Ezayi 21
1 Pwofesi konsènan dezè lanmè a. Kon tanpèt van nan dezè a kontinye ravaje, sa sòti nan dezè a, de yon peyi etonnan.
The prophecy concerning the desert of the sea. As storms which rush along through the south, So it cometh from the desert, From the terrible land.
2 Yon vizyon tèlman rèd devwale devan m. Moun nan ki trèt la, fè trèt toujou, e sila k ap detwi a, detwi toujou. Monte Élam, fè syèj! Mwen te fè tout plenyen Médie sispann.
A grievous vision was revealed to me; The plunderer plundereth, and the destroyer destroyeth. “Go up, O Elam! Besiege, O Media! All sighing do I make to cease.”
3 Pou rezon sa a, kwis mwen plen doulè. Gwo lapèn sezi mwen tankou doulè a fanm ansent. Mwen tèlman twouble ke m pa ka tande. Mwen tèlman pè ke m pa ka wè.
Therefore are my loins full of pain; Pangs have seized me, as the pangs of a woman in travail; For convulsions I cannot hear; For anguish I cannot see.
4 Panse mwen ap vire tounen. Gwo efryans plen tèt mwen. Ti limyè aswè a ke m te anvi wè a, koulye a vin fè m tranble.
My heart panteth, Terror hath seized upon me; The evening of my desire is changed into horror.
5 Yo prepare tab la, yo plase watchman nan, yo manje, yo bwè. Leve, o kapitèn yo, mete lwil sou boukliye yo!
The table is prepared; the watch is set; They eat; they drink; “Arise, ye princes! Anoint the shield!”
6 Paske konsa SENYÈ a pale avèk mwen: “Ale pozisyone gadyen an; kite li bay rapò a sa li wè a.
For thus said the Lord unto me: “Go, set a watchman, Who shall declare what he seeth.”
7 Lè l wè sila ki monte cheval yo, chevalye aliye pa de yo, yon lign bourik yo, yon lign chamo yo, kite li veye ak atansyon, veye byen pre.”
And he saw a troop, horsemen in pairs, Riders on asses, and riders on camels, And he watched with the utmost heed.
8 Gadyen nan rele kon yon lyon: “O SENYÈ, mwen kanpe tout jou yo san deplase sou wo tou la! Nan lanwit sou pòs gad la!
Then he cried like a lion: “My Lord, I stand continually upon the watch-tower in the daytime, And keep my post all the night;
9 Atansyon! Veye byen! Men yon ekip moun monte, chevalye alinye pa de yo ap vini.” Li te reponn: “Tonbe, Babylone fin tonbe! Tout imaj a dye li yo kraze atè.”
And behold, there cometh a troop, Horsemen in pairs.” Again also he lifted up his voice, and said: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon, And all the graven images of her gods are cast broken to the ground.”
10 O moun pa m ke yo fin bat nèt kon sereyal! Sa ke m te tande soti nan SENYÈ dèzame yo, Bondye Israël la, sa mwen fè nou konnen.
O my threshing, and the corn of my floor! What I have heard from Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, That have I declared to you.
11 Pwofesi konsènan Edom an. Gen yon moun ki toujou ap rele m depi nan Séir: “Gadyen, kijan nwit lan ap avanse? Gadyen, kijan nwit lan ap avanse?”
The prophecy concerning Dumah. A voice came to me from Seir: “Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?”
12 Gadyen an reponn: “Maten an vin pwoche; men osi anplis, nwit lan. Si ou ta vle fè ankèt, fè ankèt. Retounen ankò.”
The watchman saith: “Morning cometh, and also night. If ye will inquire, inquire! Return, come!”
13 Pwofesi konsènan Arabie a. Fòk nou pase nwit lan nan rakbwa pikan Arabie yo, O karavàn a Dedan yo.
The prophecy against the Arabians. In the thickets of Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedan!
14 Pote dlo pou moun swaf yo, O moun ki rete nan peyi Théma yo; rankontre ak sila k ap sove ale ak pen an.
The inhabitants of the land of Tema Bring water to the thirsty; They come to meet the fugitive with bread.
15 Paske yo te sove ale chape devan nepe yo, devan nepe ki rale yo, banza ki koube a ak presyon batay la.
For they flee from swords, From the drawn sword, And from the bent bow, And from the fury of war.
16 Paske konsa SENYÈ a te di mwen: “Nan yon ane, jan yon anplwaye ta kab konwole li, tout grandè a Kédar va fini;
For thus saith the Lord to me: Within one year, according to the years of a hireling, Shall all the glory of Kedar be consumed.
17 epi retay sòlda banza yo, mesye pwisan a, fis a Kédar yo, va vin yon tikras; paske SENYÈ a, Bondye Israël la, te pale.”
The remainder of the mighty bowmen of the sons of Kedar shall be diminished; For Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath said it.
