Jeremi 2
1 Seyè a pale avè m', li di m' konsa:
The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
2 -Ale non. Men mesaj ou pral bay nan zòrèy tout moun lavil Jerizalèm. Men sa Seyè a di: Mwen chonje jan ou te ye nan tan lontan, jan ou t'ap mouri pou mwen lè ou te jenn, jan ou te renmen m' lè nou te fèk marye. Ou te swiv mwen nan dezè a, kote anyen pa pouse.
“Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘The LORD says, “I remember for you the kindness of your youth, your love as a bride, how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
3 Lè sa a, moun Izrayèl yo te yon pèp ki t'ap viv apa pou mwen ase, tankou premye rekòt jaden yo mete apa pou mwen. Malè te tonbe sou tout moun ki te manyen yo paske se avè m' yo te annafè. Se mwen menm, Seyè a, ki di sa.
Israel was holiness to the LORD, the first fruits of his increase. All who devour him will be held guilty. Evil will come on them,”’ says the LORD.”
4 Nou menm, moun fanmi Jakòb yo, nou menm tout moun branch fanmi pèp Izrayèl la, koute mesaj Seyè a!
Hear the LORD’s word, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel!
5 Men sa Seyè a voye di nou: -Kisa mwen te fè zansèt nou yo ki mal kifè yo te vire do ban mwen? Yo pran mache dèyè yon bann zidòl ki pa vo anyen. Yo menm tou, yo vin pa vo anyen.
The LORD says, “What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after worthless vanity, and have become worthless?
6 Yo pa chonje reve mande kote Seyè a, li menm ki te fè nou moute soti nan peyi Lejip la, li menm ki te louvri chemen pou nou nan dezè a, nan yon peyi tè sèk, plen twou, yon peyi san dlo, plen danje, kote moun pa rete, kote moun pa menm pase.
They didn’t say, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that no one passed through, and where no man lived?’
7 Mwen fè nou antre nan yon peyi kote ki gen bèl jaden pou nou te ka manje tout bon rekòt ak tout lòt bon bagay li yo. Men, lè nou rive ladan l', nou pa respekte peyi a. Nou fè peyi mwen te ban nou an tounen yon peyi ki ban m' degoutans.
I brought you into a plentiful land to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.
8 Prèt yo pa janm mande kote Seyè a? Yo menm mwen te fè konnen lòd mwen yo, yo pa konnen m' ankò. Chèf yo trayi m'. Pwofèt yo pale nan non Baal. Y'ap kouri dèyè zidòl ki pa ka fè anyen pou yo.
The priests didn’t say, ‘Where is the LORD?’ and those who handle the law didn’t know me. The rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal and followed things that do not profit.
9 Se konsa, mwen menm Seyè a, mwen pral plede ak nou ankò. Se mwen menm, Seyè a, ki di sa. Mwen pral plede ak pitit pitit nou yo.
“Therefore I will yet contend with you,” says the LORD, “and I will contend with your children’s children.
10 Ale bò solèy kouche, rive jouk sou zile Chip. Voye moun nan peyi Keda, bò solèy leve. N'a wè sa k'ap pase isit la pa janm rive lòt kote anvan sa.
For pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see. Send to Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there has been such a thing.
11 Lòt nasyon yo pa janm chanje bondye yo, malgre se pa t' bondye tout bon yo te ye. Men, pèp mwen an te pito zidòl ki pa ka fè anyen pou yo pase mwen menm, Bondye ki te fè bèl bagay pou yo a.
Has a nation changed its gods, which really are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which doesn’t profit.
12 Se pou syèl la pantan lè li tande sa! Se pou l' tranble. Se pou l' rete sezi! Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
“Be astonished, you heavens, at this and be horribly afraid. Be very desolate,” says the LORD.
13 Paske pèp mwen an fè de kalite peche: Yo vire do ban mwen, mwen menm sous dlo fre a. Y' ale fè rezèvwa pou dlo. Rezèvwa yo tou fann, yo pa ka kenbe dlo.
“For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut out cisterns for themselves: broken cisterns that can’t hold water.
14 Se pa esklav moun pèp Izrayèl yo ye. Ni yo pa fèt nan esklavaj. Poukisa atò lènmi ap bwote yo ale konsa?
Is Israel a slave? Is he born into slavery? Why has he become a captive?
15 Y'ap gwonde sou li tankou lyon, y'ap rele byen fò. Yo fè peyi a tounen yon savann. Yo mete dife nan tout lavil li yo. Pa rete yon moun ladan yo.
The young lions have roared at him and raised their voices. They have made his land waste. His cities are burnt up, without inhabitant.
16 Ata moun Menmfis yo ak moun Tapanès yo ap kale tèt yo.
The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head.
17 Se nou menm ki chache sa, paske nou vire do bay Seyè a, Bondye nou an, antan li t'ap moutre nou chemen pou nou pran an.
“Haven’t you brought this on yourself, in that you have forsaken the LORD your God, when he led you by the way?
18 Koulye a, kisa nou kwè n'a jwenn lè nou pran chemen Lejip pou n al bwè dlo nan larivyè Nil? Kisa ou kwè n'a jwenn lè nou pran chemen Lasiri pou n al bwè dlo nan larivyè Lefrat?
Now what do you gain by going to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? Or why do you go on the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?
19 Se mal nou fè a k'ap tounen yon fwèt pou nou! Se vire nou vire do ban mwen an k'ap kondannen nou! Se pou nou konnen jan sa pa dous, jan sa pa bon pou nou vire do ban mwen, Seyè a, Bondye nou an, pou nou sispann gen krentif pou mwen. Se mwen menm, Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, ki di sa.
