Jeremi 6

1 Nou menm moun branch fanmi Benjamen yo, kouri al kache! Chape kò nou soti lavil Jerizalèm. Kònen twonpèt lavil Tekoa. Limen yon dife lavil Bèt Achirèm pou bay siyal la. Yon gwo malè, yon malè sèk k'ap soti nan nò pandye sou tèt nou.

Go in flight out of Jerusalem, so that you may be safe, you children of Benjamin, and let the horn be sounded in Tekoa, and the flag be lifted up on Beth-haccherem: for evil is looking out from the north, and a great destruction.

2 Ou menm lavil Jerizalèm, atout ou bèl la, atout tout moun renmen ou lan, yo pral detwi ou.

The fair and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will be cut off by my hand.

3 Wa yo ap moute vin sènen lavil la ak lame yo. Yo pral moute tant yo fè wonn li, chak moun bò pa yo.

Keepers of sheep with their flocks will come to her; they will put up their tents round her; everyone will get food in his place.

4 Yo di tout moun Bondye bay lòd atake lavil Jerizalèm: Leve non! Ann al atake l' gwo midi. Men, apre sa yo di: Gade malè ki rive nou non! Solèy gen tan ap kouche. Konmanse fènwa.

Make war ready against her; up! let us go up when the sun is high. Sorrow is ours! for the day is turned and the shades of evening are stretched out.

5 Leve non! Ann al atake l' gwo lannwit. Nou pral detwi tout gwo bèl kay li yo.

Up! let us go up by night, and send destruction on her great houses.

6 Men sa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a di wa yo: -Koupe bwa, bwote tè, fè gwo bit nan pye miray lavil Jerizalèm. M'ap regle lavil la, paske nan tout lavil la se gwo k'ap peze piti.

For this is what the Lord of armies has said: Let trees be cut down and an earthwork be placed against Jerusalem: sorrow on the false town! inside her there is nothing but cruel ways.

7 Menm jan dlo dous toujou ap souse nan yon pi, se konsa nan lavil la mechanste ap souse toupatou: Se britalite ak piyay mwen tande y'ap fè. Se moun k'ap soufri, moun ki anba kou ase mwen wè devan je m'.

As the spring keeps its waters cold, so she keeps her evil in her: the sound of cruel and violent behaviour is in her; before me at all times are disease and wounds.

8 Aa! Jerizalèm, se pou sa sèvi ou leson, si ou pa vle m' lage ou, si ou pa vle mwen fè ou tounen yon dezè, yon kote pesonn pa rete.

Undergo teaching, O Jerusalem, or my soul will be turned away from you, and I will make you a waste, an unpeopled land.

9 Men sa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a di m' ankò: -Yo pral ranmase dènye moun ki rete nan peyi Izrayèl la, menm jan yo ranmase dènye grap rezen lè rekòt fini. Y'ap pase men pran yo tout, tankou moun k'ap pase men nan branch rezen pou rekòlte rezen.

This is what the Lord of armies has said: Everything will be taken from the rest of Israel as the last grapes are taken from the vine; let your hand be turned to the small branches, like one pulling off grapes.

10 Mwen di: -Ki moun ki pral koute m' lè m'a pale, lè m'a bay avètisman sa yo? Zòrèy yo bouche. Yo refize tande sa m'ap di. Yo pran pawòl Bondye a pou yon jouman. Yo pa vle tande.

To whom am I to give word, witnessing so that they may take note? see, their ears are stopped, and they are not able to give attention: see, the word of the Lord has been a cause of shame to them, they have no delight in it.

11 Kòlè Seyè a ap bouyi nan kè m' tou, m' pa ka kenbe ankò. Lè sa a, Seyè a di m': -Al pase kòlè m' sou timoun ki nan lari yo, sou gwoup jenn gason ki reyini yo. Y'ap pase men pran tout moun, fanm kou gason. Ata vye granmoun ki fin viv yo p'ap chape.

For this reason I am full of the wrath of the Lord, I am tired of keeping it in: may it be let loose on the children in the street, and on the band of the young men together: for even the husband with his wife will be taken, the old man with him who is full of days.

12 Y'ap pran kay yo ansanm ak jaden yo ak madanm yo bay lòt moun. Mwen pral pini moun ki rete nan peyi a. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.

And their houses will be handed over to others, their fields and their wives together: for my hand will be stretched out against the people of the land, says the Lord.

13 Yo tout, gran kou piti, ap fè akrèk dèyè lajan. Ni prèt yo ni pwofèt yo, yo tout ap twonpe pèp la pou fè lajan.

For from the least of them even to the greatest, everyone is given up to getting money; from the prophet even to the priest, everyone is working deceit.

14 Yo pa pran malè ki rive pèp mwen an pou anyen. Y'ap plede di: Tout bagay ap mache byen, pa gen danje. Epi manti! Anyen p'ap mache.

And they have made little of the wounds of my people, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

15 Ou kwè yo ta wont pou bagay lèd yo fè yo! Non, yo pa wont menm. Yo pa konn sa ki rele wont. Se poutèt sa, y'ap tonbe menm jan tout lòt yo te tonbe a. Lè m'a regle ak yo, se va bout yo. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.

