Lamentations 2
1 How has the daughter of Zion been covered with a cloud by the Lord in his wrath! he has sent down from heaven to earth the glory of Israel, and has not kept in memory the resting-place of his feet in the day of his wrath.
Comment le Seigneur, dans sa colère, a-t-il couvert d'un nuage la fille de Sion? Il a précipité des cieux sur la terre la gloire d'Israël, et au jour de sa colère il ne s'est point souvenu du marchepied de ses pieds!
2 The Lord has given up to destruction all the living-places of Jacob without pity; pulling down in his wrath the strong places of the daughter of Judah, stretching out on the earth the wounded, even her king and her rulers.
Le Seigneur a détruit sans pitié toutes les demeures de Jacob; il a ruiné, dans sa fureur, les forteresses de la ville de Juda; il les a jetées par terre, il a profané le royaume et ses chefs.
3 In his burning wrath every horn of Israel has been cut off; his right hand has been turned back before the attacker: he has put a fire in Jacob, causing destruction round about.
Dans l'ardeur de sa colère, il a brisé toute la force d'Israël; il a retiré sa droite en présence de l'ennemi; il a allumé dans Jacob comme un feu flamboyant, qui consume de toutes parts.
4 His bow has been bent for the attack, he has taken his place with his hand ready, in his hate he has put to death all who were pleasing to the eye: on the tent of the daughter of Zion he has let loose his passion like fire.
Il a tendu son arc comme un ennemi; sa droite s'est tenue comme celle d'un adversaire; il a tué tout ce qui était agréable à l'œil; sur la tente de la fille de Sion, il a répandu comme un feu sa colère.
5 The Lord has become like one fighting against her, sending destruction on Israel; he has sent destruction on all her great houses, making waste his strong places: increasing the grief and the sorrow of the daughter of Judah.
Le Seigneur a été comme un ennemi, il a détruit Israël, il a détruit tous ses palais, il a ruiné toutes ses forteresses, il a multiplié chez la fille de Juda les gémissements et les plaintes.
6 And he has violently taken away his tent, as from a garden; he has made waste his meeting-place: the Lord has taken away the memory of feast and Sabbath in Zion, and in the passion of his wrath he is against king and priest.
Il a ravagé son enclos comme un jardin; il a détruit le lieu de son assemblée. L'Éternel a fait oublier, dans Sion, la fête solennelle et le sabbat; et dans l'indignation de sa colère, il a rejeté le roi et le sacrificateur.
7 The Lord has given up his altar and has been turned in hate from his holy place; he has given up into the hands of the attacker the walls of her great houses: their voices have been loud in the house of the Lord as in the day of a holy meeting.
Le Seigneur a dédaigné son autel, il a répudié son sanctuaire; il a livré aux mains de l'ennemi les murailles de ses palais; ils ont jeté leurs cris dans la maison de l'Éternel, comme en un jour de fête.
8 It is the Lord's purpose to make waste the wall of the daughter of Zion; his line has been stretched out, he has not kept back his hand from destruction: he has sent sorrow on tower and wall, they have become feeble together.
L'Éternel avait résolu de détruire la muraille de la fille de Sion; il a tendu le cordeau, et n'a point retiré sa main pour cesser de détruire; il a mis dans le deuil le rempart et la muraille; l'un et l'autre languissent attristés.
9 Her doors have gone down into the earth; he has sent destruction on her locks: her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not; even her prophets have had no vision from the Lord.
Ses portes sont enfoncées en terre; il en a détruit et brisé les barres. Son roi et ses chefs sont parmi les nations; la loi n'est plus; ses prophètes même ne reçoivent aucune vision de l'Éternel.
10 The responsible men of the daughter of Zion are seated on the earth without a word; they have put dust on their heads, they are clothed in haircloth: the heads of the virgins of Jerusalem are bent down to the earth.
Les anciens de la fille de Sion sont assis à terre et se taisent; ils mettent de la poussière sur leur tête; ils se sont ceints de sacs; les vierges de Jérusalem laissent retomber leur tête vers la terre.
11 My eyes are wasted with weeping, the inmost parts of my body are deeply moved, my inner parts are drained out on the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because of the young children and babies at the breast who are falling without strength in the open squares of the town.
Mes yeux se consument dans les larmes; mes entrailles bouillonnent, et mon foie se répand sur la terre, à cause de la plaie de la fille de mon peuple, parce que les petits enfants et ceux qui sont à la mamelle défaillent dans les places de la ville.
