Jeremi 9
1 O ke tèt mwen te dlo, e ke zye m yo te yon fontèn dlo, pou m ta ka kriye lajounen kon lannwit pou lanmò a fi a pèp mwen an!
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
2 O ke m ta gen nan dezè a, yon plas pou moun k ap vwayaje rete, pou m ta ka sòti nan mitan pèp mwen an. Pou m kite yo nèt! Paske yo tout se adiltè, yon bann moun trèt.
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
3 “Yo koube lang yo konsi se banza pou tire ak fo prensip. Yo fò nan peyi a, men pa pou verite a. Yo kite yon kalite mal pou antre nan yon lòt, e yo pa rekonèt Mwen”, deklare SENYÈ a.
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith YHWH.
4 “Fòk chak byen veye kont vwazen li, pou l pa mete konfyans nan okenn frè; akoz tout frè yo aji nan koken, e tout vwazen yo ap voye kout lang.
Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
5 Yo tout pase vwazen parèy yo nan rizib. Yo refize pale verite. Yo fin enstwi pwòp lang yo pou pale manti; yo vin fatige nèt nan fè inikite.
And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
6 Abitasyon ou se nan mitan desepsyon. Nan desepsyon yo refize rekonèt Mwen”, deklare SENYÈ a.
Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith YHWH.
7 Pou sa, konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo: “Gade byen, Mwen va fann yo nèt, e fè yo pase a leprèv; paske se kisa anplis ke M ka fè, akoz fi a pèp Mwen an?
Therefore thus saith YHWH of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
8 Lang pa yo se yon flèch mòtèl; li pale manti. Avèk bouch li, li pale lapè ak vwazen li, men anndan li fè plan anbiskad pou pran l.
Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
9 Èske mwen p ap pini yo pou bagay sa yo?” deklare SENYÈ a. “Sou yon nasyon konsa, èske Mwen p ap pran vanjans?
Shall I not visit them for these things? saith YHWH: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10 Paske mòn yo va tanmen fè gwo kri ak dèy pou patiraj dezè a, gwo plent, akoz yo vin brile nèt, jiskaske pèsòn pa pase ladann. Menm vwa a bèt yo p ap tande la ankò; ni zwazo syèl yo ak bèt latè yo fin sove ale; yo ale nèt.
For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.
11 “Mwen va fè Jérusalem tounen yon pil mazi, yon kote abandone pou chen mawon. Mwen va fè vil Juda yo yon kote ki kraze nèt, san pèsòn pou rete ladan.”
And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
12 Ki moun saj ki ka konprann sa a? Epi kilès li menm bouch SENYÈ a te pale, pou l ka fè deklarasyon sa a? Poukisa peyi a vin detwi konsa, brile nèt kon yon dezè, pou pèsòn pa menm pase ladann?
Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of YHWH hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
13 SENYÈ a di: “Akoz yo te abandone Lalwa ke Mwen te mete devan yo a e yo pa t obeyi vwa Mwen, ni mache selon li,
And YHWH saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;
14 men te mache dèyè tèt di a pwòp kè yo, e dèyè Baal yo, kon papa yo te montre yo a.”
But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:
15 Pou sa, pale SENYÈ dèzame yo, Bondye Israël la: “Gade byen, Mwen va fè yo manje bwa anmè e bay yo dlo anpwazone pou yo bwè.
Therefore thus saith YHWH of hosts, the Elohim of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
16 Mwen va gaye yo pami nasyon, ke ni yo menm, ni papa zansèt yo pa t janm konnen. Mwen va voye nepe pou swiv yo jiskaske yo vin detwi nèt.”
I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.
17 Konsa pale SENYÈ dèzame yo: “Konsidere e rele fanm pou fè dèy, pou yo ka vini. Voye fanm instwi sa yo, pou yo ka vini!
Thus saith YHWH of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:
18 Kite yo fè vit pran rele anmwey pou nou, pou zye nou ka vide dlo e pòpyè zye nou ka fè dlo kouri desann.
And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
19 Paske vwa ki rele anmwey la tande soti nan Sion: ‘A la detwi nou vin detwi nèt! Nou te vin mete nan gwo wont, paske nou te kite peyi la, akoz yo te kraze tout lakay nou yo.’”
For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.
20 Alò tande byen pawòl SENYÈ a, O fanm yo. Kite zòrèy nou resevwa pawòl bouch Li. Montre fi nou yo jan pou yo fè dèy. Chak moun montre vwazen li yon chan lamante a.
Yet hear the word of YHWH, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.
21 Paske lanmò fin antre nan fenèt nou nèt. Li te antre nan palè nou yo pou fèmen timoun yo andedan ak jenn gason yo nan lari.
For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
22 Pale, “Konsa di SENYÈ a, “‘Kadav moun yo va tonbe tankou fimye bèt nan chan, tankou men plen sereyal lè moun fin rekòlt la. Pèsòn p ap ranmase yo.’”
Speak, Thus saith YHWH, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.
23 Konsa pale SENYÈ a: “Pa kite yon nonm saj vin ògeye nan sajès li. Pa kite yon nonm pwisan vin ògeye nan fòs li, ni yon nonm rich vin ògeye nan richès li.
Thus saith YHWH, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
24 Men kite sila ki vin ògeye a, vin ògeye nan sa; ke li gen konprann, e li rekonèt Mwen, ke se Mwen se SENYÈ a, ki aji nan lanmou dous, jistis, ak ladwati sou latè a; paske Mwen pran gwo plezi nan bagay sa yo,” deklare SENYÈ a.
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am YHWH which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith YHWH.
25 Gade byen, gen jou k ap vini, “deklare SENYÈ a, ke Mwen va pini tout sila ki te sikonsi, men vrèman yo pa sikonsi—
Behold, the days come, saith YHWH, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
26 Égypte ak Juda, Édom ak fis a Ammon yo e Moab ak tout sila k ap viv nan dezè yo, k ap taye cheve sou de bò tanp yo; paske tout nasyon yo ensikonsi e tout lakay Israël se ensikonsi nan kè.”
Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.
