Ezayi 37
1 Lè wa Ézéchias te tande sa, li te chire rad li, te kouvri kò l ak sak twal, e li te antre lakay SENYÈ a.
And it came to pass, when king Ezekias heard [it, that] he tore his clothes, and put on sackcloth, and went up to the house of the Lord.
2 Li te voye Éliakim ki te chèf nan kay la avèk Schebna, grefye a ak ansyen a prèt yo, kouvri ak sak twal, kote Ésaïe, pwofèt la, fis a Amots la.
And he sent Heliakim the steward, and Somnas the scribe, and the elders of the priests clothed with sackcloth, to Esaias the son of Amos, the prophet. And they said to him, Thus says Ezekias,
3 Yo te di l: “Men konsa pale Ézéchias: ‘Jou sa a se yon jou gwo malè, repwòch ak rejè; paske pitit yo rive nan lè pou yo fèt e nanpwen fòs pou akouche yo.
To-day is a day of affliction, and reproach, and rebuke, and anger: for the pangs are come upon the travailing [woman], but she has not strength to bring forth.
4 Petèt, SENYÈ Bondye ou a va tande pawòl a Rabschaké, ke mèt li a, wa Assyrie a, te voye pou repwoche Bondye vivan an, e li va repwoche pawòl ke SENYÈ a, Bondye ou a, te tande yo. Pou sa, leve lapriyè yo pou retay ki la toujou yo.’”
May the Lord your God hear the words of Rabsaces, which the king of the Assyrians has sent, to reproach the living God, even to reproach with the words which the Lord your God has heard: therefore you shall pray to your Lord for these that are left.
5 Se konsa sèvitè a Wa Ézéchias yo te rive kote Ésaïe.
So the servants of king Ezekias came to Esaias.
6 Ésaïe te di yo: “Konsa nou va pale mèt nou an, ‘Se konsa SENYÈ a pale: “Pa pè akoz pawòl ke ou te tande yo, avèk sila sèvitè a wa Assyrie yo te blasfeme non Mwen.
And Esaias said to them, Thus shall you say to your master, Thus says the Lord, Be not you afraid at the words which you have heard, wherewith the ambassadors of the king of the Assyrians have reproached me,
7 Gade byen, Mwen va mete yon lespri nan li pou l tande yon rimè pou li retounen nan pwòp peyi li. Epi Mwen va fè l tonbe pa nepe nan pwòp peyi li.”’”
Behold, I [will] send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a report, and return to his own country, and he shall fall by the sword in his own land.
8 Pou sa a, Rabschaké te retounen e te twouve wa Assyrie a t ap goumen kont Libna, paske li te tande ke wa a te kite Lakis.
So Rabsaces returned, and found the king of the Assyrians besieging Lobna: for he had heard that he had departed from Lachis.
9 Lè li menm, wa Assyrie a tande yo pale de Tirhaka, wa Cush la: “Li te parèt deyò pou goumen kont nou,” epi lè l tande sa, li te voye mesaje yo kote Ézéchias e te di:
And Tharaca king of the Ethiopians went forth to attack him. And when he heard it, he turned aside, and sent messengers to Ezekias, saying,
10 “Konsa ou va di a Ézéchias, wa a Juda a: ‘Pa kite Bondye ou a nan sila ou mete konfyans ou an pase ou anba rizib pou di ou: “Jérusalem p ap bay nan men wa Assyrie a.”
Thus shall you say to Ezekias king of Judea, Let not your God, in whom you trust, deceive you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of the Assyrians.
11 Gade byen, ou te tande sa ke wa Assyrie yo te fè a tout peyi yo, ke yo te detwi yo nèt. Konsa, èske ou va chape?
Hast you not heard what the kings of the Assyrians have done, how they have destroyed the whole earth? and shall you be delivered?
12 Èske dye a nasyon sa yo ke papa m te detwi yo te delivre yo; Gozan, Charan, Retseph, ak fis a Éden ki te Telassar yo?
