Jeremi 50
1 Pawòl ke SENYÈ a te pale konsènan Babylone, peyi Kaldeyen yo, pa Jérémie, pwofèt la:
The word that the Lord spake, concerning Babel, and cocerning the land of the Caldeans by the ministerie of Ieremiah the Prophet.
2 “Deklare e pwoklame pami nasyon yo. Pwoklame sa e leve yon drapo. Pa kache sa, men di: ‘Babylone te kaptire Bel gen tan plen regre, Merodac fin nan gwo twoub! Imaj li yo fè wont, e zidòl li yo fin sans espwa.’
Declare among the nations, and publish it, and set vp a standart, proclaime it and conceale it not: say, Babel is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken downe: her idols are confounded, and their images are burst in pieces.
3 Paske yon nasyon gen tan monte kont li soti nan nò; sa va fè peyi li vin yon objè degoutan e p ap genyen moun ki rete ladann. Ni moun, ni bèt fin egare ale; yo ale nèt!
For out of the North there commeth vp a nation against her, which shall make her lande waste, and none shall dwel therein: they shall flee, and depart, both man and beast.
4 “Nan jou sa yo ak nan lè sa a,” deklare SENYÈ a: “Fis Israël yo va vini, ni yo menm, ni fis a Juda yo tou; yo va avanse ap kriye pandan yo prale e se SENYÈ a, Bondye ke yo va chache a.
In those daies, and at that time, sayeth the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they, and the children of Iudah together, going, and weeping shall they goe, and seeke the Lord their God.
5 Yo va mande pou chemen ki ale nan Sion an, e vire figi yo vè direksyon li. Yo va di ‘Vin mete tèt nou ak SENYÈ a, nan yon akò k ap dire jis pou tout tan, youn ki p ap janm bliye.’
They shall aske the way to Zion, with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let vs cleaue to the Lord in a perpetuall couenant that shall not be forgotten.
6 Pèp Mwen an gen tan vin mouton ki pèdi. Bèje yo te egare yo. Yo te fè yo vire akote mòn yo. Yo te avanse soti sou mòn pou rive sou kolin, e yo te bliye plas repo yo.
My people hath beene as lost sheepe: their shepheards haue caused them to goe astray, and haue turned them away to the mountaines: they haue gone from mountaine to hil, and forgotten their resting place.
7 Tout moun ki rive sou yo te devore yo; epi advèsè yo te di: ‘Nou pa koupab, paske se yo ki te peche kont SENYÈ ki se abitasyon ladwati a, menm SENYÈ a, espwa a papa zansèt yo.’
Al that found them, haue deuoured them, and their enemies saide, We offende not, because they haue sinned against the Lord, the habitation of iustice, euen the Lord the hope of their fathers.
8 “Detounen kite mitan Babylone! Sòti nan peyi Kaldeyen yo. Fè konsi se mal kabrit k ap mache nan tèt bann an.
Flee from the middes of Babel, and depart out of the lande of the Caldeans, and be ye as the hee goates before the flocke.
9 Paske gade byen, Mwen va leve fè parèt kont Babylone, yon gwo foul nasyon pwisan soti nan peyi nò a. Yo va rale lign batay yo kont li. Depi la, yo va vin an kaptivite. Flèch yo va tankou yon gèrye ekspè, ki pa janm retounen men vid.
For loe, I will raise, and cause to come vp against Babel a multitude of mightie natios from the North countrey, and they shall set themselues in aray against her, whereby shee shall be taken: their arrowes shall be as of a strong man, which is expert, for none shall returne in vaine.
10 Chaldée va vin yon viktim; tout moun ki piyaje li va jwenn kont yo,” deklare SENYÈ a.
And Caldea shalbe a spoyle: all that spoyle her, shalbe satisfied, sayth the Lord.
11 “Akoz nou kontan, akoz nou ap fete, o nou menm ki te konn piyaje eritaj Mwen an; akoz nou fè sote tankou yon jenn gazèl k ap foule sereyal; epi ki vin ranni kon jenn poulen,
Because yee were glad and reioyced in destroying mine heritage, and because ye are growen fatte, as the calues in the grasse, and neied like strong horses,
12 manman nou va tèlman wont, sila ki te bay nou nesans lan va imilye. Gade byen, li va pi piti pami nasyon yo, yon savann, yon peyi sèch, yon dezè.