Let them be put to shame because they have done disgusting things. They had no shame, they were not able to become red with shame: so they will come down with those who are falling: when my punishment comes on them, they will be made low, says the Lord.

16 Men sa Seyè a di ankò: -Rete non sou kous nou! Gade byen! Mande kote ansyen chemen yo te pase. Mande kote bon wout la ye. Pran l'. Lè sa a n'a viv ak kè poze. Men yo di: Non, nou p'ap fè sa!

This is what the Lord has said: Take your place looking out on the ways; make search for the old roads, saying, Where is the good way? and go in it that you may have rest for your souls. But they said, We will not go in it.

17 Apre sa, Seyè a chwazi faksyonnè pou veye pou yo, pou di yo: Atansyon, tande jan y'ap kònen twonpèt la pou avèti nou. Men, yo di: Non, nou p'ap tande.

And I put watchmen over you, saying, Give attention to the sound of the horn; but they said, We will not give attention.

18 Se poutèt sa, Seyè a di ankò: -Nou menm, moun lòt nasyon yo, koute! Nou menm ki sanble la a, vin tande sa ki pral rive pèp mwen an.

So then, give ear, you nations, and ...

19 Ou menm latè, koute. Mwen pral fè malè tonbe sou pèp sa a. Se yo ki chache l' ak vye lide yo gen nan tèt yo. Yo pa vle koute sa m'ap di yo, yo pa okipe lalwa mwen ba yo a.

Give ear, O earth: see, I will make evil come on this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not given attention to my words, and they would have nothing to do with my law.

20 Ki mele m' ak lansan y' al chache nan peyi Saba, ak plant santi bon ki soti nan peyi byen lwen! Zannimo n'ap ofri pou boule pou mwen yo pa fè m' plezi menm. Bèt n'ap touye pou mwen yo pa di m' anyen.

To what purpose does sweet perfume come to me from Sheba, and spices from a far country? your burned offerings give me no pleasure, your offerings of beasts are not pleasing to me.

21 Se poutèt sa, men sa m'ap di nou: M'ap mete antrav sou chemen nou. N'ap bite. Papa pral mouri ansanm ak pitit gason yo. Tout zanmi yo, tout vwazinaj yo pral mouri tou.

For this reason the Lord has said, See, I will put stones in the way of this people: and the fathers and the sons together will go falling over them; the neighbour and his friend will come to destruction.

22 Men sa Seyè a di ankò: -Moun ap soti nan yon peyi bò nan nò. Yon gwo pèp byen lwen ap pare pou fè lagè.

The Lord has said, See, a people is coming from the north country, a great nation will be put in motion from the inmost parts of the earth.

23 Yo pran banza yo ak frenn yo. Yo mechan anpil. Se yon bann san manman. Lè yo sou chwal yo, y'ap fè bri tankou lanmè lè l' move. Yo pare lame yo pou yo vin fè lagè kont lavil Jerizalèm, sou mòn Siyon an.

Bows and spears are in their hands; they are cruel and have no mercy; their voice is like the thunder of the sea, and they go on horses; everyone in his place like men going to the fight, against you, O daughter of Zion.

24 Moun lavil Jerizalèm yo ap di: -Nou pran nouvèl la. De bra nou kase, kè nou sere. N'ap soufri tankou yon fanm ki gen tranche.

The news of it has come to our ears; our hands have become feeble: trouble has come on us and pain, like the pain of a woman in childbirth.

25 Piga pesonn soti al nan jaden. Piga pesonn al mache sou granchemen yo, paske lènmi nou yo gen zam nan men yo. Kote moun pase yo pè.

Go not out into the field or by the way; for there is the sword of the attacker, and fear on every side.

26 Seyè a pale ak pèp li a, li di l': -Mete rad sak sou nou. Woule kò nou nan sann dife. Se pou nou gen lapenn tankou si nou te pèdi sèl pitit gason nou te genyen. Se pou nou plenn ak de ran dlo nan je nou. Paske moun k'ap vin detwi nou an ap atake nou san avèti.

O daughter of my people, put on haircloth, rolling yourself in the dust: give yourself to sorrow, as for an only son, with most bitter cries of grief; for he who makes waste will come on us suddenly.

27 Ou menm Jeremi, mwen mete ou la pou sonde pèp mwen an, pou veye sa pèp la ap fè, pou ou wè sa li vo.

I have made you a tester among my people, so that you may have knowledge of their way and put it to the test.

28 Se yon bann move moun ki pa soti pou yo chanje. Y'ap mache pale moun mal. Tèt yo di tankou wòch ak fè. Se yon bann lwijanboje.

All of them are turned away, going about with false stories; they are brass and iron: they are all workers of deceit.

29 Y'ap vante dife a byen fò nan fòj la. Dife a fè tout plon yo disparèt. Men, pou pèp mwen an, ou te mèt fonn yo sou fonn, kras yo p'ap soti, move grenn yo p'ap disparèt.

The blower is blowing strongly, the lead is burned away in the fire: they go on heating the metal to no purpose, for the evil-doers are not taken away.

30 Yo rele yo vye lajan san valè, paske mwen menm Seyè a, mwen voye yo jete.

They will be named waste silver, because the Lord has given them up.