Jeremi 14
1 Seyè a pale ak Jeremi sou zafè chechrès la, li di l':
The Word of the Lord that came to Jeremias concerning the words of the drought.
2 -Peyi Jida nan gwo lapenn, lavil li yo ap depafini. Tout moun kouche atè ap plenn. Nan lavil Jerizalèm moun ap rele anmwe!
Judea hath mourned, and the gates thereof are fallen, and are become obscure on the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
3 Grannèg yo voye domestik yo al chache dlo. Lè yo rive nan sitèn yo, yo pa jwenn yon gout dlo. Yo tounen ak veso yo vid. Yo wont, yo pa konn sa pou yo di. Yo bouche figi yo.
The great ones sent their inferiors to the water: they came to draw, they found no water, they carried back their vessels empty: they were confounded and afflicted, and covered their heads.
4 Tè a fann fann. Pa gen yon gout lapli. Abitan pa konn sa pou yo fè. Se men nan tèt.
For the destruction of the land, because there came no rain upon the earth, the husbandmen were confounded, they covered their heads.
5 Nan jaden, kabrit yo met ba, lèfini, yo sove kite ti kabrit yo, paske pa gen zèb pou yo manje.
Yea, the hind also brought forth in the field, and left it, because there was no grass.
6 Bourik mawon yo rete kanpe sou tèt ti mòn yo, y'ap pran fre tankou chen mawon. Je yo bouke, yo pa wè ladan yo, paske pa gen zèb pou yo manje.
And the wild asses stood upon the rocks, they snuffed up the wind like dragons, their eyes failed, because there was no grass.
7 Pèp la ap rele nan pye Bondye, y'ap di: -Menm si sa nou fè a kont pou kondannen nou, ou menm, Seyè, fè kichòy pou sa ka sèvi yon lwanj pou ou non! Paske se pa ni de ni twa fwa nou vire do ba ou nan fè peche kont ou.
If our iniquities have testified against us, O Lord, do thou it for thy name’s sake, for our rebellions are many, we have sinned against thee.
8 Ou se tout espwa pèp Izrayèl la! Se ou ki delivre nou lè malè te pandye sou tèt nou. Poukisa ou aji tankou yon etranje, tankou yon vwayajè k'ap pase yon nwit ase nan peyi nou an?
O expectation of Israel, the Saviour thereof in time of trouble: why wilt thou be a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man turning in to lodge?
9 Poukisa w'ap fè tankou yon moun ki dekontwole, tankou yon sòlda ki pa gen kouraj pou fè anyen pou pesonn? Seyè, nou sèten ou la nan mitan nou. Se pèp ou nou ye. Tanpri, pa lage nou!
Why wilt thou be as a wandering man, as a mighty man that cannot save? but thou, O Lord, art among us, and thy name is called upon by us, forsake us not.
10 Men sa Seyè a di pèp la: -Wi! Yo renmen al fè vakabon, yo pa ka ret an plas. M' pa kontan ak yo. M'ap chonje tout mal yo fè, m'ap pini yo pou tout peche yo fè.
Thus saith the Lord to his people, that have loved to move their feet, and have not rested, and have not pleased the Lord: He will now remember their iniquities, and visit their sins.
11 Apre sa, Seyè a di m' konsa: -Pa vin mande m' pou m' fè anyen pou pèp sa a.
And the Lord said to me: Pray not for this people for their good.
12 Yo te mèt fè jèn, mwen p'ap tande rèl yo. Yo te mèt ofri bèt pou boule pou mwen ansanm ak grenn jaden, se pa sa k'ap fè m' kontan ak yo. Okontrè, mwen pral fè yo mouri nan lagè, nan grangou ak anba maladi.
When they fast I will not hear their prayers: and if they offer holocausts and victims, I will not receive them: for I will consume them by the sword, and by famine, and by the pestilence.
13 Lè sa a mwen di: -Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a, ou konnen jan pwofèt yo ap plede di pèp la yo pa bezwen pè, p'ap gen lagè, grangou p'ap tonbe sou yo, paske ou te pwomèt y'ap toujou viv ak kè poze nan peyi a.
