Jeremiah 44
1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in the land of Egypt —in Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis —and in the land of Pathros:
Seyè a pale ak Jeremi, li ba li yon mesaj pou tout moun Jida yo ki te rete nan peyi Lejip, lavil Migdòl, lavil Tapanes, lavil Menmfis ak nan zòn lavil Patwòs.
2 “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster that I brought against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah; and behold, they lie today in ruins and desolation
-Men sa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, voye di nou: Nou te wè tout malè mwen te fè tonbe sou lavil Jerizalèm ak sou tout lòt lavil peyi Jida yo. Jouk koulye a, se yon miray kraze yo ye. Pa gen yon grenn moun ki te rete ladan yo.
3 because of the evil they have done. They provoked Me to anger by continuing to burn incense and to serve other gods that neither they nor you nor your fathers ever knew.
Se paske moun ki te rete la yo te fè sa ki mal, yo te fè m' fache anpil sou yo. Yo t' al ofri lansan bay lòt bondye, yo t' al sèvi bondye ni yo menm, ni papa yo, ni granpapa yo pa t' janm konnen.
4 Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’
Mwen pa t' janm sispann voye sèvitè m' yo, pwofèt yo, pou di yo manyè sispann fè vye bagay derespektan yo t'ap plede fè a, bagay mwen pa ka wè devan je m'.
5 But they did not listen or incline their ears; they did not turn from their wickedness or stop burning incense to other gods.
Men yo pa t' koute m'. Pawòl la antre nan yon zòrèy li soti nan yon lòt. Yo derefize chanje. Yo donnen pi mal nan fè mechanste yo, nan ofri lansan bay bondye lòt nasyon yo.
6 Therefore My wrath and anger poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so that they have become the desolate ruin they are today.
Lè sa a, mwen move, mwen fè kòlè. Mwen lage yon dife sou lavil Jida yo ak nan tout lari lavil Jerizalèm. Se vye kay kraze san pesonn ladan yo ki rete, jan nou ka wè sa jòdi a.
7 So now, this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves by cutting off from Judah man and woman, child and infant, leaving yourselves without a remnant?
Enben, koulye a, mwen menm Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, m'ap mande nou: Poukisa n'ap fè tèt nou mal konsa? Se vle nou pa vle kite pesonn, ni fanm ni gason, ni timoun, ni ti bebe, nan pèp Jida a ankò? Nou pa vle pesonn chape?
8 Why are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside? As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth.
Nou deyò pou nou fè m' fache ak sa n'ap fè a, lè n'ap ofri lansan bay bondye lòt nasyon yo, isit la nan peyi Lejip kote nou vin viv la? Nou vle fini ak tèt nou pou tout nasyon sou latè ka pase nou nan betiz, pou yo pran non nou pou bay moun madichon?
9 Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers and of the kings of Judah and their wives, as well as the wickedness that you and your wives committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
Gen lè nou bliye tout move zak nou tout, depi zansèt nou yo, pran wa peyi Jida yo ak madanm yo rive sou nou menm ansanm ak madanm pa nou yo, nou fè nan peyi Jida ak nan lari Jerizalèm?
10 To this day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they followed My instruction or the statutes that I set before you and your fathers.
Jouk jòdi a nou yonn pa règrèt sa nou te fè. Pesonn pa gen krentif pou mwen, pesonn pa soti pou yo viv dapre lwa ak lòd mwen te mete devan nou ak devan zansèt nou yo.
11 Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will set My face to bring disaster and to cut off all Judah.
Se poutèt sa, men sa mwen menm Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la mwen di: M'ap vire do ban nou, m'ap voye malè sou nou, m'ap detwi tout peyi Jida a.
12 And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet their end. They will all fall by the sword or be consumed by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine; and they will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and reproach.
M'ap pran rès moun Jida yo, sa ki te pran desizyon desann al viv nan peyi Lejip la, yo tout pral mouri. Yo tout, gran kou piti, y'ap mouri nan peyi Lejip. Genyen k'ap mouri nan lagè, genyen k'ap mouri grangou. Moun va sezi wè yo, y'a vire tèt yo pou yo pa gade yo, y'a sèvi ak non yo pou bay madichon, y'a pase yo nan betiz.
13 I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem, by sword and famine and plague,
M'ap pini tout moun Jida k'ap viv nan peyi Lejip la ak lagè, grangou ak move maladi, menm jan mwen te pini moun lavil Jerizalèm yo.
14 so that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone to reside in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, where they long to return and live; for none will return except a few fugitives.”
Nan ti rès moun Jida ki rete yo, sa ki te desann al viv nan peyi Lejip la, yo yonn p'ap kouri chape, yo yonn p'ap sove. Kanta pou tounen al viv nan peyi Jida a ankò, jan yo ta vle l' la, yo pa ladan l'. Yo yonn pa t' tounen, an wetan de twa ki va kouri chape kò yo.
15 Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women standing by—a great assembly—along with all the people living in the land of Egypt and in Pathros, said to Jeremiah,
Lè sa a, tout mesye ki te konnen madanm yo te nan ofri lansan bay lòt bondye yo, tout medam ki te reyini la yo, ansanm ak tout lòt moun pèp Izrayèl la ki t'ap viv depi lontan nan peyi Lejip nan zòn Patwòs la, yo tout yo reponn Jeremi:
16 “As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!
