Neemi 9

1 Sou vennkatriyèm jou nan menm mwa a, tout moun pèp Izrayèl yo reyini pou fè jèn pou mande Bondye padon pou peche yo. Tout moun te la, yon rad sak kòlèt sou yo, pousyè tè kouvri tout tèt yo pou fè wè jan yo te nan lapenn.

On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads.

2 Tout moun pèp Izrayèl yo mete kò yo ansanm. Yo pa kite ankenn moun lòt nasyon mele ak yo. Epi se konsa yo kanpe, yo konmanse di tou sa yo menm yo fè ki mal ansanm ak tout peche zansèt yo te fè.

Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

3 Pandan twazè, yo tout rete kanpe kote yo te ye a, y'ap tande moun ap li nan liv lalwa Seyè a, Bondye yo a. Apre sa, pandan twazè ankò, yo t'ap di tout peche yo te fè, epi yo tonbe ajenou ap adore Seyè a, Bondye a.

While they stood in their places, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and they spent another quarter of the day in confession and worship of the LORD their God.

4 Yo te moute yon lestrad pou moun Levi yo. Men moun ki te kanpe sou lestrad la: Se te Jozye, Bani, Kadmyèl, Chebanya, Bouni, Cherebya, Bani ak Kenani. Yo t'ap lapriyè byen fò nan pye Bondye.

And the Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani—stood on the raised platform and cried out in a loud voice to the LORD their God.

5 Apre sa, moun Levi sa yo: Jozye, Kadmyèl, Bani, Achabnya, Cherebya, Odija, Chebanya ak Petaja pran lapawòl. Yo di: -Leve non, mezanmi! Fè lwanj Seyè a, Bondye nou an, pou toutan toutan! Se pou nou tout fè lwanj non li ki gen pouvwa, malgre moun p'ap janm ka rive fin di li mèsi ni fè lwanj li jan li merite l' la.

Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.

6 Seyè, se ou menm ki sèl mèt. Pa gen lòt. Se ou ki fè syèl la, sa ki anwo syèl la ansanm ak tout sa ki ladan l'. Se ou ki fè tè a ak tou sa ki sou li, lanmè a ak tou sa ki ladan l'. Se ou ki bay tout bagay sa yo lavi. Tout pouvwa nan syèl la bese tèt devan ou pou adore ou.

You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.

7 Seyè, se ou menm Bondye ki te chwazi Abram, ki te fè l' kite lavil Our nan peyi Kalde. Ou chanje non l', ou rele l' Abraram.

You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.

8 Lè ou wè li te soti pou l' kenbe pawòl li ak ou, ou pase yon kontra avè l'. Ou pwomèt w'ap ba li peyi moun Kanaran yo, peyi moun Et yo ak peyi moun Amori yo, peyi moun Ferezi yo, peyi moun Jebis yo ak peyi moun Gigach yo pou li ak pou pitit pitit li yo. Ou te kenbe pwomès ou yo paske ou pa janm nan bay manti.

You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites— to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.

9 Ou te wè jan zansèt nou yo t'ap soufri nan peyi Lejip. Ou te tande jan yo t'ap rele mande sekou bò lanmè Wouj la.

You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.

10 Ou te fè anpil mirak ak mèvèy pou pini farawon an, moun ki t'ap sèvi l' yo ansanm ak tout pèp peyi Lejip la paske ou te konnen jan moun sa yo t'ap maltrete pèp ou a. Depi lè sa a, y'ap nonmen nou ou jouk jòdi a.

You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.

11 Ou louvri yon chemen nan lanmè a pou pèp la pase san pye yo pa mouye. Moun ki t'ap pousib yo, ou neye yo nan fon lanmè. Yo fè fon tankou wòch nan gwo lanmè.

You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.

12 Lajounen se avèk yon gwo nwaj ou moutre yo chemen pou yo pran. Lannwit, avèk yon flanm dife, ou klere chemen kote pou yo pase.

You led them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they should travel.

13 Ou soti nan syèl la, ou desann sou mòn Sinayi a pou pale ak yo. Ou ba yo regleman ki pou fè yo mache dwat, lwa ki gen verite ladan l'. Ou ba yo bon prensip ak bon kòmandman.

