Jeremi 51
1 Seyè a di konsa: -Mwen pral fè yon gwo van soufle sou lavil Babilòn pou detwi l' ansanm ak tout moun li yo.
Thus said YHWH: “Behold, I am stirring up against Babylon, And the inhabitants of Leb, My withstanders, A destroying wind,
2 Wi, m'ap voye etranje nan peyi a. Y'ap gaye l' tankou van k'ap bwote pay chèch, y'ap ravaje peyi a. Lè jou malè sa a va rive, y'ap soti toupatou vin tonbe sou li.
And I have sent fanners to Babylon, And they have fanned her, and they empty her land, For they have been against her, All around—in the day of evil.
3 Pa bay sòlda yo chans pou yo tire banza yo, ni pou yo mete rad batay yo sou yo. Pa kite jenn gason yo chape. Touye tout lame a pou Bondye.
Do not let the treader tread his bow, Nor lift himself up in his coat of mail, Nor have pity on her young men, Devote all her host to destruction.
4 Nan tout peyi Babilòn lan moun ap tonbe mouri. Nan tout lari flèch ap pèse yo pak an pak.
And the wounded have fallen in the land of the Chaldeans, And the pierced-through in her streets.
5 Paske mwen menm, Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye moun peyi Izrayèl ak moun peyi Jida yo, mwen pa lage yo, atout yo koupab devan Bondye pèp Izrayèl la ki yon Bondye apa.
For Israel and Judah are not forsaken By his God—by YHWH of Hosts, For their land has been full of guilt, Against the Holy One of Israel.
6 Kouri kite lavil Babilòn! Kouri chape kò nou. Pa kite yo touye nou pou mechanste moun pa li yo. Lè a rive pou m' tire revanj mwen. M'ap pini l' pou sa li fè m' lan.
Flee from the midst of Babylon, And let each deliver his soul, Do not be cut off in her iniquity, For it [is] a time of vengeance for YHWH—His, He is rendering repayment to her.
7 Babilòn te tankou yon gode fèt an lò nan men mwen. Li t'ap fè tout nasyon sou latè sou. Yo bwè nan diven l' lan, y'ap depale.
Babylon [is] a golden cup in the hand of YHWH, Making all the earth drunk, Nations have drunk of her wine, Therefore nations boast themselves.
8 Men Babilòn rete konsa li tonbe, li kraze. Plenn sò li! Chache renmèd pou doulè l' yo. Nou pa janm konnen, li ka geri.
Babylon has suddenly fallen, Indeed, she is broken, howl for her, Take balm for her pain, perhaps she may be healed.
9 Etranje k'ap viv nan peyi a di konsa: Nou fè sa nou kapab pou n' geri Babilòn. Pa gen gerizon pou li. Annou kite peyi a. Ann ale, chak moun nan peyi pa yo, paske peche l' yo fè pil rive jouk nan syèl, yo pi wo pase nwaj yo.
We healed Babylon, and she was not healed, Forsake her, and we go, each to his land, For her judgment has come to the heavens, And it has been lifted up to the clouds.
10 Pèp Izrayèl la di: Seyè a fè wè kòz nou an bon, li ban nou jistis. Ann al rakonte moun lavil Jerizalèm yo sa Seyè a, Bondye nou an, fè.
YHWH has brought forth our righteousnesses, Come, and we recount in Zion the work of our God YHWH.
11 Bondye moute tèt tout wa peyi Medi yo, li fè yon plan pou l' detwi Babilòn. Se konsa l'ap tire revanj li pou detwi yo menm jan yo te detwi tanp li an. Fè pwent flèch yo byen pwenti! Plen sak yo flèch!
Cleanse the arrows, fill the shields, YHWH has stirred up the spirit of the kings of Media, For His purpose [is] against Babylon to destroy her, For it [is] the vengeance of YHWH, The vengeance of His temple.
12 Leve drapo a! Bay siyal pou yo atake miray Babilòn yo! Double faksyonnè yo! Mete sòlda ap veye. Pare anbiskad pou yo. Seyè a fè plan li, li fè sa li te di l'ap fè moun Babilòn yo.
Lift up an ensign to the walls of Babylon, Strengthen the watch, Establish the watchers, prepare the ambush, For YHWH has both devised and done that which He spoke, Concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
13 Nou menm ki rete nan peyi ki gen anpil rivyè a, nou menm ki gen anpil richès, men nou rive mezi bout nou! Nou fè kont nou koulye a.
