Jeremi 34
1 Pawòl ki te vini a Jérémie soti nan SENYÈ a, lè Nebucadnetsar, wa Babylone nan, ak tout lame li a, ak tout wayòm latè ki te anba pouvwa l yo ak tout pèp yo, t ap goumen kont Jérusalem e kont tout vil li yo, ki te di:
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, all his army, all the earthly kingdoms under his control, and all the other nations were fighting against Jerusalem and all its surrounding cities.
2 Konsa pale SENYÈ Bondye Israël la: “Ale pale a Sédécias, wa Juda a, epi di li: ‘Konsa pale SENYÈ a: “Gade byen, Mwen ap bay vil sa a pou antre nan men a wa Babylone nan, e li va brile li ak dife.
The LORD, the God of Israel, told Jeremiah to go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him that this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down.
3 Ou p ap chape nan men l, paske anverite, ou va kapte e va livre nan men l. Konsa, zye ou va wè wa Babylone nan. Li va pale avèk ou fasafas. Se nan Babylone ou prale.”’”
And you yourself will not escape his grasp, but will surely be captured and delivered into his hand. You will see the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak with him face to face; and you will go to Babylon.
4 “Sepandan, tande pawòl SENYÈ a, O Sédécias, wa Juda a. Konsa pale SENYÈ a konsènan ou menm, ‘Ou p ap mouri pa nepe.
Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah. This is what the LORD says concerning you: You will not die by the sword;
5 Ou va mouri anpè. Tankou epis yo te brile pou antèman papa zansèt ou yo, ansyen wa ki te avan ou yo, se konsa yo va brile epis pou ou. Yo va fè kri dèy pou ou: “Anmwey mèt nou an”, paske se Mwen ki bay mo sa a’ deklare SENYÈ a.”
you will die in peace. As spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who preceded you, so people will burn spices for you and lament, ‘Alas, O master!’ For I Myself have spoken this word, declares the LORD.”
6 Epi Jérémie te pale tout pawòl sila yo a Sédécias, wa Juda nan Jérusalem
In Jerusalem, then, Jeremiah the prophet relayed all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah
7 lè lame a wa Babylone nan te goumen kont Jérusalem e kont tout rès vil Juda yo; konsi, Lakis ak Azéka, paske se sèl yo ki te rete kon vil fòtifye pami vil a Juda yo.
as the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and the remaining cities of Judah—against Lachish and Azekah. For these were the only fortified cities remaining in Judah.
8 Pawòl ki te vini a Jérémie soti nan SENYÈ a apre Wa Sédécias te fin fè yon antant ak tout moun ki te Jérusalem yo pou libere yo:
After King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty, the word came to Jeremiah from the LORD
9 pou chak moun ta bay libète a sèvitè li e chak moun a sèvant li, yon gason Ebre oswa yon fanm Ebre; pou pèsòn pa ta kenbe yo, yon Jwif frè parèy yo, nan esklavaj.
that each man should free his Hebrew slaves, both male and female, and no one should hold his fellow Jew in bondage.
10 Epi tout ofisye yo ak tout pèp la te obeyi a sila ki te antre nan akò a, ke chan moun ta libere sèvitè ak sèvant li yo, pou okenn moun pa ta kenbe yo an esklavaj. Yo te obeyi e te bay yo libète.
So all the officials and all the people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would free their menservants and maidservants and no longer hold them in bondage. They obeyed and released them,
11 Men apre yo te fin vire, yo te reprann sèvitè ak sèvant ke yo te bay libète yo, e te fè yo soumèt ankò nan wòl sèvitè ak sèvant yo.
but later they changed their minds and took back the menservants and maidservants they had freed, and they forced them to become slaves again.
12 Alò, pawòl SENYÈ a te vini a Jérémie soti nan SENYÈ a. Li te di:
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
13 Konsa pale SENYÈ Bondye Israël la: Mwen te fè yon akò ak papa zansèt nou yo nan jou ke M te mennen yo sòti nan peyi Égypte la, soti nan kay esklavaj la. Mwen te di:
“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, saying:
14 Nan fen sèt ane yo, nou chak va libere frè Ebre ki te vann a li menm nan, e ki te sèvi nou pandan sis ane yo. Yo va voye li lib de nou menm. Men papa zansèt nou yo pa t obeyi Mwen, ni pa t panche zòrèy yo kote Mwen.
Every seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free. But your fathers did not listen or incline their ear.
15 Malgre sa, nan tan sa a, nou te vire fè sa ki dwat nan zye M, chak moun te pwoklame libète a vwazen li e nou te fè yon akò avèk Mwen nan kay ki rele pa non Mwen an.
Recently you repented and did what pleased Me; each of you proclaimed freedom for his neighbor. You made a covenant before Me in the house that bears My Name.
16 Men koulye a, nou te vire derespekte non Mwen, chak moun te reprann sèvitè ak sèvant ke nou te libere selon dezi yo, e nou te fè yo vin soumèt pou devni ankò sèvitè ak sèvant nou.
But now you have changed your minds and profaned My name. Each of you has taken back the menservants and maidservants whom you had set at liberty to go wherever they wanted, and you have again forced them to be your slaves.
17 Akoz sa, pale SENYÈ a: “Nou pa t obeyi Mwen nan pwoklame libète chak mesye a frè li, e chak mesye a vwazen li, gade byen, Mwen ap pwoklame libète pou nou,” deklare SENYÈ a: “pou nepe a, pou envazyon ensèk ak maladi, pou gwo grangou. Konsa, Mwen va fè nou vin yon objè lèd e degoutan pou tout wayòm yo sou latè yo.
Therefore this is what the LORD says: You have not obeyed Me; you have not proclaimed freedom, each man for his brother and for his neighbor. So now I proclaim freedom for you, declares the LORD—freedom to fall by sword, by plague, and by famine! I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
18 Mwen va bay mesye ki te transgrese akò Mwen yo, ki pa t akonpli pawòl a akò ke yo te fè devan M, lè yo te koupe jenn bèf lan an de mòso pou te pase nan mitan de pati li yo—
And those who have transgressed My covenant and have not fulfilled the terms of the covenant they made before Me, I will treat like the calf they cut in two in order to pass between its pieces.
19 Ofisyèl a Juda yo, ak ofisyèl a Jérusalem yo, ofisye tribinal la e prèt ak tout pèp peyi ki te pase antre de pati jenn bèf la—
The officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the pieces of the calf,
20 Mwen va livre yo nan men a lènmi yo, e nan men a sila k ap chache pran lavi yo. Epi kadav yo va sèvi kon manje pou zwazo syèl yo, ak bèt sovaj latè yo.
I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
21 “Sédécias, wa Juda a, ak ofisye pa l yo, Mwen va livre yo nan men lènmi pa yo, nan men a sila k ap chache lavi yo ak nan men a lame Babylone ki te ale kite nou an.
And I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon that had withdrawn from you.
22 Gade byen, Mwen va pase lòd”, deklare SENYÈ a: “Epi Mwen va mennen yo retounen nan vil sa a. Konsa, yo va goumen kont li, pran li e brile li ak dife, epi Mwen va fè lavil Juda yo vin yon kote dezète san moun ki rete ladan yo.”
Behold, I am going to give the command, declares the LORD, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it down. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
