Jeremiah 15
1 Then Yahweh said [this] to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel could [come back from their graves and] and stand in front of me [and plead with me for these Israeli people], I would not act mercifully [IDM] toward these people. [I would tell you], ‘Send them away from me. Cause them to leave me!’
L’Eternel me dit: "Quand Moïse et Samuel se présenteraient devant moi, mon âme ne se tournerait pas vers ce peuple; renvoie-le hors de ma présence, qu’il s’en aille!
2 And if they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’, tell them, ‘This is what Yahweh says: The ones that I say must die, will die: The ones that I say must die in wars [MTY], will die in wars. The ones that I say must die from hunger, will die from hunger. The ones that I say must be captured [and taken to other countries], will be captured [and taken to other countries].
Que s’ils te demandent: "Où irons-nous?" Tu leur répondras: "Ainsi parle l’Eternel: A la mort ceux qui sont destinés à la mort; au glaive ceux qui appartiennent au glaive; à la famine ceux qu’attend la famine; à la captivité ceux qui sont réservés à la captivité!
3 I will send four things that will get rid of them: I will send [enemy soldiers using] swords to kill them. I will send wild dogs to drag away [their corpses]. I will send vultures to eat [their corpses]. And I will send [other] wild animals to eat what remains [of their corpses].
Je ferai appel contre eux à quatre genres de fléaux, dit l’Eternel, au glaive pour mettre à mort, aux chiens pour déchirer en lambeaux, aux oiseaux du ciel et aux bêtes de la terre, pour dévorer et détruire.
4 Because of [the wicked things that] King Manasseh did in Jerusalem, I will cause [people in] all the kingdoms of the earth to be horrified about [what will happen in Judah to] my people.
Et je ferai d’eux un objet d’épouvante pour tous les peuples de la terre, à cause de Manassé; fils d’Ezéchias, roi de Juda, et sa façon d’agir à Jérusalem.
5 You [people of], no one will [RHQ] feel sorry for you. No one will [RHQ] weep/cry for you. No one will [RHQ] ask (how you are/if you are well).
Qui donc aura pitié de toi, ô Jérusalem, et qui te plaindra? Qui se détournera de son chemin pour t’offrir le salut de paix?
6 You people have abandoned me; you have continued to walk away [from me] [DOU]. So, I will lift up my fist to smash you; I will not act mercifully toward you any longer.
Tu m’as abandonné, dit l’Eternel, tu t’es retirée en arrière! J’Ai, de mon côté, étendu la main sur toi pour te détruire; je suis las d’avoir compassion.
7 At the gates of your cities, I will [scatter you like a farmer scatters the chaff from his grain by] (winnowing it/throwing it up to allow the wind to blow the chaff away) [MET]. You, my people, have refused to turn away from your evil behavior. [So], I will get rid of you, and I will even cause your children to be killed.
Avec un tamis je les ai secoués sur les places publiques du pays; j’ai frappé mon peuple dans ses enfants, je l’ai ruiné: il n’est pas revenu de ses mauvaises voies!
8 I will cause there to be more widows [in Judah] than [there are grains of] sand on the seashore [HYP]. At noontime, [when people will not be expecting it to happen], I will cause [an enemy army] to attack you, an army that will destroy your young men and cause their mothers to weep. I will cause you to suddenly experience great suffering/pain and become very terrified.
Autour de moi, ses veuves sont plus nombreuses que le sable des mers; pour le perdre, j’ai fait fondre sur la mère de jeunes guerriers les ravisseurs en plein midi à l’improviste, j’ai jeté sur elle le trouble et l’effroi.
9 A woman who has seven children will become faint and (gasp for breath/be hardly able to breathe); [it will be as though] daylight will become darkness for her, [because most of] her children will be dead, and she will be disgraced and humiliated [DOU]. And her children who are still alive, I will enable your enemies to kill them. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.’”
Elle est désespérée, la mère qui a donné le jour à sept fils, elle exhale son âme; dans sa déception et sa confusion, elle voit son soleil se coucher quand il fait encore grand jour; et ceux qui survivent parmi eux, je les livre au glaive sous l’oeil de leurs ennemis": telle est la déclaration de l’Eternel.
10 [I said to] my mother, “I am very sad; I wish that you had not given birth to me; everyone in this land opposes me and quarrels with me. I am not a person who lends [money to people and threatens to sue/harm them if they do not pay me back when they should], and I am not a person who borrows [money from others and then refuses to pay it back], but everyone [HYP] curses me.”
