Jeremiah 29
1 Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon,
Pwofèt Jeremi rete lavil Jerizalèm li voye yon lèt bay tout moun Nèbikadneza te depòte soti lavil Jerizalèm ale lavil Babilòn, ki vle di bay chèf fanmi, prèt, pwofèt ak tout rès pèp lavil Jerizalèm wa a te fè depòte.
2 (after that Jeconiah the king, the queen mother, the eunuchs, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metal workers, had departed from Jerusalem),
Se te apre yo te fin pran wa Jekonya, manman li, gwo zotobre nan palè a, chèf peyi Jida ak chèf lavil Jerizalèm yo, atizan yo, bòs fòjon yo pou depòte yo.
3 by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), saying,
Jeremi renmèt lèt la nan men de moun Sedesyas, wa peyi Jida a, t'ap voye bò kote Nèbikadneza, wa Babilòn lan. Se te Elasa, pitit Chafan ak Gemarya, pitit Ilkija. Jeremi voye di yo nan lèt la:
4 "Thus says YHWH of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the captivity, whom I have caused to be carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon:
-Men mesaj Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, voye pou tout moun li te fè yo pran lavil Jerizalèm pou depòte jouk lavil Babilòn.
5 'Build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat their fruit.
Nou mèt bati kay pou nou rete, nou mèt plante jaden pou nou manje.
6 Take wives, and father sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and do not be diminished.
Marye, fè pitit. Marye pitit gason nou yo, marye pitit fi nou yo pou yo ka fè pitit. Kote nou ye laba a, peple. Pa kite nou fin mouri.
7 Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to YHWH for it; for in its peace you shall have peace.'
Travay pou fè peyi kote Seyè a fè yo depòte nou an wè zafè l' mache byen. Lapriyè Seyè a pou yo. Paske, si sa bon pou yo la bon pou nou tou.
8 For thus says YHWH of hosts, the God of Israel: 'Do not let your prophets who are in the midst of you, and your diviners, deceive you; neither listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed.
Wi, men avètisman Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, voye ban nou: Pa kite pwofèt ki nan mitan nou yo ak divinò yo ban nou manti! Pa koute moun k'ap rakonte rèv yo fè.
9 For they prophesy falsely to you in my name: I have not sent them,' says YHWH.
Se pou yo ka twonpe nou pi byen kifè yo pran non m' mete devan. Se pa mwen ki voye yo. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
10 "For thus says YHWH, 'After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
Seyè a di ankò: Lè lavil Babilòn lan va rive sou swasanndizan depi li kanpe a, m'a vin vizite nou, m'a fè kichòy pou nou. M'a kenbe bèl pwomès mwen te fè nou an, m'a fè nou tounen lakay nou ankò.
11 For I know the plans that I have for you,' says YHWH, 'plans for your welfare, and not for calamity, to give you hope and a future.
Se mwen ki konnen sa m' gen nan tèt mwen pou nou. Se mwen menm Seyè a k'ap pale. Se byen nou mwen ta vle wè, pa malè nou. Mwen ta vle denmen nou jwenn sa n'ap tann lan.
12 You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
Lè sa a, n'a rele m', n'a vin lapriyè nan pye m', m'a reponn nou.
13 You shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart.
N'a chache m', n'a jwenn mwen paske n'a chache m' ak tout kè nou.
14 I will be found by you,' says YHWH, 'and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you,' says YHWH; 'and I will bring you again to the place from where I caused you to be carried away captive.'
Wi, m'a kite nou jwenn mwen. Se mwen menm ki di sa. M'a fè peyi nou an kanpe ankò. M'ap pase men m' ranmase nou nan tout peyi toupatou kote m' te gaye nou yo. M'ap mennen nou tounen kote m' te pran nou pou m' te depòte nou an. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
15 "Because you have said, 'YHWH has raised us up prophets in Babylon';
Seyè a voye di nou sa paske nou pretann di li voye pwofèt ban nou lavil Babilòn.
16 thus says YHWH concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who dwell in this city, your brothers who haven't gone forth with you into captivity;
Enben, men sa Seyè a di sou wa ki chita sou fotèy wa David la, sou pèp lavil Jerizalèm la, ki vle di rès fanmi yo pa t' depòte ansanm ak nou yo.
17 thus says YHWH of hosts; 'Look, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that can't be eaten, they are so bad.
Wi. Men sa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a di: Mwen pral voye lagè, grangou ak move maladi sou yo. M'ap fè yo tounen tankou vye fig pouri moun pa ka manje.
