Jeremiah 3
1 It is commonly said: If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and marry another man, shall he return to her any more? shall not that woman be polluted, and defiled? but thou hast prostituted thyself to many lovers: nevertheless return to me, saith the Lord, and I will receive thee.
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.
2 Lift up thy eyes on high: and see where thou hast not prostituted thyself: Thou didst sit in the ways, waiting for them as a robber in the wilderness: and thou hast polluted the land with thy fornications, and with thy wickedness.
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.
3 Therefore the showers were withholden, and there was no lateward rain: thou hadst a harlot’s forehead, thou wouldst not blush.
Se poutèt sa pa t' gen lapli. Lapli prentan yo pa vini. Men, je nou chèch tankou jennès, nou pa janm wont.
4 Therefore at least at this time call to me: Thou art my father, the guide of my virginity:
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.
5 Wilt thou be angry for ever, or wilt thou continue until the end? Behold, thou hast spoken, and hast done evil things, and hast been able.
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.
6 And the Lord said to me in the days of king Josias: Hast thou seen what rebellious Israel hast done? she hath gone out of herself upon every high mountain, and under every green tree, and hath played the harlot there.
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.
7 And when she had done all these things, I said: Return to me, and she did not return. And her treacherous sister Juda saw,
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.
8 That because the rebellious Israel had played the harlot, I had put her away, and had given her a bill of divorce: yet her treacherous sister Juda was not afraid, but went and played the harlot also herself.
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.
9 And by the facility of her fornication she defiled the land, and played the harlot with stones and with stocks.
Li pa t' wont. Li avili tout peyi a avèk lenkondite li. li al fè sèvis pou wòch ak pyebwa.
10 And after all this, her treacherous sister Juda hath not returned to me with her whole heart, but with falsehood, saith the Lord.
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.
11 And the Lord said to me: The rebellious Israel hath justified her soul, in comparison of the treacherous Juda.
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'.
12 Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and thou shalt say: Return, O rebellious Israel, saith the Lord, and I will not turn away my face from you: for I am holy, saith the Lord, and I will not be angry for ever.
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.
13 But yet acknowledge thy iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God: and thou hast scattered thy ways to strangers under every green tree, and hast not heard my voice, saith the Lord.
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.
14 Return, O ye revolting children, saith the Lord: for I am your husband: and I will take you, one of a city, and two of a kindred, and will bring you into Sion.
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.
15 And I will give you pastors according to my own heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and doctrine.
M'ap ban nou chèf k'ap fè tou sa m' vle yo fè. Y'a gen konesans ak bon konprann pou gouvènen nou.
16 And when you shall be multiplied, and increase in the land in those days, saith the Lord, they shall say no more: The ark of the covenant of the Lord: neither shall it come upon the heart, neither shall they remember it, neither shall it be visited, neither shall that be done any more.
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.
17 At that time Jerusalem shall be called the thrown of the Lord: and all the nations shall be gathered together to it, in the name of the Lord to Jerusalem, and they shall not walk after the perversity of their most wicked heart.
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.
18 In those days the house of Juda shall go to the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land which I gave to your fathers.
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.
19 But I said: How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a lovely land, the goodly inheritance of the armies of the Gentiles? And I said: Thou shalt call me father and shalt cease to walk after me.
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.
20 But as a woman that despiseth her lover, so hath the house of Israel despised me, saith the Lord.
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.
21 A voice was heard in the highways, weeping and howling of the children of Israel: because they have made their way wicked, they have forgotten the Lord their God.
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.
22 Return, you rebellious children, and I will heal your rebellions. Behold we come to thee: for thou art the Lord our God.
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!
23 In very deed the hills were liars. and the multitude of the mountains: truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.
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.
24 Confusion hath devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
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.
25 We shall sleep in our confusion, and our shame shall cover us, because we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers from our youth even to this day, and we have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God.
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.
