Jeremi 6
1 “Pran flit pou sove, O fis a Benjamin yo! Sòti nan mitan Jérusalem! Soufle yon twonpèt Tekoa e leve sinyal la sou Beth-Hakkérem, paske malè ap veye nou soti nan nò, yon gwo destriksyon.
Go in flight out of Jerusalem, so that you may be safe, you children of Benjamin, and let the horn be sounded in Tekoa, and the flag be lifted up on Beth-haccherem: for evil is looking out from the north, and a great destruction.
2 Sila ki bèl e delika a, fi a Sion an, Mwen va koupe retire l nèt.
The fair and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will be cut off by my hand.
3 Bèje yo ak bann mouton pa yo va vin kote li. Yo va monte tant yo antoure li, e yo chak va fè pak bèt yo nan plas yo.
Keepers of sheep with their flocks will come to her; they will put up their tents round her; everyone will get food in his place.
4 “Prepare lagè kont li! Leve! Annou atake a midi. Malè a nou menm, paske joune a ap vin bese, paske lonbraj lannwit yo ap vin pi long!
Make war ready against her; up! let us go up when the sun is high. Sorrow is ours! for the day is turned and the shades of evening are stretched out.
5 Leve e annou atake pandan nwit lan pou detwi palè li yo!”
Up! let us go up by night, and send destruction on her great houses.
6 Paske konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo; “Koupe pyebwa li yo, e fè monte yon ran syèj kont Jérusalem. Se vil ki dwe pini an, vil ki plen opresyon an.
For this is what the Lord of armies has said: Let trees be cut down and an earthwork be placed against Jerusalem: sorrow on the false town! inside her there is nothing but cruel ways.
7 Kon yon pwi kenbe dlo li fre, se konsa li rafrechi mechanste li. Vyolans ak destriksyon vin tande nan li. Maladi ak blesi devan M tout tan.
As the spring keeps its waters cold, so she keeps her evil in her: the sound of cruel and violent behaviour is in her; before me at all times are disease and wounds.
8 Se pou ou vin avèti, O Jérusalem, pou M pa vin about ak ou, pou vin fè ou dezole, yon peyi ki san moun.”
Undergo teaching, O Jerusalem, or my soul will be turned away from you, and I will make you a waste, an unpeopled land.
9 Konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo: “Yo va fè yon rekòlt nèt, tankou chan rezen retay Israël la. Repase men ou ankò sou branch yo konsi se dènye ranmase rezen yo.”
This is what the Lord of armies has said: Everything will be taken from the rest of Israel as the last grapes are taken from the vine; let your hand be turned to the small branches, like one pulling off grapes.
10 Se a kilès pou m ta pale e bay avètisman pou yo ka tande? Gade byen, zòrèy yo bouche e yo p ap ka koute. Gade byen, pawòl SENYÈ a vin sèvi kon repwòch pou yo. Yo pa twouve okenn plezi ladann.
To whom am I to give word, witnessing so that they may take note? see, their ears are stopped, and they are not able to give attention: see, the word of the Lord has been a cause of shame to them, they have no delight in it.
11 Men mwen plen ak kòlè SENYÈ a. Mwen vin bouke ak kenbe l anndan. “Vide li sou timoun lari yo ak sou jenn gason k ap rasanble; paske ni mari, ni madanm, yo va vin pran, menm sa ki nan laj ak granmoun.
For this reason I am full of the wrath of the Lord, I am tired of keeping it in: may it be let loose on the children in the street, and on the band of the young men together: for even the husband with his wife will be taken, the old man with him who is full of days.
12 Lakay pa yo va bay a lòt moun, chan yo ak madanm yo ansanm; paske M ap lonje men M kont tout sila ki rete nan peyi yo,” deklare SENYÈ a.
And their houses will be handed over to others, their fields and their wives together: for my hand will be stretched out against the people of the land, says the Lord.
13 Paske soti nan pi piti pami yo jis rive nan pi gran yo; yo tout se voras dèyè richès. Soti nan pwofèt la, jis rive nan prèt la. Tout se malonèt.
For from the least of them even to the greatest, everyone is given up to getting money; from the prophet even to the priest, everyone is working deceit.
14 Yo te geri gwo blese pèp Mwen an ak pansman lejè. Y ap di: “Lapè, lapè”, men nanpwen lapè.
And they have made little of the wounds of my people, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
15 Èske yo te vin wont akoz bagay abominab yo te fè? Yo pa t wont menm. Yo pa t menm konnen kijan pou yo ta vin wont. Akoz sa, yo va tonbe pami sila ki tonbe yo. Nan lè ke Mwen fè vizit ak yo, yo va vin jete anba”, di SENYÈ a.
