Jeremiah 21
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when king Zedekiah sent Pashhur, the son of Malchiah, and Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to him, saying:
Wa Sedesyas te voye Pachou, pitit gason Malkija a, ak Sefanya, pitit gason Mesaja a, prèt la, bò kote Jeremi pou mande l' yon sèvis.
2 “Question the Lord on our behalf, for Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, is fighting against us. Perhaps it may be that the Lord will act toward us according to all his wonders, and he may withdraw from us.”
Yo di l': -Tanpri, pale ak Seyè a pou nou, paske Nèbikadneza, wa Babilòn lan, ap fè nou lagè. Ou pa janm konnen! Seyè a ka fè ankò pou nou yonn nan mirak li yo pou fòse Nèbikadneza vire do l' al fè wout li.
3 And Jeremiah said to them: “This is what you shall say to Zedekiah:
Lè sa a, Seyè a pale ak Jeremi. Lèfini, Jeremi di mesye yo: -Men sa n' aval di wa Sedesyas pou mwen:
4 Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans, who besiege you at the surrounding walls. And I will gather these things together in the midst of this city.
Seyè a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, pale. Li di konsa: Mwen pral pran tout zam ou genyen pou goumen kont wa Nèbikadneza ak lame moun Kalde ki sènen nou yo, mwen pral detounen yo, m'ap anpile yo nan mitan lavil la.
5 And I myself will make war against you: with an outstretched hand, and with a strong arm, and in fury, and in indignation, and in great wrath.
Se mwen menm menm ki pral goumen ak nou avèk tout fòs mwen, avèk tout kouraj mwen, avèk kòlè, avèk raj, avèk yon gwo kòlè.
6 And I will strike the inhabitants of this city; men and beasts will die from a great pestilence.
Mwen pral touye tout moun ki rete nan lavil sa a. Mwen pral voye yon gwo maladi sou tout moun ak sou tout bèt pou yo mouri.
7 And afterward, thus says the Lord: I will give Zedekiah, the king of Judah, and his servants, and his people, and those who have been left behind in this city after pestilence and the sword and famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their lives. And he will strike them with the edge of the sword. And he will not waver, and he will not be lenient, and he will not take pity.
Apre sa, -se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa-m'ap pran nou tout, ni Sedesyas, wa peyi Jida a, ni chèf li yo, ni rès moun ki pa mouri nan lagè, nan grangou ak anba maladi yo, m'ap lage nou nan men Nèbikadneza, wa Babilòn lan, nan men lènmi ki soti pou touye nou yo. Y'ap touye nou anba kout nepe. Yo p'ap kite yonn nan nou chape. Yo p'ap gen pitye pou pesonn, yo p'ap pran priyè.
8 And to this people, you shall say: Thus says the Lord: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
Lèfini, w'a di pèp la men sa mwen menm, Seyè a, mwen di: Mwen pral mande nou pou nou chwazi ant lavi ak lanmò.
9 Whoever lives in this city will die by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence. But whoever will have departed and fled away to the Chaldeans, who besiege you, will live, and his life will be to him like a spoil.
Tout moun ki va rete nan lavil la pral mouri nan lagè, osinon anba grangou, ou ankò maladi pral fini ak yo. Men, tout moun ki va soti al pote tèt yo bay moun Kalde k'ap sènen nou yo p'ap mouri. Y'a sove lavi yo nan batay la.
10 For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, says the Lord. It will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire.
Wi, mwen pral fè kichòy pou lavil sa a, men se va pou malè yo, pa pou byen yo. Se mwen menm Seyè a k'ap pale. Mwen pral lage l' nan men wa Babilòn lan. Li pral boule l' ratè.
11 And to the house of the king of Judah, you shall say: Listen to the word of the Lord,
Men sa w'a di moun ki lakay wa peyi Jida a: -Koute pawòl Seyè a.
12 O house of David! Thus says the Lord: Judge with judgment from early morning, and rescue anyone who is oppressed by violence from the hand of a false accuser. Otherwise, my indignation may go forth like a fire, and may flare up, and there will be no one who can extinguish it, because of the evil of your intentions.
Nou menm ki soti nan branch fanmi wa David la, men sa Seyè a voye di nou. Rann tout moun jistis chak jou. Pwoteje moun y'ap peze yo, wete yo anba ponyèt moun k'ap peze yo a. Si nou pa fè sa, mwen pral fè kòlè sou nou. M'ap boule nou tankou dife moun pa ka touye, paske nou fè anpil mechanste.
13 Behold, I am against you, O inhabitants of a valley with firm and level ground, says the Lord. And you say: ‘Who can strike us? And who can enter into our houses?’
Nou menm moun Jerizalèm ki chita nan fon an, tankou gwo wòch nan mitan yon plenn, mwen menm Seyè a, mwen pral regle nou. N'ap plede di: Pa gen moun ki ka atake nou, pa gen moun ki ka antre kote n' kache a.
14 But I will visit against you according to the fruit of your intentions, says the Lord. And I will kindle a fire in its forest. And it shall devour everything around it.”
Men m'ap pini nou pou sa nou fè. M'ap mete dife nan gwo bèl kay bwa nou yo. Dife a pral boule tou sa ki bò kote yo. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
