Jeremi 51
1 Konsa pale SENYÈ a: “Gade byen, Mwen va fè leve kont Babylone e kont moun k ap viv Chaldée yo, lespri a yon van kap detwi.
Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will raise up, over Babylon and over its inhabitants, who have lifted up their heart against me, something like a pestilent wind.
2 Mwen va voye etranje yo Babylone pou yo ka vannen l, pou yo kapab devaste peyi li a; paske tout kote nan jou gwo malè li a, yo va kontra li toupatou.
And I will send winnowers into Babylon, and they will winnow her, and they will demolish her land. For they will overwhelm her from every side in the day of her affliction.
3 Kontra sila a ki koube a, kite achè koube banza li. Kontra sila a ki leve nan pwotèj li yo, pa kite jennonm li yo chape! Touye tout lame li nèt!
Let him who draws the bow, not draw his bow. And let him who wears armor, not rise up. Do not spare her young men. Destroy her entire military.
4 Yo va tonbe atè mouri nan peyi Kaldeyen yo, frennen nèt, kouche nan lari yo.
And the slain will fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and the wounded in its regions.
5 Paske ni Israël, ni Juda te abandone pa Bondye li, SENYÈ dèzame yo; sepandan, peyi yo plen koupabilite devan Sila Ki Sen an Israël la.
Yet Israel and Judah have not been widowed by their God, the Lord of hosts, though their land has been filled with transgression against the Holy One of Israel.
6 “Sove ale soti nan mitan Babylone! Nou chak sove lavi nou! Pa vin koupe retire nan inikite l, paske sa se lè vanjans SENYÈ a. Li va rann rekonpans bay li.
Flee from the midst of Babylon! And let each one save his own life. Do not be silent about her iniquity. For it is the time of revenge from the Lord. He himself will repay her, in her turn.
7 Babylone te yon tas fèt an lò nan men SENYÈ a, ki te fè tout mond lan vin sou. Nasyon yo te bwè nan diven li an; akoz sa, nasyon yo ap vin anraje.
Babylon is a gold cup in the hand of the Lord, inebriating the entire earth. The nations have drunk from her wine, and therefore they have staggered.
8 Sibitman, Babylone vin tonbe e kraze nèt; rele anmwey sou li! Pote pomad pou doulè li. Petèt li ka geri.
Suddenly, Babylon has fallen and been crushed. Wail over her! Take a balm to her pain, if perhaps she may be healed.”
9 “Nou te pito gerizon pou Babylone, men li pa t geri. Abandone l. Kite nou chak ale nan pwòp peyi pa nou; paske jijman li an fin rive nan syèl la, e leve wo rive jis nan syèl yo.
“We would have cured Babylon, but there is no cure. Let us abandon her, and let each one of us go to his own land. For her judgment has reached even to the heavens, and has been lifted up even to the clouds.
10 ‘SENYÈ a te mennen ladwati nou an. Vini, annou rakonte depi nan Sion zèv a SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an!’
The Lord has brought forth our justices. Come and let us describe in Zion the work of the Lord our God.”
11 “File flèch, plen fouwo yo! Kenbe pwotèj yo djanm! SENYÈ a te fè leve lespri a wa yo nan Médie, paske volonte L kont Babylone, pou detwi li. Paske se vanjans SENYÈ a, vanjans pou tanp Li an.
Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers. The Lord has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes. And his mind is against Babylon, so that he may destroy her. For this is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple.
12 Leve yon sinyal kont miray Babylone yo! Plase yon gad byen fò! Pozisyone santinèl yo, mete gason an anbiskad. Paske SENYÈ a pa t sèlman fè plan, men te acheve objektif sa Li te pale konsènan sila ki rete Babylone yo.
Upon the walls of Babylon, lift up a sign. Increase the watch! Rouse the watchmen! Prepare ambushes! For the Lord has planned and has accomplished all that he has spoken, against the inhabitants of Babylon.
13 O nou menm ki rete bò kote anpil dlo yo, plen ak richès yo, dènye lè nou an gen tan rive, mezi gwo lanvi nou.
You who live above many waters, rich in treasures: your end has arrived, your measure has been cut short.
