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.
“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.
2 E poutan, yo di: ‘Tankou SENYÈ a viv la’! Anverite y ap fè fo temwayaj.”
Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing 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 LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
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, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice 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 powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.
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 from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.
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.
“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.
8 Yo te tankou gwo cheval kò dyanm, byen nouri, yo chak t ap ranni dèyè madanm vwazen yo.
They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing 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?
Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself 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 up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.
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 been utterly unfaithful to Me,”
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 lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.
13 Pwofèt yo se tankou van, e pawòl la pa nan yo. Se konsa, li va rive yo!”
The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall 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 this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes.
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.
Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.
16 Fouwo pa yo se kon yon tonm tou louvri; yo tout se gèrye vanyan.
Their quivers are like open graves; 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.”
They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”
18 “Malgre, menm nan jou sa yo”, deklare SENYÈ a, “Mwen p ap fin detwi nou nèt.
“Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make a full end of 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 when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’”
20 “Deklare sa a nan kay Jacob la e pwoklame li nan Juda, pou di:
Declare this in the house of Jacob and proclaim it in Judah:
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 this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
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 you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
23 “Men pèp sa a gen kè rebèl ak kè ki di; yo te vire sou kote e yo te ale.
But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone away.
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.’
They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of 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 diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty.
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 wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to 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.
Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and 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 and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights 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?
Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
30 “Yon bagay degoutan e etonan te rive nan peyi a:
A horrible and shocking thing has happened 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 rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