O dweller on many waters, abundant in treasures, Your end has come—the measure of your dishonest gain.
14 Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a fè sèman sou tèt li: li pral mennen anpil moun vin atake Babilòn, y'ap tankou yon bann krikèt. Yo pral rele, yo pral chante dèske yo kraze ou.
YHWH of Hosts has sworn by Himself, That, Surely I have filled you [with] men as the cankerworm, And they have cried against you—shouting.
15 Seyè a te fè latè ak fòs pouvwa li. Li kreye dènye bagay ak bon konprann li. Avèk entèlijans li, li louvri syèl la anwo latè.
Making [the] earth by His power, Establishing [the] world by His wisdom, Who by His understanding stretched out the heavens,
16 Li pase lòd, epi dlo ki anwo syèl la pran gwonde. Li fè gwo nwaj yo moute soti toupatou. Li fè zèklè yo klere pou fè lapli vini. Li fè van yo soti kote li te sere yo.
At the voice He gives forth, A multitude of waters [are] in the heavens, And He causes vapors to come up from the end of the earth, He has made lightnings for rain, And He brings out wind from His treasures.
17 Lè konsa tout moun rete egare, yo pa konprann anyen. Moun k'ap fè zidòl yo wont sa yo fè a, paske bondye yo fè yo se fo bondye, yo pa gen lavi nan yo.
Every man has been brutish by knowledge, Everyone has been put to shame—from refining a carved image, For his molten image [is] falsehood, And there is no breath in them.
18 Yo pa vo anyen. Yo bon pou pase nan betiz. Y'ap disparèt lè Seyè a ap vin regle ak yo.
They [are] vanity—a work of errors, They perish in the time of their inspection.
19 Men, Bondye Jakòb la pa tankou yo. Se li menm ki fè tout bagay. Li chwazi pèp Izrayèl la pou rele l' pa l'. Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, se konsa yo rele l'.
The Portion of Jacob [is] not like these, For He is forming the whole, And [Israel is] the tribe of His inheritance, YHWH of Hosts [is] His Name.
20 Seyè a di ankò: -Babilòn, ou te yon gwo mato nan men mwen, yon zam pou m' fè lagè. Se avè ou mwen te kraze nasyon yo. Se avè ou mwen te kraze peyi wa yo.
You [are] My shatterer—weapons of war, And I have broken in pieces nations by you, And I have destroyed kingdoms by you,
21 Se avè ou mwen te kraze chwal yo ak tout kavalye yo. Se avè ou mwen te kraze cha lagè yo ak tout moun ki t'ap mennen yo.
And I have broken in pieces horse and its rider by you, And I have broken in pieces chariot and its charioteer by you,
22 Se avè ou mwen te kraze fanm kou gason, granmoun kou timoun, jenn gason kou jenn fi.
And I have broken in pieces man and woman by you, And I have broken in pieces old and young by you, And I have broken in pieces young man and virgin by you,
23 Se avè ou mwen te touye bann mouton yo ak tout gadò yo. Se avè ou mwen te kraze kiltivatè yo ansanm ak tout chwal pou raboure latè. Se avè ou mwen te kraze tout chèf yo ak tout majistra yo.
And I have broken in pieces shepherd and his drove by you, And I have broken in pieces farmer and his team by you, And I have broken in pieces governors and prefects by you.
24 Seyè a di ankò: -Devan je nou tout, m'ap fè lavil Babilòn ansanm ak tout pèp li a peye tout mechanste li te fè lavil Jerizalèm yo.
And I have repaid to Babylon, And to all inhabitants of Chaldea, All the evil that they have done in Zion, Before your eyes,” a declaration of YHWH.
25 Babilòn, ou tankou yon gwo mòn kote moun k'ap ravaje tout latè a soti. Koulye a, mwen pral regle avè ou. Mwen pral mete men sou ou. M'ap fè ou degrengole desann soti nan tèt wòch yo. M'ap fè mòn lan tounen yon gwo boukan dife.
“Behold, I [am] against you, O destroying mountain,” A declaration of YHWH, “That is destroying all the earth, And I have stretched out My hand against you, And I have rolled you from the rocks, And given you for a burnt mountain.
26 Yo p'ap pran yon wòch nan ou ni pou fè fondasyon, ni pou fè kwen kay. Ou pral tounen yon dezè pou tout tan. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
And they do not take out of you a stone for a corner, And a stone for foundations, For you are continuous desolations,” A declaration of YHWH.
