Jeremi 5
1 “Mache ale retou toupatou nan lari Jérusalem. Gade koulye a, e byen nòte. Chèche nan plas ouvri li yo. Si ou ka twouve yon moun ki fè jistis, k ap chache verite, alò Mwen va padone Jérusalem.
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places of it, if ye can find a man, if there is any who does justly, who seeks truth, and I will pardon her.
2 E poutan, yo di: ‘Tankou SENYÈ a viv la’! Anverite y ap fè fo temwayaj.”
And though they say, As Jehovah lives, surely they swear falsely.
3 O SENYÈ, èske zye Ou pa chache verite? Ou te frape yo, men yo pa t sanse doulè. Ou te fè yo megri, men yo pa t aksepte korije. Yo fè figi yo pi di pase wòch. Yo refize repanti.
O Jehovah, do not thine eyes look upon truth? Thou have stricken them, but they were not grieved. Thou have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused to return.
4 Alò, mwen te di: “Se sèlman malere ke yo ye. Se ensanse yo ye; yo pa konnen chemen SENYÈ a, ni règleman a Bondye yo.
Then I said, Surely these are poor, they are foolish, for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God.
5 Mwen va ale kote moun pwa yo. Se ak yo ke mwen va pale, paske yo menm konnen chemen SENYÈ a, ak règleman a Bondye yo.” Men yo menm tou, ak volonte ansanm te kraze jouk la, e chire tout kòd yo.
I will go to the great men, and will speak to them, for they know the way of Jehovah, and the law of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
6 Akoz sa, yon lyon ki sòti nan forè va touye yo. Yon lou dezè a va detwi yo, yon leyopa ap veye vil yo. Tout moun ki sòti kote yo va chire an mòso, akoz transgresyon yo anpil, enfidelite yo bokou.
Therefore a lion out of the forest shall kill them; a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them; a leopard shall watch against their cities. Everyone who goes out from there shall be torn in pieces, because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
7 Pou ki rezon Mwen ta padone ou? Fis ou yo te abandone Mwen pou yo sèmante pa sila ki pa dye yo. Lè M te fin bay yo manje vant plen, yo te fè adiltè. Yo te mache rive lakay pwostitiye a.
How can I pardon thee? Thy sons have forsaken me, and sworn by those who are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the harlots' houses.
8 Yo te tankou gwo cheval kò dyanm, byen nouri, yo chak t ap ranni dèyè madanm vwazen yo.
They were as fed horses roaming at large; everyone neighed after his neighbor's wife.
9 “Èske Mwen pa dwe pini pèp sa a,” deklare SENYÈ a: “Sou yon nasyon konsa, èske Mwen pa dwe pran vanjans?
Shall I not visit for these things? says Jehovah. And shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10 “Ale monte nan ranje chan rezen li yo e detwi yo, men pa fin detwi nèt. Rache branch li yo, paske se pa pou SENYÈ a yo ye.
Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy, but make not a full end. Take away her branches, for they are not Jehovah's.
11 Paske lakay Israël ak lakay Juda te fè M trèt anpil”, deklare SENYÈ a.
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, says Jehovah.
12 Yo te manti sou SENYÈ a, pou di: “Li pa la; malè p ap rive nou e nou p ap wè nepe ni gwo grangou.
They have denied Jehovah, and said, It is not he. Neither shall evil come upon us, nor shall we see sword nor famine.
13 Pwofèt yo se tankou van, e pawòl la pa nan yo. Se konsa, li va rive yo!”
And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them. Thus shall it be done to them.
14 Pou sa, pale SENYÈ a, Bondye dèzame yo: “Akoz nou te pale pawòl sa a, gade byen, Mwen ap fè pawòl Mwen nan bouch ou vin dife, pèp sa a vin bwa a, e li va manje yo nèt.
Therefore thus says Jehovah, the God of hosts: Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
15 Gade byen, M ap fè parèt yon nasyon kont nou soti byen lwen, O lakay Israël,” deklare SENYÈ a. “Li se yon nasyon ki dire anpil, yon nasyon depi nan tan lansyen yo, yon nasyon ak yon lang ou pa konnen, ni ou p ap ka konprann sa y ap di.
Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, says Jehovah. It is a mighty nation. It is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou know not, nor understand what they say.
16 Fouwo pa yo se kon yon tonm tou louvri; yo tout se gèrye vanyan.
Their quiver is an open sepulcher. They are all mighty men.
17 Yo va devore rekòlt ou ak manje ou. Yo va devore fis ou yo ak fi ou yo. Yo va devore bann mouton ou yo ak twoupo ou yo. Yo va devore chan rezen ou yo ak figye etranje ou yo. Yo va kraze ak nepe, tout vil fòtifye ou yo, kote ou te konn mete konfyans ou.”
And they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat. They shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds. They shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees. They shall beat down thy fortified cities, wherein thou trust, with the sword.
18 “Malgre, menm nan jou sa yo”, deklare SENYÈ a, “Mwen p ap fin detwi nou nèt.
But even in those days, says Jehovah, I will not make a full end with you.
19 Li va vin rive ke lè yo di: ‘Poukisa SENYÈ Bondye nou an te fè nou tout bagay sa yo?’ ke ou va di yo: ‘Jan nou te abandone M nan pou te sèvi dye etranje nan peyi nou; alò, se konsa nou va sèvi etranje nan yon peyi ki pa pou nou.’
And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Why has Jehovah our God done all these things to us? Then thou shall say to them, Just as ye have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so ye shall serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
20 “Deklare sa a nan kay Jacob la e pwoklame li nan Juda, pou di:
Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
21 ‘Tande sa, O pèp ki plen foli, ki san konprann, ki gen zye, men ki pa ka wè, ki gen zòrèy, men ki pa tande.
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding, who have eyes, and see not, who have ears, and hear not:
22 Èske nou pa krent Mwen?’ deklare SENYÈ a. ‘Èske nou pa tranble devan prezans Mwen? Paske Mwen te poze sab la kon lizyè lanmè a; yon dekrè etènèl, pou l pa ka travèse l. Malgre lanm lanmè yo vole, yo p ap ka enpoze yo; malgre yo fè raj, yo p ap ka travèse li.’
Do ye not fear me? says Jehovah. Will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it? And though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet they cannot prevail, though they roar, yet they cannot pass over it.
23 “Men pèp sa a gen kè rebèl ak kè ki di; yo te vire sou kote e yo te ale.
But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart. They have revolted and gone.
24 Yo pa di nan kè yo: ‘Alò koulye a, annou gen lakrent SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, ki bay lapli nan sezon li, ni lapli sezon otòn ak lapli sezon prentan, Sila ki kenbe pou nou semèn rekòlt nou yo.’
Neither do they say in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season, who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
25 “Inikite nou yo fin detounen bagay sa yo, e peche nou yo te retire tout sa ki bon pou nou.
Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good from you.
26 Paske moun mechan twouve yo pami pèp Mwen an. Y ap veye tankou moun k ap pran bèt nan pèlen. Yo ranje pèlen an. Se moun yo pran.
For among my people are found wicked men. They watch as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap; they catch men.
27 Kon yon kalòj plen zwazo, se konsa lakay yo plen desepsyon. Akoz sa, yo te vin moun byen enpòtan ak anpil byen.
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grown rich.
28 Yo fin gra. Kò yo plen ak grès e yo vin reyisi depase ak zèv fèt ak mechanste yo. Yo pa plede koz òfelen an, pou yo ta reyisi; ni yo pa defann dwa malere yo.
They have grown fat. They shine. Yea, they overflow in deeds of wickedness. They do not plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper. And they do not judge the right of the needy.
29 “Èske Mwen p ap pini pèp sa a?” deklare SENYÈ a, “Sou yon nasyon konsa, èske Mwen p ap pran vanjans Mwen?
Shall I not visit for these things? says Jehovah. Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
30 “Yon bagay degoutan e etonan te rive nan peyi a:
An astonishing and horrible thing has come to pass in the land.
31 Pwofèt yo fè fo pwofesi e prèt yo domine selon pwòp otorite yo. Epi, a la renmen pèp Mwen an renmen l konsa! Men se kisa n ap fè lè sa rive nan bout pou l fini?
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means. And my people love to have it so. And what will ye do in the end thereof?