14 SENYÈ dèzame yo te sèmante pa kont Li. Li te di: ‘Anverite, mwen va plen nou ak moun kon yon gwo foul krikèt volan e yo va kriye fò ak gwo kri laviktwa sou nou.’
The Lord of hosts has sworn by himself, saying: “For I will fill you with men as with locusts, and they will sing a rhythmic chant against you.”
15 “Sila ki te fè latè a ak fòs pouvwa Li a, ki te etabli lemonn ak sajès Li, e ak bon konprann Li, te etabli syèl yo.
The One who made the earth by his strength, who prepared the world by his wisdom, and who stretched out the heavens by his prudence:
16 Lè vwa L sone, yon gwo kaskad dlo desann nan syèl yo, e Li fè nwaj monte soti nan dènye pwent latè yo. Li fè loray pou lapli, e mennen van parèt sòti nan depo Li yo.
when he utters his voice, the waters will be multiplied in the heavens. The One who lifts up the clouds from the ends of the earth: he has turned lightning into rain, and he has brought forth wind from his storehouses.
17 “Tout lòm gen tan fè bèt, san okenn konesans; tout òfèv yo fè wont akoz imaj fonn yo, paske imaj fonn yo se yon desepsyon e nanpwen souf nan yo.
Each man has become foolish before his own knowledge. Each sculptor has been confounded by his own sculpture. For what he has formed of them is a lie, and there is no spirit in them.
18 Yo san valè, yon zèv pou moke moun; nan tan pinisyon yo, yo va peri.
They are empty works, deserving of ridicule. In the time of their visitation, they will perish.
19 Pòsyon Jacob pa tankou sa yo; paske Sila ki fè tout bagay la se Li menm e selon tribi eritaj Li a, SENYÈ dèzame yo se non L.
The portion of Jacob is not like their portion. For the One who made all things is his portion, and Israel is the scepter of his inheritance. The Lord of hosts is his name:
20 “Li di: “Ou se baton lagè M ak zam lagè M yo; epi avèk ou, Mwen kraze nasyon yo. Avèk ou, Mwen detwi wayòm yo.
“For me, you strike together the instruments of war; and with you, I will strike together nations; and with you, I will scatter the kingdoms.
21 Avèk ou, Mwen kraze cheval la ak sila ki monte sou li. Avèk ou, mwen kraze cha lagè a, ak sila ki monte ladann nan.
And with you, I will strike together the horse and his rider; and with you, I will strike together the chariot and its rider.
22 Avèk ou, Mwen kraze ni gason, ni fanm. Avèk ou, Mwen kraze jennonm nan ak vyèj la.
And with you, I will strike together man and woman; and with you, I will strike together the old man and the boy; and with you, I will strike together the young man and the virgin.
23 Avèk ou, Mwen kraze bèje a ak bann mouton li an. Avèk ou, Mwen kraze kiltivatè a ak bèf cha li yo Avèk ou, Mwen kraze majistra yo ak prefè yo.
And with you, I will strike together the pastor and his flock; and with you, I will strike together the farmer and his yoke of oxen; and with you, I will strike together military leaders and civil leaders.
24 “Mwen va rekonpanse Babylone ak tout pèp Chaldée a pou tout mechanste ke yo te fè nan Sion devan zye nou”, deklare SENYÈ a.
And I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all their evil that they have done in Zion, before your eyes, says the Lord.
25 “Gade byen, Mwen kont ou O mòn k ap detwi, ki detwi tout tè a,” deklare SENYÈ a: “Mwen va lonje men M kont ou, fè ou woule desann soti nan kwen falèz byen wo yo e Mwen va fè ou vin yon mòn ki fin brile nèt.
Behold, I am against you, you pestilent mountain, says the Lord, for you are corrupting the entire earth. And I will extend my hand over you, and I will roll you down from the rocks, and I will make you into a burning mountain.
26 Yo p ap pran nan men ou, menm yon wòch pou fè kwen, ni yon wòch pou fondasyon yo, men ou va dezole jis pou tout tan,” deklare SENYÈ a.
And they will not take from you a stone for the corner, nor a stone for the foundations. Instead, you will be destroyed unto eternity,” says the Lord.
