Jeremiah 38
1 And Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah, heard the words that Jeremiah spoke to all the people, saying,
Chefatya, pitit Matan, Gedalya, pitit Pachou, Jeoukal, pitit Chelemya, ak Pachou, pitit Malkya, te vin konnen Jeremi t'ap pale ak pèp la. Li t'ap di yo konsa:
2 Thus says Jehovah: He who abides in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, but he who goes forth to the Chaldeans shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey, and he shall live.
-Men mesaj Seyè a bay: tout moun ki va rete nan lavil la pral mouri. Sa ki pa mouri nan lagè pral mouri grangou, osinon move maladi ap pote yo ale. Men, tout moun ki va soti al rann tèt yo bay moun Babilòn yo p'ap mouri. Y'a sove lavi yo.
3 Thus says Jehovah: This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.
Wi, men sa Seyè a di: Mwen pral lage lavil la nan men lame moun Babilòn yo. Y'ap pran lavil la pou yo.
4 Then the rulers said to the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death, inasmuch as he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them. For this man seeks not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
Chèf yo al di wa a: -Se pou yo touye nonm sa a. Paske lè l'ap pale konsa, li fè sòlda yo ansanm ak tout lòt moun ki rete nan lavil la pèdi kouraj. Nonm sa a pa soti pou l' ede pèp la. Se mal ase li vle pou li.
5 And Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand, for the king is not he who can do anything against you.
Wa Sedesyas reponn: -Bon! Fè sa nou vle avè l'. Mwen pa ka di nou anyen.
6 Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard. And they let Jeremiah down with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire, and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
Se konsa, te gen yon gwo pi nan lakou palè a ki te pou Malkija, pitit gason wa a. Yo pran Jeremi, yo desann li nan fon sitèn lan avèk kòd. Pa t' gen dlo ladan l', men te gen anpil labou. Jeremi antre nan labou a.
7 Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin),
Lè sa a, te gen yon moun peyi Letiopi ki te rele Ebèdmelèk. Se te yon nèg konfyans ki t'ap travay lakay wa a. Li vin konnen yo te mete Jeremi nan sitèn lan. Jou sa a, wa a te chita ap rann jijman bò Pòtay Benjamen an.
8 Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,
Ebèdmelèk soti nan palè a, li ale bò pòtay la, li di wa a konsa:
9 My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet whom they have cast into the dungeon. And he is likely to die in the place where he is because of the famine, for there is no more bread in the city.
-Monwa, mèt mwen, sa mesye yo fè pwofèt Jeremi an pa bon non. Yo desann li nan fon sitèn lan kote, wè pa wè, l'ap mouri grangou, paske pa gen pen lavil la ankò.
10 Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from here thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon before he dies.
Lè sa a, wa a bay Ebèdmelèk lòd pou li pran trant lòt moun avè l' pou li wete Jeremi nan sitèn lan anvan l' mouri.
11 So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took from there rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
Se konsa Ebelmelèk pran moun yo avè l', li antre nan palè a, li ale yon kote ki anba pyès depo richès wa a, li pran yon bann moso twal chire ak vye rad, li mare yo nan kòd, li file yo desann bay Jeremi nan sitèn lan.
12 And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Now put these rags and worn-out garments under thine armpits under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.
Epi li di Jeremi konsa: -Mete moso twal yo ak vye rad yo anba zesèl ou pou kòd yo pa kòche ou. Jeremi fè sa vre.
13 So they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon. And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
Epi yo rale l' moute soti nan sitèn lan avèk kòd yo. Apre sa, Jeremi rete nan lakou gad palè yo.
14 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet to him into the third entry that is in the house of Jehovah. And the king said to Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.
Yon lòt fwa ankò, wa Sedesyas voye chache pwofèt Jeremi, li fè yo mennen l' ba li bò twazyèm pòt pou antre nan kay Seyè a. Wa a di l' konsa: -Mwen gen yon bagay m' bezwen mande ou. Reponn mwen kare, pa kache m' anyen.
15 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I declare it to thee, will thou not surely put me to death? And if I give thee counsel, thou will not hearken to me.
Jeremi reponn li: -Ala, si mwen pale ou kare, w'ap fè yo touye m'. Si m' ba ou yon konsèy, ou p'ap koute m'.
