Jeremi 3
1 Seyè a di ankò: -Lè yon nonm divòse ak madanm li, si apre madanm lan fin kite avè l', li al fè afè ak yon lòt gason, èske premye nonm lan ap tounen ak madanm lan ankò? Eske si sa ta rive fèt se p'ap yon gwo bagay derespektan ki t'ap rive nan peyi a? Konsa tou, nou menm pèp Izrayèl, nou te tankou yon fanm ki te gen anpil nonm pou jan nou te kouri fè sèvis pou yon bann lòt bondye. Epi koulye a nou ta renmen tounen vin jwenn mwen? Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
“They say, ‘If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and becomes another man’s, should he return to her again?’ Wouldn’t that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers; yet return again to me,” says the LORD.
2 Leve je nou, gade tèt mòn yo! Eske gen yonn ladan yo kote nou pa t' aji tankou yon fanm k'ap fè jennès? Nou rete chita sou tout bò chemen ap veye gason, tankou arab k'ap veye moun nan dezè a pou piye yo. Nou avili tout peyi a ak lenkondite nou ansanm ak mechanste nou yo.
“Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see! Where have you not been lain with? You have sat waiting for them by the road, as an Arabian in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your prostitution and with your wickedness.
3 Se poutèt sa pa t' gen lapli. Lapli prentan yo pa vini. Men, je nou chèch tankou jennès, nou pa janm wont.
Therefore the showers have been withheld and there has been no latter rain; yet you have had a prostitute’s forehead and you refused to be ashamed.
4 Koulye a menm, n'ap vin di m': O wi, se mwen ki papa nou, nou te toujou renmen m' depi lè nou te piti.
Will you not from this time cry to me, ‘My Father, you are the guide of my youth!’?
5 Nou konnen mwen p'ap ret fache pou tout tan, mwen p'ap kenbe nou nan kè m'. Pèp Izrayèl, se sa nou te toujou di. Epi apre sa, nou lage kò nou pi rèd nan fè sa ki mal.
“‘Will he retain his anger forever? Will he keep it to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken and have done evil things, and have had your way.”
6 Yon lòt fwa Seyè a pale avè m' ankò. Lè sa a, se Jozyas ki te wa nan peyi Izrayèl. Seyè a di m' konsa: -Ou wè sa peyi Izrayèl la fè? L'ap twonpe m'. li ale sou tout gwo mòn yo, anba tout kalite gwo pyebwa, tankou yon jennès ak nonm li yo, l'ap fè sèvis pou lòt bondye.
Moreover, the LORD said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and has played the prostitute there.
7 Mwen t'ap di nan kè m': lè l'a fin fè tout bagay sa yo, l'a tounen vin jwenn mwen. Men, li pa tounen. Jida, sè l' la ki pa t' kenbe pawòl li avè m', wè sa.
I said after she had done all these things, ‘She will return to me;’ but she didn’t return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
8 Li wè mwen te divòse ak Izrayèl, mwen te voye l' al lakay li paske li te vire do ban mwen, paske li te lage kò l' nan fè jennès sou mwen. Men, Jida, sè Izrayèl la ki pa t' kenbe pawòl li avè m', pa t' pè. Li menm tou, li al lage kò l' nan jennès.
I saw when, for this very cause, that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, had no fear, but she also went and played the prostitute.
9 Li pa t' wont. Li avili tout peyi a avèk lenkondite li. li al fè sèvis pou wòch ak pyebwa.
Because she took her prostitution lightly, the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with wood.
10 Lè li fin fè tou sa, Jida, sè Izrayèl la ki pa t' kenbe pawòl li avè m', li tounen vin jwenn mwen. Men, se te pawòl nan bouch. Se mwen menm, Seyè a, ki di sa.
Yet for all this her treacherous sister, Judah, has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in pretence,” says the LORD.
11 Apre sa, Seyè a di konsa: -Izrayèl te vire do ban mwen, men li te pi bon pase Jida ki te chita la ap twonpe m'.
The LORD said to me, “Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
12 Ale nan nò, w'a di moun peyi Izrayèl yo pou mwen: Nou menm moun peyi Izrayèl ki te vire do ban mwen, tounen vin jwenn mwen. Mwen gen kè sansib, mwen p'ap fache sou nou. Mwen p'ap fache sou nou pou tout tan. Se mwen menm, Seyè a, ki di sa.
Go, and proclaim these words towards the north, and say, ‘Return, you backsliding Israel,’ says the LORD; ‘I will not look in anger on you, for I am merciful,’ says the LORD. ‘I will not keep anger forever.
