Sòm 74
1 Se yon chante Asaf. Bondye, poukisa ou lage nou nèt konsa? Poukisa ou an kolè konsa sou moun pa ou yo, sou mouton ki nan savann ou yo?
Understanding for Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off unto the end: why is thy wrath enkindled against the sheep of thy pasture?
2 Pa bliye pèp ou te chwazi depi nan tan lontan an, pèp ou te achte pou ou te fè yo tounen moun pa ou! Pa bliye mòn Siyon kote ou te chwazi pou rete a!
Remember thy congregation, which thou hast possessed from the beginning. The sceptre of thy inheritance which thou hast redeemed: mount Sion in which thou hast dwelt.
3 vin wè sa ki rete apre ravaj la! Lènmi nou yo fin kraze dènye bagay nan kay ki apa pou ou a.
Lift up thy hands against their pride unto the end; see what things the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
4 Moun ki pa vle wè ou yo, yo kanpe nan mitan kote pèp ou konn reyini an, y'ap rele byen fò. Yo wete tou sa ki nan tanp lan, yo mete drapo pa yo.
And they that hate thee have made their boasts, in the midst of thy solemnity. They have set up their ensigns for signs,
5 Yo tankou moun k'ap voye kout rach pou koupe pyebwa nan yon gwo rak.
And they knew not both in the going out and on the highest top. As with axes in a wood of trees,
6 Yo kraze bout bèl panno bwa byen travay ki te nan tanp lan, anba kout rach ak kout mato.
They have cut down at once the gates thereof, with axe and hatchet they have brought it down.
7 Yo mete dife nan kay ki apa pou ou a, yo derespekte kote yo fè sèvis pou ou a, yo kraze l' vide atè.
They have set fire to thy sanctuary: they have defiled the dwelling place of thy name on the earth.
8 Nan kè yo yo te di: Ann kraze yo tout yon sèl kou! Yo boule tout kote ki te apa pou Bondye nan peyi a!
They said in their heart, the whole kindred of them together: Let us abolish all the festival days of God from the land.
9 Tout bèl bagay ki te nan tanp lan disparèt. Pa gen pwofèt ankò. Pesonn pa konnen kilè sa va chanje.
Our signs we have not seen, there is now no prophet: and he will know us no more.
10 Bondye, kilè moun k'ap pile nou anba pye yo va sispann joure? Gen lè lènmi yo p'ap janm gen respè pou non ou?
How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach: is the adversary to provoke thy name for ever?
11 Poukisa ou derefize ede nou? Poukisa ou rete kanpe ap gade, de bra ou kwaze?
Why dost thou turn away thy hand: and thy right hand out of the midst of thy bosom for ever?
12 Men, Bondye, se ou ki wa nou depi nan tan lontan. Ou fè nou genyen anpil batay sou latè.
But God is our king before ages: he hath wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Se avèk pouvwa ou ou te fann lanmè a. Se avè l' ou te kraze tèt gwo bèt lanmè yo.
Thou by thy strength didst make the sea firm: thou didst crush the heads of the dragons in the waters.
14 Se ou ki kraze tèt levyatan an, lèfini, ou fè bèt k'ap viv nan dezè a manje l'.
Thou hast broken the heads of the dragon: thou hast given him to be meat for the people of the Ethiopians.
15 Ou te fè sous dlo pete, ou fè larivyè koule. Ou fe gwo larivyè rete konsa yo chèch.
Thou hast broken up the fountains and the torrents: thou hast dried up the Ethan rivers.
16 Ou fè lajounen, ou fè lannwit. Se ou ki mete lalin lan ak solèy la nan plas yo.
Thine is the day, and thine is the night: thou hast made the morning light and the sun.
17 Se ou ki fikse limit tè a. Se ou ki fè sezon chalè ak sezon fredi.
Thou hast made all the borders of the earth: the summer and the spring were formed by thee.
18 Seyè, pa bliye jan lènmi ou yo ap pase ou nan rizib. Se yon bann moun san konprann ki pa gen respè pou non ou!
Remember this, the enemy hath reproached the Lord: and a foolish people hath provoked thy name.
19 Pa lage pèp ou nan men lènmi l' yo tankou toutrèl devan malfini. Pa bliye moun pa ou yo ki nan mizè nèt.
Deliver not up to beasts the souls that confess to thee: and forget not to the end the souls of thy poor.
20 Chonje kontra ou te siyen avèk yo a! Paske, nan tout ti kwen peyi a, nan tout mòn yo se ansasen.
Have regard to thy covenant: for they that are the obscure of the earth have been filled with dwellings of iniquity.
21 Pa kite moun y'ap peze yo wont! Fè pou pòv malere yo ka fè lwanj ou.
Let not the humble be turned away with confusion: the poor and needy shall praise thy name.
22 Leve non, Bondye! Defann kòz ou! Pa bliye jan moun fou sa yo ap joure ou tout lajounen!
Arise, O God, judge thy own cause: remember thy reproaches with which the foolish man hath reproached thee all the day.
23 Pa bliye jan lènmi ou yo ap rele byen fò! Pa bliye jan moun ki pa vle wè ou yo ap fè eskandal san rete.
Forget not the voices of thy enemies: the pride of them that hate thee ascendeth continually.