27 “Leve yon sinyal nan peyi a, soufle yon twonpèt pami nasyon yo! Konsakre nasyon yo kont li! Rele kont li wayòm Ararat, Minni ak Aschkenaz yo! Chwazi yon gwo chèf kont li; leve cheval tankou yon foul krikèt volan voras.
Lift up a sign in the land! Sound the trumpet among the nations! Sanctify the nations against her. Announce against her the kings of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Number against her Taphsar. Lead in the horse, like the stinging locust.
28 Konsakre nasyon yo kont li, Wa a Médie yo, majistra pa yo ak prefè yo, ak tout peyi ke yo konn domine yo.
Sanctify the nations against her: the kings of Media, their military leaders, and all their civil leaders, and the entire land under their authority.
29 Peyi a ta tranble e tòde; paske volonte a SENYÈ a kont Babylone kanpe, pou fè peyi Babylone vin yon dezolasyon san moun.
And the earth will be shaken and will be disturbed. For the plan of the Lord against Babylon will awaken, so that he may make the land of Babylon desolate and uninhabitable.
30 Mesye pwisan a Babylone yo te sispann goumen; yo rete nan sitadèl fòtifye yo. Fòs yo fin epwize nèt. Yo vin tankou fanm. Lakay yo pran dife. Fè fòje sou pòtay li yo fin kraze.
The strong ones of Babylon have ceased to do battle. They have lived in fortresses. Their health has been devoured, and they have become like women. Her tabernacles have been set ablaze; her bars have been broken.
31 Youn kouri rankontre yon lòt; yon mesaje rankontre yon lòt, pou pale wa Babylone nan ke vil li a fin kaptire, soti nan yon pwent pou rive nan yon lòt.
Runner will go forth to meet runner, and messenger will meet messenger, so as to tell the king of Babylon that his city has been captured, from one end to the other,
32 Kote pou yo janbe rivyè yo fin sezi tou. Yo te brile marekaj yo ak dife, e sòlda lagè yo vin sezi ak gwo laperèz.”
and that the fords were seized in advance, and that the marshes have been burned with fire, and that the men of war have been set in disarray.
33 Paske konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo, Bondye Israël la: “Fi Babylone nan tankou yon glasi vannen. Nan lè li, li foule byen solid, men nan yon ti tan, sezon rekòlt la rive sou li.”
For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor. This is the time of her threshing. A little while longer, and the time of her harvest will arrive.”
34 “Nebucadnetsar, wa Babylone nan, te devore mwen. Li te kraze mwen. Li te depoze mwen tankou yon boutèy vid. Tankou yon dragon, li te vale mwen. Li te plen vant li ak bagay liks mwen yo. Li te lave mwen ale nèt.
“Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, has consumed me, has devoured me. He has made me like an empty vessel. He has swallowed me like a dragon. He has filled his belly with my tender ones, and he has cast me out.
35 Ke vyolans anvè mwen an, e anvè chè mwen an, kapab tonbe sou Babylone.” Pèp Sion an va di: “Ke san mwen kapab tonbe sou moun Chaldée yo”, Jérusalem va di.
This iniquity is against me, and so my flesh is upon Babylon,” says the habitation of Zion. “And my blood is upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,” says Jerusalem.
36 “Akoz sa”, pale SENYÈ a: “Gade byen, Mwen va plede ka ou, e egzije vanjans nèt pou ou. Mwen va seche lanmè li, e fè sous li yo vin sèch.
Because of this, thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will judge your case, and I will avenge your vengeance, and I will make her sea into a desert, and I will dry up her spring.
37 Babylone va devni yon gwo pil ranblè, yon kay pou chen mawon, yon objè degoutan, ak sifle kon koulèv, san gen moun ki rete ladann.
And Babylon will become a tumult, the habitation of dragons, an astonishment, and a hissing, because there is no inhabitant.
38 Yo va gwonde ansanm kon jenn lyon, yo va gwonde kon pitit a lyon.
They will roar together, like lions, they will shake their manes, like young lions.
39 Lè yo vin rive cho ase, mwen va sèvi yo bankè yo, e fè yo sou, pou yo ka fè kè kontan nèt e dòmi nèt, pou yo pa leve ankò menm”, deklare SENYÈ a.
