Ezayi 43
1 Nou menm, moun fanmi Jakòb yo, men sa Seyè a ap di nou koulye a, li menm ki te kreye nou an. Nou menm moun Izrayèl yo, men sa l'ap di nou, li menm ki te fè nou ak men l': -Nou pa bezwen pè anyen! M'ap toujou pwoteje nou. Se mwen menm ki te ban nou non nou pote a. Se pou mwen nou ye.
And now thus says the Lord who created you, O Jacob, and who formed you, O Israel: Do not be afraid. For I have redeemed you, and I have called you by your name. You are mine.
2 Lè n'ap pase sou lanmè, m'ap kanpe la avèk nou. Lè n'ap janbe gwo dlo, dlo a p'ap bwote nou ale. Lè n'ap mache nan mitan dife, dife p'ap boule nou. Flanm dife a p'ap fè nou anyen.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and the rivers will not cover you. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned, and the flames will not scorch you.
3 Paske mwen menm, mwen se Seyè a, Bondye nou an. Se Bondye pèp Izrayèl la ki yon Bondye apa. Se mwen menm k'ap delivre nou! Pou m' te ka delivre nou mwen te bay peyi Lejip, peyi Letiopi ansanm ak peyi Seba a nan plas nou.
For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have presented Egypt as your atonement, Ethiopia and Seba on your behalf.
4 M'ap bay tout moun lòt nasyon yo pou m' ka sove lavi nou, paske mwen konsidere nou anpil. Nou gen anpil valè pou mwen, mwen renmen nou anpil.
Since then, you have become honorable in my eyes, and glorious. I have loved you, and I will present men on behalf of you, and people on behalf of your life.
5 Nou pa bezwen pè anyen. Mwen la avèk nou. M'ap fè tout moun nou yo tounen lakay yo. M'ap sanble nou soti nan peyi sou bò solèy leve ak nan peyi sou bò solèy kouche.
Fear not, for I am with you. I will lead your offspring from the East, and I will gather you from the West.
6 M'ap di moun ki rete sou bò nan nò yo: Kite yo ale! M'ap di moun ki rete sou bò nan sid yo: Kite yo tounen! Kite pitit gason m' yo tounen soti byen lwen. Kite pitit fi m' yo tounen soti toupatou sou latè.
I will say to the North, “Release him,” and to the South, “Do not turn him away.” Bring my sons from far away, and my daughters from the ends of the earth.
7 Se pèp mwen yo ye. Se mwen menm ki kreye yo pou yo ka sèvi yon lwanj pou mwen. Se mwen menm menm ki te fè yo. Se nan men mwen yo soti.
And each one who calls upon my name, I have created for my glory. I have formed him, and I have made him.
8 Seyè a di ankò: -Fè pèp la konparèt devan m'. Se yon bann moun ki gen je men ki pa wè. Yo gen zòrèy men yo pa tande.
Lead forth the people who are blind and have eyes, who are deaf and have ears.
9 Rele tout nasyon yo, fè yo tout reyini ansanm. Fè yo sanble nan tribinal la. Kilès nan bondye moun sa yo ki te di davans sa ki gen pou rive a? Kilès ki te fè nou konnen bagay k'ap rive koulye a? Fè bondye sa yo vini ak temwen ki pou kanpe pale pou yo. Lè y'a tande yo, y'a ba yo rezon!
All the nations have been assembled together, and the tribes have been collected. Who among you will announce this, and who will cause us to listen to the things that are first? Let them present their witnesses. Let them act justly, and listen, and say: “It is true.”
10 Men pawòl Seyè a di: -Se nou menm menm ki pou sèvi m' temwen. Se nou menm mwen te chwazi pou sèvi m', pou nou konnen m', pou nou kapab mete konfyans nou nan mwen, pou nou ka konprann se mwen menm sèl ki Bondye tout bon an. Anvan mwen, pa t' gen lòt bondye. Apre mwen, p'ap gen lòt bondye.
You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and you are my servant, whom I have chosen, so that you may know, and may believe in me, and so that you may understand that I am the same. Before me, there was no god formed, and after me there will be none.
11 Se mwen menm sèl ki Granmèt la, Seyè a. Pa gen lòt ki ka delivre nou pase mwen menm!
I am. I am the Lord. And there is no savior apart from me.
12 Se mwen menm ki te di nou davans sa ki gen pou rive. Se mwen menm ki delivre nou. Pa gen ankenn lòt bondye lòt nasyon yo ki janm fè sa pou nou. Nou menm, se temwen mwen nou ye. Se mwen ki Bondye. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
I have announced, and I have saved. I have caused it to be heard. And there was no stranger among you. You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and I am God.
13 M' pa janm chanje. Pesonn pa ka chape anba men mwen. Ki moun ki ka defèt sa mwen fè?
And from the beginning, I am the same. And there is no one who can rescue from my hand. I act, and who can turn it aside?
