Ezayi 41
1 Nou menm moun zile yo, pe bouch nou! Koute sa m'ap di nou! Mete gason sou nou! Pwoche vin defann kòz nou! Annou plede pou n' wè kilès ki gen rezon!
“Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.
2 Kilès ki te fè chèf la soti bò solèy leve, ki te fè l' genyen nan tout batay kote l' pase? Kilès ki te lage tout nasyon yo nan men l', ki soumèt tout wa yo devan l'? Avèk nepe li, li kraze yo fè yo tounen pousyè. Avèk flèch li yo, li fè yo kouri tankou pay van ap gaye.
Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.
3 L'ap fann nan siyay yo, l'ap kouri san li pa pè anyen. Pye l' pa menm touche tè.
He pursues them, going on safely, hardly touching the path with his feet.
4 Se travay ki moun sa? Kilès ki lakòz tout bagay sa yo rive? Ki moun ki depi nan kòmansman ap rele lèzòm, pitit an pitit, pou yo fè travay li sou latè? Se mwen menm, Seyè a, ki la anvan yo tout. Se mwen menm k'ap toujou la apre yo tout.
Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last— I am He.”
5 Moun zile yo wè sa, yo pè. Moun nan dènye bout latè pran tranble, yo pwoche, yo vini.
The islands see and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward.
6 Yonn ap ede lòt. Yonn ap di lòt: Pran kouraj!
Each one helps the other and says to his brother, “Be strong!”
7 Bòs atizan k'ap fè estati a ap ankouraje òfèv la. Moun k'ap fin bay estati a fòm ak ti kout mato l' yo ap ankouraje bòs fòjon an. Yon lòt di: Soudi a bon! Yo kloure zidòl la nan plas li pou li pa tonbe.
The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who wields the hammer cheers him who strikes the anvil, saying of the welding, “It is good.” He nails it down so it will not be toppled.
8 Men, nou menm pèp Izrayèl, sèvitè m' yo! nou se pitit pitit Jakòb, moun mwen te chwazi a! Nou se moun ras Abraram, zanmi mwen an!
“But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—
9 Mwen pran nou nan dènye bout latè, mwen rele nou soti byen lwen. Mwen di nou: Se sèvitè m' nou ye! Se chwazi mwen te chwazi nou, mwen pa voye nou jete.
I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said, ‘You are My servant.’ I have chosen and not rejected you.
10 Nou pa bezwen pè. Mwen la avèk nou! Nou pa bezwen kite anyen ban nou kè sote. Se mwen menm ki Bondye nou. M'ap ban nou fòs, m'ap ede nou. M'ap soutni nou ak fòs ponyèt mwen ki pa janm pèdi batay.
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.
11 Tout moun ki te fache sou nou yo pral wont, yo pral bese tèt yo. Moun ki t'ap chache nou kont yo pral disparèt, yo pral mouri.
Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.
12 Moun ki t'ap fè nou lagè yo, n'a chache yo, nou p'ap wè yo. Moun ki t'ap goumen ak nou yo pral disparèt, yo p'ap la ankò!
You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.
13 Se mwen menm, Seyè a, ki Bondye nou! M'ap pran men nou, m'ap di nou: Nou pa bezwen pè. M'ap ede nou!
For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.
14 Nou menm fanmi Jakòb yo, moun Izrayèl yo, nou te mèt piti tankou yon vètè, fèb tankou yon cheni, nou pa bezwen pè. Se mwen menm k'ap ede nou, mwen menm, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, ki yon Bondye apa. Se mwen menm k'ap delivre nou. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa!
Do not fear, O worm of Jacob, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
15 M'ap fè nou tounen yon machin pou raboure tè, yon machin tou nèf avèk dan byen file. Nou pral raboure mòn yo, nou pral kraze yo. Nou pral fè ti bit mòn yo tounen pousyè.
Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.
16 Nou pral vannen yo, van ap bwote yo ale. Van tanpèt ap gaye yo toupatou. Men, nou pral fè fèt pou Seyè a. Nou pral kontan Bondye pèp Izrayèl la ki yon Bondye apa.
