Jeremiah 22
1 Thus says the Lord: “Descend to the house of the king of Judah, and there you shall speak this word.
Seyè a pale ak Jeremi, li di l': -Desann ale kay wa peyi Jida a,
2 And you shall say: Listen to the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, who sits upon the throne of David: you and your servants, and your people, who enter through these gates.
pou ba l' mesaj sa a: Ou menm wa peyi Jida, ki chita sou fotèy David la, nou menm chèf yo ansanm ak tout pèp k'ap antre soti nan pòtay lavil la, koute sa Seyè a di nou:
3 Thus says the Lord: Exercise judgment and justice, and free anyone who is oppressed by violence from the hand of a false accuser. And do not be willing to sadden the new arrival, or the orphan, or the widow, nor should you burden them unfairly. And you shall not shed innocent blood in this place.
Mwen menm Seyè a, m'ap mande nou pou nou fè sa ki dwat, pou nou rann jistis san patipri. Se pou nou wete moun y'ap peze yo anba men moun k'ap peze yo a. Pa malmennen moun lòt nasyon ki lakay nou yo, timoun ki san papa yo ak vèv yo. Pa pwofite sou yo. Pa touye moun inonsan isit la.
4 For if you will indeed accomplish this word, then there will enter through the gates of this house kings from the stock of David, sitting on his throne, and riding on chariots and on horses: they, and their servants, and their people.
Si tout bon vre nou fè jan m' mande nou fè la a, n'a toujou gen yonn nan moun fanmi David yo pou wa. Li menm ansanm ak chèf li yo ak tout pèp la va toujou antre soti nan pòtay palè a sou cha ak sou chwal yo.
5 But if you will not listen to these words, I swear by myself, says the Lord, that this house will be in desolation.
Men, si nou pa koute m', m'ap fè nou sèman: palè sa a gen pou kraze. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
6 For thus says the Lord about the house of the king of Judah: You are to me like Gilead, the head of Lebanon. Certainly, I will make you desolate, with uninhabitable cities.
Men sa Seyè a di sou kay wa peyi Jida a: -Pou mwen, palè a bèl tankou peyi Galarad, tankou tèt mòn peyi Liban yo. Men, mwen p'ap pè fè l' tounen yon dezè, yon lavil kote moun pa rete.
7 And I will sanctify over you the destroying man and his weapons. And they will cut down your select cedars and throw them violently into the fire.
M'ap chwazi moun ak rach pou m' voye detwi nou. Yo pral koupe tout bèl bwa sèd nou yo, y'ap voye yo jete nan dife.
8 And many nations will pass through this city. And each one will say to his neighbor: ‘Why has the Lord acted in this way toward this great city?’
Apre sa, anpil moun lòt nasyon va pase bò lavil la. Yonn va mande lòt: Poukisa Seyè a fè gwo lavil sa a sa?
9 And they will answer: ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord their God, and they adored strange gods and served them.’
Lèfini y'a reponn: Se paske yo pa t' kenbe kontra Seyè Bondye yo a te siyen ak yo a. Y' al adore lòt bondye yo, yo fè sèvis pou yo.
10 You should not choose to weep for the dead, nor should you mourn over them with tears. Lament for him who is departing, for he will return no more, nor will he see his native land again.
Nou menm moun Jida, nou pa bezwen kriye pou wa Jozyas ki mouri a. Nou pa bezwen pran lapenn pou li. Kriye pito pou Chaloum, sa yo depòte a. Li menm, li p'ap janm tounen lakay li, li p'ap janm wè peyi kote l' te fèt la ankò.
11 For thus says the Lord to Shallum, the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, who reigned in place of his father, who has departed from this place: He will not return here again.
Paske men mesaj Seyè a bay sou Chaloum, pitit Jozyas, ki te vin wa peyi Jida nan plas papa l': Li pati kite isit la, li p'ap janm tounen.
12 Instead, he will die in the place to which I have transferred him, and he will not see this land anymore.
Paske kote yo depòte l' la, se la li pral mouri. Li p'ap janm wè peyi a ankò.
13 Woe to one who builds his house with injustice and his upper rooms without judgment, who oppresses his friend without cause and does not pay him his wages.
Madichon pou moun k'ap bati gwo kay avèk lajan lenjistis, k'ap mete chanmòt sou kay yo ak lajan yo fè nan move kondisyon. Y'ap fè jwif parèy yo travay gratis pou yo, yo pa peye yo lajan yo.
14 And he says: ‘I will build a broad house for myself, with spacious upper rooms.’ He makes windows for himself, and he builds the roof out of cedar, and he paints it with red ocher.
Madichon pou moun k'ap plede di: mwen pral bati yon gwo kay ak chanm byen laj nan chanmòt yo. Yo mete fennèt nan kay yo, yo palisade yo ak bwa sèd, yo pentire yo tou wouj.
15 Will you reign because you compare yourself to the cedar? Did your father not eat and drink, and act with judgment and justice, so that it would be well with him?