27 Bay siyal nan tout peyi a pou yo atake. Kònen twonpèt nan tout nasyon yo. Pare tout nasyon yo pou y' al fè lagè ak Babilòn. Voye rele wa peyi Arara a, wa peyi Mini an, wa peyi Achkenaz la pou y' al atake l'. Chwazi chèf pou mennen batay la. Fè yo mennen anpil chwal ban nou pou yo menm kantite ak yon bann krikèt.
“Lift up an ensign in the land, Blow a horn among nations, Sanctify nations against it, Summon against it the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz, Appoint an infant head against it, Cause the horse to ascend as the rough cankerworm.
28 Pare tout nasyon yo pou y' al fè lagè ak Babilòn. Voye chache wa yo k'ap gouvènen nan peyi Medi a, ansanm ak tout prefè yo, tout majistra yo, tout lame nan peyi ki sou kontwol yo.
Sanctify against it the nations with the kings of Media, Its governors and all its prefects, And all the land of its dominion.
29 Tout latè ap tranble, l'ap souke, paske lè plan travay Seyè a rive pou l' fèt. Li pral fè Babilòn tounen yon dezè kote p'ap gen pesonn ankò.
And the land shakes, and it is pained, For the purposes of YHWH have stood against Babylon, To make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant.
30 Sòlda lavil Babilòn yo derefize goumen. Yo rete kache nan fò yo. Yo pèdi tout kouraj yo, yo tankou fanm. Lènmi defonse pòtay lavil yo, yo mete dife nan kay yo.
The mighty of Babylon have ceased to fight, They have remained in strongholds, Their might has failed, they have become [as] women, They have burned her dwelling places, Her bars have been broken.
31 Mesaje sou mesaje ap kouri brid sou kou al di wa Babilòn lan lènmi anvayi lavil li a nèt.
Runner runs to meet runner, And announcer to meet announcer, To announce to the king of Babylon, For his city has been captured—at the extremity.
32 Yo bloke tout chemen yo, yo mete dife nan tout avanpòs yo, sòlda yo gaye.
And the passages have been captured, And they have burned the reeds with fire, And the men of war have been troubled.
33 Wi, men mesaj Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, bay: Lavil Babilòn tankou yon glasi y'ap pare. Talè konsa yo pral kouche sòlda yo tankou grenn danre sou glasi.
For thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon [is] as a threshing-floor, The time of her threshing—yet a little [while], And the time of her harvest has come.
34 Nèbikadneza, wa peyi Babilòn lan, te devore lavil Jerizalèm, li manje l' nèt ale. Li kite peyi a vid tankou yon plat yo niche. Tankou yon gwo bèt lanmè, li vale m'. Li souse tout mwèl mwen. Lèfini, li voye rès la jete.
Devoured us, crushed us, has Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, He has set us [as] an empty vessel, He has swallowed us as a dragon, He has filled his belly with my delicacies, He has driven us away.
35 Moun ki rete sou mòn Siyon yo di: Se pou lavil Babilòn peye tout lapenn ak mechanste li fè nou. Moun lavil Jerizalèm yo te mèt di: Se pou moun peyi Kalde yo peye pou tout san nou yo fè koule a.
My wrong, and [that of] my flesh, [is] on Babylon—The inhabitant of Zion says; And my blood [is] on the inhabitants of Chaldea—Jerusalem says.
36 Se konsa Seyè a pale ak moun Jerizalèm yo, li di yo: Se mwen menm k'ap pran kòz nou nan men. Mwen pran sou kont mwen pou m' fè yo peye sa yo fè nou. M'ap fè sous dlo lavil Babilòn yo cheche. P'ap gen yon tak dlo nan rivyè l' yo.
Therefore, thus said YHWH: Behold, I am pleading your cause, And I have avenged your vengeance, And dried up her sea, and made her fountains dry.
37 Lavil Babilòn ap tounen yon pil mazi kote bèt nan bwa rete, yon dezè kote pesonn pa rete. Tout moun k'ap wè sa pral sezi, y'a mete men nan tèt.
And Babylon has been for heaps, A habitation of dragons, An astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
38 Moun Babilòn yo ap gwonde tankou lyon, y'ap griyen dan yo tankou jenn lyon.
They roar together as young lions, They have shaken themselves as lions’ whelps.
