Deteronòm 7

1 “Lè SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, mennen nou vini nan peyi kote nou ap antre pou posede a, e chase devan nou anpil lòt nasyon, Etyen yo, Gigachyen yo, Amoreyen yo, avèk Kanaaneyen yo, Perezit yo, Evyen yo, ak Jebizyen yo, sèt nasyon ki pi gran e ki pi pwisan ke nou yo;

When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perrizites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;

2 epi lè SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, delivre yo devan nou e nou fin bat yo, alò, nou va detwi yo nèt. Nou p ap fè okenn akò avèk yo e nou p ap montre yo okenn favè.

And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee, thou shalt smite them [and] utterly destroy them, thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them:

3 Anplis, nou p ap marye avèk yo. Nou pa pou bay fi nou yo bay fis pa yo, ni nou p ap pran fi pa yo pou fis nou yo.

Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give to his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take to thy son.

4 Paske yo va detounen fis nou yo lwen de sèvi Mwen, pou sèvi lòt dye yo. Konsa, kòlè SENYÈ a va limen kont nou, e Li va detwi nou byen vit.

For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.

5 Men se konsa nou va fè yo: nou va chire lotèl yo, kraze pilye sakre yo, koupe an mòso tout poto Ashera yo, e brile imaj taye yo avèk dife.

But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.

6 Paske nou se yon pèp ki sen a SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an. SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, te chwazi nou kòm yon pèp ki pou pwòp posesyon pa li pami tout pèp ki sou fas latè yo.

For thou [art] a holy people to the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people to himself, above all people that [are] upon the face of the earth.

7 “SENYÈ a pa t plase lanmou Li sou nou ni chwazi nou akoz ke nou te plis an kantite ke tout lòt pèp yo, paske nou te pi piti pase tout pèp yo,

The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye [were] the fewest of all people:

8 men akoz SENYÈ a te renmen nou e te kenbe sèman ke Li te fè a zansèt nou yo, SENYÈ a te mennen nou sòti pa yon men pwisan, e te peye ranson nou soti nan kay esklavaj la, soti nan men Farawon, wa Égypte la.

But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn to your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of bond-men, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

9 “Konsa, konnen ke SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, se Li ki Dye a, Bondye ki fidèl la, ki kenbe akò Li ak lanmou dous Li pou jis rive nan mil jenerasyon avèk sila ki renmen Li yo e ki kenbe kòmandman Li yo,

Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he [is] God, the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations:

10 men ki rekonpanse sila ki rayi Li yo devan figi yo, pou detwi yo. Li p ap fè reta avèk sila ki rayi Li a. Li va rekonpanse li devan figi li.

And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.

11 “Pou sa, nou va kenbe kòmandman yo, lwa avèk jijman ke Mwen ap kòmande nou yo jodi a, pou nou fè.

Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.

12 “Epi li va vin rive ke akoz nou te koute jijman sa yo, nou te kenbe e te fè yo, ke SENYÈ Bondye nou an, va kenbe nou avèk akò Li ak lanmou dous ke Li te sèmante vè zansèt nou yo.

Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God will keep to thee the covenant and the mercy which he swore to thy fathers:

13 Li va renmen nou, beni nou, e fè nou vin miltipliye. Li va, osi, beni fwi a vant nou, fwi a tè nou, e diven nèf ak lwil nou, kwasans a twoupo nou, avèk jenn bann mouton nou, nan peyi ke Li te sèmante a zansèt nou yo pou bannou.

And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless thy children, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thy oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he swore to thy fathers to give thee.

14 Nou va beni plis ke tout pèp. P ap gen ni mal, ni femèl k ap esteril pami nou ni pami bèt nou yo.

Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

15 “Senyè a va retire pami nou tout maladi; epi Li pa p mete sou nou okenn nan move maladi Égypte ke nou te konnen yo, men Li va mete yo sou tout sila ki rayi nou yo.

And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt (which thou knowest) upon thee; but will lay them upon all [them] that hate thee.

16 Nou va devore tout pèp ke SENYÈ Bondye nou an, va livre bannou. Zye nou p ap bay yo pitye, ni nou p ap sèvi dye pa yo, paske sa ta yon pèlen pou nou.

And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver to thee; thy eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that [will be] a snare to thee.

17 “Si nou ta di nan kè nou: ‘Nasyon sa yo pi gran ke nou; kijan mwen kapab chase yo?’

If thou shalt say in thy heart, These nations [are] more than I, how can I dispossess them?

18 nou pa pou pè yo. Nou va byen sonje sa ke SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, te fè Farawon ak tout Égypte:

Thou shalt not be afraid of them: [but] shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did to Pharaoh, and to all Egypt;

19 Nou te wè avèk zye nou gwo eprèv, sign avèk mèvèy, men pwisan avèk bwa lonje pa sila ke SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, te mennen nou sòti. Konsa, SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, va fè ak tout pèp ke nou konn pè yo.

The great temptations which thy eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the out-stretched arm, by which the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do to all the people of whom thou art afraid.

20 “Anplis, SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, va voye gèp kont yo, jiskaske tout sila ki te rete kache yo vin mouri.

Moreover, the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, shall be destroyed.

21 Nou pa pou pè yo, paske SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, nan mitan nou, yon gran Bondye ki mèvèye.

Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God [is] among you, a mighty God and terrible.

22 “SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, va netwaye retire nasyon sa yo devan nou mòso pa mòso. Nou p ap kab fini avèk yo vit yon sèl kou, paske bèt sovaj yo ta vin peple twòp pou nou.

And the LORD thy God will drive out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.

23 Men SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, va livre yo devan nou, e Li va jete yo nan gran konfizyon jiskaske yo vin detwi.

But the LORD thy God shall deliver them to thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they are destroyed.

24 Li va livre wa yo nan men nou pou nou fè non yo peri anba syèl la. Nanpwen yon moun ki kab kanpe devan nou jiskaske nou fin detwi yo nèt.

And he shall deliver their kings into thy hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou shalt have destroyed them.

25 “Imaj a dye pa yo, nou va brile yo avèk dife. Nou p ap anvi ni ajan ni lò ki sou yo, ni pran yo pou nou menm, sinon, sa va devni yon pèlen pou nou; paske se yon abominasyon a SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an.

The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold [that is] on them, nor take [it] to thee, lest thou shouldst be snared in it: for it [is] an abomination to the LORD thy God.

26 Nou p ap fè antre yon abominasyon konsa lakay nou, oswa tankou li, nou va vin anba madichon. Rayi li nèt e deteste li, paske li se yon bagay ki anba madichon.”

Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thy house, lest thou shouldst be a cursed thing like it: [but] thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it [is] a cursed thing.