12 They say to their mothers, Where is grain and wine? when they are falling like the wounded in the open squares of the town, when their life is drained out on their mother's breast.
Ils disaient à leurs mères: Où est le froment et le vin? lorsqu'ils défaillaient comme des blessés à mort dans les places de la ville, et rendaient l'âme sur le sein de leurs mères.
13 What example am I to give you? what comparison am I to make for you, O daughter of Jerusalem? what am I to make equal to you, so that I may give you comfort, O virgin daughter of Zion? for your destruction is great like the sea: who is able to make you well?
Quel témoignage présenterai-je? A quoi te comparerai-je, fille de Jérusalem? Et à qui t'égalerai-je, pour te consoler, vierge, fille de Sion? Car ta plaie est grande comme la mer; qui est-ce qui te guérira?
14 The visions which your prophets have seen for you are false and foolish; they have not made clear to you your sin so that your fate might be changed: but they have seen for you false words, driving you away.
Tes prophètes ont eu pour toi des visions mensongères et vaines; ils ne t'ont point découvert ton iniquité, pour détourner ta captivité, mais ils ont eu pour toi des oracles de mensonge et d'égarement.
15 All who go by make a noise with their hands at you; they make hisses, shaking their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, and saying, Is this the town which was the crown of everything beautiful, the joy of all the earth?
Tous les passants battent des mains à ton sujet; ils sifflent, ils branlent la tête, contre la fille de Jérusalem. Est-ce là, disent-ils, la ville qu'on appelait la parfaite en beauté, la joie de toute la terre?
16 All your haters are opening their mouths wide against you; making hisses and whistling through their teeth, they say, We have made a meal of her: certainly this is the day we have been looking for; it has come, we have seen it.
Tous tes ennemis ouvrent la bouche contre toi; ils sifflent et grincent des dents; ils disent: Nous les avons engloutis! Oui, c'est ici le jour que nous attendions, nous y sommes parvenus, nous le voyons!
17 The Lord has done that which was his purpose; he has put into force the orders which he gave in the days which are past; pulling down without pity, he has made your hater glad over you, lifting up the horn of those who were against you.
L'Éternel a fait ce qu'il avait résolu; il a accompli la parole qu'il avait dès longtemps arrêtée; il a détruit, il n'a point épargné. Il a réjoui l'ennemi à ton sujet, et il a relevé la force de tes adversaires.
18 Let your cry go up to the Lord: O wall of the daughter of Zion, let your weeping be flowing down like a stream day and night; give yourself no rest, let not your eyes keep back the drops of sorrow.
Leur cœur crie vers le Seigneur: Muraille de la fille de Sion! verse des larmes, comme un torrent, jour et nuit; ne te donne pas de relâche, et que la prunelle de tes yeux ne se repose point!
19 Up! give cries in the night, at the starting of the night-watches; let your heart be flowing out like water before the face of the Lord, lifting up your hands to him for the life of your young children who are falling down, feeble for need of food, at the top of every street.
Lève-toi et crie de nuit, dès le commencement des veilles de la nuit; répands ton cœur comme de l'eau, en la présence du Seigneur! Lève tes mains vers lui, pour la vie de tes petits enfants, qui meurent de faim aux coins de toutes les rues!
20 Look! O Lord, see to whom you have done this! Are the women to take as their food the fruit of their bodies, the children who are folded in their arms? are the priest and the prophet to be put to death in the holy place of the Lord?
Regarde, ô Éternel! et considère qui tu as ainsi traité! Fallait-il que les femmes dévorassent leur fruit, les petits enfants, objets de leurs caresses? Fallait-il que le sacrificateur et le prophète fussent tués dans le sanctuaire du Seigneur?
21 The young men and the old are stretched on the earth in the streets; my virgins and my young men have been put to the sword: you have sent death on them in the day of your wrath, causing death without pity.
Le jeune homme et le vieillard sont couchés par terre dans les rues; mes vierges et mes jeunes gens d'élite sont tombés par l'épée; tu as tué, au jour de ta colère, tu as égorgé, tu n'as point épargné!
22 As in the day of a holy meeting you have made fears come round me on every side, and no one got away or was kept safe in the day of the Lord's wrath: those who were folded in my arms, whom I took care of, have been sent to their destruction by my hater.
Tu as appelé de toutes parts sur moi les frayeurs, comme à un jour de fête solennelle; et au jour de la colère de l'Éternel, nul n'a échappé ni survécu. Ceux que j'avais caressés et élevés, mon ennemi les a consumés!
