Jeremiah 44
1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who lived in the land of Egypt, who lived at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Memphis, and in the country of Pathros, saying,
Seyè a pale ak Jeremi, li ba li yon mesaj pou tout moun Jida yo ki te rete nan peyi Lejip, lavil Migdòl, lavil Tapanes, lavil Menmfis ak nan zòn lavil Patwòs.
2 "Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: 'You have seen all the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, and on all the cities of Judah; and look, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwells in them,
-Men sa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, voye di nou: Nou te wè tout malè mwen te fè tonbe sou lavil Jerizalèm ak sou tout lòt lavil peyi Jida yo. Jouk koulye a, se yon miray kraze yo ye. Pa gen yon grenn moun ki te rete ladan yo.
3 because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, to serve other gods, that they did not know, neither they, nor you, nor your fathers.
Se paske moun ki te rete la yo te fè sa ki mal, yo te fè m' fache anpil sou yo. Yo t' al ofri lansan bay lòt bondye, yo t' al sèvi bondye ni yo menm, ni papa yo, ni granpapa yo pa t' janm konnen.
4 However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, 'Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I hate.'
Mwen pa t' janm sispann voye sèvitè m' yo, pwofèt yo, pou di yo manyè sispann fè vye bagay derespektan yo t'ap plede fè a, bagay mwen pa ka wè devan je m'.
5 But they did not listen, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense to other gods.
Men yo pa t' koute m'. Pawòl la antre nan yon zòrèy li soti nan yon lòt. Yo derefize chanje. Yo donnen pi mal nan fè mechanste yo, nan ofri lansan bay bondye lòt nasyon yo.
6 Therefore my wrath and my anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as it is this day.'
Lè sa a, mwen move, mwen fè kòlè. Mwen lage yon dife sou lavil Jida yo ak nan tout lari lavil Jerizalèm. Se vye kay kraze san pesonn ladan yo ki rete, jan nou ka wè sa jòdi a.
7 Therefore now thus says the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: 'Why do you commit great evil against your own souls, to cut off from yourselves man and woman, infant and nursing child out of the midst of Judah, to leave yourselves none remaining;
Enben, koulye a, mwen menm Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, m'ap mande nou: Poukisa n'ap fè tèt nou mal konsa? Se vle nou pa vle kite pesonn, ni fanm ni gason, ni timoun, ni ti bebe, nan pèp Jida a ankò? Nou pa vle pesonn chape?
8 in that you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to live; that you may be cut off, and that you may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
Nou deyò pou nou fè m' fache ak sa n'ap fè a, lè n'ap ofri lansan bay bondye lòt nasyon yo, isit la nan peyi Lejip kote nou vin viv la? Nou vle fini ak tèt nou pou tout nasyon sou latè ka pase nou nan betiz, pou yo pran non nou pou bay moun madichon?
9 Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives which they committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
Gen lè nou bliye tout move zak nou tout, depi zansèt nou yo, pran wa peyi Jida yo ak madanm yo rive sou nou menm ansanm ak madanm pa nou yo, nou fè nan peyi Jida ak nan lari Jerizalèm?
10 They are not humbled even to this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.'
Jouk jòdi a nou yonn pa règrèt sa nou te fè. Pesonn pa gen krentif pou mwen, pesonn pa soti pou yo viv dapre lwa ak lòd mwen te mete devan nou ak devan zansèt nou yo.
11 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: 'Look, I will set my face against you for evil, even to cut off all Judah.
Se poutèt sa, men sa mwen menm Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la mwen di: M'ap vire do ban nou, m'ap voye malè sou nou, m'ap detwi tout peyi Jida a.
12 I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to live there, and they shall all be consumed; in the land of Egypt shall they fall; they shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine; they shall die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword and by the famine; and they shall be an object of horror, an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
M'ap pran rès moun Jida yo, sa ki te pran desizyon desann al viv nan peyi Lejip la, yo tout pral mouri. Yo tout, gran kou piti, y'ap mouri nan peyi Lejip. Genyen k'ap mouri nan lagè, genyen k'ap mouri grangou. Moun va sezi wè yo, y'a vire tèt yo pou yo pa gade yo, y'a sèvi ak non yo pou bay madichon, y'a pase yo nan betiz.
13 For I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence;
M'ap pini tout moun Jida k'ap viv nan peyi Lejip la ak lagè, grangou ak move maladi, menm jan mwen te pini moun lavil Jerizalèm yo.
14 so that none of the remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt to live there, shall escape or be left, to return into the land of Judah, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return save such as shall escape.'"
Nan ti rès moun Jida ki rete yo, sa ki te desann al viv nan peyi Lejip la, yo yonn p'ap kouri chape, yo yonn p'ap sove. Kanta pou tounen al viv nan peyi Jida a ankò, jan yo ta vle l' la, yo pa ladan l'. Yo yonn pa t' tounen, an wetan de twa ki va kouri chape kò yo.
15 Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, even all the people who lived in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
Lè sa a, tout mesye ki te konnen madanm yo te nan ofri lansan bay lòt bondye yo, tout medam ki te reyini la yo, ansanm ak tout lòt moun pèp Izrayèl la ki t'ap viv depi lontan nan peyi Lejip nan zòn Patwòs la, yo tout yo reponn Jeremi:
16 "As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you.