39 Lè y'a fin chofe kont yo, mwen menm m'ap pare yon fèt pou yo. M'ap fè yo sou, m'ap fè kè yo kontan. Lèfini, yo pral dòmi yon dòmi ki p'ap janm fini, yo p'ap janm leve ankò.
In their heat I make their banquets, And I have caused them to drink, so that they exult, And have slept a continuous sleep, And do not awaken,” a declaration of YHWH.
40 M'ap fè mennen yo labatwa tankou yo mennen mouton, belye mouton ak bouk kabrit yo. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
“I cause them to go down as lambs to slaughter, As rams with male goats.
41 Seyè a di konsa: -Gade! Yo pran lavil Babilòn. Yo mete men sou li, lavil ki te yon lwanj nan bouch tout moun lan. Yo fè l' tounen yon dezè nan mitan nasyon yo.
How Sheshach has been captured, Indeed, the praise of the whole earth is caught, How Babylon has been for an astonishment among nations.
42 Lanmè moute anvayi lavil Babilòn. Lanm lanmè yo move, yo kouvri lavil la.
The sea has come up over Babylon, She has been covered with a multitude of its billows.
43 Tout ti bouk li yo tounen yon dezè tou, san pa gen yon gout dlo ladan yo. Se raje toupatou. Pa gen pesonn ladan yo ankò. Pesonn pa pase la non plis.
Her cities have been for a desolation, A dry land, and a wilderness, A land—none dwell in them, Nor does a son of man pass over into them.
44 M'ap regle Bèl, bondye Babilòn lan, m'ap fè l' rann tou sa li te vale a. Nasyon yo p'ap kouri vin nan pye l' ankò. Miray lavil Babilòn yo tonbe.
And I have seen after Bel in Babylon, And I have brought forth that which he swallowed—from his mouth, And nations no longer flow to him, Also the wall of Babylon has fallen.
45 Nou menm moun pèp Izrayèl yo, kouri wete kò nou la! Chape kò nou pou nou pa pase tou, paske Seyè a move anpil sou lavil Babilòn.
Go forth from her midst, O My people, And let each deliver his soul, Because of the fierceness of the anger of YHWH,
46 Pa dekouraje. Pa kite bri k'ap kouri nan peyi a fè nou pè. Chak lanne yo fè kouri yon kalite bri. Yon lè yo di se mechanste k'ap fèt nan peyi a, yon lòt lè yo di se chèf k'ap goumen ak chèf pou pran pouvwa a.
And lest your heart be tender, And you are afraid of the report that is heard in the land, And the report has come in [one] year, And after it [another] report in [another] year, And violence [is] in the land, ruler against ruler;
47 Men jou yo rive pou m' regle ak vye zidòl Babilòn yo. Tout peyi a pral wont. Yo pral touye dènye moun ladan l'.
Therefore, behold, days are coming, And I have seen after the carved images of Babylon. And all its land is ashamed, And all its pierced ones fall in its midst.
48 Tout bagay nan syèl la ak sou latè a pral kontan, yo pral rele lè moun k'ap soti bò nan nò yo va vin ravaje lavil Babilòn. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
And heavens and earth and all that [is] in them Have cried aloud against Babylon, For the spoilers come to her from the north,” A declaration of YHWH.
49 Babilòn te lakòz anpil moun mouri toupatou sou latè. Koulye a se Babilòn ki pral tonbe, paske li te touye anpil moun nan pèp Izrayèl la.
“As Babylon [has caused the] pierced of Israel to fall, So they of Babylon have fallen, You pierced of all the earth.
50 Seyè a pale ak moun pèp Izrayèl yo ki lavil Babilòn. Li di yo konsa: -Nou menm ki te chape anba lanmò, ale, pa rete! Nou te mèt byen lwen lakay nou, mete lide nou sou mwen, chonje lavil Jerizalèm!
You escaped of the sword, go on, do not stand, Remember YHWH from afar, And let Jerusalem come up on your heart.
51 Nou di: nou te wont lè nou tande jan yo t'ap joure nou. Lawont fè nou bouche figi nou, paske moun lòt nasyon yo te mete pye yo nan kote ki apa nèt pou Seyè a nan tanp lan.
We have been ashamed, for we heard reproach, Shame has covered our faces, For strangers have come in against the sanctuaries of the house of YHWH.
52 Enben, men sa Seyè a di ankò: Lè a rive, mwen pral regle avèk zidòl lavil Babilòn yo. Nan tout peyi a moun blese yo pral plenn.