And I said: Ah, ah, ah, O Lord God, the prophets say to them: You shall not see the sword, and there shall be no famine among you, but he will give you true peace in this place.
14 Men, Seyè a reponn, li di m' konsa: -Se pa vre sa pwofèt yo ap di a. Yo pran non m' pou bay manti! Se pa kras mwen menm ki voye yo. Mwen pa ba yo ankenn lòd, mwen pa janm pale ak yo. Si yo fè vizyon, se pa mwen ki ba yo l'. Si yo di yo konnen sa ki pral rive, se manti. Se lide yo fè nan tèt yo konsa pou twonpe pèp la, se sa ase yo ka louvri bouch yo di.
And the Lord said to me: The prophets prophesy falsely in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, nor have I spoken to them: they prophesy unto you a lying vision, and divination and deceit, and the seduction of their own heart.
15 Se poutèt sa, men sa Seyè a di li pral fè pwofèt li pa t' janm voye yo men ki pran non l' pou di pèp la p'ap gen lagè ni grangou nan peyi a: Se nan lagè ak nan grangou tout pwofèt sa yo pral mouri!
Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that prophecy in my name, whom I did not send, that say: Sword and famine shall not be in this land: By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
16 Moun yo t'ap bay mesaj sa yo pral fini menm jan an tou. Yo pral mouri nan lagè ak nan grangou, yo menm, madanm yo, pitit gason ak pitit fi yo. Yo pral jete kadav yo nan tout lari lavil Jerizalèm. P'ap gen pesonn pou antere yo. Se konsa m'ap fè yo peye mechanste yo.
And the people to whom they prophecy, shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword, and there shall be none to bury them: they and their wives, their sons and their daughters, and I will pour out their wickedness upon them.
17 Men sa w'a di yo ankò: -Se pou je m' koule dlo san rete lajounen kou lannwit, paske pèp mwen an tankou yon tifi ki pran gwo frakti, l'ap soufri rèd soufri.
And thou shalt speak this word to them: Let my eyes shed down tears night and day, and let them not cease, because the virgin daughter of my people is afflicted with a great affliction, with an exceeding grievous evil.
18 Lè m' soti al nan jaden, mwen wè kadav moun yo touye nan lagè. Lè m' antre nan lavil la, mwen wè moun ap mouri grangou! Pwofèt yo menm ansanm ak prèt yo ap mache nan tout peyi a, yo pa konn sa y'ap fè.
If I go forth into the fields, behold the slain with the sword: and if I enter into the city, behold them that are consumed with famine. The prophet also and the priest are gone into a land which they knew not.
19 Seyè, gen lè ou voye pèp Jida a jete nèt? Eske ou rayi moun mòn Siyon yo? Poukisa ou frape nou konsa jouk nou pa ka geri a? Nou t'ap tann ou vin delivre nou, anyen pa rive. Nou t'ap tann ou vin geri nou, ou fè nou pè pi rèd.
Hast thou utterly cast away Juda, or hath thy soul abhorred Sion? why then hast thou struck us, so that there is no healing for us? we have looked for peace, and there is no good: and for the time of healing, and behold trouble.
20 Seyè, nou rekonèt nou antò. Nou rekonèt zansèt nou yo te fè sa ki mal. Wi, nou tout nou antò devan ou.
We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, the iniquities of our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
21 Chonje ki moun ou ye, pa meprize nou! Jerizalèm, se la fotèy pouvwa ou la chita. Pa avili l'. Pa bliye pwomès ou yo. Pa kase kontra ou te fè ak nou an.
Give us not to be a reproach, for thy name’s sake, and do not disgrace in us the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
22 Zidòl moun lòt nasyon yo pa vo anyen. Pa gen yonn ladan yo ki ka voye lapli. Syèl la pou kont pa l' pa ka bay lapli. Se ou menm ki Seyè a, Bondye nou an! Se ou menm ki tout espwa nou, paske se ou menm ki fè tout bagay sa yo.
Are there any among the graven things of the Gentiles that can send rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou the Lord our God, whom we have looked for? for thou hast made all these things.
