Jeremias 39
1 The word that came from the Lord to Jeremias in the tenth year of king Sedekias, this is the eighteenth year of king Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon.
Dans la neuvième année du règne de Sédécias, roi de Juda, le dixième mois, Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, marcha avec toute son armée contre Jérusalem, et ils en firent le siège.
2 And the host of the king of Babylon had made a rampart against Jerusalem: and Jeremias was kept in the court of the prison, which is in the king's house;
Dans la onzième année du règne de Sédécias, le quatrième mois et le neuf du mois, la ville fut ouverte par une brèche.
3 in which king Sedekias [had] shut him up, saying, Therefore do you prophesy, saying, Thus says the Lord, Behold, I [will] give this city into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;
Tous les officiers du roi de Babylone y pénétrèrent et s’installèrent à la porte centrale: Nergal-Sarécér, Samgar-Nebou, Sarsekhim, chef des eunuques, Nergal-Sarécér, chef des mages, et tous les autres officiers du roi de Babylone.
4 and Sedekias shall by no means be delivered out of the hand of the Chaldeans, for he shall certainly be given up into the hands of the king of Babylon, and his mouth shall speak to his mouth, and his eyes shall look upon his eyes;
Dès que Sédécias, roi de Juda, et tous ses gens de guerre les aperçurent, ils prirent la fuite, sortant nuitamment de la ville, à travers le parc du roi, par la porte du double rempart, et s’échappant dans la direction de la plaine.
5 and Sedekias shall go into Babylon, and dwell there?
L’Armée chaldéenne se mit à leur poursuite; elle atteignit Sédécias dans la plaine de Jéricho, s’empara de lui et l’amena auprès de Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, à Ribla, dans le district de Hamat; et celui-ci prononça sa sentence.
6 AND THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO JEREMIAS, SAYING,
Le roi de Babylone fit égorger les enfants de Sédécias, sous ses yeux, à Ribla; il fit aussi égorger tous les notables de Juda.
7 Behold, Anameel the son of Salom your father's brother is coming to you, saying, Buy you my field that is in Anathoth: for you [have] the right to take [it] as a purchase.
Puis il fit crever les yeux à Sédécias et le chargea de chaînes pour le transporter à Babylone.
8 So Anameel the son of Salom my father's brother came to me into the court of the prison, and said, Buy you my field that is in the land of Benjamin, in Anathoth: for you [have] a right to buy it, and you are the elder. So I knew that it was the word of the Lord.
Les Chaldéens livrèrent aux flammes le palais du roi et les maisons du peuple et démolirent les remparts de Jérusalem.
9 And I bought the field of Anameel the son of my father's brother, and I weighed him seventeen shekels of silver.
Et le reste de la population qui était demeurée dans la ville, les transfuges qui avaient passé de son côté et le surplus de la multitude, Nebouzaradan, chef des gardes, les envoya en exil à Babylone.
10 And I wrote [it] in a book, and sealed [it], and took the testimony of witnesses, and weighed the money in the balance.
Le chef des gardes, Nebouzaradan, ne laissa dans le pays de Juda que les plus pauvres d’entre le peuple, qui étaient dénués de tout. Il leur distribua, à ce moment, des vignes et des champs.
11 And I took the book of the purchase that was sealed;
Or, Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, avait recommandé Jérémie aux soins de Nebouzaradan, chef des gardes, dans les termes suivants:
12 and I gave it to Baruch son of Nerias, son of Maasaeas, in the sight of Anameel my father's brother's son, and in the sight of the men that stood by and wrote in the book of the purchase, and in the sight of the Jews that were in the court of the prison.
"Prends-le avec toi, veille sur sa personne, et ne lui fais aucun mal. Au contraire, accorde-lui tout ce qu’il te demandera."
13 And I charged Baruch in their presence, saying, Thus says the Lord Almighty;
Nebouzaradan, chef des gardes, Nebouchazban, chef des eunuques, Nergal-Sarécér, chef des mages, et tous les autres dignitaires du roi de Babylone envoyèrent en conséquence.
14 Take this book of the purchase, and the book that has been read; and you shall put it into an earthen vessel, that it may remain many days.
Ils envoyèrent retirer Jérémie de la cour de la geôle et le confièrent à Ghedalia, fils d’Ahikam, fils de Chafan, pour le ramener à la maison. Il demeura ainsi parmi le peuple.
