Jeremiah 42

1 And they come near—all the heads of the forces, and Johanan son of Kareah, and Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even to the greatest—

Epi tout gran chèf lame yo, Jochanan, fis a Karéach la, Jezania, fis Hosée a, ak tout pèp la, ni piti, ni gran, te pwoche.

2 and they say to Jeremiah the prophet, “Please let our supplication fall before you, and pray for us to your God YHWH for all this remnant; for we have been left a few out of many, as your eyes see us;

Yo te di a Jérémie, pwofèt la: “Souple, kite demand nou an vin parèt devan ou, e priye SENYÈ a, Bondye ou a, pou nou; pou tout retay sa a, akoz nou se sèlman kèk grenn ki rete pami anpil nan nou, jan zye ou konn wè nou an,

3 and your God YHWH declares to us the way in which we walk, and the thing that we do.”

pou SENYÈ a, Bondye ou a, kapab pale nou de chemen ke nou ta dwe pran an, ak bagay ke nou ta dwe fè a.”

4 And Jeremiah the prophet says to them, “I have heard: behold, I am praying to your God YHWH according to your words, and it has come to pass, the whole word that YHWH answers you, I declare to you—I do not withhold a word from you.”

Jérémie, pwofèt la, te di yo: “Mwen te tande. Gade byen, mwen va priye a SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, an akò ak tout pawòl nou yo, epi mwen va di nou tout mesaj avèk sila SENYÈ a va reponn nou yo. Mwen p ap kenbe dèyè menm yon mo pou nou.”

5 And they have said to Jeremiah, “YHWH is against us for a true and faithful witness, if—according to all the word with which your God YHWH sends you to us—we do not do so.

Epi yo te di a Jérémie: “Ke SENYÈ a kapab yon vrè fidèl temwen kont nou si nou pa aji selon tout mesaj ke SENYÈ a, Bondye ou a, va voye pou nou.

6 Whether [it is] good or evil, to the voice of our God YHWH, to whom we are sending you, we listen; because it is good for us when we listen to the voice of our God YHWH.”

Kit li dous, kit li pa dous, nou va koute vwa SENYÈ a sou sila nou ap voye ou a, pou sa kapab ale byen pou nou lè nou koute vwa SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an.”

7 And it comes to pass, at the end of ten days, that there is a word of YHWH to Jeremiah,

Alò, lè sèt jou fin ekoule, pawòl SENYÈ a te rive kote Jérémie.

8 and he calls to Johanan son of Kareah, and to all the heads of the forces that [are] with him, and to all the people, from the least even to the greatest,

Konsa, li te rele Jochanan, fis a Karéach la, ak tout chèf lame ki te avè l yo ak tout pèp la, ni piti, ni gran.

9 and he says to them, “Thus said YHWH, God of Israel, to whom you sent me, to cause your supplication to fall before Him:

Epi li te di yo: “Konsa pale SENYÈ a, Bondye Israël la, a Sila nou te voye mwen pou prezante sa nou t ap mande devan L lan:

10 If you certainly dwell in this land, then I have built you up, and I do not throw down; and I have planted you, and I do not pluck up; for I have relented concerning the calamity that I have done to you.

‘Si, anverite, nou va rete nan peyi sa a; alò, Mwen va ankouraje nou, Mwen p ap detwi nou, Mwen va plante nou e Mwen p ap dechouke nou, men Mwen va ralanti sou malè avèk sila Mwen te aflije nou an.

11 Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you are afraid of; do not be afraid of him—a declaration of YHWH—for I [am] with you, to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.

Pa pè wa Babylone nan, k ap bannou perèz nan moman sa a. Pa pè l, paske Mwen avèk nou pou sove nou e pou delivre nou de men l.

12 And I give mercies to you, and he has pitied you, and caused you to return to your own ground.

Anplis, Mwen va montre nou konpasyon, pou l ta genyen konpasyon anvè nou e restore nou sou pwòp tè pa nou.

13 And if you are saying, We do not dwell in this land—not to listen to the voice of your God YHWH,

“‘Men si nou ap di: “Nou p ap rete nan peyi sa a,” pou nou pa ta koute vwa a SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an,

14 saying, No; but we enter the land of Egypt, that we see no war, and do not hear the sound of a horn, and are not hungry for bread; and we dwell there—

epi di: “Non, men nou va ale nan peyi Égypte, kote nou p ap tande afè lagè, ni son a twonpèt, ni grangou pou pen, e se la nou va rete;”’

15 And now, therefore, hear a word of YHWH, O remnant of Judah! Thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: If you really set your faces to enter Egypt, and have gone to sojourn there,

alò, nan ka sa a, koute pawòl SENYÈ a, O retay a Juda yo. Konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo, Bondye Israël la: ‘Si nou, anverite, fikse vizaj nou pou antre an Égypte e pou antre nan rezidans lan,

16 then it has come to pass, the sword that you are afraid of, overtakes you there, in the land of Egypt; and the hunger, because of which you are sorrowful, cleaves after you there in Egypt, and there you die.

alò, nepe ke nou vrèman krent lan va rive pran nou nan peyi Égypte la, epi grangou ke nou krent anpil la, va swiv nou de prè an Égypte, e la nou va mouri.

17 Thus are all the men who have set their faces to enter Egypt to sojourn there; they die—by sword, by hunger, and by pestilence, and there is not a remnant and an escaped one to them, because of the calamity that I am bringing in on them;

Konsa, tout mesye ki fikse panse yo pou rive la an Égypte, pou fè rezidans yo la, va mouri pa nepe, pa grangou, ak gwo epidemi. Yo p ap gen retay, ni ki chape sou gwo malè ke Mwen va fè vini sou yo a.’

18 for thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: As My anger and My fury have been poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so My fury is poured out on you in your entering Egypt, and you have been for an execration, and for an astonishment, and for a reviling, and for a reproach, and you do not see this place anymore.

Paske konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo, Bondye Israël la: ‘Tankou gwo kòlè ak mekontantman Mwen te vide sou sila ki rete Jérusalem yo, se konsa gwo kòlè Mwen va vide sou nou lè nou antre an Égypte. Konsa, nou va devni yon madichon, yon objè degoutan, yon anatèm e yon repwòch. Ni nou p ap janm wè kote sila a ankò.’

19 YHWH has spoken against you, O remnant of Judah, do not enter Egypt: certainly know that I have testified against you today;

“SENYÈ a te pale ak nou, O retay Juda a: ‘Pa ale antre an Égypte!’ Nou ta dwe konprann byen klè ke jodi a, mwen te avèti nou sa.

20 for you have showed yourselves perverse in your souls, for you sent me to your God YHWH, saying, Pray for us to our God YHWH, and according to all that our God YHWH says, so declare to us, and we have done [it];

Paske nou twonpe pwòp tèt nou. Se nou menm ki te voye mwen kote SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an. Nou te di: “Priye pou nou a SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, epi nenpòt sa SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an di, fè nou konnen e nou va fè l.”

21 and I declare to you today, and you have not listened to the voice of your God YHWH, and to anything with which He has sent me to you.

Konsa, jodi a, mwen te di nou, men nou pa t obeyi SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, menm nan tout sa Li te voye mwen pale nou yo.

22 And now, certainly know that by sword, by famine, and by pestilence you die, in the place that you have desired to go to sojourn there.”

Akoz sa, nou ta koulye a dwe konprann ke nou va mouri pa nepe, pa grangou e pa gwo epidemi, nan plas kote nou vle ale rezide a.