Jeremi 44
1 Seyè a pale ak Jeremi, li ba li yon mesaj pou tout moun Jida yo ki te rete nan peyi Lejip, lavil Migdòl, lavil Tapanes, lavil Menmfis ak nan zòn lavil Patwòs.
The word which came to Jeremiah, against all the Jews who were dwelling in the land of Egypt, —who were dwelling in Migdol and in Tahpanhes, and in Noph, and in the land of Pathros saying:
2 -Men sa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, voye di nou: Nou te wè tout malè mwen te fè tonbe sou lavil Jerizalèm ak sou tout lòt lavil peyi Jida yo. Jouk koulye a, se yon miray kraze yo ye. Pa gen yon grenn moun ki te rete ladan yo.
Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, Ye yourselves, saw all the calamity which I brought in upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah, —and there they are, a desolation this day, and there is not in them an inhabitant:
3 Se paske moun ki te rete la yo te fè sa ki mal, yo te fè m' fache anpil sou yo. Yo t' al ofri lansan bay lòt bondye, yo t' al sèvi bondye ni yo menm, ni papa yo, ni granpapa yo pa t' janm konnen.
because of their wickedness which they committed, provoking me to anger, by going to burn incense, to serve other gods, whom they had not known, they, ye nor your fathers;
4 Mwen pa t' janm sispann voye sèvitè m' yo, pwofèt yo, pou di yo manyè sispann fè vye bagay derespektan yo t'ap plede fè a, bagay mwen pa ka wè devan je m'.
yet I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, betimes sending them, saying, Do not, I pray you, commit this abominable thing, which I hate!
5 Men yo pa t' koute m'. Pawòl la antre nan yon zòrèy li soti nan yon lòt. Yo derefize chanje. Yo donnen pi mal nan fè mechanste yo, nan ofri lansan bay bondye lòt nasyon yo.
but they hearkened not neither inclined their ear, by turning from their wickedness, —so as not to burn incense to other gods.
6 Lè sa a, mwen move, mwen fè kòlè. Mwen lage yon dife sou lavil Jida yo ak nan tout lari lavil Jerizalèm. Se vye kay kraze san pesonn ladan yo ki rete, jan nou ka wè sa jòdi a.
Therefore were mine indignation and mine anger poured out, and a fire was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, —and they became waste and desolate, as at this day.
7 Enben, koulye a, mwen menm Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, m'ap mande nou: Poukisa n'ap fè tèt nou mal konsa? Se vle nou pa vle kite pesonn, ni fanm ni gason, ni timoun, ni ti bebe, nan pèp Jida a ankò? Nou pa vle pesonn chape?
Now, therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh God of hosts God of Israel—Wherefore, are ye committing a great wickedness against your own lives, that ye should cut off from you man and woman child and suckling, out of the midst of Judah, —so that there should not be left you a remnant:
8 Nou deyò pou nou fè m' fache ak sa n'ap fè a, lè n'ap ofri lansan bay bondye lòt nasyon yo, isit la nan peyi Lejip kote nou vin viv la? Nou vle fini ak tèt nou pou tout nasyon sou latè ka pase nou nan betiz, pou yo pran non nou pou bay moun madichon?
in that ye provoke me to anger by the works of your own hands, burning incense to other gods, in the land of Egypt, which ye have been entering to sojourn, —that ye should cut them off from you, and that ye should become a contempt and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
9 Gen lè nou bliye tout move zak nou tout, depi zansèt nou yo, pran wa peyi Jida yo ak madanm yo rive sou nou menm ansanm ak madanm pa nou yo, nou fè nan peyi Jida ak nan lari Jerizalèm?
Have ye forgotten the wicked ways of your fathers and the wicked ways of the kings of Judah, and the wicked ways of his wives, and your own wicked ways, and the wicked ways of your own wives, —which they committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
10 Jouk jòdi a nou yonn pa règrèt sa nou te fè. Pesonn pa gen krentif pou mwen, pesonn pa soti pou yo viv dapre lwa ak lòd mwen te mete devan nou ak devan zansèt nou yo.
They have not been crushed, unto this day; neither have they been afraid, neither have they walked in my law, and in my statutes, which I set before you and before your fathers,
11 Se poutèt sa, men sa mwen menm Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la mwen di: M'ap vire do ban nou, m'ap voye malè sou nou, m'ap detwi tout peyi Jida a.
Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts God of Israel, Behold me! setting my face against you for calamity, —even to cut off all Judah;
12 M'ap pran rès moun Jida yo, sa ki te pran desizyon desann al viv nan peyi Lejip la, yo tout pral mouri. Yo tout, gran kou piti, y'ap mouri nan peyi Lejip. Genyen k'ap mouri nan lagè, genyen k'ap mouri grangou. Moun va sezi wè yo, y'a vire tèt yo pou yo pa gade yo, y'a sèvi ak non yo pou bay madichon, y'a pase yo nan betiz.
and I will take the remnant of Judah who did set their faces to enter the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, in the land of Egypt, shall they fall by the sword, by famine, shall they be consumed, from the least even unto the greatest, by sword and by famine, shall they die, —so shall they become a curse, and an astonishment, and a contempt and a reproach;
13 M'ap pini tout moun Jida k'ap viv nan peyi Lejip la ak lagè, grangou ak move maladi, menm jan mwen te pini moun lavil Jerizalèm yo.
and I will bring punishment upon them who are dwelling in the land of Egypt, just as I brought punishment upon Jerusalem, —by sword, by famine and by pestilence;
14 Nan ti rès moun Jida ki rete yo, sa ki te desann al viv nan peyi Lejip la, yo yonn p'ap kouri chape, yo yonn p'ap sove. Kanta pou tounen al viv nan peyi Jida a ankò, jan yo ta vle l' la, yo pa ladan l'. Yo yonn pa t' tounen, an wetan de twa ki va kouri chape kò yo.
and there shall be neither escape nor survival, unto the remnant of Judah who have been entering, to sojourn there into the land of Egypt, —that they should return to the land of Judah even when they are lifting up their soul to return to dwell there, for none shall return, saving fugitives.
15 Lè sa a, tout mesye ki te konnen madanm yo te nan ofri lansan bay lòt bondye yo, tout medam ki te reyini la yo, ansanm ak tout lòt moun pèp Izrayèl la ki t'ap viv depi lontan nan peyi Lejip nan zòn Patwòs la, yo tout yo reponn Jeremi:
Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women standing by, a great convocation, —with all the people who were dwelling in the land of Egypt in Pathros, made answer unto Jeremiah, saying:
16 -Nou p'ap koute pawòl w'ap di nou la a, atout ou pale nan non Seyè a.
As touching the word which thou hast spoken unto us, in the name of Yahweh we are not going to hearken unto thee;
17 N'ap toujou fè sa nou te pwomèt fè a. N'ap ofri lansan ak diven bay Astate, larenn syèl la, jan nou te toujou fè l' jouk jòdi a, menm jan zansèt nou yo, wa nou yo ak chèf nou yo te konn fè l' nan lavil peyi Jida yo ak nan tout lari Jerizalèm. Lè sa a, nou te gen kont manje pou n' manje, tout zafè nou te mache byen. Nou pa t' gen pwoblèm.
but, we will certainly do, the whole thing that hath gone forth out of our own mouth, by burning incense to the queen of the heavens, and pouring out to her drink-offerings, just as we and our fathers, and our kings and our princes, did, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, then were we filled with bread and became prosperous, and calamity, saw we none;
18 Men, depi nou sispann ofri lansan ak diven bay larenn syèl la, nou pa gen anyen. Lagè ak grangou ap fini ak nou.
whereas, from the very time we ceased burning incense to the queen of the heavens and pouring out to her drink-offerings, we have lacked everything, —and by sword and by famine, have we been consumed.
19 Medam yo menm poutèt pa yo di: -Lè n'ap fè gato ki gen fòm larenn syèl la, lè n'ap ofri lansan ak diven pou li, mari nou toujou dakò ak sa n'ap fè.
And, though we are burning incense to the queen of the heavens and pouring out to her drink-offerings, is it, without our men that we have made to her sacrificial cakes as images of her and poured out to her, drink-offerings?
20 Lè sa a, Jeremi pale ak tout moun sa yo, fanm kou gason, ki te fè l' repons sa yo, li di yo konsa:
Then spake Jeremiah unto all the people, —against the men and against the women, and against all the people who had been making any answer unto him, saying:
21 -Wi, nou menm, zansèt nou yo, wa nou yo, chèf nou yo ak tout lòt moun pèp Izrayèl yo te boule lansan nan tout lavil peyi Jida ak nan tout lari Jerizalèm. Men, pa konprann Seyè a pa t' konn sa, osinon li bliye sa.