Therefore, behold, days are coming,” A declaration of YHWH, “And I have seen after her carved images, And the wounded groan in all her land.
53 Menm si Babilòn ta rive moute nan syèl pou l' ta bati yon gwo fò moun pa ka rive pran, moun m'ap voye dèyè l' yo ap jwenn li, y'ap kraze l'. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
Because Babylon goes up to the heavens, And because she fortifies the high place of her strength, Spoilers come into her from Me,” A declaration of YHWH.
54 Seyè a di ankò: -Yon sèl rèl pete lavil Babilòn. Bri kouri yon gwo malè tonbe sou tout peyi a.
“A voice of a cry [is] from Babylon, And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldean.
55 Se mwen menm Seyè a k'ap detwi lavil Babilòn. Mwen fè l' pe bouch li. Menm si lavil Babilòn t'ap fè bri tankou lanmè lè li move, m'ap fè l' sispann rele.
For YHWH is spoiling Babylon, And has destroyed her great voice, And her billows have sounded as many waters, Their voice has given forth a noise.
56 Wi, lènmi ap vin detwi lavil Babilòn. Y'ap mete men sou sòlda li yo. L'ap kraze tout banza yo. Mwen menm, Seyè a, mwen se yon Bondye k'ap pini moun ki fè sa ki mal. M'ap fè yo peye pou sa yo fè.
For a spoiler has come in against her—against Babylon, And her mighty ones have been captured, Their bows have been broken, For the God of recompenses—YHWH—certainly repays.
57 M'ap soule chèf li yo, moun save ak majistra li yo, chèf lame ak sòlda li yo. Yo pral dòmi nèt ale, yo p'ap janm leve. Se mwen menm wa a ki pale, mwen menm yo rele Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a.
And I have caused her princes to drink, And her wise men, her governors, And her prefects, and her mighty ones, And they have slept a continuous sleep, And they do not awaken—an affirmation of the King, YHWH of Hosts [is] His Name.
58 Men sa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a di ankò: -Yo kraze gwo miray lavil Babilòn lan ratè. Yo boule gwo pòtay byen wo li yo. Pèp yo te travay pou gremesi. Tou sa yo te bat kò yo fè a tounen sann dife.
Thus said YHWH of Hosts: The wall of Babylon—The broad one—is made utterly bare, And her high gates are burned with fire, And peoples labor in vain, And nations in fire, and have been weary!”
59 Sedesyas, wa peyi Jida a, te gen yon chèf yo te rele Seraja ki te reskonsab kay wa a. Se te pitit Nerija, pitit pitit Maseja. Wa a te gen katran depi li t'ap gouvènen peyi a lè li pati pou Babilòn ansanm ak Seraja. Men lòd pwofèt Jeremi te bay Seraja.
The word that Jeremiah the prophet has commanded Seraiah son of Neriah, son of Maaseiah, in his going with Zedekiah king of Judah to Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign—and Seraiah [is] a quiet prince;
60 Jeremi te ekri nan yon liv tout malè ki gen pou tonbe sou lavil Babilòn ansanm ak tout lòt bagay li te di sou lavil la.
and Jeremiah writes all the calamity that comes to Babylon on one scroll—all these words that are written concerning Babylon.
61 Jeremi di Seraja konsa: -Lè w'a rive lavil Babilòn, pa bliye se pou ou li tou sa ki ekri nan liv la.
And Jeremiah says to Seraiah, “When you enter Babylon, then you have seen, and have read all these words,
62 Apre sa w'a di: Seyè! Ou te di ou gen pou detwi peyi sa a pou pa gen yon sèl moun ni yon sèl bèt rete ladan l' ankò. Ou te di peyi a gen pou tounen yon dezè pou tout tan!
and have said: YHWH, You have spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that there is none dwelling in it, from man even to livestock, for it is a continuous desolation.
63 Lè w'a fin li liv sa a, w'a mare l' sou yon wòch, w'a voye l' jete nan mitan larivyè Lefrat.
And it has come to pass, when you finish reading this scroll, you bind a stone to it, and have cast it into the midst of the Euphrates,
64 Apre sa, w'a di: Se konsa lavil Babilòn lan pral koule, li p'ap janm ka leve ankò apre malè mwen menm Seyè a, mwen pral voye sou li a. Se isit la pawòl pwofèt Jeremi yo fini.
and said, Thus Babylon sinks, and she does not arise, because of the calamity that I am bringing in against it, and they have been weary.” Until now [are the] words of Jeremiah.
