Jeremiah 11
1 This is [another] message that Yahweh told me:
La parole qui fut adressée à Jérémie de par l'Éternel en ces mots:
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].
Écoutez les paroles de cette alliance, et dites-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.
Et tu leur diras: Ainsi parle l'Éternel, Dieu d'Israël: Maudit l'homme qui n'écoute pas 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.
que je prescrivis à vos pères le jour où je les tirai du pays d'Egypte, du fourneau de fer, en disant: Obéissez à ma voix, et faites tout ce que je vous commanderai, 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.”
pour que j'accomplisse le serment que je fis à vos pères, de leur donner le pays découlant de lait et de miel, comme [vous le voyez] aujourd'hui. Et je répondis et dis: Ainsi soit-il, Éternel!
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.
Et l'Éternel me dit: Proclame toutes ces paroles dans les villes de Juda et dans les rues de Jérusalem, disant: Écoutez les paroles de cette alliance, et exécutez-les.
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 je sommai vos pères dès le jour où je les tirai du pays d'Egypte, jusqu'aujourd'hui, les sommant dès le matin et disant: Obéissez à 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 n'ont ni obéi, ni prêté l'oreille, et ils ont marché chacun suivant l'obstination de son cœur mauvais; aussi j'exécuterai sur eux toutes les paroles de cette alliance que je leur commandai d'observer, et qu'ils n'ont point observée.
9 Then Yahweh said to me, “The people of Jerusalem and [the other cities in] Judah are rebelling against me.
Et l'Éternel me dit: Il existe une conjuration entre les hommes de Juda et 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 retournent aux péchés de leurs premiers pères qui refusèrent d'obéir à mes paroles, et suivirent d'autres dieux pour les servir: la maison d'Israël et la maison de Juda ont rompu l'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.
Aussi, ainsi parle l'Éternel: Voici, j'amène sur vous des maux d'où vous ne pourrez sortir; et ils crieront vers moi, mais je ne les écouterai pas.
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.
Qu'elles aillent donc, les villes de Juda, et les habitants de Jérusalem! et qu'ils crient aux dieux qu'ils encensent; mais ils ne leur aideront point au moment de leur malheur.
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 tel le nombre de tes villes, tel est le nombre de tes dieux, Juda, et autant il y a de rues à Jérusalem, autant vous avez élevé d'autels à l'infamie, d'autels pour encenser Baal.
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.”
Mais toi, n'intercède pas pour ce peuple, et en sa faveur n'élève ni supplication, ni prière, car je n'écouterai point quand ils m'invoqueront à cause de leurs maux.
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'y a-t-il pour mon bien-aimé dans ma maison? La foule y fait le crime. La chair sacrée te laissera à découvert, quand tes maux arriveront; c'est alors que tu seras alarmé.
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.
Olivier verdoyant, beau de son fruit aimable, tel est le nom que tu reçus de l'Éternel. Au bruit d'un grand fracas Il allume le feu autour de lui, et l'on brise ses rameaux;
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.”
et l'Éternel des armées qui te planta, t'annonce des calamités à cause de la méchanceté qu'ont montrée la maison d'Israël et la maison de Juda, pour m'irriter en encensant Baal.
18 Yahweh revealed to me that [my enemies] were planning to kill me.
L'Éternel m'a informé, et j'ai su…, c'est alors que Tu as mis pour moi leurs œuvres en évidence.
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].
Cependant j'étais comme l'agneau familier que l'on mène à la tuerie, et je ne me doutais pas qu'ils méditassent des plans contre moi: « Détruisons l'arbre avec son fruit, et extirpons-le de la terre des vivants, et que son nom ne soit plus rappelé! »
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 l'Éternel des armées est un juste Juge; Il sonde les reins et le cœur. Je serai témoin de la vengeance que tu tireras d'eux, car c'est à Toi que je me suis ouvert de mes griefs.
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.
Aussi, voici ce que prononce l'Éternel contre les gens d'Anathoth qui en veulent à ma vie et disent: « Ne prophétise plus au nom de l'Éternel, si tu veux ne pas mourir de notre main! »
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.
Aussi, voici ce que l'Éternel des armées prononce: Voici, je vais les châtier: les jeunes hommes périront par l'épée, et leurs fils et leurs filles périront 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 rien ne restera d'eux; car je vais amener des maux sur les hommes d'Anathoth, au temps de leur châtiment.
