Jeremiah 17
1 The sin of Judah is inscribed with an iron stylus, engraved with an adamant point, on their minds and on corners of their altars where they worship.
Seyè a di: -Yo ekri peche moun Jida yo ak yon sizo an fè. Li make nan kè nou ak yon pwent an dyaman. Li grave sou kat kwen lotèl nou yo,
2 Even their children remember to worship at their pagan altars and Asherah poles, set up by the green trees and on the high hills,
pou pitit yo ka chonje tout lotèl yo ak tout poto repozwa yo plante bò pyebwa plen fèy sou tèt mòn yo.
3 on my mountain in the fields. I will hand over your wealth and all your valuable possessions as plunder, because of the sin committed on your pagan high places inside your country.
Nou menm k'ap fè sèvis sou mòn yo, nan mitan pyebwa yo, m'ap fè moun vin piye richès nou yo ak trezò nou yo poutèt peche nou te fè sou mòn yo toupatou nan peyi a.
4 You will have to give up the land I gave you. I will have your enemies make you their slaves in an unfamiliar country for you made my anger blaze, and it will burn forever.
Se nou menm ankò ki pral bay peyi mwen te ban nou an. M'ap fè nou tounen domestik lènmi nou yo, nan yon peyi nou pa t' janm konnen paske nou te fè m' fache. Kòlè m' tankou yon dife ki p'ap janm mouri.
5 This is what the Lord says: Cursed are those who put their confidence in human beings, who trust in human strength and give up relying on the Lord.
Men sa Seyè a di ankò: -Madichon pou moun ki vire do ban mwen pou mete konfyans yo nan moun parèy yo, pou konte sou sa moun ap fè pou yo.
6 They will be like a shrub alone in the desert that isn't even aware when good things happen. It just goes on living in the dry desert, in a salt flat that's uninhabited.
Y'ap tankou yon ti pyebwa nan dezè k'ap pouse nan yon tè sèk, san dlo, nan yon tè sale kote pèsonn pa rete. Yo p'ap janm wè zafè yo mache byen.
7 Blessed are those who trust in the Lord, who put their confidence in him.
benediksyon pou moun ki mete konfyans yo nan Seyè a, wi, pou moun ki mete tout espwa yo nan li.
8 They are like trees planted by water, sending out roots toward the stream. They don't panic when it gets hot; their leaves are always green. They don't worry during a time of drought—they go on producing fruit.
L'ap tankou pyebwa yo plante bò larivyè, k'ap plonje rasin li nan dlo. Li pa pè anyen lè sezon chalè rive, paske fèy li yo ap toujou vèt. Te mèt gen yon lanne chechrès, sa pa fè l' anyen, l'ap toujou donnen.
9 The mind is more deceptive than anything else—it's incurably sick! Who can possibly understand it?
Pa gen anyen ki ka twonpe moun pase sa ki nan kè lòt moun. Pa gen renmèd pou sa. Ki moun ki ka rive konprann sa k'ap pase nan kè lèzòm?
10 But I, the Lord, see what people are thinking. I examine their minds, so I can reward them depending on their attitudes and the way they behave.
Mwen menm Seyè a, mwen konnen tout lide ki nan tèt yo, mwen sonde santiman ki nan kè yo. M'ap bay chak moun sa yo merite dapre jan yo mennen bak yo.
11 Like a partridge hatching eggs it didn't lay is someone who makes a fortune by cheating others. Their riches will fly away at midday, and in the end they'll look like a fool.
Moun k'ap fè mal pou yo ka rive rich, yo tankou zwezo k'ap kouve ze yo pa t' ponn. Yo poko parèt, y'ap pèdi tou sa yo te genyen. Anvan yo mouri, yo gen tan pèdi tèt yo.
12 Our Temple is a throne of glory, raised up high from the beginning.
Tanp nou an tankou yon bèl fotèy ki kanpe sou tèt mòn lan depi nan konmansman.
13 Lord, you are Israel's hope, anyone who deserts you will be disgraced. Anyone who turns their back on you will vanish like names written in the dust, for they have abandoned the Lord, the source of living water.
Seyè! Se ou ki tout espwa pèp Izrayèl la. Tout moun ki lage ou pral wont. Moun ki vire do ba ou ap disparèt tankou non ki ekri sou sab, paske yo lage ou, Seyè, ou menm ki sous dlo fre a.
14 Please heal me, Lord, and I'll be healed; save me, and I'll be saved, for you are the one I praise.
Seyè, geri m' non, m'a gaya! Delivre m' non, m'a sove! Se pou ou m'a fè lwanj.
15 See how they keep on saying to me, “Where is the disaster that the Lord's predicted? Is it ever going to happen?”
Moun yo ap di mwen: Kote sa Seyè a te di a? Se pou l' rive vre!
