Isaiah 28

Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!

Madichon pou gwògmann ki alatèt peyi Efrayim lan! Pouvwa yo ap fini tankou bèl flè ki te nan kouwòn yo te mete sou tèt yo a. Madichon pou bèl kapital k'ap deperi sou tèt mòn kote li dominen bon venn tè ki nan plenn lan! Madichon pou nou tout ki anba gwòg nou!

Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.

Seyè a gen yon moun ki gen fòs, yon moun ki gen pouvwa pou fè travay la pou li. L'ap vini tankou yon gwo lapli k'ap tonbe fòs avès, k'ap fè dlo moute anvayi toupatou. L'ap pran tout bagay nan men l', l'ap leve yo. l'ap fese yo atè.

The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:

Li pral pilonnen anba pye li sa ki te fè lògèy gwògmann yo, chèf peyi Efrayim yo.

And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.

Bèl kapital chèf sa yo pral fini kraze sou tèt mòn kote l'ap donminen sou bon venn tè ki nan fon an. Enben, yo pral disparèt tankou premye fig frans mi ki parèt nan sezon an. Wè yon moun wè l', l'ap pran l', l'ap manje l'.

In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,

Jou sa a, Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a pral tankou yon bèl kouwòn flè pou rès moun ki pa mouri yo, yon bèl kouwòn dyaman pou sa ki chape yo.

And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.

L'a fè moun ki chita nan tribinal yo gen bon konprann pou yo pa fè lenjistis. L'ap bay sòlda yo fòs pou yo ka kilbite lènmi yo lòt bò pòtay lavil la.

But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

Ata pwofèt yo ak prèt yo, yo sitèlman sou, y'ap titibe. Yo sitèlman bwè diven ak gwo gwòg fò, y'ap di betiz, y'ap depale. Pwofèt yo twò sou pou yo konprann anyen nan vizyon Bondye ap fè yo wè. Prèt yo ap depale, yo pa konn sa pou yo di lè moun vin mete yon ka devan yo.

For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.

Yo vonmi sal tout tab kote yo chita a. Pa gen yon ti kote ki pa sal.

Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.

Y'ap pale sou mwen, y'ap di: Ki moun l'ap moutre tout bagay sa yo? Ki moun l'ap fè konprann sa Bondye fè l' konnen an? Gen lè se pou timoun ki fèk sevre, timoun ki fèk kite tete?

For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

Tankou pwofesè lekòl, l'ap repete lèt apre lèt, liy apre liy, leson apre leson.

For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

Si yo pa koute m', Bondye pral voye yon bann moun k'ap pale yon lòt lang yo p'ap konprann menm pou pale ak yo.

To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

Se li menm ki te ban nou yon kote pou n' poze kò nou, yon peyi kote tout moun ki bouke ka jwenn kanpo, yon peyi kote moun ka viv ak kè poze, men nou derefize koute.

But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

Se poutèt sa, Seyè a pral pale ak nou, l'ap repete lèt apre lèt, liy apre liy, leson apre leson. Lè sa a, n'a pral bite, nou pral tonbe sou dèyè, nou pral kase pye nou, nou pral pran nan pèlen, y'ap fè nou prizonye.

Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.

Se poutèt sa, nou menm bann awogan ki chita lavil Jerizalèm pou gouvènen pèp sa a, koute sa Seyè a di nou:

Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

-N'ap fè grandizè deske nou te pase kontra avèk lanmò, nou te siyen papye ak chèf peyi kote mò yo ye a. N'ap plede di lè malè a va rive li p'ap tonbe sou nou, paske avèk fòs manti nou jwenn kote pou n' kache, avèk fòs plan nou maske kò nou.

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

Se poutèt sa, koulye a, men sa Seyè a di: Gade! Se mwen menm menm k'ap mete yon fondasyon byen fèm, byen solid nan lavil Siyon an. Nan kwen fondasyon an, m'ap mete yon gwo wòch pyè byen chita. Sou li m'ap make: moun ki gen konfyans nan Bondye p'ap janm gen kè sote.

Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

Jistis, se va mèt k'ap sèvi pou mezire fondasyon an. Seriozite, se va nivo k'ap sèvi pou mete l' nivo. Men, gwo van lagrèl la pral kraze kachèt mantò yo. Dlo inondasyon an pral bwote kachkach nou yo pote ale.

And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

Li pral kraze kontra nou te pase avèk lanmò a. Li pral chire papye nou te siyen avèk chèf peyi kote mò yo ye a. Lè malè a vini, l'a kraze nou.

From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.

Malè a ap pase sou nou chak maten. N'a gen pou n' sipòte l' lajounen kou lannwit. Chak mesaj Bondye va fè yo konnen va ba yo sezisman.

For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.

Jan pawòl la di a, n'ap tankou moun k'ap chache kouche sou yon kabann twò kout pou yo, anba yon lenn ki manke lajè.

For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

Paske Seyè a pral leve kanpe jan l' te fè l' sou mòn Perazim lan, li pral souke kò l' jan l' te fè l' nan plenn Gabawon an, pou l' fè sa li vle fè a, bagay nou pa ta janm kwè, pou l' fin fè travay li, travay nou pa ka konprann.

Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.

Koulye a, piga nou pase pawòl mwen yo nan betiz pou yo pa mare nou nan kòd pi rèd toujou. Paske, Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a fè m' konnen li fin pran desizyon l' pou l' detwi tout peyi a. Li p'ap chanje lide.

Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

Pare zòrèy nou! Tande sa m'ap di nou! Koute byen pawòl k'ap soti nan bouch mwen!

Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?

Yon moun k'ap travay tè p'ap janm pase tout tan l' ap raboure, ap kraze bit, ap pare tè pou plante.

When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?

Rive yon lè, lè li fin bat tè a, l'ap simen grenn tankou lanni ak kannèl. Apre sa, l'ap plante ble, pitimi ak lòj. Lèfini, sou lizyè jaden an li gen dwa simen lòt grenn tankou pwa chouk.

For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.

Li konn sa pou l' fè, paske se Bondye menm ki moutre l' sa pou l' fè.

For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.

Yo pa janm sèvi ak woulo pou degrennen lanni osinon kannèl. Men, se avèk yon bout bwa yo bat pitimi ak pwa.

Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.

Lè y'ap bat ble a pou degrennen l', yo pa bat li san rete. Yo konnen jan pou yo fè woulo a pase sou ble a san yo pa kraze grenn yo.

This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.

Tout konesans sa a se nan Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a li soti. Plan travay li se bèl bagay. Li bay bon konsèy, li gen anpil bon konprann.