Jeremi 23
1 “Malè a bèje k ap detwi e gaye mouton patiraj Mwen yo!” deklare SENYÈ a.
“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” says Yahweh.
2 Akoz sa, pale SENYÈ Bondye Israël la konsènan bèje k ap fè gadyen pèp Mwen yo: “Nou fin gaye bann mouton Mwen, chase yo ale, e nou pa t okipe yo. Gade byen, Mwen prèt pou regle nou pou mechanste a zak nou yo,” deklare SENYÈ a.
Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says against the shepherds who feed my people: “You have scattered my flock, driven them away, and have not visited them. Behold, I will visit on you the evil of your doings,” says Yahweh.
3 “Epi konsa, Mwen va rasanble retay bann mouton Mwen an soti nan tout peyi ke m te pouse yo ale yo, e mennen yo retounen nan pa yo. Yo va vin bay fwi e peple anpil.
“I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they will be fruitful and multiply.
4 Anplis, Mwen va leve bèje sou yo e yo va okipe yo. Konsa, yo p ap pè ankò, ni plen ak laperèz ni okenn moun p ap manke,” deklare SENYÈ a.
I will set up shepherds over them who will feed them. They will no longer be afraid or dismayed, neither will any be lacking,” says Yahweh.
5 “Gade byen, jou yo ap vini”, deklare SENYÈ a: “lè Mwen va fè leve pou lakay David, yon branch plen ladwati. Li va renye kon wa, aji ak sajès e fè jistis ak ladwati nan peyi a.
“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will raise to David a righteous Branch; and he will reign as king and deal wisely, and will execute justice and righteousness in the land.
6 Nan jou Li yo, Juda va sove, e Israël va rete ansekirite. Men non pa sila yo va rele Li a: ‘SENYÈ a, Ladwati Nou an.’”
In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell safely. This is his name by which he will be called: Yahweh our righteousness.
7 “Akoz sa, gade byen, jou yo ap vini”, deklare SENYÈ a: “lè yo p ap di ankò: ‘Kon SENYÈ a viv ki te mennen fè monte fis Israël yo soti nan peyi Égypte;’
“Therefore, behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that they will no more say, ‘As Yahweh lives, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;’
8 men: ‘Kon SENYÈ a viv, ki te mennen e fè retounen desandan lakay Israël yo soti nan peyi nò a e soti nan tout peyi kote mwen te chase yo ale yo.’ Konsa, yo va viv sou pwòp tèren pa yo.”
but, ‘As Yahweh lives, who brought up and who led the offspring of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries where I had driven them.’ Then they will dwell in their own land.”
9 Epi pou pwofèt yo: kè m fin kase anndan m. Tout zo m yo tranble; Mwen vin kon yon moun sou, menm yon moun ki soumèt anba gwòg, akoz SENYÈ a, e akoz pawòl sen Li yo.
Concerning the prophets: My heart within me is broken. All my bones shake. I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine has overcome, because of Yahweh, and because of his holy words.
10 “Paske peyi a plen ak adiltè; paske akoz madichon, peyi a ap kriye. Patiraj nan savann yo fin seche. Y ap kouri nan move chemen e pwisans yo pa pou sa ki dwat.
“For the land is full of adulterers; for because of the curse the land mourns. The pastures of the wilderness have dried up. Their course is evil, and their might is not right;
11 Ni pwofèt ni prèt yo vin pouri nèt. Menm anndan lakay Mwen an, Mwen jwenn mechanste yo”, deklare SENYÈ a.
for both prophet and priest are profane. Yes, in my house I have found their wickedness,” says Yahweh.
12 Akoz sa, chemen pa yo va yon wout ki glise nan tenèb la; yo va vin chase jis rive nan fènwa e vin glise tonbe ladann; paske Mwen va mennen gwo kalamite sou yo nan ane règleman yo,” deklare SENYÈ a.
Therefore their way will be to them as slippery places in the darkness. They will be driven on, and fall therein; for I will bring evil on them, even the year of their visitation,” says Yahweh.
13 “Anplis, pami pwofèt Samarie yo, Mwen te wè yon betiz. Yo te pwofetize pa Baal e yo te egare pèp Mwen an, Israël.
