Jeremi 29
1 Alò, sila yo se pawòl a lèt ke Jérémie, pwofèt la, te voye soti Jérusalem bay lòt ansyen an egzil yo, ansanm ak prèt yo, pwofèt yo ak tout moun ke Nebucadnetsar te pran pou fè antre an egzil soti Jérusalem pou rive Babylone yo,
Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;
2 ( lè Wa Jeconia ak manman rèn nan, ofisye tribinal yo, prens a Juda yo, gwo bòs atizan yo, ak sila ki travay nan metal yo te fin pati Jérusalem.)
(After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem; )
3 Lèt la te voye pa men Éleasa, fis a Schaphan ak Guemaria a, fis a Hilkija a, ke Sédécias, fis wa Juda a, te voye Babylone kote wa Nebucadnetsar. Li te di:
By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,
4 Konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo, Bondye Israël la, a tout egzile ke m te voye an egzil soti Jérusalem pou rive Babylone yo:
Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, to all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon;
5 “Bati kay e viv nan yo. Plante jaden e manje pwodwi yo.
Build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
6 Pran madanm e vin papa a fis ak fi. Pran madanm pou fis nou yo e bay a fi nou yo mari yo, epi vin miltipliye la e pa diminye.
Take you wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that you may be increased there, and not diminished.
7 Chache bonè a peyi sa a kote Mwen te voye nou an egzil la, e priye a SENYÈ a pou li; paske nan bonè pa li, ou va jwenn bonè.”
And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray to the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall you have peace.
8 Paske konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo, Bondye Israël la: “Pa kite pwofèt ki rete nan mitan nou yo ak divinò nou yo twonpe nou, ni pa koute rèv ke yo fè.
For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the middle of you, deceive you, neither listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed.
9 Paske yo fè fo pwofesi bannou nan non Mwen. Mwen pa t voye yo,” deklare SENYÈ a.
For they prophesy falsely to you in my name: I have not sent them, says the LORD.
10 Paske konsa pale SENYÈ a: “Lè swasann-dizan yo fin ekoule pou Babylone, Mwen va vizite nou, e ranpli nou ak bon pawòl Mwen a nou menm, pou mennen nou retounen nan plas sa a.
For thus says the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
11 Paske Mwen konnen plan ke M genyen pou nou yo,” deklare SENYÈ a, “plan pou bonè e pa pou malè, pou bay nou yon bon avni ak espwa.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
12 Epi nou va rele Mwen, vin kote Mwen pou priye, e Mwen va koute nou.
Then shall you call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
13 Nou va chache Mwen e nou va jwenn Mwen lè nou chache M ak tout kè nou.
And you shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart.
14 Mwen va vin twouve pa nou menm” deklare SENYÈ a: “Epi Mwen va restore bonte nou e ranmase nou soti nan tout nasyon yo ak plas kote Mwen te chase fè nou rive yo,” deklare SENYÈ a. “Epi Mwen va mennen nou fè nou retounen rive nan plas ke Mwen te fè nou pòte ale kon kaptif yo.”
And I will be found of you, said the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you, says the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place from where I caused you to be carried away captive.
15 Akoz nou te di: “SENYÈ a te fè leve pwofèt yo pou nou Babylone”—
Because you have said, The LORD has raised us up prophets in Babylon;
16 Pou sa, pale SENYÈ a konsènan wa ki chita sou twòn David la, e konsènan tout moun ki rete nan vil sa yo, frè nou yo ki pa t antre ak nou an egzil yo—
Know that thus says the LORD of the king that sits on the throne of David, and of all the people that dwells in this city, and of your brothers that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
17 Konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo: “Gade byen, Mwen ap voye sou yo nepe ak gwo grangou, ensèk ak maladi pou ravaje chan yo, Mwen va fè yo tankou fig etranje ki louvri pete fann, e ki pa ka manje akoz yo pouri nèt.
