Jeremi 23

1 Madichon pou chèf sa yo ki tankou move gadò k'ap touye, k'ap gaye bann mouton m' mete sou kont yo a. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.

Woe be to the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the LORD.

2 Se poutèt sa, men sa Seyè a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, di sou chèf li mete reskonsab pèp li a: Nou gaye tout mouton m' yo. Nou lage yo nan bwa, nou pa okipe yo. Mwen pral regle nou pou tout mechanste nou yo. Se mwen menm, Seyè a, ki di sa.

Therefore thus said the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit on you the evil of your doings, says the LORD.

3 M'ap sanble sa ki rete nan pèp mwen an, m' pral pran yo nan tout peyi kote mwen te gaye yo a, m'ap fè yo tounen lakay yo. Y'a fè anpil pitit, y'a peple.

And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries where I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.

4 M'a mete lòt chèf ki va okipe yo. Pèp mwen an p'ap pè anyen ankò, yo p'ap viv ak kè sote ankò. Yonn ladan yo p'ap pèdi. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.

And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, says the LORD.

5 Seyè a di ankò: -Yon jou ap vini. Lè sa a, m'a chwazi yon moun ki dwat nan fanmi David la pou wa. L'a gouvènen yo ak bon konprann. L'a fè sa ki dwat, l'a mete jistis nan tout peyi a.

Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

6 Sou rèy wa sa a, pèp Jida a va sove, pèp Izrayèl la va viv ak kè poze nan peyi l'. Y'a rele wa a: Seyè a, Delivrans nou.

In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

7 Seyè a di ankò: Se poutèt sa yon jou va rive lè moun pèp Izrayèl yo p'ap di lè y'ap fè sèman: Se nan non Seyè ki vivan an, li menm ki te fè nou soti kite peyi Lejip.

Therefore, behold, the days come, says the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD lives, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

8 Lè sa a y'a di: Se nan non Seyè ki vivan an, li menm ki te fè pitit pitit moun pèp Izrayèl yo soti kite peyi nan nò a ak nan tout lòt peyi kote li te gaye yo pou yo vin rete nan peyi ki rele yo pa yo a.

But, The LORD lives, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries where I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.

9 Mesaj sou pwofèt yo: -Kè m' ap fann! M'ap tranble nan tout kò m'. Mwen tankou yon moun ki sou, yon moun ki bwè twòp. Se Seyè a ki lakòz sa avèk pawòl li yo ki pawòl Bondye tout bon.

My heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine has overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness.

10 Peyi a plen moun ki vire do bay Bondye. Madichon Bondye fè tout peyi a nan lapenn. Jaden zèb yo fin cheche. Tout moun deyò pou fè sa ki mal. Yo pran fòs kouraj yo pou fè sa ki pa dwat.

For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourns; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.

11 Seyè a di ankò: -Pwofèt yo ansanm ak prèt yo, se yon bann moun ki pa konn Bondye. Mwen bare yo ap fè sa ki mal nan Tanp lan menm.

For both prophet and priest are profane; yes, in my house have I found their wickedness, says the LORD.

12 Enben, chemen yo pran an pral tankou yon tè glise nan fènwa pou yo. Yo pral pèdi wout yo, yo pral tonbe. Mwen pral voye yon sèl malè sou yo lè lè a va rive pou m' pini yo. Se mwen menm, Seyè a, ki di sa.

Why their way shall be to them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil on them, even the year of their visitation, says the LORD.

13 Mwen wè pwofèt lavil Samari yo ap fè bagay ki pa fè m' plezi. Y'ap bay mesaj nan non Baal. Yo fè pèp mwen an, pèp Izrayèl la, pèdi chemen l'.

And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.

14 Men, sa m' wè pwofèt lavil Jerizalèm yo ap fè a ban m' degoutans. Y'ap sèvi lòt bondye sou mwen. Y'ap plede bay manti. Y'ap ede moun yo fè mechanste. Konsa, pesonn pa sispann fè sa ki mal. Pou mwen, yo tankou moun lavil Sodòm ak lavil Gomò yo.

I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none does return from his wickedness; they are all of them to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

15 Se poutèt sa, men sa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a di sou pwofèt yo: -Mwen pral ba yo zèb anmè pou yo manje. Mwen pral ba yo dlo pwazonnen pou yo bwè, paske pwofèt Jerizalèm yo lakòz tout moun nan peyi a lage kò yo nan fè sa ki mal.

Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.

16 Men sa Seyè a di moun Jerizalèm yo: -Pa koute sa pwofèt sa yo ap di nou lè y'ap ban nou mesaj. Se manti y'ap ban nou pou yo ka pran tèt nou. Se sa ki vin nan tèt yo y'ap di pèl la. Sa yo di a pa soti nan mwen.

Thus says the LORD of hosts, Listen not to the words of the prophets that prophesy to you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.

17 Yo pale ak moun ki derefize koute m' yo, y'ap di yo: Tout bagay ap mache byen pou nou. Yo pale ak tout moun ki soti pou kenbe tèt avè m', y'ap di yo: Anyen p'ap rive nou!

They say still to them that despise me, The LORD has said, You shall have peace; and they say to every one that walks after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come on you.

18 Mwen di: Pa gen yonn ladan yo ki te la lè Seyè a t'ap fè plan travay li. Yo yonn pa t' wè, yo yonn pa t' tande sa Seyè a te di. Yo yonn pa t' louvri zòrèy yo pou yo te koute sa li t'ap di.

