Jeremiah 9
1 How I wish my head was a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! Then I would weep day and night over all my people who have been killed.
O ke tèt mwen te dlo, e ke zye m yo te yon fontèn dlo, pou m ta ka kriye lajounen kon lannwit pou lanmò a fi a pèp mwen an!
2 I wish I had a temporary shelter in the desert—I would give up on my people and leave them, because they're all adulterers, a bunch of traitors!
O ke m ta gen nan dezè a, yon plas pou moun k ap vwayaje rete, pou m ta ka sòti nan mitan pèp mwen an. Pou m kite yo nèt! Paske yo tout se adiltè, yon bann moun trèt.
3 Their words are like arrows shot from a bow. Lies win out over the truth throughout the country. They go from one evil thing to the next, forgetting all about me, declares the Lord.
“Yo koube lang yo konsi se banza pou tire ak fo prensip. Yo fò nan peyi a, men pa pou verite a. Yo kite yon kalite mal pou antre nan yon lòt, e yo pa rekonèt Mwen”, deklare SENYÈ a.
4 Everyone, watch out for your friends! Don't even trust your brother! Every brother is deceitful, and every friend slanders other people.
“Fòk chak byen veye kont vwazen li, pou l pa mete konfyans nan okenn frè; akoz tout frè yo aji nan koken, e tout vwazen yo ap voye kout lang.
5 Everyone betrays their friends; no one tells the truth. They've made themselves into expert liars; they tire themselves out doing wrong.
Yo tout pase vwazen parèy yo nan rizib. Yo refize pale verite. Yo fin enstwi pwòp lang yo pou pale manti; yo vin fatige nèt nan fè inikite.
6 Everyone exploits each other, and in all their lies they don't want to know me, declares the Lord.
Abitasyon ou se nan mitan desepsyon. Nan desepsyon yo refize rekonèt Mwen”, deklare SENYÈ a.
7 So this is what the Lord Almighty says: Look, I'm going to test them and purify them like metal in a furnace. What else can I do because of what my people have done?
Pou sa, konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo: “Gade byen, Mwen va fann yo nèt, e fè yo pase a leprèv; paske se kisa anplis ke M ka fè, akoz fi a pèp Mwen an?
8 Their words are arrows that kill; they always tell lies. They're nice to their friends on the outside while plotting against them inside.
Lang pa yo se yon flèch mòtèl; li pale manti. Avèk bouch li, li pale lapè ak vwazen li, men anndan li fè plan anbiskad pou pran l.
9 Shouldn't I punish them for all this? declares the Lord. Shouldn't I retaliate for what this nation has done?
Èske mwen p ap pini yo pou bagay sa yo?” deklare SENYÈ a. “Sou yon nasyon konsa, èske Mwen p ap pran vanjans?
10 I will weep and wail for the mountains, I will sing a funeral song over the pastures in the countryside, because they have been so badly burned that no one can pass through, and there are no cattle to make any noise. The birds have flown and the wild animals have run away.
Paske mòn yo va tanmen fè gwo kri ak dèy pou patiraj dezè a, gwo plent, akoz yo vin brile nèt, jiskaske pèsòn pa pase ladann. Menm vwa a bèt yo p ap tande la ankò; ni zwazo syèl yo ak bèt latè yo fin sove ale; yo ale nèt.
11 I'm going to make Jerusalem into a heap of rubble, a place where jackals live. I will destroy the towns of Judah, leaving them empty.
“Mwen va fè Jérusalem tounen yon pil mazi, yon kote abandone pou chen mawon. Mwen va fè vil Juda yo yon kote ki kraze nèt, san pèsòn pou rete ladan.”
12 Who is wise enough to understand this? Has the Lord told anyone so they can explain what's happened? Why has the land been destroyed and burned so it's like a desert, so no one can pass through it?
Ki moun saj ki ka konprann sa a? Epi kilès li menm bouch SENYÈ a te pale, pou l ka fè deklarasyon sa a? Poukisa peyi a vin detwi konsa, brile nèt kon yon dezè, pou pèsòn pa menm pase ladann?
13 The Lord replied, It's because they have given up keeping my laws that I placed before them. They haven't followed them; they haven't done what I told them.
