Jeremiah 29
1 This is the text of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets, and all the others Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.
Alò, sila yo se pawòl a lèt ke Jérémie, pwofèt la, te voye soti Jérusalem bay lòt ansyen an egzil yo, ansanm ak prèt yo, pwofèt yo ak tout moun ke Nebucadnetsar te pran pou fè antre an egzil soti Jérusalem pou rive Babylone yo,
2 (This was after King Jeconiah, the queen mother, the court officials, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metalsmiths had been exiled from Jerusalem.)
( lè Wa Jeconia ak manman rèn nan, ofisye tribinal yo, prens a Juda yo, gwo bòs atizan yo, ak sila ki travay nan metal yo te fin pati Jérusalem.)
3 The letter was entrusted to Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. It stated:
Lèt la te voye pa men Éleasa, fis a Schaphan ak Guemaria a, fis a Hilkija a, ke Sédécias, fis wa Juda a, te voye Babylone kote wa Nebucadnetsar. Li te di:
4 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says to all the exiles who were carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon:
Konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo, Bondye Israël la, a tout egzile ke m te voye an egzil soti Jérusalem pou rive Babylone yo:
5 “Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce.
“Bati kay e viv nan yo. Plante jaden e manje pwodwi yo.
6 Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.
Pran madanm e vin papa a fis ak fi. Pran madanm pou fis nou yo e bay a fi nou yo mari yo, epi vin miltipliye la e pa diminye.
7 Seek the prosperity of the city to which I have sent you as exiles. Pray to the LORD on its behalf, for if it prospers, you too will prosper.”
Chache bonè a peyi sa a kote Mwen te voye nou an egzil la, e priye a SENYÈ a pou li; paske nan bonè pa li, ou va jwenn bonè.”
8 For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you, and do not listen to the dreams you elicit from them.
Paske konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo, Bondye Israël la: “Pa kite pwofèt ki rete nan mitan nou yo ak divinò nou yo twonpe nou, ni pa koute rèv ke yo fè.
9 For they are falsely prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the LORD.”
Paske yo fè fo pwofesi bannou nan non Mwen. Mwen pa t voye yo,” deklare SENYÈ a.
10 For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.
Paske konsa pale SENYÈ a: “Lè swasann-dizan yo fin ekoule pou Babylone, Mwen va vizite nou, e ranpli nou ak bon pawòl Mwen a nou menm, pou mennen nou retounen nan plas sa a.
11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
Paske Mwen konnen plan ke M genyen pou nou yo,” deklare SENYÈ a, “plan pou bonè e pa pou malè, pou bay nou yon bon avni ak espwa.
12 Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
Epi nou va rele Mwen, vin kote Mwen pou priye, e Mwen va koute nou.
13 You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
Nou va chache Mwen e nou va jwenn Mwen lè nou chache M ak tout kè nou.
14 I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.”
Mwen va vin twouve pa nou menm” deklare SENYÈ a: “Epi Mwen va restore bonte nou e ranmase nou soti nan tout nasyon yo ak plas kote Mwen te chase fè nou rive yo,” deklare SENYÈ a. “Epi Mwen va mennen nou fè nou retounen rive nan plas ke Mwen te fè nou pòte ale kon kaptif yo.”
15 Because you may say, “The LORD has raised up for us prophets in Babylon,”
Akoz nou te di: “SENYÈ a te fè leve pwofèt yo pou nou Babylone”—
16 this is what the LORD says about the king who sits on David’s throne and all the people who remain in this city, your brothers who did not go with you into exile—
Pou sa, pale SENYÈ a konsènan wa ki chita sou twòn David la, e konsènan tout moun ki rete nan vil sa yo, frè nou yo ki pa t antre ak nou an egzil yo—
17 this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will send against them sword and famine and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs, so bad they cannot be eaten.
Konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo: “Gade byen, Mwen ap voye sou yo nepe ak gwo grangou, ensèk ak maladi pou ravaje chan yo, Mwen va fè yo tankou fig etranje ki louvri pete fann, e ki pa ka manje akoz yo pouri nèt.
