Jeremi 7
1 Pawòl ki te vini a Jérémie soti nan SENYÈ a, ki te di:
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2 “Kanpe nan pòtay lakay SENYÈ a. La, pwoklame pawòl sa a. Di l konsa: ‘Koute pawòl SENYÈ a, nou tout nan Juda, ki antre nan pòtay sa yo pou adore SENYÈ a!’”
“Stand in the gate of the house of the LORD and proclaim this message: Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who enter through these gates to worship the LORD.
3 Konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo, Bondye Israël la, “Korije chemen nou yo ak zèv nou yo, e Mwen va kite nou rete nan plas sa a.
Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Correct your ways and deeds, and I will let you live in this place.
4 Pa mete konfyans nan pawòl manti k ap di nou: ‘Sa se tanp SENYÈ a, tanp SENYÈ a, tanp SENYÈ a.’
Do not trust in deceptive words, chanting: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’
5 Paske si, anverite, nou korije chemen nou yo, ak zèv nou yo; si, anverite, nou pratike jistis antre yon nonm ak vwazen li,
For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another,
6 si nou pa oprime etranje a, òfelen an, oswa vèv la e pa vèse san inosan a nan plas sa, ni mache dèyè lòt dye anvè pwòp destriksyon nou,
if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,
7 alò, Mwen va kite nou rete nan plas sa a, nan peyi ke M te bay a papa zansèt nou yo jis pou tout tan.
then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.
8 Gade byen, nou ap mete konfyans nan pawòl riz yo. Yo p ap ka fè anyen pou nou.
But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.
9 Èske nou va vòlè, touye moun, komèt adiltè, bay fo temwayaj, ofri sakrifis a Baal, e mache dèyè lòt dye ke nou pa t konnen,
Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,
10 epi konsa, vin kanpe devan Mwen nan kay sila a, ki rele pa non Mwen an, pou di M: ‘Nou delivre,’ —konsa pou nou ka fè tout bagay abominab sila yo?
and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’?
11 Èske kay sila a, ki rele pa non pa M nan, èske non l vin chanje pou l vin yon kav plen vòlè devan zye nou? Gade byen, Mwen menm, Mwen te wè l,” deklare SENYÈ a.
Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD.
12 “Men ale koulye a kote plas Mwen an Silo, kote non Mwen te rete an premye a. Gade la pou wè sa M te fè li akoz mechanste a pèp Mwen an, Israël la.
But go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.
13 Konsa, akoz nou te fè tout bagay sa yo,” deklare SENYÈ a: “akoz Mwen te pale ak nou, lè M te leve bonè pou nou te pale, men nou pa t tande. Mwen te rele nou, men nou pa t reponn.
And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,
14 Akoz sa a, Mwen va fè rive nan kay ki rele pa non Mwen an, nan sila nou mete konfyans lan e plas ke M te bay a nou menm ak papa zansèt nou yo, menm sa M te fè nan Silo a.
therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers.
15 Mwen va jete nou deyò pou zye m pa wè nou, tankou Mwen te jete tout frè nou yo deyò, tout desandan Éphraïm yo.
And I will cast you out of My presence, just as I have cast out all your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim.
16 “Pou ou menm, pa priye pou pèp sila a. Pa leve yon kri pou yo, ni entèsede avè M, paske Mwen pa tande ou.
As for you, do not pray for these people, do not offer a plea or petition on their behalf, and do not beg Me, for I will not listen to you.
17 Èske ou pa wè ki sa y ap fè nan vil Juda yo ak nan lari Jérusalem yo?
Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
18 Timoun yo ranmase bwa, papa yo mete dife ladann e fanm yo bat pat farin nan pou fè gato pou rèn syèl la. Yo vide ofrann bwason bay lòt dye yo pou yo ka vekse M.
The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.
19 Èske yo vekse M? deklare SENYÈ a. “Èske se pa tèt yo ke y ap vekse jis rive nan malkonprann ki rive sou pwòp figi yo?”
But am I the One they are provoking? declares the LORD. Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?
20 Pou sa, pale Senyè BONDYE a, “Kòlè Mwen ak chalè Mwen va vide sou plas sa a, ni sou lòm, ni bèt, ni bwa chan, ak sou tout fwi tè yo. Li va brile, e li p ap ka etenn.”
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.
21 Konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo, Bondye Israël la: “Ajoute ofrann nou yo sou sakrifis nou yo e manje chè.
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves!
22 Paske Mwen pa t pale ak papa zansèt nou yo, ni kòmande yo nan jou ke M te mennen yo sòti nan peyi Égypte la, pou ofrann brile, ni pou sakrifis.
For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices,
23 Men sa ke M te kòmande yo e Mwen te di: ‘Obeyi vwa M, e Mwen va Bondye nou e nou va pèp Mwen. Mache nan tout vwa ke M kòmande nou yo, pou tout bagay ale byen ak nou.’
but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.
24 Sepandan, yo pa t obeyi, ni yo pa t panche zòrèy vè Mwen. Men yo te mache nan pwòp konsèy pa yo, nan tèt di a kè mechan yo, e yo te fè an aryè olye yo fè devan.
Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.
25 Depi nan jou ke papa zansèt nou yo te sòti nan peyi Égypte la, jis rive nan jou sila a, Mwen te voye bannou tout sèvitè Mwen yo ak pwofèt yo. Chak jou Mwen te leve granmmaten pou voye yo.
From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again.
26 Sepandan, yo pa t koute Mwen, ni panche zòrèy yo, men yo te fè tèt di. Yo te fè plis mal pase papa yo.
Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.
27 “Ou va pale tout pawòl sa yo avèk yo, men yo p ap koute ou. Ou va rele kote yo, men yo p ap reponn ou.
When you tell them all these things, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer.
28 Ou va di yo: ‘Sa se nasyon ki pa t obeyi vwa SENYÈ a, Bondye pa yo a, ni ki pa t aksepte koreksyon. Verite fin peri e koupe retire nèt nan bouch yo.
Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from their lips.
29 Koupe retire cheve ou, e jete li. Kòmanse fè gwo kri sou wotè vid yo. Paske SENYÈ a fin rejte e abandone jenerasyon kòlè Li a.’
Cut off your hair and throw it away. Raise up a lamentation on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.’
30 “Paske fis a Juda yo te fè mal nan zye M,” deklare SENYÈ a. “Yo te mete bagay abominab pa yo nan kay ki rele pa non Mwen an, pou souye li.
For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.
31 Yo te bati wo plas la nan Topheth, ki nan vale a fis a Hinnom an, pou brile fis ak fi pa yo nan dife, ke M pa t kòmande, ni sa pa t rive nan tèt Mwen.
They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.
32 Pou sa, gade byen, jou yo ap vini,” deklare SENYÈ a: “lè li p ap rele Topheth ankò, ni vale a fis a Hinnom an, men vale a masak la; paske yo va fè antèman Topheth, jis pa gen plas pou antere ankò.
So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth and the Valley of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. For they will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.
33 Kadav mouri a pèp sila yo va fè manje pou zwazo syèl yo ak pou bèt latè yo. Epi nanpwen moun k ap chase yo ale.
The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.
34 Nan moman sa a, Mwen va fè sispann soti nan vil a Juda yo ak lari a Jérusalem yo, vwa a kè kontan ak vwa a jennonm k ap marye a, ak fi maryaj la; paske peyi a va devaste nèt.”
I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”
