Jeremi 17
1 Seyè a di: -Yo ekri peche moun Jida yo ak yon sizo an fè. Li make nan kè nou ak yon pwent an dyaman. Li grave sou kat kwen lotèl nou yo,
“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.
2 pou pitit yo ka chonje tout lotèl yo ak tout poto repozwa yo plante bò pyebwa plen fèy sou tèt mòn yo.
Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles by the green trees and on the high hills.
3 Nou menm k'ap fè sèvis sou mòn yo, nan mitan pyebwa yo, m'ap fè moun vin piye richès nou yo ak trezò nou yo poutèt peche nou te fè sou mòn yo toupatou nan peyi a.
O My mountain in the countryside, I will give over your wealth and all your treasures as plunder, because of the sin of your high places, within all your borders.
4 Se nou menm ankò ki pral bay peyi mwen te ban nou an. M'ap fè nou tounen domestik lènmi nou yo, nan yon peyi nou pa t' janm konnen paske nou te fè m' fache. Kòlè m' tankou yon dife ki p'ap janm mouri.
And you yourself will relinquish the inheritance that I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know, for you have kindled My anger; it will burn forever.”
5 Men sa Seyè a di ankò: -Madichon pou moun ki vire do ban mwen pou mete konfyans yo nan moun parèy yo, pou konte sou sa moun ap fè pou yo.
This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
6 Y'ap tankou yon ti pyebwa nan dezè k'ap pouse nan yon tè sèk, san dlo, nan yon tè sale kote pèsonn pa rete. Yo p'ap janm wè zafè yo mache byen.
He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.
7 benediksyon pou moun ki mete konfyans yo nan Seyè a, wi, pou moun ki mete tout espwa yo nan li.
But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
8 L'ap tankou pyebwa yo plante bò larivyè, k'ap plonje rasin li nan dlo. Li pa pè anyen lè sezon chalè rive, paske fèy li yo ap toujou vèt. Te mèt gen yon lanne chechrès, sa pa fè l' anyen, l'ap toujou donnen.
He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
9 Pa gen anyen ki ka twonpe moun pase sa ki nan kè lòt moun. Pa gen renmèd pou sa. Ki moun ki ka rive konprann sa k'ap pase nan kè lèzòm?
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
10 Mwen menm Seyè a, mwen konnen tout lide ki nan tèt yo, mwen sonde santiman ki nan kè yo. M'ap bay chak moun sa yo merite dapre jan yo mennen bak yo.
I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
11 Moun k'ap fè mal pou yo ka rive rich, yo tankou zwezo k'ap kouve ze yo pa t' ponn. Yo poko parèt, y'ap pèdi tou sa yo te genyen. Anvan yo mouri, yo gen tan pèdi tèt yo.
Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”
12 Tanp nou an tankou yon bèl fotèy ki kanpe sou tèt mòn lan depi nan konmansman.
A glorious throne, exalted from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.
13 Seyè! Se ou ki tout espwa pèp Izrayèl la. Tout moun ki lage ou pral wont. Moun ki vire do ba ou ap disparèt tankou non ki ekri sou sab, paske yo lage ou, Seyè, ou menm ki sous dlo fre a.
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.
14 Seyè, geri m' non, m'a gaya! Delivre m' non, m'a sove! Se pou ou m'a fè lwanj.
Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.
15 Moun yo ap di mwen: Kote sa Seyè a te di a? Se pou l' rive vre!
Behold, they keep saying to me, “Where is the word of the LORD? Let it come now!”
16 Men, Seyè, mwen pa t' janm kole dèyè ou pou ou te voye malè sou yo! Mwen pa t' janm mande pou move tan tonbe sou yo! Seyè, ou konn sa! Se devan ou mwen te di tou sa m' te di.
But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.
17 Tanpri, pa kite sa vire mal pou mwen! Jou malè se ou ki tout pwoteksyon m'!
Do not become a terror to me; You are my refuge in the day of disaster.
18 Se moun k'ap chache touye m' yo ki pou wont. Pa mwen. Se yo ki pou gen kè kase. Pa mwen. Fè malè tonbe sou yo. Kraze yo an miyèt moso!
Let my persecutors be put to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Let them be terrified, but do not let me be terrified. Bring upon them the day of disaster and shatter them with double destruction.
19 Men sa Seyè a di ankò: -Al kanpe bò Pòtay Pèp la, kote wa Jida yo pase pou antre soti nan lavil la. W'a bay mesaj sa a. Lèfini, al kanpe bò tout lòt pòtay lavil yo, w'a di menm bagay la.
This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and stand at the gate of the people, through which the kings of Judah go in and out; and stand at all the other gates of Jerusalem.
20 W'a di yo: Nou menm, wa peyi Jida ak tout moun nan peyi a, nou tout moun lavil Jerizalèm ki pase nan pòtay sa yo, koute sa Seyè a di:
Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, all people of Judah and Jerusalem who enter through these gates.
21 Li te di si nou renmen lavi nou, pa pote ankenn chay jou repo a. Pa kite yo pote chay antre nan pòtay lavil Jerizalèm yo.
This is what the LORD says: Take heed for yourselves; do not carry a load or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.
22 Pa pote chay soti lakay nou jou repo a. Piga nou fè ankenn travay jou sa a. Se pou nou mete jou repo a apa pou Seyè a, jan mwen te bay zansèt nou yo lòd la.
You must not carry a load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath day, but you must keep the Sabbath day holy, just as I commanded your forefathers.
23 Men zansèt nou yo pa t' koute m', yo pa okipe sa m' te di yo a. Yo fè tèt di. Yo pa obeyi m'. Yo derefize fè sa m' te di yo fè.
Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline.
24 Men sa mwen menm, Seyè a, mwen di: Si nou menm nou koute lòd mwen ban nou, si nou pa kite pesonn pote chay antre nan pòtay lavil la jou repo a, si nou kenbe jou repo a tankou yon jou nou mete apa pou mwen, si nou pa fè ankenn travay jou sa a,
If, however, you listen carefully to Me, says the LORD, and bring no load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, and keep the Sabbath day holy, and do no work on it,
25 lè sa a, wa nou yo va antre nan pòtay lavil Jerizalèm yo ansanm ak chèf nou yo. Y'a chita sou fotèy wa David la. Yo menm ansanm ak tout pèp Jida a ak moun lavil Jerizalèm yo, y'a moute cha lagè yo ak chwal yo. Ap toujou plen moun nan lavil Jerizalèm.
then kings and princes will enter through the gates of this city. They will sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses with their officials, along with the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.
26 Moun va soti nan tout lavil peyi Jida yo, nan tout vwazinaj lavil Jerizalèm lan, y'a soti nan peyi moun Benjamen yo, nan zòn ki nan pye mòn yo, nan mòn yo ak nan sid peyi Jida a, y'a pote bèt pou boule nèt pou Seyè a, bèt pou yo touye sou lotèl li a, ofrann grenn jaden yo ak lansan, ansanm ak ofrann pou di Bondye mèsi nan kay Seyè a.
And people will come from the cities of Judah and the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, and from the foothills, the hill country, and the Negev, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.
27 Tansèlman, si nou pa koute m', si nou pa mete jou repo a apa pou Bondye, si jou sa a nou pote chay, si nou kite moun antre nan pòtay lavil Jerizalèm yo ak chay, m'ap mete dife nan pòtay li yo. Dife a va boule tout gwo kay lavil Jerizalèm yo. Pesonn p'ap ka touye dife sa a.
But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in its gates to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.’”