Therefore your mother shall bee sore confounded, and she that bare you, shall be ashamed: beholde, the vttermost of the nations shalbe a desert, a drie land, and a wildernes.
13 Akoz endiyasyon SENYÈ a, li p ap abite, men li va dezole nèt. Tout moun ki pase kote Babylone va vin sezi. E va sifle kon koulèv akoz tout dega li yo.
Because of the wrath of the Lord it shall not be inhabited, but shall be wholy desolate: euery one that goeth by Babel, shall be astonished, and hisse at all her plagues.
14 Monte lign batay ou kont Babylone tout kote, nou tout ki konn koube banza. Tire sou li. Pa konsève flèch nou yo, paske li te peche kont SENYÈ a.
Put your selues in aray against Babel rounde about: all ye that bende the bowe, shoote at her, spare no arrowes: for shee hath sinned against the Lord.
15 Leve kriye batay la kont li tout kote! Li te tonbe. Mi defans li yo fin tonbe, miray li yo fin demoli. Paske sa se vanjans SENYÈ a. Pran vanjans sou li. Jan li te konn fè a, fè l konsa.
Crie against her round about: she hath giuen her hand: her foundations are fallen, and her walles are destroyed: for it is the vengeance of the Lord: take vengeance vpon her: as she hath done, doe vnto her.
16 Koupe retire kiltivatè Babylone nan; ak sila ki voye kouto nan lè rekòlt la. Akoz krent nepe opresè a, yo chak va retounen vè pwòp pèp pa yo, e yo chak va sove ale nan pwòp peyi yo.
Destroy the sower from Babel, and him that handleth the sieth in the time of haruest: because of the sworde of the oppressor they shall turne euery one to his people, and they shall flee euery one to his owne land.
17 “Israël se yon bann moun kap kouri devan lachas lyon an te chase yo ale. Premye ki te devore li a se te wa Assyrie a, e dènye ki te kraze zo li yo se te Nebucadnetsar, wa Babylone nan.”
Israel is like scattered sheepe: the lions haue dispersed them: first the King of Asshur hath deuoured him, and last this Nebuchad-nezzar King, of Babel hath broken his bones.
18 Pou sa, konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo, Bondye Israël la: “Gade byen, Mwen va pini wa Babylone nan ak peyi li a, menm jan ke M te pini wa Assyrie a.
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel, Behold, I wil visit ye King of Babel, and his land, as I haue visited the King of Asshur.
19 Epi Mwen va mennen Israël retounen nan patiraj li e li va jwen manje li sou Carmel ak sou Basan; epi dezi li va satisfè nan peyi kolin Éphraïm ak Galaad yo.
And I will bring Israel againe to his habitation: hee shall feede on Carmel and Bashan, and his soule shall be satisfied vpon the mount Ephraim and Gilead.
20 Nan jou sa yo ak nan lè sa a”, deklare SENYÈ a: “rechèch va fèt pou jwenn inikite Israël la, men p ap genyen; epi pou peche a Juda yo, men yo p ap jwenn; paske Mwen va padone sila ke M kite kon retay yo.”
In those daies, and at that time, sayeth the Lord, the iniquitie of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none: and the sinnes of Iudah, and they shall not be founde: for I will be mercifull vnto them, whome I reserue.
21 “Kont peyi Merathaïm nan monte; kont li ak kont moun Pékod yo. Touye yo e detwi yo nèt,” deklare SENYÈ a; “epi fè selon tout sa ke M te kòmande nou yo.
Goe vp against the lande of the rebelles, euen against it, and against the inhabitantes of Pekod: destroy, and lay it waste after them, saieth the Lord, and doe according to all that I haue commanded thee.
22 Bri batay la nan peyi a ak destriksyon an vin gran.
A crie of battell is in the land, and of great destruction.
23 Gade kijan mato k ap frape tout latè a fin koupe an moso e kraze! Gade kijan Babylone te vin yon objè degoutan pami nasyon yo!
