Esdras 9
1 Alò, lè bagay sa yo te fini, chèf yo te vin kote mwen epi te di: “Pèp Israël la avèk prèt ak Levit yo pa t separe yo menm de pèp peyi yo, men te swiv abominasyon pa yo, menm sila nan Canaan yo, Etyen yo, Ferezyen yo, Jebizyen yo, Amonit yo, Moabit yo, Ejipsyen yo ak Amoreyen yo.
Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, [doing] according to their abominations, [even] of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
2 Paske yo te pran kèk nan fi pa yo kon madanm pou yo menm, ak pou fis pa yo, jiskaske ras sen an te vin mele avèk pèp peyi yo. Vrèman, se men a chèf yo avèk dirijan yo ki te pran an avan nan enfidelite sa a.”
For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of [those] lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.
3 Lè mwen te tande afè sila a, mwen te chire vètman mwen. Mwen te rache cheve nan tèt mwen avèk bab mwen e mwen te vin chita, dezole nèt.
And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded.
4 Konsa, tout moun ki te tranble sou pawòl Bondye Israël la akoz enfidelite a moun egzil yo, te rasanble kote mwen. Epi mwen te chita dezole nèt jis rive nan ofrann aswè a.
Then were assembled to me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat confounded until the evening sacrifice.
5 Men nan ofrann aswè a, mwen te leve soti nan imilyasyon mwen, menm avèk rad ak manto mwen chire. Mwen te tonbe sou jenou mwen e te lonje men m kote SENYÈ a, Bondye mwen an.
And at the evening sacrifice I arose from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands to the LORD my God,
6 Mwen te di: “O Bondye mwen, mwen twouble, e mwen wont leve figi mwen vè Ou menm, Bondye mwen. Paske inikite nou yo vin leve pi wo tèt nou, e koupabilite nou vin grandi menm jis rive nan syèl yo.
And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over [our] head, and our trespass is grown up to the heavens.
7 Depi nan jou a papa nou yo, jis rive jodi a, nou nan gran koupabilite. Epi akoz inikite nou yo, nou menm, wa nou yo ak prèt nou yo te vin livre nan men a wa peyi yo, a nepe, an kaptivite, piyaj ak wont ki byen vizib, jis rive jodi a.
Since the days of our fathers [have] we [been] in a great trespass to this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, [and] our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as [it is] this day.
8 Men koulye a, pou yon ti moman, gras la te parèt soti nan SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, pou kite pou nou, yon retay ki chape, pou bay nou yon pati nan kote sen Li an, pou Bondye nou an ta kapab klere zye nou e fè nou twouve yon ti amelyorasyon nan esklavaj nou an.
And now for a little space grace hath been [shown] from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
9 Paske se esklav nou ye; sepandan, Bondye pa t abandone nou, men te lonje ban nou lanmou dous Li nan zye a wa Perse yo, pou bannou amelyorasyon pou leve lakay Bondye nou an, pou restore sa ki te kraze nèt yo, e pou bannou yon miray nan Juda avèk Jérusalem.
For we [were] bond-men; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations of it, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
10 “Alò, Bondye nou an, kisa nou va di apre sa? Paske nou te abandone kòmandman Ou yo,
And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,
11 ke Ou te kòmande pa sèvitè Ou yo, pwofèt yo, lè Ou te di: ‘Peyi ke nou ap antre pou posede a se yon peyi ki pa pwòp avèk moun ki pa pwòp nan peyi yo, avèk abominasyon pa yo avèk sila yo te akonpli soti nan yon pwent jis rive nan yon lòt ak lempite pa yo.
Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, to which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.
12 Pou sa, pa bay fi nou yo a fis nou yo, ni pran fi pa yo pou fis pa nou, pa janm chache lapè yo ak pwosperite yo, pou nou kapab kenbe kouraj nou e manje bon bagay peyi a, e lese li kon yon eritaj a fis nou yo jis pou tout tan.’
Now therefore give not your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave [it] for an inheritance to your children for ever.
13 “Apre tout sa ki te rive sou nou pou zak mechan nou yo ak gran koupabilite nou yo, akoz Ou menm, Bondye nou an, te remèt nou mwens ke linikite nou yo merite, e te ban nou yon retay chape kon sila a,
And after all that hath come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities [deserve], and hast given us [such] deliverance as this;
14 konsa, èske nou ap ankò kraze kòmandman Ou yo, e fè maryaj ak pèp ki fè abominasyon sila yo? Èske Ou pa t ap fache avèk nou jis nan pwen pou detwi nou, jis pa menm gen yon retay, ni okenn moun ki chape?
Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldst thou not be angry with us till thou hadst consumed [us], so that [there should be] no remnant nor escaping?
15 O SENYÈ a, Bondye Israël la, Ou dwat, paske yon retay ki chape te rete pou nou nan jou sa a. Men vwala, nou devan Ou nan koupabilite nou yo, e pèsòn pa kapab kanpe devan Ou akoz sa.”
O LORD God of Israel, thou [art] righteous: for we having escaped, remain yet, as [it is] this day: behold, we [are] before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.
