Jeremiah 22
1 This is another message that Yahweh gave [to me]: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and say this to him:
Ainsi parle l'Éternel: Descends à la maison du roi de Juda, et là prononce ces paroles,
2 ‘You are the king of Judah. You are the ruler [MTY], like King David was. You and your officials and your people must listen
et dis: Écoute la parole de l'Éternel, roi de Juda, assis sur le trône de David, toi et tes serviteurs et ton peuple, vous tous qui entrez par ces portes!
3 to what Yahweh says: “Act fairly and justly. Do what is right. Help those who have been robbed. Rescue people from those who oppress them. Stop doing evil things. Do not mistreat those who have come here from other countries, and do not mistreat orphans and widows. Stop murdering here [in Jerusalem] [MTY] those who (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong).
Ainsi parle l'Éternel: Faites droit et justice, et retirez l'homme dépouillé des mains de l'oppresseur, et n'opprimez ni l'étranger, ni l'orphelin, ni la veuve, n'usez pas de violence, et ne versez pas le sang innocent dans ce lieu!
4 If you obey those commands carefully, there will [always] be some descendant of King David who will be ruling here [MTY] [in Jerusalem]. The king and his officials and other people will ride through the gates of the city in chariots and on horses.
Car si vous vous conformez à cette parole, les rois assis sur le trône de David entreront par les portes de cette maison, montés sur des chars et des chevaux, eux et leurs serviteurs et leur peuple.
5 But if you refuse to pay attention to those commands, I, Yahweh, solemnly declare, with myself [MTY] as a witness, that this palace will become a pile of rubble.”’”
Mais, si vous n'êtes pas dociles à ces paroles, je le jure par moi-même, dit l'Éternel, cette maison sera mise en ruine.
6 And this is what Yahweh says about the king’s palace: “[I like] this palace, like I like the forests in the Gilead [region] and the mountains in Lebanon. But I will cause this palace to become a desert, a place that no one lives in.
Car ainsi prononce l'Éternel touchant la maison du roi de Juda: Tu es pour moi une Galaad, une cime du Liban; mais, je le jure, je te transformerai en désert, en ville inhabitée.
7 I will summon enemy troops who will destroy this palace; each of their soldiers will use his own tools [to wreck the building]. They will cut into pieces the beautiful big cedar [beams] and throw them into a fire.”
Je sacre tes destructeurs, chacun avec ses armes, et ils abattront l'élite de tes cèdres, et les jetteront au feu.
8 People from many nations will walk past [the ruins of] this city and say to each other, “Why did Yahweh destroy this city that was [very] great?”
Et des peuples nombreux passeront près de cette ville, et se diront l'un à l'autre: Pourquoi l'Éternel a-t-Il traité de la sorte cette grande ville?
9 And [other] people will reply, “[He did it] because his people stopped obeying the agreement that they had made with Yahweh their God. Instead, they worshiped [DOU] other gods.”
Et on dira: Parce qu'ils ont déserté l'alliance de l'Éternel, leur Dieu, et qu'ils ont adoré et servi d'autres dieux.
10 [Yahweh also says, ] “Do not mourn for King [Josiah]; do not cry because he has died. Instead, mourn for [King Jehoahaz, his son], [because] he will be captured and taken to another country, and he will never return to see his own country, [Judah], again.”
Ne pleurez point celui qui est mort, et ne le plaignez pas! pleurez, pleurez celui qui fut emmené! car il ne reviendra plus, et ne reverra plus le pays de sa naissance.
11 Jehoahaz became king after his father, King Josiah, [died], but Jehoahaz indeed was captured and taken [to Babylonia]. And this is what Yahweh says about him: “He also will never return [to Judah].
Car ainsi prononce l'Éternel touchant Sallum, fils de Josias, roi de Juda, qui succéda à Josias, son père, et qui est sorti de ce lieu: Il n'y reviendra pas,
12 He will die in that far-away country and will never see his own country again.”
car il mourra dans le lieu où il a été déporté; il y mourra, et ce pays, il ne le reverra plus.
13 [And Yahweh said to me], “Terrible things will happen to [King Jehoahaz’s brother, King Jehoiakim]. He unjustly [forced men to] build his palace. The rooms on the upper level were built [by men who were forced] unjustly [to do that work]; he forced his neighbors to work for nothing; he did not pay them anything.
Malheur à celui qui élève sa maison par l'iniquité, et ses appartements par l'injustice, qui fait travailler son prochain sans salaire, et ne lui paie pas le prix de son labeur,
14 He said, ‘I will [force my workers to] build a huge beautiful palace with very large rooms and [many] windows. They will cover the walls with [fragrant] cedar panels/timber and paint them bright red.’”
qui dit: Je me bâtirai des maisons vastes et des salles aérées, et qui y perce des fenêtres, et la lambrisse de cèdre, et la peint de vermillon!
15 But it is certainly not [RHQ] having a beautiful cedar palace that causes a king to be great! Jehoiakim’s father, Josiah, also had [RHQ] plenty of things to eat and drink. But Josiah always did things that are right and just, and that is why God blessed him.
