Jeremi 7
1 Seyè a pale ak Jeremi, li di l' konsa:
This is the Lord's message that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
2 -Al kanpe devan gwo pòtay kay Bondye a. Pale byen fò, epi di: Nou tout moun peyi Jida k'ap vini pase nan pòtay sa a pou n' al fè sèvis pou Seyè a, koute sa Seyè a voye di nou.
Go and stand in the entrance to the Lord's Temple, and deliver this message: Listen to what Lord has to say, all of you from Judah who are coming in through these gates to worship the Lord.
3 Men sa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, di: Se pou nou chanje jan n'ap viv la! Manyè sispann fè sa n'ap fè a pou m' ka kite nou viv isit la.
This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel says: Change your ways and do what's right, and I'll let you go on living here.
4 Nou pa bezwen kwè pawòl manti y'ap plede repete yo: Sa se gwo kay Seyè a! Sa se gwo kay Seyè a! Sa se gwo kay Seyè a! Anyen p'ap rive nou la.
Don't believe in those who try and deceive you by repeating, “The Temple of the Lord is here, the Temple of the Lord is here, the Temple of the Lord is here.”
5 Se pou nou chanje jan n'ap viv la. Sispann fè sa n'ap fè a! Rann tout moun jistis san patipri.
If you sincerely change your ways and do what's right, if you treat each other fairly,
6 Pa pwofite sou moun lòt nasyon yo, sou timoun ki san papa yo, sou fanm ki pèdi mari yo. Sispann fè san moun inonsan koule nan peyi a. Pa kouri dèyè lòt bondye yo. Se va pou malè nou.
if you stop mistreating foreigners and orphans and widows, and if you stop murdering innocent people and stop hurting yourselves by worshiping,
7 Lè sa a, m'a kite nou viv isit la, nan peyi mwen te bay zansèt nou yo pou tout tan tout tan.
then I'll let you go on living here in the country that I gave to your forefathers forever and ever.
8 Men, nou chita ap kwè yon bann pawòl manti ki p'ap sèvi nou anyen.
But look at you! You go on believing in these deceptions, these worthless words.
9 Kouman nou ta vle sa? N'ap vòlò, n'ap touye moun, n'ap fè adiltè, n'ap fè sèman pou bay manti, n'ap fè ofrann pou yo boule pou Baal, n'ap kouri fè sèvis pou yon bann lòt bondye nou pa t' janm konnen anvan.
Are you really going to continue stealing, murdering, committing adultery, and lying, burning incense to Baal, and worshiping other gods that you know nothing about,
10 Lèfini, n'ap vin kanpe devan m' nan kay yo mete apa pou mwen an, n'ap plede di: Nou sove! Epi nou donnen pi rèd nan fè bagay mwen pa vle wè?
and then come and stand before me in my own Temple and say, “We're safe, so we can continue doing all these offensive things”?
11 Sanble nou pran kay yo mete apa pou mwen an fè yon kachèt pou vòlò? Se sa mwen wè n'ap fè. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
Do you see this house, my own Temple, as a den of thieves? Well, that's what it looks like to me too, declares the Lord.
12 Moute Silo, ale wè kote yo te mete apa pou mwen an, premye kote mwen te chwazi pou m' te rete nan mitan nou an. Ale wè sa m' te fè l' poutèt mechanste pèp Izrayèl mwen sa a.
So why don't you go to Shiloh where I first made myself a place for me to live with you, and see what I did to it because of the evil my people Israel did?
13 Koulye a menm, gade tou sa nou fè. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa. Se pa ti kras pale mwen pale nou, nou derefize koute m'. Se pa ti kras rele mwen rele nou, nou pa reponn.
I've warned you time and again about all these things you've done but you've refused to listen, declares the Lord. I've called out to you but you didn't want to answer me.
14 Enben! Sa m' te fè Silo a, se sa mwen pral fè kay yo mete apa pou mwen an, kay nou kwè ki ka sove nou an, ak peyi mwen te bay zansèt nou yo ansanm ak nou an.
So now I'm going to do to my Temple, what I did to Shiloh. This is the Temple your put your faith in, the place I gave to you and your forefathers.
15 M'ap wete nou devan je m', menm jan mwen te voye tout frè nou yo, tout moun branch fanmi Efrayim yo, jete byen lwen.
I will throw you out of my presence, just as I expelled all your Israelite relatives, all the descendants of Ephraim.
16 Seyè a di ankò: -Jeremi monchè, ou pa bezwen lapriyè nan pye m' pou pèp sa a. Ou pa bezwen rele, ni ou pa bezwen lapriyè pou yo. Pa vin plede kòz yo bò kote m'. Paske mwen p'ap koute ou.
You, Jeremiah, are not to pray for these people. Don't cry out to me in prayer for them, don't plead with me on their behalf, because I won't listen to you.
17 Ou pa wè sa y'ap fè nan lavil peyi Jida yo, ak nan lari lavil Jerizalèm?
Can't you see how they're behaving in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
18 Timoun yo ap ranmase bwa. Mesye yo ap limen dife. Medam yo ap bat farin pou fè gato pou Larenn syèl la. Y'ap ofri diven vide atè pou lòt bondye. Y'ap fè tou sa pou yo fè m' lapenn.
The children collect the firewood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven, and they pour out drink offerings to other gods to make me angry and hurt.
19 Men, se pa mwen y'ap fè mal. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa. Se pwòp tèt yo menm y'ap fè mal, se tèt yo y'ap fè wont.
