Ezayi 48
1 “Tande sa, O lakay Jacob, ki rele pa non Israël, ki te sòti nan dlo Juda la. Nou sèmante pa non SENYÈ a, e envoke Bondye Israël la, men san verite e san ladwati.
Hear ye this—O house of Jacob, Ye who call yourselves by the name of Israel, Yea from the waters of Judah, came they forth, —Who swear by the name of Yahweh, And, by the God of Israel, call to remembrance—Not in truth, nor in righteousness;
2 Paske yo rele tèt yo menm jan ak vil sen an e yo depann sou Bondye Israël la; SENYÈ dèzame se non Li.
For of the holy city, do they call themselves, And on the God of Israel, do they stay themselves, —Yahweh of hosts, is his name.
3 Mwen te deklare ansyen bagay lontan yo, yo te sòti nan bouch Mwen e Mwen te pwoklame yo. Sibitman Mwen te fè yo, e yo te vin rive.
Things in advance, of old, I declared, Yea out of mine own mouth, came they forth, that I might let them be known, —Suddenly, I wrought and they came to pass.
4 Akoz Mwen konnen ke tèt ou di, kou ou tankou ba fè, e fwontèn ou tankou bwonz;
Because I knew that—Obstinate, thou wast, —And, a sinew of iron, was thy neck, And thy brow, brazen,
5 pou sa, Mwen te deklare sa a ou menm lontan sa; avan yo te rive, Mwen te pwoklame yo a Ou menm, pou ou pa ta di: ‘Se zidòl mwen an ki te fè l; imaj taye mwen ak imaj fonn mwen an ki te kòmande yo.’
therefore told I thee—in time past, Ere yet it came, I let thee hear, —Lest thou shouldest say Mine idol wrought them, Yea, my carved image and my molten image, commanded them!
6 Ou te tande sa! Gade tout sa! Konsa, ou menm, èske ou p ap deklare li? Mwen pwoklame bagay tounèf yo a ou menm soti kounye a, tout bagay kache a ke ou pa t konnen yo.
Thou hast heard—see it whole, And will, ye, not tell? I have let thee hear new things—from the present time, Even secrets which ye knew not.
7 Se koulye a yo fèt, e pa lontan sa. Avan jou sa a, ou pa t tande yo. Konsa, ou p ap di: “Gade byen, mwen te konnen yo”.
Now, are they created, and not in time past, And, before to-day, thou hadst not heard of them, —Lest thou shouldest say, Lo! I knew them!
8 Anverite, Ou pa t konn tande yo, ni ou pa t konnen yo. Menm depi lontan, zòrèy ou pa t ouvri, paske Mwen te konnen ke ou aji nan koken. Depi nan nesans ou, se rebèl ou te ye.
Nay! thou hadst not heard, Nay! thou hadst not known, Nay! in time past, thine ear, was not opened, —For I knew that thou, wouldst be treacherous, Yea a transgressor from birth, hast thou been called.
9 Pou koz a non Mwen, M ap fè kòlè Mwen pran ti reta; pou koz lwanj Mwen, Mwen ralanti l pou ou, pou m pa koupe retire ou nèt.
For the sake of mine own Name, will I defer mine anger, And for my praise, will I restrain myself towards thee, —So as not to cut thee off.
10 Gade byen, Mwen te rafine ou, men pa tankou ajan; Mwen te fè ou pase a leprèv nan founo doulè a.
Lo! I have refined thee, but not as silver, —I have tested thee, in a smelting-pot of affliction.
11 Pou koz pa M, pou pwòp koz pa Mwen, Mwen va aji; paske kòman non Mwen ka vin pwofane konsa? Glwa Mwen, Mwen p ap ka sede l bay yon lòt.
For mine own sake—for mine own sake, will I effectually work For how should it be profaned? And, my glory—to another, will I not give.
12 Koute Mwen, O Jacob, menm Israël ke M te rele a; Mwen se Li menm nan. Mwen se premye a. E Mwen se osi dènye a.
Hearken unto me O Jacob, And Israel, my called one, —I, am, the Same I, the first, yea, I, the last:
13 Anverite, men M te etabli latè, e men dwat Mwen te louvri syèl yo. Lè M rele yo, yo kanpe ansanm.
Surely, mine own hand, founded the earth, And, my right hand, stretched out the heavens, —While I was calling unto them, they stood forth, at once
14 Rasanble, nou tout pou koute! Se kilès pami yo ki te deklare bagay sa yo? Sila SENYÈ a renmen; li va akonpli sa li pito sou Babylone. Men L va kontra Kaldeyen yo.
Assemble yourselves—all of you and hear, Who among them, hath told these things? he whom Yahweh loveth, will execute—His pleasure, on Babylon, And his stroke on the Chaldeans.
15 Mwen menm, Mwen te pale. Anverite, Mwen te rele li. Mwen te mennen li, e Li va fè chemen li yo vin reyisi.
I—I, have spoken, Yea I have called him, —I have brought him in, and he shall make prosperous his way.
16 Vin toupre Mwen, koute sa: “Depi nan kòmansman, Mwen pa t pale an sekrè; depi tan sa te rive a, Mwen te la.” Epi koulye a Senyè BONDYE a te voye Mwen ak Lespri Li.
Draw ye near unto me—hear ye this, Not in advance in secret, have I spoken, From the very time it cometh into being, there, am I, —And, now, My Lord Yahweh hath sent me and his spirit.
17 Konsa pale SENYÈ a, Redanmtè ou a, Sila Ki Sen an Israël la: “Mwen se SENYÈ a, Bondye ou a, ki enstwi ou pou ou ta byen reyisi, ki mennen ou nan chemen ke ou ta dwe ale a.
Thus saith Yahweh—Thy Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel, —I—Yahweh, am thy God, Teaching thee to profit, Guiding thee in the way thou shouldest go.
18 Si sèlman ou te okipe kòmandman Mwen yo! Konsa afè ou t ap mache byen tankou yon rivyè, e ladwati ou tankou lam lanmè yo.
Oh! that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments, —Then had been, like a river, thy prosperity, And, thy righteousness, like the waves of the sea:
19 Desandan nou yo t ap tankou sab e pitit ou yo tankou grenn sab. Non pa li pa ta janm vin disparèt ni detwi devan prezans Mwen.”
Then had been, like the sand, thy seed, And, the offspring of thy body, like the grains thereof, —Neither cut off nor destroyed had been his name from before me.
20 Ale kite Babylone! Sove ale devan Kaldeyen yo! Deklare ak son a kri lajwa, pwoklame sa. Voye li rive jis nan dènye pwent latè. Anonse li, “SENYÈ a te rachte sèvitè Li a, Jacob.”
Come ye forth out of Babylon, Flee from among the Chaldeans, With triumphant voice, tell ye—let this be heard, Let it go forth as far as the end of the earth, —Say ye—Yahweh hath redeemed his servant Jacob!
21 Yo pa t swaf lè Li te mennen yo travèse dezè yo. Li te fè dlo sòti nan wòch pou yo; Li te fann wòch la e dlo te vin pete.
And they thirsted not, when, through dry places, he led them, Waters out of the rock, caused he to flow out to them, —Yea be cleft a rock and, there gushed out waters:
22 “Pa gen lapè pou mechan yo”, SENYÈ a di.
No well-being, saith Yahweh to the lawless,
