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Jozye 4-6
Haitian Creole Version
Jozye 4-6
Haitian Creole Version
4 ¶ Lè tout moun fin janbe lòt bò larivyè Jouden an, Seyè a pale ak Jozye. Li di l' konsa:
2 -Chwazi douzòm, yonn nan chak branch fanmi yo.
3 W'a ba yo lòd pou yo chak pran yon wòch nan mitan larivyè Jouden an, kote prèt yo te kanpe a. Y'a pran douz wòch sa yo, y'a pote yo lòt bò larivyè a. N'a mete yo kote nou pral moute tant nou yo aswè a.
4 Lè sa a, Jozye fè rele douz mesye li te chwazi pami moun pèp Izrayèl yo, yonn pou chak branch fanmi yo.
5 Epi li di yo: -Ale devan Bwat Kontra Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ki nan mitan larivyè a. Chak moun va pran yon wòch mete sou zepòl yo, yonn pou chak branch fanmi pèp Izrayèl la.
6 Wòch sa yo va sèvi pou fè pèp la chonje sa Seyè a te fè pou yo. Denmen, lè pitit nou yo va mande nou kisa wòch sa yo vle di pou nou,
7 n'a reponn yo: Dlo larivyè Jouden an te sispann koule devan Bwat Kontra Seyè a. Wòch sa yo la pou pèp Izrayèl la ka toujou chonje dlo larivyè Jouden an te sispann koule lè yo t'ap janbe lòt bò larivyè a.
8 Mesye yo fè sa Jozye te ba yo lòd fè a. Jan Seyè a te di Jozye, yo pran douz wòch nan mitan larivyè Jouden an, yonn pou chak branch fanmi pèp Izrayèl la, yo pote yo avèk yo lòt bò rivyè a. Yo mete yo kote yo moute tant yo pou pase nwit lan.
9 Apre sa, Jozye pran douz lòt wòch, li mete yo kanpe nan mitan larivyè a, kote prèt ki t'ap pote Bwat Kontra yo te kanpe a. Wòch yo la jouk koulye a.
10 ¶ Prèt yo te rete kanpe avèk Bwat Kontra a sou zepòl yo, nan mitan larivyè a jouk yo fin fè tout sa Seyè a te bay lòd pou pèp la te fè, jan Moyiz te mande pou Jozye fè l' la. Se konsa, pèp la prese janbe lòt bò larivyè a.
11 Lè yo tout fin pase, prèt yo fè rès travèse a ak Bwat Kontra Seyè a, epi yo pran devan pèp la ankò.
12 Premye moun ki te janbe lòt bòt larivyè a, devan tout pèp la se te gason branch fanmi Woubenn yo, gason branch fanmi Gad yo ak mwatye nan gason branch fanmi Manase yo, jan Moyiz te di yo a. Yo te tou pare pou fè lagè.
13 Jou sa a, te gen antou karantmil (40.000) gason tou pare pou fè lagè ki te janbe al nan plenn Jeriko yo, devan je Seyè a.
14 Sa Seyè a te fè jou sa a te fè tout pèp Izrayèl la pran Jozye pou yon grannèg vre. Depi lè sa a yo respekte msye jouk li mouri, menm jan yo te respekte Moyiz la.
15 Apre sa, Seyè a pale ak Jozye, li di l' konsa:
16 -Bay prèt k'ap pote Bwat Kontra a lòd pou yo soti nan larivyè Jouden an.
17 Jozye pale ak prèt yo, li ba yo lòd sa a: -Moute soti nan larivyè Jouden an.
18 Soti prèt yo soti nan larivyè a, lè pye yo touche tè sèk sou rivaj la, dlo larivyè a konmanse koule ankò jan li te toujou koule anvan an. Li gonfle moute rive jouk sou rivaj li yo.
19 Jou pèp la te janbe lòt bò larivyè Jouden an, se te dizyèm jou nan premye mwa a. Y' al moute tant yo yon kote ki rele Gilgal, ki te sou bò solèy leve lavil Jeriko.
