Jeremiah 6
1 “Flee for safety, you children of Benjamin, out of the middle of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa and raise up a signal on Beth Haccherem, for evil looks out from the north with a great destruction.
“Pran flit pou sove, O fis a Benjamin yo! Sòti nan mitan Jérusalem! Soufle yon twonpèt Tekoa e leve sinyal la sou Beth-Hakkérem, paske malè ap veye nou soti nan nò, yon gwo destriksyon.
2 I will cut off the beautiful and delicate one, the daughter of Zion.
Sila ki bèl e delika a, fi a Sion an, Mwen va koupe retire l nèt.
3 Shepherds with their flocks will come to her. They will pitch their tents against her all around. They will feed everyone in his place.”
Bèje yo ak bann mouton pa yo va vin kote li. Yo va monte tant yo antoure li, e yo chak va fè pak bèt yo nan plas yo.
4 “Prepare war against her! Arise! Let’s go up at noon. Woe to us! For the day declines, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
“Prepare lagè kont li! Leve! Annou atake a midi. Malè a nou menm, paske joune a ap vin bese, paske lonbraj lannwit yo ap vin pi long!
5 Arise! Let’s go up by night, and let’s destroy her palaces.”
Leve e annou atake pandan nwit lan pou detwi palè li yo!”
6 For the LORD of Armies said, “Cut down trees, and cast up a mound against Jerusalem. This is the city to be visited. She is filled with oppression within herself.
Paske konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo; “Koupe pyebwa li yo, e fè monte yon ran syèj kont Jérusalem. Se vil ki dwe pini an, vil ki plen opresyon an.
7 As a well produces its waters, so she produces her wickedness. Violence and destruction is heard in her. Sickness and wounds are continually before me.
Kon yon pwi kenbe dlo li fre, se konsa li rafrechi mechanste li. Vyolans ak destriksyon vin tande nan li. Maladi ak blesi devan M tout tan.
8 Be instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from you, lest I make you a desolation, an uninhabited land.”
Se pou ou vin avèti, O Jérusalem, pou M pa vin about ak ou, pou vin fè ou dezole, yon peyi ki san moun.”
9 The LORD of Armies says, “They will thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel like a vine. Turn again your hand as a grape gatherer into the baskets.”
Konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo: “Yo va fè yon rekòlt nèt, tankou chan rezen retay Israël la. Repase men ou ankò sou branch yo konsi se dènye ranmase rezen yo.”
10 To whom should I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they can’t listen. Behold, the LORD’s word has become a reproach to them. They have no delight in it.
Se a kilès pou m ta pale e bay avètisman pou yo ka tande? Gade byen, zòrèy yo bouche e yo p ap ka koute. Gade byen, pawòl SENYÈ a vin sèvi kon repwòch pou yo. Yo pa twouve okenn plezi ladann.
11 Therefore I am full of the LORD’s wrath. I am weary with holding it in. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the assembly of young men together; for even the husband with the wife will be taken, the aged with him who is full of days.
Men mwen plen ak kòlè SENYÈ a. Mwen vin bouke ak kenbe l anndan. “Vide li sou timoun lari yo ak sou jenn gason k ap rasanble; paske ni mari, ni madanm, yo va vin pran, menm sa ki nan laj ak granmoun.
12 Their houses will be turned to others, their fields and their wives together; for I will stretch out my hand on the inhabitants of the land, says the LORD.”
Lakay pa yo va bay a lòt moun, chan yo ak madanm yo ansanm; paske M ap lonje men M kont tout sila ki rete nan peyi yo,” deklare SENYÈ a.
13 “For from their least even to their greatest, everyone is given to covetousness. From the prophet even to the priest, everyone deals falsely.
Paske soti nan pi piti pami yo jis rive nan pi gran yo; yo tout se voras dèyè richès. Soti nan pwofèt la, jis rive nan prèt la. Tout se malonèt.
14 They have healed also the hurt of my people superficially, saying, ‘Peace, peace!’ when there is no peace.
Yo te geri gwo blese pèp Mwen an ak pansman lejè. Y ap di: “Lapè, lapè”, men nanpwen lapè.
15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush. Therefore they will fall amongst those who fall. When I visit them, they will be cast down,” says the LORD.
