Jeremi 8
1 “Nan lè sa a”, deklare SENYÈ a: “yo va mennen fè vin parèt zo a wa a Juda yo, ak zo a prens pa yo, zo a prèt yo ak zo a pwofèt yo, e zo a pèp Jérusalem yo soti nan tonm pa yo.
Yahweh says, “At the time [that your corpses are scattered on the ground], [your enemies will] break open the graves of your kings and [other] officials who lived in Judah, and the graves of your priests and prophets and other people who lived there.
2 Yo va gaye yo parèt devan solèy la, lalin nan ak tout lame syèl, ke yo te renmen yo, ke yo te sèvi yo, ke yo te kouri dèyè yo, e ke yo te adore yo. Yo p ap ranmase, ni yo p ap antere; yo va rete kon fimye bèt sou sifas latè.
They will take out their bones [from their graves] and [dishonor them by] scattering them on the ground under the sun and the moon and the stars— those are the gods which my people loved and served and worshiped. No one will gather up their bones and bury them [again]; they will remain scattered on the ground like dung.
3 Epi pami retay sila ki rete nan fanmi mechan sila yo, se lanmò ke y ap chwazi pito ke lavi, retay ki rete nan tout plas ke M te konn bourade yo rive yo,” deklare SENYÈ dèzame yo.
And all the people of this wicked nation [who are still alive and] whom I have exiled to other countries will say, ‘We would prefer to die than to continue to stay alive [here in these countries].’ [That will be true because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
4 “Ou va di yo: ‘Konsa pale SENYÈ a, “‘Èske moun konn tonbe pou l pa leve ankò? Èske moun konn vire kite pou l pa retounen
[Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah], tell the people that this is what [I], Yahweh, am saying to them: ‘When people fall down, they get up again, do they not [RHQ]? When people are going along a road and find out that they are walking on the wrong road, they go back [and find the correct road], do they not [RHQ]?
5 Poukisa pèp sa a, Jérusalem, te vire akote nan enfidelite san rete a? Yo kenbe rèd a desepsyon. Yo refize retounen.
[Yes, they do], so why do these people [of Judah] continue [trusting in those idols that have deceived them]? They continue turning away from me, [even though I have warned them].
6 Mwen te koute e te tande, men yo pa t pale sa ki dwat; okenn moun pa t repanti de mechanste yo pou l ta di: ‘Kisa mwen te fè la a?’ Yo chak vin vire nan pwòp chemen pa yo, tankou yon cheval k ap kouri antre nan batay.
I have listened carefully [DOU] [to what they say], but they do not say what they should say. Not one of them is sorry for having sinned. No one says, “I have done [RHQ] wicked things.” They are [sinning and] doing what they want to as fast as [SIM] a horse that is running into a battle.
7 Menm zwazo sigòy anlè a konnen sezon li. Toutrèl ak iwondèl ak valèt kontwole lè antre sòti pa yo; men pèp Mwen an pa konnen règleman SENYÈ a.
All the birds [that fly south for the (winter/cold season)] know the time that they need to fly south, and they all return at the right time the following year. But my people [are not like those birds]! They do not know what [I], Yahweh, require them to do.
8 “‘Kòman nou ka di: “Mwen saj’, epi lalwa SENYÈ a avèk nou?” Men gade byen, fo plim a skrib yo fè sa tounen gwo manti.
Your men who teach you [the laws that Moses wrote] have been saying false things [about those laws]. [So], why [RHQ] do they [continue] saying, “We are [very] wise [because] we have the laws of Yahweh”?
9 Mesye saj yo vin wont, yo vin deranje e sezi. Gade byen, yo te rejte pawòl SENYÈ la. Ki kalite sajès ka rete nan yo?
Those teachers, who think that [IRO] they are wise, will be ashamed/disgraced and dismayed when they are taken [to other countries by their enemies] because they sinned by rejecting what I told them. Truly, they were not [RHQ] very wise to do that!
10 Akoz sa, Mwen va bay madanm pa yo a lòt moun, ak chan pa yo a lòt moun k ap okipe yo. Paske soti nan pi piti a jis rive nan pi gran an, yo tout lanvi gen sa ki pou lòt. Soti nan pwofèt la jis rive nan prèt la, tout aji ak desepsyon.
So, I will give their wives to other men; I will give their fields to [the enemy soldiers] who conquer them. All the people, including those who are important and those who are not important, deceive [others] in order to obtain their possessions. Even [my] prophets and my priests do that.