18 I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them.
Mwen va kouri dèyè yo ak nepe, ak gwo grangou, ak ensèk ak maladi pou ravaje chan yo. Mwen va fè yo jete ale retou pami tout wayòm latè yo, pou yo kapab vin yon gwo laperèz pou tout wayòm sou latè yo, pou yo kapab vin yon madichon, yon bagay lèd e degoutan, yon objè k ap fè moun sifle anlè kon koulèv, yon repwòch pami tout nasyon kote Mwen te chase fè yo ale yo,
19 I will do this because they have not listened to My words, declares the LORD, which I sent to them again and again through My servants the prophets. And neither have you exiles listened, declares the LORD.”
akoz yo pa t koute pawòl Mwen yo,” deklare SENYÈ a: “ke Mwen te voye bay yo ankò e ankò pa sèvitè Mwen yo, pwofèt yo. Men nou pa t koute”, deklare SENYÈ a.
20 So hear the word of the LORD, all you exiles I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.
Pou sa, nou menm, koute pawòl SENYÈ a, nou menm ki ekzile yo, ke M te voye ale kite Jérusalem pou rive Babylone yo.
21 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.
“Konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo, Bondye Israël la, konsènan Achab, fis a Kolaja a, e konsènan Sédécias, fis a Maaséja a, k ap fè fo pwofesi bannou nan non Mwen, ‘Gade Byen, Mwen va livre yo nan men Nebucadnetsar, wa Babylone nan e li va touye yo devan zye nou.
22 Because of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!’
Akoz yo menm, yon madichon va vin itilize pa tout egzile Juda ki Babylone yo, ki va di: “Ke SENYÈ a fè ou tankou Sédécias ak tankou Achab, ke wa Babylone nan te boukannen nan dife a,
23 For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He who knows, and I am a witness, declares the LORD.”
akoz yo te aji ak foli an Israël. Yo te komèt adiltè ak madanm a vwazen yo, e yo te pale manti nan non Mwen, ke M pa t janm kòmande yo fè. Mwen se Sila ki konnen, e Mwen se temwen,” deklare SENYÈ a.’”
24 You are to tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite that
A Schemaeja, Nechelamit lan, ou va di:
25 this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “In your own name you have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests. You said to Zephaniah:
“Konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo, Bondye Israël la: ‘Akoz ou te voye lèt nan pwòp non pa w a tout pèp Jérusalem nan, a Sophonie, fis a Maaséja a, prèt la, epi a tout prèt yo, epi di:
26 ‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet—you must put him in stocks and neck irons.
“SENYÈ a te fè nou prèt olye Johojada, prèt la, pou vin chèf lakay SENYÈ a sou chak moun fou ki pwofetize, pou mete li nan sèp ak nan kolye an fè.
27 So now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who poses as a prophet among you?
Alò, konsa, poukisa ou pa t repwoche Jérémie a Anathoth ki fè pwop tèt li pwofet ou menm nan?
28 For he has sent to us in Babylon, claiming: Since the exile will be lengthy, build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat their produce.’”
Paske, li te voye nou Babylone e li te di: Egzil la va byen long. Bati kay pou viv. Plante jaden pou manje pwodwi yo.”’”
29 (Zephaniah the priest, however, had read this letter to Jeremiah the prophet.)
Sophonie, prèt la, te li lèt sa a bay Jérémie, pwofèt la.
30 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
Epi pawòl a SENYÈ a te vini a Jérémie ki te di:
31 “Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,
“Voye kote tout egzile yo e di: ‘Konsa pale SENYÈ a konsènan Schemaeja, Nechelamit lan: “Akoz Schemaeja te pwofetize a nou menm, malgre Mwen pa t voye l e li te fè nou kwè nan yon manti,”
32 this is what the LORD says: ‘I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good that I will bring to My people, declares the LORD, for he has preached rebellion against the LORD.’”
Akoz sa, pale SENYÈ a: “Gade byen, Mwen prèt pou pini Schemaeja, Nechelamit lan, ak desandan li yo. Li p ap gen pèsòn k ap viv pami pèp sa a, ni li p ap wè bonte ke Mwen prèt pou fè pou pèp Mwen an,” deklare SENYÈ a: “akoz li te preche rebelyon kont SENYÈ a.”’”
