Jeremi 15
1 Lè sa a, Seyè a di m' konsa: -Menm si Moyiz ak Samyèl ta kanpe la pou plede avè m' pou yo, mwen pa t'ap gen pitye pou pèp sa a. Wete yo devan je m'. Fè yo ale.
And the Lord said unto me, If Moses and Samuel were to stand before me, my favor would [still] not be toward this people: send them away out of my sight, that they may go forth.
2 Lè y'a mande ou kote pou yo ale, w'a di yo: Men sa Seyè a di: Sa ki la pou mouri anba maladi pral mouri anba maladi! Sa ki la pou mouri nan lagè pral mouri nan lagè! Sa ki la pou mouri grangou pral mouri grangou! Sa ki la pou depòte, yo pral depòte yo!
And it shall come to pass, if they should say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth, that thou shalt say unto them, Thus hath said the Lord, Such as are destined to death, to death; and such as are destined to the sword, to the sword; and such as are destined to famine, to famine; and such as are destined to captivity, to captivity.
3 Mwen pral voye kat kalite malè sou yo. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa: Nepe pou touye yo, chen pou trennen yo pote ale, zwezo nan syèl pou devore yo, bèt nan bwa pou fini ak yo.
And I will appoint over them four species, saith the Lord: The sword to slay, and the dogs to drag away, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and to destroy.
4 M'ap fè tout nasyon sou latè sezi lè y'a wè sa ki rive yo poutèt sa Manase, pitit gason Ezekyas la, te fè nan lavil Jerizalèm lè li te wa nan peyi Jida a.
And I will cause them to become a horror unto all the kingdoms of the earth, on account of Menasseh the son of Hezekiah the king of Judah, because of what he did in Jerusalem.
5 Seyè a di: -Ki moun ki va gen pitye pou nou, nou menm moun lavil Jerizalèm? Ki moun ki va pran lapenn pou nou? Ki moun ki va kite sa y'ap fè pou vin pran nouvèl nou?
For who will have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who will condole with thee? or who will go aside to ask after thy welfare?
6 Se nou menm ki voye m' jete. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa. Se nou menm ki vire do ban mwen. Se konsa, mwen leve men m' sou nou pou m' detwi nou, paske mwen bouke pran pasyans ak nou.
Thou hast indeed forsaken me, saith the Lord, thou art gone backward; therefore do I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee: I am weary with repenting.
7 Nan tout ti bouk nan peyi a, mwen mete nou nan laye pou vannen nou tankou pay. Mwen detwi pèp mwen an, mwen kite yo san pitit. Men, yo pa kite move chemen yo t'ap swiv la.
And I winnow them with a fan in the gates of the land: I make childless, I annihilate my people, [since] from their ways they have not turned away.
8 Mwen fè gen plis madanm ki pèdi mari yo nan peyi a pase gen grenn sab bò lanmè. Mwen touye jenn gason nou yo ki te fèk parèt nan lavi a. Mwen mete manman yo nan lapenn. M' rete konsa m' ba yo kè sere ak kè sote.
Their widows are more numerous before me than the sand of the seas: I bring unto them, over the mothers of the young men, a waster at noonday; I cause to fall upon her suddenly the enemy with [his] terrors.
9 Manman ki pèdi sèt pitit la tonbe san konesans. Souf li kout. Gwo midi, solèy kouche pou li. Li wont, li pa konn sa pou l' fè ankò. M'ap lage sa ki vivan toujou nan nou yo nan men lènmi k'ap touye yo. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
She that had born seven children fadeth away; she breatheth out her soul, her sun is set while it is yet day; she is made ashamed and put to the blush: —and their residue will I give up to the sword before their enemies, saith the Lord.
10 Ala yon malè pou mwen! O manman mwen, poukisa ou te fè m'? Mwen nan kont, mwen nan pale anpil ak tout moun nan peyi a. Mwen pa prete moun lajan, mwen pa prete lajan nan men moun. Malgre sa, tout moun ap ban m' madichon.
Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast born me, a man of contention and a man of strife to the whole land! I have not lent, nor have men lent to me: [yet] every one of them curseth me.
11 Seyè, se pou tout madichon yo rive m' vre si mwen pa sèvi ou byen, si mwen pa t' plede avè ou pou tout lènmi m' yo, lè yo te nan malè, lè yo te nan tou sak pa bon.
The Lord said, Truly I will release thee for [thy] good; truly I will cause the enemy to meet thee in the time of distress and in the time of affliction.
12 Pesonn pa ka kraze bout fè k'ap soti nan nò a, fè ki melanje ak kwiv la.
Can iron break in pieces the northern iron and copper?
13 Seyè a di m' ankò: -M'ap pran tout richès ak tout trezò pèp mwen an, m'ap lage yo nan piyay. Se konsa yo pral peye pou tout peche yo te fè toupatou nan peyi a.
Thy wealth and thy treasures will I give up as spoil without price, and this for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.
14 M'ap fè nou tounen domestik lènmi nou yo nan yon peyi nou pa konnen, paske nou fè m' fè kolè. Tankou yon dife m'ap boule nou.
And I will cause them to pass over with thy enemies into a land which thou knowest not; for a fire is kindled in my anger, over you shall it burn.
15 Lè sa a mwen di: -Ou menm, Seyè, ou konn tout bagay. Pa bliye m' non! Vin pote m' sekou! Tire revanj pou mwen sou moun k'ap pèsekite m' yo! Pa al twò dousman ak yo pou yo pa gen tan touye m'. Chonje se poutèt ou y'ap joure m' konsa!
Thou well knowest it, O Lord! remember me and think of me, and avenge me on my persecutors; not according to thy long-suffering act thou for me: know, that for thy sake I have borne shame.
16 Lè ou pale avè m', mwen koute tou sa ou di m'. Pawòl ou yo, se tout plezi m'. Yo fè kè m' kontan, paske yo mete m' apa pou ou, Seyè, Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a.
When thy words were made manifest to me, then I greedily received them; and thy word became unto me the gladness and joy of my heart; for thy name is called upon me, O Lord of hosts.
17 Mwen pa pèdi tan m' chita ak moun k'ap bay blag pou m' pran plezi m' ak yo. Ou te pran m' anba ponyèt ou. M' mete kò m' sou kote, paske ou te fè m' fache menm jan avè ou!
I sat not in the assembly of the mirthful, and was rejoiced; because of thy inspiration I sat solitary; for thou hadst filled me with indignation.
18 Poukisa m'ap soufri san rete konsa? Poukisa kote m' blese a pa ka geri? M' pa ka jwenn renmèd pou li. Gen lè ou soti pou ou woule m'? Ou tankou yon sous ki bay dlo lè l' vle.
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable? it refuseth to be healed; it is truly become unto me as a deceptive spring, as waters that are not reliable.
19 Men sa Seyè a reponn mwen: -Si ou tounen vin jwenn mwen, m'ap resevwa ou, w'a kanpe devan m' ankò pou ou sèvi m'. Si ou sispann pale anlè pou se bon pawòl k'ap soti nan bouch ou ase, m'a fè ou pale pou mwen ankò. Lè sa a, se pèp la ki va tounen vin jwenn ou. Ou p'ap bezwen al dèyè yo.
Therefore thus hath said the Lord, If thou return, and I bring thee back again, then shalt thou stand before me; and if thou bring forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: these shall return unto thee; but thou shalt not return unto them.
20 M'ap fè ou kanpe devan moun sa yo tankou yon miray fèt an kwiv byen solid. Y'a goumen avè ou, men yo p'ap ka fè ou anyen. M'ap kanpe la avè ou pou m' pwoteje ou, pou m' delivre ou. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
And I will make thee unto this people as a fortified brazen wall; and they will fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
21 M'ap delivre ou anba men mechan yo, m'ap fè ou soti anba ponyèt lwijanboje yo.
And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the grasp of the tyrants.
