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!
Who doth make my head waters, And mine eye a fountain of tears? And I weep by day and by night, For the wounded 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.
Who doth give me in a wilderness A lodging-place of travellers? And I leave my people, and go from them, For all of them [are] adulterers, An assembly of treacherous ones.
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 tongue, their bow [is] a lie, And not for stedfastness have they been mighty in the land, For from evil unto evil they have gone forth, And Me they have not known, An affirmation of Jehovah!
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.
Each of his friend — beware ye, And on any brother, do not trust, For every brother doth utterly supplant, For every friend slanderously doth walk,
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 each at his friend they mock, And truth they do not speak, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, To commit iniquity they have laboured.
6 Abitasyon ou se nan mitan desepsyon. Nan desepsyon yo refize rekonèt Mwen”, deklare SENYÈ a.
thy dwelling [is] in the midst of deceit, Through deceit they refused to know Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.
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 said Jehovah of Hosts: Lo, I am refining them, and have tried them, For how do I do because 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.
A slaughtering arrow [is] their tongue, Deceit it hath spoken in its mouth, Peace with its neighbour it speaketh, And in its heart it layeth its ambush,
9 Èske mwen p ap pini yo pou bagay sa yo?” deklare SENYÈ a. “Sou yon nasyon konsa, èske Mwen p ap pran vanjans?
For these things do not I see after them? An affirmation of Jehovah, Against a nation such as this doth not My soul avenge itself?
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 lift up weeping and wailing, And for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, For they have been burnt up without any passing over, Nor have they heard the voice of cattle, From the fowl of the heavens unto the beast they have fled, they have 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 make Jerusalem become heaps, A habitation of dragons, And the cities of Judah I make 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? and he understandeth this, And he to whom the mouth of Jehovah spake? And he doth declare it, For what hath the land perished? It hath been burnt up as a wilderness, Without any passing 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 Jehovah saith: Because of their forsaking My law that I set before them, And they have not hearkened to My voice nor 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.”
And they walk after the stubbornness of their heart, And after the Baalim, that 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 said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am causing them — this people — to eat wormwood, And I have caused them to drink water of gall,
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.”
And I have scattered them among nations Which they knew not, they and their fathers, And have sent after them the sword, 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 said Jehovah of Hosts: Consider ye, and call for mourning women, And they come, And to the wise women send, and they 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 they hasten, and lift up for us a wailing. And run down our eyes do tears, And from our eyelids do waters flow.
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 from Zion: How have we been spoiled! We have been greatly ashamed, Because we have forsaken the land, Because they have cast down our tabernacles.
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.
But hear, ye women, a word of Jehovah, And your ear receiveth a word of His mouth, And teach ye your daughters wailing, and each 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 hath come up into our windows, It hath come into our palaces, To cut off the suckling from without, Young men from the broad places.
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 — an affirmation of Jehovah, And fallen hath the carcase of man, As dung on the face of the field, And as a handful after the reaper, And there is none gathering.
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 said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself 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 — in this let the boaster boast himself, In understanding and knowing Me, For I [am] Jehovah, doing kindness, Judgment, and righteousness, in the earth, For in these I have delighted, An affirmation of Jehovah.
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—
Lo, days are coming — an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have laid a charge on all circumcised in the foreskin,
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.”
On Egypt, and on Judah, and on Edom, And on the sons of Ammon, and on Moab, And on all cutting the corner [of the beard], Who are dwelling in the wilderness, For all the nations [are] uncircumcised, And all the house of Israel [are] uncircumcised in heart!
