Jeremiah 17
1 [Yahweh said, “It is as though a list of] the sins [committed by the people of] Judah is engraved with an iron chisel, or engraved using the fine point of a very hard stone, on the altars [where they worship idols]. And [it is as though] this list is engraved on their inner beings!
Peche a Juda ekri ak yon plim fèt an fè, ak yon pwent dyaman. Li grave sou tablo kè yo, ak sou kòn lotèl pa yo.
2 [Even] their children are happy to go to the altars [to worship their gods], and to the poles [that represent the goddess] Asherah [at which their parents worshiped], shrines that are underneath all the big trees and on [all] the high hills.
Menm jan yo sonje pitit pa yo, se konsa yo sonje lotèl pa yo, ak Asherim sou kote bwa vèt, sou wo kolin yo.
3 So, I will allow your enemies to capture [Zion], your holy hill, and all your wealth and your (treasures/valuable things), and [even] the shrines on all those hills, because of the sins that you people have committed throughout your land.
O mòn nan vil andeyò Mwen an, Mwen va bay yo tout richès ou yo ak tout trezò ou yo kon piyaj, wo plas ou yo pou peche, nan tout lizyè ou yo.
4 The [wonderful] land that I gave to you will no longer belong to you. I will tell your enemies to take you to a land that you do not know about, and you will become their slaves. [I will do that] because I am extremely angry [with you]; my being angry is [like] a fire that will burn forever.”
Epi ou va menm pou kont ou, kite eritaj ke M te ba ou la. Konsa, Mwen va fè ou sèvi lènmi ou yo nan peyi ke ou pa konnen an; paske ou te limen nan kòlè Mwen yon dife ki va brile jis pou tout tan.
5 This is [also] what Yahweh says: “[I] will curse/condemn those who trust in human beings [to help them], those who rely on their own strength and turn away from me.
Konsa pale SENYÈ a: “Modi se moun ki mete konfyans nan lòm, ki fè lachè vin fòs li, ak kè a sila ki tounen lwen SENYÈ a.
6 They are like [dry] bushes in the desert, they are people who will not experience any good things. Those people will live in the barren desert in a salty area, where nothing grows.
Paske li va tankou bwa raje nan dezè; li p ap janm wè lè bonè rive, men li va viv pami wòch savann nan dezè a, nan yon peyi sale, san moun ki rete ladann.
7 But I am pleased with those who trust in [me], Yahweh, and who confidently expect [me to take care of them].
“Beni se nonm ki konfye nan SENYÈ a, ak sila ki mete konfyans li nan SENYÈ a.
8 Those people are like [SIM] fruit trees that have been planted along a riverbank, trees that have roots that go down into the [wet ground beside] the water. They are trees whose leaves remain green when it becomes hot, trees that continue to bear fruit when there are many months in which there is no rain.
Paske li va tankou yon ab ki plante kote dlo, ki lonje rasin li akote yon sous dlo. Li p ap pè lè chalè a rive, men fèy li yo va vèt. Li p ap twouble nan ane sechrès la, ni sispann bay fwi.
9 Human minds are extremely corrupt/deceitful, and you cannot change that. It is also completely impossible [RHQ] for anyone to understand that.
Kè lòm plen manti plis ke tout lòt yo. Nanpwen lasante ladann nan. Se kilès ki ka konprann li?
10 But I, Yahweh, search what is in everyone’s inner being, and I examine what they are thinking. I will give all people rewards, what they deserve for what they have done.”
“Mwen, SENYÈ a, Mwen sonde kè; Mwen pase panse a leprèv, pou M ka menm bay a chak moun selon chemen pa li, selon fwi a zèv li yo.”
11 [I, Jeremiah, agree, because I know that] people who become rich by doing things that are unjust are like birds that hatch eggs that they (did not lay/stole from another nest). So, when those people have lived only half of the years [that they expect to live], their wealth will disappear. Then [other people will realize that] those rich people have been foolish.
Kon yon pentad ki kale ze ki pa t pou li, se konsa sila ki ranmase richès san dwa. Nan mitan jou li yo, yo va kite li, e lè vi l fini, li va yon moun bèt.
12 Yahweh, your temple is [like] a glorious throne that is still on a high hill.
Yon twòn plen ak laglwa plase an wo, depi kòmansman an, se li ki azil nou.
13 You are the one whom [we] Israeli people confidently expect [to bless us], and all those who turn away from you will be disgraced. Their names will be written [only] in the dust, [and will soon disappear], because they have abandoned you, [who are like] [MET] a fountain where people obtain fresh water.
O SENYÈ, espwa Israël la, tout moun ki abandone Ou yo, va vin wont. Sila yo ki kite Mwen sou latè yo, sou latè non yo va vin enskri, akoz yo te abandone SENYÈ a, sous dlo vivan an.
14 Yahweh, [please] heal me, because [if you heal me], I will truly be healed. [If you] rescue me, I will truly be safe, because you are the [only] one whom I praise.
Geri mwen, O SENYÈ e mwen va geri nèt! Sove mwen e mwen va sove! Paske se Ou menm ki lwanj mwen an.
15 People often ridicule me and say, “You tell us messages that you say came from Yahweh, but (why have the things that you predicted not happened?/those predictions have not come true!)” [RHQ]
Gade, y ap di mwen tout tan: “Kote pawòl SENYÈ a? Kite l ranpli koulye a”.
