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Esdras 9
Haitian Creole Version
Esdras 9
Haitian Creole Version
9 ¶ Lè tout bagay sa yo fin regle, chèf pèp Izrayèl yo vin jwenn mwen, yo di m' konsa: -Pèp la, ansanm ak prèt yo ak moun Levi yo fin melanje nèt ak moun lòt nasyon ki nan peyi a: moun Kanaran yo, moun Et yo, moun Ferezi yo, moun Jebis yo, moun Amon yo, moun Moab yo, moun Lejip yo ak moun Amori yo. Yo lage kò yo nan fè menm vye bagay ak moun sa yo.
2 Yo marye ak fanm pèp sa yo, yo marye pitit gason yo ak pitit fi pèp sa yo. Se konsa, ras Bondye chwazi pou li a twouve l' melanje ak ras moun peyi a. Premye moun ki lage kò yo nan move zak sa yo se chèf yo ak konseye yo.
3 Lè m' tande sa, mwen vin gen yon sèl lapenn, mwen chire rad sou mwen, mwen rache cheve nan tèt mwen ak plim bab mwen.
4 M' al koupi kò m' yon kote sitèlman sa te fè m' lapenn. Anpil moun te pè lè yo vin konnen sa Seyè a te di sou koze peche moun yo te depòte epi ki te tounen nan peyi a te fè a. Yo tout vin sanble bò kote m'. Mwen menm menm, mwen te rete chita koupi atè a, jouk lè pou yo fè ofrann chak aswè a rive, tèlman sa te fè m' mal.
5 ¶ Lè lè a rive pou yo fè ofrann chak aswè a, mwen leve kote m' te koupi ap kriye a, epi ak tout rad chire yo sou mwen, mwen tonbe ajenou, mwen louvri de bra m' devan Seyè a, Bondye mwen an.
6 Mwen di l' konsa: -O Bondye papa m'! Mwen twò wont, mwen pa konn sa pou m' fè! M' pa ka leve tèt mwen devan ou, Bondye mwen! Nou tèlman fè sa ki mal, yo fè pil moute pi wo pase tèt nou. Peche nou yo anpile yonn sou lòt, yo rive jouk nan syèl la.
7 Depi nan tan zansèt nou yo jouk jounen jòdi a, nou pa manke fè sa ki mal. Se poutèt tou sa nou te fè ki mal kifè ou te lage nou ansanm ak wa nou yo ak prèt nou yo nan men wa lòt peyi yo. Yo touye nou nan lagè, yo depòte nou, yo piye tout ajan nou, yo fè nou wont jan nou ye jouk koulye a.
8 Men koulye a, depi kèk jou, Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te fè nou yon favè. Li sove de twa nan nou, li ban nou yon kote pou nou jwenn pwoteksyon nan kay ki apa pou li a. Se konsa li ban nou kouraj ankò, li wete nou nan kalite esklavaj kote nou te ye a, li ban nou yon ti souf.
9 Paske se esklav nou ye jouk jòdi a. Men menm nan esklavaj sa a, Bondye pa lage nou. Li fè wa peyi Pès yo aji byen ak nou. Yo ban nou yon ti souf, pou nou te ka rebati tanp Bondye nou an ki te fin kraze nèt. Yo ban nou yon kote pou nou jwenn pwoteksyon nan peyi Jida ak lavil Jerizalèm.
10 Koulye a menm, Bondye, kisa pou nou di ou? Menm apre tou sa ou deja fè pou nou, nou dezobeyi tout kòmandman
11 ou te ban nou pou nou swiv, lè pwofèt yo, sèvitè ou yo, te di nou nan non ou: Peyi kote nou pral antre a, peyi nou pral pran pou nou rete a, se yon peyi ki pèdi favè Bondye, paske moun k'ap viv ladan l' yo ap fè yon bann bagay degoutan, vye bagay sal toupatou ladan l'.