20 ¶ Se la Jozye pran douz wòch yo te pran nan mitan larivyè Jouden an, li mete yo kanpe fè yon wonn.
21 Lè l' fini, li di moun pèp Izrayèl yo konsa: -Denmen, lè pitit nou yo va mande papa yo poukisa wòch sa yo la a,
22 n'a fè pitit nou yo konnen pèp Izrayèl la te janbe lòt bò larivyè Jouden an san pye yo pa t' mouye.
23 Paske Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te cheche dlo larivyè Jouden an devan nou jouk nou tout fin pase, menm jan li te cheche Lanmè Wouj la devan zansèt nou yo jouk yo tout te fin pase.
24 Se poutèt sa, tout moun sou latè va konnen jan Seyè a gen pouvwa, lèfini nou menm n'a toujou gen krentif pou Seyè a, Bondye nou an.
5 ¶ Lè tout wa peyi Amori yo ki te rete lòt bò larivyè Jouden sou bò solèy kouche a ansanm ak tout wa peyi Kanaran yo ki te rete sou tout rivaj gwo lanmè Mediterane a vin konnen Seyè a te cheche dlo larivyè Jouden an pou pèp Izrayèl la te pase larivyè a, yo vin pè anpil, yo pèdi tout kouraj yo devan pèp Izrayèl la.
2 Lè sa a, Seyè a pale ak Jozye, li di l' konsa: -Pran wòch dife, kase yo fè zenglen pou sikonsi gason pèp Izrayèl ki fèt nan dezè a.
3 Se konsa, Jozye fè yon bann zenglen wòch byen file, li sikonsi tout gason pèp Izrayèl la yon kote yo rele Bit po ti kòk.
4 Li te fè sa paske tout gason ki te gen laj pou yo pote zam lè yo te soti kite peyi Lejip la te mouri nan dezè a pandan yo t'ap vwayaje a.
5 Tout gason ki te vivan lè yo te soti kite peyi Lejip la te sikonsi. Men, ankenn nan gason ki te fèt pandan yo t'ap vwayaje nan dezè a pa t' ankò sikonsi.
6 Pèp Izrayèl la te pase karantan ap vwayaje nan dezè a. Pandan tout tan sa a, tout gason ki te gen laj pou fè lagè lè yo te soti kite peyi Lejip la te mouri, paske yo pa t' koute Seyè a lè li te pale yo. Se konsa li te di yo li pa t'ap kite yo yonn wè peyi li te pwomèt li t'ap bay zansèt yo a, bon peyi kote lèt ak siwo myèl ap koule tankou dlo a.
7 Men, li ba yo pitit pou ranplase yo. Se pitit sa yo Jozye te sikonsi paske yo pa t' sikonsi yo lè yo t'ap vwayaje nan dezè a.
8 Lè li fin sikonsi tout gason yo, tout pèp la rete la kote yo te moute tant yo a, jouk yo te geri.
9 Apre sa, Seyè a di Jozye konsa: -Jòdi a mwen wete wont yo te fè nou nan peyi Lejip la, mwen voye l' jete. Se poutèt sa yo rele kote yo te ye a Gilgal jouk jòdi a.
10 ¶ Antan pèp Izrayèl la te rete Gilgal nan plenn ki toupre lavil Jeriko, yo fete Fèt Delivrans lan nan aswè katòzyèm jou premye mwa a.
11 Nan denmen Fèt Delivrans lan, yo manje manje yo rekòlte nan peyi a: grenn ble griye ak pen kwit san ledven.
12 Apre sa, laman lan sispann tonbe. Depi lè sa a, pèp Izrayèl la pa jwenn laman pou yo manje ankò. Pandan tout lanne a yo manje manje yo te rekolte nan peyi Kanaran an.
13 ¶ Yon jou, antan Jozye te toupre lavil Jeriko a, li rete konsa, li wè yon nonm kanpe devan l' avèk yon nepe nan men l'. Jozye mache sou li, epi li mande l': -Ou se yonn nan moun pa nou yo osinon yon lènmi?
