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 le Seigneur médit: Quand même Moïse et Samuel se présenteraient devant moi, mon âme ne serait pas pour ce peuple; chasse-les de ma face, et qu’ils se retirent.
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 irons-nous? tu leur diras: Voici ce que dit le Seigneur: À la mort, ceux qui sont destinés à la mort; au glaive, ceux qui sont destinés au glaive; à la famine, ceux qui sont destinés à la famine; à la captivité, ceux qui sont destinés 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].
Et je préposerai sur eux quatre espèces de fléaux, dit le Seigneur: le glaive pour tuer, les chiens pour déchirer, les oiseaux du ciel et les bêtes de la terre pour dévorer et pour mettre en pièces;
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 comme objet de persécution à tous les royaumes de la terre, à cause de Manassé, fils d’Ezéchias, roi de Juda, pour tout ce qu’il a fait 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 aura pitié de toi, Jérusalem? ou qui s’attristera pour toi? ou qui ira prier pour ta 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 le Seigneur, tu es retournée en arrière; et j’étendrai ma main sur toi, et je te tuerai, je suis las de te prier.
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.
Et je les disperserai avec un van aux portes de la terre; j’ai tué, j’ai perdu entièrement mon peuple, et cependant ils ne sont pas revenus de leurs 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.
Les veuves ont été multipliées par moi plus que le sable de la mer; j’ai amené parmi eux contre la mère du jeune homme un dévastateur en plein midi; j’ai envoyé soudainement sur les cités la terreur.
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 devenue impuissante, celle qui avait enfanté sept fois; son âme a défailli; le soleil s’est couché pour elle, lorsqu’il était encore jour; elle a été confondue, et elle a rougi; et ceux qui restent de ses enfants, je les livrerai au glaive, en présence de leurs ennemis, dit le Seigneur.
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, ma mère! pourquoi m’avez-vous enfanté homme de querelle, homme de discorde sur toute la terre? Je n’ai pas prêté à usure, et personne ne m’a prêté à intérêt; et cependant 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].”
Le Seigneur dit: Si tes débris n’arrivent pas au bonheur, si je ne vais pas au devant de toi au temps de la tribulation contre ton ennemi,
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.
Est-ce que le fer s’alliera avec le fer qui vient de l’aquilon, et l’airain avec l’airain de l’aquilon?
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.
Tes richesses et tes trésors, je les abandonnerai au pillage sans aucun profit, à cause de tous tes péchés, et cela dans tous les confins.
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 j’amènerai tes ennemis d’une terre que tu ne connais pas, parce qu’un feu s’est allumé dans ma fureur et qu’il vous embrasera.
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.
Vous savez mon affliction. Seigneur, souvenez-vous de moi, venez vers moi et protégez-moi contre ceux qui me persécutent; et ne soyez pas lent à me défendre; sachez que c’est pour vous 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]
Vos discours me sont parvenus, et je les ai dévorés, et votre parole est devenue la joie et le ravissement de mon cœur; parce que votre nom a été invoqué sur moi, Seigneur 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 pas assis dans l’assemblée des railleurs; je me suis glorifié à cause de votre main; j’étais assis seul, parce que vous m’avez rempli de vos menaces.
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 devenue continuelle, et pourquoi ma plaie désespérée refuse-t-elle de se guérir? elle est devenue pour moi comme le mensonge des eaux infidèles.
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.
À cause de cela, voici ce que dit le Seigneur: Si tu te convertis, je te convertirai, et tu te tiendras devant ma face, et si tu sépares ce qui est précieux de ce qui est vil, tu seras comme ma bouche; ils se tourneront eux vers toi; mais tu ne te retourneras 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 donnerai à ce peuple comme un mur d’airain solide; et ils combattront contre toi, mais ils ne prévaudront pas, parce que moi je suis avec toi pour te sauver et te délivrer, dit le Seigneur.
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 méchants, et je t’arracherai à la main des forts.
