Jeremias 5
1 Run you about in the streets of Jerusalem, and see, and know, and seek in her broad places, if you can find [one], if there is any one that does judgment, and seeks faithfulness; and I will pardon them, says the Lord.
Mache toupatou nan lavil Jerizalèm. Louvri je nou! Gade sa k'ap fèt! Chache sou tout plas piblik yo! Eske nou jwenn yon nonm, yon sèl k'ap fè sa ki dwat, ki p'ap chache twonpe Bondye? Si nou jwenn yonn, m'ap padonnen tout lavil la.
2 The Lord lives, they say; do they not therefore swear falsely?
Yo te mèt pran non m' pou fè sèman, se pou twonpe moun.
3 O Lord, your eyes are upon faithfulness: you have scourged them, but they have not grieved; you have consumed them; but they would not receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; and they would not return.
Seyè, mwen konnen se moun ki p'ap twonpe ou w'ap chache! Ou frape yo, sa pa fè yo anyen. Ou kraze yo, yo derefize aprann. Tèt yo di kou wòch. Yo derefize tounen vin jwenn ou!
4 Then I said, It may be they are poor; for they are weak, for they know not the way of the Lord, or the judgment of God.
Mwen di nan kè m': Se yon bann tèt mare ki pa konprann anyen, yo fin fou! Yo pa konnen ni sa Seyè a mande yo fè, ni sa Bondye yo a vle yo fè.
5 I will go to the rich men, and will speak to them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of God: but, behold, with one consent they have broken the yoke, they have burst the bonds.
Mwen pral jwenn grannèg yo, m'a pale ak yo. Sèten, yo menm yo konnen ni sa Seyè a mande yo fè, ni sa Bondye yo a vle yo fè. Men, pa gen yonn ladan yo ki rekonèt otorite Bondye ankò. Yo tout ap fè sa yo pito.
6 Therefore has a lion out of the forest struck them, and a wolf has destroyed them even to [their] houses, and a leopard has watched against their cities: all that go forth from them shall be hunted: for they have multiplied their ungodliness, they have strengthened themselves in their revoltings.
Se poutèt sa lyon ki nan rakbwa ap devore yo. Chen mawon ki nan savann ap dechèpiye yo. Leyopa ap anvayi lavil yo. Si yon moun mete tèt deyò, y'ap depatcha li. Paske yo fè anpil peche. Se tout tan y'ap twonpe Bondye!
7 In what [way] shall I forgive you for these things? Your sons have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: and I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and lodged in harlots' houses.
Nan kondisyon sa a, ki jan pou m' ta padonnen moun lavil Jerizalèm yo? Yo vire do ban mwen. Y'ap pran non yon bondye ki pa Bondye tout bon pou fè sèman. Mwen te ba yo tou sa yo bezwen. Men, yo lage kò yo nan fè adiltè. Y'ap goumen konsa pou yo antre kay jennès.
8 They became as wanton horses: they neighed each one after his neighbor's wife.
Yo tankou poulen chwal byen gra ki cho dèyè jiman. Y'ap plede kouri dèyè madanm frè parèy yo.
9 Shall I not visit for these things? says the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this.
Atò, pou m' pa ta pini yo pou sa? Pou m' pa ta pran revanj mwen sou yon nasyon konsa? Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa
10 Go up upon her battlements, and break [them] down; but make not a full end: leave her buttresses: for they are the Lord's.
Se pou moun eskalade miray yo. Se pou moun devaste jaden yo. Men, yo pa bezwen fini nèt ak yo. Se pou yo rache branch yo met atè, paske se pa pou mwen yo ye.
11 For the house of Israel have indeed dealt treacherously against me, says the Lord: the house of Juda also
Ni moun Izrayèl yo, ni moun Jida yo trayi m' nèt. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
12 have lied to their Lord, and they have said, These things are not so; no evils shall come upon us; and we shall not see sword or famine.
Wi, yo nye Seyè a. Y'ap plede di: Seyè a pa egziste! Pa gen malè ki pou rive nou. P'ap gen lagè. P'ap kras gen grangou!
13 Our prophets became wind, and the word of the Lord was not in them.
Pwofèt yo p'ap di anyen la a. Se pa Bondye k'ap pale nan bouch yo. Malè yo wè a, se sou yo pou l' tonbe.
14 Therefore thus says the Lord Almighty, Because you have spoken this word, behold, I have made my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
Se poutèt sa, men sa Seyè a, Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a, di m': -Jeremi, poutèt sa yo di a, m'ap fè pawòl mwen mete nan bouch ou tounen yon dife. Yo menm, y'ap tankou fachin. Dife a pral boule yo nèt.
15 Behold, I [will] bring upon you a nation from far, O house of Israel, says the Lord; a nation the sound of whose language one shall not understand.
Men sa Seyè a di ankò: -Nou menm, pèp Izrayèl, Seyè a pral fè yon nasyon soti byen lwen vin atake nou, yon nasyon ki fò, yon nasyon ki la depi lontan, yon nasyon ki pale yon lang nou pa konnen, yon nasyon nou p'ap konprann sa y'ap di.