14 Nonm lan reponn li: -M' pa ni yonn ni lòt. Mwen se kòmandan an chèf lame Seyè a. Mwen fèk rive. Jozye tonbe ajenou devan l', li bese tèt li jouk atè, li di l' konsa: -Se sèvitè ou mwen ye, mèt. Kisa ou vle m' fè pou ou?
15 Kòmandan an chèf lame Seyè a di l' konsa: -Wete sapat nan pye ou. Kote ou kanpe a se yon kote ki apa pou Bondye. Epi Jozye fè sa li di l' fè a.
6 ¶ Yo te fèmen tout pòtay lavil Jeriko yo, yo te barikade yo poutèt moun pèp Izrayèl yo. Deyò pa antre, anndan pa soti.
2 Seyè a di Jozye konsa: -Koute. Mwen pral lage lavil Jeriko nan men ou ansanm ak wa a ak tout vanyan sòlda li yo.
3 Ou menm ak tout sòlda pa ou yo, nou pral mache fè wonn lavil la yon fwa chak jou pandan sis jou.
4 Sèt prèt va mache devan Bwat Kontra a, avèk sèt kòn belye pou kònen, yonn nan men yo chak. Men, setyèm jou a, n'a mache fè wonn lavil la sèt fwa ansanm ak prèt k'ap kònen kòn belye yo.
5 Lè n'a tande yon kout kòn ki trennen, tout pèp la va pran pouse yon sèl rèl byen fò. Miray ranpa lavil la pral tonbe plat atè. Lè sa a, chak moun va mache dwat devan yo sou lavil la.
6 ¶ Se konsa, Jozye, pitit gason Noun lan, rele prèt yo, li di yo: -Leve Bwat Kontra a, mete l' sou zepòl nou. Sèt prèt va mache devan l' avèk kòn belye yo nan men yo.
7 Apre sa, li di pèp la: -Leve mache! Nou pral fè wonn lavil la. Pòsyon lame ki pou mache devan an va pran devan Bwat Kontra a.
8 Pèp la fè jan Jozye te ba yo lòd fè a. Sèt prèt yo pran devan Bwat Kontra Seyè a, yo t'ap kònen kòn yo.
9 Pòsyon lame ki pou mache devan an pran devan prèt ki t'ap kònen yo. Pòsyon lame ki pou mache dèyè a t'ap mache dèyè Bwat Kontra a. Pandan yo t'ap mache konsa, yo t'ap kònen kòn belye yo.
10 Men, Jozye te bay pèp la lòd pou yo pa t' pouse ankenn rèl jan yo te konn fè l' la lè y'ap goumen. Se pou yo tout rete bouch fèmen, san di yon mo, jouk lè l'a ba yo lòd pouse rèl goumen an.
11 Prèt yo pati ak Bwat Kontra Seyè a, yo fè wonn lavil yon fwa. Apre sa, yo tounen nan kan an epi yo pase nwit lan la.
12 Nan denmen maten, Jozye leve, epi prèt yo pran Bwat Kontra Seyè a ankò.
13 Sèt prèt yo avèk sèt kòn belye yo t'ap mache devan Bwat Kontra a. Yo t'ap kònen. Pòsyon lame ki pou devan an t'ap mache devan yo, pòsyon lame ki pou mache dèyè a t'ap mache dèyè Bwat Kontra a: yo t'ap kònen tout tan yo t'ap mache a.
14 Dezyèm jou a, yo mache fè wonn lavil la ankò yon sèl fwa. Epi yo tounen nan kan yo. Yo fè sa konsa pandan sis jou.
15 Sou setyèm jou a, yo leve lè bajou kase, yo mache menm jan an. Men, jou sa a yo fè wonn lavil la sèt fwa. Se jou sa a ase yo te fè wonn lavil la sèt fwa.
16 Setyèm fwa a, apre prèt yo fin kònen kòn belye yo, Jozye di pèp la konsa: -Nou mèt rele koulye a! Seyè a lage lavil la nan men nou!
