Ezayi 49
1 Nou menm ki rete nan zile yo, koute sa m'ap di nou! Nou menm ki rete byen lwen yo, pare zòrèy nou! Depi m' fèt, Seyè a chwazi m'! Depi nan vant manman m', li rele m' pou m' sèvi l'.
Hear yee me, O yles, and hearken, yee people from farre. The Lord hath called me from the wombe, and made mention of my name from my mothers bellie.
2 Li mete nan bouch mwen pawòl ki tankou kouto byen file. Li pwoteje m' avèk fòs li. Li pare m' tankou yon flèch byen pwenti, li sere m' nan sakit li.
And hee hath made my mouth like a sharpe sworde: vnder the shadowe of his hande hath he hid mee, and made me a chosen shafte, and hid me in his quiuer,
3 Li di m': Izrayèl, se sèvitè m' ou ye! W'ap sèvi yon lwanj pou mwen!
And sayd vnto me, Thou art my seruaunt, Israel, for I will be glorious in thee.
4 Mwen menm, mwen t'ap di nan kè m': Se pou dan ri m'ap fatige kò m'. Se pou gremesi mwen travay jouk mwen fèb. Men, m'ap toujou gen konfyans: Seyè a va ban m' rezon. Rekonpans mwen la byen sere nan men Seyè a.
And I said, I haue labored in vaine: I haue spent my strength in vaine and for nothing: but my iudgement is with the Lord, and my woorke with my God.
5 Se Seyè a menm ki chwazi m' depi m' fèt pou m' sèvi l', pou m' fè fanmi Jakòb la tounen vin jwenn li, pou m' sanble pèp Izrayèl la mennen ba li. Seyè a ban m' bèl pozisyon sa a. Se li ki tout fòs mwen.
And now sayeth the Lord, that formed me from the wombe to be his seruaunt, that I may bring Iaakob againe to him (though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I bee glorious in the eyes of the Lord: and my God shall be my strength)
6 Seyè a di m' konsa: Wi, sèvitè m' lan va fè fanmi Jakòb la kanpe ankò. L'a fè ti rès pèp Izrayèl yo te depòte a tounen lakay yo. Men, se poko sa toujou. M'ap fè li sèvi tankou yon limyè pou lòt nasyon yo, pou dènye moun sou latè ka konnen ki jan mwen menm mwen delivre!
And hee sayde, It is a small thing that thou shouldest be my seruaunt, to raise vp the tribes of Iaakob, and to restore the desolations of Israel: I will also giue thee for a light of the Gentiles, that thou maiest bee my saluation vnto the ende of the worlde.
7 Bondye pèp Izrayèl la ki yon Bondye apa, Seyè k'ap delivre yo a, l'ap pale ak pèp tout moun ap meprize a, pèp nasyon yo pa vle wè a, pèp ki esklav chèf k'ap gouvènen yo a. Li di yo: Wa va leve kanpe lè y'a wè ou. Chèf va ajenou devan ou. Y'a fè sa poutèt Seyè a k'ap toujou kenbe pawòl li, poutèt Bondye pèp Izrayèl la ki te chwazi ou.
Thus sayeth the Lord the redeemer of Israel, and his Holie one, to him that is despised in soule, to a nation that is abhorred, to a seruaunt of rulers, Kinges shall see, and arise, and princes shall worship, because of the Lord, that is faithfull: and ye Holy one of Israel, which hath chosen thee.
8 Men sa Seyè a di pèp li a: -Lè lè a va rive pou m' fè ou gras, m'a reponn ou. Lè jou a va rive pou m' delivre ou, m'a pote ou sekou. Se mwen ki te fè ou, se mwen ki te chwazi ou pou ou siyen yon kontra ak tout pèp yo. M'a fè peyi a kanpe ankò. N'a tounen viv nan peyi yo te ban nou an, peyi yo te devaste a.
Thus sayeth the Lord, In an acceptable time haue I heard thee, and in a day of saluation haue I helped thee: and I will preserue thee, and wil giue thee for a couenant of ye people, that thou maiest raise vp the earth, and obtaine the inheritance of the desolate heritages:
9 M'a di prizonye yo al lakay nou! M'a di moun ki te chita nan fènwa yo: Soti vin nan limyè a. Sou tout wout yo, y'a jwenn manje pou yo manje. Tankou mouton, y'a jwenn manje sou tout ti mòn.
That thou maiest say to the prisoners, Goe foorth: and to them that are in darkenesse, Shewe your selues: they shall feede in the waies, and their pastures shall bee in all the toppes of the hilles.
10 Yo p'ap janm grangou, yo p'ap janm swaf dlo. Chalè solèy ak van dezè p'ap fè yo anyen. Paske se moun ki renmen yo a k'ap kondi yo. L'a mennen yo kote ki gen sous dlo.
They shall not be hungrie, neither shall they be thirstie, neither shall the heat smite them, nor the sunne: for he that hath compassion on them, shall leade them: euen to the springs of waters shall he driue them.
11 M'a louvri yon bèl chemen nan mòn yo. M'a pare wout sou tout mòn yo pou pèp la.
And I will make all my mountaines, as a way, and my paths shalbe exalted.
12 Gen ladan yo k'ap soti byen lwen. Gen sa k'ap soti nan nò. Gen sa k'ap soti bò solèy kouche. Gen lòt k'ap soti lavil Sinim nan sid.
Beholde, these shall come from farre: and loe, these from the North and from the West, and these from the land of Sinim.
