Jeremiah 6
1 “Flee for safety, you children of Benjamin, out of the middle of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa and raise up a signal on Beth Haccherem, for evil looks out from the north with a great destruction.
Nou menm moun branch fanmi Benjamen yo, kouri al kache! Chape kò nou soti lavil Jerizalèm. Kònen twonpèt lavil Tekoa. Limen yon dife lavil Bèt Achirèm pou bay siyal la. Yon gwo malè, yon malè sèk k'ap soti nan nò pandye sou tèt nou.
2 I will cut off the beautiful and delicate one, the daughter of Zion.
Ou menm lavil Jerizalèm, atout ou bèl la, atout tout moun renmen ou lan, yo pral detwi ou.
3 Shepherds with their flocks will come to her. They will pitch their tents against her all around. They will feed everyone in his place.”
Wa yo ap moute vin sènen lavil la ak lame yo. Yo pral moute tant yo fè wonn li, chak moun bò pa yo.
4 “Prepare war against her! Arise! Let’s go up at noon. Woe to us! For the day declines, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
Yo di tout moun Bondye bay lòd atake lavil Jerizalèm: Leve non! Ann al atake l' gwo midi. Men, apre sa yo di: Gade malè ki rive nou non! Solèy gen tan ap kouche. Konmanse fènwa.
5 Arise! Let’s go up by night, and let’s destroy her palaces.”
Leve non! Ann al atake l' gwo lannwit. Nou pral detwi tout gwo bèl kay li yo.
6 For the LORD of Armies said, “Cut down trees, and cast up a mound against Jerusalem. This is the city to be visited. She is filled with oppression within herself.
Men sa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a di wa yo: -Koupe bwa, bwote tè, fè gwo bit nan pye miray lavil Jerizalèm. M'ap regle lavil la, paske nan tout lavil la se gwo k'ap peze piti.
7 As a well produces its waters, so she produces her wickedness. Violence and destruction is heard in her. Sickness and wounds are continually before me.
Menm jan dlo dous toujou ap souse nan yon pi, se konsa nan lavil la mechanste ap souse toupatou: Se britalite ak piyay mwen tande y'ap fè. Se moun k'ap soufri, moun ki anba kou ase mwen wè devan je m'.
8 Be instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from you, lest I make you a desolation, an uninhabited land.”
Aa! Jerizalèm, se pou sa sèvi ou leson, si ou pa vle m' lage ou, si ou pa vle mwen fè ou tounen yon dezè, yon kote pesonn pa rete.
9 The LORD of Armies says, “They will thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel like a vine. Turn again your hand as a grape gatherer into the baskets.”
Men sa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a di m' ankò: -Yo pral ranmase dènye moun ki rete nan peyi Izrayèl la, menm jan yo ranmase dènye grap rezen lè rekòt fini. Y'ap pase men pran yo tout, tankou moun k'ap pase men nan branch rezen pou rekòlte rezen.
10 To whom should I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot listen. Behold, the LORD’s word has become a reproach to them. They have no delight in it.
Mwen di: -Ki moun ki pral koute m' lè m'a pale, lè m'a bay avètisman sa yo? Zòrèy yo bouche. Yo refize tande sa m'ap di. Yo pran pawòl Bondye a pou yon jouman. Yo pa vle tande.
11 Therefore I am full of the LORD’s wrath. I am weary with holding it in. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the assembly of young men together; for even the husband with the wife will be taken, the aged with him who is full of days.
Kòlè Seyè a ap bouyi nan kè m' tou, m' pa ka kenbe ankò. Lè sa a, Seyè a di m': -Al pase kòlè m' sou timoun ki nan lari yo, sou gwoup jenn gason ki reyini yo. Y'ap pase men pran tout moun, fanm kou gason. Ata vye granmoun ki fin viv yo p'ap chape.
12 Their houses will be turned to others, their fields and their wives together; for I will stretch out my hand on the inhabitants of the land, says the LORD.”
Y'ap pran kay yo ansanm ak jaden yo ak madanm yo bay lòt moun. Mwen pral pini moun ki rete nan peyi a. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
13 “For from their least even to their greatest, everyone is given to covetousness. From the prophet even to the priest, everyone deals falsely.
Yo tout, gran kou piti, ap fè akrèk dèyè lajan. Ni prèt yo ni pwofèt yo, yo tout ap twonpe pèp la pou fè lajan.
14 They have healed also the hurt of my people superficially, saying, ‘Peace, peace!’ when there is no peace.
Yo pa pran malè ki rive pèp mwen an pou anyen. Y'ap plede di: Tout bagay ap mache byen, pa gen danje. Epi manti! Anyen p'ap mache.
15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush. Therefore they will fall among those who fall. When I visit them, they will be cast down,” says the LORD.