Have the gods of the nations which my fathers destroyed delivered them, both Gozan, and Charrhan, and Rapheth, which are in the land of Theemath?
13 Kote wa Hamath la, wa Arpad la, ak wa nan vil a Sepharvaïm lan, Héna, ak Ivva?’”
Where are the kings of Emath? and where [is the king of] Arphath? and where [is the king] of the city of Eppharuaim, [and of] Anagugana?
14 Ézéchias te pran lèt la nan men mesaje a, li te li li. Konsa, li te monte lakay SENYÈ a, e li te ouvri li devan SENYÈ a.
And Ezekias received the letter from the messengers, and read it, and went up to the house of the Lord, and opened it before the Lord.
15 Ézéchias te priye a SENYÈ a e te di:
And Ezekias prayed to the Lord, saying,
16 “O SENYÈ dèzame yo, Bondye Israël la, ki chita sou twòn li anwo cheriben yo, Ou se Bondye a, Ou menm sèl, sou tout wayòm latè yo. Ou te fè syèl la ak latè a.
O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, who sit upon the cherubs, you alone are the God of every kingdom of the world: you have made heaven and earth.
17 Panche zòrèy Ou, O SENYÈ pou tande. Ouvri zye Ou, O SENYÈ pou Ou wè. Koute byen tout pawòl ke Sanchérib te voye pou repwoche Bondye vivan an.
Incline your ear, O Lord, listen, O Lord; open your eyes, O Lord, look, O Lord: and behold the words of Sennacherim, which he has sent to reproach the living God.
18 Anverite O SENYÈ, wa Assyrie yo te detwi tout peyi yo ak tout tè pa yo.
For of a truth, Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have laid waste the whole world, and the countries thereof,
19 Epi li te jete dye pa yo nan dife, paske se pa t dye yo te ye, men zèv ki te fèt pa men a lòm, ak bwa ak wòch. Konsa yo te detwi yo.
and have cast their idols into the fire: for, they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; and they have cast them away.
20 Koulye a, O SENYÈ, Bondye nou an, delivre nou soti nan men l pou tout wayòm latè yo ka konnen ke Ou menm sèl SENYÈ a, se Bondye.”
But now, O Lord our God, deliver us from his hands, that every kingdom of the earth may know that you are God alone.
21 Ésaïe, fis a Amots la te voye kote Ézéchias e te di: “Konsa pale SENYÈ a, Bondye Israël la, ‘Akoz nou te priye a Mwen menm sou Sanchérib, wa Assyrie a,
And Esaias the son of Amos was sent to Ezekias, and said to him, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, I have heard your prayer to me concerning Sennacherim king of the Assyrians.
22 men pawòl ke SENYÈ a fin pale kont li: Fi vyèj a Sion an desann ou nèt! Li pa bay ou valè. Fi a Jérusalem nan souke tèt li devan w!
This is the word which God has spoken concerning him; The virgin daughter of Sion has despised you, and mocked you; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
23 Se kilès ou te meprize e blasfeme? Kont kilès ou te leve vwa ou, e kont kilès ou te leve zye ou ak ògèy la? Kont Sila Ki Sen an Israël la!
Whom have you reproached and provoked? and against whom have you lifted up your voice? and have you not lifted up your eyes on high against the Holy One of Israel?
24 Ak sèvitè ou yo, ou te meprize SENYÈ a! Ou te di: ‘Ak tout cha mwen yo, mwen te monte sou wotè a mòn yo, kote pi izole nan Liban yo. Epi mwen va koupe bwa sèd li yo ak tout bwa pichpen pi bèl yo. Mwen va monte kote tèt mòn pi wo li a, nan forè pi bèl li yo.
For you have reproached the Lord by messengers; for you have said, With the multitude of chariots have I ascended to the height of mountains, and to the sides of Libanus; and I have cropped the height of his cedars and the beauty of his cypresses; and I entered into the height of the forest region:
25 Mwen te fouye pwi yo, mwen te bwè dlo yo e ak pla pye mwen, mwen fè tout rivyè an Égypte yo vin sèch.’”
and I have made a bridge, and dried up the waters, and every pool of water.