You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
17 Lè malere yo ak pòv yo ap chache dlo pou yo bwè epi yo pa ka jwenn, lè gòj yo va chèch nèt sitèlman y'a swaf dlo, mwen menm, Seyè a, m'a ba yo sa yo lapriyè mande m' lan. Mwen menm, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, mwen p'ap lage yo.
The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
18 M'a fè gwo dlo larivyè koule sou tout tè sèk kote ki pa t' gen menm yon ti pyebwa. M'a fè sous dlo pete nan fon yo. M'ap fè dezè a tounen lagon dlo. Sous dlo pral pete nan tout tè sèk yo.
I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.
19 M'ap fè pye zakasya ak pye sèd pouse nan tout dezè a, ansanm ak pye jasmen ak pye oliv mawon. Nan tè savann lan, m'ap mete pye pichpen, pye bwadòm ak pye sèd.
I will plant cedars in the wilderness, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will set cypresses in the desert, elms and boxwood together,
20 Lè moun va wè sa, y'a konnen pou yo pran tèt yo, pou yo manyè konprann se Seyè a ki fè bagay sa yo ak men l', se travay Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, Bondye ki apa a.
so that all may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this and the Holy One of Israel has created it.”
21 Seyè a, wa pèp Izrayèl la, di: -Nou menm, bondye lòt nasyon yo, vin plede kòz nou! Vin di sa nou gen pou n' di pou defans nou!
“Present your case,” says the LORD. “Submit your arguments,” says the King of Jacob.
22 Pwoche non! Vin di sa ki gen pou rive! Kisa nou te di k'ap rive ki rive vre? Di nou ki jan sa pral pase pou n' ka pran prekosyon nou! Fè nou konnen sa ki gen pou rive pou n' ka rekonèt sa lè l'a rive vre!
“Let them come and tell us what will happen. Tell the former things, so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome. Or announce to us what is coming.
23 Di nou kisa ki gen pou rive pita. Lè sa a, n'a konnen se bondye nou ye vre! Fè kichòy non, li te mèt bon, li te mèt pa bon, pou n' ka wè l', pou nou ka egzaminen l' ansanm!
Tell us the things that are to come, so that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do something good or evil, that we may look on together in dismay.
24 Men, gade! Se pa anyen nou ye! Tou sa n'ap fè yo pa vo anyen menm! Se yon avilisman pou moun ki pran nou pou bondye yo!
Behold, you are nothing and your work is of no value. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.
25 Se mwen menm ki chwazi yon nonm soti bò solèy leve. Se mwen menm ki fè l' desann soti nan nò vin atake. Li kraze tout chèf yo tankou labou anba pye l', menm jan moun k'ap fè krich kraze tè pou l' travay.
I have raised up one from the north, and he has come— one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.
26 Anvan sa te rive, kilès nan nou ki te di sa pou n' te ka konnen? Ki moun ki te di davans sa tapral rive konsa, pou n' te ka di se vre? Non. Pesonn pa t' di anyen sou sa. Pyès moun pa janm tande nou di yon mo sou sa.
Who has declared this from the beginning, so that we may know, and from times past, so that we may say: ‘He was right’? No one announced it, no one foretold it, no one heard your words.
27 Se mwen menm premye moun ki bay moun Siyon yo nouvèl men l'ap vini! Se mwen menm ki voye yon moun al pote bon nouvèl la bay lavil Jerizalèm.
I was the first to tell Zion: ‘Look, here they are!’ And I gave to Jerusalem a herald of good news.
28 Lè mwen gade nan tout bondye nou yo, mwen pa wè yonn ki te gen anyen pou l' te di. Pa t' gen yonn ki ta kapab reponn mwen si m' ta mande l' anyen.
When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.
29 Tout bondye sa yo pa vo anyen. Yo pa kapab fè anyen menm. Estati zidòl yo, se van. Yo pa vo anyen.
See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.
