Ezekyèl 33
1 Konsa, pawòl SENYÈ a te rive kote mwen. Li te di:
And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
2 “Fis a lòm, pale a fis a pèp ou yo pou di yo: ‘Si Mwen mennen nepe sou yon peyi, e pèp peyi a pran yon nonm soti pami yo pou fè li gadyen yo,
Son of man, speak to the sons of thy people, and say to them, When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and set him for their watchman,
3 epi lè li wè nepe a ap vini sou peyi a, li soufle sou twonpèt pou avèti moun yo,
if, when he sees the sword come upon the land, he blows the trumpet, and warns the people,
4 men sila ki tande son twonpèt la pa okipe l, e nepe a rive pran l, mennen l ale, san li ap tonbe sou pwòp tèt li.
then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet, and takes no warning, if the sword comes, and takes him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
5 Li te tande son twonpèt la men li pa t okipe l. San li va sou tèt li. Men si li te okipe sa a, li t ap sove lavi li.
He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took no warning; his blood shall be upon him. Whereas if he had taken warning, he would have delivered his soul.
6 Men si gadyen an wè nepe a ap vini, e li pa sonnen twonpèt la, moun yo pa avèti, e nepe a rive retire nenpòt moun pami yo, moun nan soti nan inikite li. Men san li, Mwen va egzije sa a nan men gadyen an.’
But if the watchman sees the sword come, and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword comes, and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at the watchman's hand.
7 “Alò, pou ou menm, fis a lòm, Mwen te chwazi ou kon gadyen pou lakay Israël. Konsa, ou va tande yon mesaj soti nan bouch Mwen pou avèti yo pou Mwen.
So thou, son of man, I have set thee a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
8 Lè M di a mechan an: ‘O nonm mechan anverite ou va mouri’, men ou pa pale pou avèti e detounen mechan an pou l ka kite chemen mechan li an, nonm mechan sa a va mouri nan inikite li, men san li, Mwen va egzije sa nan men ou.
When I say to the wicked man, O wicked man, thou shall surely die, and thou do not speak to warn the wicked man from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at thy hand.
9 Men si ou, bò kote pa ou, ou avèti yon nonm mechan pou vire kite chemen li, e li pa vire kite chemen li an, li va mouri nan inikite li, men ou delivre lavi ou.
Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked man of his way to turn from it, and he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity, but thou have delivered thy soul.
10 “Alò, pou ou, fis a lòm, pale ak lakay Israël: ‘Pale konsa e di: “Anverite, transgresyon nou yo ak peche nou yo, sou nou, e nou ap pouri ladan yo. Donk kòman nou ka viv?”’
And thou, son of man, say to the house of Israel, Thus ye speak, saying, Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we pine away in them. How then can we live?
11 Pale ak yo: ‘“Jan Mwen viv la,” deklare Senyè BONDYE a: “Mwen pa pran plezi nan lanmò a mechan yo, men pito pou mechan an vire kite chemen li an pou li viv. Retounen, retounen kite chemen mechan nou yo! Poukisa konsa ou ta mouri, O lakay Israël?”’
Say to them, As I live, says the lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked man, but that the wicked man turn from his way and live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways, for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
12 “Epi ou menm, fis a lòm, di a sitwayen parèy ou yo: ‘Ladwati a yon nonm dwat p ap ka delivre li nan jou transgresyon li. E mechanste a mechan an, li p ap tonbe akoz li, si li vire kite mechanste a. Ni yon nonm dwati p ap ka viv sou ladwati li nan jou ke li vin fè peche a.’
And thou, son of man, say to the sons of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous man shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression. And as for the wickedness of the wicked man, he shall not fall by it in the day that he turns from his wickedness, nor shall he who is righteous be able to live by it in the day that he sins.
13 Lè Mwen di a nonm dwat la ke, anverite, li va viv la, e li tèlman kwè nan ladwati li pou li komèt inikite, okenn nan zèv dwat li yo p ap vin sonje; men nan menm inikite sa ke li te fè a, li va mouri.
When I say to the righteous man, that he shall surely live, if he trusts his righteousness, and commits iniquity, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered, but in his iniquity that he has committed, in it he shall die.
14 Men lè Mwen di a mechan an: “Anverite, ou va mouri,” e li vire kite peche li, pou vin pratike lajistis ak ladwati,
Again, when I say to the wicked man, Thou shall surely die, if he turns from his sin, and does that which is lawful and right,
15 si yon nonm mechan vin remèt sa li te pwomèt pou bay, remèt sa li te pran nan vòlè, mache nan règleman ki bay lavi san ke li pa komèt inikite, li va anverite viv. Li p ap mouri.
if the wicked man restores the pledge, gives again that which he had taken by robbery, walks in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
16 Okenn nan peche ke li te komèt yo p ap vin sonje kont li. Li pratike lajistis ak ladwati. Anverite, li va viv.
None of his sins that he has committed shall be remembered against him. He has done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
17 “‘Malgre sa, sitwayen parèy ou yo di: “Chemen Senyè a pa dwat,” men se pwòp chemen pa yo ki pa dwat la.
