Ezekyèl 33
1 Konsa, pawòl SENYÈ a te rive kote mwen. Li te di:
Again the word of the LORD 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 your people and tell them: ‘Suppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land choose a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman,
3 epi lè li wè nepe a ap vini sou peyi a, li soufle sou twonpèt pou avèti moun yo,
and he sees the sword coming against that land and blows the ram’s horn to warn 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 if anyone hears the sound of the horn but fails to heed the warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on 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.
Since he heard the sound of the horn but failed to heed the warning, his blood will be on his own head. If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life.
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 coming and fails to blow the horn to warn the people, and the sword comes and takes away a life, then that one will be taken away in his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.’
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.
As for you, O son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word from My mouth and give them the 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.
If I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ but you do not speak out to dissuade him from his way, then that wicked man will die in his iniquity, yet I will hold you accountable for his blood.
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.
But if you warn the wicked man to turn from his way, and he does not turn from it, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved your life.
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?”’
Now as for you, son of man, tell the house of Israel that this is what they have said: ‘Our transgressions and our sins are heavy upon us, and we are wasting away because of them! How 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 surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you 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.’
Therefore, son of man, say to your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked man cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wickedness. Nor will the righteous man be able to survive by his righteousness on the day 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.
If I tell the righteous man that he will surely live, but he then trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, then none of his righteous works will be remembered; he will die because of the iniquity he has committed.
14 Men lè Mwen di a mechan an: “Anverite, ou va mouri,” e li vire kite peche li, pou vin pratike lajistis ak ladwati,
But if I tell the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and does what is just 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 he restores a pledge, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without practicing iniquity—then he will surely live; he will 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 the sins he has committed will be held against him. He has done what is just and right; he will 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 your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just.
18 Lè moun ladwati a kite ladwati pou komèt inikite, alò, li va mouri ladann.
If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.
19 Men lè mechan an vire kite mechanste li an pou vin pratike lajistis ak ladwati, li va viv ladan yo.
But if a wicked man turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he will live because of this.
20 Men nou di: “Chemen SENYÈ a pa jis”. O lakay Israël, Mwen va jije nou chak selon chemen nou.’”
Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.”
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.”
In the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has been taken!”
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 evening before the fugitive arrived, the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer mute.
23 Epi pawòl SENYÈ a te vin kote mwen. Li te di:
Then the word of the LORD 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 living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’
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 tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then 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?”’
You have relied on your swords, you have committed detestable acts, and each of you has defiled his neighbor’s wife. Should you then 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.
Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I will give to be devoured by wild animals, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.
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.
I will make the land a desolate waste, and the pride of her strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, so that no one will 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 will know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land a desolate waste because of all the abominations 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.’
As for you, son of man, your people are talking about you near the city walls and in the doorways of their houses. One speaks to another, each saying to his brother, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD!’
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.
So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest 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.
Indeed, you are to them like a singer of love songs with a beautiful voice, who skillfully plays an instrument. They hear your words but do not put them into practice.
33 “Pou sa, lè a rive—gade byen, li va rive—alò, yo va konnen ke yon pwofèt te la nan mitan yo.”
So when it comes to pass—and surely it will come—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”
