Jeremiah 51
1 “Yahweh says this: See, I am about to stir up a wind of destruction against Babylon and against those who live in Leb Kamai.
Konsa pale SENYÈ a: “Gade byen, Mwen va fè leve kont Babylone e kont moun k ap viv Chaldée yo, lespri a yon van kap detwi.
2 I will send foreigners to Babylon. They will scatter her and devastate her land, for they will come against her from all around on the day of disaster.
Mwen va voye etranje yo Babylone pou yo ka vannen l, pou yo kapab devaste peyi li a; paske tout kote nan jou gwo malè li a, yo va kontra li toupatou.
3 Do not let the archers bend their bows; do not let them put on armor. Do not spare her young men; set her whole army apart for destruction.
Kontra sila a ki koube a, kite achè koube banza li. Kontra sila a ki leve nan pwotèj li yo, pa kite jennonm li yo chape! Touye tout lame li nèt!
4 For the wounded people will fall in the land of the Chaldeans; those who are killed will fall in her streets.
Yo va tonbe atè mouri nan peyi Kaldeyen yo, frennen nèt, kouche nan lari yo.
5 For Israel and Judah are not forsaken by their God, by Yahweh of hosts, although their land is filled with offenses committed against the Holy One of Israel.
Paske ni Israël, ni Juda te abandone pa Bondye li, SENYÈ dèzame yo; sepandan, peyi yo plen koupabilite devan Sila Ki Sen an Israël la.
6 Flee from the midst of Babylon; let each man save himself. Do not perish in her iniquity. For it is the time of Yahweh's vengeance. He will repay all of it to her.
“Sove ale soti nan mitan Babylone! Nou chak sove lavi nou! Pa vin koupe retire nan inikite l, paske sa se lè vanjans SENYÈ a. Li va rann rekonpans bay li.
7 Babylon was a golden cup in the hand of Yahweh that made all the world drunk; nations drank her wine and became insane.
Babylone te yon tas fèt an lò nan men SENYÈ a, ki te fè tout mond lan vin sou. Nasyon yo te bwè nan diven li an; akoz sa, nasyon yo ap vin anraje.
8 Babylon will fall suddenly and be destroyed. Wail for her! Give her medicine for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.
Sibitman, Babylone vin tonbe e kraze nèt; rele anmwey sou li! Pote pomad pou doulè li. Petèt li ka geri.
9 'We wished to heal Babylon, but she is not healed. Let us all leave her and go away, to our own land. For her guilt reaches up to the heavens; it is piled up to the clouds.
“Nou te pito gerizon pou Babylone, men li pa t geri. Abandone l. Kite nou chak ale nan pwòp peyi pa nou; paske jijman li an fin rive nan syèl la, e leve wo rive jis nan syèl yo.
10 Yahweh has declared our innocence. Come, let us tell in Zion the deeds of Yahweh our God.'
‘SENYÈ a te mennen ladwati nou an. Vini, annou rakonte depi nan Sion zèv a SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an!’
11 Sharpen the arrows and take up the shields. Yahweh is stirring up the spirit of the king of the Medes in a plan to destroy Babylon. This is for Yahweh's vengeance, vengeance for the destruction of his temple.
“File flèch, plen fouwo yo! Kenbe pwotèj yo djanm! SENYÈ a te fè leve lespri a wa yo nan Médie, paske volonte L kont Babylone, pou detwi li. Paske se vanjans SENYÈ a, vanjans pou tanp Li an.
12 Lift up a banner over Babylon's walls; make the watch strong; set up watchmen; prepare the ambushes; for the LORD will do what he has said concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
Leve yon sinyal kont miray Babylone yo! Plase yon gad byen fò! Pozisyone santinèl yo, mete gason an anbiskad. Paske SENYÈ a pa t sèlman fè plan, men te acheve objektif sa Li te pale konsènan sila ki rete Babylone yo.
13 You people who live by many streams of water, you people who are rich with treasures, your end has come. The thread of your life is now cut short.