Let them be put to shame because they have done disgusting things. They had no shame, they were not able to become red with shame: so they will come down with those who are falling: when my punishment comes on them, they will be made low, says the Lord.
16 Konsa pale SENYÈ a: “Kanpe akote chemen yo e gade. Mande pou ansyen wout yo, ‘Kote bon chemen an ye?’ Mache ladann l. Konsa, nou va jwenn repo pou nanm nou.” Men yo te di: ‘Nou p ap mache ladann’.
This is what the Lord has said: Take your place looking out on the ways; make search for the old roads, saying, Where is the good way? and go in it that you may have rest for your souls. But they said, We will not go in it.
17 Mwen te mete gadyen yo sou nou. Mwen te di: ‘Koute son a twonpèt la!’ Men yo te di: ‘Nou p ap koute.’
And I put watchmen over you, saying, Give attention to the sound of the horn; but they said, We will not give attention.
18 Pou sa, tande, O nasyon yo e konnen, O asanble a, sa ki pami yo.
So then, give ear, you nations, and ...
19 Koute, O latè! Gade byen, Mwen ap mennen gwo dega sou pèp sa a; menm fwi a panse pa yo, akoz yo pa t koute pawòl Mwen yo, e selon lalwa Mwen an, yo te rejte li.
Give ear, O earth: see, I will make evil come on this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not given attention to my words, and they would have nothing to do with my law.
20 Paske kisa sa sèvi, lansan an ki rive kote Mwen sòti Séba, ak kann dous soti nan yon peyi lwen? Ofrann brile nou yo pa fè M plezi.”
To what purpose does sweet perfume come to me from Sheba, and spices from a far country? your burned offerings give me no pleasure, your offerings of beasts are not pleasing to me.
21 Pou sa, pale SENYÈ a: “Gade byen, Mwen ap poze blòk k ap fè pèp sa a bite. Yo va bite kont yo. Papa yo ak fis yo va bite ansanm. Vwazen ak zanmi li va peri.”
For this reason the Lord has said, See, I will put stones in the way of this people: and the fathers and the sons together will go falling over them; the neighbour and his friend will come to destruction.
22 Konsa pale SENYÈ a: “Gade byen, yon pèp ap sòti nan peyi nò, yon gwo nasyon va leve soti nan ekstremite latè byen lwen.
The Lord has said, See, a people is coming from the north country, a great nation will be put in motion from the inmost parts of the earth.
23 Yo kenbe rèd ak banza ak lans. Yo mechan anpil e yo pa gen mizerikòd menm. Vwa pa yo fè raj tankou lanmè, e yo monte sou cheval yo, byen alinyen kon yon sèl moun pou batay kont ou, O fi Sion nan!”
Bows and spears are in their hands; they are cruel and have no mercy; their voice is like the thunder of the sea, and they go on horses; everyone in his place like men going to the fight, against you, O daughter of Zion.
24 Nou konn tande rapò sa a. Men nou yo vin lage nèt. Gwo doulè fin sezi nou tankou doulè a yon fanm k ap akouche.
The news of it has come to our ears; our hands have become feeble: trouble has come on us and pain, like the pain of a woman in childbirth.
25 Pa antre nan chan an, ni pa mache sou wout la, paske nepe lènmi a ak gwo laperèz sou tout kote.
Go not out into the field or by the way; for there is the sword of the attacker, and fear on every side.
26 O fi a pèp mwen an, mete twal sak! Woule nan sann! Kriye fò konsi se pou sèl fis ke ou te fè a! Fè yon lamantasyon ki anmè pase tout lòt yo. Paske sibitman destriktè a va parèt sou nou.
O daughter of my people, put on haircloth, rolling yourself in the dust: give yourself to sorrow, as for an only son, with most bitter cries of grief; for he who makes waste will come on us suddenly.
27 “Mwen te fè ou eseyis la pou sonde metal pami pèp Mwen an, pou ou ka sonde e konnen chemen yo.
I have made you a tester among my people, so that you may have knowledge of their way and put it to the test.
28 Yo tout fè rebèl ak tèt di. Y ap mache toupotou bay move rapò a lòt. Se bwonz ak fè yo ye; yo tout konwonpi.
All of them are turned away, going about with false stories; they are brass and iron: they are all workers of deceit.
29 Ponp fòj la soufle fò. Plon an manje nèt nan dife a. Anven, yo rafine toujou, men mechan yo pa janm vin separe.
The blower is blowing strongly, the lead is burned away in the fire: they go on heating the metal to no purpose, for the evil-doers are not taken away.
30 Moun va rele yo ajan rejte, akoz SENYÈ a te rejte yo.”
They will be named waste silver, because the Lord has given them up.
