Jeremiah 10
1 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
Men, koute sa Seyè a di sou nou, nou menm moun pèp Izrayèl yo.
2 thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the nations, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the nations are dismayed at them.
Li di konsa: -Piga nou swiv lòt nasyon yo. Nou pa bezwen pèdi tèt nou lè nou wè siy nan syèl la. Se moun lòt nasyon yo ki pou pè lè konsa.
3 For the customs of the peoples are vanity: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.
Relijyon moun sa yo pa vo anyen. Yo koupe yon pyebwa nan rakbwa, yo fè yon bòs atizan travay li ak sizo.
4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
Yo dekore l' ak ajan, ak lò. Yo pran mato ak klou yo kloure l' pou fè l' kanpe pou l' pa tonbe.
5 They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.
Bondye sa yo kanpe tankou pikèt nan jaden konkonm. Yo pa ka pale. Se pote pou yo pote yo, paske yo pa ka mache. Nou pa bezwen pè yo, yo pa ka fè anyen ni an byen ni an mal.
6 There is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
Seyè, pa gen tankou ou! Ou gen pouvwa. Yo respekte ou pou sa ou fè.
7 Who would not fear thee, O King of the nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like unto thee.
Ou se wa tout nasyon. Ki moun ki pa ta gen krentif pou ou! Nan tout moun lespri ki sou latè, nan tout chèf yo, pa gen tankou ou!
8 But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols, it is but a stock.
Yo tout se yon bann egare san konprann. Kisa zidòl bwa yo ka moutre yo pase sa?
9 There is silver beaten into plates which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing; they are all the work of cunning men.
Ajan an, se nan peyi Tasis li soti an fèy plat. Lò a soti nan peyi Oufaz. Tou sa se travay bòs atizan ak bòs fòjon. Yo pran twal violèt ak twal wouj pou fè rad mete sou zidòl yo. Sa tou, se atizan ki fè yo ak men.
10 But the LORD is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.
Men ou menm Seyè, ou se Bondye tout bon an, Bondye vivan an, Wa ki la pou tout tan an. Lè ou ankòlè, tout latè pran tranble, nasyon yo pa ka sipòte.
11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.
Nou menm, moun pèp Izrayèl yo, n'a di moun lòt nasyon yo konsa: Tout bondye sa yo ki pa t' fè syèl la ak latè a pral disparèt sou latè, yo yonn p'ap rete anba syèl la.
12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:
Seyè a te fè latè ak fòs pouvwa li. Li kreye dènye bagay ak bon konprann li. Avèk entèlijans li, li louvri syèl la anwo latè.
13 when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.
Li pase lòd, epi dlo ki anwo syèl la pran gwonde. Li fè gwo nwaj yo moute soti toupatou. Li fè zèklè yo klere pou fè lapli vini. Li fè van yo soti kote li te sere yo.
14 Every man is become brutish [and is] without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
Lè konsa tout moun rete egare, yo pa konprann anyen. Moun k'ap fè zidòl yo wont sa yo fè a, paske bondye yo fè yo se fo bondye yo ye, yo pa gen lavi nan yo.
15 They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Yo pa vo anyen. Yo bon pou pase nan betiz. Y'ap disparèt lè Seyè a ap vin regle ak yo.
16 The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name.
Men, Bondye Jakòb la pa tankou yo. Se li menm ki fè tout bagay. Li chwazi pèp Izrayèl la pou rele l' pa l'. Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, se konsa yo rele l'.
17 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O thou that abidest in the siege.
Nou menm moun lavil Jerizalèm, lènmi sènen nou toupatou. Ranmase pakèt nou!
18 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel [it].
Men sa Seyè a di nou: Fwa sa a mwen pral mete nou deyò nan peyi a. M'ap bare chemen nou pou nou yonn pa chape.
19 Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is [my] grief, and I must bear it.
Moun Jerizalèm yo rele: -Ki malè sa a pou nou! Nou pran! Pa gen anyen ki ka sove nou! Nou te kwè se yon malè nou ta ka sipòte.
20 My tent is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
Yo ravaje tout tant nou yo. Yo koupe tout kòd ki te kenbe yo. Nou pèdi tout pitit nou yo, yo pote yo ale. Pa gen pesonn pou mete tant nou yo kanpe ankò, pesonn pou moute rido nou yo.
21 For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of the LORD: therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.
Mwen reponn: -Chèf nou yo fin pèdi tèt yo. Yo pa mande Bondye konsèy. Se poutèt sa yo pa t' kapab fè anyen. Yo kite pèp la andebandad.
22 The voice of a rumour, behold it cometh, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling place of jackals.
Koute non! Nouvèl la ap kouri vini! Gen yon gwo mouvman nan peyi bò nò a. Lame l' yo pral fè lavil peyi Jida yo tounen mazi, kote bèt nan bwa rete.
23 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Seyè, mwen konnen pesonn pa mèt tèt yo, pesonn pa ka kontwole kote yo prale.
24 O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
Korije pèp ou a, Seyè. Men, pa peze l' twòp! Pa fè kòlè sou li, paske w'a fini avè l'.
25 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have devoured Jacob, yea, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.
Mete ou ankòlè sou nasyon ki pa konnen ou yo, sou pèp ki p'ap sèvi ou yo. Paske se yo menm k'ap fin touye pitit Jakòb yo. Y'ap touye yo nèt. Yo fin ravaje peyi kote nou rete a.