Èske yo te vin wont akoz bagay abominab yo te fè? Yo pa t wont menm. Yo pa t menm konnen kijan pou yo ta vin wont. Akoz sa, yo va tonbe pami sila ki tonbe yo. Nan lè ke Mwen fè vizit ak yo, yo va vin jete anba”, di SENYÈ a.
16 The LORD says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
Konsa pale SENYÈ a: “Kanpe akote chemen yo e gade. Mande pou ansyen wout yo, ‘Kote bon chemen an ye?’ Mache ladann l. Konsa, nou va jwenn repo pou nanm nou.” Men yo te di: ‘Nou p ap mache ladann’.
17 I set watchmen over you, saying, ‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’ But they said, ‘We will not listen!’
Mwen te mete gadyen yo sou nou. Mwen te di: ‘Koute son a twonpèt la!’ Men yo te di: ‘Nou p ap koute.’
18 Therefore hear, you nations, and know, congregation, what is amongst them.
Pou sa, tande, O nasyon yo e konnen, O asanble a, sa ki pami yo.
19 Hear, earth! Behold, I will bring evil on this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not listened to my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.
Koute, O latè! Gade byen, Mwen ap mennen gwo dega sou pèp sa a; menm fwi a panse pa yo, akoz yo pa t koute pawòl Mwen yo, e selon lalwa Mwen an, yo te rejte li.
20 To what purpose does frankincense from Sheba come to me, and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, and your sacrifices are not pleasing to me.”
Paske kisa sa sèvi, lansan an ki rive kote Mwen sòti Séba, ak kann dous soti nan yon peyi lwen? Ofrann brile nou yo pa fè M plezi.”
21 Therefore The LORD says, “Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people. The fathers and the sons together will stumble against them. The neighbour and his friend will perish.”
Pou sa, pale SENYÈ a: “Gade byen, Mwen ap poze blòk k ap fè pèp sa a bite. Yo va bite kont yo. Papa yo ak fis yo va bite ansanm. Vwazen ak zanmi li va peri.”
22 The LORD says, “Behold, a people comes from the north country. A great nation will be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
Konsa pale SENYÈ a: “Gade byen, yon pèp ap sòti nan peyi nò, yon gwo nasyon va leve soti nan ekstremite latè byen lwen.
23 They take hold of bow and spear. They are cruel, and have no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Zion.”
Yo kenbe rèd ak banza ak lans. Yo mechan anpil e yo pa gen mizerikòd menm. Vwa pa yo fè raj tankou lanmè, e yo monte sou cheval yo, byen alinyen kon yon sèl moun pou batay kont ou, O fi Sion nan!”
24 We have heard its report. Our hands become feeble. Anguish has taken hold of us, and pains as of a woman in labour.
Nou konn tande rapò sa a. Men nou yo vin lage nèt. Gwo doulè fin sezi nou tankou doulè a yon fanm k ap akouche.
25 Don’t go out into the field or walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and terror are on every side.
Pa antre nan chan an, ni pa mache sou wout la, paske nepe lènmi a ak gwo laperèz sou tout kote.
26 Daughter of my people, clothe yourself with sackcloth, and wallow in ashes! Mourn, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation, for the destroyer will suddenly come on us.
O fi a pèp mwen an, mete twal sak! Woule nan sann! Kriye fò konsi se pou sèl fis ke ou te fè a! Fè yon lamantasyon ki anmè pase tout lòt yo. Paske sibitman destriktè a va parèt sou nou.
27 “I have made you a tester of metals and a fortress amongst my people, that you may know and try their way.
“Mwen te fè ou eseyis la pou sonde metal pami pèp Mwen an, pou ou ka sonde e konnen chemen yo.
28 They are all grievous rebels, going around to slander. They are bronze and iron. All of them deal corruptly.
Yo tout fè rebèl ak tèt di. Y ap mache toupotou bay move rapò a lòt. Se bwonz ak fè yo ye; yo tout konwonpi.
29 The bellows blow fiercely. The lead is consumed in the fire. In vain they go on refining, for the wicked are not plucked away.
Ponp fòj la soufle fò. Plon an manje nèt nan dife a. Anven, yo rafine toujou, men mechan yo pa janm vin separe.
30 Men will call them rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”
Moun va rele yo ajan rejte, akoz SENYÈ a te rejte yo.”