-Nou p'ap koute pawòl w'ap di nou la a, atout ou pale nan non Seyè a.
17 But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our leaders, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.
N'ap toujou fè sa nou te pwomèt fè a. N'ap ofri lansan ak diven bay Astate, larenn syèl la, jan nou te toujou fè l' jouk jòdi a, menm jan zansèt nou yo, wa nou yo ak chèf nou yo te konn fè l' nan lavil peyi Jida yo ak nan tout lari Jerizalèm. Lè sa a, nou te gen kont manje pou n' manje, tout zafè nou te mache byen. Nou pa t' gen pwoblèm.
18 But since we left off burning incense to the queen of heaven, and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine."
Men, depi nou sispann ofri lansan ak diven bay larenn syèl la, nou pa gen anyen. Lagè ak grangou ap fini ak nou.
19 And the women said, "When we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings to her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings to her, without our husbands?"
Medam yo menm poutèt pa yo di: -Lè n'ap fè gato ki gen fòm larenn syèl la, lè n'ap ofri lansan ak diven pou li, mari nou toujou dakò ak sa n'ap fè.
20 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men, and to the women, even to all the people who had given him an answer, saying,
Lè sa a, Jeremi pale ak tout moun sa yo, fanm kou gason, ki te fè l' repons sa yo, li di yo konsa:
21 "The incense that you burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers, your kings and your leaders, and the people of the land. Did not the LORD remember them, and did not it come into his mind,
-Wi, nou menm, zansèt nou yo, wa nou yo, chèf nou yo ak tout lòt moun pèp Izrayèl yo te boule lansan nan tout lavil peyi Jida ak nan tout lari Jerizalèm. Men, pa konprann Seyè a pa t' konn sa, osinon li bliye sa.
22 so that the LORD could no longer bear because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which you have committed? Therefore your land has become a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this day.
Non. Seyè a pa t' ka sipòte move lajisman ak eskandal nou yo ankò. Se poutèt sa, jòdi a peyi a fini. Li kraze nèt san pesonn ladan l'. Tout moun sèvi ak non li pou bay madichon, jan nou wè l' jòdi a.
23 Because you have burned incense, and because you have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil has happened to you, as it is this day."
Se paske nou te ofri lansan bay lòt bondye, se paske nou fè peche kont Seyè a, se paske nou pa t' koute sa li t'ap di nou, se paske nou pa t' mache dapre lwa li te ban nou, dapre lòd ak kòmandman li yo kifè malè sa a tonbe sou nou jòdi a.
24 Moreover Jeremiah said to all the people, and to all the women, "Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah who are in the land of Egypt:
Apre sa, Jeremi pale ak tout pèp la, sitou ak medam yo. Li di yo konsa: -Nou tout moun peyi Jida ki isit nan peyi Lejip la, koute mesaj Seyè a.
25 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, 'You and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and with your hands have fulfilled it, saying, "We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her": establish then your vows, and perform your vows.'
Men sa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, di nou. Se nou menm ak tout madanm nou yo ki di ak pwòp bouch nou n'ap kenbe angajman nou te pran ak larenn syèl la, n'ap toujou ofri lansan ak diven ba li. Lèfini, se sa nou fè vre. Enben, kenbe angajman nou yo, fè sa nou te pwomèt la.
26 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, all Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: 'Look, I have sworn by my great name,' says the LORD, 'that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, "As the LORD lives."
Men koulye a, koute sa m'ap di nou, nou menm moun Jida yo k'ap viv nan peyi Lejip la. Se mwen menm Seyè a k'ap pale, mwen fè sèman sou tèt mwen: nan tout peyi Lejip la p'ap gen pesonn nan moun Jida yo ki pou pran non mwen pou fè sèman, pou yo di: Nan non Seyè a, Bondye vivan an!
27 Look, I watch over them for disaster, and not for good; and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until they are all gone.
M'ap veye pou se malè ase ki pou rive nou. Mwen p'ap voye ankenn bon bagay ban nou. Wi, dènye moun Jida k'ap viv nan peyi Lejip la pral disparèt, kit se nan lagè, kit se nan grangou, jouk p'ap rete yonn ankò.
28 Those who escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt to live there, shall know whose word shall stand, mine, or theirs.
Gen yon ti ponyen moun ase ki va chape nan lagè a. Y'a kite peyi Lejip, y'a tounen nan peyi jida. Lè sa a, ti rès ki va rete nan moun pèp Jida ki te desann al viv nan peyi Lejip la va wè kilès ki te gen rezon, nou menm osinon mwen menm.
29 This shall be the sign to you,' says the LORD, 'that I will punish you in this place, that you may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil':
Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa: m'ap ban nou yon siy, m'ap pini nou isit la menm. Konsa, n'a konnen malè mwen te pwomèt m'ap voye sou nou an rive vre.
30 Thus says the LORD, 'Look, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of those who seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy, and sought his life.'"
Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa. Mwen pral lage farawon Ofra, wa peyi Lejip la, nan men lènmi ki soti pou touye l' yo, menm jan mwen te lage Sedesyas, wa peyi Jida a, nan men Nèbikadneza, wa peyi Babilòn, lènmi ki te soti pou touye l' la tou.
