2 Istwa 20
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.
And after this came the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them [some] of the Minaeans, against Josaphat 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).
And they came and told Josaphat, saying, There is come against you a great multitude from Syria, from beyond the sea; and, behold, they are in Asasan Thamar, this is Engadi.
3 Josaphat te byen pè. Li te vire atansyon li pou chache SENYÈ a, e te pwoklame yon jèn toupatou nan Juda.
And Josaphat was alarmed, and set his face to seek the Lord earnestly, and he proclaimed a fast in all Juda.
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 Juda gathered themselves together to seek after the Lord: even from all the cities of Juda 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 Josaphat stood up in the assembly of Juda in Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, in front of 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 he said, O Lord God of my fathers, are not you God in heaven above, and are not you Lord of all the kingdoms of the nations? and [is there] not in your hand the might of dominion, and there is no one who can resist 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 the Lord that did destroy the inhabitants of this land before the face of your people Israel, and did give it to your beloved seed of Abraham for ever?
8 Yo te abite ladann, yo te bati sanktyè Ou a la pou non Ou, e yo te di:
And they lived in it, and built in it a sanctuary to 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 there should come upon us evils, sword, judgment, pestilence, famine, we will stand before this house, and before you, (for your name [is] upon this house, ) and we will cry to you because of the affliction, and you shall hear, and deliver.
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, with regard to whom you did not permit Israel to pass through their border, when they had come out of the land of Egypt, (for they turned away from them, and did not destroy them; )—
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.
yet now, behold, they make attempts against us, to come forth to cast us out from our inheritance which you gave us.
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 Lord our God, will you not judge them? for we have no strength to resist this great multitude that is come against us; and we know not what we shall do to them: but our eyes are toward you.
13 Tout Juda te kanpe devan SENYÈ a avèk ti bebe yo, madanm yo ak zanfan yo.
And all Juda was standing before the Lord, and their children, and their wives.
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.
And Oziel the [son] of Zacharias, of the children of Banaias, of the sons of Eleiel, the sons of Matthanias the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, —upon him came the Spirit of the Lord in the assembly:
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, Hear you, all Juda, and the dwellers in Jerusalem, and king Josaphat: Thus says the Lord to you, even you, Fear not, neither be alarmed, before all this great multitude; for the battle is not years, 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 ascent of Assis, and you shall find them at the extremity of the river of the wilderness of Jeriel.
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.’”
It is not for you to fight: understand these things, and see the deliverance of the Lord with you, Juda and Jerusalem: fear not, neither be afraid to go forth to-morrow to meet them; and the Lord shall 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 Josaphat bowed with his face [to the ground] with all Juda and the dwellers in Jerusalem, [and] they fell before the Lord to worship 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 Caath, and [they] of the sons of Core, rose 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 out to the wilderness of Thecoe: and as they went out, Josaphat stood and cried, and said, Hear me, Juda, and the dwellers in Jerusalem; put your trust in the Lord God, and your trust shall be honored; trust in his prophet, and you shall 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 he took counsel with the people, and set appointed men to sing psalms and praises, to give thanks, and sing the holy songs of praise in going forth before the host: and they said, Give thanks to 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 the praise and thanksgiving, the Lord caused the children of Ammon to fight against Moab, and [the inhabitants of] mount Seir that came out against Juda; and they were routed.
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.
Then the children of Ammon and Moab rose up against the dwellers in mount Seir, to destroy and consume them; and when they had made an end of [destroying] the inhabitants of Seir, they rose up against one another so that they were utterly destroyed.
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 Juda came to the watch-tower of the wilderness, and looked, and saw the multitude, and, behold, [they were] all fallen dead upon the earth, not one 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 Josaphat and his people went out to spoil them, and they found much cattle, and furniture, and spoils, and precious things: and they spoiled them, and they were three days gathering the spoil, for it was abundant.
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 it came to pass on the fourth day they were gathered to the Valley of Blessing; for there they blessed the Lord: therefore they called the name of the place the Valley of Blessing, until 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.
And all the men of Juda returned to Jerusalem, and Josaphat led them with great joy; for the Lord gave them joy over their enemies.
28 Yo te vini Jérusalem avèk ap, gita yo ak twonpèt pou rive vè kay SENYÈ a.
And they entered into Jerusalem with lutes and harps and trumpets, [going] into 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 there was a terror of the Lord upon all the kingdoms of the land, when they 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.
And the kingdom of Josaphat was at peace; and 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 Josaphat reigned over Juda, being thirty-five years [old] when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Azuba, daughter of Sali.
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 ways of his father Asa, and turned not aside from 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.
nevertheless the high places yet remained; and as yet the people did not direct their heart to the Lord 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.
And the rest of the acts of Josaphat, the first and the last, behold, they are written in the history of Jeu [the son] of Anani, who wrote 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 afterwards Josaphat king of Juda entered into an alliance with Ochozias king of Israel, (now this was an unrighteous man, )
36 Konsa, li te alinye li avèk li pou fè bato yo rive Tarsis e yo te fè bato yo rive nan Etsjon-Guéber.
by acting [with] and going to him, to build ships to go to Tharsis: and he built ships in Gasion Gaber.
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.
And Eliezer you [son] of Dodia of Marisa prophesied against Josaphat, saying, Forasmuch as you have allied yourself with Ochozias, the Lord has broken your work, and your vessels have been wrecked. And they could not go to Tharsis.
