eng: But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

acf: Mé Bondyé jis konnèt konmen bwanch chivé ki an tèt ou.


eng: Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

acf: Kon sa pa pè! Ou ni pli valè pasé an chay jibyé!


eng: Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy, and stay there until you go on.

acf: “Lè ou wivé adan on vil ében on vilaj, gadé pou an bon moun ki kay kontan pouʼw sa wèsté lakay li, épi wèsté épiʼy pou jis lè ou pawé pou alé.


eng: As you enter into the household, greet it.

acf: Lè ou antwé adan an kay, di, ‘Bennédiksyon Bondyé anlè jan kay sala.’


eng: Don’t take any gold, silver, or brass in your money belts.

acf: Lè ou ka alé, pa alé épi pyès lajan an pòch ou.


eng: Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor sandals, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.

acf: Pa mennen on sak ki ni manjé pouʼw manjé, ni lòt chimiz ében soulyé, ében on baton, paski sé moun-an ou kay alé édé-a sipozé baʼw tout sa ou bizwen.


eng: Behold, a woman who had a discharge of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment;

acf: Menm lè-a an madanm ki té ka pèd san pou douz lanné vini pa dèyè Jézi épi i touché bout had li.


eng: for she said within herself, “If I just touch his garment, I will be made well.”

acf: Madanm-lan té di bay kòʼy, “Si mwen té kay sa touché bout had li sèlman, mwen té kay djéwi.”


eng: “Enter in by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter in by it.

acf: “Antwé an bayè-a ki étwèt-la, paski bayè-a ki ka mennenʼw lanfè-a gwan épi chimen-an ézé, épi an chay moun ka maché asou chimen sala.


eng: How narrow is the gate and the way is restricted that leads to life! There are few who find it.

acf: Mé bayè-a ki ka mennenʼw an lavi étonnèl-la étwèt épi chimen-an pa ézé, épi byen pé moun ki ka jwenn li.


eng: Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye?

acf: “Pouki ou ka wè ti bwanch pay-la ki an zyé fwèʼw-la épi ou pa ka wè gwo bi bwa-a ki an zyéʼw-la?


eng: Or how will you tell your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,’ and behold, the beam is in your own eye?

acf: Ében, pouki pouʼw di fwèʼw, ‘Kité mwen tiwé ti bwanch pay-la baʼw,’ lè ou menm ni an gwo tjò bwa andidan sa ou?


eng: You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother’s eye.

acf: Ou ipokwit! Pwèmyéman tiwé gwo tjò bwa-a ki an zyéʼw-la. Apwé sa, ou kay sa wè pli klè pouʼw sa tiwé ti pay-la ki an zyé fwèʼw-la.


eng: Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin,

acf: “Pouki ou ka twakasé lidéʼw pou had pouʼw mété? Gadé sé flè-a ki an savann-an. Yo pa ka twavay ni yo pa ka fè had pou mété anlè yo.


eng: yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.

acf: Mé mwen ka diʼw, pa menm Wa Sòlomonn épi tout wichès li ki té ni bèl had kon yonn an sé flè sala.


eng: “Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

acf: “Pa sové tout wichès ou asou latè-a koté wavèt pé manjéʼy épi lawouj pé pwanʼy, koté vòlè sa kasé kay ou pou vòlèʼy.


eng: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;

acf: Mé mété wichès ou an syèl koté wavèt épi lawouj pa sa jwenn li, épi koté vòlè pa sa kasé pou vòlèʼy,


eng: Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying,

acf: Épi tout sa pwòfèt Jérémaya té di-a vin fèt vwé. I di,


eng: “A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn’t be comforted, because they are no more.”

acf: “Yo tann an gwo kwi ka fèt an Ranma, i té ni an pil pléwé la. Sété Rétjèl ki té ka pléwé bay ich li paski yo tjwé tout, épi i pa té vlé pyèsonn konsoléʼy.”


eng: When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.

acf: Lè Hèròd fin palé ba yo, sé nonm-lan pati. Menm étwal-la yo té wè an plas yo-a, sé menm étwal sala yo wè douvan yo, épi yo té kontan an chay. Yo swiv étwal-la, épi étwal-la kondwi yo dwèt asou kay-la koté ti manmay-la té yé-a, èk i doubout anlè kay-la.


eng: Now all this has happened that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

acf: Épi tout sa Bondyé té fè pwòfèt-la di-a vin fèt vwé. I té di,


eng: “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall give birth to a son. They shall call his name Immanuel,” which is, being interpreted, “God with us.”

acf: “An fi kay vini gwo bouden épi i kay fè an ti gason épi yo kay kwiyéʼy Imannyouwèl” — sa vlé di, “Bondyé épi nou.”