Jeremiah 20
1 Pashhur, the son of Immer, was a priest who supervised the temple guards. He heard those things that I had prophesied.
Le prêtre Phassur, fils d’Emmer, qui était surveillant en chef dans la maison de Yahweh, entendit Jérémie prononcer ces prophéties.
2 [So he arrested me]. Then he [commanded guards to] whip me and fasten my feet in (stocks/a wooden frame) at the Benjamin Gate of Yahweh’s temple.
Et Phassur frappa Jérémie le prophète et le fit mettre aux ceps, à la porte Haute de Benjamin, qui est dans la maison de Yahweh.
3 The next day, when Pashhur released me, I said to him, “Pashhur, Yahweh is giving you a new name. From now on, your name will be ‘Surrounded by Terror’,
Le lendemain, Phassur fit sortir Jérémie des ceps, et Jérémie lui dit: « Ce n’est plus Phassur que Yahweh t’appelle, mais Magor-Missabib.
4 because Yahweh says this [to you]: ‘I will cause you and your friends to be terrified. You will watch them being killed by your enemies’ swords. I will enable the [army of the] king of Babylon to capture the people of Judah. Those soldiers will take some of the people to Babylon, and they will kill others with their swords.
Car ainsi parle Yahweh: Voici que je te livre à la terreur, toi et tous tes amis; ils tomberont sous l’épée de leurs ennemis, et tes yeux le verront. Et je livrerai aussi tout Juda aux mains du roi de Babylone, et il les emmènera captifs à Babylone, et les frappera de l’épée.
5 And I will enable their soldiers to take away [other things in] Jerusalem. They will take to Babylon all the very valuable things that belonged to your kings.
Je livrerai toutes les richesses de cette ville, tous ses produits, tous ses objets précieux, et tous les trésors des rois de Juda, je les livrerai aux mains de leurs ennemis; et ils les pilleront, les enlèveront, et les emmèneront à Babylone.
6 And [as for] you, Pashhur, they will take you and all your family to Babylon. You and your family and all your friends who have prophesied things that are lies will die there and be buried there.’”
Et toi, Phassur, et tous ceux qui habitent dans ta maison, vous irez en captivité; tu iras à Babylone, et là tu mourras, là tu seras enterré, toi et tous tes amis, auxquels tu as prophétisé le mensonge.
7 [One day I said this to Yahweh]: “Yahweh, [when you chose me to be a prophet, ] deceived me, and I allowed you to deceive me. You insisted that I [become a prophet] and you are stronger than I am. And now everyone [HYP] ridicules me. They make fun of me all the day.
Tu m’as séduit, Yahweh, et j’ai été séduit; tu m’as saisi et tu as prévalu. Je suis chaque jour un objet de risée; tous se moquent de moi.
8 When I tell [people your messages], I shout saying, ‘[Yahweh is going to cause you to experience] violence and destruction!’ So because I tell them those messages from you, they insult me and scoff at me all day long.
Car chaque fois que je parle, je crie, j’annonce violence et dévastation, et la parole de Yahweh est pour moi opprobre et sujet de risée, chaque jour.
9 But if I would say, ‘I will never mention Yahweh or say anything about him, [MTY]’ [it would be as though] your message would burn in my inner being like [SIM] a fire; it would be like a fire in my bones. Sometimes I try to remain silent and not proclaim your messages, but I am not able to do that.
Je disais: « Je ne ferai plus mention de lui, je ne parlerai plus en son nom… » Il y avait dans mon cœur comme un feu dévorant, enfermé dans mes os; je m’efforçais de le contenir, et je n’ai pas pu.
10 I hear many people whispering [about me], saying ‘[He is the man who proclaims that there will be things that cause us to] be terrified everywhere. We must tell [the authorities what he is saying]! We must denounce him!’ [Even] my best friends are waiting for me to say something that is wrong. [They are saying], ‘Perhaps we can cause him to say something wrong, and if he does, we will be able to discredit him.’
Car j’entendais les propos méchants de la foule: « Terreur de toutes parts! Dénoncez, allons le dénoncer! » Tous ceux avec qui j’étais en paix épient mes pas: « S’il se laisse séduire, nous prévaudrons contre lui, et nous tirerons vengeance de lui. »
11 But [you], Yahweh, are helping me like [SIM] a strong warrior, so [it is as though] you will cause those who persecute me to stumble, and they will not defeat me. They will be completely disgraced because of being unable to defeat me; and other people will never forget that they were disgraced.
Mais Yahweh est avec moi comme un héros puissant; c’est pourquoi mes persécuteurs s’affaisseront, et ils ne prévaudront pas. Ils seront confus pour n’avoir pas réussi, d’un opprobre éternel, qui ne sera pas oublié.
12 Commander of the armies of angels, you examine [all] those who are righteous; you know [all that is in] their inner beings and what they think. Allow me to see you getting revenge on those [who want to harm me], because I trust that you will do for me what is right.”
Yahweh des armées, toi qui éprouve le juste, qui vois les reins et les cœurs, je verrai la vengeance que tu tireras d’eux, car c’est à toi que j’ai remis ma cause.
13 Sing to Yahweh! Praise Yahweh! He rescues [poor and] needy people, from those [SYN] who are wicked.
Chantez à Yahweh, louez Yahweh, car il a tiré l’âme du malheureux de la main des méchants.
14 But I hope/desire that the day that I was born will be cursed. I do not want [anyone to] celebrate that day.
Maudit soit le jour où je suis né! Que le jour où ma mère m’a enfanté ne soit pas béni!
15 And [as for] that man who brought to my father the news, and caused him to be very happy, by saying “[You wife] has given birth to a son for you”, I hope/desire that he [also] will be cursed.
Maudit soit l’homme qui porta la nouvelle à mon père, en lui disant: « Un enfant mâle t’est né! » et qui le combla de joie!
16 Allow him to be destroyed like the cities that Yahweh destroyed [long ago], without acting mercifully [toward them]. Cause that man to hear the people wailing in the morning, and [to hear the enemy soldiers shout their] battle cries at noon.
Que cet homme soit comme les villes que Yahweh a renversées sans s’en repentir! Qu’il entende le matin le cri des vaincus, et à midi les vociférations des vainqueurs!
17 [I want that to happen to him] because he did not kill me before I was born. I wish that I had died in my mother’s womb, and that my mother’s body would have been [like] [MET] my grave.
Parce qu’il ne m’a pas tué dès le sein maternel, afin que ma mère fût mon tombeau, ou que son sein me gardât éternellement!
18 I have continually experienced much trouble and sorrow, and I am disgraced now when I am about to die; why was it necessary [RHQ] for me to me born?
Pourquoi suis-je sorti de son sein, pour voir la peine et la douleur, et pour consumer mes jours dans l’ignominie?
