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 your God brings you into the land where you go to possess it, and casts out many nations before you—the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite—seven nations greater and mightier than you;
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 your God delivers them up before you, and you strike them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall 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.
You shall not make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to his son, nor shall you take his daughter for your 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 that would turn away your sons from following me, that they may serve other gods. So the LORD’s anger would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly.
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 you shall deal with them like this: you shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their engraved 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 you are a holy people to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on 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 didn’t set his love on you nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples;
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 loves you, and because he desires to keep the oath which he swore to your fathers, the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, 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 your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness to a thousand generations with those who love him and keep his commandments,
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 repays those who hate him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be slack to him who hates 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.
You shall therefore keep the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances which I command you today, 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.
It shall happen, because you listen to these ordinances and keep and do them, that the LORD your God will keep with you the covenant and the loving kindness which he swore to your 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.
He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will also bless the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your livestock and the young of your flock, in the land which he swore to your fathers to give you.
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.
You will be blessed above all peoples. There won’t be male or female barren among you, or among your livestock.
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.
The LORD will take away from you all sickness; and he will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you know, on you, but will lay them on all those who hate you.
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.
You shall consume all the peoples whom the LORD your God shall deliver to you. Your eye shall not pity them. You shall not serve their gods; for that would be a snare to you.
17 “Si nou ta di nan kè nou: ‘Nasyon sa yo pi gran ke nou; kijan mwen kapab chase yo?’
If you shall say in your 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:
you shall not be afraid of them. You shall remember well what the LORD your 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 trials which your eyes saw, the signs, the wonders, the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, by which the LORD your God brought you out. So shall the LORD your God do to all the peoples of whom you are 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 your God will send the hornet among them, until those who are left, and hide themselves, perish from before you.
21 Nou pa pou pè yo, paske SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, nan mitan nou, yon gran Bondye ki mèvèye.
You shall not be scared of them; for the LORD your God is among you, a great and awesome God.
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.
The LORD your God will cast out those nations before you little by little. You may not consume them at once, lest the animals of the field increase on you.
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 your God will deliver them up before you, and will confuse them with a great confusion, 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.
He will deliver their kings into your hand, and you shall make their name perish from under the sky. No one will be able to stand before you until you 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.
You shall burn the engraved images of their gods with fire. You shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it for yourself, lest you be snared in it; for it is an abomination to the LORD your 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.”
You shall not bring an abomination into your house and become a devoted thing like it. You shall utterly detest it. You shall utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.