O nou menm ki rete bò kote anpil dlo yo, plen ak richès yo, dènye lè nou an gen tan rive, mezi gwo lanvi nou.
14 Yahweh of hosts has sworn by his own life, 'I will fill you with men, like a swarm of locusts, and they will raise a battle cry against you.'
SENYÈ dèzame yo te sèmante pa kont Li. Li te di: ‘Anverite, mwen va plen nou ak moun kon yon gwo foul krikèt volan e yo va kriye fò ak gwo kri laviktwa sou nou.’
15 He has made the earth by his power; he set in place the world by his wisdom. By his understanding he stretched out the heavens.
“Sila ki te fè latè a ak fòs pouvwa Li a, ki te etabli lemonn ak sajès Li, e ak bon konprann Li, te etabli syèl yo.
16 When he thunders, there is the roar of waters in the heavens, for he brings up the mist from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for rain and sends out wind from his storehouses.
Lè vwa L sone, yon gwo kaskad dlo desann nan syèl yo, e Li fè nwaj monte soti nan dènye pwent latè yo. Li fè loray pou lapli, e mennen van parèt sòti nan depo Li yo.
17 Every man has become ignorant, without knowledge. Every metalworker is put to shame by his idols. For his cast images are frauds, and there is no life in them.
“Tout lòm gen tan fè bèt, san okenn konesans; tout òfèv yo fè wont akoz imaj fonn yo, paske imaj fonn yo se yon desepsyon e nanpwen souf nan yo.
18 They are useless, the work of mockers; they will perish at the time of their punishment.
Yo san valè, yon zèv pou moke moun; nan tan pinisyon yo, yo va peri.
19 But God, the portion of Jacob, is not like these, for he is the molder of all things. Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; Yahweh of hosts is his name.
Pòsyon Jacob pa tankou sa yo; paske Sila ki fè tout bagay la se Li menm e selon tribi eritaj Li a, SENYÈ dèzame yo se non L.
20 You are my war hammer, my weapon for battle. With you I will smash nations and destroy kingdoms.
“Li di: “Ou se baton lagè M ak zam lagè M yo; epi avèk ou, Mwen kraze nasyon yo. Avèk ou, Mwen detwi wayòm yo.
21 With you I will smash horses and their riders; with you I will smash chariots and their drivers.
Avèk ou, Mwen kraze cheval la ak sila ki monte sou li. Avèk ou, mwen kraze cha lagè a, ak sila ki monte ladann nan.
22 With you I will smash each man and woman; with you I will smash the old and the young. With you I will smash the young men and the virgin girls.
Avèk ou, Mwen kraze ni gason, ni fanm. Avèk ou, Mwen kraze jennonm nan ak vyèj la.
23 With you I will smash the shepherds and their flocks; with you I will smash the plowmen and their teams. With you I will smash the governors and officials.
Avèk ou, Mwen kraze bèje a ak bann mouton li an. Avèk ou, Mwen kraze kiltivatè a ak bèf cha li yo Avèk ou, Mwen kraze majistra yo ak prefè yo.
24 For in your sight I will pay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all of the evil that they did in Zion—this is Yahweh's declaration.
“Mwen va rekonpanse Babylone ak tout pèp Chaldée a pou tout mechanste ke yo te fè nan Sion devan zye nou”, deklare SENYÈ a.
25 See, I am against you, mountain of destruction—this is Yahweh's declaration—which destroys the whole earth. I will stretch out my hand against you, and roll you down from the cliffs, and make you a burned-out mountain.
“Gade byen, Mwen kont ou O mòn k ap detwi, ki detwi tout tè a,” deklare SENYÈ a: “Mwen va lonje men M kont ou, fè ou woule desann soti nan kwen falèz byen wo yo e Mwen va fè ou vin yon mòn ki fin brile nèt.
26 So they will not take from you any stone to construct a building's corner or foundation; for you will become an everlasting devastation—this is Yahweh's declaration.
Yo p ap pran nan men ou, menm yon wòch pou fè kwen, ni yon wòch pou fondasyon yo, men ou va dezole jis pou tout tan,” deklare SENYÈ a.