17 ¶ Nou pral ofri lavil la ak tou sa ki ladan l' tankou yon ofrann pou Bondye. Nou pral touye dènye moun ki ladan l'. Sèl moun ki va rete vivan, se va Rarab, jennès la, ak tout moun ki va lakay li, paske li te kache mesaje nou te voye yo.
18 Men, nou menm, pa mete men nou nan sa nou gen pou nou detwi pou Seyè a. Si nou pran anyen nan sa nou gen pou nou detwi a, n'ap lakòz malè tonbe sou kay moun Izrayèl yo, n'ap lakòz tèt chaje vin pou tout moun.
19 Tout bagay ki fèt an lò, an ajan, an fè osinon an kwiv, n'a mete yo apa pou Seyè a. N'a depoze yo nan depo richès Seyè a.
20 Se konsa, yo kònen kòn belye yo. Tande pèp la tande son kòn belye yo, yo pouse yon sèl gwo rèl, epi miray ranpa lavil la tonbe plat atè. Epi chak moun pran mache dwat devan yo sou lavil la, yo anvayi l'.
21 Yo ofri tou sa ki nan lavil la bay Seyè a. Avèk nepe yo, yo touye tout moun nan lavil la, fanm kou gason, granmoun kou timoun, tout bèf, tout mouton, tout bourik.
22 Jozye rele de mesye li te voye an kachèt al vizite lavil Jeriko a, li di yo: -Ale lakay jennès la. Fè l' soti ak tout fanmi li, jan nou te pwomèt li a.
23 Se konsa y' ale, yo fè Rarab soti ansanm ak papa l', manman l', frè l' yo, tout rès fanmi l' yo ak tou sa yo te genyen, yo enstale yo yon kote andeyò kan moun Izrayèl yo.
24 Yo mete dife nan lavil la, yo boule l' nèt ak tou sa ki ladan l', an wetan bagay ki te fèt an lò, an ajan, an fè ak an kwiv yo. Yo pran yo, yo pote yo nan depo richès Seyè a.
25 Men, Jozye te sove Rarab, jennès la, ak tout fanmi l' yo ansanm ak tou sa ki pou yo, paske Rarab te kache mesye Jozye te voye espyonnen lavil Jeriko a. Moun fanmi Rarab yo ap viv jouk koulye a nan mitan pèp Izrayèl la.
26 Lè sa a, Jozye bay avètisman sa a pou tout moun, li di: -Madichon Bondye pou nenpòt moun ki konprann pou l' ta rebati lavil yo rele Jeriko a. Si yon moun mete men nan fondasyon l' yo, l'ap pèdi premye pitit gason l' lan. Si yon moun remoute pòtay li yo, l'ap pèdi dènye pitit gason l' la.
27 Se konsa Seyè a te kanpe la avèk Jozye. Nan tout peyi a yo t'ap nonmen non l'.
Joshua 4-6
New International Version
Joshua 4-6
New International Version
4 When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan,(A) the Lord said to Joshua, 2 “Choose twelve men(B) from among the people, one from each tribe, 3 and tell them to take up twelve stones(C) from the middle of the Jordan,(D) from right where the priests are standing, and carry them over with you and put them down at the place where you stay tonight.(E)”
4 So Joshua called together the twelve men(F) he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe, 5 and said to them, “Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of the Jordan.(G) Each of you is to take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, 6 to serve as a sign(H) among you. In the future, when your children(I) ask you, ‘What do these stones mean?’(J) 7 tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off(K) before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones are to be a memorial(L) to the people of Israel forever.”
8 So the Israelites did as Joshua commanded them. They took twelve stones(M) from the middle of the Jordan,(N) according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, as the Lord had told Joshua;(O) and they carried them over with them to their camp, where they put them down. 9 Joshua set up the twelve stones(P) that had been[a] in the middle of the Jordan at the spot where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant had stood. And they are there to this day.(Q)
10 Now the priests who carried the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the Lord had commanded Joshua was done by the people, just as Moses had directed Joshua. The people hurried over, 11 and as soon as all of them had crossed, the ark of the Lord and the priests came to the other side while the people watched. 12 The men of Reuben,(R) Gad(S) and the half-tribe of Manasseh(T) crossed over, ready for battle, in front of the Israelites,(U) as Moses had directed them.(V) 13 About forty thousand armed for battle(W) crossed over(X) before the Lord to the plains of Jericho for war.
