Jeremiah 11
1 This is [another] message that Yahweh told me:
La parole fut [adressée] à Jérémie par l'Éternel, en disant:
2 “Listen to the agreement that I made with [the ancestors of] the people of Jerusalem and [the other cities in] Judah. Then remind them of [that agreement].
Ecoutez les paroles de cette alliance, et prononcez[-les] aux hommes de Juda, et aux habitants de Jérusalem.
3 Then tell them that [I], Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli [people worship], said that I will curse everyone who does not obey what was written in that agreement that I made with them.
Tu leur diras donc: ainsi a dit l'Eternel le Dieu d'Israël: maudit soit l'homme qui n'écoutera point les paroles de cette alliance;
4 It is the same agreement that I made with their ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt. [What happened to them in Egypt was terrible; it was as though they were] living in a hot furnace [MET]. When I brought them out of Egypt, I told them to obey me, and to do everything that I had commanded them to do. [I also told them] that if they obeyed me, they would be my people and I would be their God.
Laquelle j'ai ordonnée à vos pères, le jour que je les ai retirés du pays d'Egypte, du fourneau de fer, en disant: Ecoutez ma voix, et faites toutes les choses que je vous ai commandées, et vous serez mon peuple, et je serai votre Dieu.
5 [Now tell these people that if they obey me], I will do what I promised to do for their ancestors. I will enable them to continue living in this very fertile [IDM] land in which they now live.” I replied, “Yahweh, I hope that what you said will happen.”
Afin que je ratifie le serment que j'ai fait à vos pères, de leur donner un pays découlant de lait et de miel, comme [il paraît] aujourd'hui. Et je répondis, et dis: Ainsi soit-il! ô Eternel!
6 Then Yahweh said to me, “Go into the streets of Jerusalem and to the [other] cities in Judah. Proclaim my message to the people. Tell them to listen to the agreement [that I made with their ancestors], and to obey it.
Puis l'Eternel me dit: crie toutes ces paroles par les villes de Juda, et par les rues de Jérusalem, en disant: écoutez les paroles de cette alliance, et les faites;
7 When I brought their ancestors out of Egypt, I solemnly pleaded with them many times to obey me, and I am still pleading with them now.
Car j'ai sommé expressément vos pères au jour que je les ai fait monter du pays d'Egypte jusqu’à aujourd'hui, me levant dès le matin, et les sommant, en disant: écoutez ma voix.
8 But they did not obey me or [even] pay any attention to me. Everyone continued to be stubborn and to do the evil things that they wanted to do. I commanded them to do what was written in the agreement, but they refused. So I punished them in all the ways that I promised that I would.”
Mais ils ne l'ont pas écoutée, et n'y ont point incliné leur oreille, mais ils ont marché chacun suivant la dureté de leur cœur mauvais; c'est pourquoi j'ai fait venir sur eux toutes les paroles de cette alliance, laquelle je leur avais commandé de garder, et qu'ils n'ont point gardée.
9 Then Yahweh said to me, “The people of Jerusalem and [the other cities in] Judah are rebelling against me.
Et l'Eternel me dit: il y a une conjuration parmi les hommes de Juda, et parmi les habitants de Jérusalem.
10 Their ancestors refused to do what I told them to do, and [now] these people have returned to committing the sins that their ancestors committed. They are worshiping other gods. The people of Israel disobeyed the agreement that I made with their ancestors, and [now] the people of Judah have done the same thing.
Ils sont retournés aux iniquités de leurs ancêtres, qui ont refusé d'écouter mes paroles, et qui sont allés après d'autres dieux pour les servir; la maison d'Israël et la maison de Juda ont enfreint mon alliance, que j'avais traitée avec leurs pères.
11 So now I, Yahweh, am warning them that I will cause them to experience disasters, and they will not escape them. And when they cry out for me [to help them], I will not pay attention.
C'est pourquoi ainsi a dit l'Eternel: voici, je m'en vais faire venir sur eux un mal duquel ils ne pourront sortir; ils crieront vers moi, mais je ne les exaucerai point.
12 When that happens, the people in Jerusalem and [other] cities in Judah will [offer sacrifices and] burn incense to their gods and ask for their help, but those gods will not be able to save them when those disasters come to them.
Et les villes de Juda et les habitants de Jérusalem s'en iront, et crieront vers les dieux auxquels ils font leurs parfums; mais ces dieux-là ne les délivreront nullement au temps de leur affliction.