Malheur à moi, ô ma mère! Pourquoi m’as-tu donné le jour, à moi homme de combat, en lutte avec tout le pays? Je ne suis pas créancier, je ne suis pas débiteur, et tous me maudissent!
11 But Yahweh replied to me, “[Jeremiah], I will take care of you. And at times when your enemies have troubles and disasters, they will [come to you and] plead for you [to help them].”
L’Eternel répondit: "Je fais le serment que ton avenir est marqué pour le bonheur, que je contraindrai l’ennemi, à l’heure de l’adversité et du danger, à se tourner suppliant vers toi.
12 [Yahweh also told me to say to the people] of Judah, “Your enemies, who are [as strong as] iron or bronze, [will attack you] from the north; no one will be able to stop them.
Se peut-il que le fer se brise, le fer venu du nord et l’airain?
13 I will give all the valuable possessions [of the people of Judah] to their enemies, without them paying for it. Their valuable possessions will be the payment/reward [that I will give them] because of all the sins that you have committed throughout your country.
Ta richesse et tes trésors, je les livrerai au pillage, sans aucune compensation, à cause de tous tes péchés, dans toutes tes provinces.
14 I will tell your enemies to force you to become their prisoners, and to take you to other lands that you do not [even] know about, and force you to become their slaves. [That will happen] because I am extremely angry [with you]; my being angry is [like] [SIM] a fire that will burn forever.”
Et, avec tes ennemis, je te ferai passer dans un pays que tu ne connais point, car un feu s’est allumé dans ma colère; c’est vous qu’il consumera.
15 [Then I said], “Yahweh, you know [what is happening to me]. [Please] come and (help me/take care of me). Punish those who are (persecuting me/causing me to suffer). [Please] do not continue to be patient with them and do not allow me to die now. It is (for your sake/because I serve you) that I am suffering.
Toi, tu me connais, ô Eternel! Souviens-toi de moi, prends-moi sous ta garde. Venge-moi de mes persécuteurs, ne me laisse pas disparaître par l’effet de ta longanimité; reconnais que c’est pour toi que je supporte l’opprobre.
16 Yahweh my God, you are the Commander of the armies of angels; and when you spoke to me, I was delighted with your message; it caused me to be joyful, and I eagerly accepted [MET] what you said because I belong to you. [IDM, MTY]
Dès que tés paroles me parvenaient, je les dévorais; oui, ta parole était mon délice et la joie de mon coeur, car ton nom est associé au mien, ô Eternel, Dieu-Cebaot.
17 When the people were carousing together, I never joined them; I sat alone, because you [MTY] are the one who controls what I do. I was very angry [with those people because of their sins].
Je ne me surs point assis dans le cercle des railleurs pour me divertir; dominé par ta puissance, j’ai vécu isolé, car tu m’avais gonflé de colère.
18 So, (why do you [allow] me to continue to suffer?/I do not understand why you allow me to continue to suffer.) [RHQ] It seems that [RHQ] my wounds cannot be healed. [Sometimes you help me, sometimes you do not help me]. It seems that you are as undependable as a brook that has water in it only during certain seasons; you are like a spring that has dried up.”
Pourquoi donc ma souffrance dure-t-elle toujours? Pourquoi ma plaie est-elle si cuisante? Elle ne veut pas se cicatriser. En vérité, tu es à mon égard comme un ruisseau perfide, comme des eaux sur lesquelles on ne peut compter.
19 Then Yahweh [replied], “If you begin again to [trust in] me, I will restore you, in order that you can continue to serve me. If you proclaim good/valuable messages and not worthless ones, you will continue to be the one who speaks what I tell you to say. You must cause the people to pay attention to what you say; you must not pay attention to what they say.
C’Est pourquoi voici ce que dit l’Eternel: "Si tu reprends ton oeuvre, je te reprendrai, tu auras ta place devant moi; et si tu extrais ce qu’il y a de précieux de ce qui est méprisable, tu me serviras encore d’interprète. C’Est à eux, alors, de revenir à toi, et non à toi de revenir à eux.
20 They will fight against you, but I will protect you, like [SIM] people are protected from their enemies by a bronze wall. They will not defeat you, because I will be with you, and I will protect and rescue [DOU] you.
Et je t’établirai à l’encontre de ce peuple comme une puissante muraille d’airain; on te combattra, mais on ne pourra te vaincre, car je serai avec toi pour t’assister et te sauver, dit l’Eternel.
21 [Truly], I will keep you safe from those wicked people, I will rescue you when you are seized by cruel people. [That will happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
Je te délivrerai de la main des impies et t’affranchirai du pouvoir des violents."
