Jeremiah 29
1 And these are the words of the letter which Jeremiah, the prophet, sent from Jerusalem to the remnant of the elders of the transmigration, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had led away 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 after king Jeconiah, with the queen, and the eunuchs, and the leaders of Judah and of Jerusalem, and the craftsmen and engravers, had departed 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 It was sent by the hand of Elasah, the son of Shaphan, and by Gemariah, the son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah, the king of Judah, sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, saying:
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 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all who have been taken away, whom I have caused to be transferred 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 live in them. And plant gardens, and eat from their fruit.
“Bati kay e viv nan yo. Plante jaden e manje pwodwi yo.
6 Take wives, and conceive sons and daughters. And give wives to your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, and let them bear sons and daughters. And be multiplied there, and do not choose to be few in number.
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 And seek the peace of the city, to which I have caused you to be taken away, and pray to the Lord on its behalf. For your peace will be in its peace.
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 thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not allow your prophets and your diviners, who are in your midst, to seduce you. And you should pay no attention to your dreams, which you are dreaming.
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 prophesy falsely to you in my name, and I have not sent them, says the Lord.
Paske yo fè fo pwofesi bannou nan non Mwen. Mwen pa t voye yo,” deklare SENYÈ a.
10 For thus says the Lord: When the seventy years will begin to be completed in Babylon, I will visit you. And I will raise up over you my good word, so that I may lead you back 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 thoughts that I think over you, says the Lord: thoughts of peace and not of affliction, so that I may give you patience and an end.
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 And you shall call upon me, and you shall go forth. And you shall pray to me, and I will heed you.
Epi nou va rele Mwen, vin kote Mwen pou priye, e Mwen va koute nou.
13 You shall seek me. And you will find me, when you have sought me with your whole heart.
Nou va chache Mwen e nou va jwenn Mwen lè nou chache M ak tout kè nou.
14 And I will be found by you, says the Lord. And I will lead you back from your captivity. And I will gather you from all the nations and all the places, to which I have expelled you, says the Lord. And I will return you from the place to which I sent you into captivity.
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 For you have said: ‘The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon.’
Akoz nou te di: “SENYÈ a te fè leve pwofèt yo pou nou Babylone”—
16 For thus says the Lord, to the king who sits upon the throne of David, and to all the people who live in this city, to your brothers who have not departed with you in the transmigration:
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 Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will send among them the sword, and famine, and pestilence. And I will make them like the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, because they are very bad.
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 And I will pursue them with the sword, and with famine, and with pestilence. And I will give them over to affliction, amid all the kingdoms of the earth: as a curse, and in stupor, and with hissing, and as a disgrace among all the nations to which I have driven them out.
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 For they have not listened to my words, says the Lord, which I sent to them through my servants, the prophets, rising while it was still night, and sending. But you have not listened, says 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 Therefore, listen to the word of the Lord, all you of the transmigration, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem into 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 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to Ahab, the son of Kolaiah, and to Zedekiah, the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy falsely to you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and he will strike them down before your 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 And a curse will be taken up about them, by all the captives of Judah that are in Babylon, saying: ‘May the Lord make you like Zedekiah, and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon fried 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 acted foolishly in Israel, and they have committed adultery with the wives of their friends, and they have spoken lying words in my name, which I did not command them. I am the Judge and the Witness, says 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 And to Shemaiah of Nehelam, you shall say:
A Schemaeja, Nechelamit lan, ou va di:
25 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Similarly, you have sent letters in your name to all the people that are in Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying:
“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 made you priest in place of Jehoiada, the priest, so that you would be the ruler in the house of the Lord over every man who raves and prophesies, to send him to the stocks and to prison.
“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 And now why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who prophesies to you?
Alò, konsa, poukisa ou pa t repwoche Jérémie a Anathoth ki fè pwop tèt li pwofet ou menm nan?
28 For about this, he has sent to us in Babylon, saying: It is a long time. Build houses and live in them. And plant gardens, and eat from their fruits.’”
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 Thus, Zephaniah, the priest, read this letter, in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.
Sophonie, prèt la, te li lèt sa a bay Jérémie, pwofèt la.
30 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying:
Epi pawòl a SENYÈ a te vini a Jérémie ki te di:
31 “Send to all those of the transmigration, saying: Thus says the Lord to Shemaiah of Nehelam: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, though I did not send him, and because he has caused you to 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 For this reason, thus says the Lord: Behold, I will visit upon Shemaiah of Nehelam, and upon his offspring. There will not be, for him, even one man sitting in the midst of this people. And he will not see the good that I will accomplish for my people, says the Lord. For he has spoken a betrayal 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.”’”