18 I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an object of horror, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations where I have driven them;
M'ap rete la dèyè yo ak lagè, grangou, move maladi. Tout nasyon sou latè pral sezi lè y'a wè sa ki rive yo. Nan tout peyi kote mwen pral gaye yo, moun pral fè sezisman, y'ap mete men nan tèt lè y'a wè yo. Y'a pran non yo pou sèvi jouman, pou bay moun madichon.
19 because they have not listened to my words,' says YHWH, 'with which I sent to them my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but you would not hear,' says YHWH.
Tou sa va rive yo paske yo pa t' vle koute sa m' t'ap di yo. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa. Malgre mwen pa t' sispann voye pwofèt yo, sèvitè m' yo, ba yo, yo pa janm vle koute.
20 'Hear therefore the word of YHWH, all you of the captivity, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.'
Men, nou menm Seyè a te pran lavil Jerizalèm pou l' depòte lavil Babilòn, manyè koute sa Seyè a ap di nou!
21 "Thus says YHWH of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahiab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: 'Look, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he shall kill them before your eyes;
Men mesaj Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, bay sou Akab, pitit Kolaja, ansanm ak Sedesyas, pitit Maseja, ki t'ap pran non Seyè a pou bay manti. Mwen pral lage yo nan men Nèbikadneza, wa Babilòn lan, ki pral fè touye yo la devan nou tout.
22 and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captives of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, "YHWH make you like Zedekiah and like Ahiab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire";
Apre sa, lè moun peyi Jida yo te depòte lavil Babilòn yo va bezwen bay moun madichon y'a sèvi ak non mesye sa yo. Y'a di: Se pou Seyè a fè ou sa l' te fè Sedesyas ansanm ak Akab wa Babilòn lan te fè boule tou vivan.
23 because they have worked folly in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and have spoken words in my name falsely, which I did not command them; and I am he who knows, and am witness,' says YHWH."
Se sa k'ap rive yo, paske yo te yon gwo wont pou pèp Izrayèl la. Yo fè adiltè ak madanm jwif parèy yo, lèfini y'ap pran non mwen pou bay manti, pou bay mesaj mwen pa t' mete nan bouch yo. Mwen konnen sa yo fè, mwen te wè yo ak je m'. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
24 "Concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,
Seyè a te bay pwofèt Jeremi yon mesaj pou Chemaja, moun Nekelam,
25 'Thus speaks YHWH of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, "Because you have sent letters in your own name to all the people who are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
paske Chemaja te pran reskonsablite voye yon lèt bay yon prèt yo te rele Sefanya, pitit Maseja, pou tout lòt prèt yo ansanm ak tout moun lavil Jerizalèm yo. Chemaja te voye di yo:
26 'YHWH has made you priest in the place of Jehoiada the priest, that there may be officers in the house of YHWH, for every man who is mad, and makes himself a prophet, that you should put him in the stocks and in shackles.
-Seyè a te fè ou prèt nan plas Jeojada pou veye sa k'ap pase nan tanp lan. Se devwa ou pou ou pran tout moun fou k'ap pran pòz pwofèt yo pou mete yo nan chenn ak yon kolye fè nan kou yo.
27 Now therefore, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you,
Poukisa ou pa fè anyen ak Jeremi, nonm Anatòt la, k'ap pran pòz pwofèt li nan mitan pèp la?
28 because he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, "The captivity is long: build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat their fruit?"'"'
Men koulye a li ekri nou isit lavil Babilòn, li voye di nou n'ap rete lontan nan sitiyasyon sa a. Nou mèt bati kay pou nou rete, nou mèt plante jaden pou nou ka manje.
29 Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
Sefanya, prèt la, te li lèt la bay pwofèt Jeremi.
30 Then came the word of YHWH to Jeremiah, saying,
Lè sa a, Seyè a bay Jeremi lòd sa a:
31 "Send to all them of the captivity, saying, 'Thus says YHWH concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: "Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I did not send him, and he has caused you to trust in a lie;
-Voye mesaj sa a bay tout moun yo depòte lavil Babilòn yo. Men sa Seyè a di sou Chemaja, moun Nekelam. Chemaja pran pòz pwofèt li, men se pa mwen ki voye l'. Li fè nou bwè yon bann manti.
32 therefore," thus says YHWH, "Look, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his offspring; he shall not have a man to dwell among this people, neither shall he see the good that I will do to my people, says YHWH, because he has spoken rebellion against YHWH."'"
Se poutèt sa, mwen menm Seyè a, mwen pral pini Chemaya ansanm ak tout kòt fanmi li. Mwen p'ap kite yon moun nan fanmi li vivan nan mitan nou pou wè bèl bagay mwen pral fè pou pèp mwen an, paske li te moute tèt pèp la kont Bondye, Seyè a.