“I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria. They prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
14 Osi, pami pwofèt Jérusalem yo, Mwen te wè yon move bagay: Zak adiltè, e yo mache nan sa ki fo. Yo ranfòse men a malfektè yo, pou okenn moun pa vire kite mechanste li. Yo tout vin pou Mwen tankou Sodome e abitan li yo kon Gomorrhe.
In the prophets of Jerusalem I have also seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one returns from his wickedness. They have all become to me as Sodom, and its inhabitants as Gomorrah.”
15 Akoz sa, pale SENYÈ dèzame yo konsènan pwofèt yo: “Gade byen, Mwen ap bay yo manje bwa lanmè e fè yo bwè dlo anpwazone; paske soti nan pwofèt Jérusalem yo, tout kalite pouriti gaye nan tout peyi a.”
Therefore Yahweh of Armies says concerning the prophets: “Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink poisoned water; for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has gone out into all the land.”
16 Konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo: “Pa koute pawòl a pwofèt k ap fè pwofesi devan nou yo. Y ap mennen nou nan bagay ki pou ryen. Yo pale yon vizyon ki sòti nan pwòp imajinasyon pa yo, men pa nan bouch SENYÈ a.
Yahweh of Armies says, “Don’t listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They teach you vanity. They speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of Yahweh.
17 Yo kontinye di a sila k ap meprize Mwen yo, ‘SENYÈ a te di: “Nou va gen lapè”’” e pou tout sila k ap mache nan pwòp tèt di yo, yo di: “Malè p ap rive nou.”
They say continually to those who despise me, ‘Yahweh has said, “You will have peace;”’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, ‘No evil will come on you.’
18 Men se kilès ki te kanpe nan konsèy a SENYÈ a, pou l ta wè e tande pawòl li? Kilès ki te prete atansyon a pawòl Mwen, e te koute l?
For who has stood in the council of Yahweh, that he should perceive and hear his word? Who has listened to my word, and heard it?
19 Gade byen, tanpèt SENYÈ a deja sòti ak gwo kòlè li. Tankou yon toubiyon k ap vire touwon, li va vire desann sou tèt a mechan an.
Behold, Yahweh’s storm, his wrath, has gone out. Yes, a whirling storm! It will burst on the head of the wicked.
20 Kòlè SENYÈ a p ap vire fè bak jiskaske Li fin fèt pou l acheve tout volonte a kè li yo. Nan dènye jou yo, nou va konprann sa byen klè.
Yahweh’s anger will not return until he has executed and performed the intents of his heart. In the latter days, you will understand it perfectly.
21 Mwen pa t voye pwofèt sila yo, men yo te kouri. Mwen pa t pale ak yo, men yo te fè pwofesi.
I didn’t send these prophets, yet they ran. I didn’t speak to them, yet they prophesied.
22 Men si yo te konn kanpe nan konsèy Mwen an; alò, yo t ap anonse pawòl Mwen yo a pèp Mwen an pou fè yo vire fè bak kite wout mechan yo, ak mechanste a zak pa yo.
But if they had stood in my council, then they would have caused my people to hear my words, and would have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
23 “Èske Mwen se pa yon Bondye ki toupre?” deklare SENYÈ a: “E ki pa yon Bondye ki lwen?
“Am I a God at hand,” says Yahweh, “and not a God afar off?
24 Èske yon nonm ka kache kò l yon kote kachèt pou M pa wè l?” deklare SENYÈ a? “Èske Mwen pa ranpli syèl yo ak tè a?” deklare SENYÈ a?”
Can anyone hide himself in secret places so that I can’t see him?” says Yahweh. “Don’t I fill heaven and earth?” says Yahweh.
25 “Mwen te tande sa pwofèt ki fè fo pwofesi nan non Mwen yo te di. Y ap di: ‘Mwen te fè yon rèv, mwen te fè yon rèv!’
“I have heard what the prophets have said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’
26 Pou konbyen de tan? Èske gen yon bagay nan kè pwofèt ki fè fo pwofesi yo, menm pwofèt sila ki twonpe pwòp kè yo?
How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?
27 Yo gen entansyon fè pèp Mwen an bliye non Mwen ak rèv ke yo repete youn ak lòt yo, menm jan ke papa zansèt yo te bliye non M akoz Baal?
They intend to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they each tell his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name because of Baal.
