Jeremi 5
1 Mache toupatou nan lavil Jerizalèm. Louvri je nou! Gade sa k'ap fèt! Chache sou tout plas piblik yo! Eske nou jwenn yon nonm, yon sèl k'ap fè sa ki dwat, ki p'ap chache twonpe Bondye? Si nou jwenn yonn, m'ap padonnen tout lavil la.
Roam about through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and notice, and search in its broad places, if ye can find one man, if there be one that executeth justice, that searcheth for truth: and I will pardon it.
2 Yo te mèt pran non m' pou fè sèman, se pou twonpe moun.
And though they say, “As the Lord liveth!” surely they only swear to a falsehood.
3 Seyè, mwen konnen se moun ki p'ap twonpe ou w'ap chache! Ou frape yo, sa pa fè yo anyen. Ou kraze yo, yo derefize aprann. Tèt yo di kou wòch. Yo derefize tounen vin jwenn ou!
O Lord, are not thy eyes [directed] to the truth? thou didst strike them, but they felt it not; thou didst make an end of them, [yet] they refused to accept correction: they made their faces harder than a rock, they refused to return.
4 Mwen di nan kè m': Se yon bann tèt mare ki pa konprann anyen, yo fin fou! Yo pa konnen ni sa Seyè a mande yo fè, ni sa Bondye yo a vle yo fè.
Yet I myself thought, Oh these are but poor; they are foolish; for they knew not the way of the Lord, the ordinance of their God.
5 Mwen pral jwenn grannèg yo, m'a pale ak yo. Sèten, yo menm yo konnen ni sa Seyè a mande yo fè, ni sa Bondye yo a vle yo fè. Men, pa gen yonn ladan yo ki rekonèt otorite Bondye ankò. Yo tout ap fè sa yo pito.
I had better go unto the great men, and let me speak with them; for these surely know the way of the Lord, the ordinance of their God; but these altogether have broken the yoke, burst the bands.
6 Se poutèt sa lyon ki nan rakbwa ap devore yo. Chen mawon ki nan savann ap dechèpiye yo. Leyopa ap anvayi lavil yo. Si yon moun mete tèt deyò, y'ap depatcha li. Paske yo fè anpil peche. Se tout tan y'ap twonpe Bondye!
Therefore slayeth them the lion out of the forest, the wolf of the deserts wasteth them, the leopard lieth in wait against their cities: every one that cometh out thence shall be torn in pieces; because many are their transgressions, very numerous are their backslidings.
7 Nan kondisyon sa a, ki jan pou m' ta padonnen moun lavil Jerizalèm yo? Yo vire do ban mwen. Y'ap pran non yon bondye ki pa Bondye tout bon pou fè sèman. Mwen te ba yo tou sa yo bezwen. Men, yo lage kò yo nan fè adiltè. Y'ap goumen konsa pou yo antre kay jennès.
How shall I for this pardon thee? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by those that are not gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlot's house.
8 Yo tankou poulen chwal byen gra ki cho dèyè jiman. Y'ap plede kouri dèyè madanm frè parèy yo.
As robust horses they rose by times in the morning: every one neighed after the wife of his neighbor.
9 Atò, pou m' pa ta pini yo pou sa? Pou m' pa ta pran revanj mwen sou yon nasyon konsa? Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa
Shall I not for these things inflict punishment? saith the Lord: and shall on a nation such as this my soul not be avenged?
10 Se pou moun eskalade miray yo. Se pou moun devaste jaden yo. Men, yo pa bezwen fini nèt ak yo. Se pou yo rache branch yo met atè, paske se pa pou mwen yo ye.
Scale ye her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: remove her young shoots; for they are not the Lord's.
11 Ni moun Izrayèl yo, ni moun Jida yo trayi m' nèt. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the Lord.
12 Wi, yo nye Seyè a. Y'ap plede di: Seyè a pa egziste! Pa gen malè ki pou rive nou. P'ap gen lagè. P'ap kras gen grangou!
They have denied the Lord, and said, “He existeth not; nor will evil come over us; and the sword and famine shall we not see.
13 Pwofèt yo p'ap di anyen la a. Se pa Bondye k'ap pale nan bouch yo. Malè yo wè a, se sou yo pou l' tonbe.
And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them:” thus shall it be done unto them.
14 Se poutèt sa, men sa Seyè a, Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a, di m': -Jeremi, poutèt sa yo di a, m'ap fè pawòl mwen mete nan bouch ou tounen yon dife. Yo menm, y'ap tankou fachin. Dife a pral boule yo nèt.
Therefore thus hath said the Lord the God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth to be a fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
15 Men sa Seyè a di ankò: -Nou menm, pèp Izrayèl, Seyè a pral fè yon nasyon soti byen lwen vin atake nou, yon nasyon ki fò, yon nasyon ki la depi lontan, yon nasyon ki pale yon lang nou pa konnen, yon nasyon nou p'ap konprann sa y'ap di.