Howe is the hammer of the whole world destroied, and broken! howe is Babel become desolate among the nations!
24 Mwen te poze yon pèlen pou ou e ou menm te kenbe tou, o Babylone. Pandan ou pa t menm konnen, ou tou te dekouvri, ou e te pran, akoz ou te goumen kont SENYÈ a.”
I haue snared thee, and thou art taken, O Babel, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striuen against the Lord.
25 SENYÈ a te ouvri depo zam Li. Li te fè parèt zam endiyasyon Li yo, paske Senyè BONDYE Dèzame yo gen travay ki pou fèt nan peyi Kaldeyen yo.
The Lord hath opened his treasure, and hath brought foorth the weapons of his wrath: for this is the woorke of the Lord God of hostes in the lande of the Caldeans.
26 Vin kote li soti nan lizyè ki pi lwen an. Ouvri depo li yo. Anpile li kon gwo pil. Detwi li nèt. Pa kite anyen rete pou li.
Come against her from the vtmost border: open her store houses: treade on her as on sheaues, and destroy her vtterly: let nothing of her be left.
27 Mete tout jenn towo li yo a nepe. Kite yo desann nan masak la! Malè a yo menm, paske jou pa yo a rive, lè pinisyon pa yo a.
Destroy all her bullockes: let them goe downe to the slaughter. Wo vnto them, for their day is come, and the time of their visitation.
28 Tande bri a sila k ap sove ale yo, ak sila k ap pran flit kite tè Babylone nan, pou deklare an Sion vanjans a SENYÈ Bondye nou an; vanjans pou tanp Li an.
The voyce of them that flee, and escape out of the lande of Babel to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, and the vengeance of his Temple.
29 “Rele anpil kont Babylone, tout sila ki konn koube banza yo. Fè kan kont li tout kote, pa bay li mwayen pou chape menm. Rekonpanse li selon zèv li yo. Selon tout sa li te fè yo, konsa fè li; paske li te vin awogan kont SENYÈ a, kont Sila Ki Sen an Israël la.
Call vp the archers against Babel: al ye that bend the bow, besiege it rounde about: let none thereof escape: recompence her according to her worke, and according to all that she hath done, doe vnto her: for she hath bene proud against the Lord, euen against the holy one of Israel.
30 Pou sa, jennonm pa l yo va tonbe nan lari; e tout mesye lagè li yo va tonbe an silans nan jou sa a,” deklare SENYÈ a.
Therefore shall her yong men fall in the streetes, and al her men of warre shalbe destroied in that day, sayeth the Lord.
31 “Gade byen, Mwen kont ou, O sila ki plen awogans lan”, deklare Senyè BONDYE dèzame yo, “Paske jou pa ou a fin rive, lè ke M va pini ou a.
Beholde, I come vnto thee, O proude man, saith the Lord God of hostes: for thy day is come, euen the time that I will visite thee.
32 Sila ki awogan an va glise tonbe, san pèsòn pou leve li; epi Mwen va mete dife nan vil li yo e li va devore tout andwa l yo.”
And the proude shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him vp: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall deuoure all round about him.
33 Konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo: “Fis Israël yo vin oprime, ansanm ak fis a Juda yo. Tout moun ki te pran yo an kaptivite yo te kenbe yo di. Yo te refize lage yo.
Thus saieth the Lord of hosts, The children of Israel, and the children of Iudah were oppressed together: and all that tooke them captiues, held them, and would not let them goe.
34 Redanmtè yo a fò. SENYÈ dèzame yo se non Li; Li va plede ka yo ak gwo fòs pou L ka mennen lapè sou tè a, ak gwo twoub sou sila ki rete Babylone yo.
But their strong redeemer, whose Name is the Lord of hostes, he shall maintaine their cause, that he may giue rest to the lande, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babel.
35 “Yon nepe kont Kaldeyen yo”, deklare SENYÈ a: “Kont moun ki rete Babylone yo, kont ofisye li yo ak mesye saj li yo!
A sworde is vpon the Caldeans, sayeth the Lord, and vpon the inhabitants of Babel, and vpon her princes, and vpon her wise men.