27 Lift up a banner over the earth. Blow the trumpet over the nations. Call the nations to attack her: Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander to attack her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.
“Leve yon sinyal nan peyi a, soufle yon twonpèt pami nasyon yo! Konsakre nasyon yo kont li! Rele kont li wayòm Ararat, Minni ak Aschkenaz yo! Chwazi yon gwo chèf kont li; leve cheval tankou yon foul krikèt volan voras.
28 Prepare the nations to attack her: The kings of the Medes and his governors, all of his officials and all the lands under his rule.
Konsakre nasyon yo kont li, Wa a Médie yo, majistra pa yo ak prefè yo, ak tout peyi ke yo konn domine yo.
29 For the land will shake and be in anguish, since Yahweh's plans continue against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a wasteland where there is no inhabitant.
Peyi a ta tranble e tòde; paske volonte a SENYÈ a kont Babylone kanpe, pou fè peyi Babylone vin yon dezolasyon san moun.
30 The soldiers in Babylon have stopped fighting; they stay in their strongholds. Their strength has failed; they have become women—her homes are on fire, the bars of her gates are broken.
Mesye pwisan a Babylone yo te sispann goumen; yo rete nan sitadèl fòtifye yo. Fòs yo fin epwize nèt. Yo vin tankou fanm. Lakay yo pran dife. Fè fòje sou pòtay li yo fin kraze.
31 A messenger runs to proclaim to another messenger, and a runner tells another runner to report to the king of Babylon that his city has been taken from end to end.
Youn kouri rankontre yon lòt; yon mesaje rankontre yon lòt, pou pale wa Babylone nan ke vil li a fin kaptire, soti nan yon pwent pou rive nan yon lòt.
32 So the fords over the river are seized; the enemy is burning the reed marshes, and Babylon's fighting men are confused.
Kote pou yo janbe rivyè yo fin sezi tou. Yo te brile marekaj yo ak dife, e sòlda lagè yo vin sezi ak gwo laperèz.”
33 For Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor. It is time to trample her down. In a little while the time of harvest will come to her.
Paske konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo, Bondye Israël la: “Fi Babylone nan tankou yon glasi vannen. Nan lè li, li foule byen solid, men nan yon ti tan, sezon rekòlt la rive sou li.”
34 'Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me, he has driven me into confusion and has made me an empty pot. Like a monster he has swallowed me, he has filled his stomach with my delicious foods, and then he has spit me out.'
“Nebucadnetsar, wa Babylone nan, te devore mwen. Li te kraze mwen. Li te depoze mwen tankou yon boutèy vid. Tankou yon dragon, li te vale mwen. Li te plen vant li ak bagay liks mwen yo. Li te lave mwen ale nèt.
35 The one who lives in Zion will say, 'May the violence done to me and my flesh be on Babylon.' Jerusalem will say, 'May my blood be on the inhabitants of Chaldea.'
Ke vyolans anvè mwen an, e anvè chè mwen an, kapab tonbe sou Babylone.” Pèp Sion an va di: “Ke san mwen kapab tonbe sou moun Chaldée yo”, Jérusalem va di.
36 Therefore Yahweh says this: See, I am about to plead your case and bring about vengeance for you. For I will dry up Babylon's waters and make her springs run dry.
“Akoz sa”, pale SENYÈ a: “Gade byen, Mwen va plede ka ou, e egzije vanjans nèt pou ou. Mwen va seche lanmè li, e fè sous li yo vin sèch.
37 Babylon will become heaps of rubble, a den of jackals, a horror, an object of hissing, where there are no inhabitants.
Babylone va devni yon gwo pil ranblè, yon kay pou chen mawon, yon objè degoutan, ak sifle kon koulèv, san gen moun ki rete ladann.
38 The Babylonians will roar together like young lions. They will growl like lion cubs.
Yo va gwonde ansanm kon jenn lyon, yo va gwonde kon pitit a lyon.
