Jeremiah 20
1 Pashhur, the son of Immer, was a priest who supervised the temple guards. He heard those things that I had prophesied.
Pachou, pitit gason Imè a, te tande Jeremi t'ap di tout bagay sa yo. Pachou te yon prèt ki te chèf reskonsab Tanp Seyè a.
2 [So he arrested me]. Then he [commanded guards to] whip me and fasten my feet in (stocks/a wooden frame) at the Benjamin Gate of Yahweh’s temple.
Li fè yo bat Jeremi, lèfini li mete l' nan sèp ki te bò gwo Pòtay Benjamen an nan Tanp Seyè a.
3 The next day, when Pashhur released me, I said to him, “Pashhur, Yahweh is giving you a new name. From now on, your name will be ‘Surrounded by Terror’,
Nan denmen maten, Pachou fè yo wete Jeremi nan sèp la. Lè sa a, Jeremi di l' konsa: -Seyè a chanje non ou. Li pa rele ou Pachou ankò. Li menm li rele ou: Malè toupatou.
4 because Yahweh says this [to you]: ‘I will cause you and your friends to be terrified. You will watch them being killed by your enemies’ swords. I will enable the [army of the] king of Babylon to capture the people of Judah. Those soldiers will take some of the people to Babylon, and they will kill others with their swords.
Se Seyè a menm ki di sa: Mwen pral fè ou tounen yon malè pou ou menm ak pou tout zanmi ou yo. Ou pral wè yo mouri anba nepe lènmi yo. Mwen pral lage tout moun peyi Jida yo nan men wa lavil Babilòn lan. L'ap pran yon pati ladan yo, l'ap fè yo prizonye, l'ap depòte yo lavil Babilòn, l'ap touye lòt yo.
5 And I will enable their soldiers to take away [other things in] Jerusalem. They will take to Babylon all the very valuable things that belonged to your kings.
M'ap fè lènmi yo piye tout richès ki nan lavil la, tou sa moun yo travay fè, tout bèl bagay koute chè yo sere, ata trezò wa Jida yo. M'ap lage tou sa nan men lènmi yo. Yo pral piye yo, y'ap pran tou sa yo genyen pote ale lavil Babilòn.
6 And [as for] you, Pashhur, they will take you and all your family to Babylon. You and your family and all your friends who have prophesied things that are lies will die there and be buried there.’”
Ou menm menm, Pachou, y'ap fè ou prizonye ansanm ak tout moun lakay ou yo, y'ap depòte nou lavil Babilòn. Se la w'a mouri, se la y'a antere ou ansanm ak tout zanmi ou yo ki t'ap koute mesaj manti ou t'ap bay yo.
7 [One day I said this to Yahweh]: “Yahweh, [when you chose me to be a prophet, ] deceived me, and I allowed you to deceive me. You insisted that I [become a prophet] and you are stronger than I am. And now everyone [HYP] ridicules me. They make fun of me all the day.
Seyè, ou pran tèt mwen, wi, mwen kite ou pran tèt mwen. Ou pi fò pase m'. Se ou ki genyen. Tout lajounen moun ap ri m'. Yo tout ap pase m' nan rizib.
8 When I tell [people your messages], I shout saying, ‘[Yahweh is going to cause you to experience] violence and destruction!’ So because I tell them those messages from you, they insult me and scoff at me all day long.
Chak fwa pou m' pale se rele pou m' rele. M'ap di byen fò: Men y'ap kraze brize! Men y'ap piye! Paske lè m'ap fè konnen mesaj ou, y'ap fè m' wont, y'ap pase m' nan betiz.
9 But if I would say, ‘I will never mention Yahweh or say anything about him, [MTY]’ [it would be as though] your message would burn in my inner being like [SIM] a fire; it would be like a fire in my bones. Sometimes I try to remain silent and not proclaim your messages, but I am not able to do that.
Men, lè m' di: Mwen p'ap nonmen non Seyè a, mwen p'ap pale nan non l' ankò, mesaj ou yo te tankou yon dife nan zo m' k'ap boule tout anndan m'. Mwen fè sa m' kapab pou enpoze l' soti. Malgre sa, li soti soti l'.
10 I hear many people whispering [about me], saying ‘[He is the man who proclaims that there will be things that cause us to] be terrified everywhere. We must tell [the authorities what he is saying]! We must denounce him!’ [Even] my best friends are waiting for me to say something that is wrong. [They are saying], ‘Perhaps we can cause him to say something wrong, and if he does, we will be able to discredit him.’
Mwen tande tout moun ap di: -Any! Kote moun pase yo pè! Annou denonse l' bay otorite yo. Ata pi bon zanmi m' yo ap tann konsa mwen fè yon fo pa. Y'ap di: Nou ka pran pawòl nan bouch li pou antrave l'. Lè sa a, n'a met men sou li, n'a tire revanj nou.
11 But [you], Yahweh, are helping me like [SIM] a strong warrior, so [it is as though] you will cause those who persecute me to stumble, and they will not defeat me. They will be completely disgraced because of being unable to defeat me; and other people will never forget that they were disgraced.
Men, Seyè a kanpe la avè mwen. Se yon vanyan gason li ye, li gen pouvwa. Se poutèt sa se moun k'ap pèsekite m' yo ki pral bite. Se yo ki pral anba. Yo pral wont anpil paske sa p'ap mache pou yo. Se va yon wont pesonn p'ap janm bliye.
12 Commander of the armies of angels, you examine [all] those who are righteous; you know [all that is in] their inner beings and what they think. Allow me to see you getting revenge on those [who want to harm me], because I trust that you will do for me what is right.”
Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a sonde tout moun san patipri. Li konnen sa ki nan kè yo ak sa ki nan tèt yo. Se pou m' wè ou tire revanj ou sou yo, paske se nan men ou menm mwen renmèt kòz mwen.
13 Sing to Yahweh! Praise Yahweh! He rescues [poor and] needy people, from those [SYN] who are wicked.
Chante pou Seyè a. Fè lwanj li! Li rache pòv malere yo anba men mechan yo.
14 But I hope/desire that the day that I was born will be cursed. I do not want [anyone to] celebrate that day.
Madichon pou jou mwen te fèt la! Ankenn benediksyon pou jou manman m' te fè m' lan!
15 And [as for] that man who brought to my father the news, and caused him to be very happy, by saying “[You wife] has given birth to a son for you”, I hope/desire that he [also] will be cursed.
Madichon pou moun ki t' al fè papa m' konnen li gen yon pitit gason epi ki te fè kè l' kontan lè sa a!
16 Allow him to be destroyed like the cities that Yahweh destroyed [long ago], without acting mercifully [toward them]. Cause that man to hear the people wailing in the morning, and [to hear the enemy soldiers shout their] battle cries at noon.
Se pou nonm sa a tankou moun lavil Seyè a detwi pou tout tan an yo. Nan maten, se pou l' tande rèl moun ki nan lapenn. Vè midi, l'a tande siyal lagè,
17 [I want that to happen to him] because he did not kill me before I was born. I wish that I had died in my mother’s womb, and that my mother’s body would have been [like] [MET] my grave.
Paske li pa t' touye m' anvan m' te fèt la, pou vant manman m' te tou sèvi m' kavo: li ta rete ansent mwen pou tout tan.
18 I have continually experienced much trouble and sorrow, and I am disgraced now when I am about to die; why was it necessary [RHQ] for me to me born?
Poukisa m' te fèt atò? Pou m' te ka nan lapenn, nan lafliksyon, pou m' te ka mouri nan lawont?
