Jeremi 25

1 Seyè a te bay Jeremi yon mesaj sou pèp peyi Jida a, nan katriyèm lanne rèy wa Jojakim, pitit Jozyas, nan peyi Jida. Lè sa a, Nèbikadneza te nan premye lanne li depi li te wa peyi Babilòn.

The word which came to Jeremiah about all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah king of Judah; this was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon.

2 Men mesaj pwofèt Jeremi te bay tout pèp peyi Jida a ak tout moun lavil Jerizalèm yo:

This word Jeremiah gave out to all the people of Judah and to those living in Jerusalem, saying,

3 -Depi trèzyèm lanne rèy wa Jozyas, pitit Amon, nan peyi Jida rive jòdi a, sa fè venntwazan depi Seyè a ap pale avè m', venntwazan depi m'ap pale ak nou san rete, nou pa vle koute m'.

From the thirteenth year of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah, even till this day, for twenty-three years, the word of the Lord has been coming to me, and I have given it to you, getting up early and talking to you; but you have not given ear.

4 Seyè a pa janm sispann voye pwofèt li yo, sèvitè l' yo, ban nou. Men nou pa vle koute yo, nou derefize louvri zòrèy nou pou nou tande yo.

And the Lord has sent to you all his servants the prophets, getting up early and sending them; but you have not given attention and your ear has not been open to give hearing;

5 Yo te di nou pou nou manyè kite vye chemen nou t'ap swiv yo, pou nou manyè sispann fè sa ki mal. Konsa, nou ta ka viv toujou nan peyi Seyè a te ban nou an, peyi li te bay zansèt nou yo pou tout tan tout tan an.

Saying, Come back now, everyone from his evil way and from the evil of your doings, and keep your place in the land which the Lord has given to you and to your fathers, from times long past even for ever:

6 Pwofèt yo di nou: Pa kouri dèyè lòt bondye, pa fè sèvis pou yo, pa mete ajenou devan yo. Pa sèvi zidòl nou fè ak men nou pou Seyè a pa fache. Konsa, si nou obeyi Seyè a li p'ap pini nou.

Do not go after other gods to be their servants and to give them worship, and do not make me angry with the work of your hands, causing evil to yourselves.

7 Men, se Seyè a menm ki di sa, nou derefize koute l'. Nou fè l' fache ak zidòl nou fè ak men nou. Se konsa nou rale malè sou tèt nou.

But you have not given ear to me, says the Lord; so that you have made me angry with the work of your hands, causing evil to yourselves.

8 Se poutèt sa, men sa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a di: Paske nou pa koute m' lè m' pale nou,

So this is what the Lord of armies has said: Because you have not given ear to my words,

9 mwen pral voye chache tout moun ki bò nò yo ansanm ak sèvitè m' lan, Nèbikadneza, wa Babilòn lan. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa. Mwen pral fè yo vin kraze peyi Jida a ak tout moun ki rete ladan l' yo ansanm ak tout peyi nan vwazinaj yo. Mwen pral detwi yo tout. M'ap fè yo tounen yon dezè ki va fè moun sezi, yon pil mazi pou tout tan.

See, I will send and take all the families of the north, says the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, my servant, and make them come against this land, and against its people, and against all these nations on every side; and I will give them up to complete destruction, and make them a cause of fear and surprise and a waste place for ever.

10 M'ap fè yo p'ap tande moun ap pran plezi yo la. Yo p'ap tande vwa moun ki gen kè kontan. Yo p'ap tande yo fè fèt pou moun k'ap marye. M'ap fè p'ap gen grenn pou moulen, p'ap gen lwil pou mete nan lanp.

And more than this, I will take from them the sound of laughing voices, the voice of joy, the voice of the newly-married man, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the stones crushing the grain, and the shining of lights.

11 Tout peyi a pral kraze tounen mazi, yon dezè. Nasyon ki nan vwazinaj yo pral sèvi wa Babilòn lan pandan swasanndizan.

All this land will be a waste and a cause of wonder; and these nations will be the servants of the king of Babylon for seventy years.