SENYÈ a di: “Akoz yo te abandone Lalwa ke Mwen te mete devan yo a e yo pa t obeyi vwa Mwen, ni mache selon li,
14 On the contrary, they have followed their own stubborn way of thinking, and went to worship the Baals, just as their forefathers taught them.
men te mache dèyè tèt di a pwòp kè yo, e dèyè Baal yo, kon papa yo te montre yo a.”
15 So this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Watch out! I will give these people wormwood to eat and poisoned water to drink.
Pou sa, pale SENYÈ dèzame yo, Bondye Israël la: “Gade byen, Mwen va fè yo manje bwa anmè e bay yo dlo anpwazone pou yo bwè.
16 I'm about to scatter them among nations unfamiliar to them and their forefathers, and I will send enemies with swords to chase after them until I have wiped them out.
Mwen va gaye yo pami nasyon, ke ni yo menm, ni papa zansèt yo pa t janm konnen. Mwen va voye nepe pou swiv yo jiskaske yo vin detwi nèt.”
17 This is what the Lord Almighty says: Be aware of what's happening! Call for the professional women mourners, ask for the best of them.
Konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo: “Konsidere e rele fanm pou fè dèy, pou yo ka vini. Voye fanm instwi sa yo, pou yo ka vini!
18 Have them come as quickly as possible, and sing a funeral song about us, so we can cry our eyes out, so our tears will flow like streams.
Kite yo fè vit pran rele anmwey pou nou, pou zye nou ka vide dlo e pòpyè zye nou ka fè dlo kouri desann.
19 The sound of weeping comes from Zion, “We're completely devastated! We're totally ashamed, because we've had to abandon our country, because our houses have been demolished.”
Paske vwa ki rele anmwey la tande soti nan Sion: ‘A la detwi nou vin detwi nèt! Nou te vin mete nan gwo wont, paske nou te kite peyi la, akoz yo te kraze tout lakay nou yo.’”
20 Women, listen to the Lord's message, hear what he has to say. Teach your daughters to mourn and sing songs of sadness.
Alò tande byen pawòl SENYÈ a, O fanm yo. Kite zòrèy nou resevwa pawòl bouch Li. Montre fi nou yo jan pou yo fè dèy. Chak moun montre vwazen li yon chan lamante a.
21 Death has slipped in through our windows; it has come into our fortresses. It has killed the children playing in the streets and the young people gathering in the town squares.
Paske lanmò fin antre nan fenèt nou nèt. Li te antre nan palè nou yo pou fèmen timoun yo andedan ak jenn gason yo nan lari.
22 Tell everyone this is what the Lord says: Dead bodies will be left where they fall like manure in the fields, lying there like stalks of freshly-cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to collect them.
Pale, “Konsa di SENYÈ a, “‘Kadav moun yo va tonbe tankou fimye bèt nan chan, tankou men plen sereyal lè moun fin rekòlt la. Pèsòn p ap ranmase yo.’”
23 This is what the Lord says: The wise shouldn't boast about their wisdom. The strong shouldn't boast about their strength. The rich shouldn't boast about their riches.
Konsa pale SENYÈ a: “Pa kite yon nonm saj vin ògeye nan sajès li. Pa kite yon nonm pwisan vin ògeye nan fòs li, ni yon nonm rich vin ògeye nan richès li.
24 Anyone who wants to boast should boast that they really know and understand me, recognizing that I am the Lord who acts with trustworthy love, who shows fairness, and who does what is right everywhere on earth, because these mean the most to me, declares the Lord.
Men kite sila ki vin ògeye a, vin ògeye nan sa; ke li gen konprann, e li rekonèt Mwen, ke se Mwen se SENYÈ a, ki aji nan lanmou dous, jistis, ak ladwati sou latè a; paske Mwen pran gwo plezi nan bagay sa yo,” deklare SENYÈ a.
25 Watch out, for the time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will punish all who are only physically circumcised.
Gade byen, gen jou k ap vini, “deklare SENYÈ a, ke Mwen va pini tout sila ki te sikonsi, men vrèman yo pa sikonsi—
26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the desert people who trim their hair on the sides of their heads—all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the Israelites are spiritually uncircumcised.
Égypte ak Juda, Édom ak fis a Ammon yo e Moab ak tout sila k ap viv nan dezè yo, k ap taye cheve sou de bò tanp yo; paske tout nasyon yo ensikonsi e tout lakay Israël se ensikonsi nan kè.”
