Jeremiah 16
1 The word of the LORD came also to me, saying,
Anplis, pawòl SENYÈ a te vin kote mwen. Li te di:
2 "You shall not take a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters, in this place.
“Ou p ap pran yon madanm pou ou menm, ni fè fis ak fi nan kote sa a.”
3 For thus says the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them, and concerning their fathers who became their father in this land:
Paske konsa pale SENYÈ a konsènan fis ak fi ki fèt nan plas sila a, e konsènan manman yo ki te fè yo ak papa yo ki te fè yo nan peyi sa a:
4 They shall die grievous deaths: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung on the surface of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the sky, and for the animals of the earth.
“Yo va mouri mo yo ki byen move. Yo p ap fè dèy pou yo, ni antere yo. Yo va rete tankou fimye bèt sou sifas latè. Yo va manje nèt ak nepe ak gwo grangou. Kadav yo va devni manje pou zwazo syèl ak pou bèt sovaj latè yo.”
5 For thus says the LORD, 'Do not enter into the house of mourning, neither go to lament, neither bemoan them; for I have taken away my peace from this people, says the LORD, even loving kindness and tender mercies.
Paske konsa pale SENYÈ a: “Pa antre nan kay doulè a, ni pa ale kriye pou yo! Pa regret yo! Paske Mwen te retire lapè M de pèp sa a,” deklare SENYÈ a: “lanmou Mwen ak konpasyon Mwen.”
6 Both great and small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them;
Ni gran, ni piti va mouri nan peyi sa a. Yo p ap antere, yo p ap fè dèy pou yo, ni p ap gen moun ki blese kò l oswa pase razwa nan tèt li pou yo.
7 neither shall men break bread for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
Pèsòn p ap kase pen doulè a pou yo, pou konsole okenn moun pou lanmò, ni bay yo yon tas konsolasyon pou bwè pou papa yo, oswa manman yo.
8 You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.
“Anplis, ou pa prale nan yon kay ki gen fèt pou chita ak yo pou manje ak bwè.”
9 For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Look, I will cause to cease out of this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.
Paske konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo, Bondye Israël la: “Gade byen, Mwen va elimine nèt nan plas sa, vwa rejwisans ak vwa kè kontan, vwa a jèn gason fenk marye ak vwa a jèn fi marye, devan zye nou e nan pwòp tan pa nou.
10 It shall happen, when you shall show this people all these words, and they shall tell you, 'Why has the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? Or what is our iniquity? Or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?'
Alò, lè ou di pèp sa a tout pawòl sa yo, yo va di ou: ‘Pou ki rezon SENYÈ a te deklare tout gwo malè sa a kont nou? Epi ki inikite oswa ki peche ke nou te fè kont SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an?’
11 Then you shall tell them, 'Because your fathers have forsaken me, says the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshiped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
Nan lè sa a, ou gen pou di yo: ‘Akoz papa zansèt nou yo te abandone Mwen,’ deklare SENYÈ a: ‘pou te swiv lòt dye yo, pou te sèvi yo e te pwostène devan yo. Konsa yo te abandone Mwen e yo pa t kenbe lalwa Mwen an.
12 and you have done evil more than your fathers; for, look, you walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that you do not listen to me:
Nou tou, te fè mal plis menm ke papa zansèt nou yo. Paske gade byen, nou chak ap mache selon tèt di a pwòp kè mechan pa nou, san koute Mwen.
13 therefore I will cast you forth out of this land into the land that you have not known, neither you nor your fathers; and there you shall serve other gods day and night; for I will show you no favor.'
Akoz sa, Mwen va jete nou deyò peyi sa a, antre nan yon peyi ke nou pa t janm konnen, ni nou menm, ni papa zansèt nou yo. La menm, nou va sèvi lòt dye yo lajounen kon lannwit, paske Mwen p ap bannou okenn favè.’
14 Therefore look, the days come," says the LORD, "that it shall no more be said, 'As the LORD lives, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;'
“Akoz sa, gade byen, gen jou k ap vini,” deklare SENYÈ a: “lè fraz sila a p ap menm repete ankò: ‘Jan SENYÈ vivan an, ki te mennen, fè fis Israël yo soti nan peyi Égypte la’,
15 but, 'As the LORD lives, who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the countries where he had driven them.' I will bring them again into their land that I gave to their fathers.
Men: ‘Jan SENYÈ vivan an, ki te mennen fè monte fis Israël yo soti nan peyi nò a e soti nan tout peyi kote Li te ekzile yo.’ Paske Mwen va restore yo a pwòp peyi yo, ke Mwen te bay a papa zansèt yo.
16 Look, I will send for many fishermen," says the LORD, "and they shall fish them up; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.
“Gade byen, Mwen ap voye anpil moun lapèch,” deklare SENYÈ a: “Epi yo va fè lapèch pou yo. Apre sa a, Mwen va voye anpil moun lachas e yo va fè lachas pou yo nan tout kolin ak nan tout kwen nan gwo wòch yo.
17 For my eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from my face, neither is their iniquity concealed from my eyes.
Paske zye M sou tout chemen pa yo. Yo pa kache devan figi Mwen, ni inikite yo pa kache devan zye M.
18 First I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable things, and have filled my inheritance with their abominations."
Premyèman, Mwen va rekonpanse doub tout inikite ak peche yo, akoz yo te fè peyi a pouri nèt. Akoz yo te ranpli eritaj Mwen an ak kadav a zidòl abominab yo, e eritaj Mwen an ak abominasyon pa yo.”
19 "LORD, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, to you shall the nations come from the farthest parts of the earth, and shall say, 'Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, vanity and things in which there is no profit.
O SENYÈ, fòs mwen an, sitadèl mwen an e sekou mwen an nan jou gwo malè a, vè Ou menm, nasyon yo va vini soti nan dènye pwent latè. Yo va di: “Papa zansèt nou yo pa t gen okenn eritaj sof ke manti sa ki pouriyen, san enpòtans e san benefis.”
20 Shall a man make to himself gods, which yet are no gods?'"
Èske lòm dwe fè dye pou kont li, malgre se pa dye yo ye?
21 "Therefore look, I will cause them to know, this once will I cause them to know my hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is the LORD.
“Akoz sa, gade byen, Mwen va fè yo konnen, fwa sa a, Mwen va fè yo konnen pouvwa M, ak pwisans Mwen. Konsa, yo va konnen ke non Mwen se SENYÈ a.”
