Jeremiah 5
1 Go about through the streets of Jerusalem, and see, and consider, and seek in the broad places thereof, if you can fins a man that executeth judgement, and seeketh faith: and I will be merciful unto it.
“Mache ale retou toupatou nan lari Jérusalem. Gade koulye a, e byen nòte. Chèche nan plas ouvri li yo. Si ou ka twouve yon moun ki fè jistis, k ap chache verite, alò Mwen va padone Jérusalem.
2 And though they say: The Lord liveth; this also they will swear falsely.
E poutan, yo di: ‘Tankou SENYÈ a viv la’! Anverite y ap fè fo temwayaj.”
3 O Lord, thy eyes are upon truth: thou hast struck them, and they have not grieved: thou hast bruised them, and they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than the rock, and they have refused to return.
O SENYÈ, èske zye Ou pa chache verite? Ou te frape yo, men yo pa t sanse doulè. Ou te fè yo megri, men yo pa t aksepte korije. Yo fè figi yo pi di pase wòch. Yo refize repanti.
4 But I said: Perhaps these are poor and foolish, that know not the way of the Lord, the judgement of their God.
Alò, mwen te di: “Se sèlman malere ke yo ye. Se ensanse yo ye; yo pa konnen chemen SENYÈ a, ni règleman a Bondye yo.
5 I will go therefore to the great men, and I will speak to them: for they known the way of the Lord, the judgement of their God: and behold these have together broken the yoke more, and have burst the bonds.
Mwen va ale kote moun pwa yo. Se ak yo ke mwen va pale, paske yo menm konnen chemen SENYÈ a, ak règleman a Bondye yo.” Men yo menm tou, ak volonte ansanm te kraze jouk la, e chire tout kòd yo.
6 Wherefore a lion out of the wood hath slain them, a wolf in the evening, hath spoiled them, a leopard watcheth for their cities: every one that shall go out thence shall be taken, because their transgressions are multiplied, their rebellions are strengthened.
Akoz sa, yon lyon ki sòti nan forè va touye yo. Yon lou dezè a va detwi yo, yon leyopa ap veye vil yo. Tout moun ki sòti kote yo va chire an mòso, akoz transgresyon yo anpil, enfidelite yo bokou.
7 How can I be merciful to thee? thy children have forsaken me, and swear by them that are not gods: I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and rioted in the harlot’s house.
Pou ki rezon Mwen ta padone ou? Fis ou yo te abandone Mwen pou yo sèmante pa sila ki pa dye yo. Lè M te fin bay yo manje vant plen, yo te fè adiltè. Yo te mache rive lakay pwostitiye a.
8 They are become as amorous horses and stallions, every one neighed after his neighbor’s wife.
Yo te tankou gwo cheval kò dyanm, byen nouri, yo chak t ap ranni dèyè madanm vwazen yo.
9 Shall I not visit for these things, sayeth the Lord? and shall not my soul take revenge on such a nation?
“Èske Mwen pa dwe pini pèp sa a,” deklare SENYÈ a: “Sou yon nasyon konsa, èske Mwen pa dwe pran vanjans?
10 Scale down the walls thereof, and throw them down, but do not utterly destroy: take away the branches thereof, because they are not the Lord’s.
“Ale monte nan ranje chan rezen li yo e detwi yo, men pa fin detwi nèt. Rache branch li yo, paske se pa pou SENYÈ a yo ye.
11 For the house of Israel, and the house of Juda have greatly transgressed against me, saith the Lord.
Paske lakay Israël ak lakay Juda te fè M trèt anpil”, deklare SENYÈ a.
12 They have denied the Lord, and said, It is not he: and the evil shall not come upon us: we shall not see the sword and famine.
Yo te manti sou SENYÈ a, pou di: “Li pa la; malè p ap rive nou e nou p ap wè nepe ni gwo grangou.
13 The prophets have spoken in the wind, and there was no word of God in them: these things therefore shall befall them.
Pwofèt yo se tankou van, e pawòl la pa nan yo. Se konsa, li va rive yo!”
14 Thus saith the Lord the God of hosts: Because you have spoken this word, behold I will make my words in thy mouth as fire, and this people as wood, and it shall devour them.
Pou sa, pale SENYÈ a, Bondye dèzame yo: “Akoz nou te pale pawòl sa a, gade byen, Mwen ap fè pawòl Mwen nan bouch ou vin dife, pèp sa a vin bwa a, e li va manje yo nèt.
15 Behold I will bring upon you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: a strong nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou shalt not know, nor understand what they say.
Gade byen, M ap fè parèt yon nasyon kont nou soti byen lwen, O lakay Israël,” deklare SENYÈ a. “Li se yon nasyon ki dire anpil, yon nasyon depi nan tan lansyen yo, yon nasyon ak yon lang ou pa konnen, ni ou p ap ka konprann sa y ap di.