Crois-tu que tu règnes, parce que tu te piques d'employer du cèdre? Ton père ne mangeait-il pas, ne buvait-il pas?… mais il faisait droit et justice, et il fut heureux;
16 Josiah acted justly/fairly and helped poor and needy people, so things went well for him. Yahweh says, “That is [RHQ] the way a person should behave who knows me.
il jugeait la cause du misérable et du pauvre, et il fut heureux. N'est-ce pas là me connaître? dit l'Éternel.
17 But [Jehoiakim], you [MTY] are greedy and desire only to obtain things by acting dishonestly. You murder [MTY] innocent people, you oppress poor people, and you treat people cruelly and violently.”
Mais tu n'as des yeux et un cœur que pour ta cupidité, et pour le sang innocent afin de le répandre, et pour la violence et la concussion, afin de l'exercer.
18 Therefore, this is what Yahweh says about Jehoiakim, the son of King Josiah: “[When he dies], people will not mourn for him. They will not say to each other, ‘It is very sad; we are so sorry!’ The people whom he ruled will not mourn for him, saying, ‘We are sad that our king is dead; we are so sorry that the wonderful things [that happened while he was king are ended].’
Aussi, voici ce que l'Éternel prononce sur Jéhojakim, fils de Josias, roi de Juda: Pour lui on ne s'écriera pas dans le deuil: « Hélas! mon frère! » ni « Hélas! ma sœur! » pour lui on ne s'écriera point: « Hélas! Seigneur! hélas! sa majesté! »
19 [When he dies, people will do to] his corpse what they do to a dead donkey; his [corpse] will be dragged out of Jerusalem and dumped outside the gates!
Il recevra la sépulture qu'on donne à un âne, il sera traîné, et jeté loin des portes de Jérusalem.
20 [You people of Judah], go to [the mountains in] Lebanon and weep, shout in the [mountains of the] Bashan [region], cry out in [the mountains of] Moab, because all your friends [in those areas] have been destroyed.
[Jérusalem], monte sur le Liban, et pousse des cris; et en Basan fais retentir ta voix, et crie du haut d'Abarim! car tous tes amants sont exterminés.
21 When you were prosperous, I warned you, but you replied, ‘We will not pay attention [to what you say].’ You have been acting like that since you were young; you have never obeyed me.
Je t'ai parlé pendant tes prospérités; tu as dit: Je ne veux pas écouter. Telle a été ta conduite dès ta jeunesse, que tu n'as pas écouté ma voix.
22 [So, now I will punish] all your leaders; [it will be as though] they have been blown away by the wind. They will be captured [by your enemies] and taken to another country. When that happens, you will [truly] be ashamed and disgraced because of all the wicked things [that you have done].
Tous tes pasteurs seront la pâture du vent, et tes amants iront en captivité; alors tu seras dans l'opprobre et dans l'ignominie à cause de toute ta méchanceté.
23 [Now, your king] enjoys living in the cedar rooms in his palace, but [soon] he will be punished, and then he will groan like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby.”
Toi qui habites le Liban, et bâtis ton aire sur les cèdres, que tu seras à plaindre quand te surviendront les douleurs, les maux comme à la femme en travail!
24 Yahweh says this: “Jehoiachin, son of King Jehoiakim of Judah, as surely as I am alive, [I will punish you]. Even if you were the ring on my finger that shows that I am the king, I would pull you off.
Par ma vie, dit l'Éternel, quand Chonia, fils de Jéhojakim, roi de Juda, serait un cachet à ma main droite, d'ici je t'arracherais.
25 You are afraid of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his huge army, [because] they are wanting to kill you. I will enable them to capture you.
Je te livre aux mains de ceux qui en veulent à ta vie, et aux mains de ceux devant lesquels tu as peur, et aux mains de Nébucadnézar, roi de Babel, et aux mains des Chaldéens.
26 I will expel you and your mother [from this land], and you will be taken to another country. Neither of you was born there, but you will both die there.
Et je te lancerai, toi et ta mère qui t'a enfanté, dans un autre pays où vous n'êtes pas nés, et vous mourrez là.
27 You will never return to this land that you will very much desire to return to.”
Et dans le pays où votre âme aspire à revenir, ils ne reviendront pas.
28 [Someone said, ] “Jehoiachin will be [RHQ] like a broken pot that is despised and which no one wants. He and his children will be (exiled/forced to go) to a foreign land.
« Est-il donc un vase de rebut, mis en pièces, cet homme-là, Chonia, ou bien un meuble dont on est dégoûté? Pourquoi sont-ils jetés, lui et sa race, et lancés dans un pays qu'ils ne connaissent pas? »
29 [I want] the people in this land to listen carefully to this message from Yahweh.”
Terre, terre, terre, écoute la parole de l'Éternel!
30 This is what Yahweh says: “[In the record about the kings of Judah, ] write down that [it will be as though] this man [Jehoiachin] had no children, and that he has not been successful during his life, because none of his children/descendants will [ever] become king to rule over [the people of] Judah.”
Ainsi parle l'Éternel: Inscrivez cet homme comme n'ayant point d'enfants, comme un homme qui ne prospère point en ses jours, car aucun des siens ne sera assez heureux pour s'asseoir au trône de David, et pour régner désormais en Juda.
