Jeremi 2
1 Alò pawòl SENYÈ a te vin kote mwen epi te di:
The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
2 “Ale e pwoklame nan zòrèy a Jérusalem pou di: ‘Konsa pale SENYÈ a: “Mwen sonje de ou, jan ou te renmen M lè ou te jenn; lanmou ou lè ou te fiyanse avè M, jan ou te swiv Mwen nan dezè a, nan yon peyi ki pa t konn simen.
“Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘The LORD says, “I remember for you the kindness of your youth, your love as a bride, how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
3 Israël te sen a SENYÈ, premye a rekòlt Li a. Tout moun ki te manje de li va vin koupab. Se mal ki va rive yo,’” deklare SENYÈ a.”
Israel was holiness to the LORD, the first fruits of his increase. All who devour him will be held guilty. Evil will come on them,”’ says the LORD.”
4 Tande pawòl SENYÈ a, O lakay Jacob ak tout fanmi lakay Israël yo.
Hear the LORD’s word, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel!
5 Konsa pale SENYÈ a: “Ki enjistis papa zansèt nou yo te jwenn nan Mwen, pou yo te ale lwen Mwen, pou yo te mache dèyè sa ki vid pou te vin vid yo menm?
The LORD says, “What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after worthless vanity, and have become worthless?
6 Yo pa t mande: ‘Kote SENYÈ a ki te mennen nou sòti nan peyi Égypte la, ki te mennen nou nan dezè a, pou travèse yon peyi dezè ak fòs yo, nan yon peyi ak sechrès e ak fon tenèb, yon peyi ke pèsòn pa t konn travèse e kote okenn moun pa t rete?’
They didn’t say, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that no one passed through, and where no man lived?’
7 Mwen te mennen ou antre nan yon peyi fètil pou manje fwi li ak bon bagay li yo. Men nou te vini, e nou te souye peyi Mwen an ak eritaj Mwen an, nou te fè li vin abominab.
I brought you into a plentiful land to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.
8 Prèt yo pa t di: ‘Kote SENYÈ a ye?’ Epi sila yo ki te responsab lalwa a pa t rekonèt Mwen. Chèf yo tou te fè transgresyon kont Mwen; pwofèt yo te pwofetize pou Baal, e te mache dèyè bagay ki pa t gen benefis.
The priests didn’t say, ‘Where is the LORD?’ and those who handle the law didn’t know me. The rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal and followed things that do not profit.
9 “Pou sa, jiska prezan, Mwen va fè kont avèk nou”, deklare SENYÈ a: “Menm avèk pitit a pitit nou yo, Mwen va fè kont.
“Therefore I will yet contend with you,” says the LORD, “and I will contend with your children’s children.
10 Alò, travèse rive nan peyi kot yo nan Kittim pou wè; voye Kédar pou obsève e wè si janmen te gen yon bagay konsa!
For pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see. Send to Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there has been such a thing.
11 Èske yon nasyon janm te chanje dye pa yo, malgre, se pa dye yo te ye? Men pèp Mwen an te fè echanj glwa pa yo pou sa ki san benefis.
Has a nation changed its gods, which really are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which doesn’t profit.
12 Menm syèl yo etonnen, jis yo vin fremi. Reste byen dezole, deklare SENYÈ a.
“Be astonished, you heavens, at this and be horribly afraid. Be very desolate,” says the LORD.
13 Paske pèp Mwen an te komèt de kalite mal: Yo te abandone Mwen, fontèn dlo vivan yo, epi yo te fouye pou kont yo lòt sitèn; sitèn yo ki kraze ki pa ka kenbe dlo.
“For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut out cisterns for themselves: broken cisterns that can’t hold water.
14 Èske Israël se yon esklav? Èske li se yon esklav ki te fèt lakay nou? Pou ki rezon li te devni yon kaptif?
Is Israel a slave? Is he born into slavery? Why has he become a captive?
15 Jenn lyon yo gwonde sou li; ak gwo bri yo leve vwa yo. Yo te fin gate peyi li nèt. Vil li yo brile nèt. Pa gen moun ki pou rete ladann.
The young lions have roared at him and raised their voices. They have made his land waste. His cities are burned up, without inhabitant.
16 Anplis, mesye Memphis ak Tachpanès yo te brize kouwòn tèt ou a.
The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head.
17 Èske Se pa ou menm ki fè sa lè ou kite SENYÈ Bondye ou a, pandan Li t ap mennen ou nan chemen an?
“Haven’t you brought this on yourself, in that you have forsaken the LORD your God, when he led you by the way?
18 Men koulye a, se kisa w ap fè nan wout pou rive Égypte la, lè w ale pou bwè dlo nan Rivyè Nil lan? Oswa se kisa w ap fè nan wout pou ale Assyrie a, pou bwè dlo nan flèv pa yo a?
Now what do you gain by going to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? Or why do you go on the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?
19 Pwòp mechanste ou va korije ou, e enfidelite ou va repwoche ou. Pou sa, konnen e wè ke se mal e anmè ke ou te abandone SENYÈ a, Bondye ou a. Laperèz Mwen pa nan ou,” deklare Senyè BONDYE dèzame yo.
“Your own wickedness will correct you, and your backsliding will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing, that you have forsaken GOD your God, and that my fear is not in you,” says the Lord, the LORD of Hosts.
