Jeremiah 6
1 Run and hide, descendants of Benjamin, get out of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa; light a signal fire in Beth-haccherem, for disaster and terrible destruction is arriving from the north.
Nou menm moun branch fanmi Benjamen yo, kouri al kache! Chape kò nou soti lavil Jerizalèm. Kònen twonpèt lavil Tekoa. Limen yon dife lavil Bèt Achirèm pou bay siyal la. Yon gwo malè, yon malè sèk k'ap soti nan nò pandye sou tèt nou.
2 Even though she is pretty and delightful, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion.
Ou menm lavil Jerizalèm, atout ou bèl la, atout tout moun renmen ou lan, yo pral detwi ou.
3 “Shepherds” and their “flocks” will come to attack her; they will set up their tents all around her, each one looking after his own.
Wa yo ap moute vin sènen lavil la ak lame yo. Yo pral moute tant yo fè wonn li, chak moun bò pa yo.
4 They get ready for battle against her, saying, “Come on, we'll attack at noon! Oh no, the day is almost over, the evening shadows are growing long.
Yo di tout moun Bondye bay lòd atake lavil Jerizalèm: Leve non! Ann al atake l' gwo midi. Men, apre sa yo di: Gade malè ki rive nou non! Solèy gen tan ap kouche. Konmanse fènwa.
5 Come on, we'll attack at night instead and destroy her fortresses!”
Leve non! Ann al atake l' gwo lannwit. Nou pral detwi tout gwo bèl kay li yo.
6 This is what the Lord Almighty says: Cut down the trees and make a siege ramp to use against Jerusalem. This city needs to be punished because it's full of people mistreating one another.
Men sa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a di wa yo: -Koupe bwa, bwote tè, fè gwo bit nan pye miray lavil Jerizalèm. M'ap regle lavil la, paske nan tout lavil la se gwo k'ap peze piti.
7 Like a spring gushing out water, so she pours out her evil. The sounds of violence and abuse echo inside her. I see people sick and wounded everywhere.
Menm jan dlo dous toujou ap souse nan yon pi, se konsa nan lavil la mechanste ap souse toupatou: Se britalite ak piyay mwen tande y'ap fè. Se moun k'ap soufri, moun ki anba kou ase mwen wè devan je m'.
8 I'm warning you, people of Jerusalem, I'm going to give up on you in disgust. I will destroy you and leave your country uninhabited.
Aa! Jerizalèm, se pou sa sèvi ou leson, si ou pa vle m' lage ou, si ou pa vle mwen fè ou tounen yon dezè, yon kote pesonn pa rete.
9 This is what the Lord Almighty says: Even those left in Israel will be taken, just as grapes left on a vine are taken by the one harvesting the grapes who checks the branches again.
Men sa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a di m' ankò: -Yo pral ranmase dènye moun ki rete nan peyi Izrayèl la, menm jan yo ranmase dènye grap rezen lè rekòt fini. Y'ap pase men pran yo tout, tankou moun k'ap pase men nan branch rezen pou rekòlte rezen.
10 Who can I give this warning to? Who's going to listen to me? Can't you see that they refuse to listen? They can't hear what I'm saying. See how offensive the Lord's message is to them. They don't like it at all.
Mwen di: -Ki moun ki pral koute m' lè m'a pale, lè m'a bay avètisman sa yo? Zòrèy yo bouche. Yo refize tande sa m'ap di. Yo pran pawòl Bondye a pou yon jouman. Yo pa vle tande.
11 But as for me, I'm full of the Lord's anger; I have a hard time keeping it in. The Lord replies, Pour it out on children in the street, and on groups of young people, because both husband and wife are going to be captured—it's everyone, and it doesn't matter how old they are.
Kòlè Seyè a ap bouyi nan kè m' tou, m' pa ka kenbe ankò. Lè sa a, Seyè a di m': -Al pase kòlè m' sou timoun ki nan lari yo, sou gwoup jenn gason ki reyini yo. Y'ap pase men pran tout moun, fanm kou gason. Ata vye granmoun ki fin viv yo p'ap chape.
12 Their houses will be given to others, their fields and wives too, because I'm going to punish everyone living in this country, declares the Lord.
Y'ap pran kay yo ansanm ak jaden yo ak madanm yo bay lòt moun. Mwen pral pini moun ki rete nan peyi a. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
13 Everyone cheats because they're greedy, poor and rich alike. Even prophets and priests—they are all dishonest liars!
Yo tout, gran kou piti, ap fè akrèk dèyè lajan. Ni prèt yo ni pwofèt yo, yo tout ap twonpe pèp la pou fè lajan.
14 They give my wounded people first aid, but they don't really care about them. They tell them, “Don't worry! We have peace!” even as war approaches.
Yo pa pran malè ki rive pèp mwen an pou anyen. Y'ap plede di: Tout bagay ap mache byen, pa gen danje. Epi manti! Anyen p'ap mache.
15 Were they ashamed of the disgusting things they did? No, they weren't ashamed at all, they couldn't even blush. So they will fall just like the others, when I punish them; they will drop down dead, says the Lord.