14 That day the Lord exalted(Y) Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they stood in awe of him all the days of his life, just as they had stood in awe of Moses.
15 Then the Lord said to Joshua, 16 “Command the priests carrying the ark of the covenant law(Z) to come up out of the Jordan.”
17 So Joshua commanded the priests, “Come up out of the Jordan.”
18 And the priests came up out of the river carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord. No sooner had they set their feet on the dry ground than the waters of the Jordan returned to their place(AA) and ran at flood stage(AB) as before.
19 On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal(AC) on the eastern border of Jericho. 20 And Joshua set up at Gilgal the twelve stones(AD) they had taken out of the Jordan. 21 He said to the Israelites, “In the future when your descendants ask their parents, ‘What do these stones mean?’(AE) 22 tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’(AF) 23 For the Lord your God dried up the Jordan before you until you had crossed over. The Lord your God did to the Jordan what he had done to the Red Sea[b] when he dried it up before us until we had crossed over.(AG) 24 He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know(AH) that the hand of the Lord is powerful(AI) and so that you might always fear the Lord your God.(AJ)”
5 Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast(AK) heard how the Lord had dried up the Jordan before the Israelites until they[c] had crossed over, their hearts melted in fear(AL) and they no longer had the courage to face the Israelites.
Circumcision and Passover at Gilgal
2 At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make flint knives(AM) and circumcise(AN) the Israelites again.” 3 So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites at Gibeath Haaraloth.[d]
4 Now this is why he did so: All those who came out of Egypt—all the men of military age(AO)—died in the wilderness on the way after leaving Egypt.(AP) 5 All the people that came out had been circumcised, but all the people born in the wilderness during the journey from Egypt had not. 6 The Israelites had moved about in the wilderness(AQ) forty years(AR) until all the men who were of military age when they left Egypt had died, since they had not obeyed the Lord. For the Lord had sworn to them that they would not see the land he had solemnly promised their ancestors to give us,(AS) a land flowing with milk and honey.(AT) 7 So he raised up their sons in their place, and these were the ones Joshua circumcised. They were still uncircumcised because they had not been circumcised on the way. 8 And after the whole nation had been circumcised, they remained where they were in camp until they were healed.(AU)
9 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So the place has been called Gilgal[e](AV) to this day.
10 On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month,(AW) while camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, the Israelites celebrated the Passover.(AX) 11 The day after the Passover, that very day, they ate some of the produce of the land:(AY) unleavened bread(AZ) and roasted grain.(BA) 12 The manna stopped the day after[f] they ate this food from the land; there was no longer any manna for the Israelites, but that year they ate the produce of Canaan.(BB)
The Fall of Jericho
13 Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man(BC) standing in front of him with a drawn sword(BD) in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, “Are you for us or for our enemies?”
14 “Neither,” he replied, “but as commander of the army of the Lord I have now come.” Then Joshua fell facedown(BE) to the ground(BF) in reverence, and asked him, “What message does my Lord[g] have for his servant?”
15 The commander of the Lord’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.”(BG) And Joshua did so.
6 Now the gates of Jericho(BH) were securely barred because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.
2 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered(BI) Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. 3 March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. 4 Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns(BJ) in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets.(BK) 5 When you hear them sound a long blast(BL) on the trumpets, have the whole army give a loud shout;(BM) then the wall of the city will collapse and the army will go up, everyone straight in.”
6 So Joshua son of Nun called the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant of the Lord and have seven priests carry trumpets in front of it.”(BN) 7 And he ordered the army, “Advance(BO)! March around the city, with an armed guard going ahead of the ark(BP) of the Lord.”
