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.
Run and hide, descendants of Benjamin, get out of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa; light a signal fire in Beth-haccherem, for disaster and terrible destruction is arriving from the north.
2 Sila ki bèl e delika a, fi a Sion an, Mwen va koupe retire l nèt.
Even though she is pretty and delightful, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion.
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.
“Shepherds” and their “flocks” will come to attack her; they will set up their tents all around her, each one looking after his own.
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!
They get ready for battle against her, saying, “Come on, we'll attack at noon! Oh no, the day is almost over, the evening shadows are growing long.
5 Leve e annou atake pandan nwit lan pou detwi palè li yo!”
Come on, we'll attack at night instead and destroy her fortresses!”
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.
This is what the Lord Almighty says: Cut down the trees and make a siege ramp to use against Jerusalem. This city needs to be punished because it's full of people mistreating one another.
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.
Like a spring gushing out water, so she pours out her evil. The sounds of violence and abuse echo inside her. I see people sick and wounded everywhere.
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.”
I'm warning you, people of Jerusalem, I'm going to give up on you in disgust. I will destroy you and leave your country uninhabited.
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 Almighty says: Even those left in Israel will be taken, just as grapes left on a vine are taken by the one harvesting the grapes who checks the branches again.
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.
Who can I give this warning to? Who's going to listen to me? Can't you see that they refuse to listen? They can't hear what I'm saying. See how offensive the Lord's message is to them. They don't like it at all.
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.
But as for me, I'm full of the Lord's anger; I have a hard time keeping it in. The Lord replies, Pour it out on children in the street, and on groups of young people, because both husband and wife are going to be captured—it's everyone, and it doesn't matter how old they are.
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.
Their houses will be given to others, their fields and wives too, because I'm going to punish everyone living in this country, declares 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.
Everyone cheats because they're greedy, poor and rich alike. Even prophets and priests—they are all dishonest liars!
14 Yo te geri gwo blese pèp Mwen an ak pansman lejè. Y ap di: “Lapè, lapè”, men nanpwen lapè.
They give my wounded people first aid, but they don't really care about them. They tell them, “Don't worry! We have peace!” even as war approaches.
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.
Were they ashamed of the disgusting things they did? No, they weren't ashamed at all, they couldn't even blush. So they will fall just like the others, when I punish them; they will drop down dead, 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 says: Go and stand where the roads divide, and look. Find out which are the old paths. Ask, “What's the right way?” Then follow it and you'll be content. But you refused, saying, “We won't go that way!”
17 Mwen te mete gadyen yo sou nou. Mwen te di: ‘Koute son a twonpèt la!’ Men yo te di: ‘Nou p ap koute.’
I put watchmen in charge of you and told you, make sure you listen for the trumpet call warning you of danger. But you answered, “We won't listen!”
18 Pou sa, tande, O nasyon yo e konnen, O asanble a, sa ki pami yo.
So now you other nations can listen and find out what's going to happen to them.
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.
Earth, you listen too! I am bringing disaster down on this people, the end result of what they themselves planned. It's because they paid no attention to what I said, and rejected my instructions.
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.”
What's the point of offering me frankincense from Sheba or sweet calamus from a far-away land? I don't accept your burnt offerings; I'm not pleased with your sacrifices.
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.”
So this is what the Lord says: I'm going to put blocks in front of these people to trip them up. Fathers and sons will fall down dead, friends and neighbors too.
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.
This is what the Lord says: Look! An army is invading from the north; a powerful nation is getting ready to attack all the way from the ends 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!”
They pick up their bows and spears. They are cruel and show no mercy. Their war-cries are like the sea roaring, and they ride horses lined up ready to attack you, 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 people reply, “We've heard the news, and our hands are limp with shock! We're overcome with agony, suffering pain like a woman in labor.
25 Pa antre nan chan an, ni pa mache sou wout la, paske nepe lènmi a ak gwo laperèz sou tout kote.
Don't go to the field! Don't walk down the road! The enemy is armed with swords! Terror is everywhere!”
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.
Oh my people, put on sackcloth and roll around in ashes. Mourn and cry bitterly like you would for an only son, because the destroyer will come down on you suddenly.
27 “Mwen te fè ou eseyis la pou sonde metal pami pèp Mwen an, pou ou ka sonde e konnen chemen yo.
Jeremiah, I have made you a tester of metals so you can test my people as if they were metal, so you can know what they're made of and how they act.
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.
They're all stubborn rebels going around talking slander. They are hard as bronze and iron; they are all corrupt.
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 bellows in the refiner's furnace blow powerfully, burning away the lead. But this refining is pointless, because the wicked are not purified.
30 Moun va rele yo ajan rejte, akoz SENYÈ a te rejte yo.”
They are identified as impure silver to be rejected, because the Lord has rejected them.
