Jeremi 10
1 Tande pawòl la ke SENYÈ a ap pale ak ou, O lakay Israël.
Heare ye the worde of the Lord that he speaketh vnto you, O house of Israel.
2 Konsa pale SENYÈ a: “Pa aprann abitid a nasyon yo, ni pa vin krent sign nan syèl yo, malgre nasyon yo krent yo anpil.
Thus saith the Lord, Learne not the way of the heathen, and be not afraid for the signes of heauen, though the heathen be afraid of such.
3 Paske abitid a pèp yo se afè twonpe moun; konsi se bwa ki koupe nan forè, zèv men atizan ki koupe ak zouti.
For the customes of the people are vaine: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest (which is the worke of the handes of the carpenter) with the axe,
4 Yo dekore l ak ajan ak lò; yo tache li ak klou ak mato, pou l pa deplase.
And another decketh it with siluer, and with golde: they fasten it with nailes, and hammers, that it fall not.
5 Yo tankou yon bwa palmis ki fòme pa men moun, men yo pa ka pale. Fòk yo pote yo, paske yo pa ka mache! Pa krent yo; paske yo p ap ka fè okenn mal, ni yo p ap ka fè anyen ki bon.”
The idoles stande vp as the palme tree, but speake not: they are borne because they cannot go feare them not, for they cannot do euill, neither can they do good.
6 Nanpwen moun ki tankou Ou, O SENYÈ. Ou gran! Gran se non Ou an pwisans!
There is none like vnto thee, O Lord: thou art great, and thy name is great in power.
7 Se kilès ki pa ta krent Ou, O Wa a nasyon yo? Anverite, se sa Ou merite! Paske pami tout moun saj nan nasyon yo, ak nan tout wayòm yo, nanpwen okenn tankou Ou.
Who would not feare thee, O King of nations? for to thee appertaineth the dominion: for among all the wise men of the Gentiles, and in al their kingdomes there is none like thee.
8 Men yo tout ansanm se ensanse e plen ak foli; instwi pa zidòl yo——se bwa yo ye!
But, altogether they dote, and are foolish: for the stocke is a doctrine of vanitie.
9 Ajan byen bat pote soti Tarsis ak lò ki sòti Uphaz, travay a yon atizan e men a yon òfèv. Vètman yo an vyolèt e mov; tout se zèv a ouvriye byen fò.
Siluer plates are brought from Tarshish, and golde from Vphaz, for the worke of the workeman, and the handes of the founder: the blewe silke, and the purple is their clothing: all these things are made by cunning men.
10 Men SENYÈ a se vrè Bondye a; Li se Bondye vivan an e Wa etènèl la. Devan kòlè Li, tout latè tranble e nasyon yo p ap ka sipòte gwo kòlè Li a.
But the Lord is the God of trueth: he is the liuing God, and an euerlasting King: at his anger the earth shall tremble, and the nations cannot abide his wrath.
11 Konsa ou va di yo: “dye ki pa t fè syèl la ak tè yo va peri soti sou latè ak anba syèl yo.”
(Thus shall you say vnto them, The gods that haue not made the heauens and the earth, shall perish from the earth, and from vnder these heauens)
12 Bondye te fè tè a pa pouvwa Li. Li te etabli lemonn ak sajès Li; ak konprann Li, Li te etann syèl yo.
He hath made the earth by his power, and established the worlde by his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauen by his discretion.
13 Lè Li fè vwa L sone, dlo yo mele nan syèl yo. Li fè nwaj yo monte soti nan dènye pwent tè a. Li fè loray pou lapli, e Li fè van sòti nan depo Li yo.
Hee giueth by his voyce the multitude of waters in the heauen, and he causeth the cloudes to ascend from the endes of the earth: he turneth lightnings to rayne, and bringeth forth the winde out of his treasures.
14 Tout moun se ensanse, san konesans. Tout òfèv yo vin wont akoz zidòl li; paske imaj fonn li se desepsyon. Nanpwen souf nan yo.
Euery man is a beast by his owne knowledge: euery founder is confounded by the grauen image: for his melting is but falsehood, and there is no breath therein.
15 Yo san valè, yon zèv k ap twonpe. Nan lè règleman pa yo, yo va peri.
They are vanitie, and the worke of errours: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
16 Pòsyon ki pou Jacob la pa konsa; paske Kreyatè a tout bagay se Li menm; e Israël se tribi eritaj Li. SENYÈ dèzame yo se non Li.
The portion of Iaakob is not like them: for he is the maker of all things, and Israel is the rodde of his inheritance: the Lord of hostes is his Name.
17 Leve pakèt ou atè a, nou menm ki anba syèj!
Gather vp thy wares out of the land, O thou that dwellest in the strong place.
18 Paske konsa pale SENYÈ a: “Gade byen, M ap voye pèp peye sa a deyò nan moman sa a. Mwen va fè yo pase anpil doulè, jis yo byen santi li.”
For thus sayth the Lord, Beholde, at this time I will throwe as with a sling the inhabitants of the lande, and will trouble them, and they shall finde it so.
19 Malè a mwen, akoz blesi m nan! Blesi m nan byen grav. Men mwen te di: “Anverite, sa se gwo doulè m; fòk mwen pote l.”
Wo is me for my destruction, and my grieuous plague: but I thought, Yet it is my sorow, and I will beare it.
20 Tant mwen an fin detwi. Tout kòd mwen yo fin chire. Fis mwen yo te kite mwen. Yo pa la ankò. Nanpwen moun ki pou laji tant mwen an ankò, ni pou monte rido mwen yo.
My tabernacle is destroyed, and all my coardes are broken: my children are gone from me, and are not: there is none to spread out my tent any more, and to set vp my curtaines.
21 Paske bèje yo vin tankou bèt ensanse; yo pa t chache SENYÈ a. Akoz sa, yo pa reyisi; tout bann mouton yo fin gaye.
For the Pastours are become beasts, and haue not sought the Lord: therefore haue they none vnderstanding: and all the flockes of their pastures are scattered.
22 Bri rapò a rive! Gade byen, l ap vini— yon gwo zen k ap sòti nan peyi nò a! K ap fè vil a Juda yo vin yon dezolasyon, yon andwa pou chen mawon.
Beholde, the noyse of the brute is come, and a great commotion out of the North countrey to make the cities of Iudah desolate, and a denne of dragons.
23 Mwen konnen, O SENYÈ, ke chemen a yon nonm pa nan li menm, ni se pa posib pou moun ki mache a dirije pwòp pa pye li.
O Lord, I knowe, that the way of man is not in himselfe, neyther is it in man to walke and to direct his steps.
24 Korije mwen, O SENYÈ, men avèk jistis; pa nan kòlè Ou, sinon Ou va fè m vin pa anyen menm.
O Lord, correct mee, but with iudgement, not in thine anger, least thou bring mee to nothing.
25 Vide gwo kòlè Ou a sou nasyon ki pa konnen Ou yo ak sou fanmi ki pa rekonèt non Ou yo; paske yo te devore Jacob. Yo te devore li, manje l nèt e te devaste tout abitasyon li an.
Powre out thy wrath vpon the heathen, that knowe thee not, and vpon the families that call not on thy Name: for they haue eaten vp Iaakob and deuoured him and consumed him, and haue made his habitation desolate.
