Jeremi 46
1 Men mesaj Seyè a bay pwofèt Jeremi sou lòt nasyon yo:
In the fourth year of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, the Lord's message that came to Jeremiah the prophet about foreign nations.
2 Mesaj sou peyi Lejip. Men sa li di sou lame farawon Neko, wa peyi Lejip ki te lavil Kakemich, bò larivyè Lefrat. Se lame sa a Nèbikadneza, wa Babilòn lan, te bat byen bat. Lè sa a, Jojakim, pitit Ozyas la, te gen katran depi li te wa nan peyi Jida.
This concerns Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt and the Egyptian army which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
3 Ofisye lame Lejip la ap bay lòd: -Pare plak pwotèj yo, gwo kou piti, pou pare kou! Annavan pou batay la!
Pick up both your small and large shields, and advance ready for battle!
4 Sele chwal yo. Kavalye, moute sou yo. Mete nou an ran, kas nou nan tèt nou. File pwent frenn nou yo. Mete rad an fè pou fè lagè nou sou nou.
Put the harnesses on the horses and get into your chariots; take your positions with your helmets on! Sharpen your spears; put on your armor!
5 Seyè a ap mande: -Kisa nou wè la a? Yo pè, y'ap kouri tounen, yo kraze vanyan sòlda yo anba kou! Y'ap kouri met deyò san gad dèyè. Toupatou tout moun pè.
Why do I see their lines broken and retreating? Their soldiers are defeated. They run away so quickly they don't even look back because they're so terrified by what's happening around them, declares the Lord.
6 Sa ki kouri yo p'ap sove, vanyan sòlda yo p'ap chape. Nan nò, bò larivyè Lefrat la, yo bite, yo tonbe.
Even the fastest of them can't get away; the soldiers can't escape. There in the north beside the Euphrates they fall and die.
7 Kilès sa a k'ap vini tankou dlo nan larivyè Nil k'ap desann, tankou yon rivyè k'ap anvayi toupatou?
Who is this that's coming, rising like the Nile, like swirling rivers whose waters flood?
8 Se peyi Lejip k'ap gonfle kò l' konsa, tankou dlo larivyè Nil, tankou yon rivyè k'ap anvayi toupatou. Lejip te di: M'ap gonfle, m'ap kouvri tout latè. M'ap kraze tout lavil yo ansanm ak tout moun ki rete ladan yo.
Egypt is rising like the Nile; its waters swirl like flooding rivers, boasting, “I will rise and sweep over the earth; I will destroy towns and the people in them.”
9 Bay chwal yo lòd pou yo ale. Bay cha lagè yo lòd pou yo woule. Voye sòlda yo al goumen: moun peyi Soudan ak moun peyi Liban yo ak plak pwotèj yo sou bra yo, ansanm ak moun peyi Lidi yo ki gen ladrès pou sèvi ak banza.
Horses, charge in! Chariots, drive like crazy! Have the infantry advance: soldiers from Ethiopia and Put carrying their shields, archers from Lydia with their bows.
10 Paske, sa se jou Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a. Se jou revanj li. Li pral tire revanj li sou lènmi l' yo. Nepe li pral touye yo jouk li pa kapab ankò. Li pral bwè san yo jouk vant li plen. Se jou y'ap touye bèt yo ofri pou Seyè a, Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a, nan nò, bò larivyè Lefrat.
But this is the day of the Lord God Almighty, a day of retribution when he takes vengeance on his enemies. The sword will destroy until it is satisfied, until it's had enough of their blood. The Lord God Almighty is having a sacrifice in the north country beside the Euphrates.
11 Nou menm moun peyi Lejip, moute nan peyi Galarad, al chache renmèd! Tout renmèd nou yo p'ap fè anyen pou nou. Pa gen geri pou nou.
Go and find some healing ointment in Gilead, Virgin Daughter of Egypt! But whatever you use to help you will fail, because there's nothing that will heal you.
12 Moun lòt nasyon yo pran nouvèl gwo wont ki rive nou an. Toupatou sou latè yo tande rèl nou. Vanyan sòlda yo ap bite yonn sou lòt, y'ap tonbe atè ansanm.
The other nations have heard how you were humiliated in defeat. Everyone can hear your cries of pain. Soldiers fall over each other, and die together.
13 Men mesaj Seyè a te bay pwofèt Jeremi lè Nèbikadneza, wa Babilòn lan, te vin atake peyi Lejip la:
This is the message that the Lord gave to Jeremiah the prophet about the attack by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon on Egypt:
14 -Fè piblikasyon nan tout peyi Lejip la. Fè tout moun lavil Migdòl, lavil Menmfis ak lavil Tapanès konnen. Di yo: Leve non, pare pou defann nou. Lagè fin detwi tou sa ki bò kote nou.
Shout a warning in Egypt! Tell everyone in Migdol, and in Memphis and Tahpanhes: Get ready to defend yourselves, because war is destroying everything around you.
15 Poukisa Apis, towo bèf ki bondye nou an, kouri met deyò? Poukisa towo bèf nou an pa kenbe tèt? Se Seyè a ki lage l' atè!
