Ezayi 55
1 “Gade! Tout sa ki swaf yo, vin nan dlo! Nou menm ki pa gen kòb yo, vin achte pou manje. Vin achte diven ak lèt san lajan, e san frè.
“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
2 Poukisa nou depanse lajan pou sa ki pa pen, ak kouraj travay nou pou sa ki pa ka satisfè? Koute Mwen avèk atansyon, manje sa ki bon e pran plezi nou an abondans.
Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
3 Prete zòrèy nou e vin kote Mwen. Koute pou nou ka viv. Mwen va fè yon akò avè w k ap dire pou tout tan, selon mizerikòd fidèl ki te montre a David la.
Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.
4 Gade byen, Mwen te bay li kon yon temwen a pèp la, yon chèf ak kòmandè pou pèp la.
Behold, I have made him a witness to the nations, a leader and commander of the peoples.
5 Gade byen, ou va rele yon nasyon ou pa rekonèt; yon nasyon ki pa rekonèt ou va kouri bò kote ou, akoz SENYÈ Bondye ou a, ak Sila Ki Sen an Israël la; paske Li te bay ou glwa.”
Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”
6 Chache SENYÈ a pandan Li kapab twouve; rele Li pandan Li toupre a.
Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
7 Kite mechan an abandone chemen li an, ak pechè a, panse li yo. Kite li retounen kote SENYÈ a e Li va gen mizerikòd sou li; anvè Bondye nou an, ki pa janm manke mizerikòd.
Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
8 “Paske, panse pa Mwen yo se pa panse pa w, ni wout ou yo se pa wout pa M”, deklare SENYÈ a.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,”
9 Paske tankou syèl yo pi wo ke tè a, konsa wout Mwen yo pi wo ke wout pa w yo, e panse Mwen yo ke panse pa w yo.
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.
10 Paske menm jan ke lapli ak lanèj desann sòti nan syèl la, e pa retounen la, san ke yo pa awoze tè a, pou fè l donnen e boujonnen, pou fè l bay semans pou kiltivatè, ak pen pou sila k ap manje a;
For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
11 se konsa pawòl Mwen ki sòti nan bouch Mwen va ye. Li p ap retounen kote Mwen vid, san ke li pa akonpli sa ke M dezire a, san ke li pa akonpli bi pou sila Mwen te voye li a.
so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
12 Paske ou va sòti ak kè kontan e mennen sòti ak lapè. Mòn yo ak kolin yo va eklate nan gwo kri lajwa devan ou, e tout bwa nan chan yo va bat men yo.
You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
13 Olye de bwa pikan, bwa siprè va leve; olye machacha, bwa jasmen va leve. Sa va sèvi kon yon memoryal a SENYÈ a, kon yon sign k ap dire nèt, ki p ap janm disparèt.
Instead of the thornbush, a cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, a myrtle will spring up; they will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”
