Jeremi 24

1 Pawòl SENYÈ a te demontre m, epi, gade byen, de panyen fig etranje ki te plase devan tanp SENYÈ a, lè Nebucadnetsar, wa Babylone nan, te fin retire Jeconia, fis a Jojakim nan, wa Juda a, dirijan a Juda yo ak gwo atizan ak bòs fòjewon Jérusalem yo pou te mennen yo Babylone.

The Lord showed me two baskets of figs, lying in front of the temple of the Lord, after Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried captive Jechonias son of Joakim king of Juda, and the princes, and the artificers, and the prisoners, and the rich men out of Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

2 Yon panyen te gen bon fig etranje yo, tankou nan premye rekòlt yo, e lòt panyen an te gen move fig ki pa t ka manje akoz yo te pouri.

The one basket was [full] of very good figs, as the early figs; and the other basket was [full] of very bad figs, which could not be eaten, for their badness.

3 Konsa, SENYÈ a te di m: “Kisa ou wè, Jérémie?” Mwen te reponn: “Fig etranje yo, bon fig etranje yo, byen bon, ak move fig etranje yo, byen move, ki pa ka manje akoz yo pouri.”

And the Lord said to me, What see you, Jeremias? and I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, which can’t be eaten, for their badness.

4 Epi pawòl SENYÈ a te vin kote mwen. Li te di:

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

5 “Konsa pale SENYÈ Israël a ‘Tankou bon fig etranje yo, konsa Mwen va konsidere kon bon, kaptif a Juda yo, ke m te voye sòti nan plas sa a pou antre nan peyi Kaldeyen yo.

Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel; As these good figs, so will I acknowledge the Jews that have been carried away captive, whom I have sent forth out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for good.

6 Paske Mwen va fikse zye M sou yo pou byen e Mwen va mennen yo ankò nan peyi sa a. Mwen va bati yo, e Mwen p ap rale fè yo desann. Mwen va plante yo e Mwen p ap rache yo.

And I will fix mine eyes upon them for good, and I will restore them into this land for good: and I will build them up, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.

7 Mwen va bay yo yon kè pou rekonèt Mwen, ke se Mwen ki SENYÈ a. Konsa, yo va pèp Mwen e Mwen va Bondye yo, paske yo va retounen kote Mwen ak tout kè yo.’”

And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be to me a people, and I will be to them a God: for they shall turn to me with all their heart.

8 “Men tankou move fig etranje ki pa ka manje akoz yo pouri yo—anverite, konsa”, pale SENYÈ a—“Konsa Mwen va abandone Sédécias, wa Juda a, dirijan li yo, retay Jérusalem ki rete nan peyi sa a, ak sila ki rete nan peyi Égypte yo.

And as the bad figs, which can’t be eaten, for their badness; thus says the Lord, So will I deliver Sedekias king of Juda, and his nobles, and the remnant of Jerusalem, them that are left in this land, and the dwellers in Egypt.

9 Mwen va fè yo vin yon gwo laperèz ak yon mal pou tout wayòm latè yo, kon repwòch, yon vye mo, yon rizib, e yon madichon tout kote ke M gaye yo.

And I will cause them to be dispersed into all the kingdoms of the earth, and they shall be for a reproach, and a proverb, and an [object of] hatred, and a curse, in every place whither I have driven them out.

10 Mwen va voye nepe ak gwo grangou, maladi ak bèt pou ravaje chan yo jiskaske yo fin detwi soti nan peyi ke M te bay a yo menm nan ak papa zansèt yo.”

And I will send against them famine, and pestilence, and the sword, until they are consumed from off the land which I gave them.