Jeremiah 3
1 “They say, ‘If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and becomes another man’s, should he return to her again?’ Would not that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers; yet return again to me,” says the LORD.
Bondye di: “Si yon mari divòse ak madanm li, e li kite li pou jwenn yon lòt gason, èske li va retounen kote li? Èske tè sa a p ap souye nèt? Men ou se yon pwostitiye ak anpil renmen; sepandan, se bò kote M, ou vin vire,” deklare SENYÈ a.
2 “Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see! Where have you not been lain with? You have sat waiting for them by the road, as an Arabian in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your prostitution and with your wickedness.
“Leve zye ou pou wè mòn toutouni yo epi gade: “Se ki kote yo pa t kouche ak nou? Akote chemen yo, ou te chita tann yo. Tankou yon Arab nan dezè, ou te pouri peyi a ak pwostitisyon ou ak mechanste ou.
3 Therefore the showers have been withheld and there has been no latter rain; yet you have had a prostitute’s forehead and you refused to be ashamed.
Akoz sa, farinaj lapli te vin sispann e lapli sezon prentan pa t rive. Men fon ou te gen yon fontèn pwostitiye; ou te refize vin wont.
4 Will you not from this time cry to me, ‘My Father, you are the guide of my youth!’?
Se pa depi koulye a, ou va rele a Mwen: ‘Papa mwen, ou se zanmi jenès mwen’?
5 “‘Will he retain his anger forever? Will he keep it to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken and have done evil things, and have had your way.”
“‘Èske Li va fache jis pou tout tan? Èske Li va ensanse ak kòlè jiska lafen?’ Gade byen, ou te pale, ou te fè bagay ki mal e ou te fè pwòp volonte ou.”
6 Moreover, the LORD said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and has played the prostitute there.
Alò, SENYÈ a te di m nan jou a wa Josias yo: “Èske ou te wè sa ke Israël enfidèl te fè a? Li te monte sou tout kolin ki wo yo e anba tout bwa vèt. La, li te yon pwostitiye.
7 I said after she had done all these things, ‘She will return to me;’ but she did not return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
Mwen te reflechi: ‘Apre li fin fè tout bagay sa yo, li va retounen kote Mwen.’ Men li pa t retounen e sè trèt li a, Juda, te wè l.
8 I saw when, for this very cause, that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, had no fear, but she also went and played the prostitute.
Konsa, lè Mwen te wè tout enfidelite ak pwostitiye li yo, Mwen te voye li ale, e Mwen te fè yon dekrè pou divòse ak li. Men sè trèt li a, Juda, pa t gen lakrent, men li te ale fè pwostitiye tou.
9 Because she took her prostitution lightly, the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with wood.
Akoz li te pran pwostitiye li a kon yon bagay lejè, li te pouri peyi a e te fè adiltè ak wòch ak pyebwa.
10 Yet for all this her treacherous sister, Judah, has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in pretense,” says the LORD.
Men malgre tout sa, sè trèt li a, Juda, pa t retounen kote Mwen ak tout kè l, men pito ak desepsyon”, deklare SENYÈ a.
11 The LORD said to me, “Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
Konsa, SENYÈ a te di m: “Israël enfidèl la te montre li pi dwat pase trèt la, Juda.
12 Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, ‘Return, you backsliding Israel,’ says the LORD; ‘I will not look in anger on you, for I am merciful,’ says the LORD. ‘I will not keep anger forever.
Ale pwoklame pawòl sa yo vè nò, epi di: ‘Retounen, Israël enfidèl’, deklare SENYÈ a; ‘Mwen p ap gade ou ak kòlè. Paske Mwen gen mizerikòd, deklare SENYÈ a; Mwen p ap rete fache jis pou tout tan.
13 Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against the LORD your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice,’” says the LORD.
Sèlman rekonèt inikite ou, ke ou te transgrese kont SENYÈ a, Bondye ou a. Ou te gaye favè ou bay etranje yo anba tout bwa vèt e ou pa t obeyi vwa M,’” deklare SENYÈ a.
