tèt li.
Do you not know, or have you not heard? The Lord is the eternal God, who has created the limits of the earth. He does not diminish, and he does not struggle. Neither is his wisdom searchable.
29 Lè yon moun pèdi souf, li ba li fòs. Lè yon moun febli, li ba l' kouraj ankò!
It is he who gives strength to the weary, and it is he who increases fortitude and strength in those who are failing.
30 Jenn gason konn pèdi souf, yo konn bouke. Lè konsa, yo bite, yo tonbe.
Servants will struggle and fail, and young men will fall into infirmity.
31 Men, Seyè a ap bay moun ki mete konfyans yo nan li fòs ankò. Tankou malfini, y'ap pran zèl pou yo leve ale. Y'ap kouri san yo p'ap janm bouke. Y'ap mache, yo p'ap janm febli.
But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will take up wings like eagles. They will run and not struggle. They will walk and not tire.
