Levitik 26
1 “Nou pa pou fè pou nou menm zidòl, ni nou pa pou mete an plas pou nou menm yon imaj, oswa yon pilye sakre. Ni nou pa pou plase yon wòch taye nan okenn fòm pou bese devan li; paske Mwen se SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an.
[Yahweh also said this to Moses/me on Sinai Mountain]: “Do not make idols or set up statues of false gods or sacred stones [to worship other gods]. And do not put on your property a stone that has been shaped [to resemble a false god] and bow down to [worship] it. [You must worship only] me, Yahweh, your God.
2 “Nou va kenbe Saba Mwen yo, e nou va onore sanktyè Mwen an. Mwen se SENYÈ a.
“Honor the Sabbath days and revere my Sacred Tent, because I, Yahweh, [live there].
3 “Si nou mache nan règleman Mwen yo, e kenbe kòmandman Mwen yo pou fè yo,
“If you carefully obey all my commands [DOU],
4 konsa Mwen va bannou lapli yo nan sezon pa yo, pou peyi a donnen pwodwi li yo, e bwa nan chan yo va bay fwi yo.
I will send rain for you at the proper/right times, in order that crops will grow on your land and there will be plenty of fruit on your trees.
5 Anverite, bat grenn chan nou va dire jis tan pou ranmase rezen yo, e ranmase rezen yo va dire jis rive nan tan semans lan. Nou va konsa manje manje nou vant plen nèt, e viv ansekirite nan peyi nou.
You will continue [harvesting and] threshing [grain] until it is time to harvest grapes, and you will continue to harvest grapes until it is time to start planting [things in the following year]. And you will have all the food that you want to eat, and you will live safely in your land.
6 “Mwen va osi bay lapè nan peyi a, pou nou kapab kouche san okenn moun pa fè nou tranble. Osi mwen va retire bèt sovaj nan peyi a, e okenn nepe p ap pase nan peyi nou.
“[If you obey all my laws], there will be peace in your country, and when you lie down [to sleep], nothing will cause you to be afraid. I will get rid of the dangerous animals in your country, and there will no wars [MTY] in your country.
7 Men nou va kouri dèyè lènmi nou yo, e yo va tonbe devan nou pa nepe.
You will pursue your enemies and kill them with your swords:
8 Senk nan nou va chase yon santèn, san nan nou va chase di-mil, e lènmi nou yo va tonbe devan nou pa nepe.
Five of you will pursue 100 of them, and 100 of you will pursue 1,000 of them and kill them with your swords.
9 “Konsa, Mwen va vire vè nou pou fè nou donnen anpil fwi. Mwen va miltipliye nou, e Mwen va asire akò Mwen avèk nou.
“[If you obey all my laws], I will bless you and cause you to have many children [DOU]. And I will do what I said that I would do in the agreement that I made with you.
10 Nou va manje nan ansyen depo a, e nou va netwaye ansyen an akoz nèf la.
When you are still eating food from the harvest from the previous year, it will be necessary for you to throw away some of it to make space for the new harvest.
11 Anplis, Mwen va fè domisil Mwen pami nou, e nanm Mwen p ap rejte nou.
I will live among you in my Sacred Tent, and I will never reject you.
12 Mwen va osi mache pami nou, Mwen va Bondye nou, e nou va pèp Mwen.
I will walk among you and continue to be your God, and you will continue to be my people.
13 Mwen se SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, ki te mennen nou sòti nan peyi Égypte la pou nou pa t esklav pa yo. Mwen te kase fè esklavaj nou an, e Mwen te fè nou mache kanpe dwat.
I am Yahweh your God, the one who brought you out of Egypt in order that you would no longer be slaves of the people of Egypt. [When you were there, you were treated as though you were animals that worked for the people of Egypt, but] [MET] I broke the bars of the (yokes/frames that were put around your necks) and enabled you to walk with your heads up.”
14 “Men si nou pa obeyi Mwen e pa akonpli tout kòmandman sa yo,
“But if you will not heed me and obey all these commands,
15 si, okontrè, nou rejte règleman Mwen yo, si nanm nou rayi òdonans sa yo pou li pa vin akonpli tout kòmandman Mwen yo, e kraze akò Mwen yo,
and if you reject [DOU] my decrees and laws, and do not do [DOU] what I commanded you to do in the agreement that I made with you,
16 anretou, men kisa Mwen va fè nou: Mwen va apwente sou nou sibitman yon gwo twoub, yon maladi epwizan avèk lafyèv ki va gate zye nou, e fè nanm nan chagren. Konsa, nou va simen grenn nou yo san reyisi, paske se lènmi nou yo ki va manje li.
these are the things that I will do to you: I will suddenly cause there to be disasters that will ruin you. You will have diseases that cannot be cured, and fevers that will cause you to become blind and will slowly kill you. It will be useless for you to plant seeds, because your enemies will eat the crops that grow.
