Plenn 3
1 Mwen se yon nonm ki konnen mizè moun gen pou pase lè Bondye ankòlè sou yo, lè Bondye ap pini yo.
I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2 Li trennen m', li fè m' mache nan fènwa san yon ti limyè pou klere m'.
He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
3 Tout lajounen, l'ap plede bat mwen san rete.
Surely he turns his hand against me, again and again all the day.
4 Po kò m' fin chire, vyann mwen parèt deyò konsa. Li kraze tout zo nan kò m'.
He has made my flesh and my skin old. He has broken my bones.
5 Li fèmen m' nan yon koridò mizè ak lafliksyon.
He has built against me, and encompassed me with gall and travail.
6 Li fè m' rete kote ki fènwa a tankou moun mouri yo.
He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those who have long been dead.
7 Li moute yon miray, li fèmen kote m' ye a, m' pa ka chape. Li mare m' ak gwo chenn.
He has walled me around, that I cannot go forth. He has made my chain heavy.
8 Tout rele mwen rele byen fò, pesonn p'ap tande m'.
Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
9 Li simen gwo wòch toupatou sou wout mwen. Kote m' vire, chak pa mwen fè, m' bite.
He has walled up my ways with hewn stone. He has made my paths crooked.
10 Tankou yon lous, li biske kò l', l'ap veye m'. Tankou yon lyon, li kache, l'ap tann mwen.
He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in concealed places.
11 Li fè m' tonbe nan bwa. Li filange tout kò m'. Lèfini, li lage m'.
He has turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces. He has made me desolate.
12 Li mete flèch nan banza li, li vize. Se sou mwen l'ap voye yo.
He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13 Li fè flèch li yo antre fon nan kò m'.
He has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins.
14 Tout moun nan peyi a ap pase m' nan betiz. Se toutan y'ap fè chante sou mwen.
I have become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.
15 Li plen vant mwen ak manje anmè kou fyèl. Li fè m' bwè labsent jouk mwen sou.
He has filled me with bitterness. He has sated me with wormwood.
16 Li fwote tout figi m' atè, li fè m' kase dan m' nan wòch.
He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones. He has covered me with ashes.
17 Mwen pa konnen sa yo rele kè poze. Mwen bliye sa yo rele kè kontan.
And thou have removed my soul far off from peace. I forgot prosperity.
18 Mwen di: M' pa gen lontan pou m' viv ankò. M' pèdi tout espwa mwen te gen nan Bondye.
And I said, My strength is perished, and my expectation from Jehovah.
19 Lè m' chonje nan ki mizè mwen ye, jan m'ap mache pwonmennen san rete, se tankou yon labsent, yon fyèl m'ap vale.
Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
20 Wi, lè m' chonje sa, kè m' sere, m' santi kè m' ap rache
My soul still has them in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.
21 Men, mwen reprann kouraj lè m' chonje yon sèl bagay.
This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope:
22 Seyè a pa janm sispann renmen nou. L'ap toujou gen pitye pou nou.
It is of Jehovah's loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions do not fail.
23 Tankou solèy la ki leve chak maten konsa tou l'ap toujou kenbe pawòl li.
They are new every morning. Great is thy faithfulness.
24 Mwen di: Se Seyè a ki tout mwen. Se nan li mwen mete tout espwa m'.
Jehovah is my portion, says my soul, therefore I will hope in him.
25 Seyè a bon pou tout moun ki mete konfyans yo nan li, pou moun k'ap konte sou li.
Jehovah is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
26 Sa bon pou nou rete dousman ap tann li vin delivre nou.
It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah.
27 Sa bon pou nou aprann sipòte depi nou tou jenn.
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
28 Lè Bondye ap manyen ak nou, ann chita pou kont nou san di anyen.
Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it upon him.
29 Nou pa bezwen plenyen. Nou pa janm konnen, ka gen espwa toujou.
Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
30 Se pou n' pare figi n' pou n' pran souflèt. Se pou n' asepte tou sa yo fè nou.
Let him give his cheek to him who smites him. Let him be filled full with reproach.
31 Bondye sèl Mèt la p'ap janm lage nou nèt.
For the Lord will not cast off forever.
32 Li ka fè nou lapenn, men l'ap gen pitye pou nou paske li renmen nou anpil.
For though he causes grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
33 Li pa pran plezi nan fè nou soufri, ni nan ban nou lapenn.
For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the sons of men.