Thus says the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
18 Mwen va kouri dèyè yo ak nepe, ak gwo grangou, ak ensèk ak maladi pou ravaje chan yo. Mwen va fè yo jete ale retou pami tout wayòm latè yo, pou yo kapab vin yon gwo laperèz pou tout wayòm sou latè yo, pou yo kapab vin yon madichon, yon bagay lèd e degoutan, yon objè k ap fè moun sifle anlè kon koulèv, yon repwòch pami tout nasyon kote Mwen te chase fè yo ale yo,
And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations where I have driven them:
19 akoz yo pa t koute pawòl Mwen yo,” deklare SENYÈ a: “ke Mwen te voye bay yo ankò e ankò pa sèvitè Mwen yo, pwofèt yo. Men nou pa t koute”, deklare SENYÈ a.
Because they have not listened to my words, says the LORD, which I sent to them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but you would not hear, said the LORD.
20 Pou sa, nou menm, koute pawòl SENYÈ a, nou menm ki ekzile yo, ke M te voye ale kite Jérusalem pou rive Babylone yo.
Hear you therefore the word of the LORD, all you of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:
21 “Konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo, Bondye Israël la, konsènan Achab, fis a Kolaja a, e konsènan Sédécias, fis a Maaséja a, k ap fè fo pwofesi bannou nan non Mwen, ‘Gade Byen, Mwen va livre yo nan men Nebucadnetsar, wa Babylone nan e li va touye yo devan zye nou.
Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie to you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;
22 Akoz yo menm, yon madichon va vin itilize pa tout egzile Juda ki Babylone yo, ki va di: “Ke SENYÈ a fè ou tankou Sédécias ak tankou Achab, ke wa Babylone nan te boukannen nan dife a,
And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
23 akoz yo te aji ak foli an Israël. Yo te komèt adiltè ak madanm a vwazen yo, e yo te pale manti nan non Mwen, ke M pa t janm kòmande yo fè. Mwen se Sila ki konnen, e Mwen se temwen,” deklare SENYÈ a.’”
Because they have committed villainy in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, says the LORD.
24 A Schemaeja, Nechelamit lan, ou va di:
Thus shall you also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
25 “Konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo, Bondye Israël la: ‘Akoz ou te voye lèt nan pwòp non pa w a tout pèp Jérusalem nan, a Sophonie, fis a Maaséja a, prèt la, epi a tout prèt yo, epi di:
Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because you have sent letters in your name to all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
26 “SENYÈ a te fè nou prèt olye Johojada, prèt la, pou vin chèf lakay SENYÈ a sou chak moun fou ki pwofetize, pou mete li nan sèp ak nan kolye an fè.
The LORD has made you priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that you should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and makes himself a prophet, that you should put him in prison, and in the stocks.
27 Alò, konsa, poukisa ou pa t repwoche Jérémie a Anathoth ki fè pwop tèt li pwofet ou menm nan?
Now therefore why have you not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which makes himself a prophet to you?
28 Paske, li te voye nou Babylone e li te di: Egzil la va byen long. Bati kay pou viv. Plante jaden pou manje pwodwi yo.”’”
For therefore he sent to us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
29 Sophonie, prèt la, te li lèt sa a bay Jérémie, pwofèt la.
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
30 Epi pawòl a SENYÈ a te vini a Jérémie ki te di:
Then came the word of the LORD to Jeremiah, saying,
31 “Voye kote tout egzile yo e di: ‘Konsa pale SENYÈ a konsènan Schemaeja, Nechelamit lan: “Akoz Schemaeja te pwofetize a nou menm, malgre Mwen pa t voye l e li te fè nou kwè nan yon manti,”
Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus says the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:
32 Akoz sa, pale SENYÈ a: “Gade byen, Mwen prèt pou pini Schemaeja, Nechelamit lan, ak desandan li yo. Li p ap gen pèsòn k ap viv pami pèp sa a, ni li p ap wè bonte ke Mwen prèt pou fè pou pèp Mwen an,” deklare SENYÈ a: “akoz li te preche rebelyon kont SENYÈ a.”’”
Therefore thus says the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, said the LORD; because he has taught rebellion against the LORD.
