Jeremi 42

1 Epi tout gran chèf lame yo, Jochanan, fis a Karéach la, Jezania, fis Hosée a, ak tout pèp la, ni piti, ni gran, te pwoche.

Then all the army commanders and Johanan son of Kareah, Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest approached Jeremiah the prophet.

2 Yo te di a Jérémie, pwofèt la: “Souple, kite demand nou an vin parèt devan ou, e priye SENYÈ a, Bondye ou a, pou nou; pou tout retay sa a, akoz nou se sèlman kèk grenn ki rete pami anpil nan nou, jan zye ou konn wè nou an,

They said to him, “Let our pleas come before you. Pray for us to Yahweh your God for these people who remain since we are so few in number, as you see.

3 pou SENYÈ a, Bondye ou a, kapab pale nou de chemen ke nou ta dwe pran an, ak bagay ke nou ta dwe fè a.”

Ask Yahweh your God to tell us the way we should go and what we should do.”

4 Jérémie, pwofèt la, te di yo: “Mwen te tande. Gade byen, mwen va priye a SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, an akò ak tout pawòl nou yo, epi mwen va di nou tout mesaj avèk sila SENYÈ a va reponn nou yo. Mwen p ap kenbe dèyè menm yon mo pou nou.”

So Jeremiah the prophet said to them, “I have heard you. Look, I will pray to Yahweh your God as you have requested. Whatever Yahweh answers, I will tell you. I will keep nothing back from you.”

5 Epi yo te di a Jérémie: “Ke SENYÈ a kapab yon vrè fidèl temwen kont nou si nou pa aji selon tout mesaj ke SENYÈ a, Bondye ou a, va voye pou nou.

They said to Jeremiah, “May Yahweh be a true and faithful witness against us, if we do not do everything that Yahweh your God tells us to do.

6 Kit li dous, kit li pa dous, nou va koute vwa SENYÈ a sou sila nou ap voye ou a, pou sa kapab ale byen pou nou lè nou koute vwa SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an.”

Whether it is good or if it is bad, we will obey the voice of Yahweh our God, to whom we are sending you, so that it may be well with us when we obey the voice of Yahweh our God.”

7 Alò, lè sèt jou fin ekoule, pawòl SENYÈ a te rive kote Jérémie.

At the end of ten days, the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah.

8 Konsa, li te rele Jochanan, fis a Karéach la, ak tout chèf lame ki te avè l yo ak tout pèp la, ni piti, ni gran.

So Jeremiah called to Johanan son of Kareah and all the army commanders with him, and to all the people from the least to the greatest.

9 Epi li te di yo: “Konsa pale SENYÈ a, Bondye Israël la, a Sila nou te voye mwen pou prezante sa nou t ap mande devan L lan:

Then he said to them, “This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel—to whom you sent me so I might lay your pleas before him—says,

10 ‘Si, anverite, nou va rete nan peyi sa a; alò, Mwen va ankouraje nou, Mwen p ap detwi nou, Mwen va plante nou e Mwen p ap dechouke nou, men Mwen va ralanti sou malè avèk sila Mwen te aflije nou an.

'If you go back and live in this land, then I will build you and not tear you down; I will plant you and not pull you up, for I will turn back the disaster that I have brought on you.

11 Pa pè wa Babylone nan, k ap bannou perèz nan moman sa a. Pa pè l, paske Mwen avèk nou pou sove nou e pou delivre nou de men l.

Do not fear the king of Babylon, whom you are fearing. Do not fear him—this is Yahweh's declaration—since I am with you to save you and rescue you from his hand.

12 Anplis, Mwen va montre nou konpasyon, pou l ta genyen konpasyon anvè nou e restore nou sou pwòp tè pa nou.

For I will give you mercy. I will have compassion on you, and I will bring you back to your land.

13 “‘Men si nou ap di: “Nou p ap rete nan peyi sa a,” pou nou pa ta koute vwa a SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an,

But suppose that you say, “We will not stay in this land”—if you do not listen to my voice, the voice of Yahweh your God.

14 epi di: “Non, men nou va ale nan peyi Égypte, kote nou p ap tande afè lagè, ni son a twonpèt, ni grangou pou pen, e se la nou va rete;”’

Suppose that you say, “No! We will go to the land of Egypt, where we will not see any war, where we will not hear the sound of the trumpet, and we will not go hungry for food. We will live there.”

15 alò, nan ka sa a, koute pawòl SENYÈ a, O retay a Juda yo. Konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo, Bondye Israël la: ‘Si nou, anverite, fikse vizaj nou pou antre an Égypte e pou antre nan rezidans lan,

Now listen to this word of Yahweh, you remnant of Judah. Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this, 'If you actually set out to go to Egypt, to go and live there,

16 alò, nepe ke nou vrèman krent lan va rive pran nou nan peyi Égypte la, epi grangou ke nou krent anpil la, va swiv nou de prè an Égypte, e la nou va mouri.

then the sword that you fear will overtake you there in the land of Egypt. The famine that you are worrying about will pursue you to Egypt, and you will die there.

17 Konsa, tout mesye ki fikse panse yo pou rive la an Égypte, pou fè rezidans yo la, va mouri pa nepe, pa grangou, ak gwo epidemi. Yo p ap gen retay, ni ki chape sou gwo malè ke Mwen va fè vini sou yo a.’

So it will happen that all the men who set out to go to Egypt to live there will die by sword, famine, or plague. There will be no survivor of them, no one to escape the disaster that I will bring on them.

18 Paske konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo, Bondye Israël la: ‘Tankou gwo kòlè ak mekontantman Mwen te vide sou sila ki rete Jérusalem yo, se konsa gwo kòlè Mwen va vide sou nou lè nou antre an Égypte. Konsa, nou va devni yon madichon, yon objè degoutan, yon anatèm e yon repwòch. Ni nou p ap janm wè kote sila a ankò.’

For Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this: Just as my wrath and my fury were poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, in the same way my fury will be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing and a horror, an object for speaking curses, and something dishonorable, and you will not see this place again.'”

19 “SENYÈ a te pale ak nou, O retay Juda a: ‘Pa ale antre an Égypte!’ Nou ta dwe konprann byen klè ke jodi a, mwen te avèti nou sa.

Then Jeremiah said, “Yahweh has spoken concerning you—the remnant of Judah. Do not go to Egypt! You certainly know that I have been a witness against you today.

20 Paske nou twonpe pwòp tèt nou. Se nou menm ki te voye mwen kote SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an. Nou te di: “Priye pou nou a SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, epi nenpòt sa SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an di, fè nou konnen e nou va fè l.”

For you fatally deceived yourselves when you sent me to Yahweh your God and said, 'Pray to Yahweh our God for us. Everything that Yahweh our God says, tell us, and we will carry it out.'

21 Konsa, jodi a, mwen te di nou, men nou pa t obeyi SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, menm nan tout sa Li te voye mwen pale nou yo.

For I have reported to you today, but you have not listened to the voice of Yahweh your God or to anything about which he sent me to you.

22 Akoz sa, nou ta koulye a dwe konprann ke nou va mouri pa nepe, pa grangou e pa gwo epidemi, nan plas kote nou vle ale rezide a.

So now, you should certainly know that you will die by sword, famine, and plague in the place where you desired to go to live.”