Ezayi 50
1 Men sa Seyè a di ankò: -Si m' te voye manman nou tounen lakay li, kote papye divòs mwen te ba li? Ki moun mwen te dwe lajan pou m' ta vann nou ba li tankou esklav? Se poutèt mechanste nou yo mwen te vann nou. Se poutèt peche nou yo mwen te voye manman nou tounen lakay li.
Thus saith Jehovah: Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, By which I dismissed her? Or who is he among my creditors To whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities are ye sold, And for your transgressions was your mother dismissed.
2 Poukisa, atò, lè mwen vin delivre nou an, pa gen pesonn ki vini jwenn mwen? Poukisa, lè m' rele nou, pesonn pa reponn? Eske se fòs mwen pa gen fòs ase pou m' delivre nou? Eske ponyèt mwen twò fèb pou m' sove nou? Se konnen nou pa konnen mwen annik louvri bouch mwen epi tout dlo lanmè cheche, tout larivyè tounen ravin chèch, tout pwason mouri paske yo pa jwenn dlo. Y'ap pouri.
Wherefore, when I came, was no man at hand? When I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand too short to redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, And make the rivers a desert. Their fish putrefy for want of water, And die with thirst.
3 Mwen kouvri syèl la ak nwaj nwa. Li tankou yon moun ki nan lapenn pou ka lanmò!
I clothe the heavens with blackness, And make sackcloth their covering.
4 Seyè a moutre m' sa pou m' di, pou m' ka ankouraje moun ki pa kapab ankò. Chak maten li louvri zòrèy mwen, pou m' ka tande sa li pral moutre m', jan yon bon patizan fèt pou fè.
The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of the learned, That I might know how to strengthen with my words them that are weary; He wakeneth me every morning, He wakeneth mine ear, That I may hear in the manner of the learned.
5 Seyè a, Bondye a, louvri lespri mwen, mwen pa kenbe tèt ak li. Mwen pa renka devan li.
The Lord Jehovah opened mine ear, And I was not disobedient, Neither did I withdraw myself backward.
6 Mwen pare do m' bay moun k'ap bat mwen yo. Mwen lonje figi m' bay moun k'ap rache bab mwen yo. Mwen pa kache figi m' lè y'ap joure m', lè y'ap krache sou mwen.
I gave my back to the smiters, And my cheeks to them that pluck the beard; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
7 Seyè a, Bondye a, ap pote m' sekou. Se poutèt sa, jouman yo pa ka fè m' anyen. Mwen sere dan m', mwen mare kè m' pou m' soufri. Mwen sèten, Bondye p'ap fè m' wont.
But the Lord Jehovah is my helper, Therefore shall I not be confounded; Therefore have I made my face like a flint, For I know that I shall not be put to shame.
8 Moun ki pral rann mwen jistis la pa lwen rive. Ki moun ki vle plede ak mwen? Ann konparèt ansanm devan tribinal la? Kilès ki vle rele m' lajistis? Se pou l' vin kanpe la devan m'!
He that defendeth my cause is near; Who will contend with me? Let us stand up together! Who is my adversary? Let him come near to me!
9 Se Seyè a menm, Bondye a, k'ap pote m' sekou. Ki moun ki ka fè yo kondannen m'? Tout moun k'ap akize m' yo pral disparèt. Y'ap tankou yon rad vèmen ap devore.
Behold, the Lord Jehovah is my defender; Who is he that shall condemn me? Behold, they shall all waste away like a garment; The moth shall consume them.
10 Nou tout ki gen krentif pou Seyè a, nou tout k'ap koute pawòl sèvitè li a, nou wè jan chemen m'ap swiv la fè nwa san yon ti limyè ladan l'. Se pou nou met konfyans nou nan Seyè a. Apiye sou Bondye nou an!
Who is there among you that feareth Jehovah, That hearkeneth to the voice of his servant, That walketh in darkness and hath no light? Let him trust in the name of Jehovah, And lean upon his God.
11 Men nou tout k'ap pouse dife, k'ap fè plan pou detwi lòt moun, se nou menm ki pral boule nan dife nou limen an, se nou menm ki pral pran nan plan n'ap fè yo. Se Seyè a menm ki pral fè sa rive nou: Nou pral tòde ak doulè nan kabann nou.
Behold, all ye who kindle a fire, Who gird yourselves with burning arrows! Walk ye in the light of your fire, And in the burning arrows which ye have kindled. This shall ye have from my hand; Ye shall lie down in sorrow.
