Jeremi 37

1 Nèbikadneza, wa Babilòn, te mete Sedesyas, yonn nan pitit Jozyas yo, wa nan peyi Jida nan plas Jekonya, pitit Jojakim.

Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king, instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.

2 Men, ni Sedesyas, ni chèf li yo, ni ankenn lòt moun nan peyi a pa te vle tande mesaj Seyè a te bay pwofèt Jeremi pou yo.

But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, listened to the words of the LORD, which he spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.

3 Men, wa Sedesyas te voye Jewoukal, pitit Chelemya, ak Sefanya, prèt la, pitit Maseja, bò kot pwofèt Jeremi pou mande l' lapriyè Seyè a, Bondye yo a, pou yo tout.

Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, "Pray now to the LORD our God for us."

4 Lè sa a, yo pa t' ankò mete Jeremi nan prizon. Li t'ap ale vini jan l' te vle nan mitan pèp la.

Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.

5 Lame moun Babilòn yo te sènen lavil Jerizalèm. Lè yo pran nouvèl lame farawon an te travèse fwontyè peyi Lejip la, yo wete kò yo devan lavil Jerizalèm.

Pharaoh's army had come forth out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news of them, they broke up from Jerusalem.

6 Lè sa a, Seyè a pale ak pwofèt Jeremi. Li di l': -Men repons w'a voye bay Sedesyas:

Then came the word of the LORD to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

7 Seyè a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la pale. Men sa n'a di wa Jida ki te voye nou bò kote m' lan. Lame farawon an t'ap vin ede nou. Men l'ap tounen lakay li nan peyi Lejip.

"Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'You shall tell the king of Judah, who sent you to me to inquire of me: "Look, Pharaoh's army, which has come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.

8 Lè sa a, moun Babilòn yo ap tounen dèyè nou ankò, y'ap atake lavil la, y'ap pran l', y'ap boule l'.

The Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city; and they shall take it, and burn it with fire."

9 Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa: Pa twonpe tèt nou. Pa konprann moun Babilòn yo pati ale nèt, yo gen pou yo tounen.

Thus says the LORD, "Do not deceive yourselves, saying, 'The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us'; for they shall not depart.

10 Menm si nou ta rive kraze tout lame moun Babilòn k'ap fè nou lagè a epi se sa ki blese yo ase nou kite kouche anba tant yo, yo tout y'ap leve, y'ap vin boule lavil la ratè.

For though you had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yes would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire."'"

11 Lè sa a, lame moun Babilòn yo te wete kò yo devan Jerizalèm, paske yo te pran nouvèl mouvman lame farawon an.

It happened that, when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,

12 Jeremi te vle fè yon ti soti andeyò lavil la pou li ale nan peyi moun Benjamen yo. Li tapral resevwa pòsyon pa l' nan yon tè fanmi li ansanm ak tout rès moun yo t'ap separe.

then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the midst of the people.

13 Lè li rive Pòtay Benjamen, li kontre ak kòmandman pòs la ki te rele Jirija. Se te pitit Chelemya, pitit pitit Ananya. Jirija rete Jeremi, li di l' konsa: -Anhan! Ou pral rann tèt ou bay moun Babilòn yo!

When he was in the Benjamin Gate, a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he laid hold on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "You are falling away to the Chaldeans."

14 Jeremi reponn li: -Non, monchè! Mwen pa pral rann tèt mwen kras bay moun Babilòn yo. Men Jirija pa koute l' menm. Li boukle Jeremi, li mennen l' bay chèf yo.

Then Jeremiah said, "It is false; I am not falling away to the Chaldeans." But he did not listen to him; so Irijah laid hold on Jeremiah, and brought him to the officials.

15 Chèf yo move sou Jeremi, yo fè bat li byen bat. Apre sa, yo fèmen msye lakay Jonatan, sekretè tanp lan. Yo te pran kay sa a sèvi yo prizon.

And the officials were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.

16 Yo mete Jeremi nan yon kacho anba tanp lan. Yo kite l' pase kèk tan la.

When Jeremiah had come into the dungeon house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

17 Apre sa, wa Sedesyas voye chache l'. Lè Jeremi rive nan palè a, wa a pran l' sou kote, li mande l': -Eske Seyè a ba ou yon mesaj pou mwen? Jeremi reponn: -Wi, monwa. Men li: Yo pral lage ou nan men wa lavil Babilòn lan.

Then Zedekiah the king sent, and fetched him: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, "Is there any word from the LORD?" Jeremiah said, "There is." He said also, "You shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon."

18 Apre sa Jeremi mande wa a: -Sa mwen fè ou, sa m' fè chèf ou yo, sa m' fè pèp la pou ou mete m' nan prizon?

Moreover Jeremiah said to king Zedekiah, "Wherein have I sinned against you, or against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?

19 Kisa ki rive pwofèt ou yo ki te di ou wa lavil Babilòn lan pa t'ap vin atake ni ou menm ni peyi a?

Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

20 Koulye a, monwa, mèt mwen, tanpri, koute sa m'ap mande ou. Tanpri souple, pa voye m' tounen nan prizon kay Jonatan, sekretè a. Si ou fè sa, nanpwen rechap pou mwen.

Now please hear, my lord the king: please let my petition be presented before you, that you not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there."

21 Se konsa, wa Sedesyas bay lòd pou yo fèmen Jeremi nan lakou gad palè yo. Chak jou se pou yo ba li yon pen y'a pran nan Riyèl Boulanje yo jouk jou p'ap gen pen ankò nan lavil la. Se konsa Jeremi rete nan lakou gad palè yo.

Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard; and they gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.