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1 Alò, li te vin rive apre sa ke fis Moab yo avèk fis Ammon yo, ansanm avèk kèk nan Maonit yo te vini pou fè lagè kont Josaphat.
It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
2 Kèk moun te vin bay rapò a Josaphat e te di: “Yon gran foul ap pwoche kont ou soti lòtbò lanmè Syrie. Gade byen, yo rive Hatsatson-Thamar” (ki En-Guédi a).
Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There comes a great multitude against you from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi.
3 Josaphat te byen pè. Li te vire atansyon li pou chache SENYÈ a, e te pwoklame yon jèn toupatou nan Juda.
And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
4 Konsa, Juda te rasanble ansanm pou chache èd SENYÈ a. Yo te sòti menm nan tout vil a Juda yo pou chache SENYÈ a.
And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
5 Konsa, Josaphat te kanpe nan asanble Juda a avèk Jérusalem, lakay SENYÈ a devan tribinal nèf la.
And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,
6 Li te di: “O SENYÈ, Bondye a zansèt pa nou yo, èske se pa Ou menm ki Bondye nan Syèl yo? Èske se pa Ou menm ki renye sou tout wayòm a nasyon yo? Pwisans avèk majeste, se nan men Ou, jiskaske nanpwen moun ki kab kanpe kont Ou.
And said, O LORD God of our fathers, are not you God in heaven? and rule not you over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in your hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand you?
7 Èske se pa Ou menm, O Bondye nou an, ki te chase tout sila ki te rete nan peyi sa a devan pèp Ou a, Israël pou bay li a desandan Abraham yo, zanmi Ou an, jis pou tout tan?
Are not you our God, who did drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and gave it to the seed of Abraham your friend for ever?
8 Yo te abite ladann, yo te bati sanktyè Ou a la pou non Ou, e yo te di:
And they dwelled therein, and have built you a sanctuary therein for your name, saying,
9 ‘Si mechanste ta vini sou nou, nepe, oswa jijman, oswa epidemi, oswa gwo grangou, nou va kanpe devan kay sila a e devan Ou menm, (paske non pa Ou sou kay sa a) pou kriye a Ou menm nan twoub nou yo, ke Ou va tande pou delivre nou.’
If, when evil comes on us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in your presence, (for your name is in this house, ) and cry to you in our affliction, then you will hear and help.
10 Alò, gade, fis a Ammon yo avèk Moab avèk Mòn Séir, kilès ou te anpeche Israël pran lè yo te sòti nan peyi Égypte la. Konsa, yo te vire akote e yo pa t detwi yo.
And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;
11 Gade, koulye a, jan y ap rekonpanse nou lè yo vin parèt pou chase nou mete deyò soti nan posesyon ke Ou te bannou kòm eritaj la.
Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit.
12 O Bondye nou, èske Ou p ap jije yo? Paske nou san pouvwa devan gran foul sila a k ap vini kont nou an. Ni nou pa konnen kisa pou nou fè, men zye nou ap gade sou Ou.”
O our God, will you not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that comes against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are on you.
13 Tout Juda te kanpe devan SENYÈ a avèk ti bebe yo, madanm yo ak zanfan yo.
And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
14 Alò, nan mitan asanble a, Lespri SENYÈ a te vini sou Jachaziel, fis a Zacharie a, fis a Benaja a, fis a Jeïel la, fis a Matthania a, Levit la ak fis a Asaph yo.
Then on Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the middle of the congregation;
15 Epi li te di: “Koute, tout Juda avèk pèp Jérusalem nan ak Wa Josaphat: konsa pale SENYÈ a a nou menm: ‘Pa pè, ni pa pèdi kouraj akoz gran foul sila a, paske batay la pa pou nou, men se pou Bondye li ye.
And he said, Listen you, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you king Jehoshaphat, Thus says the LORD to you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.
16 Demen, desann kont yo. Tande byen, yo va vin monte kote pant ti mòn Tsits lan, e nou va jwenn yo nan dènye pwent vale a devan dezè Jeruel la.
To morrow go you down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and you shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.
17 Nou pa bezwen goumen nan batay sila a. Pran pozisyon nou e kanpe gade delivrans SENYÈ a anfavè nou, O Juda, avèk Jérusalem. Pa pè, ni pa pèdi kouraj. Demen sòti pou parèt devan yo, paske SENYÈ a avèk nou.’”
You shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand you still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.
