Jeremiah 31
1 “At that time,” says the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.”
Seyè a di ankò: -Lè sa a, m'ap Bondye tout branch fanmi pèp Izrayèl la. Yo tout y'ap vin pèp pa mwen.
2 The LORD says, “The people who survive the sword found favour in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.”
Nan dezè a mwen te aji ak bon kè ak moun ki te chape anba lanmò nan lagè. Moun Izrayèl yo pral resi viv ak kè poze.
3 The LORD appeared of old to me, saying, “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love. Therefore I have drawn you with loving kindness.
Byen lwen, Seyè a te fè m' wè li. Li t'ap di: Nou menm moun pèp Izrayèl, mwen p'ap janm sispann renmen nou. Se poutèt sa m'ap toujou aji byen ak nou.
4 I will build you again, and you will be built, O virgin of Israel. You will again be adorned with your tambourines, and will go out in the dances of those who make merry.
Bèl pèp Izrayèl mwen sa a, m'ap rebati peyi nou an. Peyi nou an va kanpe ankò. Nou pral dekwoke tanbouren nou yo ankò. Nou pral danse ak kè kontan.
5 Again you will plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria. The planters will plant, and will enjoy its fruit.
Nou pral plante rezen sou tout mòn Samari yo. Moun ki va plante se yo ki va rekòlte.
6 For there will be a day that the watchmen on the hills of Ephraim cry, ‘Arise! Let’s go up to Zion to the LORD our God.’”
Wi, lè sa a moun k'ap veye yo va rete sou mòn Efrayim yo, y'a rele byen fò: Annou wè! Ann moute mòn Siyon, bò kot Seyè a, Bondye nou an.
7 For the LORD says, “Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout for the chief of the nations. Publish, praise, and say, ‘LORD, save your people, the remnant of Israel!’
Seyè a di ankò: -Chante ak kè kontan pou pèp Izrayèl la! Pi gwo nasyon pase l' nanpwen. Fè yo tande jan n'ap chante pou Bondye. Seyè a delivre pèp li a. Li delivre sa ki te rete nan pèp Izrayèl la.
8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, along with the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her who travails with child together. They will return as a great company.
Wi, se mwen menm, Seyè a, k'ap mennen yo sot nan nò. M'ap ranmase yo nan dènye bout latè. Sa ki avèg, sa k'ap bwete, fanm ki ansent, fanm ki gen tranche, yo tout ap vin ansanm. Se yon foul moun k'ap tounen.
9 They will come with weeping. I will lead them with petitions. I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they won’t stumble; for I am a father to Israel. Ephraim is my firstborn.
Sou tout wout la y'ap lapriyè, y'ap kriye de ran dlo, antan m'ap mennen yo tounen. M'ap fè yo pran yon wout plat kote yo p'ap bite, jouk yo rive bò sous dlo yo. Mwen tankou yon papa pou pèp Izrayèl la. Efrayim se premye pitit gason m'.
10 “Hear the LORD’s word, you nations, and declare it in the distant islands. Say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.’
Seyè a di ankò: -Nou menm lòt nasyon yo, koute sa m'ap di: Mache fè konnen l' nan tout zile ki byen lwen yo. Di yo: Seyè a te gaye tout pèp Izrayèl la. Se li menm ki pral sanble yo ankò. Mwen pral okipe yo, tankou gadò k'ap okipe mouton l'.
11 For the LORD has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.
Mwen libere moun fanmi Jakòb yo. Mwen delivre yo anba men yon nasyon ki te pi fò pase yo.
12 They will come and sing in the height of Zion, and will flow to the goodness of the LORD, to the grain, to the new wine, to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd. Their soul will be as a watered garden. They will not sorrow any more at all.
Y'ap vini sou mòn Siyon an, y'ap chante tèlman y'ap kontan. Y'a kontan anpil pou tou sa Seyè a pral ba yo. L'ap ba yo ble, diven, lwil fre, mouton, kabrit, bèf. Y'ap tankou yon jaden byen wouze. Y'ap gen tou sa yo bezwen.
