Jeremiah 16
1 And the word of Yahweh came unto me saying:
Seyè a pale avè m' ankò, li di m' konsa:
2 Thou shall not take to thee a wife, —Neither shalt thou have sons or daughters, in this place.
-Pinga ou marye pou ou pa gen ni pitit gason ni pitit fi yon kote konsa.
3 For, Thus, saith Yahweh, Concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are being born in this place, —and concerning their mothers who do bear them, and concerning their fathers who do beget them, in this land,
Paske se mwen menm Seyè a k'ap di ou sa ki pral rive pitit gason ak pitit fi ki fèt isit la, sa ki pral rive manman ak papa k'ap fè pitit nan peyi a.
4 Of deaths from diseases, shall they die, They shall not be lamented, Neither shall they be buried, As heaps of dung on the face of the ground, shall they serve, —Yea by sword and by famine, shall they be consumed, And, their dead bodies shall become, food—To the bird of the heavens, and To the beast of the earth.
Move maladi pral touye yo. P'ap gen moun ni pou kriye pou yo ni pou antere yo. Kadav yo va tounen fimye atè a. Y'ap mouri nan lagè, y'ap mouri grangou. Kadav yo ap sèvi manje pou zwezo nan syèl ak bèt nan bwa.
5 For, Thus, saith Yahweh—Do not thou enter into the house of crying, Neither do thou go to lament, nor do thou bemoan for them, —For I have withdrawn my blessing from this people, Declareth Yahweh, Both lovingkindness and compassion.
Wi, men sa Seyè a di ankò: -Pa antre nan kay kote ki gen lanmò. Pa kriye pou pesonn! Pa moutre moun sa yo ou nan lapenn pou yo, paske mwen p'ap kite yo ak kè poze ankò. Se mwen Seyè a ki di sa. Mwen p'ap gen pitye pou yo ankò. Mwen p'ap fè byen pou yo ankò.
6 So shall great and small die in this land, They shall not be buried, —Neither shall men lament for them Nor cut themselves, Nor make themselves bald for them;
Tout moun nan peyi a pral mouri, rich kou pòv. Yo p'ap antere yo. Pesonn p'ap kriye pou yo. Pesonn p'ap ni make kò yo ak kouto, ni koupe cheve nan tèt yo, pou moutre yo nan lapenn pou yo.
7 Neither shall they break bread to them in mourning To console one over his dead, —Nor cause them to drink the cup of consolation, Over one’s father Or over one’s mother;
Pesonn p'ap manje pen ak diven avèk moun ki nan lapenn, avèk moun ki gen lanmò nan fanmi yo. Pesonn p'ap moutre yo nan lapenn ak moun ki pèdi papa yo osinon manman yo.
8 And the house of banqueting, shall thou not enter To sit with them, To eat and to drink.
Pa antre nan kay kote y'ap fè fèt non plis. Pa chita sou tab pou manje bwè ak yo.
9 For, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, Behold me! causing to cease out of this place, Before your eyes, And in your days, The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, The voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride,
Paske men sa mwen menm, Seyè a ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, mwen di: Nou tout k'ap viv isit la, m'ap fè nou wè m'ap fè tout moun sispann fè kè yo kontan, sispann fè fèt lè y'ap marye.
10 And it shall be when thou shalt declare to this people, all these words, —and they shall say unto thee—For what reason, hath Yahweh pronounced against us all this great calamity? Or what is our iniquity, or what our sin, which we have sinned against Yahweh our God?
Lè w'a di yo tou sa, y'a mande ou: Men, poukisa Seyè a pran desizyon pou li voye gwo malè sa a sou nou? Kisa nou fè ki mal? Ki krim nou fè ki pa fè Seyè a, Bondye nou an, plezi?
11 Then shalt thou say unto them, —For that your fathers forsook, me, Declareth Yahweh, And walked after other gods, and served them, and bowed down to them, —Whereas me, they forsook And my law, kept they not;
Lè sa a, w'a reponn yo: -Men sa Seyè a di: Se paske zansèt nou yo te vire do ban mwen, y' al dèyè lòt Bondye. Yo fè sèvis pou yo, yo adore yo, yo vire do ban mwen. Yo pa kenbe lòd mwen te ba yo.