-Nou p'ap koute pawòl w'ap di nou la a, atout ou pale nan non Seyè a.
17 Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.
N'ap toujou fè sa nou te pwomèt fè a. N'ap ofri lansan ak diven bay Astate, larenn syèl la, jan nou te toujou fè l' jouk jòdi a, menm jan zansèt nou yo, wa nou yo ak chèf nou yo te konn fè l' nan lavil peyi Jida yo ak nan tout lari Jerizalèm. Lè sa a, nou te gen kont manje pou n' manje, tout zafè nou te mache byen. Nou pa t' gen pwoblèm.
18 But from the time we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been perishing by sword and famine.”
Men, depi nou sispann ofri lansan ak diven bay larenn syèl la, nou pa gen anyen. Lagè ak grangou ap fini ak nou.
19 “Moreover,” said the women, “when we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, was it without our husbands’ knowledge that we made sacrificial cakes in her image and poured out drink offerings to her?”
Medam yo menm poutèt pa yo di: -Lè n'ap fè gato ki gen fòm larenn syèl la, lè n'ap ofri lansan ak diven pou li, mari nou toujou dakò ak sa n'ap fè.
20 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him,
Lè sa a, Jeremi pale ak tout moun sa yo, fanm kou gason, ki te fè l' repons sa yo, li di yo konsa:
21 “As for the incense you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem—you, your fathers, your kings, your officials, and the people of the land—did the LORD not remember and bring this to mind?
-Wi, nou menm, zansèt nou yo, wa nou yo, chèf nou yo ak tout lòt moun pèp Izrayèl yo te boule lansan nan tout lavil peyi Jida ak nan tout lari Jerizalèm. Men, pa konprann Seyè a pa t' konn sa, osinon li bliye sa.
22 So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.
Non. Seyè a pa t' ka sipòte move lajisman ak eskandal nou yo ankò. Se poutèt sa, jòdi a peyi a fini. Li kraze nèt san pesonn ladan l'. Tout moun sèvi ak non li pou bay madichon, jan nou wè l' jòdi a.
23 Because you burned incense and sinned against the LORD, and did not obey the voice of the LORD or walk in His instruction, His statutes, and His testimonies, this disaster has befallen you, as you see today.”
Se paske nou te ofri lansan bay lòt bondye, se paske nou fè peche kont Seyè a, se paske nou pa t' koute sa li t'ap di nou, se paske nou pa t' mache dapre lwa li te ban nou, dapre lòd ak kòmandman li yo kifè malè sa a tonbe sou nou jòdi a.
24 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women, “Hear the word of the LORD, all those of Judah who are in the land of Egypt.
Apre sa, Jeremi pale ak tout pèp la, sitou ak medam yo. Li di yo konsa: -Nou tout moun peyi Jida ki isit nan peyi Lejip la, koute mesaj Seyè a.
25 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hands your words: ‘We will surely perform our vows that we have made to burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her.’ Go ahead, then, do what you have promised! Keep your vows!
Men sa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, di nou. Se nou menm ak tout madanm nou yo ki di ak pwòp bouch nou n'ap kenbe angajman nou te pran ak larenn syèl la, n'ap toujou ofri lansan ak diven ba li. Lèfini, se sa nou fè vre. Enben, kenbe angajman nou yo, fè sa nou te pwomèt la.
26 Nevertheless, hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah living in Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by My great name, says the LORD, that never again will any man of Judah living in the land of Egypt invoke My name or say, ‘As surely as the Lord GOD lives.’
Men koulye a, koute sa m'ap di nou, nou menm moun Jida yo k'ap viv nan peyi Lejip la. Se mwen menm Seyè a k'ap pale, mwen fè sèman sou tèt mwen: nan tout peyi Lejip la p'ap gen pesonn nan moun Jida yo ki pou pran non mwen pou fè sèman, pou yo di: Nan non Seyè a, Bondye vivan an!
27 I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are finished off.
M'ap veye pou se malè ase ki pou rive nou. Mwen p'ap voye ankenn bon bagay ban nou. Wi, dènye moun Jida k'ap viv nan peyi Lejip la pral disparèt, kit se nan lagè, kit se nan grangou, jouk p'ap rete yonn ankò.
28 Those who escape the sword will return from Egypt to Judah, few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah who went to dwell in the land of Egypt will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs!
Gen yon ti ponyen moun ase ki va chape nan lagè a. Y'a kite peyi Lejip, y'a tounen nan peyi jida. Lè sa a, ti rès ki va rete nan moun pèp Jida ki te desann al viv nan peyi Lejip la va wè kilès ki te gen rezon, nou menm osinon mwen menm.
29 This will be a sign to you that I will punish you in this place, declares the LORD, so that you may know that My threats of harm against you will surely stand.
Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa: m'ap ban nou yon siy, m'ap pini nou isit la menm. Konsa, n'a konnen malè mwen te pwomèt m'ap voye sou nou an rive vre.
30 This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who was seeking his life.”
Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa. Mwen pral lage farawon Ofra, wa peyi Lejip la, nan men lènmi ki soti pou touye l' yo, menm jan mwen te lage Sedesyas, wa peyi Jida a, nan men Nèbikadneza, wa peyi Babilòn, lènmi ki te soti pou touye l' la tou.
