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 said YHWH: “Behold, I am stirring up against Babylon, And the inhabitants of Leb, My withstanders, A destroying 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 have sent fanners to Babylon, And they have fanned her, and they empty her land, For they have been against her, All around—in the day of evil.
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!
Do not let the treader tread his bow, Nor lift himself up in his coat of mail, Nor have pity on her young men, Devote all her host to destruction.
4 Yo va tonbe atè mouri nan peyi Kaldeyen yo, frennen nèt, kouche nan lari yo.
And the wounded have fallen in the land of the Chaldeans, And the pierced-through in her streets.
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.
For Israel and Judah are not forsaken By his God—by YHWH of Hosts, For their land has been full of guilt, 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 deliver his soul, Do not be cut off in her iniquity, For it [is] a time of vengeance for YHWH—His, He is rendering repayment to her.
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 golden cup in the hand of YHWH, Making all the earth drunk, Nations have drunk of her wine, Therefore nations boast themselves.
8 Sibitman, Babylone vin tonbe e kraze nèt; rele anmwey sou li! Pote pomad pou doulè li. Petèt li ka geri.
Babylon has suddenly fallen, Indeed, she is broken, howl for her, Take balm for her pain, 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 healed Babylon, and she was not healed, Forsake her, and we go, each to his land, For her judgment has come to the heavens, And it has been lifted up to the clouds.
10 ‘SENYÈ a te mennen ladwati nou an. Vini, annou rakonte depi nan Sion zèv a SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an!’
YHWH has brought forth our righteousnesses, Come, and we recount in Zion the work of our God YHWH.
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.
Cleanse the arrows, fill the shields, YHWH has stirred up the spirit of the kings of Media, For His purpose [is] against Babylon to destroy her, For it [is] the vengeance of YHWH, 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.
Lift up an ensign to the walls of Babylon, Strengthen the watch, Establish the watchers, prepare the ambush, For YHWH has both devised and done that which He spoke, Concerning 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.
O dweller on many waters, abundant in treasures, Your end has come—the measure of your dishonest gain.
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.’
YHWH of Hosts has sworn by Himself, That, Surely I have filled you [with] men as the cankerworm, And they have cried against you—shouting.
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.
Making [the] earth by His power, Establishing [the] world by His wisdom, Who by His understanding stretched out the heavens,
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.
At the voice He gives forth, A multitude of waters [are] in the heavens, And He causes vapors to come up from the end of the earth, He has made lightnings for rain, And He brings out wind from His treasures.
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.
Every man has been brutish by knowledge, Everyone has been put to shame—from refining a carved image, For his molten image [is] falsehood, And there is no breath in them.
18 Yo san valè, yon zèv pou moke moun; nan tan pinisyon yo, yo va peri.
They [are] vanity—a work of errors, They perish in the time of their inspection.
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 these, For He is forming the whole, And [Israel is] the tribe of His inheritance, YHWH 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.
You [are] My shatterer—weapons of war, And I have broken in pieces nations by you, And I have destroyed kingdoms by you,
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 I have broken in pieces horse and its rider by you, And I have broken in pieces chariot and its charioteer by you,
22 Avèk ou, Mwen kraze ni gason, ni fanm. Avèk ou, Mwen kraze jennonm nan ak vyèj la.
And I have broken in pieces man and woman by you, And I have broken in pieces old and young by you, And I have broken in pieces young man and virgin by you,
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 I have broken in pieces shepherd and his drove by you, And I have broken in pieces farmer and his team by you, And I have broken in pieces governors and prefects by you.
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 have repaid to Babylon, And to all inhabitants of Chaldea, All the evil that they have done in Zion, Before your eyes,” a declaration of YHWH.
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, O destroying mountain,” A declaration of YHWH, “That is destroying all the earth, And I have stretched out My hand against you, And I have rolled you from the rocks, And given you for a burnt 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 do not take out of you a stone for a corner, And a stone for foundations, For you are continuous desolations,” A declaration of YHWH.
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 an ensign in the land, Blow a horn among nations, Sanctify nations against it, Summon against it the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz, Appoint an infant head against it, Cause the horse to ascend as the rough cankerworm.
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 against it the nations with the kings of Media, Its governors and all its prefects, And all the land of its dominion.
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 land shakes, and it is pained, For the purposes of YHWH have stood against Babylon, To make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant.
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 mighty of Babylon have ceased to fight, They have remained in strongholds, Their might has failed, they have become [as] women, They have burned her dwelling places, 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 runs to meet runner, And announcer to meet announcer, To announce to the king of Babylon, For his city has been captured—at the extremity.
