Jeremiah 24
1 After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, as well as the officials of Judah and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD.
Pawòl SENYÈ a te demontre m, epi, gade byen, de panyen fig etranje ki te plase devan tanp SENYÈ a, lè Nebucadnetsar, wa Babylone nan, te fin retire Jeconia, fis a Jojakim nan, wa Juda a, dirijan a Juda yo ak gwo atizan ak bòs fòjewon Jérusalem yo pou te mennen yo Babylone.
2 One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket contained very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten.
Yon panyen te gen bon fig etranje yo, tankou nan premye rekòlt yo, e lòt panyen an te gen move fig ki pa t ka manje akoz yo te pouri.
3 “Jeremiah,” the LORD asked, “what do you see?” “Figs!” I replied. “The good figs are very good, but the bad figs are very bad, so bad they cannot be eaten.”
Konsa, SENYÈ a te di m: “Kisa ou wè, Jérémie?” Mwen te reponn: “Fig etranje yo, bon fig etranje yo, byen bon, ak move fig etranje yo, byen move, ki pa ka manje akoz yo pouri.”
4 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Epi pawòl SENYÈ a te vin kote mwen. Li te di:
5 “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Like these good figs, so I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I have sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans.
“Konsa pale SENYÈ Israël a ‘Tankou bon fig etranje yo, konsa Mwen va konsidere kon bon, kaptif a Juda yo, ke m te voye sòti nan plas sa a pou antre nan peyi Kaldeyen yo.
6 I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.
Paske Mwen va fikse zye M sou yo pou byen e Mwen va mennen yo ankò nan peyi sa a. Mwen va bati yo, e Mwen p ap rale fè yo desann. Mwen va plante yo e Mwen p ap rache yo.
7 I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart.
Mwen va bay yo yon kè pou rekonèt Mwen, ke se Mwen ki SENYÈ a. Konsa, yo va pèp Mwen e Mwen va Bondye yo, paske yo va retounen kote Mwen ak tout kè yo.’”
8 But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.
“Men tankou move fig etranje ki pa ka manje akoz yo pouri yo—anverite, konsa”, pale SENYÈ a—“Konsa Mwen va abandone Sédécias, wa Juda a, dirijan li yo, retay Jérusalem ki rete nan peyi sa a, ak sila ki rete nan peyi Égypte yo.
9 I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.
Mwen va fè yo vin yon gwo laperèz ak yon mal pou tout wayòm latè yo, kon repwòch, yon vye mo, yon rizib, e yon madichon tout kote ke M gaye yo.
10 And I will send against them sword and famine and plague, until they have perished from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’”
Mwen va voye nepe ak gwo grangou, maladi ak bèt pou ravaje chan yo jiskaske yo fin detwi soti nan peyi ke M te bay a yo menm nan ak papa zansèt yo.”
