Jeremiah 9
1 Who will give water to my head, and a fountain of tears to my eyes? and I will weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people.
Jan mwen ta renmen wè tèt mwen tounen yon sous dlo, de je m' yo tounen de fontenn k'ap bay dlo, pou m' kriye lajounen kou lannwit, pou moun yo touye nan pèp mwen an!
2 Who will give me in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men, and I will leave my people, and depart from them? because they are all adulterers, an assembly of transgressors.
Jan mwen ta renmen jwenn yon ti kote pou m' rete nan mitan dezè a, pou m' manyè kite pèp mwen an, pou m' al byen lwen yo. Yo yonn pa kenbe pawòl yo ak Bondye. Se yon bann trèt yo ye.
3 And they have bent their tongue, as a bow, for lies, and not for truth: they have strengthened themselves upon the earth, for they have proceeded from evil to evil, and me they have not known, saith the Lord.
Yo toujou pare pou bay manti. Se metye yo sa. Se sa ki penmèt yo rive vin chèf nan peyi a. Y'ap fè dezaksyon sou dezaksyon. Yo pa konnen m' ankò. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
4 Let every man take heed of his neighbor, and let his not trust in any brother of his: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every friend will walk deceitfully.
Se pou tout moun veye kò yo ak zanmi yo. Pesonn pa ka fè frè yo konfyans. Paske tout frè vle pase devan pwòp frè yo. Tout moun ap bay zanmi yo kout lang.
5 And a man shall mock his brother, and they will not speak the truth: for they have taught their tongue to speak lies: they have laboured to commit iniquity.
Yo tout ap woule zanmi yo. Pesonn pa di laverite. Y'ap file lang yo pou bay manti. Y'ap touye tèt yo nan fè mechanste.
6 Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit: Through deceit they have refused to know me, saith the Lord.
Y'ap fè britalite sou britalite. Y'ap twonpe moun yonn dèyè lòt. Yo derefize rekonèt mwen. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will melt, and try them: for what else shall I do before the daughter of my people?
Se poutèt sa, men sa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a di: -Mwen pral pase yo nan dife pou m' netwaye yo tankou yo fè l' pou lò. Mwen pral sonde yo. Pèp mwen an fè twòp mechanste. Pou jan yo fè mechanste, se sa m' bliye m' p'ap fè yo.
8 Their tongue is a piercing arrow, it hath spoken deceit: with his mouth one speaketh peace with his friend, and secretly he lieth in wait for him.
Lang yo tankou ponya wouye. Se manti ase ki nan bouch yo. Lè y'ap pale ak zanmi yo, se bèl pawòl ase ki nan bouch yo. Men nan kè yo, se pèlen y'ap pare pou yo.
9 Shall I not visit them for these things, saith the Lord? or shall not my soul be revenged on such a nation?
Atò pou m' pa ta pini yo pou tout bagay sa yo? Atò pou m' pa ta pran revanj mwen sou yon nasyon konsa? Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
10 For the mountains I will take up weeping and lamentation, and for the beautiful places of the desert, mourning: because they are burnt up, for that there is not a man that passeth through them: and they have not heard the voice of the owner: from the fowl of the air to the beasts they are gone away and departed.
Mwen di: -Mwen pral kriye, mwen pral plenn pou mòn yo, mwen pral plenn sò patiraj bèt yo. Paske yo fin boule. Pesonn pa pase la ankò. Ou pa tande bri yon bèt ladan yo. Depi zwezo k'ap vole nan syèl la jouk bèt nan bwa, tout met deyò, y' ale.
11 And I will make Jerusalem to be heaps of sand, and dens of dragons: and I will make the cities of Juda desolate, for want of an inhabitant.
M'ap fè lavil Jerizalèm tounen yon pil mazi kote chat mawon rete. M'ap fè tout lavil peyi Jida yo tounen dezè san pesonn ladan yo.
12 Who is the wise man, that may understand this, and to whom the word of the mouth of the Lord may come that he may declare this, why the land hath perished, and is burnt up like a wilderness, which none passeth through?
Mwen mande ki moun gen lespri ase pou konprann sa k'ap rive la a? Ki moun Seyè a te esplike bagay sa yo? Se pou l' fè moun konnen poukisa peyi a fini konsa, poukisa li boule tankou dezè a, poukisa pa gen pesonn ladan l' ankò.
13 And the Lord said: Because they have forsaken my law, which I gave them, and have not heard my voice, and have not walked in it.
