Jeremi 14
1 Seyè a pale ak Jeremi sou zafè chechrès la, li di l':
The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.
2 -Peyi Jida nan gwo lapenn, lavil li yo ap depafini. Tout moun kouche atè ap plenn. Nan lavil Jerizalèm moun ap rele anmwe!
"Judah mourns, and its gates languish, they sit in black on the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
3 Grannèg yo voye domestik yo al chache dlo. Lè yo rive nan sitèn yo, yo pa jwenn yon gout dlo. Yo tounen ak veso yo vid. Yo wont, yo pa konn sa pou yo di. Yo bouche figi yo.
Their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are disappointed and confounded, and cover their heads.
4 Tè a fann fann. Pa gen yon gout lapli. Abitan pa konn sa pou yo fè. Se men nan tèt.
Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed, they cover their heads.
5 Nan jaden, kabrit yo met ba, lèfini, yo sove kite ti kabrit yo, paske pa gen zèb pou yo manje.
Yes, the hind also in the field calves, and forsakes her young, because there is no grass.
6 Bourik mawon yo rete kanpe sou tèt ti mòn yo, y'ap pran fre tankou chen mawon. Je yo bouke, yo pa wè ladan yo, paske pa gen zèb pou yo manje.
The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage."
7 Pèp la ap rele nan pye Bondye, y'ap di: -Menm si sa nou fè a kont pou kondannen nou, ou menm, Seyè, fè kichòy pou sa ka sèvi yon lwanj pou ou non! Paske se pa ni de ni twa fwa nou vire do ba ou nan fè peche kont ou.
"Though our iniquities testify against us, work for your name's sake, Jehovah; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you.
8 Ou se tout espwa pèp Izrayèl la! Se ou ki delivre nou lè malè te pandye sou tèt nou. Poukisa ou aji tankou yon etranje, tankou yon vwayajè k'ap pase yon nwit ase nan peyi nou an?
Hope of Israel, its Savior in the time of trouble, why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay for a night?
9 Poukisa w'ap fè tankou yon moun ki dekontwole, tankou yon sòlda ki pa gen kouraj pou fè anyen pou pesonn? Seyè, nou sèten ou la nan mitan nou. Se pèp ou nou ye. Tanpri, pa lage nou!
Why should you be like a scared man, as a mighty man who can't save? Yet you, Jehovah, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name; do not leave us."
10 Men sa Seyè a di pèp la: -Wi! Yo renmen al fè vakabon, yo pa ka ret an plas. M' pa kontan ak yo. M'ap chonje tout mal yo fè, m'ap pini yo pou tout peche yo fè.
Thus says Jehovah to this people, "Even so have they loved to wander; they have not refrained their feet: therefore Jehovah does not accept them; now he will remember their iniquity, and visit their sins."
11 Apre sa, Seyè a di m' konsa: -Pa vin mande m' pou m' fè anyen pou pèp sa a.
Jehovah said to me, "Do not pray for this people for their good.
12 Yo te mèt fè jèn, mwen p'ap tande rèl yo. Yo te mèt ofri bèt pou boule pou mwen ansanm ak grenn jaden, se pa sa k'ap fè m' kontan ak yo. Okontrè, mwen pral fè yo mouri nan lagè, nan grangou ak anba maladi.
When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and meal offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence."
13 Lè sa a mwen di: -Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a, ou konnen jan pwofèt yo ap plede di pèp la yo pa bezwen pè, p'ap gen lagè, grangou p'ap tonbe sou yo, paske ou te pwomèt y'ap toujou viv ak kè poze nan peyi a.
Then I said, "Ah, Jehovah. Look, the prophets tell them, 'You shall not see the sword, neither shall you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.'"
14 Men, Seyè a reponn, li di m' konsa: -Se pa vre sa pwofèt yo ap di a. Yo pran non m' pou bay manti! Se pa kras mwen menm ki voye yo. Mwen pa ba yo ankenn lòd, mwen pa janm pale ak yo. Si yo fè vizyon, se pa mwen ki ba yo l'. Si yo di yo konnen sa ki pral rive, se manti. Se lide yo fè nan tèt yo konsa pou twonpe pèp la, se sa ase yo ka louvri bouch yo di.
Then Jehovah said to me, "The prophets prophesy lies in my name; I did not send them, neither have I commanded them, neither spoke I to them: they prophesy to you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nothing, and the deceit of their own heart.
15 Se poutèt sa, men sa Seyè a di li pral fè pwofèt li pa t' janm voye yo men ki pran non l' pou di pèp la p'ap gen lagè ni grangou nan peyi a: Se nan lagè ak nan grangou tout pwofèt sa yo pral mouri!
Therefore thus says Jehovah concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name, and I did not send them, yet they say, 'Sword and famine shall not be in this land:' 'By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.'
16 Moun yo t'ap bay mesaj sa yo pral fini menm jan an tou. Yo pral mouri nan lagè ak nan grangou, yo menm, madanm yo, pitit gason ak pitit fi yo. Yo pral jete kadav yo nan tout lari lavil Jerizalèm. P'ap gen pesonn pou antere yo. Se konsa m'ap fè yo peye mechanste yo.
The people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them—them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness on them."
17 Men sa w'a di yo ankò: -Se pou je m' koule dlo san rete lajounen kou lannwit, paske pèp mwen an tankou yon tifi ki pran gwo frakti, l'ap soufri rèd soufri.
"You shall say this word to them, 'Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.
18 Lè m' soti al nan jaden, mwen wè kadav moun yo touye nan lagè. Lè m' antre nan lavil la, mwen wè moun ap mouri grangou! Pwofèt yo menm ansanm ak prèt yo ap mache nan tout peyi a, yo pa konn sa y'ap fè.
If I go forth into the field, then, look, the slain with the sword. And if I enter into the city, then, look, those who are sick with famine. For both the prophet and the priest go about in the land, and have no knowledge.'"
19 Seyè, gen lè ou voye pèp Jida a jete nèt? Eske ou rayi moun mòn Siyon yo? Poukisa ou frape nou konsa jouk nou pa ka geri a? Nou t'ap tann ou vin delivre nou, anyen pa rive. Nou t'ap tann ou vin geri nou, ou fè nou pè pi rèd.
"Have you utterly rejected Judah? Has your soul loathed Zion? Why have you struck us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and look, dismay.
20 Seyè, nou rekonèt nou antò. Nou rekonèt zansèt nou yo te fè sa ki mal. Wi, nou tout nou antò devan ou.
We acknowledge, Jehovah, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against you.
21 Chonje ki moun ou ye, pa meprize nou! Jerizalèm, se la fotèy pouvwa ou la chita. Pa avili l'. Pa bliye pwomès ou yo. Pa kase kontra ou te fè ak nou an.
Do not abhor us, for your name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of your glory: remember, do not break your covenant with us.
22 Zidòl moun lòt nasyon yo pa vo anyen. Pa gen yonn ladan yo ki ka voye lapli. Syèl la pou kont pa l' pa ka bay lapli. Se ou menm ki Seyè a, Bondye nou an! Se ou menm ki tout espwa nou, paske se ou menm ki fè tout bagay sa yo.
Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the sky give showers? Aren't you he, Jehovah our God? Therefore we will wait for you; for you have made all these things."
