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 my eyes a spring 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 are 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.
"They bend their tongue as a bow. Falsehood and not truth has grown strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me," says 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.
"Everyone be on guard against his neighbor, and do not trust any brother; for every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor will go about 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.
Everyone deceives his neighbor, and does not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies; they do evil, they do not cease so as to return.
6 Abitasyon ou se nan mitan desepsyon. Nan desepsyon yo refize rekonèt Mwen”, deklare SENYÈ a.
Oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit. They refuse to know me," says 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 says YHWH of hosts, "Look, I will melt them, and try them; for how should I deal with the wickedness of 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 a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lies in wait for him.
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?" says 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 I will take up weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are laid waste so that no one passes through; nor can men hear the voice of the cattle. Both the birds of the sky and the animals have 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.”
"I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without 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? Who is he to whom the mouth of YHWH has spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passes 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,
YHWH says, "Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked in it,
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 stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baals, 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 says YHWH of hosts, the God of Israel, 'Look, 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 nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, until 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 says YHWH of hosts, "Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skillful 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 ruined. We are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.'"
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, you women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; and teach your daughters wailing, and everyone her neighbor 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 has come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from outside, 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 says YHWH, "The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung on the open field, and as the handful after the harvester; 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 says YHWH, "Do not let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, do not let 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 who boasts boast in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am YHWH who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight," says 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—
"Look, the days come," says YHWH, "that I will punish all those who are circumcised in uncircumcision:
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 people of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners of their hair cut off, who dwell in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart."
