Jeremi 44
1 Seyè a pale ak Jeremi, li ba li yon mesaj pou tout moun Jida yo ki te rete nan peyi Lejip, lavil Migdòl, lavil Tapanes, lavil Menmfis ak nan zòn lavil Patwòs.
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who lived in the land of Egypt, who lived at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Memphis, and in the country of Pathros, saying,
2 -Men sa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, voye di nou: Nou te wè tout malè mwen te fè tonbe sou lavil Jerizalèm ak sou tout lòt lavil peyi Jida yo. Jouk koulye a, se yon miray kraze yo ye. Pa gen yon grenn moun ki te rete ladan yo.
“The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘You have seen all the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, and on all the cities of Judah. Behold, today they are a desolation, and no man dwells in them,
3 Se paske moun ki te rete la yo te fè sa ki mal, yo te fè m' fache anpil sou yo. Yo t' al ofri lansan bay lòt bondye, yo t' al sèvi bondye ni yo menm, ni papa yo, ni granpapa yo pa t' janm konnen.
because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, to serve other gods that they didn’t know, neither they, nor you, nor your fathers.
4 Mwen pa t' janm sispann voye sèvitè m' yo, pwofèt yo, pou di yo manyè sispann fè vye bagay derespektan yo t'ap plede fè a, bagay mwen pa ka wè devan je m'.
However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, “Oh, don’t do this abominable thing that I hate.”
5 Men yo pa t' koute m'. Pawòl la antre nan yon zòrèy li soti nan yon lòt. Yo derefize chanje. Yo donnen pi mal nan fè mechanste yo, nan ofri lansan bay bondye lòt nasyon yo.
But they didn’t listen and didn’t incline their ear. They didn’t turn from their wickedness, to stop burning incense to other gods.
6 Lè sa a, mwen move, mwen fè kòlè. Mwen lage yon dife sou lavil Jida yo ak nan tout lari lavil Jerizalèm. Se vye kay kraze san pesonn ladan yo ki rete, jan nou ka wè sa jòdi a.
Therefore my wrath and my anger was poured out, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as it is today.’
7 Enben, koulye a, mwen menm Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, m'ap mande nou: Poukisa n'ap fè tèt nou mal konsa? Se vle nou pa vle kite pesonn, ni fanm ni gason, ni timoun, ni ti bebe, nan pèp Jida a ankò? Nou pa vle pesonn chape?
“Therefore now the LORD, the God of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Why do you commit great evil against your own souls, to cut off from yourselves man and woman, infant and nursing child out of the middle of Judah, to leave yourselves no one remaining,
8 Nou deyò pou nou fè m' fache ak sa n'ap fè a, lè n'ap ofri lansan bay bondye lòt nasyon yo, isit la nan peyi Lejip kote nou vin viv la? Nou vle fini ak tèt nou pou tout nasyon sou latè ka pase nou nan betiz, pou yo pran non nou pou bay moun madichon?
in that you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have gone to live, that you may be cut off, and that you may be a curse and a reproach amongst all the nations of the earth?
9 Gen lè nou bliye tout move zak nou tout, depi zansèt nou yo, pran wa peyi Jida yo ak madanm yo rive sou nou menm ansanm ak madanm pa nou yo, nou fè nan peyi Jida ak nan lari Jerizalèm?
Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, the wickedness of the kings of Judah, the wickedness of their wives, your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
10 Jouk jòdi a nou yonn pa règrèt sa nou te fè. Pesonn pa gen krentif pou mwen, pesonn pa soti pou yo viv dapre lwa ak lòd mwen te mete devan nou ak devan zansèt nou yo.
They are not humbled even to this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.’
11 Se poutèt sa, men sa mwen menm Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la mwen di: M'ap vire do ban nou, m'ap voye malè sou nou, m'ap detwi tout peyi Jida a.
“Therefore the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, even to cut off all Judah.
12 M'ap pran rès moun Jida yo, sa ki te pran desizyon desann al viv nan peyi Lejip la, yo tout pral mouri. Yo tout, gran kou piti, y'ap mouri nan peyi Lejip. Genyen k'ap mouri nan lagè, genyen k'ap mouri grangou. Moun va sezi wè yo, y'a vire tèt yo pou yo pa gade yo, y'a sèvi ak non yo pou bay madichon, y'a pase yo nan betiz.
I will take the remnant of Judah that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to live there, and they will all be consumed. They will fall in the land of Egypt. They will be consumed by the sword and by the famine. They will die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword and by the famine. They will be an object of horror, an astonishment, a curse, and a reproach.
13 M'ap pini tout moun Jida k'ap viv nan peyi Lejip la ak lagè, grangou ak move maladi, menm jan mwen te pini moun lavil Jerizalèm yo.
For I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence;
14 Nan ti rès moun Jida ki rete yo, sa ki te desann al viv nan peyi Lejip la, yo yonn p'ap kouri chape, yo yonn p'ap sove. Kanta pou tounen al viv nan peyi Jida a ankò, jan yo ta vle l' la, yo pa ladan l'. Yo yonn pa t' tounen, an wetan de twa ki va kouri chape kò yo.
so that none of the remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt to live there, will escape or be left to return into the land of Judah, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there; for no one will return except those who will escape.’”
15 Lè sa a, tout mesye ki te konnen madanm yo te nan ofri lansan bay lòt bondye yo, tout medam ki te reyini la yo, ansanm ak tout lòt moun pèp Izrayèl la ki t'ap viv depi lontan nan peyi Lejip nan zòn Patwòs la, yo tout yo reponn Jeremi:
Then all the men who knew that their wives burnt incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, even all the people who lived in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
16 -Nou p'ap koute pawòl w'ap di nou la a, atout ou pale nan non Seyè a.