16 But I haven't been in a hurry to give up being your shepherd. I haven't wanted the time of trouble to come. You know that whatever I said was said in front of you.
Men, Seyè, mwen pa t' janm kole dèyè ou pou ou te voye malè sou yo! Mwen pa t' janm mande pou move tan tonbe sou yo! Seyè, ou konn sa! Se devan ou mwen te di tou sa m' te di.
17 Please don't be the one who terrifies me! You are my protection in the time of trouble.
Tanpri, pa kite sa vire mal pou mwen! Jou malè se ou ki tout pwoteksyon m'!
18 Bring shame on my persecutors, but not on me. Terrify them, but not me, Let them experience the time of trouble, and smash them to pieces.
Se moun k'ap chache touye m' yo ki pou wont. Pa mwen. Se yo ki pou gen kè kase. Pa mwen. Fè malè tonbe sou yo. Kraze yo an miyèt moso!
19 This is what the Lord told me: Go and stand at the main gate of the city, the one used by kings of Judah, and do the same at all the other gates of Jerusalem.
Men sa Seyè a di ankò: -Al kanpe bò Pòtay Pèp la, kote wa Jida yo pase pou antre soti nan lavil la. W'a bay mesaj sa a. Lèfini, al kanpe bò tout lòt pòtay lavil yo, w'a di menm bagay la.
20 Tell them, Listen to the Lord's message, kings of Judah, and all you people of Judah and Jerusalem who come in through these gates.
W'a di yo: Nou menm, wa peyi Jida ak tout moun nan peyi a, nou tout moun lavil Jerizalèm ki pase nan pòtay sa yo, koute sa Seyè a di:
21 This is what the Lord says: Pay attention, if you value your lives! Don't carry a load on the Sabbath day, and don't bring it through the gates of Jerusalem.
Li te di si nou renmen lavi nou, pa pote ankenn chay jou repo a. Pa kite yo pote chay antre nan pòtay lavil Jerizalèm yo.
22 Don't carry a load out of your houses, and don't do any work on the Sabbath day. Keep the Sabbath day holy, just as I ordered your forefathers.
Pa pote chay soti lakay nou jou repo a. Piga nou fè ankenn travay jou sa a. Se pou nou mete jou repo a apa pou Seyè a, jan mwen te bay zansèt nou yo lòd la.
23 However, they refused to listen or pay attention. Instead they were stubborn and refused to obey or accept instruction.
Men zansèt nou yo pa t' koute m', yo pa okipe sa m' te di yo a. Yo fè tèt di. Yo pa obeyi m'. Yo derefize fè sa m' te di yo fè.
24 Listen carefully to me, says the Lord, and don't bring any load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, and keep the Sabbath day holy, and don't do any work on it.
Men sa mwen menm, Seyè a, mwen di: Si nou menm nou koute lòd mwen ban nou, si nou pa kite pesonn pote chay antre nan pòtay lavil la jou repo a, si nou kenbe jou repo a tankou yon jou nou mete apa pou mwen, si nou pa fè ankenn travay jou sa a,
25 Then kings and princes will enter through the gates of this city. They will sit on the throne of David. They will ride in chariots and on horses with their officials, accompanied by the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.
lè sa a, wa nou yo va antre nan pòtay lavil Jerizalèm yo ansanm ak chèf nou yo. Y'a chita sou fotèy wa David la. Yo menm ansanm ak tout pèp Jida a ak moun lavil Jerizalèm yo, y'a moute cha lagè yo ak chwal yo. Ap toujou plen moun nan lavil Jerizalèm.
26 People will come from the towns of Judah and everywhere around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, and from the lowlands the hill country, and the Negev. They will bring burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and thank offerings to the Lord's Temple.
Moun va soti nan tout lavil peyi Jida yo, nan tout vwazinaj lavil Jerizalèm lan, y'a soti nan peyi moun Benjamen yo, nan zòn ki nan pye mòn yo, nan mòn yo ak nan sid peyi Jida a, y'a pote bèt pou boule nèt pou Seyè a, bèt pou yo touye sou lotèl li a, ofrann grenn jaden yo ak lansan, ansanm ak ofrann pou di Bondye mèsi nan kay Seyè a.
27 But if you refuse to listen to me and keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will set its gates alight with a fire that can't be put out, and it will burn down Jerusalem's fortresses.
Tansèlman, si nou pa koute m', si nou pa mete jou repo a apa pou Bondye, si jou sa a nou pote chay, si nou kite moun antre nan pòtay lavil Jerizalèm yo ak chay, m'ap mete dife nan pòtay li yo. Dife a va boule tout gwo kay lavil Jerizalèm yo. Pesonn p'ap ka touye dife sa a.