36 Yon nepe kont moun anfle yo; yo va devni moun fou! Yon nepe kont mesye pwisan li yo; yo va twouble nèt!
A sworde is vpon the soothsaiers, and they shall dote: a sword is vpon her strong men, and they shalbe afraide.
37 Yon nepe kont cheval li yo, kont cha lagè yo, kont tout etranje ki rete nan mitan l yo e yo va vin tankou fanm! Yon nepe rete sou trezò li yo, e yo va piyaje!
A sworde is vpon their horses and vpon their charets, and vpon all the multitude that are in the middes of her, and they shall be like women: a sworde is vpon her treasures, and they shall be spoyled.
38 Yon sechrès sou dlo li yo, e yo va vin sèch nèt! Paske se yon peyi imaj taye, e yo fou pou zidòl sa yo.
A drought is vpon her waters, and they shall be dried vp: for it is the lande of grauen images, and they dote vpon their idoles.
39 Akoz sa, bèt dezè yo va viv la, ansanm ak chen mawon. Anplis, otrich va viv ladann, e li p ap janm gen moun ladann ankò, ni moun k ap viv la de jenerasyon an jenerasyon.
Therefore the Ziims with the Iims shall dwel there, and the ostriches shall dwel therein: for it shall be no more inhabited, neither shall it be inhabited from generation vnto generation.
40 “Tankou lè Bondye te boulvèse Sodome ak Gomorrhe ak vwazen li yo,” deklare SENYÈ a: “Nanpwen moun k ap viv la, ni fis a lòm k ap rete ladann.
As God destroied Sodom and Gomorah with the places thereof neere about, sayeth the Lord: so shall no man dwell theere, neither shall the sonne of man remaine therein.
41 “Gade byen, yon pèp ap vini soti nan nò, Yon gwo nasyon ak anpil wa va leve soti nan dènye pwent latè.
Beholde, a people shall come from the North, and a great nation, and many Kings shall be raised vp from the coastes of the earth.
42 Yo sezi banza yo, ak lans yo; yo mechan e yo san mizerikòd. Vwa yo gwonde tankou lanmè. Yo monte sou cheval yo, chaken byen òdone tankou moun pou fè batay kont ou, O fi a Babylone nan.
They shall holde the bowe and the buckeler: they are cruell and vnmercifull: their voyce shall roare like the sea, and they shall ride vpon horses, and be put in aray like men to the battell against thee, O daughter of Babel.
43 Wa Babylone nan te tande rapò de yo, e men li pann san fòs. Gwo dekourajman sezi li; gwo doulè tankou yon fanm k ap pouse pitit.
The King of Babel hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: sorow came vpon him, euen sorowe as of a woman in trauaile.
44 Gade byen, youn va monte kon yon lyon soti nan rakbwa Jourdain an, rive nan yon abitasyon byen fò; paske nan yon moman, Mwen va fè yo kouri kite li. Epi nenpòt moun ki chwazi, Mwen va dezinye l mete sou li. Paske se kilès ki tankou Mwen? E se kilès k ap fè m tan lè M? Kilès ki bèje ki ka kanpe devan M?”
Beholde, hee shall come vp like a lyon from the swelling of Iorden vnto the strong habitation: for I will make Israel to rest, and I will make them to haste away from her: and who is a chosen man that I may appoynt against her? for who is like me, and who will appoynt me the time? and who is the shepheard that will stande before me?
45 Pou sa, tande konsèy SENYÈ a, ke li te fè kont Babylone; plan a ke Li deja fome kont peyi Kaldeyen yo: Anverite, yo va vin trennen deyò, menm piti nan bann mouton yo. Anverite, li va fè abitasyon yo dezole sou yo.
Therefore heare the counsell of the Lord that hee hath deuised against Babel, and his purpose that hee hath conceiued against the lande of the Caldeans: surely the least of the flocke shall drawe them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.
46 Latè vin souke ak gwo kri “Babylone te vin pran!” E gwo kri sa a vin tande pami nasyon yo.
At the noyse of the winning of Babel the earth is moued, and the crye is heard among the nations.