13 There are more gods in Judah than there are towns in Judah, and the people of Jerusalem have erected as many altars to burn incense [to those gods] as there are streets in Jerusalem.
Car, ô Juda! tu as eu autant de dieux que de villes; et toi, Jérusalem, tu as dressé autant d'autels aux choses honteuses, que tu as de rues, des autels, [dis-je], pour faire des parfums à Bahal.
14 Jeremiah, do not pray for these people, and do not plead with me to rescue them. If you plead with me, I will not pay attention; and if they cry out to me for help when they are in distress, I will not listen to them.”
Toi donc ne fais point de requête pour ce peuple, et ne jette point de cri, ni ne fais point de prière pour eux; car je ne les exaucerai point au temps qu'ils crieront vers moi dans leur calamité.
15 Then Yahweh said, “The people [of Judah] whom I love certainly no longer have [RHQ] a right to come to my temple, because they continually do many evil things. [They think that] continually making sacrifices of meat to me certainly will [RHQ] protect them from disasters, with the result that they will be able to rejoice.
Qu'est-ce que mon bien-aimé a à faire dans ma maison, que tant de gens se servent d'elle pour y faire leurs complots? la chair sainte est transportée loin de toi, et encore quand tu fais mal, tu t'égayes.
16 I previously said that they were like an olive tree full of green leaves with a lot of good olives on it, but [now I will send their enemies to attack] them furiously; [it is as though] I will break off their branches, and [their city] will be destroyed by fire.
L'Eternel avait appelé ton nom, Olivier vert [et] beau, à cause du beau fruit; [mais] au son d'un grand bruit il y a allumé le feu, et ses branches ont été rompues.
17 [It is as though] the people of Judah and Israel were a beautiful olive tree that I, the Commander of the armies of angels, planted, but [now], by burning incense to [their god] Baal, they have caused me to become [very] angry. So [now] I have decided to destroy them.”
Car l'Eternel des armées, qui t'a plantée, a prononcé du mal contre toi, à cause de la malice de la maison d'Israël, et de la maison de Juda, qu'ils ont commise contre eux-mêmes, jusqu’à m'irriter en faisant des parfums à Bahal.
18 Yahweh revealed to me that [my enemies] were planning to kill me.
Et l'Eternel me l'a donné à connaître, et je l'ai connu; et tu m'as fait voir leurs actions.
19 [Before he did that], I was like a lamb that was being led away to be slaughtered; I did not know what they were planning to do. I did not know that they were saying, “Let’s get rid of this tree and its fruit,” so [I did not know] that they intended to kill me, in order that no one would remember me [MTY].
Mais moi, comme un agneau, [ou comme] un bœuf qui est mené pour être égorgé, je n'ai point su qu'ils eussent fait contre moi quelque machination, [en disant]: détruisons l'arbre avec son fruit, et l'exterminons de la terre des vivants, et qu'on ne se souvienne plus de son nom.
20 [Then I prayed], “Commander of the armies of angels, you judge people justly/fairly, and you examine everything that we are thinking [DOU]. Allow me to watch you getting revenge on the people [who want to kill me], because I trust that you will do for me what is right.”
Mais toi, Eternel des armées, qui juges justement, et qui sondes les reins et le cœur, fais que je voie la vengeance que tu feras d'eux; car je t'ai découvert ma cause.
21 It was the men of [my own town], Anathoth, who wanted to kill me, and they told me that they would kill me if I did not stop prophesying what Yahweh told me to say.
C'est pourquoi ainsi a dit l'Eternel, touchant les gens de Hanathoth, qui cherchent ta vie, et qui disent: ne prophétise plus au Nom de l'Eternel, et tu ne mourras point par nos mains.
22 So the Commander of the armies of angels said [about them], “I will punish them. Their young men will be killed in wars, and their children will die because they have no food.
C'est pourquoi [donc] ainsi a dit l'Eternel des armées: voici, je vais les punir; les jeunes gens mourront par l'épée, leurs fils et leurs filles mourront par la famine;
23 I have set a time when I will bring disasters to the people of Anathoth, and when that happens, none of them will remain alive.”
Et il ne restera rien d'eux, car je ferai venir le mal sur les gens de Hanathoth, en l'année de leur visitation.