Ou kwè yo ta wont pou bagay lèd yo fè yo! Non, yo pa wont menm. Yo pa konn sa ki rele wont. Se poutèt sa, y'ap tonbe menm jan tout lòt yo te tonbe a. Lè m'a regle ak yo, se va bout yo. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
16 This is what the Lord says: Go and stand where the roads divide, and look. Find out which are the old paths. Ask, “What's the right way?” Then follow it and you'll be content. But you refused, saying, “We won't go that way!”
Men sa Seyè a di ankò: -Rete non sou kous nou! Gade byen! Mande kote ansyen chemen yo te pase. Mande kote bon wout la ye. Pran l'. Lè sa a n'a viv ak kè poze. Men yo di: Non, nou p'ap fè sa!
17 I put watchmen in charge of you and told you, make sure you listen for the trumpet call warning you of danger. But you answered, “We won't listen!”
Apre sa, Seyè a chwazi faksyonnè pou veye pou yo, pou di yo: Atansyon, tande jan y'ap kònen twonpèt la pou avèti nou. Men, yo di: Non, nou p'ap tande.
18 So now you other nations can listen and find out what's going to happen to them.
Se poutèt sa, Seyè a di ankò: -Nou menm, moun lòt nasyon yo, koute! Nou menm ki sanble la a, vin tande sa ki pral rive pèp mwen an.
19 Earth, you listen too! I am bringing disaster down on this people, the end result of what they themselves planned. It's because they paid no attention to what I said, and rejected my instructions.
Ou menm latè, koute. Mwen pral fè malè tonbe sou pèp sa a. Se yo ki chache l' ak vye lide yo gen nan tèt yo. Yo pa vle koute sa m'ap di yo, yo pa okipe lalwa mwen ba yo a.
20 What's the point of offering me frankincense from Sheba or sweet calamus from a far-away land? I don't accept your burnt offerings; I'm not pleased with your sacrifices.
Ki mele m' ak lansan y' al chache nan peyi Saba, ak plant santi bon ki soti nan peyi byen lwen! Zannimo n'ap ofri pou boule pou mwen yo pa fè m' plezi menm. Bèt n'ap touye pou mwen yo pa di m' anyen.
21 So this is what the Lord says: I'm going to put blocks in front of these people to trip them up. Fathers and sons will fall down dead, friends and neighbors too.
Se poutèt sa, men sa m'ap di nou: M'ap mete antrav sou chemen nou. N'ap bite. Papa pral mouri ansanm ak pitit gason yo. Tout zanmi yo, tout vwazinaj yo pral mouri tou.
22 This is what the Lord says: Look! An army is invading from the north; a powerful nation is getting ready to attack all the way from the ends of the earth.
Men sa Seyè a di ankò: -Moun ap soti nan yon peyi bò nan nò. Yon gwo pèp byen lwen ap pare pou fè lagè.
23 They pick up their bows and spears. They are cruel and show no mercy. Their war-cries are like the sea roaring, and they ride horses lined up ready to attack you, Daughter of Zion.
Yo pran banza yo ak frenn yo. Yo mechan anpil. Se yon bann san manman. Lè yo sou chwal yo, y'ap fè bri tankou lanmè lè l' move. Yo pare lame yo pou yo vin fè lagè kont lavil Jerizalèm, sou mòn Siyon an.
24 The people reply, “We've heard the news, and our hands are limp with shock! We're overcome with agony, suffering pain like a woman in labor.
Moun lavil Jerizalèm yo ap di: -Nou pran nouvèl la. De bra nou kase, kè nou sere. N'ap soufri tankou yon fanm ki gen tranche.
25 Don't go to the field! Don't walk down the road! The enemy is armed with swords! Terror is everywhere!”
Piga pesonn soti al nan jaden. Piga pesonn al mache sou granchemen yo, paske lènmi nou yo gen zam nan men yo. Kote moun pase yo pè.
26 Oh my people, put on sackcloth and roll around in ashes. Mourn and cry bitterly like you would for an only son, because the destroyer will come down on you suddenly.
Seyè a pale ak pèp li a, li di l': -Mete rad sak sou nou. Woule kò nou nan sann dife. Se pou nou gen lapenn tankou si nou te pèdi sèl pitit gason nou te genyen. Se pou nou plenn ak de ran dlo nan je nou. Paske moun k'ap vin detwi nou an ap atake nou san avèti.
27 Jeremiah, I have made you a tester of metals so you can test my people as if they were metal, so you can know what they're made of and how they act.
Ou menm Jeremi, mwen mete ou la pou sonde pèp mwen an, pou veye sa pèp la ap fè, pou ou wè sa li vo.
28 They're all stubborn rebels going around talking slander. They are hard as bronze and iron; they are all corrupt.
Se yon bann move moun ki pa soti pou yo chanje. Y'ap mache pale moun mal. Tèt yo di tankou wòch ak fè. Se yon bann lwijanboje.
29 The bellows in the refiner's furnace blow powerfully, burning away the lead. But this refining is pointless, because the wicked are not purified.
Y'ap vante dife a byen fò nan fòj la. Dife a fè tout plon yo disparèt. Men, pou pèp mwen an, ou te mèt fonn yo sou fonn, kras yo p'ap soti, move grenn yo p'ap disparèt.
30 They are identified as impure silver to be rejected, because the Lord has rejected them.
Yo rele yo vye lajan san valè, paske mwen menm Seyè a, mwen voye yo jete.