13 Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance, the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
Jennfi yo va danse tèlman y'a kontan. Jennjan ansanm ak granmoun gason yo va kontan tou. M'ap wete lapenn nan kè yo, m'ap fè yo kontan. M'ap fè yo pran kouraj. Nan mitan chagren yo, m'ap fè yo kontan.
14 I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people will be satisfied with my goodness,” says the LORD.
M'ap fè prèt yo manje vyann gra kont kò yo. Pèp mwen an va jwenn tou sa yo bezwen nan tout bon bagay m'a ba yo. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
15 The LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children. She refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.”
Men sa Seyè a di ankò: -Yo tande yon sèl rèl nan Rama. Yo tande kriye ak gwo anmwe. Se Rachèl k'ap kriye pou pitit li yo. Li pa vle kite pesonn konsole l' paske pitit li yo mouri.
16 The LORD says: “Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded,” says the LORD. “They will come again from the land of the enemy.
Men sa Seyè a di ankò: -Sispann rèl ou yo, Rachèl. Siye dlo nan je ou. Sa ou te fè pou pitit ou yo p'ap pèdi. Y'ap tounen soti nan peyi lènmi yo.
17 There is hope for your latter end,” says the LORD. “Your children will come again to their own territory.
Gen bèl espwa pou ou denmen. Pitit ou yo pral tounen nan peyi yo. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
18 “I have surely heard Ephraim grieving thus, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untrained calf. Turn me, and I will be turned, for you are the LORD my God.
Mwen tande moun Izrayèl yo ap plenn. Y'ap di konsa: -Seyè, nou te tankou yon ti towo mawon. Men, ou donte nou, ou moutre nou jan pou nou obeyi ou. Fè nou tounen vin jwenn ou, paske ou se Seyè a, Bondye nou an.
19 Surely after that I was turned. I repented. After that I was instructed. I struck my thigh. I was ashamed, yes, even confounded, because I bore the reproach of my youth.’
Nou te vire do ba ou, men, koulye a nou vle tounen vin jwenn ou. Sa te fè nou lapenn, nou rekonèt sa nou te fè a mal. Nou te wont, nou te bese tèt nou atè, paske nou te peche nan tan jennès nou.
20 Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I still earnestly remember him. Therefore my heart yearns for him. I will surely have mercy on him,” says the LORD.
Izrayèl, nou se pitit gason mwen pi renmen an, pitit mwen pi pito a. Chak fwa non nou vin nan bouch mwen pou m' pini nou, mwen chonje jan mwen renmen nou. Se poutèt sa mwen fèb pou nou, m'a gen pitye pou nou. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
21 “Set up road signs. Make guideposts. Set your heart towards the highway, even the way by which you went. Turn again, virgin of Israel. Turn again to these your cities.
Mete mak sou tout wout la, plante jalon sou tout chemen an. Jwenn chemen ou te pran lè ou taprale a. Tounen non, nou menm moun pèp Izrayèl yo, tounen lakay nou nan lavil ki pou nou yo.
22 How long will you go here and there, you backsliding daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the earth: a woman will encompass a man.”
Kilè n'a sispann drive deyò, bann wòklò! Mwen fè yon bagay tou nèf nan peyi a: Koulye a se fanm k'ap liyen gason.
23 The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Yet again they will use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I reverse their captivity: ‘The LORD bless you, habitation of righteousness, mountain of holiness.’
Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, di ankò: -Lè m'a fè pèp mwen an tounen lakay li, men sa yo pral mache di ankò nan tout peyi Jida ak nan tout lavil li yo: Se pou Seyè a beni mòn ki apa pou li a, mòn kote Bondye k'ap delivre a rete a.
24 Judah and all its cities will dwell therein together, the farmers, and those who go about with flocks.
Se sou mòn sa a moun peyi Jida yo ansanm ak moun tout lavil yo pral rete. Se la moun k'ap travay latè yo ansanm ak moun k'ap gade mouton yo pral rete tou.
25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.”
Mwen pral bay tout moun ki bouke yo kouraj. Mwen pral plen vant tout moun k'ap mouri grangou yo.
