Jeremi 15
1 Alò, SENYÈ a te di mwen: “Menm si Moïse ak Samuel te kanpe devan M, kè M pa t ap avèk pèp sa a. Voye yo sòti nan prezans Mwen! Kite yo ale nèt!
And the Lord said to me: If Moses and Samuel shall stand before me, my soul is not towards this people: cast them out from my sight, and let them go forth.
2 Konsa l ap rive ke lè yo mande ou: ‘Ki jan n ap prale?’, alò, ou va di yo: ‘Se konsa SENYÈ a pale: “Sila ki pou mouri yo, a lanmò; ak sila ki pou nepe yo, a nepe; sila ki pou gwo grangou yo, a gwo grangou a; e sila ki pou kaptif yo, a kaptivite.”’
And if they shall say unto thee: Whither shall we go forth? thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord: Such as are for death, to death: and such as are to the sword, to the sword: and such as are for famine, to famine: and such as are to captivity, to captivity.
3 “Mwen va chwazi sou yo kat kalite jan,” pale SENYÈ a: “nepe ki pou touye, chen ki pou chire yo, e bèt syèl yo, ak bèt latè pou devore e detwi yo.
And I will visit them with four kinds, saith the Lord: The sword to kill, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the air, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.
4 Mwen va fè yo yon objè sezisman pami tout wayòm latè yo, akoz Manassé, fis a Ézéchias la, wa Juda a, pou sa li te fè Jérusalem nan.”
And I will give them up to the rage of all the kingdoms of the earth: because of Manasses the son of Ezechias the king of Juda, for all that he did in Jerusalem.
5 “Anverite, se kilès k ap gen pitye pou ou, O Jérusalem? Oswa kilès k ap fè gwo kri pou ou? Oswa k ap vire sou kote pou mande si ou byen?
For who shall have pity on thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go to pray for thy peace?
6 Ou menm ki abandonen Mwen an,” deklare SENYÈ a, “Ou kontinye ap fè bak. Pou sa, Mwen te lonje men M kont ou e Mwen te pou detwi ou. Mwen bouke demontre ou konpasyon!
Thou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord, thou art gone backward: and I will stretch out my hand against thee, and I will destroy thee: I am weary of entreating thee.
7 Mwen te vannen yo ak yon fouchèt vannen nan pòtay peyi a. Mwen te prive yo de pitit yo. Mwen te detwi pèp Mwen an. Yo pa t vire kite chemen yo.
And I will scatter them with a fan in the gates of the land: I have killed and destroyed my people, and yet they are not returned form their ways.
8 Vèv pa yo vin plis ke grenn sab lanmè devan Mwen. Mwen te fè parèt kont yo; kont manman a yon jennonm, yon destriktè a midi. Mwen te sibitman fè desann sou li gwo doulè ak sezisman.
Their widows are multiplied unto me above the sand of the sea: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young man a spoiler at noonday: I have cast a terror on a sudden upon the cities.
9 Sila ki te fè sèt pitit gason te vin chagren; li te rale denyè souf. Solèy pa li te vin desann nan mitan lajounen; li te soufri wont e li te menm imilye. Konsa, Mwen va remèt sila ki chape de nepe yo devan lènmi yo,” deklare SENYÈ a.
She that hath borne seven is become weak, her soul hath fainted away: her sun is gone down, while it was yet day: she is confounded, and ashamed: and the residue of them I will give up to the sword in the sight of their enemies, saith the Lord.
10 Malè se mwen, manman m, ki te fè mwen, yon nonm ki fè twoub leve, yon nonm ki fè kontansyon nan tout latè a! Mwen pa t prete lajan a lòt moun, ni pèsòn pa t prete mwen; malgre sa, yo tout ban m madichon.
Woe is me, my mother: why hast thou borne me a man of strife, a man of contention to all the earth? I have not lent on usury, neither hath any man lent to me on usury: yet all curse me.
11 SENYÈ a te di: “Anverite, Mwen va bay ou fòs pou sa ki bon. Anverite, Mwen va fè lènmi an fè siplikasyon pou ou nan yon tan gwo dezas, ak yon tan gwo doulè.
The Lord saith to me: Assuredly it shall be well with thy remnant, assuredly I shall help thee in the time of affliction, and in the time of tribulation against the enemy.
12 Èske yon moun ka kraze fè; fè ki sòti nan nò, oswa bwonz?
Shall iron be allied with the iron from the north, and the brass?
13 Mwen va bay gwo richès ou ak trezò ou yo, kon piyaj ki san frè; sa a, konsa, pou tout peche ou yo, menm anndan tout lizyè ou yo.
Thy riches and thy treasures I will give unto spoil for nothing, because of all thy sins, even in all thy borders.
14 Mwen va fè lènmi ou yo mennen yo nan yon peyi ke ou pa konnen; paske yon dife te vin limen nan kòlè Mwen ki va brile sou ou.”
And I will bring thy enemies out of a land, which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in my rage, it shall burn upon you.
15 Ou menm ki konnen, O SENYÈ, sonje mwen e pran vanjans sou pèsekitè mwen yo. Nan pasyans Ou, O SENYÈ, pa retire m nèt; rekonèt ke pou non Ou, mwen te sipòte repwòch.
O Lord, thou knowest, remember me, and visit me, and defend me from them that persecute me, do not defend me in thy patience: know that for thy sake I have sufferred reproach.
16 Pawòl Ou yo te vin twouve; mwen te manje yo. Pawòl Ou yo te vin pou mwen yon gwo jwa ki fè kè m rejwi; paske mwen te rele pa non Ou, O SENYÈ Bondye Dèzame yo.
Thy words were found, and I did eat them, and thy word was to me a joy and gladness of my heart: for thy name is called upon me, O Lord God of hosts.
17 Mwen pa t chita nan sèk moun k ap fè banbòch, ni mwen pa t vante tèt mwen wo. Akoz men Ou sou mwen, mwen te chita apa pou kont mwen, paske Ou te ranpli mwen ak endiyasyon.
I sat not in the assembly of jesters, nor did I make a boast of the presence of thy hand: I sat alone, because thou hast filled me with threats.
18 Poukisa, doulè mwen an rete tout tan, eblese mwen an reste san gerizon? Èske Ou menm, anverite, va devni pou mwen kon yon sous twonpe, ak dlo sou sila yo pa ka depann?
Why is my sorrow become perpetual, and my wound desperate so as to refuse to be healed? it is become to me as the falsehood of deceitful waters that cannot be trusted.
19 Konsa, pale SENYÈ a: “Si ou retounen, alò, Mwen va mennen ou ankò pou ou kanpe devan M. Si ou separe sa ki presye soti de sa ki san valè, ou va vin tankou bouch Mwen. Yo va retounen kote ou; men ou menm, ou pa p retounen kote yo menm.
Therefore thus saith the Lord: If thou wilt be converted, I will convert thee, and thou shalt stand before my face; and if thou wilt separate the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: they shall be turned to thee, and thou shalt not be turned to them.
20 Mwen va fè ou devan pèp sa a, yon miray fòtifye ak bwonz. Malgre yo goumen kont ou, yo p ap genyen sou ou; paske Mwen avèk ou pou ba ou sekou e pou delivre ou,” deklare SENYÈ a.
And I will make thee to this people as a strong wall of brass: and they shall fight against thee, and shall not prevail: for I am with thee to save thee, and to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
21 “Konsa, Mwen va delivre ou nan men a mechan yo e Mwen va rachte ou soti nan men a vyolan yo.”
And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the mighty.