8 When Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets before the Lord went forward, blowing their trumpets, and the ark of the Lord’s covenant followed them. 9 The armed guard marched ahead of the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard(BQ) followed the ark. All this time the trumpets were sounding. 10 But Joshua had commanded the army, “Do not give a war cry, do not raise your voices, do not say a word until the day I tell you to shout. Then shout!(BR)” 11 So he had the ark of the Lord carried around the city, circling it once. Then the army returned to camp and spent the night there.
12 Joshua got up early the next morning and the priests took up the ark of the Lord. 13 The seven priests carrying the seven trumpets went forward, marching before the ark of the Lord and blowing the trumpets. The armed men went ahead of them and the rear guard followed the ark of the Lord, while the trumpets kept sounding. 14 So on the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. They did this for six days.
15 On the seventh day, they got up at daybreak and marched around the city seven times in the same manner, except that on that day they circled the city seven times.(BS) 16 The seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the army, “Shout! For the Lord has given you the city!(BT) 17 The city and all that is in it are to be devoted[h](BU) to the Lord. Only Rahab the prostitute(BV) and all who are with her in her house shall be spared, because she hid(BW) the spies we sent. 18 But keep away from the devoted things,(BX) so that you will not bring about your own destruction by taking any of them. Otherwise you will make the camp of Israel liable to destruction(BY) and bring trouble(BZ) on it. 19 All the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron(CA) are sacred to the Lord and must go into his treasury.”
20 When the trumpets sounded,(CB) the army shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the men gave a loud shout,(CC) the wall collapsed; so everyone charged straight in, and they took the city.(CD) 21 They devoted(CE) the city to the Lord and destroyed(CF) with the sword every living thing in it—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.
22 Joshua said to the two men(CG) who had spied out(CH) the land, “Go into the prostitute’s house and bring her out and all who belong to her, in accordance with your oath to her.(CI)” 23 So the young men who had done the spying went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother, her brothers and sisters and all who belonged to her.(CJ) They brought out her entire family and put them in a place outside the camp of Israel.
24 Then they burned the whole city(CK) and everything in it, but they put the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron(CL) into the treasury of the Lord’s house.(CM) 25 But Joshua spared(CN) Rahab the prostitute,(CO) with her family and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent as spies to Jericho(CP)—and she lives among the Israelites to this day.
26 At that time Joshua pronounced this solemn oath:(CQ) “Cursed(CR) before the Lord is the one who undertakes to rebuild this city, Jericho:
“At the cost of his firstborn son
he will lay its foundations;
at the cost of his youngest
he will set up its gates.”(CS)
27 So the Lord was with Joshua,(CT) and his fame spread(CU) throughout the land.
Footnotes
- Joshua 4:9 Or Joshua also set up twelve stones
- Joshua 4:23 Or the Sea of Reeds
- Joshua 5:1 Another textual tradition we
- Joshua 5:3 Gibeath Haaraloth means the hill of foreskins.
- Joshua 5:9 Gilgal sounds like the Hebrew for roll.
- Joshua 5:12 Or the day
- Joshua 5:14 Or lord
- Joshua 6:17 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verses 18 and 21.
Lik 1:1-20
Haitian Creole Version
Lik 1:1-20
Haitian Creole Version
1 ¶ Teofil chèf mwen, anpil moun te seye ekri istwa tout evènman ki te pase nan mitan nou yo.
2 Yo te rakonte yo jan nou te aprann yo nan bouch moun ki te wè yo ak pwòp je yo depi nan konmansman, moun ki te resevwa lòd mache fè konnen pawòl Bondye a.
3 Se konsa, mwen menm tou, mwen chache konnen tout bagay sa yo byen depi nan konmansman yo. Koulye a, mwen kwè se yon bon bagay pou m' ekri yo tout, yonn apre lòt, jan sa te pase a pou ou menm tou, chèf mwen.
