Jeremiah 6
1 O ye children of Beniamin, prepare to flee out of the middes of Ierusalem, and blowe the trumpet in Tekoa: set vp a standart vpon Beth-haccerem: for a plague appeareth out of the North and great destruction.
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 I haue compared the daughter of Zion to a beautifull and daintie woman.
Ou menm lavil Jerizalèm, atout ou bèl la, atout tout moun renmen ou lan, yo pral detwi ou.
3 The pastors with their flockes shall come vnto her: they shall pitche their tentes rounde about by her, and euery one shall feede in his place.
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 Prepare warre against her: arise, and let vs goe vp toward the South: wo vnto vs: for the day declineth, and the shadowes of the euening are stretched out.
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 Arise, and let vs goe vp by night, and destroy her palaces.
Leve non! Ann al atake l' gwo lannwit. Nou pral detwi tout gwo bèl kay li yo.
6 For thus hath the Lord of hostes said, Hewe downe wood, and cast a mounte against Ierusalem: this citie must be visited: all oppression is in the middes of it.
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 As the fountaine casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her malice: crueltie and spoyle is continually heard in her before me with sorowe and strokes.
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 Be thou instructed, O Ierusalem, lest my soule depart from thee, lest I make thee desolate as a land, that none inhabiteth.
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 Thus sayeth the Lord of hostes, They shall gather as a vine, the residue of Israel: turne backe thine hande as the grape gatherer into the baskets.
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 Vnto whome shall I speake, and admonish that they may heare? beholde, their eares are vncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: beholde, the worde of the Lord is vnto them as a reproche: they haue no delite in it.
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 Therefore I am full of the wrath of the Lord: I am weary with holding it: I will powre it out vpon the children in the streete, and likewise vpon the assembly of the yong men: for the husband shall euen be taken with the wife, and the aged with him that is full of daies.
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 And their houses with their landes, and wiues also shalbe turned vnto strangers: for I will stretch out mine hande vpon the inhabitants of the land, sayeth 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 For from the least of them, euen vnto the greatest of them, euery one is giuen vnto couetousnesse, and from the Prophet euen vnto the Priest, they all deale falsely.
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 haue healed also ye hurt of the daughter of my people with sweete woordes, saying, Peace, peace, when there is no peace.
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 when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not ashamed, no neither coulde they haue any shame: therefore they shall fall among the slaine: when I shall visite them, they shall be cast downe, sayth 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 Thus sayeth the Lord, Stande in the waies and beholde, and aske for the olde way, which is the good way and walke therein, and yee shall finde rest for your soules: but they saide, We will not walke therein.
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 Also I set watchmen ouer you, which said, Take heede to the sound of the trumpet: but they said, We will not take heede.
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 Heare therefore, yee Gentiles, and thou Congregation knowe, what is among 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 Heare, O earth, beholde, I will cause a plague to come vpon this people, euen the fruite of their owne imaginations: because they haue not taken heede vnto my woordes, nor to my Lawe, but cast it off.
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 To what purpose bringest thou mee incense from Sheba, and sweete calamus from a farre countrey? Your burnt offerings are not pleasant, nor your sacrifices sweete vnto me.
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 Therefore thus sayeth the Lord, Beholde, I will laie stumbling blockes before this people, and the fathers and the sonnes together shall fall vpon them: the neighbour and his friende shall perish.
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 Thus sayeth the Lord, Beholde, a people commeth from the North countrey, and a great nation shall arise from the sides 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 With bowe and shield shall they be weaponed: they are cruell and will haue no compassion: their voyce roareth like the sea, and they ride vpon horses, well appointed, like men of warre against thee, O daughter 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 We haue heard their fame, and our handes waxe feeble sorrowe is come vpon vs, as the sorrowe of a woman in trauaile.
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 Goe not foorth into the fielde, nor walke by the way: for the sword of the enemie and feare is on euery side.
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 O daughter of my people, girde thee with sackecloth, and wallowe thy selfe in the ashes: make lamentation, and bitter mourning as for thine onely sonne: for the destroier shall suddenly come vpon vs.
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 I haue set thee for a defence and fortresse among my people, that thou maiest knowe and trie their waies.
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 are all rebellious traitours, walking craftily: they are brasse, and yron, they all are destroyers.
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 bellowes are burnt: the lead is consumed in the fire: the founder melteth in vaine: for the wicked are not taken away.
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 shall call them reprobate siluer, because the Lord hath reiected them.
Yo rele yo vye lajan san valè, paske mwen menm Seyè a, mwen voye yo jete.