16 So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As Jehovah lives, who made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, nor will I give thee into the hand of these men who seek thy life.
Wa Sedesyas rele Jeremi sou kote, li fè l' sèman. Li di l' konsa: -Mwen pran Bondye vivan an, Bondye ki ban nou lavi a, pou temwen, mwen p'ap fè touye ou, ni mwen p'ap lage ou nan men moun ki vle touye ou yo.
17 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, Thus says Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel. If thou will go forth to the king of Babylon's rulers, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire, and thou shall live, and thy house.
Lè sa a, Jeremi di Sedesyas konsa: -Men sa Seyè a, Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, di: Si ou al rann tèt ou bay chèf wa Babilòn lan, yo p'ap touye ou. Yo p'ap boule lavil la. Yo p'ap touye ni ou menm, ni fanmi ou.
18 But if thou will not go forth to the king of Babylon's rulers, then this city shall be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shall not escape out of their hand.
Men, si ou pa al rann tèt ou bay chèf yo, lavil la pral tonbe nan men moun Babilòn yo, y'ap boule l'. Lèfini, ou p'ap ka chape anba men yo.
19 And Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews who have fallen away to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they abuse me.
Wa Sedesyas reponn: -Ou konnen sa m' pè? Se moun peyi Jida yo ki deja al rann tèt yo bay moun Babilòn yo. Mwen pè pou moun Babilòn yo pa lage m' nan men yo pou yo maltrete m'.
20 But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of Jehovah, in that which I speak to thee, so it shall be well with thee, and thy soul shall live.
Jeremi di l' konsa: -Moun Babilòn yo p'ap fè ou sa. Koute mesaj Seyè a ba ou nan sa mwen di ou la a, pou tout bagay pase byen pou ou. Konsa ou p'ap mouri.
21 But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that Jehovah has shown me:
Si ou derefize al rann tèt ou, men sa ki pral rive ou, dapre sa Seyè a fè m' wè:
22 Behold, all the women who are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's rulers. And those women shall say, Thy familiar friends have set upon thee, and have prevailed over thee. Since thy feet are sunk in the mire, they have turned back away.
Yo pral pran tout fanm ki rete nan palè wa Jida a, y'ap mennen yo bay chèf wa Babilòn lan. Medam yo pral di: Moun ki te pi bon zanmi wa a pran tèt li, yo fè l' fè sa yo vle. Koulye a, bra msye pran n'a pèlen. Yo kouri kite l' pou kont li.
23 And they shall bring out all thy wives and thy sons to the Chaldeans. And thou shall not escape out of their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon. And thou shall cause this city to be burned with fire.
Yo pral pran tout madanm ou yo, tout pitit ou yo, y'ap mennen yo bay moun Babilòn yo. Ou menm, ou p'ap chape anba men yo. Wa Babilòn lan ap fè ou prizonye, lèfini l'ap fè mete dife nan lavil sa a.
24 Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shall not die.
Sedesyas di Jeremi konsa: -Pa kite pesonn konnen tout pawòl sa yo. Konsa ou p'ap mouri.
25 But if the rulers hear that I have talked with thee, and they come to thee, and say to thee, Declare to us now what thou have said to the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death, also what the king said to thee,
Si chèf yo rive konnen mwen te pale avè ou, y'ap vin jwenn ou, y'ap mande ou sa ou te di m' ak sa m' te reponn ou. Y'ap pwomèt yo p'ap touye ou si ou pa kache yo anyen.
26 then thou shall say to them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house to die there.
Lè sa a, w'a reponn yo: Se mande mwen t'ap mande wa a, tanpri souple, pou l' pa voye m' tounen nan prizon lakay Jonatan pou m' pa mouri la.
27 Then all the rulers came to Jeremiah, and asked him. And he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him, for the matter was not perceived.
Tout chèf yo vini jwenn Jeremi vre. Yo mande l' yon bann pawòl. Jeremi reponn yo jan wa a te di l' la. Pa t' gen anyen chèf yo te ka fè paske pesonn pa t' tande koze Jeremi te gen ak wa a.
28 So Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.
Jeremi rete nan lakou gad palè yo jouk jou yo pran lavil Jerizalèm.