4 Konsa wa kapab rekonèt tou sa yo te moutre ou yo se verite yo ye.
5 ¶ Nan tan Ewòd te wa nan peyi Jide a, te gen yon prèt yo te rele Zakari. Li te fè pati gwoup prèt Abiya yo. Madanm li te rele Elizabèt: se te yon moun ras Arawon, ansyen granprèt la.
6 Yo tou de te mache dwat devan Bondye, yo t'ap swiv kòmandman Mèt la ansanm ak tout lalwa a san ankenn repwòch.
7 Men, yo pa t' gen pitit paske Elizabèt pa t' kapab fè pitit. Yo tou de te fin vye granmoun.
8 Yon jou, Zakari te desèvis kou prèt devan Bondye, paske se te tou gwoup pa l' la.
9 Dapre koutim sèvis la, yo te tire osò pou chwazi yonn nan prèt yo pou antre nan tanp Mèt la pou ofri lansan an. Twouve fwa sa a, se Zakari ki te soti.
10 Tout mas pèp la t'ap lapriyè deyò, antan Zakari menm te anndan ap ofri lansan an.
11 Vwala, yon zanj Bondye parèt devan Zakari; li te kanpe sou bò dwat lotèl kote yo boule lansan an.
12 Lè Zakari wè l', li sezi; li te pè anpil.
13 Men zanj lan di li: Pa pè, Zakari. Bondye te tande lapriyè ou la. Elizabèt, madanm ou, pral ba ou yon pitit gason; ou va rele l' Jan.
14 Ala kontan wa kontan lè pitit sa a va fèt! Anpil lòt moun va kontan tou lè sa a.
15 L'ap yon grannèg devan Bondye, Mèt la; li p'ap bwè ni diven, ni ankenn alkòl. Depi nan vant manman li, l'ap anba pouvwa Sentespri a.
16 L'ap fè anpil moun nan pèp Izrayèl la tounen vin jwenn Mèt la, Bondye yo a.
17 L'ap mache devan Bondye nan menm lespri ak menm pouvwa pwofèt Eli te genyen an. L'ap fè papa vin byen ankò ak pitit; l'ap fè moun ki rebèl rive gen konprann tankou moun k'ap obeyi Bondye, l'ap pare yon pèp byen dispoze pou resevwa Mèt la.
18 Zakari di zanj lan konsa: Ki jan pou m' fè kwè sa w'ap di m' la a se vre? Ala mwen fin vye, madanm mwen fin vye granmoun tou.
19 Zanj lan reponn li: Mwen se Gabriyèl ki toujou kanpe nan sèvis devan Bondye. Se Bondye menm ki voye m' pale avè ou, pou m' pote bon nouvèl sa a ba ou.
20 Men, paske ou pa kwè pawòl mwen yo ki gen pou rive nan tan yo, ou pral vin bèbè, ou p'ap ka pale jouk jou bagay sa yo va rive.
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Luke 1:1-20
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Luke 1:1-20
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Introduction(A)
1 Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled[a] among us, 2 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first(B) were eyewitnesses(C) and servants of the word.(D) 3 With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account(E) for you, most excellent(F) Theophilus,(G) 4 so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.(H)
The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold
5 In the time of Herod king of Judea(I) there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah;(J) his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron. 6 Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly.(K) 7 But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old.
8 Once when Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,(L) 9 he was chosen by lot,(M) according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.(N) 10 And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside.(O)
11 Then an angel(P) of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.(Q) 12 When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear.(R) 13 But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid,(S) Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.(T) 14 He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth,(U) 15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink,(V) and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit(W) even before he is born.(X) 16 He will bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God. 17 And he will go on before the Lord,(Y) in the spirit and power of Elijah,(Z) to turn the hearts of the parents to their children(AA) and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”(AB)
18 Zechariah asked the angel, “How can I be sure of this?(AC) I am an old man and my wife is well along in years.”(AD)
19 The angel said to him, “I am Gabriel.(AE) I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news. 20 And now you will be silent and not able to speak(AF) until the day this happens, because you did not believe my words, which will come true at their appointed time.”
Footnotes
- Luke 1:1 Or been surely believed
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