34 Atò, se konnen Seyè a, Bondye sèl Mèt la, pa konnen lè y'ap kraze prizonye anba baton,
To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
35 lè yo derefize rekonèt dwa Bondye ban nou,
to turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
36 lè y'ap bay move jijman nan tribinal! Atò, se konnen li pa konnen!
to subvert a man in his cause, the Lord does not approve.
37 Depi Bondye Sèl Mèt la pale, se fini! Sa l' di se sak fèt.
Who is he that says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord does not command it?
38 Tou sa ki rive an byen osinon an mal, se li menm ki penmèt sa.
Out of the mouth of the Most High does there not come evil and good?
39 Lè nou anba bwa pou peche nou yo sa nou bezwen plenyen fè!
Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
40 Annou gade jan n'ap mennen bak nou! Ann egzaminen byen jan n'ap viv la! Lèfini, ann tounen vin jwenn Bondye!
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.
41 Ann leve bra nou nan syèl la, ann lapriyè nan pye l'!
Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
42 Nou peche, nou kenbe tèt avè ou! Men, ou menm ou pa padonnen nou.
We have transgressed and have rebelled. Thou have not pardoned.
43 Ou move pi rèd, ou fann nan kò nou! Ou te san pitye. Ou touye nou.
Thou have covered with anger and pursued us. Thou have slain; thou have not pitied.
44 Ou vlope kò ou nan yon gwo nwaj nwa pou lapriyè nou pa rive nan zòrèy ou.
Thou have covered thyself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
45 Ou fè nou tounen yon depotwa, yon pil fatra nan mitan lòt nasyon sou latè yo.
Thou have made us an off-scouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.
46 Tout lènmi nou yo ap lave bouch yo sou nou.
All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
47 N'ap viv ak kè sote, si se pa lanmò, se gwo danje, se gwo malè!
Fear and the pit have come upon us, devastation and destruction.
48 De je m' yo ap ponpe dlo tankou larivyè, lè m' wè malè ki tonbe sou pèp mwen an!
My eye runs down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 Dlo ap koule nan je m' san rete. Li p'ap janm sispann,
My eye pours down, and does not cease, without any intermission,
50 jouk jou Seyè a va rete nan syèl la, l'a voye je l' gade, l'a wè!
till Jehovah looks down, and beholds from heaven.
51 Wi, kè m' fè m' mal pou m' wè sa ki rive moun lavil mwen yo!
My eye stirs my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
52 Yon bann moun ki pa vle wè m' san m' pa fè yo anyen pran kouri dèyè m' tankou yon zwazo y'ap chache pran.
They have chased me grievously like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.
53 Yo lage m' tou vivan nan yon twou. Yo fèmen bouch twou a ak wòch.
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.
54 Dlo te prèt pou kouvri tèt mwen. Mwen di: Fwa sa a m' pran!
Waters flowed over my head. I said, I am cut off.
55 Nan twou kote m' te ye a, Seyè, mwen rele ou!
I called upon thy name, O Jehovah, out of the lowest dungeon.
56 Ou tande vwa m'. Tanpri, pa bouche zòrèy ou lè m'ap lapriyè nan pye ou.
Thou heard my voice. Hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
57 Wi, lè m' rele ou, ou pwoche. Ou di m' mwen pa bezwen pè!
Thou drew near in the day that I called upon thee. Thou said, Fear not.
58 Bondye Sèl Mèt, ou pran ka m' an konsiderasyon. Ou sove lavi m'.
O Lord, thou have pleaded the causes of my soul. Thou have redeemed my life.
59 Seyè, ou wè tout lenjistis y'ap fè m'. Tanpri, defann kòz mwen.
O Jehovah, thou have seen my wrong. Judge thou my cause.
60 Ou wè jan yo soti pou pwofite sou mwen, jan y'ap fè konplo pou touye m'.
Thou have seen all their vengeance and all their devices against me.
61 Seyè, ou tande jan y'ap joure m'. Ou konnen konplo y'ap fè sou do m'.
Thou have heard their reproach, O Jehovah, and all their devices against me,
62 Tout lajounen, y'ap pale sou mwen, y'ap fè plan.
the lips of those who rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
63 Gade yo non! Depi maten jouk aswè yo chita ap fè chante sou do m'!
Behold thou their sitting down, and their rising up. I am their song.
64 Seyè, se pou ou pini yo pou tou sa yo fè.
Thou will render to them a recompense, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands.
65 Madichonnen yo! Fè yo pèdi tèt yo!
Thou will give them hardness of heart, thy curse to them.
66 Move sou yo, Seyè! Pati dèyè yo! Disparèt yo sou latè!
Thou will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.