You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.

14 Ou moutre yo pou yo mete jou repo a apa pou ou. Ou voye Moyiz, sèvitè ou la, pou li ba yo tout kòmandman, tout lòd ak lalwa ou mande pou yo swiv.

You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.

15 Lè yo te grangou, ou ba yo pen ki soti nan syèl la. Lè yo te swaf dlo, ou fè dlo pete soti nan wòch. Ou ba yo lòd pou y' al pran pou yo peyi ou te pwomèt ou t'ap ba yo a.

In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land which You had sworn to give them.

16 Men, zansèt nou yo kite lògèy vire lòlòj yo. Yo fè tèt di, yo derefize obeyi lòd ou te ba yo.

But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.

17 Yo refize obeyi ou, yo bliye tout bèl mèvèy ou te fè pou yo. Yo fè tèt di, yo chwazi yon chèf pou mennen yo tounen nan esklavaj peyi Lejip la. Men, ou se Bondye ki konn padonnen. Ou gen pitye, ou gen bon kè. Ou pa fè kòlè fasil, Ou pa t' janm sispann renmen yo. Ou pa t' lage yo.

They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.

18 Yo fonn metal, yo fè yon zidòl fòm yon ti towo bèf. Epi yo di se li menm ki bondye yo, bondye ki te fè yo moute soti kite peyi Lejip. Lè sa a, se pi gwo jouman yo ta ka fè ou!

Even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and when they committed terrible blasphemies,

19 Men, ou pa vire do ou kite yo nan dezè a, sitèlman ou te gen anpil pitye pou yo. Ou pa t' wete nwaj ki t'ap moutre yo chemen pou yo pran lajounen, ni gwo flanm dife ki t'ap klere chemen pou yo te pran lannwit.

You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.

20 Ou pran ti gout nan lespri ou, ou ba yo pou yo ka gen konprann. Ou toujou ba yo laman pou yo manje, ou toujou ba yo dlo lè yo te swaf dlo.

You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst.

21 Pandan karantan, ou pran swen yo nan dezè a: yo pa janm manke anyen! Rad sou yo pa janm fini, pye yo pa janm anfle.

For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.

22 Ou lage nan men yo peyi anpil wa ak anpil pèp. Ou separe l' ba yo pou chak moun viv nan limit ou ba yo. Yo pran peyi Esbon, kote wa Siyon t'ap gouvènen an, ak peyi Bazan kote wa Og te chèf la.

You gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner of the land. So they took the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and of Og king of Bashan.

23 Ou ba yo anpil pitit, menm kantite ak zetwal nan syèl la. Ou mennen yo nan peyi ou te pwomèt zansèt yo ou t'ap fè yo pran pou yo a.

You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had told their fathers to enter and possess.

24 Yo anvayi peyi Kanaran, yo pran l' pou yo. Ou fè moun peyi Kanaran an bese tèt devan yo. Ou lage tout wa yo ak tout pèp ki t'ap viv nan peyi a nan men pèp ou a, pou yo te fè ak yo sa yo te vle.

So their descendants went in and possessed the land; You subdued before them the Canaanites dwelling in the land. You delivered into their hands the kings and peoples of the land, to do with them as they wished.

25 Pèp ou a mache pran tout lavil ki te gen gwo fò pou defann yo, ak tout bon venn tè moun yo. Yo pran tout kay yo ansanm ak tout byen ki te ladan yo. Yo jwenn sitèn tou fouye, jaden rezen, jaden oliv ak pyebwa k'ap donnen an kantite. Yo manje, yo plen vant yo, yo vin gra. Yo pran plezi jwi tout kantite bèl bagay ou te ba yo.

They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in Your great goodness.

26 Men, yo rete konsa, yo vire do ba ou, yo fè wondonmon. Yo pran lalwa ou la, yo voye l' jete dèyè do yo. Yo touye pwofèt ou te voye ak mesaj pou ba yo avètisman pou yo te ka tounen vin jwenn ou. Se pa ti kras manke yo te manke ou dega!

But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.