18 Josaphat te bese tèt li jis atè, e tout Juda avèk moun Jérusalem yo te tonbe atè devan SENYÈ a, pou adore Li.
And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.
19 Levit ki te nan fis a Keatit yo, e nan fis a Koreyit yo, te kanpe pou louwe SENYÈ a, Bondye Israël la, nan yon trè gwo vwa.
And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high.
20 Yo te leve granmmaten, e yo te sòti deyò nan dezè Tekoa a. Pandan yo tap sòti, Josaphat te kanpe. Li te di: “Koute mwen, O Juda avèk moun Jérusalem yo, mete konfyans nou nan SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, e nou va etabli. Mete konfyans nou nan pwofèt Li yo, e nou va vin reyisi.”
And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall you be established; believe his prophets, so shall you prosper.
21 Lè li te fin konsilte pèp la, li te chwazi sila ki te chante a SENYÈ yo avèk sila ki te fè louwanj nan vètman sen yo, pandan yo t ap sòti devan lame a. Yo t ap di: “Bay remèsiman a SENYÈ a, paske lanmou dous Li a dire jis pou tout tan.”
And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers to the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endures for ever.
22 Depi lè a, yo te kòmanse chante ak bay louwanj, SENYÈ a te mete anbiskad kont fis a Ammon yo, Moab avèk Mòn Séir, ki te vini kont Juda yo epi yo te vin boulvèse.
And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushes against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.
23 Paske fis Ammon yo avèk Moab yo te leve kont fis Mòn Séir yo pou te detwi yo nèt. Lè yo te fini avèk moun Mòn Séir yo, yo te asiste pou detwi youn lòt.
For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.
24 Lè Juda te rive nan wotè sou dezè a, yo te gade vè gwo foul la, epi vwala, te gen kadav ki te kouche atè a. Okenn pa t chape.
And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked to the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
25 Lè Josaphat avèk pèp li a te vini pran piyaj la, yo te twouve anpil bagay pami yo; byen, vètman ak bagay valab ke yo te pran pou yo menm, plis pase yo ta kab pote. Yo te pran twa jou pou ranmase piyaj la, paske li te tèlman anpil.
And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
26 Nan katriyèm jou a, yo te fè asanble nan vale Beraca a. La, yo te beni SENYÈ a. Akoz sa, yo te rele plas sa a: “Vale Beraca a” jis rive jodi a.
And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, to this day.
27 Tout mesye Juda avèk Jérusalem yo te retounen avèk Josaphat sou tèt la. Yo te retounen Jérusalem avèk kè kontan, paske SENYÈ a te fè yo rejwi sou lènmi yo.
Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
28 Yo te vini Jérusalem avèk ap, gita yo ak twonpèt pou rive vè kay SENYÈ a.
And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets to the house of the LORD.
29 Lakrent Bondye te sou tout wayòm a lòt peyi yo lè yo te tande ke SENYÈ a te goumen kont lènmi Israël yo.
And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.
30 Konsa, wayòm Josaphat a te gen lapè, paske Bondye li a te ba li repo tout kote.
So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
31 Alò, Josaphat te renye sou Juda. Li te gen laj a trann-senk ane lè l te devni wa a e li te renye Jérusalem pandan venn-senkan. Non manman l se te Azuba, fi a Schilchi a.
And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
32 Li te mache nan chemen papa li, Asa, e li pa t kite li. Li te toujou fè sa ki dwat nan zye SENYÈ a.
And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD.
33 Sepandan, wo plas yo pa t retire. Pèp la potko dirije kè yo vè Bondye a zansèt yo a.
However, the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts to the God of their fathers.
34 Alò, tout lòt zèv a Josaphat yo, soti nan premye jis rive nan dènye a, gade byen, yo ekri nan rejis a Jéhu, fis a Hanani, ki enskri nan Liv Wa Israël Yo.
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.
35 Apre sa, Josaphat, wa Juda a te fè alyans avèk Achazia, wa Israël la. Li te aji mal nan fè bagay sa a.
And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:
36 Konsa, li te alinye li avèk li pou fè bato yo rive Tarsis e yo te fè bato yo rive nan Etsjon-Guéber.
And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongaber.
37 Epi Éliézer, fis a Dodava a nan Maréscha, te pwofetize kont Josaphat. Li te di: “Akoz ou te fè alyans avèk Achazia, SENYÈ a te detwi zèv ou yo.” Pou sa, bato yo te kraze, e yo pa t kab ale Tarsis.
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has broken your works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

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