16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all valiant.
Fouwo pa yo se kon yon tonm tou louvri; yo tout se gèrye vanyan.
17 And they shall eat up thy corn, and thy bread: they shall devour thy sons, and thy daughters: they shall eat up thy flocks, and thy herds: they shall eat thy vineyards, and thy figs: and with the sword they shall destroy thy strong cities, wherein thou trustest.
Yo va devore rekòlt ou ak manje ou. Yo va devore fis ou yo ak fi ou yo. Yo va devore bann mouton ou yo ak twoupo ou yo. Yo va devore chan rezen ou yo ak figye etranje ou yo. Yo va kraze ak nepe, tout vil fòtifye ou yo, kote ou te konn mete konfyans ou.”
18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the Lord, I will not bring you to utter destruction.
“Malgre, menm nan jou sa yo”, deklare SENYÈ a, “Mwen p ap fin detwi nou nèt.
19 And if you shall say: why hath the Lord our God done all these things to us? thou shalt say to them: As you have forsaken me, and served a strange god in your own land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not your own.
Li va vin rive ke lè yo di: ‘Poukisa SENYÈ Bondye nou an te fè nou tout bagay sa yo?’ ke ou va di yo: ‘Jan nou te abandone M nan pou te sèvi dye etranje nan peyi nou; alò, se konsa nou va sèvi etranje nan yon peyi ki pa pou nou.’
20 Declare ye this to the house of Jacob, and publish it in Juda, saying:
“Deklare sa a nan kay Jacob la e pwoklame li nan Juda, pou di:
21 Hear, O foolish people, and without understanding: who have eyes, and see not: and ears, and hear not.
‘Tande sa, O pèp ki plen foli, ki san konprann, ki gen zye, men ki pa ka wè, ki gen zòrèy, men ki pa tande.
22 Will not you then fear me, saith the Lord: and will you not repent at my presence? I have set the sand a bound for the sea, an everlasting ordinance, which it shall not pass over: and the waves thereof shall toss themselves, and shall not prevail: they shall swell, and shall not pass over it.
Èske nou pa krent Mwen?’ deklare SENYÈ a. ‘Èske nou pa tranble devan prezans Mwen? Paske Mwen te poze sab la kon lizyè lanmè a; yon dekrè etènèl, pou l pa ka travèse l. Malgre lanm lanmè yo vole, yo p ap ka enpoze yo; malgre yo fè raj, yo p ap ka travèse li.’
23 But the heart of this people is become hard of belief and provoking, they are revolted and gone away.
“Men pèp sa a gen kè rebèl ak kè ki di; yo te vire sou kote e yo te ale.
24 And they have not said in their heart: let us fear the Lord our God, who giveth us the early and the latter rain in due season: who preserveth for us the fullness of the yearly harvest.
Yo pa di nan kè yo: ‘Alò koulye a, annou gen lakrent SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, ki bay lapli nan sezon li, ni lapli sezon otòn ak lapli sezon prentan, Sila ki kenbe pou nou semèn rekòlt nou yo.’
25 Your iniquities have turned these things away, and your sins have withholden good things from you.
“Inikite nou yo fin detounen bagay sa yo, e peche nou yo te retire tout sa ki bon pou nou.
26 For among my people are found wicked men, that lie in wait as fowlers, setting snares and traps to catch men.
Paske moun mechan twouve yo pami pèp Mwen an. Y ap veye tankou moun k ap pran bèt nan pèlen. Yo ranje pèlen an. Se moun yo pran.
27 As a net is full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit: therefore are they become great and enriched.
Kon yon kalòj plen zwazo, se konsa lakay yo plen desepsyon. Akoz sa, yo te vin moun byen enpòtan ak anpil byen.
28 They are grown gross and fat: and have most wickedly transgressed my words. They have not judged the cause of the widow, they have not managed the cause of the fatherless, they have not judged the judgement of the poor.
Yo fin gra. Kò yo plen ak grès e yo vin reyisi depase ak zèv fèt ak mechanste yo. Yo pa plede koz òfelen an, pou yo ta reyisi; ni yo pa defann dwa malere yo.
29 Shall I not visit for these things, saith the Lord? or shall not my soul take revenge on such a nation?
“Èske Mwen p ap pini pèp sa a?” deklare SENYÈ a, “Sou yon nasyon konsa, èske Mwen p ap pran vanjans Mwen?
30 Astonishing and wonderful things have been done in the land.
“Yon bagay degoutan e etonan te rive nan peyi a:
31 The prophets prophesied falsehood, and the priests clapped their hands: and my people loved such things: what then shall be done in the end thereof?
Pwofèt yo fè fo pwofesi e prèt yo domine selon pwòp otorite yo. Epi, a la renmen pèp Mwen an renmen l konsa! Men se kisa n ap fè lè sa rive nan bout pou l fini?