Lo, I will bring over you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: it is a mighty nation, it is a most ancient nation, a nation whose language thou wilt not know, and thou wilt not understand what they speak.
16 Sòlda k'ap tire flèch yo se vanyan gason yo ye, y'ap touye moun san gad dèyè.
Their quiver is as an open sepulchre: they are all mighty men.
17 Y'ap devore tout rekòt ak tout manje nou yo. Y'ap touye ni pitit gason, ni pitit fi nou yo. Y'ap koupe tèt bèf, tèt kabrit ak tèt mouton nou yo. Y'ap koupe dènye pye rezen ak dènye pye fig frans nou yo met atè. Y'ap kraze dènye lavil ak ranpa nou te kwè ki ta ka pwoteje nou yo. Y'ap vini atake nou ak nepe.
And they shall consume thy harvest, and thy bread; they shall consume thy sons and thy daughters; they shall consume thy flocks and thy herds; they shall consume thy vines and thy fig-trees; they shall depopulate thy fortified cities, those wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
18 Men sa Seyè a di ankò: -Men, menm lè sa a, mwen p'ap detwi pèp mwen an nèt.
Nevertheless even in those days, saith the Lord, will I not make a full end of you.
19 Lè y'a mande poukisa Seyè a, Bondye yo a, ap fè yo sibi tou sa, w'a di yo: Menm jan yo te vire do ban mwen pou y' al sèvi bondye moun lòt nasyon yo isit nan pwòp peyi yo a, konsa tou, nou pral sèvi moun lòt nasyon yo nan yon peyi ki pa pou nou.
And it shall come to pass, when ye will say, For what reason hath the Lord our God done all these things unto us? that thou shalt say unto them, In the same manner as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
20 Seyè a di ankò: -Men sa pou ou di moun fanmi Jakòb yo. Men sa pou ou fè moun Jida yo konnen. Di yo konsa:
Announce this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
21 Louvri zòrèy nou byen pou nou tande, bann egare san konprann! Nou gen je, men nou pa ka wè. Nou gen zòrèy, men nou pa ka tande.
Do now hear this, O sottish people, who have no heart; who have eyes, and see not; who have ears, and hear not;
22 Se Seyè a k'ap pale ak nou: Poukisa nou pa gen krentif pou mwen? Se mwen menm ki mete sab pou sèvi limit pou lanmè a, yon limit k'ap la pou tout tan, yon limit li p'ap ka janm depase. Lanm lanmè yo mèt move, yo p'ap ka fè anyen. Lanmè a te mèt gwonde, li p'ap ka janm depase l'.
Will ye not fear me? saith the Lord; will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand as a bound for the sea by an everlasting law, which it can never pass over? and though the waves thereof be upheaved, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.
23 Men pèp la gen tèt di, yo pa vle koute. Yo vire do ban mwen, y' al kite m'.
But this people hath a stubborn and a rebellious heart: they have departed [from the right] and have gone their way.
24 Sa pa janm vin nan lide yo pou yo di: Annou gen krentif pou Seyè a, Bondye nou an, li menm ki voye lapli lè pou n' gen lapli, ki ban nou sezon rekòt nou chak lanne.
And they have not said in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, the early and the latter rain, in its season: the appointed weeks of the harvest doth he ever preserve for us.
25 Se mechanste nou ki boulvèse tout bagay sa yo. Se peche nou yo ki fè nou pa jwenn tout bon bagay sa yo.
Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden what is good from you.
26 Gen yon bann mechan k'ap viv nan mitan pèp mwen an. Y'ap veye konsa tankou moun k'ap tann kabann pou zwezo. Yo mete pèlen pou pran moun.
For there are found among my people wicked men: they lie in wait, as he that layeth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
27 Menm jan chasè yo plen kalòj yo ak zwezo, konsa tou, yo plen kay yo ak sa yo vòlò. Se sa ki fè yo grannèg, yo rich konsa.
As a coop is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore are they become great, and grown rich.
28 Yo gra, po figi yo klere ak grès. Yo pa gen limit nan fè sa ki mal. Pou yo ka rive, yo kraze tout moun anba pye yo, ata timoun san papa. Yo pa defann kòz malere.
They are grown fat, they are stout; yea, they surpass even the deeds of the wicked: they pronounce no [just] sentence, the sentence of the fatherless, that they might prosper; and the cause of the needy do they not judge.
29 Atò, pou m' pa ta pini yo pou sa? Pou m' pa ta pran revanj mwen sou yon nasyon konsa? Se mwen menm, Seyè a, ki di sa.
shall I not for these things inflict punishment? saith the Lord: or shall on a nation such as this my soul not be avenged?
30 Sa k'ap pase nan peyi a, se bagay pou moun mete men nan tèt, bagay pou fè moun pè.
An astonishing and horrible thing is committed in the land;
31 Annik manti ase pwofèt yo ap bay. Prèt yo menm, se pòch yo ase yo konnen. Pèp la menm renmen l' konsa. Men, kisa y'a fè lè tou sa va fini?
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so; but what will ye do in the end thereof?