20 Paske lontan sa, Mwen te kraze jouk ou a. Mwen te chire kòd mare ou yo. Men ou te di: “Mwen p ap sèvi!’ Paske sou chak kolin ki wo, e anba chak bwa vèt, ou te kouche tankou pwostitiye.
“For long ago I broke off your yoke, and burst your bonds. You said, ‘I will not serve;’ for on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed yourself, playing the prostitute.
21 Sepandan, Mwen te plante chan rezen pi chwazi pou ou, yon grenn ki fidèl nèt. Alò kòman konsa ou te vin detounen devan M pou tounen yon boujon ki dejenere nèt sou yon chan rezen etranje?
Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a pure and faithful seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?
22 Malgre se ak savon lesiv ou ta savonnen ak anpil savon, tach inikite ou rete devan M,” deklare Senyè BONDYE a.
For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me,” says the Lord GOD.
23 “Kòman ou ka di: ‘Mwen pa sal, Mwen pa t kouri dèyè Baal yo?’ Gade chemen ou nan vale a! Konnen byen sa ou te fè a! Ou se yon jenn femèl chamo byen rapid, k ap fè chemen l kote li pito.
“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled. I have not gone after the Baals’? See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift dromedary traversing her ways,
24 Yon femèl bourik mawon ki abitye nan savann nan, k ap pran sant van pou lè l bezwen kwaze ak mal. Nan lè chalè li, se kilès ki ka detounen l? Tout moun k ap chache l p ap fatige kò yo; nan mwa li, yo va jwenn ak li.
a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs the wind in her craving. When she is in heat, who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month, they will find her.
25 Kenbe bon fè sou pye ou e mouye gòj ou pou ou pa swaf; men ou te di: ‘Sa p ap ka fèt, Non! Paske mwen te fè renmen ak etranje yo; se dèyè yo m ap prale.’
“Keep your feet from being bare, and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It is in vain. No, for I have loved strangers, and I will go after them.’
26 Tankou vòlè vin wont lè l vin dekouvri, se konsa lakay Israël vin wont— wa yo, prens yo, ak prèt yo ak pwofèt yo!
As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so the house of Israel is ashamed— they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets,
27 kap di pyebwa a: ‘Se ou ki papa mwen’, epi a yon wòch: ‘Se ou ki fè mwen.’ Paske yo te vire do ban Mwen olye figi yo; men nan tan gwo pwoblèm yo, yo va di Mwen: ‘Leve pou sove nou.’
who tell wood, ‘You are my father,’ and a stone, ‘You have given birth to me,’ for they have turned their back to me, and not their face, but in the time of their trouble they will say, ‘Arise, and save us!’
28 Men kote dye ke ou te fè pou kont ou yo ye? Kite yo leve, si yo ka sove ou nan tan twoub ou yo; paske selon fòs kantite vil ou yo, kantite dye ou ye, O Juda.
“But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves? Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble, for you have as many gods as you have towns, O Judah.
29 Poukisa ou fè kont avè M? Nou tout te fè transgresyon kont Mwen,” deklare SENYÈ a.
“Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me,” says the LORD.
30 “Anven Mwen te frape fis ou yo; men yo pa t aksepte okenn chatiman. Nepe ou te fin devore pwofèt ou yo tankou lyon k ap detwi.
“I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
31 O jenerasyon, koute byen a pawòl SENYÈ a. Èske Mwen te yon dezè pou Israël, oswa yon peyi fènwa byen pwès? Poukisa pèp Mwen an di: ‘Nou lib pou nou gaye toupatou. Nou p ap vin kote Ou ankò?’
Generation, consider the LORD’s word. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, ‘We have broken loose. We will come to you no more’?
32 Èske vyèj la ka bliye dekorasyon li yo, oswa fi maryaj la, vètman li an? Sepandan, pèp Mwen an fin bliye Mwen pandan jou ki pa ka menm konte.
“Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.
33 A la byen ou prepare chemen ou pou chache lanmou! Konsa, menm fanm mechan yo, ou te enstwi nan chemen ou yo.
How well you prepare your way to seek love! Therefore you have even taught the wicked women your ways.
34 Anplis, sou jip ou, yo twouve san lavi a malere ki inosan yo. Ou pa t jwenn yo t ap kase kay ou. Men se akoz tout bagay sa yo,
Also the blood of the souls of the innocent poor is found in your skirts. You didn’t find them breaking in, but it is because of all these things.
35 Sepandan, ou te di: ‘Mwen inosan. Asireman, kòlè Li pa sou mwen.’ Gade byen, Mwen va antre nan jijman avèk ou, paske ou di: ‘Mwen pa t peche.’
“Yet you said, ‘I am innocent. Surely his anger has turned away from me.’ “Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
36 Poukisa ou mache toupatou konsa nan chanje wout ou? Anplis, Égypte va fè ou wont, menm jan ke Assyrie te fè ou wont lan.
Why do you go about so much to change your ways? You will be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria.
37 Soti kote sa a tou, ou va sòti ak men ou sou tèt; paske SENYÈ a te rejte sila ke ou te fè konfyans yo e ou p ap jwenn avantaj avèk yo.”
You will also leave that place with your hands on your head; for the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust, and you won’t prosper with them.
