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.
But now, you people of Israel, listen to Yahweh, the one who established your nation. The one who caused you to become a nation [DOU] says this: “Do not be afraid, because I previously rescued you. I enabled you to have a personal relationship with me [MTY], and you belong to me.
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 [experience dangerous situations], and [you feel like] [MET] you are crossing deep rivers, I will be with you. When you have very big troubles/difficulties, you will [LIT] be able to endure them. When [people try to kill you like they tried to kill Daniel’s three friends by] throwing them in a fire, you will not [die, just like Daniel’s three friends were not] burned up,
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.
because I am Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, the one who rescues you. I will enable [the army of the emperor of Persia] to conquer Egypt instead of conquering you; similarly I will enable them to conquer Ethiopia, and Seba [in Arabia], in order that you can be saved.
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.
I will cause other countries to be conquered, instead of your country; I will trade them for you, in order that you will not be killed, because you are very precious [DOU] to me and because I love you.
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.
Do not be afraid, because I am with you. [Some day] I will gather your descendants from the east and 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 command the [rulers of the nations to] the north and to the south, ‘Allow all the people of Israel to return [to their country], from the most distant places on 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.
Allow all those who belong to me [MTY] to return, because I have caused them to become a nation in order that they would honor me; I am the one who has done that [DOU].’
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.
Summon the people who have eyes but [it is as though] they are blind; summon those who have ears but [because they do not listen to me, it is as though] they are deaf.
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!
Gather people of all nations together, ones from all people-groups, [and ask them this]: ‘Has any of their idols foretold the things that are happening now? And can any of them predict what will happen in the future?’ Then bring people who will testify and say ‘I heard them predict things, and what they predicted was what happened,’ [but they will be lying].”
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.
But Yahweh says, “You people of Israel (are my witnesses/know what I have done), and you are the ones who serve me. I chose you in order that you would know me, believe in me, and understand that I am the only one who is [truly] God. There is no other [true] God. There was no other [true] God previously, and there will never be another [true] God.
11 Se mwen menm sèl ki Granmèt la, Seyè a. Pa gen lòt ki ka delivre nou pase mwen menm!
I, [only] I, am Yahweh, and there is no other one who can save you.
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 said that I would rescue [your ancestors], and then I rescued them, and I proclaimed [that I had done it]. No foreign god among you did that! And you are witnesses that only I, Yahweh, am God.
13 M' pa janm chanje. Pesonn pa ka chape anba men mwen. Ki moun ki ka defèt sa mwen fè?
I am God, the one who has existed forever and who will exist forever; no one can snatch people from my hand, and no one can alter/change what I have done.”
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.
Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, is the one who rescues you; and this is what he says: “For your sake, I will send [an army] to [attack] Babylon. They will force the people of that city to flee in ships which they have been proud of.
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 Yahweh, your Holy One, the one who caused Israel to become a nation, and the one who is really 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.
I am Yahweh, the one who opened a path through the water, making a road through the [Red] Sea.
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.
Then I summoned the great army [of Egypt] to come with all their chariots and horses. [But when they tried to pursue my people], I caused the waves to flow over them [and they drowned]; their lives ended [like the light of a candle ends when someone] [MET] snuffs out the wick.
18 Men sa Seyè a di: Pa chita ap chonje tan lontan. Pa rete ap kalkile sa ki fin pase!
But do not think [only] about what happened in the past, long ago [DOU].
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.
Instead, consider the new thing that I am going to do. I have already started to do it; can you see it? I am going to make a road through the desert. And I will cause there to be streams in the wasteland/desert.
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 jackals/wolves and owls and other wild creatures will thank me for giving them water in the desert. I will cause streams to appear in the dry desert in order that my people, the ones whom I have chosen, will have water;
21 Pèp mwen te fè pou mwen an va chante, l'a fè lwanj mwen.
I will do that for the people whom I have created [and chosen] to belong to me, and [some day] they will cause many others to praise me.
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 now, you descendants of Jacob, you refuse to request my help. It seems that you people of Israel have become tired of worshiping me.
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 brought to me sheep or goats for offerings that will be completely burned [on the altar]; you have not honored me by [bringing to me any] sacrifices, even though the offerings of grain and incense [that I asked you] to bring to me were not a burden to you.
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 for me fragrant reeds, and you have brought me the fat from your sacrifices. But these have not pleased me, because you have burdened me by all the sins that you have committed, and made me weary because of all (your iniquities/the wrong things that you have done).
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 the one who is able to forgive you for all your sins; I am the only one who can do that, with the result that I will never think about them again.
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.
Tell me what I have done that you do not like. Do you think that when you state your case, you will prove that you (are innocent/have done nothing wrong) [IRO]?
27 Premye zansèt nou an te fè sa li pa t' dwe fè. Mesaje nou yo te vire do ban mwen.
No, [what has happened is that] the first ancestor of you Israelis sinned [against me], and since then, all your leaders have rebelled against 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.
That is why I have caused your priests to be disgraced; and I have allowed others to destroy you people of Israel and caused you to be despised.”
