Jeremiah 48
1 Of Moab. The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo! For it is laid waste. Kiriathaim is disappointed. It is taken. Misgab is put to shame and broken down.
Et le septième mois, Ismaël fils de Nathanias, fils d'Eléasa, de la famille royale, vint, avec dix hommes chez Godolias à Masphath, et ils y mangèrent ensemble.
2 The praise of Moab is no more. In Heshbon they have devised evil against her: ‘Come! Let’s cut her off from being a nation.’ You also, Madmen, will be brought to silence. The sword will pursue you.
Et Ismaël et ses dix hommes se levèrent, et ils tuèrent Godolias, que le roi de Babylone avait fait gouverneur de la terre,
3 The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!
Et tous les Juifs qui étaient avec lui, et tous les Chaldéens qui se trouvaient là.
4 Moab is destroyed. Her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
Et le lendemain de la mort de Godolias, que nul ne savait encore,
5 For they will go up by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping. For at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.
Quatre-vingts hommes vinrent de Sichem, de Salem et de Samarie, le menton rasé, les vêlements déchirés, se frappant la poitrine, portant dans leurs mains de l'encens et de la manne, pour les offrir dans le temple du Seigneur.
6 Flee! Save your lives! Be like the juniper bush in the wilderness.
Et Ismaël sortit de la ville à leur rencontre, et ils marchaient et ils pleuraient, et il leur dit: Entrez chez Godolias.
7 For, because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you also will be taken. Chemosh will go out into captivity, his priests and his princes together.
Et lorsqu'ils furent au milieu de la ville il les égorgea et les jeta dans un puits.
8 The destroyer will come on every city, and no city will escape; the valley also will perish, and the plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has spoken.
Mais il s'en trouva dix qui dirent à Ismaël: Ne nous tue pas; car nous avons dans les champs des trésors, du froment, de l'orge et de l'huile. Et il passa outre, et il ne les tua pas au milieu de leurs frères.
9 Give wings to Moab, that she may fly and get herself away: and her cities will become a desolation, without anyone to dwell in them.
Or le puits où Ismaël jeta ceux qu'il avait tués, c'est le grand puits que fit le roi Asa, par crainte de Baasa, roi d'Israël, et qu'Ismaël remplit de cadavres.
10 “Cursed is he who does the work of the LORD negligently; and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood.
Et Ismaël emmena tout le peuple qui était resté en Masphath, et les filles du roi, que le chef des cuisines avait confiées à Godolias, fils d'Achicam; et il partit pour la terre au delà des fils d'Ammon.
11 “Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his dregs, and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither has he gone into captivity; therefore his taste remains in him, and his scent is not changed.
Or Joanan, fils de Garée, et tous les chefs de l'armée qui étaient avec lui, apprirent tout le mal qu'avait fait Ismaël.
12 Therefore behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that I will send to him those who pour off, and they will pour him off; and they will empty his vessels, and break their containers in pieces.
Et ils mirent en marche toute leur armée; et ils partirent pour le combattre, et ils l'atteignirent près des grandes eaux de Gabaon.
13 Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.
Et quand tout le peuple qui était avec Ismaël vit Joanan et les chefs de l'armée qu'il commandait,
14 “How do you say, ‘We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war’?
Ils retournèrent auprès de Joanan.
15 Moab is laid waste, and they have gone up into his cities, and his chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter,” says the King, whose name is the LORD of Armies.
Mais Ismaël échappa avec huit hommes, et s'enfuit chez les fils d'Ammon.
16 “The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hurries fast.
Et Joanan et les officiers de l'armée qui étaient avec lui recueillirent tous les restes du peuple, qui s'étaient éloignés d'Ismaël, et les hommes capables de porter les armes, ainsi que les femmes, le butin et les eunuques, et ils les ramenèrent à Gabaon.
17 All you who are around him, bemoan him; and all you who know his name, say, ‘How the strong staff is broken, the beautiful rod!’
Et ils marchèrent, et ils firent halte à Gaberochamea, près de Bethléhem, pour se rendre en Égypte,
18 “You daughter who dwells in Dibon, come down from your glory, and sit in thirst; for the destroyer of Moab has come up against you. He has destroyed your strongholds.
Loin des Chaldéens; car ils en avaient crainte, parce que Ismaël avait tué Godolias, que le roi de Babylone avait fait gouverneur de la terre.
19 Inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way and watch. Ask him who flees, and her who escapes; say, ‘What has been done?’
20 Moab is disappointed; for it is broken down. Wail and cry! Tell it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
21 Judgment has come on the plain country— on Holon, on Jahzah, on Mephaath,
22 on Dibon, on Nebo, on Beth Diblathaim,
23 on Kiriathaim, on Beth Gamul, on Beth Meon,
24 on Kerioth, on Bozrah, and on all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken,” says the LORD.
26 “Make him drunk, for he magnified himself against the LORD. Moab will wallow in his vomit, and he also will be in derision.
27 For was not Israel a derision to you? Was he found among thieves? For as often as you speak of him, you shake your head.
28 You inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock. Be like the dove that makes her nest over the mouth of the abyss.
29 “We have heard of the pride of Moab. He is very proud in his loftiness, his pride, his arrogance, and the arrogance of his heart.
30 I know his wrath,” says the LORD, “that it is nothing; his boastings have done nothing.
31 Therefore I will wail for Moab. Yes, I will cry out for all Moab. They will mourn for the men of Kir Heres.
32 With more than the weeping of Jazer I will weep for you, vine of Sibmah. Your branches passed over the sea. They reached even to the sea of Jazer. The destroyer has fallen on your summer fruits and on your vintage.
33 Gladness and joy is taken away from the fruitful field and from the land of Moab. I have caused wine to cease from the wine presses. No one will tread with shouting. The shouting will be no shouting.
34 From the cry of Heshbon even to Elealeh, even to Jahaz they have uttered their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim, to Eglath Shelishiyah; for the waters of Nimrim will also become desolate.
35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab,” says the LORD, “him who offers in the high place, and him who burns incense to his gods.
36 Therefore my heart sounds for Moab like flutes, and my heart sounds like flutes for the men of Kir Heres. Therefore the abundance that he has gotten has perished.
37 For every head is bald, and every beard clipped. There are cuttings on all the hands, and sackcloth on the waist.
38 On all the housetops of Moab, and in its streets, there is lamentation everywhere; for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which no one delights,” says the LORD.
39 “How it is broken down! How they wail! How Moab has turned the back with shame! So will Moab become a derision and a terror to all who are around him.”
40 For the LORD says: “Behold, he will fly as an eagle, and will spread out his wings against Moab.
41 Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are seized. The heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day will be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
42 Moab will be destroyed from being a people, because he has magnified himself against the LORD.
43 Terror, the pit, and the snare are on you, inhabitant of Moab,” says the LORD.
44 “He who flees from the terror will fall into the pit; and he who gets up out of the pit will be taken in the snare, for I will bring on him, even on Moab, the year of their visitation,” says the LORD.
45 “Those who fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire has gone out of Heshbon, and a flame from the middle of Sihon, and has devoured the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
46 Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh are undone; for your sons are taken away captive, and your daughters into captivity.
47 “Yet I will reverse the captivity of Moab in the latter days,” says the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