14 “Return, backsliding children,” says the LORD, “for I am a husband to you. I will take one of you from a city, and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
“Retounen, O fis enfidèl,” deklare SENYÈ a, “paske Mwen se yon mèt pou nou. Mwen va retire de nou, youn nan yon vil e de nan yon fanmi, e Mwen va mennen nou Sion.”
15 I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
“Konsa, Mwen va bannou bèje selon pwòp kè Mwen, ki va fè nou manje sou konesans ak bon konprann.
16 It will come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land in those days,” says the LORD, “they will no longer say, ‘the ark of the LORD’s covenant!’ It will not come to mind. They will not remember it. They will not miss it, nor will another be made.
Li va vin rive nan jou sa yo ke lè nou vin ogmante, e vin anpil nan peyi a”, deklare SENYÈ a, “yo p ap di mo ankò: ‘Lach akò SENYÈ a’. Ni sa p ap vini nan tèt yo. Yo p ap sonje li, yo p ap remake pèt li, ni li p ap refèt ankò.
17 At that time they will call Jerusalem ‘The LORD’s Throne;’ and all the nations will be gathered to it, to the LORD’s name, to Jerusalem. They will no longer walk after the stubbornness of their evil heart.
Nan lè sa a, yo va rele Jérusalem: ‘Twòn SENYÈ a’ e tout nasyon yo va rasanble vè li; vè Jérusalem, vè non SENYÈ a. Ni yo p ap ankò mache ak tèt di ak kè mechan yo.
18 In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together out of the land of the north to the land that I gave for an inheritance to your fathers.
Nan jou sa yo, lakay Juda va mache ak lakay Israël, e yo va vini ansanm sòti nan peyi nò pou rive nan peyi ke Mwen te bay a papa zansèt nou yo kon eritaj la.”
19 “But I said, ‘How I desire to put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!’ and I said, ‘You shall call me “My Father”, and shall not turn away from following me.’
“Epi Mwen te di: ‘Kòman Mwen fè lanvi pou plase ou pami fis Mwen yo, e bay ou yon bèl peyi, eritaj ki pi bèl pami nasyon yo!’ Epi Mwen te di: ‘Ou va rele Mwen: “Papa Mwen”, e ou p ap detounen sispann swiv Mwen.’”
20 “Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so you have dealt treacherously with me, house of Israel,” says the LORD.
“Anverite, kon yon fanm fè trèt pou kite mari li, se konsa ou te fè trèt kite Mwen, O lakay Israël”, deklare SENYÈ a.
21 A voice is heard on the bare heights, the weeping and the petitions of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten the LORD their God.
Yon vwa vin tande sou wotè mòn vid yo; vwa k ap kriye ak vwa siplikasyon a fis Israël yo; akoz yo te pèvèti chemen yo, yo te bliye SENYÈ a, Bondye yo.
22 Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding. “Behold, we have come to you; for you are the LORD our God.
“Retounen, O fis enfidèl, Mwen va geri enfidelite ou.” “Gade byen, nou vin kote Ou; paske Ou se SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an.
23 Truly help from the hills, the tumult on the mountains, is in vain. Truly the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.
Anverite, soutyèn kolin yo se yon desepsyon, yon zen sou mòn yo. Anverite, SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, se sali Israël.
24 But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
Men afè wont sa a te manje fòs zèv zansèt nou yo depi nan jenès nou. Li te manje bann mouton yo ak twoupo yo, fis ak fi yo.
25 Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. We have not obeyed the LORD our God’s voice.”
Kite nou kouche nan wont nou, e kite imilyasyon kouvre nou. Paske nou te peche kontre Senyè a, nou menm ak papa nou yo, depi nan jenès nou yo, jis rive menm jodi a. E nou pa t obeyi lavwa Senyè a, papa nou.
