Deteronòm 9

1 “Koute O Israël! Nou travèse lòtbò Jourdain an jodi a pou antre nan peyi a, e pou deplase nasyon ki pi gran e pi pwisan ke nou yo; gran vil yo byen fòtifye jis rive nan syèl yo.

Hear, O Israel: Thou shalt go over the Jordan this day; to possess nations very great, and stronger than thyself, cities great, and walled up to the sky,

2 Yon pèp ki gran e wo, fis a Anak yo jeyan yo, ke nou konnen e te tande yo di: ‘Kilès ki kab kanpe devan fis Anak yo?’

A People great and tall, the sons of the Enacims, whom thou hast seen, and heard of, against whom no man is able to stand.

3 Pou sa, konnen ke jodi a, se SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, ki ap travèse devan nou tankou yon dife devoran. Li va detwi yo e Li va donte yo devan nou pou nou kapab chase yo sòti e detwi yo byen vit, jis jan ke SENYÈ a te pale nou an.

Thou shalt know therefore this day that the Lord thy God himself will pass over before thee, a devouring and consuming fire, to destroy and extirpate and bring them to nothing before thy face quickly, as he hath spoken to thee.

4 “Pa di nan kè nou, lè SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, fin chase yo deyò devan nou, ‘Se akoz ladwati mwen, SENYÈ a te mennen mwen antre pou posede peyi sa a.’ Paske se akoz mechanste a nasyon sila yo ke SENYÈ a ap fè yo deplase devan nou.

Say not in thy heart, when the Lord thy God shall have destroyed them in thy sight: For my justice hath the Lord brought me in to possess this land, whereas these nations are destroyed for their wickedness.

5 Se pa akoz ladwati nou, ni kè dwat nou, ki fè nou ap vin posede peyi a, men akoz mechanste a nasyon sila yo ke SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, ap chase yo devan nou, e pou konfime pawòl la ke SENYÈ a te fè avèk zansèt nou yo, Abraham, Isaac, ak Jacob.

For it is not for thy justices, and the uprightness of thy heart that thou shalt go in to possess their lands: but because they have done wickedly, they are destroyed at thy coming in: and that the Lord might accomplish his word, which he promised by oath to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

6 “Pou sa, byen konnen ke se pa akoz ladwati nou ke SENYÈ a ap bannou bon peyi sa a pou posede, paske nou se yon pèp tèt di.

Know therefore that the Lord thy God giveth thee not this excellent land in possession for thy justices, for thou art a very stiffnecked people.

7 “Sonje, pa bliye jan nou te pwovoke SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, a lakòlè nan dezè a. Depi jou ke nou te kite peyi Égypte la jiskaske lè nou te rive nan kote sa a, nou tap fè rebèl kont SENYÈ a.

Remember, and forget not how then provokedst the Lord thy God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day that thou camest out of Egypt unto this place, thou hast always strove against the Lord.

8 Menm nan Horeb, nou te pwovoke SENYÈ a lakòlè. SENYÈ a te tèlman fache avèk nou ke Li te prèt pou detwi nou.

For in Horeb also thou didst provoke him, and he was angry, and would have destroyed thee,

9 “Lè mwen te monte nan mòn nan pou resevwa tablo wòch yo, tablo akò ke SENYÈ a te fè avèk nou an, alò, mwen te rete sou mòn nan pandan karant jou ak karant nwit. Mwen pa t manje pen ni bwè dlo.

When I went up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, the tables of the covenant which the Lord made with you: and I continued in the mount forty days and nights, neither eating bread, nor drinking water.

10 SENYÈ a te ban mwen de tab wòch ki te ekri ak dwèt Bondye. Sou yo te tout pawòl ke SENYÈ a te pale avèk nou nan mòn nan, nan mitan dife a nan jou asanble a.

And the Lord gave me two tables of stone written with the finger of God, and containing all the words that he spoke to you in the mount from the midst of the Are, when the people were assembled together.

11 “Li te vin rive nan fen karant jou ak karant nwit yo, ke SENYÈ a te ban mwen de tablo wòch, tab akò yo.

And when forty days were passed, and as many nights, the Lord gave me the two tables of stone, the tables of the covenant,

12 Alò, SENYÈ a te di mwen: ‘Leve, desann soti isit la byen vit, paske pèp ou a ke nou te fè sòti an Égypte la te vin konwonpi. Yo te vire akote chemen ke Mwen te kòmande a. Yo te fè yon imaj fonn pou kont yo!’

And said to me: Arise, and go down from hence quickly: for thy people, which thou hast brought out of Egypt, have quickly forsaken the way that thou hast shewn them, and have made to themselves a molten idol.

13 “SENYÈ a te pale plis avè m e te di: ‘Mwen te wè pèp sa a, vrèman, li se yon pèp ki di.

And again the Lord said to me: I see that this people is stiffnecked:

14 Kite Mwen sèl pou M kapab detwi yo, e efase non yo soti anba syèl la; Mwen va fè a ou menm yon nasyon pi pwisan e pi gran ke yo.’

