Jeremi 14
1 Seyè a pale ak Jeremi sou zafè chechrès la, li di l':
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.
2 -Peyi Jida nan gwo lapenn, lavil li yo ap depafini. Tout moun kouche atè ap plenn. Nan lavil Jerizalèm moun ap rele anmwe!
Judah mourns, and the gates thereof languish; they are black to the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
3 Grannèg yo voye domestik yo al chache dlo. Lè yo rive nan sitèn yo, yo pa jwenn yon gout dlo. Yo tounen ak veso yo vid. Yo wont, yo pa konn sa pou yo di. Yo bouche figi yo.
And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
4 Tè a fann fann. Pa gen yon gout lapli. Abitan pa konn sa pou yo fè. Se men nan tèt.
Because the ground is beat down, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
5 Nan jaden, kabrit yo met ba, lèfini, yo sove kite ti kabrit yo, paske pa gen zèb pou yo manje.
Yes, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
6 Bourik mawon yo rete kanpe sou tèt ti mòn yo, y'ap pran fre tankou chen mawon. Je yo bouke, yo pa wè ladan yo, paske pa gen zèb pou yo manje.
And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.
7 Pèp la ap rele nan pye Bondye, y'ap di: -Menm si sa nou fè a kont pou kondannen nou, ou menm, Seyè, fè kichòy pou sa ka sèvi yon lwanj pou ou non! Paske se pa ni de ni twa fwa nou vire do ba ou nan fè peche kont ou.
O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do you it for your name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you.
8 Ou se tout espwa pèp Izrayèl la! Se ou ki delivre nou lè malè te pandye sou tèt nou. Poukisa ou aji tankou yon etranje, tankou yon vwayajè k'ap pase yon nwit ase nan peyi nou an?
O the hope of Israel, the savior thereof in time of trouble, why should you be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turns aside to tarry for a night?
9 Poukisa w'ap fè tankou yon moun ki dekontwole, tankou yon sòlda ki pa gen kouraj pou fè anyen pou pesonn? Seyè, nou sèten ou la nan mitan nou. Se pèp ou nou ye. Tanpri, pa lage nou!
Why should you be as a man astonished, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet you, O LORD, are in the middle of us, and we are called by your name; leave us not.
10 Men sa Seyè a di pèp la: -Wi! Yo renmen al fè vakabon, yo pa ka ret an plas. M' pa kontan ak yo. M'ap chonje tout mal yo fè, m'ap pini yo pou tout peche yo fè.
Thus says the LORD to this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD does not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
11 Apre sa, Seyè a di m' konsa: -Pa vin mande m' pou m' fè anyen pou pèp sa a.
Then said the LORD to me, Pray not for this people for their good.
12 Yo te mèt fè jèn, mwen p'ap tande rèl yo. Yo te mèt ofri bèt pou boule pou mwen ansanm ak grenn jaden, se pa sa k'ap fè m' kontan ak yo. Okontrè, mwen pral fè yo mouri nan lagè, nan grangou ak anba maladi.
When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
13 Lè sa a mwen di: -Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a, ou konnen jan pwofèt yo ap plede di pèp la yo pa bezwen pè, p'ap gen lagè, grangou p'ap tonbe sou yo, paske ou te pwomèt y'ap toujou viv ak kè poze nan peyi a.
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say to them, You shall not see the sword, neither shall you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
14 Men, Seyè a reponn, li di m' konsa: -Se pa vre sa pwofèt yo ap di a. Yo pran non m' pou bay manti! Se pa kras mwen menm ki voye yo. Mwen pa ba yo ankenn lòd, mwen pa janm pale ak yo. Si yo fè vizyon, se pa mwen ki ba yo l'. Si yo di yo konnen sa ki pral rive, se manti. Se lide yo fè nan tèt yo konsa pou twonpe pèp la, se sa ase yo ka louvri bouch yo di.
Then the LORD said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spoke to them: they prophesy to you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nothing, and the deceit of their heart.
15 Se poutèt sa, men sa Seyè a di li pral fè pwofèt li pa t' janm voye yo men ki pran non l' pou di pèp la p'ap gen lagè ni grangou nan peyi a: Se nan lagè ak nan grangou tout pwofèt sa yo pral mouri!
Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
16 Moun yo t'ap bay mesaj sa yo pral fini menm jan an tou. Yo pral mouri nan lagè ak nan grangou, yo menm, madanm yo, pitit gason ak pitit fi yo. Yo pral jete kadav yo nan tout lari lavil Jerizalèm. P'ap gen pesonn pou antere yo. Se konsa m'ap fè yo peye mechanste yo.
And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness on them.
17 Men sa w'a di yo ankò: -Se pou je m' koule dlo san rete lajounen kou lannwit, paske pèp mwen an tankou yon tifi ki pran gwo frakti, l'ap soufri rèd soufri.
Therefore you shall say this word to them; Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
18 Lè m' soti al nan jaden, mwen wè kadav moun yo touye nan lagè. Lè m' antre nan lavil la, mwen wè moun ap mouri grangou! Pwofèt yo menm ansanm ak prèt yo ap mache nan tout peyi a, yo pa konn sa y'ap fè.
If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yes, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.
19 Seyè, gen lè ou voye pèp Jida a jete nèt? Eske ou rayi moun mòn Siyon yo? Poukisa ou frape nou konsa jouk nou pa ka geri a? Nou t'ap tann ou vin delivre nou, anyen pa rive. Nou t'ap tann ou vin geri nou, ou fè nou pè pi rèd.
Have you utterly rejected Judah? has your soul loathed Zion? why have you smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
20 Seyè, nou rekonèt nou antò. Nou rekonèt zansèt nou yo te fè sa ki mal. Wi, nou tout nou antò devan ou.
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against you.
21 Chonje ki moun ou ye, pa meprize nou! Jerizalèm, se la fotèy pouvwa ou la chita. Pa avili l'. Pa bliye pwomès ou yo. Pa kase kontra ou te fè ak nou an.
Do not abhor us, for your name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of your glory: remember, break not your covenant with us.
22 Zidòl moun lòt nasyon yo pa vo anyen. Pa gen yonn ladan yo ki ka voye lapli. Syèl la pou kont pa l' pa ka bay lapli. Se ou menm ki Seyè a, Bondye nou an! Se ou menm ki tout espwa nou, paske se ou menm ki fè tout bagay sa yo.
Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? are not you he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait on you: for you have made all these things.
