Ezayi 43

1 Men koulye a, konsa pale SENYÈ a, Kreyatè ou a, O Jacob, e Sila ki te fòme ou a, O Israël: “Pa pè, paske Mwen te rachte ou. Mwen te rele ou pa non ou. Se pa M ou ye!

And now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee, and called thee by thy name: thou art mine.

2 Lè w ap pase nan gwo dlo yo, Mwen va la avèk ou; epi nan rivyè yo, yo p ap debòde sou ou. Lè w ap mache nan dife a, ou p ap brile, ni flanm nan p ap brile ou.

When thou shalt pass through the waters, I will be with thee, and the rivers shall not cover thee: when thou shalt walk in the fire, thou shalt not be burnt, and the flames shall not burn in thee:

3 Paske Mwen se SENYÈ a, Bondye ou a, Sila Ki Sen en Israël la, Sovè ou a. Mwen te bay Égypte kon ranson ou Cush ak Saba nan plas ou.

For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I have given Egypt for thy atonement, Ethiopia and Saba for thee.

4 Akoz ou presye nan zye M, akoz ou gen gran valè e Mwen renmen ou, Mwen va bay lòt moun nan plas ou e lòt pèp an echanj pou lavi ou.

Since thou becamest honourable in my eyes, thou art glorious: I have loved thee, and I will give men for thee, and people for thy life.

5 Pa pè, paske Mwen avèk ou; Mwen va mennen desandan ou yo soti nan lès e ranmase ou nan lwès.

Fear not, for I am with thee: I will. bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west.

6 Mwen va di a nò: ‘Lage yo!’ Epi a sid: ‘Pa anpeche yo!’ Mennen fis Mwen yo soti lwen e fi Mwen yo soti nan dènye pwent latè yo—

I will say to the north: Give up: and to the south: Keep not back: bring my sons from afar, and my daughters from the ends of the earth.

7 tout moun ki rele pa non Mwen e ke Mwen te kreye pou glwa Mwen, ke M te fòme, menm sa ke m te fè.”

And every one that calleth upon my name, I have created him for my glory, I have formed him, and made him.

8 Mennen fè parèt pèp ki avèg la, malgre yo gen zye e soud la, malgre yo gen zòrèy.

Bring forth the people that are blind, and have eyes: that are deaf, and have ears.

9 Kite tout nasyon yo reyini ansanm e tout pèp yo rasanble. Kilès pami yo ki kapab deklare sa e pwoklame a nou menm bagay a tan ansyen yo? Kite yo prezante temwen pa yo pou yo ka jistifye, oswa kite yo tande e di: “Sa se vrè”.

All the nations are assembled together, and the tribes are gathered: who among you can declare this, and shall make us hear the former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, let them be justified, and hear, and say: It is truth.

10 “Nou se temwen Mwen,” deklare SENYÈ a, “Ak sèvitè ke M te chwazi; pou nou ka konnen, kwè nan Mwen e konprann ke Mwen se Li menm nan. Avan Mwen, pa t gen lòt Bondye ki te fòme e apre Mwen, p ap gen menm.

You are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that you may know, and believe me, and understand that I myself am. Before me there was no God formed, and after me there shall be none.

11 Mwen menm, Mwen se SENYÈ a e nanpwen sovè apa de Mwen menm.

I am, I am the Lord: and there is no saviour besides me.

12 Se Mwen ki te deklare, sove, pwoklame e pat genyen dye etranje pami nou. Konsa, nou se temwen M”, deklare SENYÈ a: “Epi Mwen se Bondye.

I have declared, and have saved. I have made it heard, and there was no strange one among you. You are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and I am God.

13 Menm depi nan letènite, Mwen se Li menm e pa genyen moun ki ka delivre fè sòti nan men M; Mwen aji e se kilès ki ka ranvèse l?”

And from the beginning I am the same, and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall turn it away?

14 Konsa pale SENYÈ a, Redanmtè nou an, Sila Ki Sen an Israël la; “Pou koz nou, Mwen voye kote Babylone e Mwen va mennen yo tout desann kote nou kon kaptif, menm Kaldeyen yo nan bato anndan sila yo rejwi yo.

Thus saith the Lord your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their bars, and the Chaldeans glorying in their ships.

15 Mwen se SENYÈ a, Sila Ki Sen pa nou an, Kreyatè Israël la, Wa nou an.”

I am the Lord your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.

16 Konsa pale SENYÈ a, ki fè yon wout sou lanmè a, e yon chemen nan dlo pwisan yo,

Thus saith the Lord, who made a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters.

17 Ki mennen fè parèt cha avèk cheval la, lame ak mesye pwisan a (Yo va kouche ansanm e yo p ap leve ankò; yo te etenn tankou yon fisèl bouji):

Who brought forth the chariot and the horse, the army and the strong: they lay down to sleep together, and they shall not rise again: they are broken as flax, and are extinct.

18 Pa kite ansyen bagay yo antre nan tèt nou, ni reflechi sou bagay ki fin pase.

Remember not former things, and look not on things of old.

19 Gade byen, Mwen va fè yon bagay tounèf; koulye a, li va pete vin parèt. Èske nou p ap rekonèt li? Menm yon chemen nan dezè a Mwen va fè, ak rivyè yo nan dezè a.

Behold I do new things, and now they shall spring forth, verily you shall know them: I will make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

20 Bèt nan chan yo va bay glwa a Mwen menm, chen mawon nan chan yo ak otrich yo, akoz Mwen te bay dlo nan savann nan e rivyè nan dezè a pou pèp chwazi Mwen an ka bwè.

The beast of the field shall glorify me, the dragons and the ostriches: because I have given waters in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, to my chosen.

21 Pèp ke M te fòme pou Mwen an va deklare lwanj Mwen.

This people have I formed for myself, they shall shew forth my praise.

22 Men ou pa t rele Mwen, O Jacob; men ou tevin fatige ak Mwen, O Israël.

But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob, neither hast thou laboured about me, O Israel.

23 Ou pa t mennen ban Mwen mouton a ofrann brile ou yo, ni ou pa t onore M ak ofrann brile ou yo, ni ou pa t onore M ak sakrifis ou yo. Mwen pa t mete gwo fado sou ou ak ofrann yo, ni fè ou fatige ak lansan.

Thou hast not offered me the ram of thy holocaust, nor hast thou glorified me with thy victims: I have not caused thee to serve with oblations, nor wearied thee with incense.

24 Ou pa t mennen ban M kann dous ak lajan, ni ou pa t plen M ak grès a sakrifis ou yo. Olye de sa, ou te chaje Mwen ak peche ou yo. Ou te fatige M ak inikite ou yo.

Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy victims. But thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thy iniquities.

25 Mwen menm, Mwen se Sila ki efase transgresyon ou yo, pou koz Mwen; e Mwen p ap sonje peche ou yo.

I am, I am he that blot out thy iniquities for my own sake, and I will not remember thy sins.

26 Mete M nan memwa ou. Annou diskite ka nou ansanm. Prezante ka ou pou ou ka jistifye ak eprèv ou.

Put me in remembrance, and let us plead together: tell if thou hast any thing to justify thyself.

27 Premye zansèt ou yo te peche, e enstriktè ou yo te trangrese kont Mwen.

Thy brat father sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.

28 Pou sa, Mwen va deklare prens a sanktyè yo pa pwòp; Mwen va fè Jacob yon malediksyon, e Israël kon yon repwòch.

And I have profaned the holy princes, I have given Jacob to slaughter, and Israel to reproach.