Jeremiah 18
1 The word that came from Jeremias to the Lord, saying:
Seyè a pale ak Jeremi ankò, li di l' konsa:
2 Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there thou shalt hear my words.
-Leve non! Desann kay bòs k'ap fè krich yo. Rive la, m'a ba ou yon mesaj.
3 And I went down into the potter’s house, and behold he was doing a work on the wheel.
Mwen desann vre kay bòs k'ap fè krich yo. Mwen wè msye t'ap bay yon krich fòm nan tou a.
4 And the vessel was broken which he was making with clay with his hands: and turning he made another vessel, as it seemed good in his eyes to make it.
Depi krich li t'ap fè a pa t' soti byen, li kraze l', li pran tè a, li fè yon lòt krich avè l' jan li te vle fè l' la.
5 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Lè sa a, Seyè a di m' konsa:
6 Cannot I do with you as this potter, saith the Lord? behold as clay is in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.
-Nou menm pèp Izrayèl, èske mwen pa gen dwa fè ak nou sa bòs la fè ak tè a? Nou nan men mwen menm jan tè a nan men bòs k'ap fè krich la, tande!
7 I will suddenly speak against a nation, and against a kingdom, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy it.
Yon lè mwen pran desizyon pou m' derasinen yon nasyon osinon yon peyi ki gen wa, pou m' kraze l', pou m' detwi l'.
8 If that nation against which I have spoken, shall repent of their evil, I also will repent of the evil that I have thought to do to them.
Men, si nasyon an chanje, si li sispann fè mechanste ki lakòz mwen te move a, m'ap chanje lide, m' p'ap fè l' sa m' te fè lide fè l' la.
9 And I will suddenly speak of a nation and of a kingdom, to build up and plant it.
Yon lòt lè, mwen pran desizyon pou m' leve yon nasyon osinon pou m' fè gouvènman yon wa kanpe.
10 If it shall do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice: I will repent of the good that I have spoken to do unto it.
Men, si nasyon an fè sa ki pa fè m' plezi, si li pa koute m', mwen p'ap fè tout byen mwen te fè lide fè pou li a.
11 Now therefore tell the men of Juda, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying: Thus saith the Lord: Behold I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: let every man of you return from his evil way, and make ye your ways and your doings good.
Bon! Koulye a, ou pral pale ak moun peyi Jida yo ansanm ak moun lavil Jerizalèm yo. Men sa Seyè a voye di yo: M'ap pare yon malè pou nou. Mwen fè lide pini nou. Se pou nou chanje, se pou nou kite move pant n'ap swiv la. Chache viv pi byen, manyè sispann fè sa ki mal.
12 And they said: We have no hopes: for we will go after our own thoughts, and we will do every one according to the perverseness of his evil heart.
Y'ap reponn ou: Se tan ou w'ap pèdi! N'ap toujou kenbe tèt ak Bondye. N'ap toujou fè tout vye lide ki nan tèt nou.
13 Therefore thus saith the Lord: Ask among the nations: Who hath heard such horrible things, as the virgin of Israel hath done to excess?
Lè sa a, Seyè a di ankò: -Al mande moun lòt nasyon yo si yo te janm tande yon bagay konsa rive anvan sa? Moun pèp Izrayèl yo fè yon bann bagay moun pa ka gade!
14 Shall now the snow of Libanus fail from the rock of the field? or can the cold waters that gush out and run down, be taken away?
Eske ou janm wè pa gen lanèj sou wòch nan tèt mòn peyi Liban yo? Eske ou janm wè ti sous dlo fre k'ap desann soti nan mòn yo cheche?
15 Because my people have forgotten me, sacrificing in vain, and stumbling in their ways, in ancient paths, to walk by them in a way not trodden:
Men, pèp mwen an bliye m'. Y'ap boule lansan pou zidòl ki pa vo anyen. Kifè yo kite chemen pou yo te swiv la, chemen yo t'ap swiv depi nan tan lontan an, yo pran mache nan raje, kote ki pa gen chemen trase.
16 That their land might be given up to desolation, and to a perpetual hissing: every one that shall pass by it, shall be astonished, and wag his head.
Yo fè peyi a tounen yon savann dezole, tout moun se mete men nan tèt! Tout moun k'ap pase bò la pral sezi wè sa. Yo pral souke tèt yo.
17 As a burning will I scatter them before the enemy: I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their destruction.
Se konsa mwen pral gaye yo devan lènmi yo, menm jan van lès gaye pousyè. M'ap vire do ba yo lè malè va tonbe sou yo. M' p'ap okipe yo menm.
18 And they said: Come, and let us invent devices against Jeremias: for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet: come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us give no heed to all his words.
Lè sa a, pèp la va di: -Annou moute yon konplo sou do Jeremi. N'a toujou jwenn prèt pou di nou sa Bondye vle. Va toujou gen moun ki gen bon konprann pou ban nou konsèy. Va toujou gen pwofèt pou fè nou konnen mesaj Bondye yo. Annou wè! Ann touye l' anba kout lang. Nou pa bezwen tande sa l'ap di nou la a.
19 Give heed to me, O Lord, and hear the voice of my adversaries.
Lè sa a, mwen lapriyè, mwen di: -O Seyè! Tande sa m'ap di ou. Koute sa moun ki pa vle wè m' yo ap di sou mwen.
20 Shall evil be rendered for good, because they have digged a pit for my soul? Remember that I have stood in thy sight, so speak good for them, and turn away thy indignation from them.
Lè yon moun fè ou byen, èske se mal pou ou fè li? Yo fouye yon twou pou fè m' tonbe ladan l'. Chonje jan m' te kanpe devan ou pou m' te pale pou yo, pou m' te mande ou pa fè kòlè sou yo.
21 Therefore deliver up their children to famine, and bring them into the hands of the sword: let their wives be bereaved of children and widows: and let their husbands be slain by death: let their young men be stabbed with the sword in battle.
Koulye a, Seyè, se pou ou fè pitit yo mouri grangou. Se pou ou kite yo mouri anba kout nepe. Se pou madanm yo pèdi pitit yo ansanm ak mari yo. Se pou maladi lapès touye mesye yo. Se pou jenn gason yo mouri nan lagè.
22 Let a cry be heard out of their houses: for thou shalt bring the robber upon them suddenly: because they have digged a pit to take me, and have hid snares for my feet.
Y'ap rete konsa, w'ap voye yon bann piyajè sou yo. Lè sa a se va rèl nan tout kay yo. Tou sa, paske yo te fouye yon twou pou fè m' tonbe ladan l'. Yo te mete pèlen pou mwen sou wout mwen.
23 But thou, O Lord, knowest all their counsel against me unto death: forgive not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from thy sight: let them be overthrown before thy eyes, in the time of thy wrath do thou destroy them.
Men ou menm, Seyè, ou konnen tout konplo y'ap fè pou touye m'. Pa padonnen mechanste yo. Pa janm padonnen peche yo. Se pou yo tonbe atè la devan je ou. Lè ou an kòlè, regle yo.