In their heat, I will give them a drink, and I will inebriate them, so that they become drowsy, and sleep an everlasting sleep, and do not rise up, says the Lord.
40 “Mwen va bese yo tankou jenn mouton nan labatwa, kon belye ansanm ak mal kabrit.
I will lead them away, like lambs to the slaughter, and like rams with young goats.
41 “Gade kijan Schéschac fin kaptire! Kijan glwa a tout tè a vin pran! Gade kijan Babylone devni yon objè degoutan pami nasyon yo!
How was Sesac captured, and how was the renowned one of all the earth seized? How has Babylon become an astonishment among the nations?
42 Lanmè fin monte sou Babylone; li te anvayi pa move vag li yo.
The sea has ascended over Babylon; she has been covered by the multitude of its waves.
43 Vil li yo te devni yon objè degoutan e lèd, yon peyi sèk, yon dezè, yon peyi kote moun pa viv e pami sila, yon fis a lòm pa menm pase.
Her cities have become an astonishment, an uninhabited and desolate land, a land in which no one may live, nor may a son of man pass through it.
44 Mwen va pini Bel nan Babylone e Mwen va fè sa li te vale a sòti nan bouch li. Nasyon yo p ap kouri ankò kote li. Menm miray Babylone nan va tonbe!
And I will visit against Bel in Babylon, and I will cast from his mouth what he has swallowed. And the nations will no longer flow together before him. For even the wall of Babylon will also fall.
45 “Sòti nan mitan li, pèp Mwen an e nou chak sove tèt nou de kòlè SENYÈ a.
Go forth from her midst, my people, so that each one may save his life from the wrath of the fury of the Lord.
46 Alò, pa kite kè nou vin febli e pa pè rapò k ap tande nan tout peyi a, paske rapò a va rive nan yon ane, e apre yon lòt rapò nan yon lòt ane, gen vyolans nan peyi a, e yon wa kont yon lòt wa.
For otherwise, your heart may faint, and you may be afraid at the news that is heard in the land. And the news will arrive within a year, and after that year more news will arrive. And iniquity will be in the land, and one ruler will be over another ruler.
47 Pou sa, gade byen, jou yo ap vini lè Mwen va pini zidòl taye a Babylone yo. Konsa, tout peyi li a va vin wont, e tout mò li yo va tonbe nan mitan li.
Because of this, behold, the days are approaching, when I will visit against the graven images of Babylon. And her entire land will be confounded, and all her slain will fall in her midst.
48 Answit, syèl ak tè a ak tout sa ki ladann va rele fò ak jwa sou Babylone; paske destriktè yo va vin kote li soti nan nò,” deklare SENYÈ a.
And the heavens and the earth, and all the things that are in them, will give praise over Babylon. For despoilers will approach her from the north, says the Lord.
49 “Anverite, Babylone gen pou tonbe pou sila ki te touye an Israël yo. Menm jan pou Babylone an, moun de tout peyi a va tonbe.
And in the manner that Babylon has caused the slain to fall in Israel, so the slain of Babylon will fall over the entire earth.
50 Nou menm ki te chape anba nepe yo, sòti! Pa rete menm! Sonje SENYÈ a de lwen; kite Jérusalem parèt nan lespri ou.
You who have fled from the sword, approach, do not stand still. Remember from afar the Lord, and let Jerusalem rise up in your heart.
51 “Nou vin wont akoz nou te tande repwòch. Wont lan fin kouvri figi nou, paske etranje yo te antre kote ki sen lakay SENYÈ a.”
We have been confounded, for we heard reproach. Shame has covered our faces, for strangers have overwhelmed the holiness of the house of the Lord.
52 “Pou sa, gade byen, jou yo ap vini”, deklare SENYÈ a: “Lè Mwen va fè jijman sou zidòl taye yo. Konsa, sila ak blesi mòtèl yo va plenyen nan tout peyi li a.
Because of this, behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when I will visit against her graven images, and within all her land the wounded will groan.
53 Malgre Babylone ta monte nan syèl la, e malgre li ta ranfòse sitadèl li a; destriktè yo va soti kote Mwen, e destriktè yo va rive kote li”, deklare SENYÈ a.
