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 to the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of their pasture!
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 says the Lord against them that tend my people; You have scattered my sheep, and driven them out, and you have not visited them: behold, I [will] take vengeance upon you according to your evil practices.
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 in the remnant of my people in every land, whither I have driven them out, and will set them in their pasture; and they shall increase and be multiplied.
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 raise up shepherds to them, who shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be alarmed, 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, when I will raise up to David a righteous branch, and a king shall reign and understand, and shall execute judgment and righteousness on 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 both Juda shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell securely: and this is his name, which the Lord shall call him, Josedec among the prophets.
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, when they shall no more say, The Lord lives, who brought up the house 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, who has gathered the whole seed of Israel from the north land, and from all the countries whither he [had] driven them out, and has restored them into 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 is broken within me; all my bones are shaken: I am become as a broken-down man, and as a man overcome with wine, because of the Lord, and because of the excellence of his glory.
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 because of these things the land mourns; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up; and their course is become evil, and so [also] their strength.
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 priest and prophet are defiled; and I have seen their iniquities in my house.
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.
Therefore let their way be to them slippery and dark: and they shall be tripped up and fall in it: for I will bring evils upon them, in the year of their visitation.
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 in the prophets of Samaria I have seen lawless deeds; they prophesied by Baal, and led my people Israel astray.
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.
Also in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen horrible things: as they committed adultery, and walked in lies, and strengthened the hands of many, that they should not return each from his evil way: they are all become to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrha.
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; Behold, I will feed them with pain, and give them bitter water to drink: for from the prophets of Jerusalem has defilement 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 Almighty, Listen not to the words of the prophets: for they frame a vain vision for themselves; they speak from their own heart, and not from 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 to them that reject the word of the Lord, There shall be peace to you; and to all that walk after their own lusts, and to everyone that walks in the error of his heart, they have said, No evil shall come upon 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 seen his word? who has listened, and heard?
19 Lè Bondye ankòlè se tankou yon van tanpèt, yon siklòn k'ap tonbe sou tèt mechan yo.
Behold, [there is] an earthquake from the Lord, and anger proceeds to a convulsion, it shall come violently upon the ungodly.
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.
And the Lord's wrath shall return no more, until he have accomplished it, and until he have established it, according to the purpose of his heart: at the end of the days they shall understand it.
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 sent not the prophets, yet they ran: neither spoke I 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 if they had listened to my words, then would they have turned my people from their evil practices.
23 Seyè a di: Mwen se yon Bondye ki toupatou. Mwen pa rete yon sèl kote ase.
I am a God near 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.
Shall any one hide himself in secret places, and I not see him? Do I not fill heaven and earth? says 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 say, what they prophesy in my name, saying falsely, I have seen a night vision.
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 [these things] be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies, when they prophesy the purposes 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?
who devise that [men] may forget my law by their dreams, which they have told every one to his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name in [the worship of] 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 who has a dream, let him tell his dream; and [he] in whom is my word [spoken] to him, let him tell my word truly: what is the chaff to the corn? so are my words, 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.
Behold, are not my words as fire? says the Lord; and as an axe cutting the rock?
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.
Behold, I am therefore against the prophets, says the Lord God, 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 that put forth prophecies of mere words, and slumber their sleep.
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.
Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets that prophesy false dreams, and have not told them [truly], and have caused my people to err by their lies, and by their errors; yet I sent them not, and commanded them not; therefore, they shall not profit this people at all.
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 if this people, or the priest, or the prophet, should ask, What is the burden of the Lord? then you shall say to them, You are the burden, and I will dash you down, 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.
[As for] the prophet, and the priests, and the people, who shall say, The burden of the Lord, I will even take vengeance on that man, and on 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 said?
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 do you name no more the burden of the Lord; for his own word shall be a man's burden.
37 Jeremi, mande pwofèt yo ki repons Seyè a bay? Kisa Seyè a di ki pral rive?
But therefore, [say you], has the Lord our God 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,
Therefore thus says the Lord our God; Because you have spoken this word, The burden of the Lord, and I 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 [will] seize, and dash down you and the city which I gave to you and your fathers.
40 M'ap fè nou wont yon wont ki p'ap janm fini, yon wont moun p'ap janm bliye.
And I will bring upon you an everlasting reproach, and everlasting disgrace, which shall not be forgotten.