“Your own wickedness will correct you, and your backsliding will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing, that you have forsaken GOD your God, and that my fear is not in you,” says the Lord, the LORD of Hosts.
20 Izrayèl, gen lontan depi ou pa rekonèt otorite m' ankò! W'ap manje kòd, w'ap di: Mwen p'ap sèvi Seyè a. Lèfini, sou tout ti mòn anba tout gwo pyebwa ou nan dezòd, w'ap fè sèvis pou lòt bondye.
“For long ago I broke off your yoke, and burst your bonds. You said, ‘I will not serve;’ for on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed yourself, playing the prostitute.
21 Mwen te plante ou tankou yon pye rezen kalite, ki soti nan bon semans. Men koulye a, gade jan ou chanje: Ou tounen yon vye pye rezen mawon. M' pa konnen kote ou soti.
Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a pure and faithful seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?
22 Ou te mèt lave kò ou ak gwo savon, ou te mèt fwote kò ou ak potas, m'ap toujou wè kras malpwòpte ou yo sou ou. Se mwen menm Seyè a, Bondye a, ki di sa.
For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me,” says the Lord GOD.
23 Ki jan ou fè ka di ou nan kondisyon pou fè sèvis pou mwen, ou pa janm kouri dèyè Baal yo? Gade tout vye makakri w'ap fè nan fon an! Rekonèt sa ou fè a non! Ou tankou yon jenn fenmèl chamo ki lage nan bwa, w'ap kouri adwat agoch.
“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled. I have not gone after the Baals’? See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift dromedary traversing her ways,
24 Ou tankou yon fenmèl bourik mawon nan savann. Lè li an chalè, l'ap pran sant van an. Lè li bezwen kwaze, ki moun ki ka kenbe l'? Mal yo pa bezwen bat kò yo pou yo jwenn li. Depi se mwa li, y'ap jwenn li.
a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs the wind in her craving. When she is in heat, who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month, they will find her.
25 Izrayèl, manyè sispann! W'ap plede fatige janm ou yo! Gòj ou ap fin chèch! Men w'ap di: Non! M' pa kab fè anyen pou sa! Mwen renmen bondye lòt nasyon yo. Fòk m' al dèyè yo.
“Keep your feet from being bare, and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It is in vain. No, for I have loved strangers, and I will go after them.’
26 Menm jan yon vòlè wont lè yo bare l', se konsa moun pèp Izrayèl yo pral wont, ni wa yo, ni chèf yo, ni prèt yo, ni pwofèt yo!
As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so the house of Israel is ashamed— they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets,
27 Yo rele pyebwa yo papa! Yo rele wòch yo manman m' ki fè m'! Wi, yo pito vire ban m' do, pase pou yo tounen vin jwenn mwen. Men, depi yo nan traka, y'ap rele: -Seyè, leve non! Vin delivre nou!
who tell wood, ‘You are my father,’ and a stone, ‘You have given birth to me,’ for they have turned their back to me, and not their face, but in the time of their trouble they will say, ‘Arise, and save us!’
28 Men, nou menm moun Jida yo, kote bondye nou te fè pou nou yo? Lè nou nan traka, se yo ki pou leve vin delivre nou, si yo kapab! Moun Jida, nou gen yon bondye nan chak lavil nou yo!
“But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves? Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble, for you have as many gods as you have towns, O Judah.
29 Poukisa n'ap plede avè m' konsa? Nou tout nou kenbe tèt avè m'. Se mwen menm, Seyè a, ki di sa!
“Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me,” says the LORD.
30 Mwen te pini pitit nou yo, men sa pa t' sèvi anyen. Nou pa t' dakò pou m' te korije nou! Tankou lyon ki fin wè mò, nou rale nepe nou yo, nou touye pwofèt nou yo.
“I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
31 (Nou menm k'ap viv koulye a, koute byen sa Seyè a ap di a.) Pèp Izrayèl, èske mwen te tankou yon dezè pou nou, tankou yon kote ki fènwa anpil? Poukisa atò pou nou di: -Nou granmoun tèt nou, nou p'ap janm tounen vin jwenn ou ankò!
Generation, consider the LORD’s word. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, ‘We have broken loose. We will come to you no more’?
32 Eske yon jenn fi ka bliye bijou li yo? Eske yon lamarye ka bliye rad nòs li? Men, pèp mwen an bliye m', m' pa ka konte depi kilè.
“Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.
33 Ou konnen byen sa pou ou fè lè w'ap kouri dèyè gason. Lè konsa, nanpwen krim ou p'ap fè.
How well you prepare your way to seek love! Therefore you have even taught the wicked women your ways.
34 Rad ou yo tache ak san pòv ansanm ak san inonsan, moun ou pa t' bare ap fè anyen ki mal. Malgre tou sa,
Also the blood of the souls of the innocent poor is found in your skirts. You didn’t find them breaking in, but it is because of all these things.
35 w'ap plede di ou pa antò. Seyè a pa fache avè ou ankò. Men, mwen menm Seyè a, mwen pral pini ou paske ou refize rekonèt ou te fè sa ou pa t' dwe fè.
“Yet you said, ‘I am innocent. Surely his anger has turned away from me.’ “Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
36 Gade jan w'ap avili tèt ou, lè w'ap kouri dèyè bondye lòt nasyon yo! W'ap pran wont nan men peyi Lejip menm jan sa te rive ou avèk peyi Lasiri.
Why do you go about so much to change your ways? You will be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria.
37 W'a vire do ou kite peyi Lejip. Avèk men ou, w'a bouche figi ou tèlman w'a wont. Mwen menm, Seyè a, mwen voye moun ou fè konfyans yo jete. Yo p'ap ka fè anyen pou ou.
You will also leave that place with your hands on your head; for the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust, and you won’t prosper with them.
