Jeremiah 14
1 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah when there was no water.
Seyè a pale ak Jeremi sou zafè chechrès la, li di l':
2 Judah is weeping and its doors are dark with sorrow, and people are seated on the earth clothed in black; and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.
-Peyi Jida nan gwo lapenn, lavil li yo ap depafini. Tout moun kouche atè ap plenn. Nan lavil Jerizalèm moun ap rele anmwe!
3 Their great men have sent their servants for water: they come to the holes and there is no water to be seen; they come back with nothing in their vessels; they are overcome with shame and fear, covering their heads.
Grannèg yo voye domestik yo al chache dlo. Lè yo rive nan sitèn yo, yo pa jwenn yon gout dlo. Yo tounen ak veso yo vid. Yo wont, yo pa konn sa pou yo di. Yo bouche figi yo.
4 Those who do work on the land are in fear, for there has been no rain on the land, and the farmers are shamed, covering their heads.
Tè a fann fann. Pa gen yon gout lapli. Abitan pa konn sa pou yo fè. Se men nan tèt.
5 And the roe, giving birth in the field, lets her young one be uncared for, because there is no grass.
Nan jaden, kabrit yo met ba, lèfini, yo sove kite ti kabrit yo, paske pa gen zèb pou yo manje.
6 And the asses of the field on the open hilltops are opening their mouths wide like jackals to get air; their eyes are hollow because there is no grass.
Bourik mawon yo rete kanpe sou tèt ti mòn yo, y'ap pran fre tankou chen mawon. Je yo bouke, yo pa wè ladan yo, paske pa gen zèb pou yo manje.
7 Though our sins give witness against us, do something, O Lord, for the honour of your name: for again and again we have been turned away from you, we have done evil against you.
Pèp la ap rele nan pye Bondye, y'ap di: -Menm si sa nou fè a kont pou kondannen nou, ou menm, Seyè, fè kichòy pou sa ka sèvi yon lwanj pou ou non! Paske se pa ni de ni twa fwa nou vire do ba ou nan fè peche kont ou.
8 O you hope of Israel, its saviour in time of trouble, why are you like one who is strange in the land, and like a traveller putting up his tent for a night?
Ou se tout espwa pèp Izrayèl la! Se ou ki delivre nou lè malè te pandye sou tèt nou. Poukisa ou aji tankou yon etranje, tankou yon vwayajè k'ap pase yon nwit ase nan peyi nou an?
9 Why are you like a man surprised, like a man of war who is not able to give help? but you, O Lord, are with us, and we are named by your name; do not go away from us.
Poukisa w'ap fè tankou yon moun ki dekontwole, tankou yon sòlda ki pa gen kouraj pou fè anyen pou pesonn? Seyè, nou sèten ou la nan mitan nou. Se pèp ou nou ye. Tanpri, pa lage nou!
10 This is what the Lord has said about this people: Even so they have been glad to go from the right way; they have not kept their feet from wandering, so the Lord has no pleasure in them; now he will keep their wrongdoing in mind and send punishment for their sins.
Men sa Seyè a di pèp la: -Wi! Yo renmen al fè vakabon, yo pa ka ret an plas. M' pa kontan ak yo. M'ap chonje tout mal yo fè, m'ap pini yo pou tout peche yo fè.
11 And the Lord said to me, Make no prayer for this people for their good.
Apre sa, Seyè a di m' konsa: -Pa vin mande m' pou m' fè anyen pou pèp sa a.
12 When they go without food, I will not give ear to their cry; when they give burned offerings and meal offerings, I will not take pleasure in them: but I will put an end to them by the sword and by need of food and by disease.
Yo te mèt fè jèn, mwen p'ap tande rèl yo. Yo te mèt ofri bèt pou boule pou mwen ansanm ak grenn jaden, se pa sa k'ap fè m' kontan ak yo. Okontrè, mwen pral fè yo mouri nan lagè, nan grangou ak anba maladi.
13 Then I said, Ah, Lord God! see, the prophets say to them, You will not see the sword or be short of food; but I will give you certain peace in this place.
Lè sa a mwen di: -Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a, ou konnen jan pwofèt yo ap plede di pèp la yo pa bezwen pè, p'ap gen lagè, grangou p'ap tonbe sou yo, paske ou te pwomèt y'ap toujou viv ak kè poze nan peyi a.