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 the passages have been captured, And they have burned the reeds with fire, And the men of war have been troubled.
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 said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon [is] as a threshing-floor, The time of her threshing—yet a little [while], And the time of her harvest has come.
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.
Devoured us, crushed us, has Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, He has set us [as] an empty vessel, He has swallowed us as a dragon, He has filled his belly with my delicacies, He has driven us away.
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.
My wrong, and [that of] my flesh, [is] on Babylon—The inhabitant of Zion says; And my blood [is] on the inhabitants of Chaldea—Jerusalem says.
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.
Therefore, thus said YHWH: Behold, I am pleading your cause, And I have avenged your vengeance, And dried up her sea, and made her fountains dry.
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 has been for heaps, A habitation of dragons, An astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
38 Yo va gwonde ansanm kon jenn lyon, yo va gwonde kon pitit a lyon.
They roar together as young lions, They have shaken themselves as lions’ whelps.
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 make their banquets, And I have caused them to drink, so that they exult, And have slept a continuous sleep, And do not awaken,” a declaration of YHWH.
40 “Mwen va bese yo tankou jenn mouton nan labatwa, kon belye ansanm ak mal kabrit.
“I cause them to go down as lambs to slaughter, As rams with male 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 Sheshach has been captured, Indeed, the praise of the whole earth is caught, How Babylon has been for an astonishment among nations.
42 Lanmè fin monte sou Babylone; li te anvayi pa move vag li yo.
The sea has come up over Babylon, She has been covered with a multitude of its billows.
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 been for a desolation, A dry land, and a wilderness, A land—none dwell in them, Nor does a son of man pass over into them.
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 have seen after Bel in Babylon, And I have brought forth that which he swallowed—from his mouth, And nations no longer flow to him, Also the wall of Babylon has fallen.
45 “Sòti nan mitan li, pèp Mwen an e nou chak sove tèt nou de kòlè SENYÈ a.
Go forth from her midst, O My people, And let each deliver his soul, Because of the fierceness of the anger of YHWH,
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.
And lest your heart be tender, And you are afraid of the report that is heard in the land, And the report has come in [one] year, And after it [another] report in [another] year, And violence [is] in the land, ruler against 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.
Therefore, behold, days are coming, And I have seen after the carved images of Babylon. And all its land is ashamed, And all its pierced ones fall in its 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 heavens and earth and all that [is] in them Have cried aloud against Babylon, For the spoilers come to her from the north,” A declaration of YHWH.
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.
“As Babylon [has caused the] pierced of Israel to fall, So they of Babylon have fallen, You pierced of all the 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 escaped of the sword, go on, do not stand, Remember YHWH from afar, And let Jerusalem come up on 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 ashamed, for we heard reproach, Shame has covered our faces, For strangers have come in against the sanctuaries of the house of YHWH.
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.
Therefore, behold, days are coming,” A declaration of YHWH, “And I have seen after her carved images, And the wounded groan in all her land.
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.
Because Babylon goes up to the heavens, And because she fortifies the high place of her strength, Spoilers come into her from Me,” A declaration of YHWH.
54 “Bri a gwo kri k ap sòti Babylone, ak gwo destriksyon k ap soti nan peyi Kaldeyen yo!
“A voice of a cry [is] from Babylon, And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldean.
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 YHWH is spoiling Babylon, And has destroyed her great voice, And her billows have sounded as many waters, Their voice has given forth 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 a spoiler has come in against her—against Babylon, And her mighty ones have been captured, Their bows have been broken, For the God of recompenses—YHWH—certainly repays.
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 have caused her princes to drink, And her wise men, her governors, And her prefects, and her mighty ones, And they have slept a continuous sleep, And they do not awaken—an affirmation of the King, YHWH 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 said YHWH of Hosts: The wall of Babylon—The broad one—is made utterly bare, And her high gates are burned with fire, And peoples labor in vain, And nations in fire, and have been weary!”
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 has commanded Seraiah son of Neriah, son of Maaseiah, in his going with Zedekiah king of Judah to Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign—and Seraiah [is] a quiet prince;
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 writes all the calamity that comes to Babylon on one scroll—all these words that are written concerning 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 says to Seraiah, “When you enter Babylon, then you have seen, and have 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’.
and have said: YHWH, You have spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that there is none dwelling in it, from man even to livestock, for it is a continuous desolation.
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 it has come to pass, when you finish reading this scroll, you bind a stone to it, and have 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 said, Thus Babylon sinks, and she does not arise, because of the calamity that I am bringing in against it, and they have been weary.” Until now [are the] words of Jeremiah.