15 For thus says the Lord; There shall yet be bought fields and houses and vineyards in this land.
Or, tandis que Jérémie était prisonnier dans la cour de la geôle, la parole de l’Eternel lui avait été adressée en ces termes:
16 And I prayed to the Lord after I had given the book of the purchase to Baruch the son of Nerias, saying,
"Va dire à Ebed-Mélec, l’Ethiopien, ce qui suit: Ainsi parle l’Eternel-Cebaot, Dieu d’Israël: Je vais accomplir mes desseins sur cette ville pour son malheur et non pour son bien. Ils se réaliseront sous tes yeux, au jour dit.
17 O [ever] living Lord! you have made the heaven and the earth by your great power, and with your high and lofty arm: nothing can be hidden from you.
Mais toi, je te sauverai, dit l’Eternel, ce jour-là; et tu ne seras pas livré au pouvoir des hommes que tu redoutes.
18 Granting mercy to thousands, and recompensing the sins of the fathers into the bosoms of their children after them: the great, the strong God;
Car je te tirerai du danger, et tu ne tomberas pas sous le glaive: ton existence sera ta part de butin, puisque tu as eu confiance en moi, dit l’Eternel."
19 the Lord of great counsel, and mighty in deeds, the great Almighty God, and Lord of great name: your eyes are upon the ways of the children of men, to give to every one according to his way:
20 who have wrought signs and wonders in the land of Egypt even to this day, and in Israel, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and you did make for yourself a name, as at this day;
21 and you did bring out your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, with a mighty hand, and with a high arm, and with great sights;
22 and you gave them this land, which you did swear [to give] to their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey;
23 and they went in, and took it; but they listened not to your voice, and walked not in your ordinances; they did none of the things which you did command them, and they caused all these calamities to happen to them.
24 Behold, a multitude is come against the city to take it; and the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans that fight against it, by the power of the sword, and the famine: as you have spoken, so has it happened.
25 And you say to me, Buy you the field for money; and I wrote a book, and sealed [it], and took the testimony of witnesses: and the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans.
26 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
27 I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: shall anything be hidden from me!
28 Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel; This city shall certainly be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it:
29 and the Chaldeans shall come to war against this city, and they shall burn this city with fire, and shall burn down the houses wherein they burnt incense on the roofs thereof to Baal, and poured drink-offerings to other gods, to provoke me.
30 For the children of Israel and the children of Juda alone did evil in my sight from their youth.
31 For this city was [obnoxious] to my anger and my wrath, from the day that they built it even to this day; that I should remove it from my presence,
32 because of all the wickedness of the children of Israel and Juda, which they wrought to provoke me, they and their kings, and their princes, and their priests, and their prophets, the men of Juda, and the dwellers in Jerusalem.
33 And they turned the back to me, and not the face: whereas I taught them early in the morning, but they listened no more to receive instructions.
34 And they set their pollutions in the house, on which my name was called, by their uncleannesses.
35 And they built to Baal the altars that are in the valley of the son of Ennom, to offer their sons and their daughters to king Moloch; which things I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind that they should do this abomination, to cause Juda to sin.
36 And now thus has the Lord God of Israel said concerning this city, of which you say, it shall be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by famine, and banishment.
37 Behold, I [will] gather them out of every land, where I have scattered them in my anger, and my wrath, and great fury; and I will bring them back into this place, and will cause them to dwell safely:
38 and they shall be to me a people, and I will be to them a god.
39 And I will give them another way, and another heart, to fear me continually, and [that] for good to them and their children after them.
40 And I will make with them an everlasting covenant, which I will by no means turn away from them, and I will put my fear into their heart, that they may not depart from me.
41 And I will visit [them] to do them good, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, and with all my heart, and with all [my] soul.
42 For thus says the Lord; As I have brought upon this people all these great evils, so will I bring upon them all the good things which I pronounced upon them.
43 And there shall yet be fields bought in the land, of which you say, it shall be destitute of man and beast; and they are delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans.
44 And they shall buy fields for money, and you shall write a book, and seal [it], and shall take the testimony of witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and round about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Juda, and in the cities of the mountain, and in the cities of the plain, and in the cities of the south: for I will turn their captivity.