Seyè a reponn mwen: -Sa rive konsa paske pèp mwen an pa kenbe tou sa mwen te moutre yo. Yo pa koute m'. Yo pa fè sa m' te di yo fè.
14 But they have gone after the perverseness of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them.
Yo fè tèt di pi rèd, yo rete ap sèvi zidòl Baal zansèt yo te fè yo konnen an.
15 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Behold I will feed this people with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
Se poutèt sa, men sa mwen menm, Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, m' di: Mwen pral ba yo zèb anmè pou yo manje, mwen pral ba yo dlo anpwazonnen pou yo bwè.
16 And I will scatter them among the nations, which they and their fathers have not known: and I will send the sword after them till they be consumed.
Mwen pral gaye yo nan mitan yon bann nasyon ni yo menm ni zansèt yo pa t' janm konnen. Mwen pral voye lènmi fè yo lagè jouk mwen fin touye yo nèt.
17 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, and let them come: and send to them that are wise women, and let them make haste:
Men sa Seyè a di ankò: -Kalkile sou sa ki gen pou rive a! Rele medam yo pou yo vin kenbe rèl la pou nou! Voye chache sa ki konn rele yo! Fè yo vini!
18 Let them hasten and take up a lamentation for us: let our eyes shed tears, and our eyelids run down with waters.
Pèp la di: Di yo fè vit vin plenn sò nou! Annou kriye, annou fè je nou kouri dlo!
19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Sion: How are we wasted and greatly confounded? because we have left the land, because our dwellings are cast down.
Tande rèl moun yo sou mòn Siyon an. -Woy! Woy! Gade jan nou fini! Ala wont nou wont! Se pou nou kite peyi nou an! Yo kraze tout kay nou yo.
20 Hear therefore, ye women, the word of the Lord: and let your ears receive the word of his mouth: and teach your daughters wailing: and every one her neighbor mourning.
Mwen di: -Nou menm medam, koute sa Seyè a ap di. Louvri zòrèy nou pou nou tande pawòl k'ap soti nan bouch li. Moutre pitit fi nou yo jan pou yo plenn. Y'a moutre zanmi fi yo jan pou yo rele.
21 For death is come up through our windows, it is entered into our houses to destroy the children from without, the young men from the streets.
Lanmò ap pase nan fennèt yo. L'ap antre nan gwo bèl kay nou yo. Li pase men l' pran timoun nan lari, ak jenn gason sou plas mache yo.
22 Speak: Thus saith the Lord: Even the carcass of man shall fall as dung upon the face of the country, and as grass behind the back of the mower, and there is none to gather it.
Seyè a di: -Kadav yo gaye toupatou, tankou fimye yo simen nan jaden, tankou grap diri moun k'ap ranmase rekòt yo kite atè. Pa gen pesonn pou ranmase yo.
23 Thus saith the Lord: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, and let not the strong man glory in his strength, and let not the rich man glory in his riches:
Piga moun ki gen lespri yo fè grandizè dèske yo gen bon konprann, ni moun ki vanyan yo dèske yo vanyan, ni moun rich yo dèske yo rich.
24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, for I am the Lord that exercise mercy, and judgment, and justice in the earth: for these things please me, saith the Lord.
Men si yon moun vle fè grandizè, l'a fè grandizè dèske li konnen m', dèske li konprann mwen. Paske mwen gen bon kè, Mwen fè sa ki dwat ak sa ki kòrèk sou latè. Se bagay sa yo ki fè m' plezi. Se mwen Seyè a ki di sa.
25 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, and I will visit upon every one that hath the foreskin circumcised.
Seyè a di ankò: -Yon jou pral rive kote mwen pral regle moun ki pote mak kontra m' lan sou kò yo, men ki pa konnen m' nan kè yo:
26 Upon Egypt, and upon Juda, and upon Edom, and upon the children of Ammon, and upon Moab, and upon all that have their hair polled round, that dwell in the desert: for all the nations are uncircumcised in the flesh, but all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.
moun peyi Lejip yo, moun peyi Jida yo, moun peyi Edon yo, moun peyi Amon yo, moun peyi Moab yo, moun ki koupe cheve yo kout epi ki rete nan dezè a. Yo yonn pa kenbe kontra m' lan. Wi, ni moun peyi sa yo ni moun pèp Izrayèl yo, yo yonn pa kenbe kontra m' lan.