Eske w'ap yon pi bon wa paske ou bati kay ou ak bwa sèd pou li pi bèl pase pa lòt moun? Papa ou te manje, li te bwè tankou tout moun. Men, li te fè sa ki dwat, li pa t' fè lenjistis. Tout zafè l' te mache byen.
16 He judged the case of the poor and the indigent for their good. Was this not because he knew me, says the Lord?
Li te defann kòz pòv malere yo. Tout bagay te mache byen pou li. Se sa ki rele konnen Seyè a.
17 Yet truly, your eyes and your heart are toward avarice and the shedding of innocent blood, and toward false accusations and the pursuit of evil deeds.
Men ou menm, yon sèl bagay ou wè, yon sèl bagay ou konnen, se enterè pa ou ase. Se konsa w'ap touye inonsan. W'ap maltrete pèp la, w'ap maspinen l'. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
18 Because of this, thus says the Lord toward Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah: They will not mourn for him by saying, ‘Alas,’ to a brother, or, ‘Alas,’ to a sister. They will not make a noise for him and say, ‘Alas,’ to a master, or, ‘Alas,’ to a nobleman.
Se konsa, men mesaj Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a bay sou Jojakim, pitit Jozyas, wa peyi Jida a: -Lè l'a mouri, p'ap gen pesonn pou kenbe rèl la ak moun pa l' yo. P'ap gen pesonn pou kriye pou mèt yo, wa yo.
19 He will be buried with the burial of a donkey, having rotted and been thrown out of the gates of Jerusalem.
Y'ap antere l' tankou chen. Y'ap trennen kadav li, y'ap voye l' jete byen lwen lòt bò pòtay lavil Jerizalèm.
20 Ascend to Lebanon and cry out! And utter your voice in Bashan, and cry out to those passing by. For all your lovers have been crushed.
Nou menm moun lavil Jerizalèm, ale nan peyi Liban, rele byen fò! Ale nan peyi Bazan, rele! Rete sou mòn Moab yo, rele! Paske yo kraze tout asosye nou yo.
21 I spoke to you in your abundance, and you said, ‘I will not listen.’ This has been your way from your youth, for you have not listened to my voice.
Mwen menm, Seyè a, mwen te pale nou lè zafè nou t'ap mache byen. Men, nou te derefize koute m'. Se sa n'ap fè depi tout tan. Nou pa janm vle koute sa m'ap di nou.
22 The wind will feed all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. And then you will be confounded, and you will be ashamed of all your wickedness.
Van pral bwote tout chèf nou yo ale. Y'ap depòte tout moun lòt nasyon ki asosye nou yo. Lè sa a, nou pral bese tèt nou, nou pral wont pou tout mechanste nou te konn fè yo.
23 You who sit in Lebanon, and who nest in the cedars, in what way did you mourn when suffering came to you, like the suffering of a woman giving birth?
Nou menm ki rete nan gwo kay nou bati ak sèd ki soti peyi Liban, ala plenn nou pral plenn lè malè va tonbe sou nou! Nou pral plenn tankou fanm ki gen tranche.
24 As I live, says the Lord, if Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, were a ring on my right hand, I would remove him from there.
Men sa Seyè a voye di Jekonya, pitit Jojakim, wa peyi Jida a: -Mwen fè sèman sou vi mwen, menm si ou te bag letanp ki nan men dwat mwen an, m'ap rache ou nan dwèt mwen.
25 And I will deliver you into the hand of those who seek your life, and into the hand of those whose face you dread, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
M'ap lage ou nan men moun ki soti pou touye ou yo, nan men moun ou pè yo. M'ap lage ou nan men Nèbikadneza, wa Babilòn lan, nan men moun Kalde yo.
26 And I will send you, and your mother who conceived you, into a foreign land, in which you were not born, and there you shall die.
Mwen pral voye ni ou menm, ni manman ou ki fè ou la, nan peyi etranje. Nou pral nan yon peyi kote nou pa t' fèt. Se la ni ou menm ni li menm pral mouri.
27 And to the land about which they lift up their mind, thinking to return there, they shall not return.
N'ap anvi tounen vin wè peyi sa a. Men, nou p'ap janm ka tounen.
28 Is this man, Jeconiah, a broken earthenware vessel? Is he a vessel which is entirely unpleasing? Why have they been cast out, he and his offspring, cast out even into a land that they have not known?
Moun yo rele Jekonya a, èske li tounen yon kannari kraze y'ap voye jete, yon kannari pesonn pa bezwen? Poukisa yo depòte ni li ni pitit li yo nan peyi yo pa t' janm konnen?
29 O earth, O earth, O earth! Listen to the word of the Lord!
O latè, latè, latè! Koute sa Seyè a di:
30 Thus says the Lord: Write: this man is barren; he is a man who will not prosper in his days. For there will not be a man from among his offspring who will sit upon the throne of David, or have authority in Judah, anymore.”
Nonm sa a kondannen pou l' pèdi tout pitit li yo, pou l' pa janm wè zafè l' mache. P'ap janm gen yonn nan pitit li yo ki pou rive chita sou fotèy wa David la, ki pou rive chèf nan peyi Jida a ankò.