39 When they become hot with greed, I will make a feast for them; I will make them drunk so they become happy, and then sleep an unending sleep and not wake up—this is Yahweh's declaration—
Lè yo vin rive cho ase, mwen va sèvi yo bankè yo, e fè yo sou, pou yo ka fè kè kontan nèt e dòmi nèt, pou yo pa leve ankò menm”, deklare SENYÈ a.
40 I will send them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats.
“Mwen va bese yo tankou jenn mouton nan labatwa, kon belye ansanm ak mal kabrit.
41 How Babylon has been captured! So the praise of all the earth is seized. How Babylon has become a ruined place among the nations.
“Gade kijan Schéschac fin kaptire! Kijan glwa a tout tè a vin pran! Gade kijan Babylone devni yon objè degoutan pami nasyon yo!
42 The sea has come up over Babylon! She is covered with its roaring waves.
Lanmè fin monte sou Babylone; li te anvayi pa move vag li yo.
43 Her cities have become a desolation, a dry land and a wilderness, a land that no one inhabits, and no human being passes through.
Vil li yo te devni yon objè degoutan e lèd, yon peyi sèk, yon dezè, yon peyi kote moun pa viv e pami sila, yon fis a lòm pa menm pase.
44 So I will punish Bel in Babylon; I will bring out from his mouth what he swallowed, and the nations will no longer flow to him with their offerings. The walls of Babylon will fall.
Mwen va pini Bel nan Babylone e Mwen va fè sa li te vale a sòti nan bouch li. Nasyon yo p ap kouri ankò kote li. Menm miray Babylone nan va tonbe!
45 Go out from her midst, my people. Let each of you save his own life from the fury of my wrath.
“Sòti nan mitan li, pèp Mwen an e nou chak sove tèt nou de kòlè SENYÈ a.
46 Do not let your hearts be timid or fear the news that is heard in the land, for the news will come one year. After it in the next year there will be news, and violence will be in the land. Ruler will be against ruler.
Alò, pa kite kè nou vin febli e pa pè rapò k ap tande nan tout peyi a, paske rapò a va rive nan yon ane, e apre yon lòt rapò nan yon lòt ane, gen vyolans nan peyi a, e yon wa kont yon lòt wa.
47 Therefore, see, days are coming when I will punish the carved idols of Babylon. All of her land will be ashamed, and all of her slaughtered ones will fall in her midst.
Pou sa, gade byen, jou yo ap vini lè Mwen va pini zidòl taye a Babylone yo. Konsa, tout peyi li a va vin wont, e tout mò li yo va tonbe nan mitan li.
48 Then the heavens and the earth, and all that is in them will rejoice over Babylon. For destroyers will come for her from the north—this is Yahweh's declaration.
Answit, syèl ak tè a ak tout sa ki ladann va rele fò ak jwa sou Babylone; paske destriktè yo va vin kote li soti nan nò,” deklare SENYÈ a.
49 As Babylon has made the killed of Israel fall, so the killed of all her land will fall in Babylon.
“Anverite, Babylone gen pou tonbe pou sila ki te touye an Israël yo. Menm jan pou Babylone an, moun de tout peyi a va tonbe.
50 Survivors of the sword, go away! Do not stay still. Call Yahweh to mind from far away; let Jerusalem come to mind.
Nou menm ki te chape anba nepe yo, sòti! Pa rete menm! Sonje SENYÈ a de lwen; kite Jérusalem parèt nan lespri ou.
51 We are ashamed, for we have heard insults; reproach has covered our faces, for foreigners have entered the holy places of Yahweh's house.
“Nou vin wont akoz nou te tande repwòch. Wont lan fin kouvri figi nou, paske etranje yo te antre kote ki sen lakay SENYÈ a.”
52 Therefore, see, days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when I will punish her carved idols, and the wounded people will groan in all of her land.
“Pou sa, gade byen, jou yo ap vini”, deklare SENYÈ a: “Lè Mwen va fè jijman sou zidòl taye yo. Konsa, sila ak blesi mòtèl yo va plenyen nan tout peyi li a.
53 For even if Babylon went up to the heavens or fortified her highest fortresses, destroyers would come from me to her—this is Yahweh's declaration.
