Jeremiah 38
1 [Four officials, ] Shephatiah the son of Mattan, Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malkijah, heard what I had been telling all the people.
Chefatya, pitit Matan, Gedalya, pitit Pachou, Jeoukal, pitit Chelemya, ak Pachou, pitit Malkya, te vin konnen Jeremi t'ap pale ak pèp la. Li t'ap di yo konsa:
2 [I had been telling them] that Yahweh was saying, “Everyone who stays in Jerusalem will die. They will be killed by [their enemies’] swords or from famines or from diseases. But those who surrender to the Babylonian army, they will be spared. They will not be killed.
-Men mesaj Seyè a bay: tout moun ki va rete nan lavil la pral mouri. Sa ki pa mouri nan lagè pral mouri grangou, osinon move maladi ap pote yo ale. Men, tout moun ki va soti al rann tèt yo bay moun Babilòn yo p'ap mouri. Y'a sove lavi yo.
3 Yahweh also says that the army of the King of Babylon will certainly capture this city [DOU].”
Wi, men sa Seyè a di: Mwen pral lage lavil la nan men lame moun Babilòn yo. Y'ap pran lavil la pou yo.
4 So those officials [went] to the king and said, “This man [Jeremiah] should be executed! Because of what he is saying, he is discouraging our soldiers who remain in the city. He is also discouraging the people. He is not saying things that will help us; he is saying things that will defeat us.”
Chèf yo al di wa a: -Se pou yo touye nonm sa a. Paske lè l'ap pale konsa, li fè sòlda yo ansanm ak tout lòt moun ki rete nan lavil la pèdi kouraj. Nonm sa a pa soti pou l' ede pèp la. Se mal ase li vle pou li.
5 King Zedekiah said, “All right, do to him what you want to; I do not have the power to stop you.”
Wa Sedesyas reponn: -Bon! Fè sa nou vle avè l'. Mwen pa ka di nou anyen.
6 So those officials took me from my cell and lowered me by ropes into a well in the courtyard. The well belonged to Malkijah, who was a son of the king. There was no water in the well, but there was [a lot of] mud, so I sank [down deep] into the mud.
Se konsa, te gen yon gwo pi nan lakou palè a ki te pou Malkija, pitit gason wa a. Yo pran Jeremi, yo desann li nan fon sitèn lan avèk kòd. Pa t' gen dlo ladan l', men te gen anpil labou. Jeremi antre nan labou a.
7 But Ebed-Melech, a palace official from Ethiopia, heard [someone say] that I was in the well. [At that time] the king was deciding/judging people’s cases at the Benjamin Gate.
Lè sa a, te gen yon moun peyi Letiopi ki te rele Ebèdmelèk. Se te yon nèg konfyans ki t'ap travay lakay wa a. Li vin konnen yo te mete Jeremi nan sitèn lan. Jou sa a, wa a te chita ap rann jijman bò Pòtay Benjamen an.
8 Ebed-Melech went out of the palace and said to the king,
Ebèdmelèk soti nan palè a, li ale bò pòtay la, li di wa a konsa:
9 “Your majesty, those men have done a very evil thing. They have put the prophet Jeremiah in a well. [Almost] all the food in the city is gone, [so they will not be able to bring him any food] and as a result he will die from hunger!”
-Monwa, mèt mwen, sa mesye yo fè pwofèt Jeremi an pa bon non. Yo desann li nan fon sitèn lan kote, wè pa wè, l'ap mouri grangou, paske pa gen pen lavil la ankò.
10 So the king told Ebed-Melech, “Take thirty of my men/soldiers with you, and pull Jeremiah out of the well, in order that he does not die!”
Lè sa a, wa a bay Ebèdmelèk lòd pou li pran trant lòt moun avè l' pou li wete Jeremi nan sitèn lan anvan l' mouri.
11 So Ebed-Melech took thirty men with him and they went into a room in the palace below the room where they stored very valuable things. There they found some old rags and discarded clothing. They took those things and went to the well. They fastened them to a rope and lowered the rope to me.
Se konsa Ebelmelèk pran moun yo avè l', li antre nan palè a, li ale yon kote ki anba pyès depo richès wa a, li pran yon bann moso twal chire ak vye rad, li mare yo nan kòd, li file yo desann bay Jeremi nan sitèn lan.
12 Then Ebed-Melech called down to me, “Put these rags underneath your armpits, to protect you from [being injured by] the ropes!” So I did that.
Epi li di Jeremi konsa: -Mete moso twal yo ak vye rad yo anba zesèl ou pou kòd yo pa kòche ou. Jeremi fè sa vre.
13 Then they pulled me out of the well. I [returned] to the courtyard where the palace guards stayed, and I stayed there.
Epi yo rale l' moute soti nan sitèn lan avèk kòd yo. Apre sa, Jeremi rete nan lakou gad palè yo.
14 [One day] King Zedekiah summoned me, and I was brought to the king, [who was waiting for me] at the entrance of the temple. He said to me, “I want to ask you something. I want you [to answer me truthfully, and] and to not conceal anything.”
Yon lòt fwa ankò, wa Sedesyas voye chache pwofèt Jeremi, li fè yo mennen l' ba li bò twazyèm pòt pou antre nan kay Seyè a. Wa a di l' konsa: -Mwen gen yon bagay m' bezwen mande ou. Reponn mwen kare, pa kache m' anyen.
