Jeremi 12
1 Ou menm Seyè, ou pa nan patipri. Mwen pa ka nan plede avè ou. Men, mwen ta renmen mande ou yon bagay sou sa w'ap fè a. Poukisa zafè mechan yo mache byen konsa? Poukisa tout moun malonèt yo alèz konsa?
Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
2 Ou plante yo, yo pran rasin. Yo grandi, yo donnen. Non ou toujou nan bouch yo! Men, nan kè yo, yo pa sou bò ou.
You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.
3 Men, ou menm Seyè, ou konn ki moun mwen ye, ou wè sa m'ap fè, ou wè jan m' renmen ou. Pote mechan yo ale tankou mouton y'ap mennen labatwa! Kenbe yo la jouk lè a va rive pou yo touye yo!
But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage.
4 Kilè n'a sispann wè tè a sèk? Kilè n'a sispann wè zèb nan jaden yo ap fennen? Zannimo yo ap mouri, zwezo yo ap depafini. Tou sa, akòz mechanste pèp la k'ap plede di Bondye pa wè sa n'ap fè.
How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”
5 Seyè a di: -Jeremi, si ou pèdi souf lè w'ap kouri ak moun, ki jan ou ka fè kouri ak chwal? Si kè ou pa poze lè tout bagay ap mache byen, si se lè peyi a pa an danje, ou gen kè poze, kisa w'a fè lè larivyè Jouden ap desann?
“If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?
6 Ata frè ou yo, pwòp fanmi ou yo, ap trayi ou. Yo mete tèt yo ansanm ak lòt moun sou do ou. Pa fè yo konfyans, menm lè ou wè yo ap pale byen avè ou.
Even your brothers— your own father’s household— even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.
7 Seyè a di ankò: -Mwen lage pèp Izrayèl la, mwen voye pèp mwen te chwazi a jete, mwen lage pèp mwen te renmen anpil la nan men lènmi yo.
I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the love of My life into the hands of her enemies.
8 Pèp ki te rele m' pa m' lan vire do ban mwen. Tankou yon lyon nan gwo rakbwa, y'ap gwonde sou mwen. Se poutèt sa mwen pa vle wè yo ankò!
My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her.
9 Pèp ki te rele m' pa m' lan tankou yon zwazo tout koulè, malfini sènen l' toupatou. Ale non! Sanble tout bèt nan bwa. Fè yo vini pran pa yo nan manje a!
Is not My inheritance to Me like a speckled bird of prey with other birds of prey circling against her? Go, gather all the beasts of the field; bring them to devour her.
10 Yon bann chèf lòt nasyon ap sakaje jaden rezen mwen an. Yo kraze jaden m' lan anba pye yo. Yo fè bèl peyi mwen an tounen yon dezè kote moun pa rete.
Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.
11 Yo fè l' tounen yon savann. Men, li la devan je m'. Li fini, san anyen ladan l'. Tout peyi a tounen yon dezè, san pesonn pa di anyen.
They have made it a desolation; desolate before Me, it mourns. All the land is laid waste, but no man takes it to heart.
12 Moun soti lòt bò mòn ki nan dezè a vin piye. Paske Seyè a voye lagè pou detwi tout peyi a nèt. Pesonn pa ka viv ak kè poze.
Over all the barren heights in the wilderness the destroyers have come, for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the earth to the other. No flesh has peace.
13 Yo plante ble, yo rekòlte pikan. Yo travay di, sa pa rapòte yo anyen. Yo wont, rekòt la pa bay anyen paske Seyè a move anpil.
They have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves to no avail. Bear the shame of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”
14 Seyè a di ankò: -Men sa Seyè a di sou move vwazen pèp li a ki leve men yo sou peyi li te bay pèp Izrayèl la pou rele l' pa l' la: Mwen pral rache yo soti nan peyi yo a, tankou pyebwa y'ap derasinen. M'a wete moun peyi Jida yo nan mitan yo.
This is what the LORD says: “As for all My evil neighbors who attack the inheritance that I bequeathed to My people Israel, I am about to uproot them from their land, and I will uproot the house of Judah from among them.
15 Men, lè m'a fin rache yo, m'a gen pitye pou yo. M'a fè yo tounen lakay yo, nan peyi yo.
But after I have uprooted them, I will once again have compassion on them and return each one to his inheritance and to his land.
16 Si lè sa a yo aprann viv byen tankou pèp mwen, si yo pran non m' pou fè sèman sa a: Nan non Seyè ki vivan an!, menm jan yo te moutre pèp mwen an pou li fè sèman nan non Baal, enben, lè sa a yo menm tou, y'a fè pati pèp mwen an, epi zafè yo va mache byen.
And if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and swear by My name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives’—just as they once taught My people to swear by Baal—then they will be established among My people.
17 Men, si yon nasyon pa koute m', m'ap rache l', m'ap derasinen l', m'ap detwi li nèt. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
But if they will not obey, then I will uproot that nation; I will uproot it and destroy it, declares the LORD.”