26 “Èske ou pa t tande? Lontan sa, Mwen te fè li; depi nan tan ansyen yo, Mwen te planifye sa. Koulye a Mwen fin fè l rive, pou ou ta fè gwo vil fòtifye yo vin tounen gwo pil mazi.
Hast you not heard of these things which I did of old? I appointed [them] from ancient times; but now have I manifested [my purpose] of desolating nations in [their] strong holds, and them that dwell in strong cities.
27 Akoz sa, moun ki te rete ladann yo te manke fòs. Yo te plen konfizyon ak wont. Yo te tankou zèb chan, tankou zèb vèt, tankou zèb sou twati kay ki fennen avan li fin grandi.
I weakened [their] hands, and they withered; and they became as dry grass on the housetops, and as grass.
28 Men Mwen konnen lè ou chita ak lè ou sòti, lè ou antre ak lè ou fè laraj kont Mwen.
But now I know your rest, and your going out, and your coming in.
29 Akoz laraj ou fè kont Mwen, e akoz ògèy ou rive monte nan zòrèy Mwen; pou sa, Mwen va mete yon gwo kwòk nan nen ou ak brid Mwen nan lèv ou, e Mwen va vire fè ou tounen pa chemen ke ou te antre a.”
And your wrath wherewith you have been enraged, and your rancour has come up to me; therefore I will put a hook in your nose, and a bit in your lips, and will turn you back by the way by which you came.
30 “Epi sa va sign pou ou: ou va manje ane sa a sa ki grandi pou li, nan dezyèm ane sa ki vin parèt menm jan an. Nan twazyèm ane a, plante, rekòlte, plante chan rezen yo e manje fwi yo.
And this shall be a sign to you, Eat this year what you have sown; and the second year that which is left: and the third year sow, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
31 Retay lakay Juda ki chape a va ankò pran rasin anba pou donnen fwi anlè.
And they that are left in Judea shall take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
32 Paske soti nan Jérusalem, va vin parèt yon retay e sòti nan Mòn Sion, kèk moun ki chape. Zèl kouraj SENYÈ a va akonpli sa a.”
for out of Jerusalem there shall be a remnant, and the saved ones out of mount Sion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall perform this.
33 “Pou sa” pale SENYÈ a, pale konsènan wa Assyrie a konsa: “Li p ap rive nan vil sa a, ni tire yon flèch la. Li p ap parèt devan l ak boukliye, ni monte yon ran syèj kont li.
Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of the Assyrians, He shall not enter into this city, nor cast a weapon against it, nor bring a shield against it, nor make a rampart round it.
34 Pa menm chemen ke li te vini an, pa li menm li va retounen e li p ap rive sou vil sa a,’ deklare SENYÈ a.
But by the way by which he came, by it shall he return, and shall not enter into this city: thus says the Lord.
35 ‘Paske Mwen va defann vil sa a pou sove li pou pwòp koz pa M, e pou koz sèvitè Mwen an, David.’”
I will protect this city to save it for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
36 Epi zanj SENYÈ a te sòti deyò e te frape san-katre-ven-senk-mil lòm nan kan Asiryen yo. Lè moun te leve bonè granmmaten, gade byen, yo tout te mouri.
And the angel of the Lord went forth, and killed out of the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand: and they arose in the morning and found all [these] bodies dead.
37 Konsa, Sanchérib, wa Assyrie a te sòti, te retounen lakay li e te rete Ninive.
And Sennacherim king of the Assyrians turned and departed, and lived in Nineve.
38 Li te vin rive pandan li t ap adore lakay Nisroc, dye pa li a, ke Adrammélec ak Scharetser, fis li yo, te touye li ak nepe e yo te chape antre nan peyi Ararat. Konsa, Ésar-Haddon, fis li a, te renye nan plas li.
And while he was worshipping Nasarach his country's god in the house, Adramelech and Sarasar his sons struck him with swords; and they escaped into Armenia: and Asordan his son reigned in his stead.