Why did Apis your bull god run away? He couldn't stand his ground because the Lord has knocked him down.
16 Li fè sòlda yo bite, yo tonbe yonn sou lòt. Yonn ap di lòt: Leve non! Ann tounen lakay nou, nan peyi nou! Ann chape anba nepe lènmi yo!
Many soldiers trip and fall over one another and say, “Come on! Let's get back home to our people where we were born, otherwise we're going to be killed.”
17 Yo bay farawon an, wa Lejip la, yon lòt non. Yo rele l': Paladò. Li kite lè a pase!
When they get there they'll say about Pharaoh king of Egypt, “He just makes a lot of noise. He wasted his opportunity.”
18 Mwen menm Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, se mwen ki wa. Men sa m' di: Se mwen ki Bondye vivan an. Moun k'ap vini pou atake nou an ap tankou mòn Tabò ki nan mitan lòt mòn yo, tankou mòn Kamèl ki kanpe byen wo nan lanmè a.
As I live, declares the King who has the name “the Lord Almighty,” the king of Babylon will come. He is like Mount Tabor that stands out from the other mountains, like Mount Carmel high above the sea.
19 Nou menm moun peyi Lejip, mare pakèt nou pou yo depòte nou! Lavil Menmfis pral tounen yon dezè, yon bann miray kraze, san pesonn ladan l'.
Pack your bags ready for exile, daughter living in Egypt! Memphis is going to be destroyed, an empty place where no one lives.
20 Peyi Lejip te tankou yon bèl gazèl. Men, yon tanwouan soti nan nò vin atake l'.
Egypt is a beautiful young cow, but a stinging insect from the north is coming to attack her.
21 Peyi Lejip te pran yon bann moun lòt nasyon sèvi sòlda nan lame li. Men, yo te gra tankou towo chatre ki nan manje. Yo menm tou yo pa kanpe goumen. Yo vire do yo, yo tout kouri met deyò, lè jou malè yo rive sou yo, lè jou chatiman yo a tonbe sou yo.
The soldiers that Egypt hired are like calves made fat for slaughter. They will also retreat. They won't stand and fight—they will all run away. Their day of destruction is coming; the time when they'll be punished.
22 Peyi Lejip ap tankou koulèv k'ap kouri pou moun, l'ap kouri ale lè lame lènmi l' yo ap pwoche. Y'ap atake l' ak rach tankou moun k'ap koupe pyebwa.
The Egyptians will retreat with a rustle like a snake sliding away, because the enemy will attack them with axes, coming at them like wood-cutters chopping down trees.
23 Yo mete tout gwo rakbwa yo atè, rakbwa kote moun pa t' ka antre a. Lènmi yo anpil, ou pa ka konte yo. Sòlda yo pi plis pase yon lame krikèt. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
They will cut them down like a thick forest, declares the Lord, because the invaders are like a swarm of locusts—there's so many of them that they can't be counted.
24 Moun Lejip yo wont, pèp ki soti nan nò a kraze yo.
The people of Egypt will be humiliated. They will be handed over to the people of the north.
25 Men sa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, di ankò: -Mwen pral pini Amon, bondye lavil Tèb la. Mwen pral pini farawon an, pèp peyi Lejip la, ak tout chèf li yo ak tout bondye l' yo. Wi, mwen pral pini farawon an ansanm ak tout moun ki te mete konfyans yo nan li.
The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Watch, because I will punish Amon, the god of Thebes, and Pharaoh. I will punish the people of Egypt with their gods and kings, and everyone who trusts in Pharaoh.
26 M'ap lage yo nan men moun ki soti pou touye yo a, nan men Nèbikadneza, wa Babilòn lan, ak lame moun pa l' yo. Men, apre sa, moun va rete nan peyi Lejip la tankou nan tan lontan. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
I'm going to hand them over to those who want to kill them, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after all this happens, people will live in Egypt as they used to, declares the Lord.
27 Nou pa bezwen pè, nou menm pitit Jakòb, sèvitè mwen an. Nou pa bezwen tranble, nou menm moun pèp Izrayèl yo. M'ap vin delivre nou nan peyi lwen sa yo. M'ap vin sove pitit nou yo nan peyi kote yo te depòte nou an. N'ap tounen lakay nou pou nou viv ak kè poze, san pesonn pa chache nou kont ankò.
But you, descendants of Jacob my servant, you don't have to be fearful. Israelites, you don't need to be discouraged. I promise to rescue you from your distant places of exile, your descendants from the countries where they're being held captive. You will go home to a quiet and comfortable life, free from any threats.
28 Nou menm pitit Jakòb, sèvitè mwen an, nou pa bezwen pè. M'ap vin jwenn nou, m'ap sove nou. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa. M'ap disparèt tout nasyon kote mwen te gaye nou yo. Nou menm, mwen p'ap detwi nou. Men, pou pini se pou m' pini nou, jan sa dwe fèt. Mwen p'ap kite anyen pou nou.
You descendants of Jacob, don't be afraid! declares the Lord, for I will be with you. I will completely destroy all the nations where I've scattered you, I won't completely destroy you. However, I will discipline you as you deserve, and you can be sure I won't leave you unpunished.