“As for the word that you have spoken to us in the LORD’s name, we will not listen to you.
17 N'ap toujou fè sa nou te pwomèt fè a. N'ap ofri lansan ak diven bay Astate, larenn syèl la, jan nou te toujou fè l' jouk jòdi a, menm jan zansèt nou yo, wa nou yo ak chèf nou yo te konn fè l' nan lavil peyi Jida yo ak nan tout lari Jerizalèm. Lè sa a, nou te gen kont manje pou n' manje, tout zafè nou te mache byen. Nou pa t' gen pwoblèm.
But we will certainly perform every word that has gone out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the sky and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.
18 Men, depi nou sispann ofri lansan ak diven bay larenn syèl la, nou pa gen anyen. Lagè ak grangou ap fini ak nou.
But since we stopped burning incense to the queen of the sky, and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.”
19 Medam yo menm poutèt pa yo di: -Lè n'ap fè gato ki gen fòm larenn syèl la, lè n'ap ofri lansan ak diven pou li, mari nou toujou dakò ak sa n'ap fè.
The women said, “When we burnt incense to the queen of the sky and poured out drink offerings to her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings to her, without our husbands?”
20 Lè sa a, Jeremi pale ak tout moun sa yo, fanm kou gason, ki te fè l' repons sa yo, li di yo konsa:
Then Jeremiah said to all the people—to the men and to the women, even to all the people who had given him an answer, saying,
21 -Wi, nou menm, zansèt nou yo, wa nou yo, chèf nou yo ak tout lòt moun pèp Izrayèl yo te boule lansan nan tout lavil peyi Jida ak nan tout lari Jerizalèm. Men, pa konprann Seyè a pa t' konn sa, osinon li bliye sa.
“The incense that you burnt in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, didn’t the LORD remember them, and didn’t it come into his mind?
22 Non. Seyè a pa t' ka sipòte move lajisman ak eskandal nou yo ankò. Se poutèt sa, jòdi a peyi a fini. Li kraze nèt san pesonn ladan l'. Tout moun sèvi ak non li pou bay madichon, jan nou wè l' jòdi a.
Thus the LORD could no longer bear it, because of the evil of your doings and because of the abominations which you have committed. Therefore your land has become a desolation, an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is today.
23 Se paske nou te ofri lansan bay lòt bondye, se paske nou fè peche kont Seyè a, se paske nou pa t' koute sa li t'ap di nou, se paske nou pa t' mache dapre lwa li te ban nou, dapre lòd ak kòmandman li yo kifè malè sa a tonbe sou nou jòdi a.
Because you have burnt incense and because you have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the LORD’s voice, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil has happened to you, as it is today.”
24 Apre sa, Jeremi pale ak tout pèp la, sitou ak medam yo. Li di yo konsa: -Nou tout moun peyi Jida ki isit nan peyi Lejip la, koute mesaj Seyè a.
Moreover Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women, “Hear the LORD’s word, all Judah who are in the land of Egypt!
25 Men sa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, di nou. Se nou menm ak tout madanm nou yo ki di ak pwòp bouch nou n'ap kenbe angajman nou te pran ak larenn syèl la, n'ap toujou ofri lansan ak diven ba li. Lèfini, se sa nou fè vre. Enben, kenbe angajman nou yo, fè sa nou te pwomèt la.
The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says, ‘You and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and with your hands have fulfilled it, saying, “We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to her.” “‘Establish then your vows, and perform your vows.’
26 Men koulye a, koute sa m'ap di nou, nou menm moun Jida yo k'ap viv nan peyi Lejip la. Se mwen menm Seyè a k'ap pale, mwen fè sèman sou tèt mwen: nan tout peyi Lejip la p'ap gen pesonn nan moun Jida yo ki pou pran non mwen pou fè sèman, pou yo di: Nan non Seyè a, Bondye vivan an!
“Therefore hear the LORD’s word, all Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: ‘Behold, I have sworn by my great name,’ says the LORD, ‘that my name will no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, “As the Lord GOD lives.”
27 M'ap veye pou se malè ase ki pou rive nou. Mwen p'ap voye ankenn bon bagay ban nou. Wi, dènye moun Jida k'ap viv nan peyi Lejip la pral disparèt, kit se nan lagè, kit se nan grangou, jouk p'ap rete yonn ankò.
Behold, I watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until they are all gone.
28 Gen yon ti ponyen moun ase ki va chape nan lagè a. Y'a kite peyi Lejip, y'a tounen nan peyi jida. Lè sa a, ti rès ki va rete nan moun pèp Jida ki te desann al viv nan peyi Lejip la va wè kilès ki te gen rezon, nou menm osinon mwen menm.
Those who escape the sword will return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah few in number. All the remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt to live there, will know whose word will stand, mine or theirs.
29 Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa: m'ap ban nou yon siy, m'ap pini nou isit la menm. Konsa, n'a konnen malè mwen te pwomèt m'ap voye sou nou an rive vre.
“‘This will be the sign to you,’ says the LORD, ‘that I will punish you in this place, that you may know that my words will surely stand against you for evil.’
30 Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa. Mwen pral lage farawon Ofra, wa peyi Lejip la, nan men lènmi ki soti pou touye l' yo, menm jan mwen te lage Sedesyas, wa peyi Jida a, nan men Nèbikadneza, wa peyi Babilòn, lènmi ki te soti pou touye l' la tou.
The LORD says, ‘Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies and into the hand of those who seek his life, just as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and sought his life.’”