Yet the sons of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equitable. But as for them, their way is not equitable.
18 Lè moun ladwati a kite ladwati pou komèt inikite, alò, li va mouri ladann.
When the righteous man turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall even die in it.
19 Men lè mechan an vire kite mechanste li an pou vin pratike lajistis ak ladwati, li va viv ladan yo.
And when the wicked man turns from his wickedness, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
20 Men nou di: “Chemen SENYÈ a pa jis”. O lakay Israël, Mwen va jije nou chak selon chemen nou.’”
Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equitable. O house of Israel, I will judge you everyone according to his ways.
21 Alò, nan douzyèm ane egzil nou an, nan senkyèm jou nan dizyèm mwa a, yon moun ki te chape Jérusalem te vin kote mwen. Li te di: “Yo fin pran vil la.”
And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that a man who had escaped out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, The city is smitten.
22 Alò, men SENYÈ a te sou mwen pandan nwit lan avan moun chape a te vin parèt la. Epi konsa, Li te louvri bouch mwen avan lè li te vin kote mwen nan maten an. Donk, bouch mwen te louvri e mwen pa t ankò bèbè.
Now the hand of Jehovah had been upon me in the evening, before he who escaped came. And he had opened my mouth until he came to me in the morning. And my mouth was opened, and I was no more mute.
23 Epi pawòl SENYÈ a te vin kote mwen. Li te di:
And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
24 “Fis a lòm, sila kirete kote dezole sa yo nan peyi Israël ap di: ‘Abraham se te yon sèl, malgre sa, li te posede tè a. Men nou menm anpil. Peyi a te donnen a nou.’
Son of man, those who inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land, but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.
25 Pou sa, pale yo: ‘Konsa pale Senyè BONDYE a: “Nou manje vyann ak san ladann; nou leve zye nou vè zidòl yo pandan n ap vèse san. Èske konsa, nou ta dwe vin posede peyi a?
Therefore say to them, Thus says the lord Jehovah: Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. And shall ye possess the land?
26 Nou mete konfyans nou nan nepe nou, nou komèt zak abominab, e nou tout souye madanm a vwazen nou. Èske konsa, nou ta dwe posede peyi a?”’
Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every man his neighbor's wife. And shall ye possess the land?
27 “Konsa ou va pale ak yo: ‘Konsa pale Senyè BONDYE a: “Jan Mwen viv la, anverite, sila ki nan savann yo va tonbe pa nepe. Nenpòt moun ki nan chan ouvri a, Mwen va bay li a bèt sovaj pou devore li, e sila ki nan sitadèl ak nan kav yo, yo va mouri akoz ensèk ak gwo maladi.
Thus shall thou say to them. Thus says the lord Jehovah: As I live, surely those who are in the waste places shall fall by the sword, and he who is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
28 Mwen va fè tè a vin dezole jis pou l etonnen moun. Ògèy a pouvwa li a va sispann. Mòn Israël yo va vin dezole jiskaske pèsòn p ap travèse yo.
And I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment. And the pride of her power shall cease. And the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, so that none shall pass through.
29 Konsa yo va konnen ke Mwen se SENYÈ a, lè M fè peyi a vin yon dezolasyon ak yon dezè akoz tout zak abominab ke yo te komèt yo.”’
Then they shall know that I am Jehovah when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment, because of all their abominations which they have committed.
30 “Men pou ou menm, fis a lòm, sitwayen parèy ou yo ap pale de ou. Akote miray yo ak nan pòtay kay yo, y ap pale youn a lòt, yo chak a frè yo pou di: ‘Vini koulye a pou tande mesaj sila ki sòti nan SENYÈ a.’
And as for thee, son of man, the sons of thy people talk of thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, each one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that comes forth from Jehovah.
31 Yo vin kote ou jan moun konn vini. Yo chita devan ou tankou pèp Mwen an pou yo tande pawòl ou. Men yo pa fè yo. Paske nan bouch, yo renmen, men kè yo ap kouri dèyè pwòp benifis pa yo.
And they come to thee as the people come, and they sit before thee as my people. And they hear thy words, but do not do them. For with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.
32 Gade byen, ou vin pou yo tankou yon chan sansyèl ki chante pa yon moun ak yon bèl vwa, byen jwe sou enstriman. Paske yo tande pawòl ou yo, men yo pa pratike yo.
And, lo, thou are to them as a very lovely song of he who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument. For they hear thy words, but they do not do them.
33 “Pou sa, lè a rive—gade byen, li va rive—alò, yo va konnen ke yon pwofèt te la nan mitan yo.”
And when this comes to pass, (behold, it comes), then they shall know that a prophet has been among them.