16 Yahweh, you [appointed me to take care of your people like] a shepherd [takes care of his sheep] [MET]; I have not abandoned that work, and you know that I have not [previously] wanted this time of disaster [to come to people who ridicule me]. And you know everything that I have said [MTY] [to your people].
Men pou mwen menm, mwen pa t kouri pou m ta sispann fè bèje pou Ou, ni mwen pa t anvi wè jou malè sa a. Ou konnen! Tout pawòl lèv mwen yo te nan prezans Ou.
17 Do not cause me to be terrified! When disasters come/occur, you are the one to whom I will go to be safe.
Pa fè m gwo laperèz. Ou se azil mwen nan jou gwo twoub la.
18 [So now], cause those who (persecute me/cause me to suffer) to be ashamed and dismayed, but do not [do things to me that will] cause me to be ashamed and dismayed. Cause them to be terrified! Do to them many things that will completely destroy them!
Ke sila ki pèsekite mwen yo vin wont, men pou mwen menm, pa kite mwen vin wont; kite yo twouble nèt, men pa kite m vin twouble. Mennen sou yo yon jou gwo twoub. Detwi yo ak yon destriksyon ki doub!
19 This is what Yahweh said to me: “Go to the city gates in Jerusalem. [First] go to the gate where the kings of Judah go in and out of the city, and [then] go to each of the [other] gates.
Konsa SENYÈ a te pale mwen: “Ale kanpe nan pòtay piblik la, kote wa Juda yo fè antre sòti a, nan tout pòtay Jérusalem yo.
20 Say to the people [at each gate], ‘You kings of Judah and everyone [else] who is living in Jerusalem and all [you other people of] Judah who enter these gates, listen to this message from Yahweh!
Pale yo konsa: ‘Koute pawòl SENYÈ a, wa Juda yo, e tout Juda ak tout sila k ap viv Jérusalem yo, k ap fè antre sòti nan pòtay yo:
21 He says, “Listen to this warning carefully! [Stop doing work] on (Sabbath/our rest) days! Stop carrying loads through these gates [on those days]!
Konsa pale SENYÈ a: “Veye afè nou e pa pote okenn chaj nan jou Saba a, ni pa mennen anyen antre nan pòtay Jérusalem nan.
22 Do not carry loads out of your houses or do any [other] work on Sabbath days! Instead, cause Sabbath days to be (holy/set apart for me). I commanded your ancestors to do that,
Nou p ap fè okenn chaj sòti lakay nou nan jou Saba a. Ni pa fè okenn travay, men kenbe jou Saba a sen, jan Mwen te kòmande papa zansèt nou yo.
23 but they did not listen to me or obey me. When I did things to correct them, they stubbornly [IDM] refused to pay attention to what I said or to accept it.
Men yo pa t koute, ni panche zòrèy yo, men yo te fè tèt di pou yo pa ta koute, ni vin korije.
24 But I say that if you obey me, and if you do not carry loads through these gates [on Sabbath days] or do any other work on Sabbath days, and if you dedicate the Sabbath days to me,
Men li va vin rive ke si ou koute M byen pre,” deklare SENYÈ a, “pou pa fè chaj antre nan pòtay lavil sa a nan jou Saba a, men ou kenbe Saba a sen e pa fè travay sou li,
25 kings of Judah [MTY] and [their] officials will [continue to] go in and out of these gates. There will [always] be someone who is a descendant of [MTY] [King] David ruling [here] [MTY] in Jerusalem. Kings and their officials will go in and out of these gates, riding in chariots and on horses, and there will be people living in this city forever.
alò, va genyen moun ki antre nan pòtay lavil sa a, wa ak prens ki chita sou twòn a David yo, monte sou cha yo ak sou cheval yo, yo menm ak prens pa yo, moun Juda ak sila ki rete Jérusalem yo e vil sa a va abite jis pou tout tan.
26 And people will come [to Jerusalem] bringing offerings to be completely burned [on the altar] and [other] offerings. They will bring to the temple grain offerings and incense and offerings to thank [me]. People will bring those offerings from the towns in Judah and the villages near Jerusalem and from the land [where the tribe] of Benjamin [lives] and from the western foothills and from the desert in the south.
Yo va antre ladann soti nan vil a Juda yo ak tout andwa ki antoure Jérusalem yo; soti nan peyi Benjamin, soti nan ba plèn nan, nan peyi kolin yo ak nan dezè a, k ap pote ofrann brile, sakrifis, ofrann sereyal, ak lansan e yo va mennen sakrifis a remèsiman lakay SENYÈ a.
27 But if you do not pay attention to what I say, and if you refuse to dedicate the Sabbath days to me, and if you [continue to] carry loads through these gates into the city on Sabbath days, I will burn these gates completely. The fire will spread to the palaces, and no one will be able to put out that fire.”’”
Men si nou pa koute Mwen e pa kenbe jou Saba a sen ak sispann pote chaj e antre nan pòtay Jérusalem nan jou Saba a; alò, Mwen va limen yon dife nan pòtay li yo. Konsa, li va devore palè Jérusalem yo, e li p ap etenn menm.”’”