Malgre Babylone ta monte nan syèl la, e malgre li ta ranfòse sitadèl li a; destriktè yo va soti kote Mwen, e destriktè yo va rive kote li”, deklare SENYÈ a.
54 A shout of distress came from Babylon, a great collapse from the land of the Chaldeans.
“Bri a gwo kri k ap sòti Babylone, ak gwo destriksyon k ap soti nan peyi Kaldeyen yo!
55 For Yahweh is destroying Babylon. He is causing her loud voice to perish. Their enemies roar like the waves of many waters; their noise becomes very strong.
Paske SENYÈ a va detwi Babylone. Li va fè gran vwa a li te konn fè a sispann; vag lanmè yo ki tap gwonde kon anpil dlo, ak gwo son a vwa yo ki tap retanti toupatou.
56 For the destroyers have come against her—against Babylon!—and her warriors have been captured. Their bows are broken, for Yahweh is the God of vengeance; he will surely carry out this repayment.
Paske sila k ap detwi a fin rive sou li, sou Babylone nan menm. Mesye pwisan li yo fin kaptire. Banza yo fin kraze nèt. Paske SENYÈ a se yon Bondye k ap bay rekonpans. L ap rekonpanse nèt.
57 For I will make her princes, her sages, her officials, and her soldiers drunk, and they will sleep in an unending sleep and never wake up —this is the King's declaration: Yahweh of hosts is his name.
Mwen va fè prens li yo ak saj li yo sou; menm majistra li yo ak prefè li yo. Konsa, yo ka dòmi yon dòmi san rete pou yo pa leve menm”, deklare Wa a, ki rele SENYÈ dèzame yo.
58 Yahweh of hosts says this: The thick walls of Babylon will be completely demolished, and her high gates will be burned. Then the peoples coming to her aid will labor uselessly; everything that the nations try to do for her will be burned up.”
Konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo: “Miray Babylone nan ki tèlman laj va vin demoli nèt. Wo pòtay li yo va pran dife. Donk, pèp yo va travay di pou ryen, e nasyon yo va bouke nèt akoz dife a.”
59 This is the word that Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah son of Neriah son of Mahseiah when he went with Zedekiah king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was a chief officer.
Mesaj ke Jérémie, pwofèt la, te kòmande Seraja, fis a Nérija a, pitit pitit gason a Machséja, lè l te ale ak Sédécias, wa Juda a, Babylone nan katriyèm ane règn li a. (Alò, Seraja te chèf dirijan lakay wa a.)
60 For Jeremiah had written in a scroll about all the disaster that was going to come on Babylon—all these words that were written about Babylon.
Konsa, Jérémie te ekri nan yon sèl woulo tout malè ki ta rive sou Babylone yo, sa vle di tout pawòl sila ki te ekri konsènan Babylone yo.
61 Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you go to Babylon, then you will see and you will read these words aloud.
Epi Jérémie te di a Seraja: “Depi ou vini Babylone, alò, fè si ke ou li tout pawòl sila yo a wot vwa,
62 Then you will say, 'Yahweh, you yourself have declared that you would destroy this place, and that no man or animal will live in it, and it will be desolate forever.'
Epi di: ‘Ou menm, O SENYÈ! Ou te pwomèt, konsènan plas sa a pou koupe retire l nèt, pou pa menm gen anyen ki rete ladann, ni lòm, ni bèt, men li va yon kote dezole jis pou tout tan’.
63 Then when you have finished reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates.
Konsa, li va fèt ke depi ou fin li woulo sa a, ou va mare yon wòch sou li e jete l nan mitan rivyè Euphrate la.
64 Say, 'Babylon will sink like this. It will not arise because of the disaster that I am sending against it, and they will fall.'” Jeremiah's words end here.
Ou va di: ‘Se konsa Babylone va fonse desann pou l pa leve ankò, akoz malè ke Mwen va mennen sou li; epi yo va vin bouke nèt.’” Jiska prezan, sa se pawòl a Jérémie yo.