27 Se konsa, ou lage yo nan men moun ki pa vle we yo, ki bat yo nan lagè, ki mete pye sou kou yo. Nan tray yo te ye a, yo rele mande ou sekou. Ou rete nan syèl la, ou reponn yo. Ou te gen pitye pou yo, ou voye chèf pou delivre yo anba men moun ki t'ap peze yo.

So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.

28 Men, kou ou ba yo yon ti souf, yo konmanse ap fè sa ki mal ankò devan ou. Ou lage yo nan men lènmi ki t'ap kraze yo. Lè sa a ankò, yo pran rele nan pye ou. Ou menm menm, ou rete nan syèl la, ou reponn yo. Ou sitèlman gen bon kè, se pa ni de ni twa fwa ou delivre yo.

But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion.

29 Ou te avèti yo, ou te mande yo pou yo obeyi tout lòd ou yo. Men, lògèy vire lòlòj yo, yo refize swiv kòmandman ou yo. Yo fè bagay ki pa dakò ak lòd ou ba yo. Epi se lè yon moun swiv lòd ou yo, li jwenn lavi! Men, yo fè wòklò, yo fè tèt di, yo derefize obeyi ou.

You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They stubbornly shrugged their shoulders; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.

30 Pandan lontan lontan, ou pran pasyans ak yo, ou voye lespri ou sou pwofèt ou yo pou avèti yo. Men, yo bouche zòrèy yo pou yo pa tande. Lè sa a, ou lage yo nan men moun lòt nasyon yo.

You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.

31 Men, ou sitèlman gen bon kè, ou pa fin detwi yo nèt, ou pa lage yo nèt ale. Paske ou se yon Bondye ki gen bon kè, yon Bondye ki gen pitye pou moun!

But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.

32 Koulye a, Bondye nou, ou se yon Bondye ki gen pouvwa, yon Bondye ki gen fòs kouraj, yon Bondye ki fè moun respekte l'. W'ap toujou kenbe kontra ou te pase a, ou p'ap janm sispann gen bon kè. Tanpri, chonje lafliksyon ki te tonbe sou nou tout, sou wa nou yo, sou chèf nou yo, sou prèt nou yo, sou pwofèt nou yo, sou zansèt nou yo ak sou tout pèp la, depi lè wa peyi Lasiri yo t'ap peze nou an rive jouk koulye a. Pa kite nou soufri tou sa pou gremesi.

So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.

33 Nan tou sa ki rive nou an, ou te gen rezon ou nan pla men ou. Paske, ou menm ou toujou kenbe pawòl ou. Se nou menm ki toujou ap fè sa ki mal.

You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.

34 Wi, wa nou yo, chèf nou yo, prèt nou yo ak zansèt nou yo pa t' fè sa ki nan lalwa ou la. Yo pa t' koute kòmandman ak avètisman ou te ba yo.

Our kings and leaders and priests and fathers did not obey Your law or listen to Your commandments and warnings that You gave them.

35 Lè yo t'ap viv nan peyi yo a avèk pwòp wa yo, avèk tout gwo benediksyon ou te ba yo, nan gwo peyi plen bon venn tè ou te mete nan men yo a, yo pa t' sèvi ou, yo pa t' sispann fè move bagay.

For even while they were in their kingdom, with the abundant goodness that You had given them, and in the spacious and fertile land that You had set before them, they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.

36 Jòdi a, nou tounen esklav nan pwòp peyi nou, nan peyi ou te bay zansèt nou yo, pou yo te ka pwofite rekòt tè a bay ak tout lòt riches ki ladan l'. Nou tounen esklav lakay nou!

So here we are today as slaves in the land You gave our fathers to enjoy its fruit and goodness— here we are as slaves!

37 Tout rekòt peyi a al nan pòch wa ou mete sou kou nou. Tou sa, paske nou te fè peche. Yo fè sa yo vle ak nou ansanm ak bèt nou yo. Aa! Gade nan ki mizè nou ye non!

Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.

38 Avèk tout bagay sa yo ki rive nou, jòdi a nou menm pèp Izrayèl la, n'ap pran yon angajman, n'ap kouche l' sou papye. Epi tout chèf nou yo, tout moun Levi nou yo ak tout prèt nou yo pral siyen dokiman an anvan nou mete so sou li.

In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”