16 [They are] all mighty men:
Sòlda k'ap tire flèch yo se vanyan gason yo ye, y'ap touye moun san gad dèyè.
17 and they shall devour your harvest, and your bread; and shall devour your sons, and your daughters; and they shall devour your sheep, and your calves, and devour your vineyards, and your fig-plantations, and your olive yards: and they shall utterly destroy your strong cities, wherein you trusted, with the sword.
Y'ap devore tout rekòt ak tout manje nou yo. Y'ap touye ni pitit gason, ni pitit fi nou yo. Y'ap koupe tèt bèf, tèt kabrit ak tèt mouton nou yo. Y'ap koupe dènye pye rezen ak dènye pye fig frans nou yo met atè. Y'ap kraze dènye lavil ak ranpa nou te kwè ki ta ka pwoteje nou yo. Y'ap vini atake nou ak nepe.
18 And it shall come to pass in those days, says the Lord your God, that I will not utterly destroy you.
Men sa Seyè a di ankò: -Men, menm lè sa a, mwen p'ap detwi pèp mwen an nèt.
19 And it shall come to pass, when you shall say, Therefore has the Lord our God done all these things to us? that you shall say to them, Because you served strange gods in your land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
Lè y'a mande poukisa Seyè a, Bondye yo a, ap fè yo sibi tou sa, w'a di yo: Menm jan yo te vire do ban mwen pou y' al sèvi bondye moun lòt nasyon yo isit nan pwòp peyi yo a, konsa tou, nou pral sèvi moun lòt nasyon yo nan yon peyi ki pa pou nou.
20 Proclaim these things to the house of Jacob, and let them be heard in the house of Juda.
Seyè a di ankò: -Men sa pou ou di moun fanmi Jakòb yo. Men sa pou ou fè moun Jida yo konnen. Di yo konsa:
21 Hear you now these things, O foolish and senseless people; who have eyes, and see not; and have ears, and hear not:
Louvri zòrèy nou byen pou nou tande, bann egare san konprann! Nou gen je, men nou pa ka wè. Nou gen zòrèy, men nou pa ka tande.
22 will you not be afraid of me? says the Lord; and will you not fear before me, who have set the sand for a bound to the sea, [as] a perpetual ordinance, and it shall not pass it: yes, it shall rage, but not prevail; and its waves shall roar, but not pass over it.
Se Seyè a k'ap pale ak nou: Poukisa nou pa gen krentif pou mwen? Se mwen menm ki mete sab pou sèvi limit pou lanmè a, yon limit k'ap la pou tout tan, yon limit li p'ap ka janm depase. Lanm lanmè yo mèt move, yo p'ap ka fè anyen. Lanmè a te mèt gwonde, li p'ap ka janm depase l'.
23 But this people has a disobedient and rebellious heart; and they have turned aside and gone back:
Men pèp la gen tèt di, yo pa vle koute. Yo vire do ban mwen, y' al kite m'.
24 and they have not said in their heart, Let us fear now the Lord our God, who gives us the early and latter rain, according to the season of the fulfillment of the ordinance of harvest, and has preserved [it] for us.
Sa pa janm vin nan lide yo pou yo di: Annou gen krentif pou Seyè a, Bondye nou an, li menm ki voye lapli lè pou n' gen lapli, ki ban nou sezon rekòt nou chak lanne.
25 Your transgressions have turned away these things, and your sins have removed good things from you.
Se mechanste nou ki boulvèse tout bagay sa yo. Se peche nou yo ki fè nou pa jwenn tout bon bagay sa yo.
26 For among my people were found ungodly men; and they have set snares to destroy men, and have caught [them].
Gen yon bann mechan k'ap viv nan mitan pèp mwen an. Y'ap veye konsa tankou moun k'ap tann kabann pou zwezo. Yo mete pèlen pou pran moun.
27 As a snare which has been set is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore have they grown great, and become rich:
Menm jan chasè yo plen kalòj yo ak zwezo, konsa tou, yo plen kay yo ak sa yo vòlò. Se sa ki fè yo grannèg, yo rich konsa.
28 and they have transgressed [the rule of] judgment; they have not judged the cause of the orphan, nor have they judged the cause of the widow.
Yo gra, po figi yo klere ak grès. Yo pa gen limit nan fè sa ki mal. Pou yo ka rive, yo kraze tout moun anba pye yo, ata timoun san papa. Yo pa defann kòz malere.
29 Shall I not visit for these things? says the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Atò, pou m' pa ta pini yo pou sa? Pou m' pa ta pran revanj mwen sou yon nasyon konsa? Se mwen menm, Seyè a, ki di sa.
30 Shocking and horrible deeds have been done on the land;
Sa k'ap pase nan peyi a, se bagay pou moun mete men nan tèt, bagay pou fè moun pè.
31 the prophets utter unrighteous prophecies, and the priests have clapped their hands: and my people has loved [to have it] thus: and what will you do for the future.
Annik manti ase pwofèt yo ap bay. Prèt yo menm, se pòch yo ase yo konnen. Pèp la menm renmen l' konsa. Men, kisa y'a fè lè tou sa va fini?