For who has stood in the counsel of the LORD, and has perceived and heard his word? who has marked his word, and heard it?

19 Lè Bondye ankòlè se tankou yon van tanpèt, yon siklòn k'ap tonbe sou tèt mechan yo.

Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously on the head of the wicked.

20 Li p'ap sispann toutotan li pa fin fè tou sa li soti pou li fè a. Nan jou k'ap vini yo, pèp la va konprann sa pi byen.

The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days you shall consider it perfectly.

21 Seyè a di ankò: Se pa mwen ki voye pwofèt sa yo. Men, y'ap kouri ale toupatou. Mwen pa menm pale ak yo. Men, y'ap mache pale nan non mwen.

I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

22 Si yo te la lè m' t'ap fè plan travay mwen an, yo ta fè pèp la konnen mesaj mwen voye ba yo a, yo ta fè pèp la kite vye chemen y'ap swiv la, yo ta fè l' sispann fè sa ki mal.

But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

23 Seyè a di: Mwen se yon Bondye ki toupatou. Mwen pa rete yon sèl kote ase.

Am I a God at hand, says the LORD, and not a God afar off?

24 Pa gen kote yon moun ka al kache pou m' pa wè l'. Nou pa konnen mwen toupatou nan syèl la ak sou latè a? Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.

Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? says the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? said the LORD.

25 Mwen tande tou sa pwofèt yo di lè yo pran non m' pou bay manti, lè yo pretann yo te fè vizyon nan rèv.

I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

26 Kilè y'a sispann, pwofèt sa yo k'ap bay manti, k'ap bay mesaj ki pa vre, k'ap twonpe pèp la ak pawòl manti ki nan bouch yo?

How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yes, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;

27 Yo konprann yo ka fè pèp la bliye m' ak bann rèv y'ap plede rakonte yo, menm jan zansèt yo te bliye m' pou y' al dèyè Baal?

Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.

28 Lè yon pwofèt fè yon rèv, se pou l' di se yon rèv li fè. Men, pwofèt ki resevwa mesaj mwen, li fèt pou l' bay mesaj la jan l' ye a. Piga nou pran pay la pou grenn lan. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.

The prophet that has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? says the LORD.

29 Mesaj mwen tankou dife, tankou mato k'ap kraze wòch an miyèt moso. Se mwen menm menm, Seyè a, ki di sa.

Is not my word like as a fire? says the LORD; and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

30 Se poutèt sa mwen pral regle ak pwofèt yo k'ap pran pawòl yonn nan bouch lòt, pou fè l' pase pou mesaj mwen.

Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, says the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbor.

31 Mwen pral regle ak pwofèt sa yo k'ap bay pawòl pa yo pou mesaj y'ap bay nan non mwen.

Behold, I am against the prophets, says the LORD, that use their tongues, and says, He said.

32 Tande byen sa m'ap di: Mwen pral regle ak pwofèt sa yo k'ap rakonte rèv ki plen manti. Lè konsa, yo fè pèp mwen an pèdi tèt li ak manti y'ap ba li, ak bèl pawòl y'ap di pou tèt pa yo. Se pa mwen ki te voye yo. Se pa mwen ki te ba yo lòd ale. Yo pa ka fè anyen menm pou pèp la. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki pale.

Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, says the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, says the LORD.

33 Seyè a di m': -Jeremi, lè yon moun nan pèp la, osinon yon pwofèt, ou ankò yon prèt mande ou ki chay Seyè a ban nou pote, w'a reponn yo: Se nou menm ki yon chay pou Seyè a. Li pral lage nou atè. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.

And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask you, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? you shall then say to them, What burden? I will even forsake you, says the LORD.

34 Lè yon moun nan pèp la, osinon yon pwofèt, ou ankò yon prèt va pale mal sou chay Seyè a bay pote a, m'ap pini l' ansanm ak tout fanmi li.

And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house.

35 Okontrè, chak moun gen pou mande zanmi yo ak fanmi yo kisa Seyè a reponn, kisa li di ki pral rive.

Thus shall you say every one to his neighbor, and every one to his brother, What has the LORD answered? and, What has the LORD spoken?

36 Konsa, piga nou pale sou chay Seyè a bay ankò paske m'ap fè mesaj mwen an tounen yon chay tout bon pou nou. Nou pran pawòl Bondye vivan an, pawòl Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, pawòl Bondye nou an, nou vire l' lanvè.

And the burden of the LORD shall you mention no more: for every man’s word shall be his burden; for you have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.

37 Jeremi, mande pwofèt yo ki repons Seyè a bay? Kisa Seyè a di ki pral rive?

Thus shall you say to the prophet, What has the LORD answered you? and, What has the LORD spoken?

38 Si yo reponn: Men chay Seyè a bay, lè sa a w'a di yo, men sa Seyè a di: Paske nou di: Men chay Seyè a bay, atout mwen te ban nou lòd pa di sa,

But since you say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus says the LORD; Because you say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent to you, saying, You shall not say, The burden of the LORD;

39 m'ap pran nou leve anlè, m'ap voye nou jete byen lwen mwen, ni nou, ni lavil mwen te bay pou nou ansanm ak pou zansèt nou yo.

Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence:

40 M'ap fè nou wont yon wont ki p'ap janm fini, yon wont moun p'ap janm bliye.

And I will bring an everlasting reproach on you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.