But is it really me they're hurting? declares the Lord. Aren't they really hurting themselves and bringing shame on themselves?
20 Se poutèt sa, men sa mwen menm, Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, mwen di: Mwen pral pase gwo kòlè m' ni sou Tanp lan, ni sou moun, ni sou bèt, ni sou pyebwa, ni sou rekòt yo. Kòlè mwen pral tankou yon dife pesonn p'ap ka tenyen.
So this is what the Lord God says: Watch! My furious anger and will be poured out on this country, on people and animals, on the orchards and the crops in the field. It will burn and nobody will be able to put it out.
21 Men sa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, di ankò: -Pran tout vyann nou te konn ofri pou boule nan dife, mete yo sou vyann bèt nou touye yo. Lèfini, manje tout.
This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: You can add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat all the meat yourselves!
22 Lè mwen t'ap fè zansèt nou yo soti peyi Lejip, mwen pa t' ba yo ankenn lòd sou bèt pou yo te boule nan dife pou mwen, ni sou bèt pou yo te touye pou mwen.
When I led your forefathers out of Egypt I didn't just give them instructions about burnt offerings and sacrifices,
23 Sèl bagay mwen te mande yo, se pou yo te koute m' lè m'ap pale ak yo. Konsa m'a toujou Bondye yo. Yo menm y'a pèp mwen. Mwen te di pou yo te swiv chemen mwen t'ap mete devan yo, pou tout bagay te ka mache byen pou yo.
This is the commandment I gave them: Obey me, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. Follow everything I have commanded you to do, so that all will go well for you.
24 Men, yo pa t' vle koute m', yo te bouche zòrèy yo. Yo fè sa ki nan lide yo, yo fè tèt di. Pase yo vin pi bon, yo vin pi mal.
But they refused to listen or pay attention. Instead they followed the desires of their own stubborn and evil thinking, so they ended up going backward and not forward.
25 Depi jou zansèt nou yo te soti kite peyi Lejip rive jòdi a, mwen toujou voye sèvitè m' yo, pwofèt yo, pou pale ak nou.
From the time your forefathers left Egypt until now, I have sent you time after time my servants the prophets.
26 Men, pesonn pa koute yo, tout moun bouche zòrèy yo. Nou fè tèt di, nou fè pi mal pase zansèt nou yo.
But you refused to listen or pay them attention. Instead, you became more stubborn and rebellious than your forefathers!
27 Se poutèt sa, Jeremi, ou pral di yo tou sa, men yo p'ap koute ou. W'ap rele yo, men yo p'ap reponn.
When you tell them all this, they won't listen to you. When you call out to them, they won't answer.
28 W'a di yo: se yon nasyon ki pa koute sa Seyè a ap di yo yo ye. Malgre Bondye pini yo, yo pa chanje. Pesonn pa kenbe pawòl yo ak li. Yo pa pale sou sa menm ankò.
So you have to tell them, “This is the nation that refused to listen to what the Lord their God said, and would not accept the Lord's discipline. Truth has died out; people don't even talk about it.
29 Nou menm moun lavil Jerizalèm, koupe tout cheve nan tèt nou voye jete. Moute sou tèt mòn yo, pou nou chante plenn sò nou, paske Seyè a pa vle wè moun ki fè l' fache. Li vire do ba yo, li voye yo jete.
Cut off your hair and throw it away. Sing a song of mourning on the bare hills, for the Lord has rejected and abandoned the generation who made him angry.”
30 Moun peyi Jida yo fè sa ki mal devan je m'. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa: Yo pran zidòl yo, yo enstale yo nan kay yo te mete apa pou mwen an. Konsa, li pa nan kondisyon pou sèvi m' ankò.
For the people of Judah have done what is evil in my sight, declares the Lord. They have placed their offensive idols in my own Temple, making it unclean.
31 Nan Fon Benninon an, yo bati yon lotèl yo rele Tofèt pou yo ka boule pitit gason ak pitit fi yo nan dife sou li. Sa se bagay mwen p'ap mande yo fè, bagay ki pa janm vin nan lide m' pou m' mande yo fè.
They have built pagan shrines at Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom so they could sacrifice their sons and daughters by burning them in the fire. This is something I never commanded. I never even thought of such a thing!
32 Se poutèt sa, men sa mwen menm Seyè a, mwen di: Yon lè yo p'ap rele kote sa a Tofèt, osinon Fon Benninon, men Fon Masak: Se la y'a antere moun, paske p'ap gen plas lòt kote ankò pou antere yo.
So watch out! The time is coming, declares the Lord, when instead of Topheth and the Valley of Hinnom this place will be called the Valley of Killing. People will bury their dead in Topheth until it's full.
33 Kadav moun yo va sèvi manje pou zwazo nan syèl ak bèt nan bwa. P'ap gen pesonn pou pouse bèt yo ale.
The dead bodies of these people will be food for birds of prey and wild animals, and there won't be anyone to scare them away.
34 Peyi a pral tounen yon dezè. Nan lavil peyi Jida yo ak nan lari lavil Jerizalèm, ou p'ap tande yon moun ap pran plezi l', ou p'ap tande yon moun ap ri. p'ap menm gen fèt pou moun marye yo. Se mwen menm k'ap fè tou sa rive.
I will put a stop to the cheerful sounds of celebration and the happy voices of the bride and bridegroom from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, for the country will be turned into a wasteland.
