Jeremi 24

1 Seyè a fè m' wè de panyen plen fig frans kòtakòt devan gwo kay Seyè a. Lè sa a, Nèbikadneza, wa peyi Babilòn lan, te gen tan depòte Jekonya, pitit Jojakim, wa peyi Jida a, ansanm ak tout gwo chèf peyi Jida yo, bòs atizan yo ak tout moun ki gen metye yo. Li te mennen yo tout ale lavil Babilòn.

Jehovah showed me this vision. Behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of Jehovah. This was after Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had carried away captive Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, and the artificers, and the smiths, from Jerusalem, and had led them to Babylon.

2 Premye panyen an te plen bèl fig frans tankou premye fig ki mi nan sezon an. Lòt panyen an te plen vye fig frans moun pa ka manje tank yo pa bon.

One of the baskets contained very good figs, like those which are first ripe. The other contained very bad figs, so bad that they could not be eaten.

3 Lèfini, Seyè a di m' konsa: -Jeremi, kisa ou wè la a? Mwen reponn, mwen di l': -Fig frans. Bon fig yo bon anpil. Vye fig yo pa bon menm. Moun pa ka manje yo tank yo pa bon.

And Jehovah said to me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said: Figs; the good figs, exceedingly good; and the bad, exceedingly bad, so bad that they cannot be eaten.

4 Lè sa a, Seyè a pale avè m' ankò, li di m' konsa:

Then came the word of Jehovah to me, saying:

5 -Se mwen menm, Seyè a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la k'ap pale. Mwen konsidere moun peyi Jida yo depòte yo, moun mwen voye nan peyi Babilòn yo, tankou yon panyen bèl fig frans. Mwen pral aji byen ak yo.

Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: As these good figs, so will I regard the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of Chaldaea for their good;

6 M'ap toujou voye je sou yo, m'ap mennen yo tounen nan peyi sa a. M'ap fè yo grandi, mwen p'ap kraze yo. M'ap plante yo, mwen p'ap derasinen yo ankò.

yea, I will set my eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land; and I will build them up, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.

7 M'ap ba yo konprann pou yo sa konnen se mwen menm ki Seyè a. Lè sa a, y'a yon pèp pou mwen, mwen menm m'a Bondye yo, paske y'ap tounen vin jwenn mwen ak tout kè yo.

And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Jehovah; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return to me with their whole heart.

8 Menm sa yo fè ak vye fig ki pa bon yo, fig moun pa ka manje tèlman yo pa bon yo, se sa mwen pral fè ak Sedesyas, wa peyi Jida a, ansanm ak tout gwo chèf li yo, ak tout rès pèp lavil Jerizalèm yo ki te rete nan peyi a osinon ki te desann peyi Lejip.

And as the bad figs, which are so bad that they cannot be eaten, saith Jehovah, so will I make Zedekiah, the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, those that are left in this land, and those that dwell in the land of Egypt;

9 Mwen pral mennen yon sèl malè sou yo. Tout lòt nasyon ki sou latè a pral tranble lè y'a wè sa. Moun pral pase yo nan betiz, yo pral rakonte istwa sou yo. Yo pral mete yo nan chante. Y'ap pran non yo pou sèvi jouman, pou bay madichon nan tout peyi kote mwen pral gaye yo.

and I will give them up to oppression and affliction in all the kingdoms of the earth; yea, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.

10 Mwen pral voye lagè, grangou ak move maladi sou yo jouk p'ap gen yonn k'ap rete nan peyi mwen te ba yo a, peyi mwen te bay zansèt yo a.

And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence among them, till they be consumed from the land, which I gave to them and to their fathers.