17 Mwen va mete figi Mwen kont nou jiskaske nou vin frape devan lènmi nou yo. Sila ki rayi nou yo va domine sou nou, e nou va kouri sove ale menm lè pa gen moun k ap kouri dèyè nou.
I will reject/abandon you [IDM], with the result that you will be defeated by your enemies. Then those who hate you will rule you, and [you will be so terrified that] you will run away even when no one is pursuing you.
18 “Si menm apre bagay sa yo, nou pa vin obeyi Mwen, alò Mwen va pini nou sèt fwa anplis pou peche nou yo.
“If you still will not heed me after all those things happen to you, I will continue to punish you again and again for the sins that you have committed.
19 Mwen va anplis, kase awogans pouvwa nou. Mwen va fè syèl la tankou fè, e tè a tankou bwonz.
I will cause you to no longer be stubborn and proud; I will cause [no rain to fall; it will be as though] [MET] the sky is made of iron; and the ground will be [as hard as] brass [MET].
20 Fòs ou va depanse san valè; latè ou p ap pwodwi, ni pyebwa yo p ap donnen fwi.
You will uselessly work very hard [to plant seeds], because crops will not grow in the hard soil in your fields, and fruit will not grow on your trees.
21 ‘Si konsa, ou aji ak ostilite kont Mwen, e refize obeyi M, Mwen va ogmante gwo maladi ak dezas yo sèt fwa, selon peche nou yo.
“If you continue to oppose me and refuse to heed me, I will cause you to experience disasters again and again, like you deserve to experience because of your sins.
22 “Mwen va lage pami nou bèt sovaj chan yo ki va rache pitit nou yo nan men nou, detwi bèt nou yo e redwi fòs kantite moun nou jis pou wout nou yo rete abandone.
I will send wild animals to attack you, and they will kill your little children and destroy your cattle. There will be very few of you who will remain alive, with the result that there will be very few [HYP] people walking on the roads in your country.
23 “Epi si, nan tout bagay sa yo nou pa vire bò kote M, men aji avèk ostilite kont Mwen,
“When you experience those things that I do to punish you, if you still do not pay attention to me, and if you continue to oppose me,
24 alò, Mwen va aji avèk ostilite kont nou. Mwen, Mwen menm, Mwen va frape nou sèt fwa pou peche nou yo.
I myself will oppose you, and I will punish you for your sins again and again.
25 Osi, Mwen va mennen sou nou yon nepe ki va egzekite vanjans pou akò a. Lè nou reyini ansanm nan vil nou yo, Mwen va voye epidemi sou nou, pou nou vin livre nan men lènmi nou yo.
I will send [foreign] [MTY] to punish you for not doing the things that I commanded you to do in the agreement that I made with you. If you [try to escape from your enemies by] shutting yourselves in your cities [that have walls around them], I will cause you to experience plagues, and I will allow your enemies to capture [IDM] you.
26 Lè Mwen kase pen pami nou, dis fanm va kwit pen nou nan yon sèl fou, e yo va mennen retounen pen nou nan pati ki mezire nan balans lan, pou nou manje, men pa pou nou satisfè.
When I cut off your food supply, there will be very little flour with which to make bread. As a result, ten women will be able to bake all their bread in [only] one oven. [When the bread is baked], each woman will divide it [among the members of her family, but there will be very little for each one], and when they have eaten all of it, they will still be hungry.
27 “Men si, malgre tout sa, nou pa obeyi Mwen, men aji avèk ostilite kont Mwen,
“After all those things happen, if you still do not heed me, if you still oppose me,
28 alò, Mwen va aji avèk ostilite ak vanjans kont nou. Mwen va pini nou sèt fwa pou peche nou yo.
I will be very angry with you, and I will oppose you, and I myself will punish you for your sins again and again.
29 Anplis nou va manje chè a fis nou yo e chè a fi nou yo, n ap manje.
[You will be extremely hungry, with the result that] you will [kill] your sons and daughters and eat their flesh.
30 Mwen va detwi wo plas yo, koupe lotèl lansan yo, e fè gwo pil ak retay kò nou sou retay zidòl nou, paske nanm Mwen va rayi nou.
I will cause the shrines [where you worship idols] on hilltops to be destroyed. I will smash the altars where you burn incense [to worship your gods], and I will cause your corpses to be piled on the lifeless statues of your gods. And I will detest you.
31 Anplis, Mwen va kraze vil nou yo; Mwen va fè sanktyè nou yo vin dezè, e Mwen p ap dakò santi sant dous nou yo.
I will cause your cities to become heaps of ruins, and I will cause the buildings that are dedicated to the worship of your gods to be smashed. And I will not be pleased at all with the aroma of your offerings [that are burned on the altar].
32 Mwen va fè peyi a dezole jiskaske lènmi nou ki vin viv ladan yo a va chagrin sou sa.
I will completely ruin your country, with the result that even your enemies who capture it will be shocked/appalled [when they see it].
33 Men nou, Mwen va gaye nou pami nasyon yo, e Mwen va rale yon nepe parèt dèyè nou, pandan peyi nou an vin dezè e vil nou yo vin kraze.