12 Enben! Piga nou marye pitit fi nou yo ak pitit gason yo, ni piga nou chwazi pitit fi yo pou pitit gason nou yo. Nou pa bezwen chache konnen si zafè yo ap mache, si yo gen kè kontan. Se sèl jan nou menm nou ka vin fò, nou ka manje tout bon bagay ki donnen nan peyi a, nou ka kite tè sa a pou pitit nou yo pou tout tan.
13 Apre tou sa ki te rive nou, yon jan pou ou te pini nou pou move zak ak tout bagay mal nou te fè yo, nou wè, O Bondye nou, ou pa t' pini nou jan nou te merite l' la. Ou te kite yon ti rès nan nou ap viv toujou, nou menm ki la koulye a.
14 Epi pou koulye a ankò pou nou pa swiv kòmandman ou yo, pou n' al marye avèk kalite move moun sa yo? Fwa sa a, p'ap gen anyen ki pou anpeche ou fache sou nou jouk pou ou detwi nou nèt, san ou pa kite pesonn chape!
15 Seyè, ou menm ki Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, se paske ou bon anpil pou nou kifè gen yon ti ponyen nan nou ki rete toujou, jan sa ye jòdi a. Epi, gade koulye a, men nou kanpe devan ou avèk tout peche nou yo! Wi, nou pa gen dwa rete vivan devan ou ankò poutèt sa!
Ezra 9
New International Version
Ezra 9
New International Version
Ezra’s Prayer About Intermarriage
9 After these things had been done, the leaders came to me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and the Levites, have not kept themselves separate(A) from the neighboring peoples with their detestable practices, like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites,(B) Ammonites,(C) Moabites,(D) Egyptians and Amorites.(E) 2 They have taken some of their daughters(F) as wives for themselves and their sons, and have mingled(G) the holy race(H) with the peoples around them. And the leaders and officials have led the way in this unfaithfulness.”(I)
3 When I heard this, I tore(J) my tunic and cloak, pulled hair from my head and beard and sat down appalled.(K) 4 Then everyone who trembled(L) at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of this unfaithfulness of the exiles. And I sat there appalled(M) until the evening sacrifice.
5 Then, at the evening sacrifice,(N) I rose from my self-abasement, with my tunic and cloak torn, and fell on my knees with my hands(O) spread out to the Lord my God 6 and prayed:
“I am too ashamed(P) and disgraced, my God, to lift up my face to you, because our sins are higher than our heads and our guilt has reached to the heavens.(Q) 7 From the days of our ancestors(R) until now, our guilt has been great. Because of our sins, we and our kings and our priests have been subjected to the sword(S) and captivity,(T) to pillage and humiliation(U) at the hand of foreign kings, as it is today.
8 “But now, for a brief moment, the Lord our God has been gracious(V) in leaving us a remnant(W) and giving us a firm place[a](X) in his sanctuary, and so our God gives light to our eyes(Y) and a little relief in our bondage. 9 Though we are slaves,(Z) our God has not forsaken us in our bondage. He has shown us kindness(AA) in the sight of the kings of Persia: He has granted us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins,(AB) and he has given us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.
10 “But now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commands(AC) 11 you gave through your servants the prophets when you said: ‘The land you are entering(AD) to possess is a land polluted(AE) by the corruption of its peoples. By their detestable practices(AF) they have filled it with their impurity from one end to the other. 12 Therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Do not seek a treaty of friendship with them(AG) at any time, that you may be strong(AH) and eat the good things(AI) of the land and leave it to your children as an everlasting inheritance.’(AJ)
13 “What has happened to us is a result of our evil(AK) deeds and our great guilt, and yet, our God, you have punished us less than our sins deserved(AL) and have given us a remnant like this. 14 Shall we then break your commands again and intermarry(AM) with the peoples who commit such detestable practices? Would you not be angry enough with us to destroy us,(AN) leaving us no remnant(AO) or survivor? 15 Lord, the God of Israel, you are righteous!(AP) We are left this day as a remnant. Here we are before you in our guilt, though because of it not one of us can stand(AQ) in your presence.(AR)”
Footnotes
- Ezra 9:8 Or a foothold
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