12 Apre swasanndizan sa yo, m'a pini wa Babilòn lan ansanm ak pèp li a pou peche yo fè. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa. M'ap detwi peyi moun Kalde yo, m'ap fè l' tounen mazi pou tout tan.

And it will come about, after seventy years are ended, that I will send punishment on the king of Babylon, and on that nation, says the Lord, for their evil-doing, and on the land of the Chaldaeans; and I will make it a waste for ever.

13 M'ap voye sou peyi Babilòn lan tout malè mwen te di m'ap voye yo, tou sa pwofèt Jeremi te fè konnen nan non mwen sou nasyon yo, jan sa ekri nan liv sa a.

And I will make that land undergo everything I have said against it, even everything recorded in this book, which Jeremiah the prophet has said against all the nations.

14 Yo menm tou moun Babilòn yo, anpil lòt nasyon ak gran wa va fè yo tounen esklav. M'ap fè yo peye pou tou sa yo fè.

For a number of nations and great kings will make servants of them, even of them: and I will give them the reward of their acts, even the reward of the work of their hands.

15 Men sa Seyè a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, di m': -Men yon gode plen diven kòlè Bondye nan men m'. Pran li, pote l' bay tout moun nan peyi kote m'ap voye ou yo pou yo bwè.

For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said to me: Take the cup of the wine of this wrath from my hand, and make all the nations to whom I send you take of it.

16 Y'a bwè, pye yo ap trese, y'a pèdi tèt yo lè y'a wè lagè m'ap voye nan mitan yo.

And after drinking it, they will go rolling from side to side, and be off their heads, because of the sword which I will send among them.

17 Se konsa, mwen pran gode a nan men Seyè a, mwen pote l' bay tout moun nan tout peyi kote Seyè a te voye m' lan, mwen fè yo bwè ladan l'.

Then I took the cup from the Lord's hand, and gave a drink from it to all the nations to whom the Lord sent me;

18 Mwen fè moun lavil Jerizalèm ak moun lavil Jida yo bwè ladan l' ansanm ak wa yo, chèf yo, pou lavil yo ka tounen mazi, yon dezè pou moun mete men nan tèt lè yo wè sa, pou moun sèvi ak non yo pou bay madichon, jan y'ap fè l' jouk koulye a.

Jerusalem and the towns of Judah and their kings and their princes, to make them a waste place, a cause of fear and surprise and a curse, as it is this day;

19 Men moun mwen fè bwè nan gode a tou: Farawon an, wa peyi Lejip la, ansanm ak sòlda li yo, chèf li yo ak tout pèp li a,

Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and his servants and his princes and all his people;

20 tout ras moun ki rete bò solèy kouche yo ansanm ak tout wa peyi Ouz yo, tout wa nan peyi Filisti yo: wa lavil Askalon, wa lavil Gaza, wa lavil Ekwon, wa ki rete nan lavil Asdòd,

And all the mixed people and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon and Gaza and Ekron and the rest of Ashdod;

21 moun peyi Edon, moun peyi Moab ak moun Amon yo,

Edom and Moab and the children of Ammon,

22 tout wa peyi Tir yo, wa peyi Sidon ak wa tout peyi ki lòt bò lanmè Mediterane a,

And all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the lands across the sea;

23 moun lavil Dedan, moun lavil Teman ak moun lavil Bouz, ansanm ak tout moun ki koupe cheve nan tèt yo kout,

Dedan and Tema and Buz, and all who have the ends of their hair cut;

24 tout wa peyi Arabi yo, tout wa ki rete nan dezè bò solèy kouche a,

And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed people living in the waste land;

25 tout wa Zimri yo, tout wa Elam yo ak tout wa Medi yo,

And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;

26 tout wa ki sou bò nò yo, sa ki lwen yo ak sa ki pre yo, yonn apre lòt. Tout nasyon ki sou latè gen pou bwè ladan l'. Apre yo tout, se va tou pa wa lavil Babilòn lan pou l' bwè ladan l' tou.

And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.

27 Apre sa, Seyè a di m' konsa: W'a di yo men lòd Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la bay. Se pou yo bwè pou yo sou, jouk yo vonmi. Y'a tonbe, yo p'ap ka leve lè y'a wè lagè m'ap voye sou yo a.