14 Men sa Seyè k'ap delivre nou an di: Men sa Bondye pèp Izrayèl la ki yon Bondye apa a di: -Pou m' ka sove nou, m'ap voye yon lame mache sou lavil Babilòn. M'ap fè yo tout kouri met deyò. Wi, moun Kalde yo pral desann soti sou batiman ki te tout lògèy yo a.
Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake, I sent to Babylon, and tore down all their bars, with the Chaldeans who glory in their ships.
15 Se mwen menm Seyè a, Bondye pa nou an, ki yon Bondye apa. Se mwen menm ki te kreye pèp Izrayèl la. Se mwen menm ki wa nou!
I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.
16 Nan tan lontan, se li menm, Seyè a, ki te louvri yon chemen nan mitan lanmè a pou nou. Li te fè yon wout nan mitan gwo dlo ki te fin debòde yo.
Thus says the Lord, who gave you a way through the sea and a path through the torrent of waters,
17 Li te fè moun yo sanble yon gwo lame ak anpil zam, anpil cha lagè ak tout chwal yo. Li fè yo tonbe atè, yo pa janm ka leve ankò. Yo mouri tankou yon bouji lè ou soufle sou li.
who led out the chariot and the horse, the column of robust troops. They went to sleep together, and they will not arise. They have been crushed like flax, and they have been extinguished.
18 Men sa Seyè a di: Pa chita ap chonje tan lontan. Pa rete ap kalkile sa ki fin pase!
You need not call to mind the past, nor consider the things of antiquity.
19 Men m'ap fè yon lòt bagay pou nou. Li konmanse rive deja. Nou pa wè li? Mwen pral fè yon wout nan mitan dezè a. Mwen pral fè gwo dlo koule nan savann lan.
Behold, I am accomplishing new things. And presently, they will spring forth. With certainty, you will know them. I will make a way in the desert, and rivers in an impassible place.
20 Bèt nan bwa pral fè lwanj mwen. Chen mawon ak otrich pral fè fèt pou mwen. Paske m'ap mete dlo nan dezè a. M'ap fè gwo dlo koule nan savann lan pou pèp mwen chwazi pou rele m' pa m' lan ka jwenn dlo pou yo bwè.
The wild beasts of the field will glorify me, with the serpents and the ostriches. For I have brought waters to the desert, rivers to inaccessible places, in order to give drink to my people, to my elect.
21 Pèp mwen te fè pou mwen an va chante, l'a fè lwanj mwen.
This is the people whom I have formed for myself. They will speak my praise.
22 Seyè a di: -Men se pa mwen menm nou te sèvi, nou menm fanmi Jakòb yo! Nou menm pèp Izrayèl la, nou te bouke avè m'.
But you have not called upon me, O Jacob, nor have you struggled for me, O Israel.
23 Nou pa t' ofri mouton nou yo pou yo te boule pou mwen. Se pa t' pou fè lwanj mwen nou te touye bèt nou yo. Mwen pa t' fòse nou fè ofrann grenn jaden nou yo pou mwen. Mwen pa t' fatige nou pou lansan nou pa boule pou mwen.
You have not offered me the ram of your holocaust, and you have not glorified me with your victims. I have not burdened you with oblations, nor have I wearied you with incense.
24 Nou pa t' depanse lajan nou achte lansan pou mwen. Ni nou pa t' ofri m' grès bèt nou touye yo pou sa te fè m' plezi. Men, se nou menm ki kraze m' ak peche nou yo. Se nou menm ki fatige m' ak mechanste n'ap fè yo.
You have bought me no sweet cane with money, and you have not inebriated me with the fat of your victims. Yet truly, you have burdened me with your sins; you have wearied me with your iniquities.
25 Se mwen menm ankò k'ap efase tou sa nou fè ki mal. Se paske se mwen kifè m'ap fè l'. Mwen p'ap kenbe nou nan kè poutèt peche nou yo.
I am. I am the very One who wipes away your iniquities for my own sake. And I will not remember your sins.
26 Ede m' chonje sa ki te pase. Ann konparèt ansanm nan tribinal la. Ou pral pale pou defann tèt ou, pou fè wè se ou ki gen rezon.
Call me to mind, and let us go to judgment together. If you have anything to justify yourself, explain it.
27 Premye zansèt nou an te fè sa li pa t' dwe fè. Mesaje nou yo te vire do ban mwen.
Your first father sinned, and your interpreters have betrayed me.
28 Se poutèt sa mwen avili moun ki reskonsab kay yo mete apa pou mwen an. Se poutèt sa mwen lage fanmi Jakòb la pou yo detwi yo nèt. Mwen kite yo pase moun pèp Izrayèl yo nan betiz.
And so, I have defiled the holy leaders. I have handed over Jacob to slaughter, and Israel to calumny.