13 Se pou syèl la kontan! Se pou tè a fè fèt! Se pou mòn yo rele tèlman yo kontan! Paske Seyè a pral bay pèp li a kouraj, l'ap gen pitye pou pèp li a ki nan lapenn.
Reioyce, O heauens: and bee ioyfull, O earth: brast foorth into praise, O mountaines: for God hath comforted his people, and will haue mercie vpon his afflicted.
14 Men, pèp lavil Jerizalèm lan t'ap di: -Seyè a lage nou. Mèt la bliye nou.
But Zion saide, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
15 Seyè a reponn: -Eske yon manman ka bliye pitit l'ap bay tete a? Eske li ka pa sansib pou pitit li pote nan vant li a? Menm si yon manman ta rive bliye pitit li, mwen menm, mwen p'ap janm bliye nou!
Can a woman forget her childe, and not haue compassion on the sonne of her wombe? though they should forget, yet wil I not forget thee.
16 Mwen ekri non nou nan pla men m'. Mwen toujou wè miray nou yo devan je m'.
Behold, I haue grauen thee vpon the palme of mine hands: thy walles are euer in my sight.
17 Moun ki pral rebati lavil la ap vin talè konsa. Moun ki t'ap kraze nou yo, ki t'ap piye nou yo, pral kouri met deyò.
Thy builders make haste: thy destroiers and they that made thee waste, are departed from thee.
18 Voye je nou toupatou. Gade sa k'ap pase. Tout moun nou yo ap sanble, y'ap vin jwenn nou. Jan nou konnen mwen vivan an, mwen fè sèman: Nou pral kontan wè yo lakay nou, tankou lè lamarye kontan wè bèl rad nòs li sou li. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
Lift vp thine eies round about and behold: all these gather themselues together and come to thee: as I liue, sayeth the Lord, thou shalt surely put them all vpon thee as a garment, and girde thy selfe with them like a bride.
19 Peyi nou an te fin kraze. Peyi a te fin ravaje. Men, koulye a li pral twò piti pou kantite moun k'ap rete ladan l'. Paske moun ki t'ap fini ak peyi a, yo pral voye yo jete byen lwen nou.
For thy desolations, and thy waste places, and thy land destroied, shall surely be now narow for them that shall dwell in it, and they that did deuoure thee, shalbe farre away.
20 Yon lè, pitit nou te kwè ki te pèdi nèt yo, n'a tande yo ap pale nan zòrèy nou, y'a di nou: Peyi a twò piti pou nou. Ban nou kote pou nou rete.
The children of thy barennesse shall say againe in thine eares, The place is straict for mee: giue place to me that I may dwell.
21 Lè sa a, n'a di nan kè nou! -Kilès ki te fè tout pitit sa yo pou nou? Nou te pèdi tout pitit nou yo. Nou pa t' kapab fè pitit ankò. Yo te depòte nou, yo te vire do ban nou. Ki moun ki te elve tout pitit sa yo pou nou? Nou te pou kò nou. Kote yo soti menm?
Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten mee these, seeing I am baren and desolate, a captiue and a wanderer to and from? and who hath nourished them? beholde, I was left alone: whence are these?
22 Men sa Seyè a, Bondye a, di ankò: M'ap fè nasyon yo siyon ak men m'. M'ap leve drapo m' pou m' avèti pèp yo. Se yo menm ankò ki pral pran pitit gason nou yo sou do yo, k'ap mete pitit fi nou yo sou zepòl yo pou mennen yo tounen lakay nou.
Thus sayeth the Lord God, Beholde, I will lift vp mine hande to the Gentiles and set vp my stadart to the people, and they shall bring thy sonnes in their armes: and thy daughters shall be caried vpon their shoulders.
23 Wa yo pral tankou papa pou nou. Pitit fi wa yo pral sèvi nou nouris. Y'ap ajenou devan nou, y'ap bese tèt yo jouk atè, Y'a niche pousyè ki nan pye nou. Lè sa a, n'a konnen se mwen menm ki Seyè a. Moun ki mete tout espwa yo nan mwen p'ap janm wont.
And Kings shalbe thy nourcing fathers, and Queenes shalbe thy nources: they shall worship thee with their faces towarde the earth, and licke vp the dust of thy feete: and thou shalt knowe that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that waite for me.
24 Eske ou ka wete nan men yon vanyan gason bagay li pran nan lagè? Eske ou ka lage prizonye ki anba men gwo chèf?
Shall the pray be taken from the mightie? or the iust captiuitie deliuered?
25 Men sa Seyè a reponn: Wi! Yo ka wete nan men yon vanyan sòlda sa li pran nan lagè. Yo ka lage prizonye ki anba men yon gwo chèf. M'ap goumen pou nou ak tout moun k'ap fè nou lagè. M'a delivre pitit nou yo.
But thus sayeth the Lord, euen the captiuitie of the mightie shall be taken away: and the pray of the tyrant shall be deliuered: for I wil contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will saue thy children,
26 Moun k'ap fè nou pase tray yo, m'ap fè yo yonn manje lòt. Y'ap bwè pwòp san yo jouk y'a sou tankou moun ki bwè diven. Lè sa a, tout moun va konnen se mwen menm, Seyè a, k'ap sove nou. Se mwen menm, Bondye fanmi Jakòb la, Bondye ki gen pouvwa a, k'ap delivre nou.
And will feede them that spoile thee, with their owne flesh, and they shall be drunken with their owne bloode, as with sweete wine: and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy sauiour and thy redeemer, the mighty one of Iaakob.