And you are to say to them, This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Take of this cup and be overcome, and let it come out again from your lips, and from your fall you will never be lifted up again, because of the sword which I will send among you.

28 Si yo ta rive refize pran gode a nan men ou pou yo pa bwè ladan l', w'a di yo: Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a di wè pa wè se pou yo bwè l'.

And it will be, if they will not take of the cup in your hand, then you are to say to them, This is what the Lord of armies has said: You will certainly take of it.

29 Premye kote m'ap konmanse fè malè, se va lavil yo mete apa pou mwen an. Atò, se nou menm ki pou pa ta resevwa pinisyon nou? Non, nou p'ap chape, paske mwen pral voye lagè sou tout moun sou latè. Se mwen menm, Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, ki di sa.

For see, I am starting to send evil on the town which is named by my name, and are you to be without any punishment? You will not be without punishment: for I will send a sword on all people living on the earth, says the Lord of armies.

30 Ou menm, Jeremi, se pou ou fè yo konnen tou sa mwen di ou. W'a di yo: -Seyè a rete anwo nan syèl la, l'ap gwonde. Li rete nan kay ki apa pou li a, l'ap pale byen fò. L'ap gwonde anwo pèp li a. L'ap rele tankou moun k'ap kraze rezen. Li move sou tout moun ki rete sou latè.

So, as a prophet, give out these words among them, and say to them, The voice of the Lord will be sounding like a lion from on high; he will send out his voice from his holy place, like the loud voice of a lion, against his flock; he will give a cry, like those who are crushing the grapes, against all the people of the earth.

31 Bri a rive nan zòrèy moun toupatou sou latè. Seyè a gen yon kont pou l' regle ak nasyon yo. Li rele yo tout nan tribinal. L'ap fè touye tout moun ki antò. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.

A noise will come, even to the end of the earth; for the Lord has a cause against the nations, he will give his decision against all flesh; as for the evil-doers, he will give them to the sword, says the Lord.

32 Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a di: -Malè a pral tonbe sou nasyon yo yonn apre lòt, yon gwo van tanpèt ap moute soti nan bout latè.

This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, evil is going out from nation to nation, and a great storm will come up from the inmost parts of the earth.

33 Jou sa a, depi yon bout latè rive lòt bout la, se va kadav moun Seyè a pral touye. P'ap gen pesonn pou kriye pou yo, pesonn pou ranmase yo atè a, pesonn pou antere yo. Kadav yo va tounen fimye atè a.

And at that day, the bodies of those whom the Lord has put to death will be seen from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth: there will be no weeping for them, their bodies will not be taken up or put to rest in the earth; they will be like waste on the face of the land.

34 Nou menm chèf ki reskonsab pèp la, rele anmwe, woule kò nou atè. Lè a rive pou yo koupe tèt nou. Yo pral gaye nou. Nou pral tonbe atè. Nou pral kraze tankou bèl potich ki koute chè.

Give cries of grief, you keepers of sheep; give cries for help, rolling yourselves in the dust, you chiefs of the flock: for the days of your destruction have fully come, and I will send you in all directions, and your fall will be like that of the males of the flock.

35 P'ap gen kote pou chèf yo al kache. P'ap gen kote pou moun ki reskonsab pran swen pèp la ka ale pou yo jwenn pwoteksyon.

There will be no way of flight for the keepers of sheep, no road for the chiefs of the flock to get away safely.

36 Y'ap tande chèf yo ap rele, y'ap tande yo ap rele anmwe, paske Seyè a pral ravaje peyi yo.

A sound of the cry of the keepers of sheep, and the bitter crying of the chiefs of the flock! for the Lord has made waste their green fields.

37 Tout bèl peyi yo pral tounen mazi, paske Seyè a move anpil.

And there is no sound in the fields of peace, because of the burning wrath of the Lord.

38 Tankou yon lyon ki kouri kite twou li, tout moun ap mete deyò. Peyi a pral tounen yon dezè apre lagè san manman sa a, apre gwo kòlè Seyè a.

The lion has come out of his secret place, for the land has become a waste because of the cruel sword, and because of the heat of his wrath.