Deteronòm 31
1 Konsa Moïse te ale e te pale pawòl sa yo a tout Israël.
And Moses went, and spake these words unto all Israel;
2 Li te di yo: “Mwen gen san-ventan daj jodi a. Mwen p ap ka ankò fè antre soti. SENYÈ a te di mwen: ‘Ou p ap travèse Jourdain sila a.’
and said unto them—A hundred and twenty years old, am I to-day, I can no more go out and come in, —Yahweh indeed hath said unto me, Thou shall not pass over this Jordan.
3 Se SENYÈ a, Bondye nou menm nan, ki va travèse devan nou. Li va detwi nasyon sila yo devan nou e nou va deplase yo. Se Josué ki va travèse devan nou, jan SENYÈ a te pale a.
Yahweh thy God, is passing over before thee, he, will destroy these nations from before thee so shalt thou dispossess them, —Joshua is passing over before thee, as Yahweh hath spoken.
4 SENYÈ a va fè yo menm jan ke Li te fè a Sihon avèk Og, wa a Amoreyen yo, e a peyi pa yo a, lè Li te detwi yo a.
So will Yahweh do unto them as he did unto Sihon and unto Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them whom he destroyed.
5 SENYÈ a va livre yo devan nou, e nou va aji avèk yo an akò avèk kòmandman ke mwen menm te kòmande nou yo.
So will Yahweh deliver them up before you, —and ye shall do unto them—according to all the commandment which I have commanded you.
6 Rete fò e pran kouraj. Pa pè yo ni tranble devan yo, paske SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, se sila k ap ale avèk nou an. Li p ap fè nou desi, ni li p ap abandone nou.
Be firm and bold, do not fear nor tremble because of them, —for Yahweh thy God, it is who is going with thee, he will not fail thee nor forsake thee.
7 Konsa, Moïse te rele Josué e te di li devan tout Israël: “Kenbe fò, pran kouraj, paske ou va ale avèk pèp sa a pou antre nan peyi ke SENYÈ a te sèmante a zansèt pa yo pou ba yo a; epi ou va ba yo li kòm eritaj.
And Moses called for Joshua, and said unto him, in the sight of all Israel. Be firm and bold, for, thou, shalt go with this people into the land which Yahweh sware unto their fathers to give unto them, and, thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
8 Se SENYÈ a k ap prale devan ou. Li va avèk ou. Li p ap fè ou desi, ni abandone ou. Pa pè, ni pèdi kouraj.”
But, Yahweh, it is who is going before thee, he will be with thee, he will not fail thee nor forsake thee, —thou must not fear nor be dismayed.
9 Konsa, Moïse te ekri lwa sa a, e li te livre bay li a prèt yo, fis a Lévi yo ki te pote lach akò a SENYÈ a, e a tout ansyen an Israël yo.
And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, who were bearing the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, —and unto all the elders of Israel.
10 Moïse te kòmande yo e te di: “Nan fen chak sèt ane, nan sezon ane remisyon dèt nan Fèt Tonèl Yo,
And Moses commanded them, saying, —At the end of seven years in the appointed season of the year of release, during the festival of booths;
11 lè tout Israël vini pou parèt devan SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, kote ke Li va chwazi a, nou va li lwa sila a devan tout Israël pou yo tout tande l.
when all Israel cometh in to see the face of Yahweh thy God, in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel, in their hearing.
12 Rasanble pèp la, gason avèk fanm, ak pitit yo, etranje ki nan vil nou yo, pou yo ka tande aprann gen lakrent SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, epi fè atansyon pou swiv tout pawòl a lwa sila yo.
Call together the people—the men and the women and the little ones, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, —that they may hear, and that they may learn, so shall they revere Yahweh your God, and observe to do all the words of this law;
13 Pitit yo ki pa t konnen, va tande e aprann gen lakrent SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, pou tout tan ke nou viv nan peyi ke nou prèt pou travèse Jourdain an pou posede a.”
and that their children who know not, may hear and learn, that they may revere Yahweh your God, —all the days that ye are living upon the soil, which ye are passing over the Jordan to possess.
14 Alò, SENYÈ a te di a Moïse: “Gade byen, lè pou ou mouri toupre. Rele Josué, e prezante nou menm nan tant asanble a, pou Mwen kapab ba li komisyon li.”
Then said Yahweh unto Moses: Lo! thy days have drawn near that thou must die. Call Joshua and station yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may command him. So Moses went, with Joshua, and they took their station in the tent of meeting.
15 SENYÈ a te vin parèt nan tant lan nan yon pilye nwaj e pilye nwaj la te kanpe nan pòtay tant lan.
And Yahweh appeared in the tent, in a pillar of cloud, —and the pillar of cloud stood, at the entrance of the tent.
16 SENYÈ a te di a Moïse: “Gade byen, ou prèt pou kouche avèk zansèt ou yo. Konsa, pèp sa a va fè jwèt pwostitiye ak dye etranje yo nan peyi kote y ap prale a, pou abandone Mwen, epi va kraze akò Mwen ke Mwen te fè avèk yo a.
Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Lo! thou art about to sleep with thy fathers, —and this people will rise up, and go away unchastely after the gods of the foreigners of the land into the midst of whom they are entering, and will forsake me and break my covenant which I solemnised with them.
17 Alò, kòlè Mwen va vin limen kont yo nan jou sa a, Mwen va abandone yo e kache figi Mwen a yo menm. Yo va detwi e anpil malè va rive sou yo, jiskaske yo va di nan jou sa a: ‘Èske se pa paske Bondye nou an pa pami nou ke malè sa yo vin rive sou nou?’
Then will mine anger kindle upon them in that day, and I will forsake them and will hide my face from them and they shall be consumed, and many calamities and misfortunes shall find them out, —and they will say, in that day, Is it not because my God is not in my midst, that these calamities have found me out?
18 Men anverite, Mwen va kache figi Mwen nan jou sa a akoz tout mechanste ke yo te fè, paske yo te vire vè lòt dye yo.”
But, I, will utterly, hide, my face, in that day, because of all the wickedness which they have done, in that they have turned away unto other gods.
19 “Koulye a, akoz sa, ekri chanson sila a pou nou menm e montre li a fis Israël yo. Mete li sou lèv yo, pou chanson sa a kapab yon temwen pou Mwen kont fis Israël yo.
Now, therefore write ye for you this Song, and teach it unto the sons of Israel put it in their mouths, —that this Song may become for me a witness against the sons of Israel.
20 Paske lè Mwen mennen yo antre nan peyi k ap koule avèk lèt avèk siwo myèl la, ke Mwen te sèmante a zansèt pa yo, yo te manje e satisfè, e yo te vin pwospere, alò, yo va vire a lòt dye yo pou sèvi yo, meprize Mwen e kraze akò Mwen an.
When I bring them upon the soil which I sware unto their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they shall eat and be filled and wax fat, then will they turn away unto other gods and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant.
21 Epi li va rive ke lè anpil malè avèk twoub vini sou yo, ke chan sa a va fè temwayaj devan yo (paske li p ap bliye pa desandan pa yo); paske Mwen konnen entansyon ke yo ap fòme depi jodi a, avan Mwen mennen yo antre nan peyi ke Mwen te fè sèman pou ba yo a.”
And it shall come to pass, when many calamities and misfortunes shall find them out, then shall this Song respond to their face, as a witness, for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouth of their seed, for I know their imagination, which they are forming to-day, ere yet I bring them into the land of which I sware unto their fathers.
22 Konsa, Moïse te ekri chan sa a nan menm jou a e te montre fis Israël yo li.
Moses therefore wrote this Song on that day, —and taught it unto the sons of Israel.
23 Epi li te bay Josué, fis a Nun nan, komisyon li, e te di: “Kenbe fèm e pran kouraj, paske ou va mennen fis Israël yo antre nan peyi ke mwen te sèmante a yo menm nan, epi mwen va avèk ou.”
And he commanded Joshua, son of Nun, and said—Be firm and bold, for, thou shalt bring the sons of Israel into the land which I have sworn to them, —and, I, will be with thee.
24 Li te vin rive ke lè Moïse te fin ekri pawòl a lwa sa yo nan yon liv soti nan kòmansman jiska lafen,
And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law, upon a scroll, —until he had finished them,
25 ke Moïse te kòmande Levit ki te pote lach akò SENYÈ yo. Li te di:
then Moses commanded the Levites, who were bearing the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, saying:
26 “Pran liv lalwa a e mete li akote lach akò SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, pou li kapab rete la kòm yon temwen kont nou.
Take this scroll of the law, and put it at the side of the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, —so shall it be there in thy midst as a witness.
27 Paske mwen konnen rebelyon nou ak kou rèd nou. Gade byen, pandan mwen toujou vivan avèk nou jodi a, nou te fè rebelyon kont SENYÈ a. Konbyen anplis, konsa, apre mwen fin mouri?
For, I, know thy perverseness, and thy stiff neck, —lo! while I am yet alive with you to-day, ye are, quarrelling, with Yahweh, and how much more after my death?
28 Rasanble pou mwen tout ansyen a tribi nou yo ak ofisye nou yo, pou mwen kapab pale pawòl sila yo pou yo tande e rele sou syèl la avèk tè a pou temwaye kont yo.
Call together unto me all the elders of your tribes and your officers, —and let me speak in their hearing these words, and let me take to witness against them the heavens and the earth.
29 Paske mwen konnen apre lanmò mwen, nou va fè zak konwonpi e vire kite chemen an ke m te kòmande nou an. Epi konsa, malè va swiv nou nan dènye jou yo, paske nou va fè sa ki mal nan zye SENYÈ a, e pwovoke Li a lakòlè avèk zèv men nou.”
For I know that after my death, ye will break faith, and turn aside out of the way which I have commanded you, —and calamity will befall you in the afterpart of the days, because ye will do the thing that is wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, to provoke him with the work of your own hands.
30 Konsa, Moïse te resite pawòl chanson sa a soti nan kòmansman jiska lafen nan zòrèy tout asanble Israël la.
So Moses spake in the hearing of all the convocation of Israel the words of this Song, until they were ended: —
