Jeremi 16
1 Anplis, pawòl SENYÈ a te vin kote mwen. Li te di:
The word of Jehovah came to me, saying:
2 “Ou p ap pran yon madanm pou ou menm, ni fè fis ak fi nan kote sa a.”
Take thee not a wife; Have no sons or daughters in this place!
3 Paske konsa pale SENYÈ a konsènan fis ak fi ki fèt nan plas sila a, e konsènan manman yo ki te fè yo ak papa yo ki te fè yo nan peyi sa a:
For thus saith Jehovah concerning the sons and the daughters That are born in this place, And concerning their mothers that bore them, And concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;
4 “Yo va mouri mo yo ki byen move. Yo p ap fè dèy pou yo, ni antere yo. Yo va rete tankou fimye bèt sou sifas latè. Yo va manje nèt ak nepe ak gwo grangou. Kadav yo va devni manje pou zwazo syèl ak pou bèt sovaj latè yo.”
By deadly diseases shall they die; They shall not be lamented nor buried; They shall become dung upon the face of the earth; By the sword also and by famine shall they be consumed, And their carcasses shall be food for the birds of heaven And the beasts of the earth.
5 Paske konsa pale SENYÈ a: “Pa antre nan kay doulè a, ni pa ale kriye pou yo! Pa regret yo! Paske Mwen te retire lapè M de pèp sa a,” deklare SENYÈ a: “lanmou Mwen ak konpasyon Mwen.”
For thus saith Jehovah: Enter not into the house of wailing; Go not to lament; Comfort them not! For I have taken away my peace from this people, saith Jehovah, My kindness and mercy.
6 Ni gran, ni piti va mouri nan peyi sa a. Yo p ap antere, yo p ap fè dèy pou yo, ni p ap gen moun ki blese kò l oswa pase razwa nan tèt li pou yo.
The great and the small in this land shall die; They shall not be buried nor lamented; No one shall cut himself for them, Nor shall any one make himself bald for them.
7 Pèsòn p ap kase pen doulè a pou yo, pou konsole okenn moun pou lanmò, ni bay yo yon tas konsolasyon pou bwè pou papa yo, oswa manman yo.
Men shall not break bread for them in their grief, To comfort them for the dead, Nor give them the cup of consolation to drink, On account of a lost father or mother.
8 “Anplis, ou pa prale nan yon kay ki gen fèt pou chita ak yo pou manje ak bwè.”
Neither enter thou into the house of feasting, To sit down with them to eat and to drink!
9 Paske konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo, Bondye Israël la: “Gade byen, Mwen va elimine nèt nan plas sa, vwa rejwisans ak vwa kè kontan, vwa a jèn gason fenk marye ak vwa a jèn fi marye, devan zye nou e nan pwòp tan pa nou.
For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am about to cause to cease from this place, Before your eyes, in your days, The voice of joy and the voice of mirth, The voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.
10 Alò, lè ou di pèp sa a tout pawòl sa yo, yo va di ou: ‘Pou ki rezon SENYÈ a te deklare tout gwo malè sa a kont nou? Epi ki inikite oswa ki peche ke nou te fè kont SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an?’
And when thou shalt have declared to this people all these things, and they shall say to thee, “Why hath Jehovah pronounced against us all this great evil? What is our iniquity, and what our sin, which we have committed against Jehovah our God?”
11 Nan lè sa a, ou gen pou di yo: ‘Akoz papa zansèt nou yo te abandone Mwen,’ deklare SENYÈ a: ‘pou te swiv lòt dye yo, pou te sèvi yo e te pwostène devan yo. Konsa yo te abandone Mwen e yo pa t kenbe lalwa Mwen an.
Then shalt thou say to them: Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith Jehovah, And have walked after strange gods, And have served them and worshipped them, And have forsaken me, and not kept my law.
12 Nou tou, te fè mal plis menm ke papa zansèt nou yo. Paske gade byen, nou chak ap mache selon tèt di a pwòp kè mechan pa nou, san koute Mwen.
And ye yourselves have done worse than your fathers; For, behold, ye walk every one after the perverseness of his evil heart, And do not hearken to me.
13 Akoz sa, Mwen va jete nou deyò peyi sa a, antre nan yon peyi ke nou pa t janm konnen, ni nou menm, ni papa zansèt nou yo. La menm, nou va sèvi lòt dye yo lajounen kon lannwit, paske Mwen p ap bannou okenn favè.’
Therefore will I cast you forth from this land Into a land unknown to you and to your fathers; And there shall ye serve strange gods day and night; For I will show you no favor.
14 “Akoz sa, gade byen, gen jou k ap vini,” deklare SENYÈ a: “lè fraz sila a p ap menm repete ankò: ‘Jan SENYÈ vivan an, ki te mennen, fè fis Israël yo soti nan peyi Égypte la’,
Yet behold the days shall come, saith Jehovah, When men shall no more say, “As Jehovah liveth Who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt,”
15 Men: ‘Jan SENYÈ vivan an, ki te mennen fè monte fis Israël yo soti nan peyi nò a e soti nan tout peyi kote Li te ekzile yo.’ Paske Mwen va restore yo a pwòp peyi yo, ke Mwen te bay a papa zansèt yo.
But, “As Jehovah liveth Who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the North, And from all the lands whither he had driven them.” For I will bring them again into their own land, Which I gave to their fathers.
16 “Gade byen, Mwen ap voye anpil moun lapèch,” deklare SENYÈ a: “Epi yo va fè lapèch pou yo. Apre sa a, Mwen va voye anpil moun lachas e yo va fè lachas pou yo nan tout kolin ak nan tout kwen nan gwo wòch yo.
Behold, I will send many fishers, saith Jehovah, who shall fish them, And then will I send many hunters who shall hunt them From every mountain, and from every hill, and from the holes of the rocks.
17 Paske zye M sou tout chemen pa yo. Yo pa kache devan figi Mwen, ni inikite yo pa kache devan zye M.
For mine eyes are upon all their ways; They are not concealed from my view, Nor is their iniquity hidden from mine eyes.
18 Premyèman, Mwen va rekonpanse doub tout inikite ak peche yo, akoz yo te fè peyi a pouri nèt. Akoz yo te ranpli eritaj Mwen an ak kadav a zidòl abominab yo, e eritaj Mwen an ak abominasyon pa yo.”
And I will requite their former and their repeated iniquities and sins, Because they have polluted my land with carcasses offered to their idols, And filled my inheritance with their abominable things.
19 O SENYÈ, fòs mwen an, sitadèl mwen an e sekou mwen an nan jou gwo malè a, vè Ou menm, nasyon yo va vini soti nan dènye pwent latè. Yo va di: “Papa zansèt nou yo pa t gen okenn eritaj sof ke manti sa ki pouriyen, san enpòtans e san benefis.”
O Jehovah, my strength and my fortress, My refuge in the day of distress! To thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, And shall say, “Truly our fathers inherited delusion, Vain and unprofitable things.
20 Èske lòm dwe fè dye pou kont li, malgre se pa dye yo ye?
Shall one make for himself gods Which are no gods?”
21 “Akoz sa, gade byen, Mwen va fè yo konnen, fwa sa a, Mwen va fè yo konnen pouvwa M, ak pwisans Mwen. Konsa, yo va konnen ke non Mwen se SENYÈ a.”
Therefore, behold, I will this time cause them to feel, I will cause them to feel my hand and my might, And they shall know that my name is Jehovah.
