Ezayi 55
1 Vini non, nou tout ki swaf dlo. Men dlo! Vini non, nou tout ki pa gen lajan, nou mèt vini. Achte manje pou nou manje. Nou pa bezwen lajan! Achte diven ak lèt pou nou bwè. Nou pa bezwen peye!
“Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
2 Poukisa n'ap depanse lajan achte manje ki pa ka fè anyen pou nou? Poukisa n'ap depanse lajan travay nou pou bagay ki pa ka plen vant nou? Si nou koute byen sa m'ap di nou la a, n'a manje sa ki bon. N'a pran plezi nou nan manje bon kalite manje.
Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Sh'ma ·Hear obey· sh'ma ·hear obey· unto me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness.
3 Louvri zòrèy nou. Vin jwenn mwen. Koute byen sa m'ap di nou, n'a jwenn lavi. M'ap siyen yon kontra ak nou pou tout tan. M'a ban nou benediksyon mwen te pwomèt David yo.
Turn your ear, and come to me. Sh'ma ·Hear obey·, and your soul will live: and I will make an everlasting covenant ·binding contract between two or more parties· with you, even to give you the chesed ·loving-kindness· shown to David [Beloved].
4 Gade. Mwen te fè l' chèf pou l' te kòmande nasyon yo. Mwen te fè l' sèvi m' temwen nan mitan yo.
Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and enjoiner unto the peoples.
5 Gade, ou pral rele nasyon ou pa t' konnen. Nasyon ki pa t' konnen ou pral kouri vin jwenn ou. Se mwen menm, Seyè a, Bondye ou la, Bondye apa pèp Izrayèl la, k'ap fè sa rive konsa, paske m'ap leve ou anlè.
Behold, you shall call a nation that you don’t know; and a nation that didn’t know you shall run to you, because of Adonai your God, and for haKadosh Isra'el [the Holy One of God prevails]; for he has glorified you.”
6 Tounen vin jwenn Seyè a, pandan nou ka jwenn li an. Lapriyè nan pye l' pandan li toupre nou an.
Seek Adonai while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.
7 Se pou mechan yo kite move chemen y'ap swiv la. Se pou malveyan yo wete move lide k'ap travay nan tèt yo. Se pou yo tounen vin jwenn Seyè a ki va gen pitye pou yo. Se pou yo tounen vin jwenn Bondye nou an, paske l'ap padonnen tou sa yo fè.
Let the wicked forsake his way, and those who practice vain striving of iniquity his thoughts. Let him make teshuvah ·complete return· to Adonai, and he will have racham ·merciful love· on him; and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
8 Lide pa m' pa menm ak lide pa nou. Chemen pa nou pa menm ak chemen pa m'. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways,” says Adonai.
9 Menm jan syèl la byen lwen anwo latè, se konsa lide pa m' byen lwen anwo lide pa nou, chemen pa m' byen lwen chemen pa nou.
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 Gade! Lapli ak lawouze soti nan syèl la, yo pa tounen kote yo soti a san yo pa wouze latè, san yo pa fè l' donnen, san yo pa fè plant yo pouse pou bay kiltivatè yo grenn pou yo simen ak manje pou yo manje.
For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky, and does not teshuvah ·completely return· there, but waters the earth, and makes it grow and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
11 Konsa tou pou pawòl ki soti nan bouch mwen: li p'ap tounen vin jwenn mwen san li pa fè sa m' te vle l' fè a, san li pa fè tou sa mwen te voye l' fè a.
so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not teshuvah ·completely return· to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.
12 N'a kite lavil Babilòn ak kè kontan. Y'a mennen nou tounen lakay nou ak kè poze. Gwo mòn yo ak ti mòn yo va pran chante pou nou sitèlman y'a kontan. Tout pyebwa nan plenn yo va bat bravo pou nou!
For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace. The mountains and the hills will break out before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields will clap their hands.
13 Pye pichpen va pouse kote ki te plen pikan. Pye ilan-ilan va pouse kote ki te plen chadwon. Sa va sèvi yon lwanj pou Seyè a, yon remak k'ap la pou tout tan, yon siy pesonn p'ap ka detwi.
Instead of the thorn the cypress tree will come up; and instead of the brier the myrtle tree will come up: and it will make a name for Adonai, for an everlasting sign that will not be cut off.”