Ou kwè yo ta wont pou bagay lèd yo fè yo! Non, yo pa wont menm. Yo pa konn sa ki rele wont. Se poutèt sa, y'ap tonbe menm jan tout lòt yo te tonbe a. Lè m'a regle ak yo, se va bout yo. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
16 The LORD says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
Men sa Seyè a di ankò: -Rete non sou kous nou! Gade byen! Mande kote ansyen chemen yo te pase. Mande kote bon wout la ye. Pran l'. Lè sa a n'a viv ak kè poze. Men yo di: Non, nou p'ap fè sa!
17 I set watchmen over you, saying, ‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’ But they said, ‘We will not listen!’
Apre sa, Seyè a chwazi faksyonnè pou veye pou yo, pou di yo: Atansyon, tande jan y'ap kònen twonpèt la pou avèti nou. Men, yo di: Non, nou p'ap tande.
18 Therefore hear, you nations, and know, congregation, what is among them.
Se poutèt sa, Seyè a di ankò: -Nou menm, moun lòt nasyon yo, koute! Nou menm ki sanble la a, vin tande sa ki pral rive pèp mwen an.
19 Hear, earth! Behold, I will bring evil on this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not listened to my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.
Ou menm latè, koute. Mwen pral fè malè tonbe sou pèp sa a. Se yo ki chache l' ak vye lide yo gen nan tèt yo. Yo pa vle koute sa m'ap di yo, yo pa okipe lalwa mwen ba yo a.
20 To what purpose does frankincense from Sheba come to me, and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, and your sacrifices are not pleasing to me.”
Ki mele m' ak lansan y' al chache nan peyi Saba, ak plant santi bon ki soti nan peyi byen lwen! Zannimo n'ap ofri pou boule pou mwen yo pa fè m' plezi menm. Bèt n'ap touye pou mwen yo pa di m' anyen.
21 Therefore the LORD says, “Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people. The fathers and the sons together will stumble against them. The neighbor and his friend will perish.”
Se poutèt sa, men sa m'ap di nou: M'ap mete antrav sou chemen nou. N'ap bite. Papa pral mouri ansanm ak pitit gason yo. Tout zanmi yo, tout vwazinaj yo pral mouri tou.
22 The LORD says, “Behold, a people comes from the north country. A great nation will be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
Men sa Seyè a di ankò: -Moun ap soti nan yon peyi bò nan nò. Yon gwo pèp byen lwen ap pare pou fè lagè.
23 They take hold of bow and spear. They are cruel, and have no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Zion.”
Yo pran banza yo ak frenn yo. Yo mechan anpil. Se yon bann san manman. Lè yo sou chwal yo, y'ap fè bri tankou lanmè lè l' move. Yo pare lame yo pou yo vin fè lagè kont lavil Jerizalèm, sou mòn Siyon an.
24 We have heard its report. Our hands become feeble. Anguish has taken hold of us, and pains as of a woman in labor.
Moun lavil Jerizalèm yo ap di: -Nou pran nouvèl la. De bra nou kase, kè nou sere. N'ap soufri tankou yon fanm ki gen tranche.
25 Do not go out into the field or walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and terror are on every side.
Piga pesonn soti al nan jaden. Piga pesonn al mache sou granchemen yo, paske lènmi nou yo gen zam nan men yo. Kote moun pase yo pè.
26 Daughter of my people, clothe yourself with sackcloth, and wallow in ashes! Mourn, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation, for the destroyer will suddenly come on us.
Seyè a pale ak pèp li a, li di l': -Mete rad sak sou nou. Woule kò nou nan sann dife. Se pou nou gen lapenn tankou si nou te pèdi sèl pitit gason nou te genyen. Se pou nou plenn ak de ran dlo nan je nou. Paske moun k'ap vin detwi nou an ap atake nou san avèti.
27 “I have made you a tester of metals and a fortress among my people, that you may know and try their way.
Ou menm Jeremi, mwen mete ou la pou sonde pèp mwen an, pou veye sa pèp la ap fè, pou ou wè sa li vo.
28 They are all grievous rebels, going around to slander. They are bronze and iron. All of them deal corruptly.
Se yon bann move moun ki pa soti pou yo chanje. Y'ap mache pale moun mal. Tèt yo di tankou wòch ak fè. Se yon bann lwijanboje.
29 The bellows blow fiercely. The lead is consumed in the fire. In vain they go on refining, for the wicked are not plucked away.
Y'ap vante dife a byen fò nan fòj la. Dife a fè tout plon yo disparèt. Men, pou pèp mwen an, ou te mèt fonn yo sou fonn, kras yo p'ap soti, move grenn yo p'ap disparèt.
30 Men will call them rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”
Yo rele yo vye lajan san valè, paske mwen menm Seyè a, mwen voye yo jete.
