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 who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture—this is Yahweh's declaration.”

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 Yahweh, the God of Israel, says this concerning the shepherds who are shepherding his people, “You have scattered my flock and have driven them away. You have not cared for them. So I am about to punish you for the evil you have done—this is Yahweh's declaration.

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.

I myself will gather the remnant of my flock from all of the lands where I have driven them, and I will return them to a grazing place, where they will 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.

Then I will raise up shepherds over them who will shepherd them so they will no longer fear or be shattered. None of them will go missing—this is Yahweh's declaration.

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.

See, the days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when I will raise up for David a righteous branch. He will reign as king; he will act wisely and cause justice and righteousness in the land.

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 will be rescued, and Israel will live in security. Then this is the name by which he will be called: Yahweh is 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 see, days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when they will no longer say, 'As Yahweh lives, who brought the people of Israel up from 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.

Instead they will say, 'As Yahweh lives, who brought up and who led back the descendants of the house of Israel from the northern land and all the lands where they had been driven.' Then they will live 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.

Regarding the prophets, my heart is broken in me, and all of my bones tremble. I have become like a drunk man, like a man whom wine has overpowered, because of Yahweh and his holy words.

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. Because of these the land is dried up. The meadows in the wilderness dry up. These prophets' paths are wicked; their power is not used in a right manner.

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 the prophets and the priests are polluted. I even found their wickedness in my house!—this is Yahweh's declaration—

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 their way will be like a slippery place in the darkness. They will be pushed down. They will fall in it. For I will send disaster against them in the year of their punishment—this is Yahweh's declaration.

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'.

For I have seen the prophets in Samaria doing what is repulsive: 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.

Among the prophets in Jerusalem I have seen horrible things: They commit adultery and walk in deceit. They strengthen the hands of evildoers; no one turns back from his evildoing. All of them have become like Sodom to me and its inhabitants like 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 Yahweh of hosts says this concerning the prophets, “Look, I am about to make them eat wormwood and drink poisonous water, for pollution has gone out from the prophets of Jerusalem to 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.

Yahweh of hosts says this, “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They have deluded you! They are announcing visions from their own minds, not from Yahweh's mouth.

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 are constantly saying to those who dishonor me, 'Yahweh declares there will be peace for you.' For everyone walking in the stubbornness of his own heart says, 'Disaster will not 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.

Yet who has stood in Yahweh's council meeting? Who sees and hears his word? Who pays attention to his word and listens?

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

See, there is a storm coming from Yahweh! His fury is going out, and a tempest is whirling about. It is whirling around the heads 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.

Yahweh's wrath will not return until it has carried out and brought into being his heart's intentions. In the final days, you will 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 did not send out these prophets. They just appeared. I did not proclaim anything to them, but they have still 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.

For if they had stood in my council meeting, they would have caused my people to hear my word; they would have caused them to turn from their wicked words and corrupt practices.

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

Am I only a God nearby—this is Yahweh's declaration—and not also a God far away?

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 anyone hide in a secret place so I cannot see him?—this is Yahweh's declaration— and do I not fill the heavens and the earth?—this is Yahweh's declaration.

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 have said, those who were prophesying deceit in my name. They said, 'I had a dream! I had a dream!'

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 will this go on, prophets who prophesy lies from their minds, and who prophesy from the deceit in their hearts?

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?

They are planning on making my people forget my name with the dreams that they report, each one to his neighbor, just as their ancestors forgot my name in favor of Baal's name.

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 report the dream. But the one to whom I have declared something, let him declare my word truthfully. What does straw have to do with grain?—this is Yahweh's declaration—

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 fire?—this is Yahweh's declaration—and like a hammer that shatters a rock into 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.

So see, I am against the prophets—this is Yahweh's declaration—anyone who steals words from another person and says they come from me.

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

See, I am against the prophets—this is Yahweh's declaration—who use their tongues to prophesy proclamations.

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.

See, I am against the prophets who dream deceitfully—this is Yahweh's declaration—and then proclaim them and in this way mislead my people with their deceit and boasting. I am against them, for I have not sent them out nor given them commands. So they will certainly not help this people—this is Yahweh's declaration.

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.

When these people, or a prophet, or a priest asks you, 'What is the burden of Yahweh?' you will say to them, 'You are the burden, and I will cast you off'—this is Yahweh's declaration.

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 prophets, priests, and people who are saying, 'This is the burden of Yahweh' I will 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.

You continue to say, each person to his neighbor and each man to his brother, 'What did Yahweh answer?' and 'What did Yahweh declare?'

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.

But you must no longer talk about the 'burden of Yahweh,' for the burden is every man's own word, and you have perverted the words of the living God, Yahweh of hosts, our God.

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

This is what you will say to the prophet, 'What answer did Yahweh give you? or 'What did Yahweh say?'

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 if you say, 'The burden of Yahweh', this is what Yahweh says: 'Because you have said these words, 'The burden of Yahweh,' when I sent to you, saying, 'You will not say, “The burden of Yahweh,”'

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 am about to pick you up and throw you away from me, along with the city that I gave you and your ancestors.

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

Then I will put everlasting shame and insult on you that will not be forgotten.'”