Ezayi 42
1 Seyè a di: -Men sèvitè m'ap soutni an! Men moun mwen chwazi a, moun ki fè m' plezi anpil la! Mwen mete lespri m' sou li. Li pral fè tout nasyon yo konnen sa ki rele jistis.
“Behold, my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights: I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.
2 Li pa nan rele, li pa nan pale fò. Li pa nan mache fè diskou nan tout lari.
He will not shout, nor raise his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street.
3 Li p'ap kraze sa ki fèb yo. Li p'ap lage sa ki san sekou yo. Men, l'ap rann jistis jan sa dwe fèt.
He won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a dimly burning wick. He will faithfully bring justice.
4 Li p'ap pèdi espwa, li p'ap pèdi kouraj, jouk l'a fin mete jistis toupatou sou latè, jouk moun ki nan zile yo va rete ap tann lòd l'ap bay yo.
He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands wait for his law.”
5 Bondye sèl Mèt ki kreye syèl la epi ki louvri l' anwo tèt nou, li menm ki fòme tè a avèk tou sa k'ap viv sou li, li menm ki bay tout moun k'ap mache sou latè souf lavi, li pale, li di konsa:
God the LORD, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it, says:
6 Se mwen menm, Seyè a, ki rele ou. Mwen ba ou pouvwa pou mete jistis kanpe sou latè. Mwen pran men ou. Mwen fòme ou, mwen mete ou pou pase yon kontra ak pèp la, pou m' bay tout nasyon yo limyè.
“I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness. I will hold your hand. I will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations,
7 W'a louvri je avèg yo. W'a fè prizonye yo soti nan prizon. W'a libere sa ki nan kacho kote ki fè nwa a.
to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.
8 Se mwen menm ki Seyè a, se konsa yo rele m'. Mwen p'ap bay yon lòt bondye pouvwa mwen an. Mwen p'ap kite yo bay zidòl yo lwanj ki pou mwen an.
“I am the LORD. That is my name. I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to engraved images.
9 Gade! Tou sa mwen te di k'ap rive rive vre. Mwen pral di nou lòt bagay ki gen pou rive. Mwen pral fè nou konnen sa anvan menm sa rive.
Behold, the former things have happened and I declare new things. I tell you about them before they come up.”
10 Chante yon chante tou nèf pou Seyè a! Se pou tout moun toupatou sou latè fè lwanj li! Depi moun k'ap vwayaje sou lanmè ak tout bèt ki nan lanmè yo, jouk moun ki rete nan zile byen lwen yo.
Sing to the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the islands and their inhabitants.
11 Se pou dezè a ak tout lavil yo chante pou Seyè a! Se pou tout kote moun Keda yo rete a fè lwanj li! Se pou moun ki rete lavil Sela a rele byen fò sou tèt mòn yo tèlman yo kontan!
Let the wilderness and its cities raise their voices, with the villages that Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing. Let them shout from the top of the mountains!
12 Se pou tout moun ki rete nan zile yo chante pou Seyè a, se pou yo fè lwanj li.
Let them give glory to the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.
13 Seyè a soti tankou yon vanyan gason! Li ranmase tout fòs li tankou yon nonm ki pral nan lagè. Li rele byen fò, li bay siyal pou lagè a! Tankou yon vanyan gason, l'ap kraze lènmi l' yo.
The LORD will go out like a mighty man. He will stir up zeal like a man of war. He will raise a war cry. Yes, he will shout aloud. He will triumph over his enemies.
14 Bondye di: -Gen lontan depi m' fèmen bouch mwen! Mwen pa di anyen, mwen kenbe pou m' pa pale. Men koulye a, mwen tankou yon fanm ki gen tranche. M'ap rele, m'ap plenn, souf mwen ap koupe, mwen pa kapab ankò.
“I have been silent a long time. I have been quiet and restrained myself. Now I will cry out like a travailing woman. I will both gasp and pant.
15 Mwen pral ravaje tout mòn yo, gwo kou piti. Mwen pral fè tout plant yo ak tout pyebwa yo cheche. Mwen pral fè tè nan fon yo tounen sab lanmè pou bwè tout dlo larivyè yo. M'ap cheche lagon dlo yo.
I will destroy mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs. I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.
16 M'ap fè avèg yo mache sou yon wout yo pa t' janm konnen anvan. M'ap pran men yo, m'ap mennen yo sou chemen yo pa t' janm konn fè anvan. M'ap fè kote ki fè nwa yo vin fè klè, kote ki gen anpil bit ak twou yo vin plat. Se tout bagay sa yo mwen pral fè rive. Wi, m'ap fè yo rive vre.
I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.
17 Tout moun ki mete konfyans yo nan zidòl, tout moun k'ap rele estati yo bondye, yo pral bese tèt yo atè, yo pral wont.
“Those who trust in engraved images, who tell molten images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be turned back. They will be utterly disappointed.
18 Seyè a di: -Nou menm moun soudè yo, koute! Nou menm moun avèg yo, gade byen!
“Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see.
19 Ki moun ki pi avèg, ki moun ki pi soudè pase sèvite m' lan, moun mwen delivre a? Ki moun ki pi soudè, ki moun ki pi avèg pase mesaje m'ap voye a, sèvitè Bondye a?
Who is blind, but my servant? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as he who is at peace, and as blind as the LORD’s servant?
20 Nou menm moun Izrayèl, nou te wè anpil bagay. Men, sa pa t' di nou anyen! Nou gen zòrèy pou nou tande, men nou pa t' tande anyen
You see many things, but don’t observe. His ears are open, but he doesn’t listen.
21 Seyè a se yon Bondye ki soti pou sove pèp Izrayèl la. Li ta vle pou tout pèp la respekte lòd li yo, pou yo tout fè lwanj li.
It pleased the LORD, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify the law and make it honorable.
22 Men koulye a, yo fin piye pèp li a, yo pran tou sa yo te genyen. Yo fèmen yo tout nan kacho. Yo mete yo tout nan prizon. Yo vòlò tou sa yo te genyen san pesonn pa delivre yo. Yo piye yo nèt ale san pesonn pa di: Renmèt yo zafè yo!
But this is a robbed and plundered people. All of them are snared in holes, and they are hidden in prisons. They have become captives, and no one delivers, and a plunder, and no one says, ‘Restore them!’
23 Ki moun nan nou k'ap pare zòrèy li pou l' tande sa m'ap di la a? Ki moun nan nou k'ap fè atansyon pou l' toujou koute depi koulye a?
Who is there among you who will give ear to this? Who will listen and hear for the time to come?
24 Ki moun ki te lage moun Jakòb yo nan men vòlò yo? Ki moun ki te lage moun Izrayèl yo nan men piyajè yo? Se te Seyè a menm ki te fè sa. Nou te fè peche kont li. Nou pa t' vle viv jan l' te mande nou viv la. Nou pa t' vle swiv lòd li.
Who gave Jacob as plunder, and Israel to the robbers? Didn’t the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? For they would not walk in his ways, and they disobeyed his law.
25 Se konsa, li fè pèp la santi jan l' te move, li fè yo konnen soufrans lagè. Tankou dife, kòlè Bondye tonbe sou tout peyi a. Men yo yonn pa t' vle rekonèt sa. Kòlè Bondye boule peyi a nèt. Men, yo yonn pa t' pran sa pou anyen!
Therefore he poured the fierceness of his anger on him, and the strength of battle. It set him on fire all around, but he didn’t know. It burned him, but he didn’t take it to heart.”
