Jeremi 16
1 Seyè a pale avè m' ankò, li di m' konsa:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 -Pinga ou marye pou ou pa gen ni pitit gason ni pitit fi yon kote konsa.
“You shall not take a wife, and there shall be no sons or daughters for you in this place.
3 Paske se mwen menm Seyè a k'ap di ou sa ki pral rive pitit gason ak pitit fi ki fèt isit la, sa ki pral rive manman ak papa k'ap fè pitit nan peyi a.
For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters who are conceived in this place, and concerning their mothers who give birth to them, and concerning their fathers, from whose stock they have been born in this land:
4 Move maladi pral touye yo. P'ap gen moun ni pou kriye pou yo ni pou antere yo. Kadav yo va tounen fimye atè a. Y'ap mouri nan lagè, y'ap mouri grangou. Kadav yo ap sèvi manje pou zwezo nan syèl ak bèt nan bwa.
They will die from grievous mortal illnesses. They will not be mourned, and they will not be buried. They will be like manure on the face of the earth. And they will be consumed by sword and by famine. And their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the land.”
5 Wi, men sa Seyè a di ankò: -Pa antre nan kay kote ki gen lanmò. Pa kriye pou pesonn! Pa moutre moun sa yo ou nan lapenn pou yo, paske mwen p'ap kite yo ak kè poze ankò. Se mwen Seyè a ki di sa. Mwen p'ap gen pitye pou yo ankò. Mwen p'ap fè byen pou yo ankò.
For thus says the Lord: “You shall not enter the house of feasting, and you shall not go to mourn or to console them. For I have taken away from this people, says the Lord, my peace, my mercy, and my pity.
6 Tout moun nan peyi a pral mouri, rich kou pòv. Yo p'ap antere yo. Pesonn p'ap kriye pou yo. Pesonn p'ap ni make kò yo ak kouto, ni koupe cheve nan tèt yo, pou moutre yo nan lapenn pou yo.
Both the great and the small will die in this land. They will not be buried, and they will not be mourned. And no one will cut themselves or make themselves bald on their behalf.
7 Pesonn p'ap manje pen ak diven avèk moun ki nan lapenn, avèk moun ki gen lanmò nan fanmi yo. Pesonn p'ap moutre yo nan lapenn ak moun ki pèdi papa yo osinon manman yo.
And they will not break bread among themselves for the sake of him who mourns, so as to console him over the dead. And they will not give them a chalice to drink, so as to console them over their father and mother.
8 Pa antre nan kay kote y'ap fè fèt non plis. Pa chita sou tab pou manje bwè ak yo.
And so, you shall not enter the house of feasting, so as to sit with them, and to eat and drink.”
9 Paske men sa mwen menm, Seyè a ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, mwen di: Nou tout k'ap viv isit la, m'ap fè nou wè m'ap fè tout moun sispann fè kè yo kontan, sispann fè fèt lè y'ap marye.
For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will take away from this place, in your sight and in your days, the voice of gladness and the voice of rejoicing, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride.
10 Lè w'a di yo tou sa, y'a mande ou: Men, poukisa Seyè a pran desizyon pou li voye gwo malè sa a sou nou? Kisa nou fè ki mal? Ki krim nou fè ki pa fè Seyè a, Bondye nou an, plezi?
And when you announce all these words to this people, they will say to you: ‘Why would the Lord pronounce all this great evil against us? What is our iniquity and what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?’
11 Lè sa a, w'a reponn yo: -Men sa Seyè a di: Se paske zansèt nou yo te vire do ban mwen, y' al dèyè lòt Bondye. Yo fè sèvis pou yo, yo adore yo, yo vire do ban mwen. Yo pa kenbe lòd mwen te ba yo.
And you shall say to them: It is because your fathers abandoned me, says the Lord. And they went after strange gods, and they served them and adored them. And they abandoned me, and they did not keep my law.