14 Then the Lord said to me, The prophets say false words in my name, and I gave them no orders, and I said nothing to them: what they say to you is a false vision and wonder-working words without substance, the deceit of their hearts.
Men, Seyè a reponn, li di m' konsa: -Se pa vre sa pwofèt yo ap di a. Yo pran non m' pou bay manti! Se pa kras mwen menm ki voye yo. Mwen pa ba yo ankenn lòd, mwen pa janm pale ak yo. Si yo fè vizyon, se pa mwen ki ba yo l'. Si yo di yo konnen sa ki pral rive, se manti. Se lide yo fè nan tèt yo konsa pou twonpe pèp la, se sa ase yo ka louvri bouch yo di.
15 So this is what the Lord has said about the prophets who make use of my name, though I sent them not, and say, The sword and need of food will not be in this land: the sword and need of food will put an end to those prophets.
Se poutèt sa, men sa Seyè a di li pral fè pwofèt li pa t' janm voye yo men ki pran non l' pou di pèp la p'ap gen lagè ni grangou nan peyi a: Se nan lagè ak nan grangou tout pwofèt sa yo pral mouri!
16 And the people to whom they are prophets will be pushed out dead into the streets of Jerusalem, because there is no food, and because of the sword; and they will have no one to put their bodies into the earth, them or their wives or their sons or their daughters: for I will let loose their evil-doing on them.
Moun yo t'ap bay mesaj sa yo pral fini menm jan an tou. Yo pral mouri nan lagè ak nan grangou, yo menm, madanm yo, pitit gason ak pitit fi yo. Yo pral jete kadav yo nan tout lari lavil Jerizalèm. P'ap gen pesonn pou antere yo. Se konsa m'ap fè yo peye mechanste yo.
17 And you are to say this word to them, Let my eyes be streaming with water night and day, and let it not be stopped; for the virgin daughter of my people is wounded with a great wound, with a very bitter blow.
Men sa w'a di yo ankò: -Se pou je m' koule dlo san rete lajounen kou lannwit, paske pèp mwen an tankou yon tifi ki pran gwo frakti, l'ap soufri rèd soufri.
18 If I go out into the open country, there are those put to death by the sword! and if I go into the town, there are those who are diseased from need of food! for the prophet and the priest go about in the land and have no knowledge.
Lè m' soti al nan jaden, mwen wè kadav moun yo touye nan lagè. Lè m' antre nan lavil la, mwen wè moun ap mouri grangou! Pwofèt yo menm ansanm ak prèt yo ap mache nan tout peyi a, yo pa konn sa y'ap fè.
19 Have you completely given up Judah? is your soul turned in disgust from Zion? why have you given us blows from which there is no one to make us well? we were looking for peace, but no good came; and for a time of well-being, but there was only a great fear.
Seyè, gen lè ou voye pèp Jida a jete nèt? Eske ou rayi moun mòn Siyon yo? Poukisa ou frape nou konsa jouk nou pa ka geri a? Nou t'ap tann ou vin delivre nou, anyen pa rive. Nou t'ap tann ou vin geri nou, ou fè nou pè pi rèd.
20 We are conscious, O Lord, of our sin and of the wrongdoing of our fathers: we have done evil against you.
Seyè, nou rekonèt nou antò. Nou rekonèt zansèt nou yo te fè sa ki mal. Wi, nou tout nou antò devan ou.
21 Do not be turned from us in disgust, because of your name; do not put shame on the seat of your glory: keep us in mind, let not your agreement with us be broken.
Chonje ki moun ou ye, pa meprize nou! Jerizalèm, se la fotèy pouvwa ou la chita. Pa avili l'. Pa bliye pwomès ou yo. Pa kase kontra ou te fè ak nou an.
22 Are any of the false gods of the nations able to make rain come? are the heavens able to give showers? are you not he, O Lord our God? so we will go on waiting for you, for you have done all these things.
Zidòl moun lòt nasyon yo pa vo anyen. Pa gen yonn ladan yo ki ka voye lapli. Syèl la pou kont pa l' pa ka bay lapli. Se ou menm ki Seyè a, Bondye nou an! Se ou menm ki tout espwa nou, paske se ou menm ki fè tout bagay sa yo.