12 And, ye, have done more wickedly than your fathers, —for look at you! walking every man after the stubbornness of his wicked heart, so as not to hearken unto me,
Lèfini, nou menm nou fè pi mal pase yo. Nou tout ap fè tèt di, n'ap swiv tout vye lide ki pase nan tèt nou, nou pa vle koute m'.
13 Therefore will I hurl you forth, from off this land, unto a land which ye have not known, ye, nor your fathers, —and ye can serve there other gods day and night, in that I will grant you no favour.
Se konsa, m'ap mete nou deyò nan peyi sa a, m'ap voye nou nan yon peyi ni nou menm ni zansèt nou yo pa t' janm konnen. Se la nou pral sèvi lòt bondye lajounen kou lannwit. Mwen p'ap fè pa nou ankò.
14 Therefore lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh, When it shall be said no more By the life of Yahweh, who brought up the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt; but—
Se konsa, men sa Seyè a di: -Yon jou va rive lè moun pèp Izrayèl yo p'ap di lè y'ap fè sèman: Se nan non Seyè a ki vivan, li menm ki te fè nou soti kite peyi Lejip.
15 By the life of Yahweh, who hath brought up the sons of Israel out of the land of the North, and out of all the lands whither he had driven them, —So will I bring them back upon their own soil, which I gave to their fathers.
Lè sa a, y'a di pito: Se nan non Seyè a ki vivan, li menm ki fè pèp Izrayèl la soti kite peyi nan nò a ak tout lòt peyi kote li te gaye yo. Wi, m'ap mennen yo tounen nan peyi mwen te bay zansèt yo a.
16 Behold me! sending for many fishers Declareth Yahweh, And they shall catch them, —and thereafter will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from off every mountain and from off every hill, and out of the clefts of the crags.
Seyè a di ankò: -Mwen voye chache anpil moun ki konn fè lapèch pou vin pran yo. Apre sa, m'ap voye chache kantite moun ki konn fè lachas pou kouri dèyè yo sou tout mòn, sou tout ti mòn, jouk nan twou wòch.
17 For mine own eyes are upon all their ways, they have not been hid from my face—neither hath their iniquity been concealed from being straight before mine eyes.
Je m' louvri sou tou sa y'ap fè. Anyen pa kache pou mwen. Yo mèt kache kò yo jan yo vle, mwen wè tou sa yo fè ki mal.
18 Thus will I recompense, first, twofold, their iniquity and their sin, because of their profaning my land, —with the carcase of their disgusting and detestable things, have they filled mine inheritance.
Pou konmanse, m'ap fè yo peye doub pou tout peche yo, pou tou sa yo fè ki mal, paske yo derespekte tout peyi m' lan ak vye zidòl yo ki tankou kadav santi. Yo plen peyi a ak fo bondye.
19 O Yahweh, my strength, and my refuge, and my place to fly to, in the day of distress, —Unto thee, shall nations come in, out of the ends of the earth, that they may say—Surely! Falsehood, did our fathers inherit, Vanity, among whom is none that can profit:
Seyè, ou menm ki tout pwoteksyon mwen, ou menm ki ban m' tout fòs mwen, se bò kote ou mwen kouri lè mwen nan pwoblèm. Moun lòt nasyon yo va soti byen lwen, nan dènye bout latè pou yo vin nan pye ou. Y'a di: -Sa zansèt nou yo te mouri kite pou nou yo pa bondye tout bon. Se yon bann zidòl ki pa vo anyen.
20 Shall a son of earth, make for himself gods, Seeing that, they, are no-gods?
Eske moun ka fè bondye pa yo? Zidòl sa yo pa bondye tout bon.
21 Therefore behold me! causing them to know, by this stroke, I will cause them to know my hand and my might, —That they may know that my name, is Yahweh!
Se konsa, fwa sa a, mwen pral fè yo konprann. Fwa sa a, mwen pral fè yo konnen fòs ponyèt mwen. Lè sa a, y'a konnen se mwen menm ki Bondye sèl Mèt la.