12 Lèfini, nou menm nou fè pi mal pase yo. Nou tout ap fè tèt di, n'ap swiv tout vye lide ki pase nan tèt nou, nou pa vle koute m'.
But you have acted even worse than your fathers. For behold, each one walks after the depravity of his own evil heart, so that he does not listen to me.
13 Se konsa, m'ap mete nou deyò nan peyi sa a, m'ap voye nou nan yon peyi ni nou menm ni zansèt nou yo pa t' janm konnen. Se la nou pral sèvi lòt bondye lajounen kou lannwit. Mwen p'ap fè pa nou ankò.
And so, I will cast you out of this land, into a land that you do not know, and that your fathers did not know. And in that place, you will serve, day and night, strange gods who will not give you rest.
14 Se konsa, men sa Seyè a di: -Yon jou va rive lè moun pèp Izrayèl yo p'ap di lè y'ap fè sèman: Se nan non Seyè a ki vivan, li menm ki te fè nou soti kite peyi Lejip.
Therefore, behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when it will no longer be said, ‘As the Lord lives, who led the sons of Israel away from the land of Egypt,’
15 Lè sa a, y'a di pito: Se nan non Seyè a ki vivan, li menm ki fè pèp Izrayèl la soti kite peyi nan nò a ak tout lòt peyi kote li te gaye yo. Wi, m'ap mennen yo tounen nan peyi mwen te bay zansèt yo a.
but instead, ‘As the Lord lives, who led the sons of Israel away from the land of the north,’ and from all the lands to which I have cast them out. And I will lead them back into their own land, which I gave to their fathers.
16 Seyè a di ankò: -Mwen voye chache anpil moun ki konn fè lapèch pou vin pran yo. Apre sa, m'ap voye chache kantite moun ki konn fè lachas pou kouri dèyè yo sou tout mòn, sou tout ti mòn, jouk nan twou wòch.
Behold, I will send many fishermen, says the Lord, and they will fish for them. And after this, I will send many hunters to them, and they will hunt for them on every mountain, and on every hilltop, and in the caverns of the rocks.
17 Je m' louvri sou tou sa y'ap fè. Anyen pa kache pou mwen. Yo mèt kache kò yo jan yo vle, mwen wè tou sa yo fè ki mal.
For my eyes are upon all their ways. They have not been hidden from my face, and their iniquity has not been concealed from my eyes.
18 Pou konmanse, m'ap fè yo peye doub pou tout peche yo, pou tou sa yo fè ki mal, paske yo derespekte tout peyi m' lan ak vye zidòl yo ki tankou kadav santi. Yo plen peyi a ak fo bondye.
But first, I will repay their double iniquities and their sins. For they have defiled my land with the dead bodies of their idols, and they have filled my inheritance with their abominations.”
19 Seyè, ou menm ki tout pwoteksyon mwen, ou menm ki ban m' tout fòs mwen, se bò kote ou mwen kouri lè mwen nan pwoblèm. Moun lòt nasyon yo va soti byen lwen, nan dènye bout latè pou yo vin nan pye ou. Y'a di: -Sa zansèt nou yo te mouri kite pou nou yo pa bondye tout bon. Se yon bann zidòl ki pa vo anyen.
“O Lord, my strength, and my health, and my refuge in the day of tribulation: the Gentiles will approach you from the ends of the earth, and they will say: ‘Truly, our fathers possessed a lie, an emptiness that has not benefited them.’
20 Eske moun ka fè bondye pa yo? Zidòl sa yo pa bondye tout bon.
How can man make gods for himself, though these are not gods?”
21 Se konsa, fwa sa a, mwen pral fè yo konprann. Fwa sa a, mwen pral fè yo konnen fòs ponyèt mwen. Lè sa a, y'a konnen se mwen menm ki Bondye sèl Mèt la.
“Concerning this, behold: I will make it clear to them, in this turn. I will reveal to them my hand and my virtue. And they will know that the Lord is my name.”