26 On this I awakened, and saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.
Lè sa a, pèp la va di: M' al dòmi. Lè m' leve, mwen wè dòmi an te bon pou mwen.
27 “Behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and with the seed of animal.
Talè konsa mwen pral simen moun ak bèt nan tout peyi Izrayèl la ak nan tout peyi Jida a. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
28 It will happen that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” says the LORD.
Menm jan mwen te pran san m' pou m' te derasinen yo, lage yo atè, demoli yo, detwi yo, fè malè sou yo, se konsa tou mwen pral pran san m' pou m' rebati yo, pou m' replante yo. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
29 “In those days they will say no more, “‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’
Lè sa a, pesonn p'ap di ankò: Papa ak manman te manje rezen vèt, se dan timoun yo ki gasi.
30 But everyone will die for his own iniquity. Every man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth will be set on edge.
Moun ki manje rezen vèt la, se li menm ki va gen dan gasi. Chak moun va mouri pou sa li fè ki mal.
31 “Behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah,
Seyè a di ankò: Lè a pral rive, mwen pral pase yon lòt kontra avèk moun peyi Izrayèl yo ansanm ak moun peyi Jida yo.
32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, which covenant of mine they broke, although I was a husband to them,” says the LORD.
Se p'ap tankou kontra mwen te pase avèk zansèt yo a lè m' te pran men yo pou m' te fè yo soti kite peyi Lejip. Atout se mwen ki te mèt yo, yo pa t' kenbe kontra mwen an. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa!
33 “But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says the LORD: “I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart. I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Men kontra mwen pral pase ak pèp Izrayèl la. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa. Lè sa a, m'ap mete prensip mwen yo anndan kè yo, m'ap make lòd mwen yo nan lespri yo. M'a tounen Bondye pou yo, y'a tounen yon pèp pou mwen.
34 They will no longer each teach his neighbour, and every man teach his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD;’ for they will all know me, from their least to their greatest,” says the LORD, “for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
Pesonn p'ap bezwen moutre lòt moun nan peyi a kouman pou yo chache konnen Seyè a, paske yo tout ap konnen m', depi sa ki pi piti a jouk sa ki pi gran an. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa. M'a padonnen sa yo fè ki mal, mwen p'ap chonje peche yo ankò. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
35 The LORD, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar— the LORD of Armies is his name, says:
Seyè a mete solèy la pou l' klere lajounen. Li bay lalin ak zetwal yo lòd pou yo klere lannwit. Li eksite lanmè a, li fè l' move. Se li menm ki Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a: Se konsa yo rele l'.
36 “If these ordinances depart from before me,” says the LORD, “then the offspring of Israel also will cease from being a nation before me forever.”
Toutotan prensip sa yo va kenbe, se toutotan pèp Izrayèl la va yon nasyon devan mwen. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
37 The LORD says: “If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then I will also cast off all the offspring of Israel for all that they have done,” says the LORD.
Si yon jou yo ka rive mezire wotè syèl la, si yo ka rive konnen fondasyon latè a, konsa tou, yon jou mwen ka rive voye tout pèp Izrayèl la jete poutèt tou sa yo fè ki mal. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
38 “Behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that the city will be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananel to the gate of the corner.
Men sa Seyè a di ankò: -Pa rete lontan ankò, yo pral rebati tout lavil Jerizalèm pou Seyè a, depi gwo fò Ananyèl la jouk Pòtay Kwen an.
39 The measuring line will go out further straight onward to the hill Gareb, and will turn towards Goah.
Limit lavil la va konmanse la, l'a pran direksyon ti mòn Garèb la sou bò lwès, l'a vire bò Goa.
40 The whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate towards the east, will be holy to the LORD. It will not be plucked up or thrown down any more forever.”
Y'a pran tout fon ki sèvi pou antere kadav ak pou boule fatra a, tout tè ki soti depi bò ravin Sedwon an rive nan kwen Pòtay Chwal yo sou bò lès, y'a mete yo apa pou mwen. Yo p'ap janm kraze, ni yo p'ap janm demoli yo ankò.
