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?
Thou indeed, O Lord, art just, if I plead with thee, but yet I will speak what is just to thee: Why doth the way of the wicked prosper: why is it well with all them that transgress, and do wickedly?
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.
Thou hast planted them, and they have taken root: they prosper and bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.
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!
And thou, O Lord, hast known me, thou hast seen me, and proved my heart with thee: gather them together as sheep for a sacrifice, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
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 shall the land mourn, and the herb of every field wither for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? The beasts and the birds are consumed: because they have said: He shall not see our last end.
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 thou hast wearied with running with footmen, how canst thou contend with horses? and if thou hast been secure in a land of peace, what wilt thou do in the swelling 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.
For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have fought against thee, and have cried after thee with full voice: believe them not when they speak good things to thee.
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 left my inheritance: I have given my dear soul into the land 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 is become to me as a lion in the wood: is hath cried out against me, therefore have I hated it.
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 my inheritance to me as a speckled bird? Is it as a bird died throughout? come ye, assemble yourselves, all the beasts of the earth, make haste to devour.
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 pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot: they have changed my delightful portion into a desolate wilderness.
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 laid it waste, and it hath mourned for me. With desolation is all the land made desolate; because there is none that considereth in the 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.
The spoilers are come upon all the ways of the wilderness, for the sword of the Lord shall devour from one end of the land to the other end thereof: there is no peace for all flesh.
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, and reaped thorns: they have received an inheritance, and it shall not profit them: you shall be ashamed of your fruits, because of the fierce wrath 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.
Thus saith the Lord against all my wicked neighbors, that touch the inheritance that I have shared out to my people Israel: Behold I will pluck them out of their land, and I will pluck the house of Juda out of the midst of 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.
And when I shall have plucked them out, I will return, and have mercy on them: and I will bring them back, every man to his inheritance, and every man 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 it shall come to pass, if they will be taught, and will learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name: The Lord liveth, as they have taught my people to swear by baal: that they shall be built up in the midst of 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 hear, I will utterly pluck out and destroy that nation, saith the Lord.