11 Yo fè gerizon pèp Mwen an ak pansma lejè. Y ap di: “Lapè, lapè,” men nanpwen lapè.
[They act as though the sins of my people] are not serious, [like] [MET] wounds that do not need to be cleaned and bandaged. They tell the people that everything will go well with them, [but that is not true]; things will not go well with them.
12 Èske yo pa t wont akoz zak abominab yo te fè yo? Anverite, yo pa t wont. Yo pa t konprann menm ki jan pou yo ta vin wont. Akoz sa, yo va tonbe pami sila k ap tonbe yo. Nan lè pinisyon pa yo, yo va abese,” di SENYÈ a.
They should be [RHQ] ashamed when they do disgusting things [RHQ], but they do not even know how to show on their faces that they are ashamed [about their sins]. So, [they will be killed, and] their corpses [also] will lie among the corpses of others who have been slaughtered [by their enemies]. They will be killed when I punish them.
13 “‘Anverite, Mwen va detwi yo nèt, “deklare SENYÈ a. P ap gen rezen sou chan rezen an, ni fig sou pye figye etranje a. Fèy yo va fennen, epi sa ke M te bay yo va disparèt.’”
I will [allow their enemies to] take away the figs and grapes that the people would have harvested from their fields. Their fruit trees will all wither. They will not receive [all] the blessings that I prepared for them. [This will certainly happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.’”
14 “Poukisa nou chita an plas? Rasanble nou! Annou antre nan vil fòtifye yo, epi la, annou rete an silans; paske SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, te fè nou tonbe an silans. Li te bannou dlo anpwazone pou nou bwè, paske nou te peche kont SENYÈ a.
[Then the people will say], “(Why should we wait here [in these small towns]?/We should not wait here [in these small towns].) [RHQ]! We should go to the cities that have high walls around them, [but even if we do that] we will be killed there, because Yahweh our God has decided that we must be destroyed; [it is as though] [MET] he has given us a cup of poison to drink, because we sinned against him.
15 Nou te tann lapè, men anyen bon pa t vini; yon tan gerizon, men gade byen, gwo laperèz.
We hoped/desired that things would go well for us, but things have not gone well. We hoped that bad things would not happen to us any more, but only things that terrify us [are happening to us].
16 Soti nan Dan te tande gwo souf cheval. Ak son ranni a etalon li yo, tout tè a souke; paske yo te vini devore peyi a ak tout ki sa ki ladann, vil la ansanm ak tout moun ki rete ladann.
People [far north in Israel] in [the city of] Dan can already hear the snorting of the horses of their enemies [who are preparing to attack us]. [It is as though] the entire land [of Judah] is shaking as their army approaches; they are coming to destroy our land and everything in it, the people and the cities.”
17 “Paske gade byen, Mwen ap voye sèpan yo kont nou, vipè yo ki p ap ka chame; e yo va mòde nou,” deklare SENYÈ a.
[Yahweh says], “I will send [those enemy soldiers to Judah], and they will be like [MET] poisonous snakes among you. No one will be able to stop them from attacking you [MET]; they will attack you like snakes do, [and kill you].”
18 Tristès Mwen depase gerizon; kè M fennen anndan m!
I grieve very much [for the people of Judah], and my grieving does not end. I am very sad [IDM].
19 Gade byen! Koute kri a fi pèp mwen an soti nan yon peyi byen lwen: “Èske SENYÈ a pa nan Sion? Èske wa li a pa nan li?” “Poukisa yo pwovoke fachez Mwen ak imaj taye yo; ak zidòl etranje yo?”
Throughout our land, the people ask, “Has Yahweh abandoned Jerusalem? Is [he], our city’s king, no longer there?” [Yahweh replies], “Why do the people cause me to become very angry by [worshiping] idols and foreign gods?” [RHQ]
20 “Rekòlt la fin pase. Gran sezon an fini, e nou poko sove.”
[The people say], “The harvest [season] is finished, the (summer/hot season) has ended, [and we hoped that we would receive blessings from Yahweh], but he has not rescued us [from our enemies].”
21 Akoz fi a pèp mwen an brize, mwen menm brize tou; mwen fè dèy konsi pou yon mò. Mwen kraze ba nèt.
I cry because my people have been crushed. I mourn, and I am completely dismayed.
22 Èske pa gen pomad gerizon nan Galaad? Èske nanpwen doktè la? Alò poukisa lasante fi a pèp mwen an pa t restore?
[I ask], “Surely there is [RHQ] medicinal balm in the Gilead [region]! Surely there are [RHQ] doctors there!” But my people have been badly wounded [in their spirits], and nothing can heal them.
