Jeremi 35
1 Pawòl ki te rive a Jérémie soti nan SENYÈ a nan jou a Jojakim yo, fis a Josias la, wa Juda a, te di:
This is the message that came to Jeremiah from the Lord during the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:
2 “Ale lakay Rekabit yo. Pale avèk yo e mennen yo antre lakay SENYÈ a, nan youn nan chanm yo, e bay yo diven pou yo bwè.”
Go to where the Rechabites live. Invite them to come with you to one of the rooms in the Lord's Temple and offer them wine to drink.
3 Konsa, mwen te pran Jaazania, fis a Jérémie an, fis a Habazinia a, frè li yo, tout fis li yo ak tout kay Rekabit yo,
So I went to visit Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons—the whole Rechabite family.
4 epi mwen te mennen yo lakay SENYÈ la, nan chanm a fis a Hanan yo, fis a Jigdalia a, nonm Bondye ki te toupre chanm ofisye yo, ki te anwo chanm Maaséja a, fis a Schallum nan, gadyen pòt la.
Then I took them into the Lord's Temple, to a room used by the sons of Hanan, son of Igdaliah, a man of God. It was next to the one used by the officials, which was above the room of Maaseiah son of Shallum, who was the Temple doorkeeper.
5 Epi mwen te plase devan mesye lakay Rekabit yo, krich plen ak diven ak tas, epi mwen te di yo: “Bwè diven!”
I placed some jugs full of wine and some cups before the Rechabites and told them, “Have some wine to drink.”
6 Men yo te di: “Nou p ap bwè diven, paske Jonadab, fis a Récab la, papa nou, te bannou lòd e te di: ‘Nou p ap bwè diven, ni nou menm, ni fis nou yo jis pou tout tan.
“We don't drink wine,” they said, “because our forefather Jonadab son of Rechab gave us these orders: ‘You and your descendants must never drink wine.
7 Nou pa pou bati kay e nou pa pou simen semans, ni plante chan rezen, ni achte youn; men se nan tant nou dwe viv pandan tout jou nou yo, pou nou kapab viv anpil jou nan peyi kote nou demere a.’
Don't ever build houses or sow crops or plant vineyards. You're not to do this. Instead, you are to always live in tents so that you may have long lives as you move from place to place in the country.’
8 Nou te obeyi a vwa Jonadab, fis a Récab la, papa nou, nan tout sa li te kòmande nou, pou pa bwè diven pandan tout jou nou yo, nou menm, madanm nou, fis nou yo ak fi nou yo,
We have done exactly what our forefather Jonadab son of Rechab told us. None of us have ever drunk wine, and that includes our wives and our sons and daughters as well as us.
9 ni bati pou nou menm kay pou nou ta viv ladann. Nou pa genyen chan rezen yo, ni chan kiltive, ni semans,
We haven't built houses to live in, and we haven't had any vineyards or fields or grown any crops.
10 “Men se sèlman nan tant nou te rete yo. Nou te obeyi e te fè selon tout sa ke Jonadab, papa nou, te kòmande nou yo.
We've lived in tents and have obeyed our forefather Jonadab, following everything he ordered us to do.
11 Men lè Nebucadnetsar, wa Babylone nan, te monte kont peyi a, nou te di: ‘Vini! Annou ale Jérusalem akoz lakrent lame Kaldeyen yo ak lakrent lame Siryen yo. Konsa, nou va rete Jérusalem.’”
So when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded the country we decided, ‘Come on, let's go into Jerusalem to be safe from the armies of the Chaldeans, Babylonians, and Arameans.’ That's why we've stayed in Jerusalem.”
12 Epi pawòl SENYÈ a te vini a Jérémie. Li te di:
Then a message from the Lord came to Jeremiah:
13 “Konsa pale SENYÈ a, Bondye Israël la: ‘Ale di a mesye Juda yo, e a sila k ap viv Jérusalem yo: “Èske nou p ap resevwa lenstriksyon pou koute pawòl Mwen yo?” deklare SENYÈ a.
This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Go and tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem: Why don't you accept my instructions and obey what I tell you? the Lord asks.
14 “Pawòl a Jonadab, fis a Récab la, ke li te kòmande fis li yo pou pa bwè diven yo, byen obsève. Pou sa, yo pa bwè diven jis rive jou sa a, paske yo te obeyi lòd papa yo. Men Mwen te pale ak nou ankò e ankò, e nou pa t koute Mwen.
The instructions of Jonadab son of Rechab have been followed. He ordered his descendants not to drink wine, and they have not drunk it to this day because they have obeyed their forefather's command. But I have told you what to do time and again, and yet you refuse to obey me!
15 Anplis, Mwen te voye a nou menm tout sèvitè Mwen yo, pwofèt yo. Mwen te voye yo ankò e ankò e yo te di: ‘Vire koulye a chak moun kite move chemen li, korije zèv mechan nou yo, e pa kouri dèyè lòt dye yo pou adore yo. Konsa, nou va demere nan peyi ke M te ba a nou menm e a papa zansèt nou yo;’ men nou pa t enkline zòrèy nou, ni nou pa t koute Mwen.
Time and again I've sent you so many of my servants the prophets to tell you: Everyone, stop your evil ways and do what's right! Don't go following other gods and worshiping them. Live in the land that I gave you and your fathers. But you haven't paid attention or obeyed me.
16 Anverite, fis a Jonadab yo, fis a Récab la te swiv lòd a papa yo ak sila li te kòmande yo, men pèp sa a pa t koute Mwen.”’
These descendants of Jonadab son of Rechab have followed the command given to them by their forefather, but these people haven't obeyed me.
17 “Akoz sa, pale SENYÈ a, Bondye dèzame yo, Bondye Israël la: ‘Gade byen, Mwen ap mennen sou Juda ak sou tout sila ki rete Jérusalem yo, tout dezas ke M te pwononse kont yo, akoz Mwen te pale ak yo, men yo pa t koute, e Mwen te rele yo, men yo pa t reponn.’”
So this is what the Lord God Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Watch as I bring down on Judah and on all the people living in Jerusalem all the disasters I have threatened to do to them, because I have told them what to do but they haven't obeyed; I have appealed to them but they haven't responded.
18 Epi Jérémie te di a lakay Rekabit yo: “Konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo, Bondye Israël la: ‘Akoz nou te obeyi lòd a Jonadab, papa nou an, nou te swiv tout lòd li yo, e te fè tout sa ke li te kòmande nou;’
Then Jeremiah told the Rechabites: This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Because you have obeyed your forefather Jonadab's instructions and have followed his orders and have done everything he told you to do,
19 Pou sa, konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo, Bondye Israël la: ‘Jonadab, fis a Récab la, p ap manke yon nonm ki pou toujou kanpe devan M.’”
this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Jonadab son of Rechab will always have someone who will be in my presence serving me.