Let me alone that I may destroy them, and abolish their name from under heaven, and set thee over a nation, that is greater and stronger than this.

15 “Epi mwen te vire desann mòn nan pandan mòn nan t ap brile avèk dife a, ak de tab akò yo nan de men m yo.

And when I came down from the burning mount, and held the two tables of the covenant with both hands,

16 Epi konsa, mwen te wè ke vrèman, nou te peche kont SENYÈ a Bondye nou an. Nou te fè pou nou menm yon ti bèf fonn. Nou te vire detounen byen vit kite chemen ke SENYÈ a te kòmande nou an.

And saw that you had sinned against the Lord your God, and had made to yourselves a molten calf, and had quickly forsaken his way, which he had shewn you:

17 Mwen te pran de tab sa yo; mwen te jete yo sòti nan men m, e te kraze yo devan zye nou.

I cast the tables out of my hands, and broke them in your sight.

18 “Mwen te tonbe ba devan SENYÈ a, yon fwa ankò. Pandan karant jou ak karant nwit mwen pa t manje pen ni bwè dlo akoz tout peche ke nou te fè nan fè sa ki mal nan zye SENYÈ a, pou pwovoke Li a lakòlè.

And I fell down before the Lord as before, forty days and nights neither eating bread, nor drinking water, for all your sins, which you had committed against the Lord, and had provoked him to wrath:

19 Paske Mwen te pè lakòlè ak chalè mekontantman avèk sila SENYÈ a te fache kont nou pou L te kapab detwi nou an. Men SENYÈ a te koute mwen fwa sa a tou.

For I feared his indignation and anger, wherewith being moved against you, he would have destroyed you. And the Lord heard me this time also.

20 “SENYÈ a te ase fache avèk Aaron pou detwi li. Konsa, mwen te priye anplis pou Aaron nan menm lè sa a.

And he was exceeding angry against Aaron also, and would have destroyed him, and I prayed in like manner for him.

21 “Mwen te pran peche nou an, ti bèf ke nou te fè a, e mwen te brile li avèk dife. Mwen te kraze li fen jiskaske li te vin tankou poud, epi mwen te jete poud li nan ti flèv dlo ki te pase desann nan mòn nan.

And your sin that you had committed, that is, the calf, I took, and burned it with fire, and breaking it into pieces, until it was as small as dust, I threw it into the torrent, which cometh down from the mountain.

22 “Ankò, nan Tabeéra, nan Massa, ak nan Kibroth-Hattaava, nou te pwovoke SENYÈ a lakòlè.

At the burning also, and at the place of temptation, and at the graves of lust you provoked the Lord:

23 Lè SENYÈ a te voye nou soti Kadés-Barnéa, Li te di: ‘Ale monte pou posede tè ke mwen te bannou an.’ Men nou te fè rebèl kont kòmand SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an. Nou pa t kwè Li, ni koute vwa Li.

And when he sent you from Cadesbarne, saying: Go up, and possess the land that I have given you, and you slighted the commandment of the Lord your God, and did not believe him, neither would you hearken to his voice:

24 Nou te fè rebèl kont SENYÈ a depi jou ke m te konnen nou an.

But were always rebellious from the day that I began to know you.

25 “Konsa, mwen te vin tonbe devan SENYÈ a pandan karant jou ak karant nwit, ke m te tonbe a, akoz SENYÈ a te di Li t ap detwi nou.

And I lay prostrate before the Lord forty days and nights, in which I humbly besought him, that he would not destroy you as he had threatened:

26 Mwen te priye a SENYÈ a e mwen te di: ‘O SENYÈ a, pa detwi pèp Ou a, eritaj Ou menm nan, ke Ou te peye ranson selon grandè Ou, pou Ou te mennen sòti an Égypte avèk yon men pwisan.

And praying, I said: O Lord God, destroy not thy people, and thy inheritance, which thou hast redeemed in thy greatness, whom thou hast brought out of Egypt with a strong hand.

27 “Sonje sèvitè Ou yo, Abraham, Isaac, ak Jacob. Pa gade rebelyon a pèp sila a, ni sou mechanste yo oswa peche yo.

Remember thy servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: look not on the stubbornness of this people, nor on their wickedness and sin:

28 Otreman, peyi kote Ou te mennen nou sòti a, kapab di: ‘Akoz SENYÈ a pa t kapab mennen yo antre nan peyi ke Li te pwomèt yo a, e akoz Li te rayi yo, Li te mennen yo deyò pou touye yo nan dezè a.’

Lest perhaps the inhabitants of the land, out of which thou hast brought us, say: The Lord could not bring them into the land that he promised them, and he hated them: therefore he brought them out, that he might kill them in the wilderness,

29 Men se pèp Ou yo ye, eritaj Ou menm, ke Ou te mennen sòti pa gran pouvwa avèk bra lonje.”

Who are thy people and thy inheritance, whom thou hast brought out by thy great strength, and in thy stretched out arm.