13 Sèlman, se pou nou rekonèt sa nou fè a pa bon. Nou pa t' kenbe pawòl nou avè m', Seyè a, Bondye nou an! Nou t' al toupatou, anba tout kalite pyebwa, pou fè sèvis pou bondye lòt nasyon yo. Nou pa t' koute m' lè mwen t'ap pale nou. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against the LORD your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice,’” says the LORD.
14 Nou menm ki vire do ban mwen, tounen vin jwenn mwen. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa. Paske, se mwen menm ki mèt nou. Mwen pral pran yon moun nan chak lavil nou yo, de moun nan chak branch fanmi, m'ap mennen nou tounen sou mòn Siyon an.
“Return, backsliding children,” says the LORD, “for I am a husband to you. I will take one of you from a city, and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
15 M'ap ban nou chèf k'ap fè tou sa m' vle yo fè. Y'a gen konesans ak bon konprann pou gouvènen nou.
I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
16 Apre sa, lè m'a fè n' peple nan peyi a, moun p'ap pale sou Bwat Kontra Seyè a ankò. Lide yo p'ap sou li, y'ap bliye l' nèt. Yo p'ap menm wè si li pa la. Yo p'ap fè yon lòt.
It will come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land in those days,” says the LORD, “they will no longer say, ‘the ark of the LORD’s covenant!’ It will not come to mind. They won’t remember it. They won’t miss it, nor will another be made.
17 Lè sa a, y'a rele Jerizalèm Fotèy Seyè a. Lèfini tout nasyon yo va vin sanble la pou fè sèvis pou Seyè a. Y'a sispann swiv move lide ki t'ap fè yo kenbe tèt ak mwen an.
At that time they will call Jerusalem ‘The LORD’s Throne;’ and all the nations will be gathered to it, to the LORD’s name, to Jerusalem. They will no longer walk after the stubbornness of their evil heart.
18 Lè sa a, moun peyi Jida yo va mete tèt ansanm ak moun peyi Izrayèl yo ankò. Ansanm y'a soti kite peyi nan nò a pou yo vin nan peyi mwen te bay zansèt yo pou rele yo pa yo a.
In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together out of the land of the north to the land that I gave for an inheritance to your fathers.
19 Seyè a te di ankò: -Jan m' ta renmen asepte ou pou pitit mwen! Mwen ta ba ou yon peyi ki plen bèl bagay, peyi ki pi bèl pase tout lòt peyi sou latè, peyi ki t'ap rele ou pa ou. Mwen t'ap di nan kè m' yo pral rele m' papa. Yo p'ap janm vire do ban mwen ankò.
“But I said, ‘How I desire to put you amongst the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!’ and I said, ‘You shall call me “My Father”, and shall not turn away from following me.’
20 Men, tankou yon fanm k'ap twonpe mari l', nou menm, moun peyi Izrayèl yo, nou twonpe m'. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
“Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so you have dealt treacherously with me, house of Israel,” says the LORD.
21 Yo tande yon sèl rèl sou tèt mòn yo: Se pèp Izrayèl la k'ap kriye, k'ap rele. Paske yo fin pèdi tèt yo, yo bliye Seyè a, Bondye yo a.
A voice is heard on the bare heights, the weeping and the petitions of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten the LORD their God.
22 Tounen vin jwenn mwen non, nou tout ki te vire do bay Bondye. M'a geri nou, m'a fè nou kenbe pawòl nou yo. Nou di: Men nou! Nou tounen vin jwenn ou. Wi, se ou menm Seyè a ki Bondye nou!
Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding. “Behold, we have come to you; for you are the LORD our God.
23 Se pou gremesi nou t'ap fè tout bri sa yo sou tèt mòn yo. Yo pa ka fè anyen pou nou. Wi, se Seyè a, Bondye nou an, sèl ki ka sove pèp Izrayèl la.
Truly help from the hills, the tumult on the mountains, is in vain. Truly the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.
24 Men, depi nou te tou piti, zidòl k'ap fè nou wont la fin manje dènye sa zansèt nou yo te kite pou nou: bèf, kabrit ak mouton, pitit gason ak pitit fi.
But the shameful thing has devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
25 Se pou nou bese tèt nou jouk atè tèlman nou wont. Wont la twòp pou nou! Li kouvri nou nèt! Wi, ni nou ni zansèt nou yo, depi nou tou piti rive jouk jòdi a, n'ap fè sa ki mal devan Seyè a, Bondye nou an. Nou pa koute Seyè a, Bondye nou an, pou nou fè sa l' mande nou fè.
Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. We have not obeyed the LORD our God’s voice.”