If Babylon were to ascend to heaven, and establish her strength on high, her despoilers would go forth from me, says the Lord.”
54 “Bri a gwo kri k ap sòti Babylone, ak gwo destriksyon k ap soti nan peyi Kaldeyen yo!
A voice of outcry from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
55 Paske SENYÈ a va detwi Babylone. Li va fè gran vwa a li te konn fè a sispann; vag lanmè yo ki tap gwonde kon anpil dlo, ak gwo son a vwa yo ki tap retanti toupatou.
For the Lord has despoiled Babylon, and he has perished the great voice from her. And their wave will make a sound like many waters. Their voice has uttered a noise.
56 Paske sila k ap detwi a fin rive sou li, sou Babylone nan menm. Mesye pwisan li yo fin kaptire. Banza yo fin kraze nèt. Paske SENYÈ a se yon Bondye k ap bay rekonpans. L ap rekonpanse nèt.
For the despoiler has overwhelmed her, that is, Babylon, and her strong ones have been apprehended, and their bow has been weakened. For the Lord, the powerful revenger, will certainly repay.
57 Mwen va fè prens li yo ak saj li yo sou; menm majistra li yo ak prefè li yo. Konsa, yo ka dòmi yon dòmi san rete pou yo pa leve menm”, deklare Wa a, ki rele SENYÈ dèzame yo.
“And I will inebriate her leaders, and her wise ones, and her military rulers, and her civil rulers, and her strong ones. And they will sleep an everlasting sleep, and they will not awaken,” says the King: the Lord of hosts is his name.
58 Konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo: “Miray Babylone nan ki tèlman laj va vin demoli nèt. Wo pòtay li yo va pran dife. Donk, pèp yo va travay di pou ryen, e nasyon yo va bouke nèt akoz dife a.”
Thus says the Lord of hosts: “That very wide wall of Babylon will be utterly overturned, and her exalted gates will be burned with fire, and the labors of the people will be as nothing, and the labors of the nations will be sent into the fire and will perish.”
59 Mesaj ke Jérémie, pwofèt la, te kòmande Seraja, fis a Nérija a, pitit pitit gason a Machséja, lè l te ale ak Sédécias, wa Juda a, Babylone nan katriyèm ane règn li a. (Alò, Seraja te chèf dirijan lakay wa a.)
The word that Jeremiah, the prophet, instructed to Seraiah, the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he traveled with king Zedekiah into Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was the leader of the prophets.
60 Konsa, Jérémie te ekri nan yon sèl woulo tout malè ki ta rive sou Babylone yo, sa vle di tout pawòl sila ki te ekri konsènan Babylone yo.
And Jeremiah wrote in one book all the evil that was to overwhelm Babylon; all these words were written against Babylon.
61 Epi Jérémie te di a Seraja: “Depi ou vini Babylone, alò, fè si ke ou li tout pawòl sila yo a wot vwa,
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah: “When you will enter into Babylon, and you will see and read all these words,
62 Epi di: ‘Ou menm, O SENYÈ! Ou te pwomèt, konsènan plas sa a pou koupe retire l nèt, pou pa menm gen anyen ki rete ladann, ni lòm, ni bèt, men li va yon kote dezole jis pou tout tan’.
you will say: ‘O Lord, you have spoken against this place so that you may destroy it, so that there would not be anyone, from man even to beast, who may live in it, and so that it may be desolate forever.’
63 Konsa, li va fèt ke depi ou fin li woulo sa a, ou va mare yon wòch sou li e jete l nan mitan rivyè Euphrate la.
And when you will have completed reading this book, you will tie a stone to it, and you will cast it into the midst of the Euphrates.
64 Ou va di: ‘Se konsa Babylone va fonse desann pou l pa leve ankò, akoz malè ke Mwen va mennen sou li; epi yo va vin bouke nèt.’” Jiska prezan, sa se pawòl a Jérémie yo.
And you will say: ‘So shall Babylon be submerged! And she will not rise up before the face of the affliction that I will lead over her. And she will be broken.’” The words of Jeremiah thus far.