15 I replied, “If I tell you [the truth], you will [command that I] be executed. And if I give you [good] advice, you will not pay attention to what I say.”
Jeremi reponn li: -Ala, si mwen pale ou kare, w'ap fè yo touye m'. Si m' ba ou yon konsèy, ou p'ap koute m'.
16 But King Zedekiah secretly promised me, “[Tell me the truth]! And as surely as Yahweh lives, I will not [cause] you to be executed, and I will not hand you over to those who are wanting to kill you.”
Wa Sedesyas rele Jeremi sou kote, li fè l' sèman. Li di l' konsa: -Mwen pran Bondye vivan an, Bondye ki ban nou lavi a, pou temwen, mwen p'ap fè touye ou, ni mwen p'ap lage ou nan men moun ki vle touye ou yo.
17 [So] then I said to Zedekiah, “This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says: ‘If you surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, you and your family will (be spared/not be killed), and this city will not be burned.
Lè sa a, Jeremi di Sedesyas konsa: -Men sa Seyè a, Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, di: Si ou al rann tèt ou bay chèf wa Babilòn lan, yo p'ap touye ou. Yo p'ap boule lavil la. Yo p'ap touye ni ou menm, ni fanmi ou.
18 But if you refuse to surrender to them, you will not escape. And the army from Babylonia will capture this city and completely burn it.’”
Men, si ou pa al rann tèt ou bay chèf yo, lavil la pral tonbe nan men moun Babilòn yo, y'ap boule l'. Lèfini, ou p'ap ka chape anba men yo.
19 The king replied, “But I am afraid [to surrender to the soldiers from Babylon], because their officers may hand me over to the people of Judah who have already joined the soldiers from Babylonia, and those people from Judah will mistreat me.”
Wa Sedesyas reponn: -Ou konnen sa m' pè? Se moun peyi Jida yo ki deja al rann tèt yo bay moun Babilòn yo. Mwen pè pou moun Babilòn yo pa lage m' nan men yo pou yo maltrete m'.
20 I replied, “If you obey Yahweh by doing what I tell you to do, they will not hand you over to our people. Things will go well for you, and you will remain alive.
Jeremi di l' konsa: -Moun Babilòn yo p'ap fè ou sa. Koute mesaj Seyè a ba ou nan sa mwen di ou la a, pou tout bagay pase byen pou ou. Konsa ou p'ap mouri.
21 But if you refuse to surrender, this is what Yahweh has revealed to me:
Si ou derefize al rann tèt ou, men sa ki pral rive ou, dapre sa Seyè a fè m' wè:
22 All the women who remain in your palace will be brought out and given to the officers of the king of Babylon. Then those women will say to you: ‘You had friends whom [you thought] you could trust, but they have deceived you and caused you to make a wrong decision. Now [it is as though] you are stuck in mud, and your friends have abandoned you.’
Yo pral pran tout fanm ki rete nan palè wa Jida a, y'ap mennen yo bay chèf wa Babilòn lan. Medam yo pral di: Moun ki te pi bon zanmi wa a pran tèt li, yo fè l' fè sa yo vle. Koulye a, bra msye pran n'a pèlen. Yo kouri kite l' pou kont li.
23 All of your wives and children [in the city] will be led out to the soldiers from Babylonia, and you also will not escape. [The soldiers of] the King of Babylon will seize you, and they will burn down this city.”
Yo pral pran tout madanm ou yo, tout pitit ou yo, y'ap mennen yo bay moun Babilòn yo. Ou menm, ou p'ap chape anba men yo. Wa Babilòn lan ap fè ou prizonye, lèfini l'ap fè mete dife nan lavil sa a.
24 Then Zedekiah said to me, “Do not tell anyone what you told me; if you tell anyone, my officials may kill you.
Sedesyas di Jeremi konsa: -Pa kite pesonn konnen tout pawòl sa yo. Konsa ou p'ap mouri.
25 If my officials find out that I talked to you, perhaps they will come to you and say, ‘Tell us what you and the king were talking about. If you do not tell us, we will kill you.’
Si chèf yo rive konnen mwen te pale avè ou, y'ap vin jwenn ou, y'ap mande ou sa ou te di m' ak sa m' te reponn ou. Y'ap pwomèt yo p'ap touye ou si ou pa kache yo anyen.
26 If that happens, [just] tell them that you pleaded with me not to send you back to the [dungeon/cell in] Jonathan’s house, [because you were afraid that] you would die [if you were put there again].”
Lè sa a, w'a reponn yo: Se mande mwen t'ap mande wa a, tanpri souple, pou l' pa voye m' tounen nan prizon lakay Jonatan pou m' pa mouri la.
27 And [that is what happened]. The king’s officials came to me and asked [why the king had summoned me. But] I told them what the king told me to tell them. So they did not ask me any more [questions], because no one had heard what the king and I had said to each other.
Tout chèf yo vini jwenn Jeremi vre. Yo mande l' yon bann pawòl. Jeremi reponn yo jan wa a te di l' la. Pa t' gen anyen chèf yo te ka fè paske pesonn pa t' tande koze Jeremi te gen ak wa a.
28 So I remained being guarded in the courtyard [of the palace], until the day that [the army of Babylonia] captured Jerusalem.
Jeremi rete nan lakou gad palè yo jouk jou yo pran lavil Jerizalèm.
