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!’
Et l'Eternel me dit: quand Moïse et Samuel se tiendraient devant moi, je n'aurais pourtant point d'affection pour ce peuple; chasse-les de devant ma face, et qu'ils sortent.
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 disent: où sortirons-nous? Tu leur répondras: ainsi a dit l'Eternel: ceux qui [sont destinés] à la mort [iront] à la mort; et ceux qui [sont destinés] à l’épée [iront] à l’épée; et ceux qui [sont destinés] à la famine, [iront] à la famine; et ceux qui [sont destinés] à la captivité [iront] en 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].
J'établirai aussi sur eux quatre espèces de [punitions], dit l'Eternel, l'épée pour tuer, et les chiens pour traîner, et les oiseaux des cieux, et les bêtes de la terre pour dévorer et pour 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 les livrerai à être agités par tous les Royaumes de la terre, à cause de Manassé fils d'Ezéchias, Roi de Juda, pour les choses qu'il a faites dans 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).
Car qui serait ému de compassion envers toi, Jérusalem? ou qui viendrait se condouloir avec toi? ou qui se détournerait pour s'enquérir de ta prospérité?
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, et tu t'en es allée en arrière; c'est pourquoi j'étendrai ma main sur toi, et je te détruirai; je suis las de me repentir.
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.
Je les vannerai avec un van aux portes du pays; j'ai désolé [et] fait périr mon peuple, et ils ne se sont point détournés de leur voie.
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.
J'ai multiplié ses veuves plus que le sable de la mer, je leur ai amené sur la mère de leur jeunesse un destructeur en plein midi, j'ai fait tomber subitement sur elle l'ennemi et les frayeurs.
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.’”
Celle qui en avait enfanté sept est devenue languissante, elle a rendu l'esprit, son soleil lui est couché pendant qu'il était encore jour, elle a été rendue honteuse et confuse; et je livrerai son reste à l'épée devant leurs ennemis, dit 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! de ce que tu m'as enfanté pour être un homme de débat, et un homme de querelle à tout le pays; je ne me suis obligé à personne, et personne ne s'est obligé à moi, et néanmoins chacun me maudit et me méprise.
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].”
[Alors l'Eternel dit: ] ceux qui seront restés de toi ne viendront-ils pas à bien? et ne ferai-je pas que l'ennemi viendra au devant de toi au temps de la calamité, et au temps de la détresse?
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.
Le fer usera-t-il le fer de l'Aquilon, et l'acier?
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.
Je livrerai au pillage, sans en faire le prix, tes richesses et tes trésors; et cela à cause de tous tes péchés, et même par toutes tes contrées.
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 je ferai passer tes ennemis par un pays que tu ne connais point, car le feu a été allumé en ma colère, il sera allumé sur vous.
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.
Eternel, tu le connais, souviens-toi de moi, et me visite, et me venge de ceux qui me persécutent; ne m'enlève point, quand tu auras longtemps différé ta colère; connais que j'ai souffert opprobre pour l'amour de toi.
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]
Tes paroles se sont-elles trouvées? je les ai [aussitôt] mangées; et ta parole m'a été en joie, et elle a été l'allégresse de mon cœur; car ton Nom est réclamé sur moi, ô Eternel! Dieu des armées.
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 suis point assis au conventicule des railleurs, et je ne m'y suis point réjoui; mais je me suis tenu assis tout seul, à cause de ta main, parce que tu m'as rempli d'indignation.
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 ma douleur est-elle [rendue] continuelle, et ma plaie est-elle sans espérance? elle a refusé d'être guérie; me serais-tu bien comme une chose qui trompe? [comme] des eaux qui ne durent pas?
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 ainsi a dit l'Eternel: si tu te retournes, je te ramènerai, et tu te tiendras devant moi; et si tu sépares la chose précieuse de la méprisable, tu seras comme ma bouche; qu'ils se retournent vers toi, mais toi ne retourne pas vers 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 te ferai être à l'égard de ce peuple une muraille d'acier bien forte; ils combattront contre toi, mais ils n'auront point le dessus contre toi, car je [suis] avec toi pour te garantir, et pour te délivrer, 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.”
Et je te délivrerai de la main des malins, et te rachèterai de la main des terribles.