28 Pwofèt ki fè rèv la, kite li repete rèv li a. Epi sila ki gen pawòl pa M, kite l pale pawòl pa M nan ak verite. Kisa gen nan pay ki sanble ak sereyal?
The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat?” says Yahweh.
29 Èske pawòl Mwen pa tankou yon dife?” deklare SENYÈ a: “Èske li pa tankou yon mato ki kraze fann wòch?”
“Isn’t my word like fire?” says Yahweh; “and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
30 Pou sa, gade byen, “Mwen kont pwofèt yo,” deklare SENYÈ a: “Ki vòlè pawòl Mwen yo soti nan youn lòt.”
“Therefore behold, I am against the prophets,” says Yahweh, “who each steal my words from his neighbor.
31 “Gade byen, Mwen kont pwofèt yo”, deklare SENYÈ a: “Ki sèvi lang yo pou deklare, ‘SENYÈ a deklare’.
Behold, I am against the prophets,” says Yahweh, “who use their tongues, and say, ‘He says.’
32 Gade byen, Mwen kont sila ki te fè pwofesi fo rèv” deklare SENYÈ a: “E ki te repete yo pou egare pèp Mwen yo ak manti yo, ak ògèy san kontwòl yo, malgre se pa Mwen ki te voye yo, ni kòmande yo. Ni yo pa founi okenn benefis pou pèp sa a,” deklare SENYÈ a.
Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams,” says Yahweh, “who tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting; yet I didn’t send them or command them. They don’t profit this people at all,” says Yahweh.
33 “Alò, lè pèp sa a, pwofèt la oswa prèt la mande ou pou di: ‘Se kilès ki pòt pawòl SENYÈ a?’ Alò, ou va reponn yo: ‘Ki pòt pawòl sa a?’ “Mwen va retire jete nou” deklare SENYÈ a’.
“When this people, or the prophet, or a priest, asks you, saying, ‘What is the message from Yahweh?’ Then you shall tell them, ‘“What message? I will cast you off,” says Yahweh.’
34 Epi pou pwofèt la, prèt la oswa pèp la ki di: ‘Pòt pawòl SENYÈ a’, Mwen va mennen pinisyon sou moun sila a ak lakay li.
As for the prophet, the priest, and the people, who say, ‘The message from Yahweh,’ I will even punish that man and his household.
35 Konsa nou chak va di a vwazen li, ak frè li: ‘Se ki repons SENYÈ a te bay’, oswa ‘se ak kilès SENYÈ a te pale?’
You will say everyone to his neighbor, and everyone to his brother, ‘What has Yahweh answered?’ and, ‘What has Yahweh said?’
36 Paske nou p ap sonje pwofesi SENYÈ a ankò, akoz pawòl a chak moun va devni pwop mesaj li. Konsa nou fin tòde pawòl a SENYÈ dèzame yo, Bondye nou an.
You will mention the message from Yahweh no more, for every man’s own word has become his message; for you have perverted the words of the living God, of Yahweh of Armies, our God.
37 Pou sa a, nou va di a pwofèt sa a: ‘Ki repons SENYÈ a te bannou?’ epi ‘Kisa SENYÈ a te di’?
You will say to the prophet, ‘What has Yahweh answered you?’ and, ‘What has Yahweh spoken?’
38 Akoz nou di: ‘Pwofesi SENYÈ a,’ anverite, konsa pale SENYÈ a: ‘Akoz nou sèvi pawòl sila a, “pwofesi SENYÈ a,” Mwen ap voye kote nou pou di: “Nou pa pou di ‘Pwofesi SENYÈ a!”’
Although you say, ‘The message from Yahweh,’ therefore Yahweh says: ‘Because you say this word, “The message from Yahweh,” and I have sent to you, telling you not to say, “The message from Yahweh,”
39 Akoz sa, gade byen, Mwen va, anverite, bliye nou e jete nou lwen prezans Mwen, ansanm ak vil ke M te bannou ak papa zansèt nou yo.
therefore behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off with the city that I gave to you and to your fathers, away from my presence.
40 Mwen va fè poze yon repwòch ki p ap janm sòti sou nou, ak yon imilyasyon ki p ap janm bliye.”
I will bring an everlasting reproach on you, and a perpetual shame, which will not be forgotten.’”