Was it not, the very incense which ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye and your fathers your kings and your princes and the people of the land, was it not those very things, that Yahweh did remember, and that came up on his heart;
22 Non. Seyè a pa t' ka sipòte move lajisman ak eskandal nou yo ankò. Se poutèt sa, jòdi a peyi a fini. Li kraze nèt san pesonn ladan l'. Tout moun sèvi ak non li pou bay madichon, jan nou wè l' jòdi a.
so that Yahweh could no longer forbear because of the wickedness of your doings, because of the abominations which ye committed, —and your land became a desolation, and an astonishment, and a contempt without inhabitant—as at this day?
23 Se paske nou te ofri lansan bay lòt bondye, se paske nou fè peche kont Seyè a, se paske nou pa t' koute sa li t'ap di nou, se paske nou pa t' mache dapre lwa li te ban nou, dapre lòd ak kòmandman li yo kifè malè sa a tonbe sou nou jòdi a.
Because that ye burned incense, and that ye sinned against Yahweh and hearkened not unto the voice of Yahweh, and, in his law and in his statutes and in his testimonies, did not walk, for this cause, did this calamity befall you—as at this day.
24 Apre sa, Jeremi pale ak tout pèp la, sitou ak medam yo. Li di yo konsa: -Nou tout moun peyi Jida ki isit nan peyi Lejip la, koute mesaj Seyè a.
And Jeremiah said unto all the people, and unto all the women, —Hear ye the word of Yahweh, all Judah, who are in the land of Egypt, —
25 Men sa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, di nou. Se nou menm ak tout madanm nou yo ki di ak pwòp bouch nou n'ap kenbe angajman nou te pran ak larenn syèl la, n'ap toujou ofri lansan ak diven ba li. Lèfini, se sa nou fè vre. Enben, kenbe angajman nou yo, fè sa nou te pwomèt la.
Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, saying, Ye and your wives, have both spoken with your mouth and with your hands, have ye fulfilled saying, We will, certainly perform, our vows which we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out to her drink-offerings: the women will certainly confirm, your vows, and, certainly perform, your vows.
26 Men koulye a, koute sa m'ap di nou, nou menm moun Jida yo k'ap viv nan peyi Lejip la. Se mwen menm Seyè a k'ap pale, mwen fè sèman sou tèt mwen: nan tout peyi Lejip la p'ap gen pesonn nan moun Jida yo ki pou pran non mwen pou fè sèman, pou yo di: Nan non Seyè a, Bondye vivan an!
Therefore, hear ye the word of Yahweh, all Judah, who are dwelling in the land of Egypt, —Behold me! I have sworn by my great Name, Saith Yahweh, That my Name shall no more be invoked by the mouth of any man of Judah saying—By the life of My Lord, Yahweh in all the land of Egypt.
27 M'ap veye pou se malè ase ki pou rive nou. Mwen p'ap voye ankenn bon bagay ban nou. Wi, dènye moun Jida k'ap viv nan peyi Lejip la pral disparèt, kit se nan lagè, kit se nan grangou, jouk p'ap rete yonn ankò.
Behold me! watching over them for calamity, and not for blessing, —so shall all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt, be consumed, by sword and by famine until there be an end of them.
28 Gen yon ti ponyen moun ase ki va chape nan lagè a. Y'a kite peyi Lejip, y'a tounen nan peyi jida. Lè sa a, ti rès ki va rete nan moun pèp Jida ki te desann al viv nan peyi Lejip la va wè kilès ki te gen rezon, nou menm osinon mwen menm.
Yet, the fugitives of the sword, shall certainly return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah men easily counted, —that all the remnant of Judah who are entering Egypt to sojourn there, may know, whose word, shall stand, mine or theirs!
29 Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa: m'ap ban nou yon siy, m'ap pini nou isit la menm. Konsa, n'a konnen malè mwen te pwomèt m'ap voye sou nou an rive vre.
And, this, to you, shall be the sign, Declareth Yahweh, that I am about to bring punishment upon you in this place, —that ye may know that my words shall, certainly stand against you, for calamity:
30 Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa. Mwen pral lage farawon Ofra, wa peyi Lejip la, nan men lènmi ki soti pou touye l' yo, menm jan mwen te lage Sedesyas, wa peyi Jida a, nan men Nèbikadneza, wa peyi Babilòn, lènmi ki te soti pou touye l' la tou.
Thus, saith Yahweh, Behold me! delivering up Pharaoh-hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, yea into the hand of them who are seeking his life, —just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon his enemy, and one seeking his life.