I will enable [your enemies to kill you with] their swords, and I will cause the rest of you to be scattered among other nations. Your country will be ruined and your cities will become ruins.
34 Epi tè a va rejwi nan Saba li yo pandan tout jou dezolasyon li yo, pandan nou nan peyi lènmi nou yo. Konsa, tè a va repoze e rejwi nan Saba li yo.
After that happens, as long as you are living in your enemies’ countries, your land will be allowed to rest, like you should have allowed it to rest every seven years.
35 Tout jou a dezolasyon yo, li va obsève repo ke li pa t obsève nan Saba nou yo pandan nou t ap viv ladann nan.
All the time that your land is desolate, it will be able to rest, like you did not enable it to rest during all the years that you lived there.
36 “Pou sila nan nou ki kab toujou rete la yo, Mwen va osi pote feblès nan kè yo pandan yo nan peyi lènmi yo. Konsa, bwi a yon fèy k ap kouri nan van va fè kè yo sote, e menmlè pèsòn pa kouri dèyè yo, yo va sove ale tankou se devan nepe, e yo va tonbe.
“As for you people who will remain alive in the countries to which your enemies [will have taken you], I will cause you to become so afraid that when you hear the sound of leaves being blown by the wind, you will run away. You will run like [SIM] you are running from [a man carrying] a sword, and you will fall down, even though no one is pursuing you.
37 Se konsa yo va manke tonbe youn sou lòt, kòmsi yo t ap kouri kite nepe, malgre pèsòn pa dèyè yo. Nou p ap gen fòs pou kanpe devan lènmi nou yo.
You will stumble over each other. So you will not be able to stand and fight your enemies.
38 Men nou va peri pami nasyon yo, e peyi lènmi nou yo va manje nou.
Many of you will die in the countries that belong to your enemies [DOU].
39 Epi sila ki lese dèyè yo va pouri gate akoz inikite pa yo nan peyi a lènmi pa nou an; epi osi, akoz inikite zansèt pa yo, ak enfidelite ke yo te komèt nan peyi lènmi nou yo; anplis, akoz inikite a papa zansèt pa yo, yo va vin pouri ansanm avèk yo.
And those of you who remain alive will slowly die and rot in the countries of your enemies because of your sins and because of the sins of your ancestors.
40 “Si yo konfese inikite pa yo, ak inikite zansèt yo, nan enfidelite ke yo te komèt kont Mwen yo, ak jan yo aji avèk ostilite kont Mwen an—
“But your descendants must confess their sins and the sins that their ancestors committed. Their ancestors acted unfaithfully toward me and were hostile to me, with the result that I forced them to go to the countries that belonged to their enemies. But when your descendants humble themselves [SYN] and stop being very stubborn [IDM] and accept being punished for their sins,
41 Mwen te aji osi avèk ostilite kont yo, pou mennen yo nan peyi lènmi yo—oubyen si kè ensikonsi yo a ta vin imilye pou yo kapab, answit, aksepte pinisyon pou inikite yo a.
42 Nan lè sa a, Mwen va sonje akò Mwen avèk Jacob, Mwen va sonje osi akò Mwen avèk Isaac, ni akò Mwen avèk Abraham, e Mwen va sonje peyi a.
I will remember the agreement that I made with [your ancestors] Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, and [what I promised them about] this land.
43 Paske, peyi a va vin abandone pa yo. Konsa, li va rejwen Saba li yo pandan li rete kon dezè san yo menm nan. Antretan, yo menm va vin aksepte pinisyon pa yo paske yo te rejte òdonans Mwen yo, e nanm yo te rayi règleman Mwen yo.
But [before that happens], you will be forced to leave your land, with the result that the land will be able to rest while it is desolate and while the people are being punished for rejecting my laws and hating my decrees [DOU].
44 Men malgre tout sa, lè yo nan peyi lènmi yo, Mwen p ap rejte yo, ni Mwen p ap meprize yo tèlman pou detwi yo e kase akò Mwen avèk yo; paske Mwen se SENYÈ a, Bondye pa yo a.
But when that happens, I will still not reject them or hate them and destroy them completely. I will not cancel the agreement that I made with them; for I am still Yahweh their God.
45 Men Mwen va sonje yo pou akò avèk zansèt yo a, ke M te mennen fè yo sòti nan peyi Égypte devan zye a tout nasyon yo, pou Mwen ta kapab vin Bondye pa yo. Mwen se SENYÈ a.”
I will (remember/never forget) the agreement that I made with your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt, in order that the people of all nations will know that I, Yahweh, [will continue to] be your God.”
46 Sa yo se règleman avèk òdonans avèk lwa ke SENYÈ a te etabli antre Li menm ak fis Israël yo pa Moïse nan Mòn Sinai a.
Those are the decrees, the laws, and the regulations [DOU] that Yahweh established on Sinai Mountain between himself and the Israeli people by [giving them to] Moses/me [to tell to them].
