Jeremiah 34
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth that were under his dominion, and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of it, saying:
Pawòl ki te vini a Jérémie soti nan SENYÈ a, lè Nebucadnetsar, wa Babylone nan, ak tout lame li a, ak tout wayòm latè ki te anba pouvwa l yo ak tout pèp yo, t ap goumen kont Jérusalem e kont tout vil li yo, ki te di:
2 "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Go, and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, "Thus says the LORD, 'Look, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:
Konsa pale SENYÈ Bondye Israël la: “Ale pale a Sédécias, wa Juda a, epi di li: ‘Konsa pale SENYÈ a: “Gade byen, Mwen ap bay vil sa a pou antre nan men a wa Babylone nan, e li va brile li ak dife.
3 and you shall not escape out of his hand, but shall surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and your eyes shall see the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with you mouth to mouth, and you shall go to Babylon.'
Ou p ap chape nan men l, paske anverite, ou va kapte e va livre nan men l. Konsa, zye ou va wè wa Babylone nan. Li va pale avèk ou fasafas. Se nan Babylone ou prale.”’”
4 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah: thus says the LORD concerning you, 'You shall not die by the sword;
“Sepandan, tande pawòl SENYÈ a, O Sédécias, wa Juda a. Konsa pale SENYÈ a konsènan ou menm, ‘Ou p ap mouri pa nepe.
5 you shall die in peace; and with the burnings of your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so shall they make a burning for you; and they shall lament you, saying, "Ah Lord." for I have spoken the word,' says the LORD."'"
Ou va mouri anpè. Tankou epis yo te brile pou antèman papa zansèt ou yo, ansyen wa ki te avan ou yo, se konsa yo va brile epis pou ou. Yo va fè kri dèy pou ou: “Anmwey mèt nou an”, paske se Mwen ki bay mo sa a’ deklare SENYÈ a.”
6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,
Epi Jérémie te pale tout pawòl sila yo a Sédécias, wa Juda nan Jérusalem
7 when the king of Babylon's army was fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and against Azekah; for these alone remained of the cities of Judah as fortified cities.
lè lame a wa Babylone nan te goumen kont Jérusalem e kont tout rès vil Juda yo; konsi, Lakis ak Azéka, paske se sèl yo ki te rete kon vil fòtifye pami vil a Juda yo.
8 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them;
Pawòl ki te vini a Jérémie soti nan SENYÈ a apre Wa Sédécias te fin fè yon antant ak tout moun ki te Jérusalem yo pou libere yo:
9 that every man should let his male servant, and every man his female servant, who is a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, go free; that none should keep a fellow Judean in bondage.
pou chak moun ta bay libète a sèvitè li e chak moun a sèvant li, yon gason Ebre oswa yon fanm Ebre; pou pèsòn pa ta kenbe yo, yon Jwif frè parèy yo, nan esklavaj.
10 And all the officials and all the people obeyed, who had entered into the covenant, that everyone should let his male servant, and everyone his female servant, go free, that none should make bondservants of them any more; they obeyed, and let them go:
Epi tout ofisye yo ak tout pèp la te obeyi a sila ki te antre nan akò a, ke chan moun ta libere sèvitè ak sèvant li yo, pou okenn moun pa ta kenbe yo an esklavaj. Yo te obeyi e te bay yo libète.
11 but afterwards they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
Men apre yo te fin vire, yo te reprann sèvitè ak sèvant ke yo te bay libète yo, e te fè yo soumèt ankò nan wòl sèvitè ak sèvant yo.
12 Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
Alò, pawòl SENYÈ a te vini a Jérémie soti nan SENYÈ a. Li te di:
13 "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: 'I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying,
Konsa pale SENYÈ Bondye Israël la: Mwen te fè yon akò ak papa zansèt nou yo nan jou ke M te mennen yo sòti nan peyi Égypte la, soti nan kay esklavaj la. Mwen te di:
14 "At the end of seven years you shall let go every man his brother who is a Hebrew, who has been sold to you, and has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you": but your fathers did not listen to me, neither inclined their ear.
Nan fen sèt ane yo, nou chak va libere frè Ebre ki te vann a li menm nan, e ki te sèvi nou pandan sis ane yo. Yo va voye li lib de nou menm. Men papa zansèt nou yo pa t obeyi Mwen, ni pa t panche zòrèy yo kote Mwen.
15 You had now turned, and had done that which is right in my eyes, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and you had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:
Malgre sa, nan tan sa a, nou te vire fè sa ki dwat nan zye M, chak moun te pwoklame libète a vwazen li e nou te fè yon akò avèk Mwen nan kay ki rele pa non Mwen an.
16 but you turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom you had let go free at their pleasure, to return; and you brought them into subjection, to be to you for servants and for handmaids.
Men koulye a, nou te vire derespekte non Mwen, chak moun te reprann sèvitè ak sèvant ke nou te libere selon dezi yo, e nou te fè yo vin soumèt pou devni ankò sèvitè ak sèvant nou.
17 Therefore thus says the LORD: "You have not listened to me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: look, I proclaim to you a liberty, says the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.
Akoz sa, pale SENYÈ a: “Nou pa t obeyi Mwen nan pwoklame libète chak mesye a frè li, e chak mesye a vwazen li, gade byen, Mwen ap pwoklame libète pou nou,” deklare SENYÈ a: “pou nepe a, pou envazyon ensèk ak maladi, pou gwo grangou. Konsa, Mwen va fè nou vin yon objè lèd e degoutan pou tout wayòm yo sou latè yo.
18 I will give the men who have transgressed my covenant, who have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before me, when they cut the calf in two and passed between its parts;
Mwen va bay mesye ki te transgrese akò Mwen yo, ki pa t akonpli pawòl a akò ke yo te fè devan M, lè yo te koupe jenn bèf lan an de mòso pou te pase nan mitan de pati li yo—
19 the officials of Judah, and the officials of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, who passed between the parts of the calf;
Ofisyèl a Juda yo, ak ofisyèl a Jérusalem yo, ofisye tribinal la e prèt ak tout pèp peyi ki te pase antre de pati jenn bèf la—
20 I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life; and their dead bodies shall be for food to the birds of the sky, and to the animals of the earth.
Mwen va livre yo nan men a lènmi yo, e nan men a sila k ap chache pran lavi yo. Epi kadav yo va sèvi kon manje pou zwazo syèl yo, ak bèt sovaj latè yo.
21 And Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, who have gone away from you.
“Sédécias, wa Juda a, ak ofisye pa l yo, Mwen va livre yo nan men lènmi pa yo, nan men a sila k ap chache lavi yo ak nan men a lame Babylone ki te ale kite nou an.
22 Look, I will command, says the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant."'"
Gade byen, Mwen va pase lòd”, deklare SENYÈ a: “Epi Mwen va mennen yo retounen nan vil sa a. Konsa, yo va goumen kont li, pran li e brile li ak dife, epi Mwen va fè lavil Juda yo vin yon kote dezète san moun ki rete ladan yo.”
