Jeremiah 23
1 Yahweh declares, “Terrible things will happen to [the leaders] [MET] [of my people—those who are like] shepherds of [the people who are like] my sheep—because they have scattered my people and sent them away, and have not taken care of them.
Malheur aux pasteurs qui détruisent et dissipent le troupeau de ma pâture, dit l'Eternel!
2 So, this is what [I, ] Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli [people worship], say to those leaders: ‘Instead of taking care of my people and [leading them to places where they are safe, like a shepherd does for] his sheep, you have scattered them. So I will punish you for the evil things that you have done.
C'est pourquoi ainsi a dit l'Eternel, le Dieu d'Israël, touchant les pasteurs qui paissent mon peuple: vous avez dissipé mes brebis, et vous les avez chassées, et ne les avez point visitées; voici, je m'en vais visiter sur vous la malice de vos actions, dit l'Eternel.
3 But later I will gather those who are still alive, from the countries where I have forced them to go. I will bring them back to their own country, where they will have many children, and their number/population will increase.
Mais je rassemblerai le reste de mes brebis de tous les pays auxquels je les aurai chassées, et les ferai retourner à leurs parcs, et elles fructifieront et multiplieront.
4 [Then] I will appoint [other] leaders for my people, leaders who will take care of them. And my people will never be afraid [DOU] of anything again, and none of them will be [like a] lost [sheep].’”
J'établirai aussi sur elles des pasteurs qui les paîtront, et elles n'auront plus de peur, et ne s'épouvanteront point, et il n'en manquera aucune, dit l'Eternel.
5 Yahweh [also] says, “Some day I will appoint for you a righteous man who will be a descendant of King David. He will be a king who rules wisely. He will do what is just and right throughout the land.
Voici, les jours viennent, dit l'Eternel, que je ferai lever à David un Germe juste, qui régnera [comme] Roi; il prospérera, et exercera le jugement et la justice sur la terre.
6 At that time, all the Israeli people [DOU] will be saved [from their enemies], and they will be safe. And his name will be ‘Yahweh, the one who vindicates/defends us.’”
En ses jours Juda sera sauvé, et Israël habitera en assurance; et c'est ici le nom, duquel on l'appellera: l'Eternel notre justice.
7 Yahweh [also] says that at that time, people [who are solemnly promising to do something] will no longer say, “[I will do it as surely] as Yahweh lives, who rescued the Israeli people from Egypt.”
C'est pourquoi voici, les jours viennent, dit l'Eternel, qu'on ne dira plus: l'Eternel est vivant, qui a fait remonter les enfants d'Israël du pays d'Egypte;
8 Instead, they will say, “[I will do it] as surely as Yahweh lives, who brought [us] Israeli people back to our own land, from the land to the northeast and from all the [other] countries to which he had exiled us.” And they will live in their own land [again].
Mais, l'Eternel est vivant, qui a fait remonter, et qui a ramené la postérité de la maison d'Israël, du pays de devers l'Aquilon, et de tous les pays auxquels je les avais chassés, et ils habiteront en leur terre.
9 I am very shocked because of the sacred message that Yahweh has spoken about [what will happen to] the [false] prophets; [it is as though] all my bones shake. I stagger like a man who is drunk after drinking a lot of wine.
A cause des Prophètes mon cœur est brisé au dedans de moi, tous mes os en tremblent, je suis comme un homme ivre, et comme un homme que le vin a surmonté, à cause de l'Eternel, et à cause des paroles de sa sainteté.
10 The land is full of [people who commit] adultery; and [Yahweh] has cursed the land. Even the pastures in the desert are all dried up, because the people do what is evil, and [the false prophets] use their power to do things that are not just/fair.
Car le pays est rempli [d'hommes] adultères, et le pays mène deuil à cause des exécrations: les pâturages du désert sont devenus tous secs, l'oppression de ces gens est mauvaise, et leur force n'est pas en faveur de l'équité.
11 Yahweh says, “[Yes, even] the priests and the prophets are ungodly; they do wicked things even in my temple.
Car le Prophète et le Sacrificateur se contrefont; j'ai même trouvé dans ma maison leur méchanceté, dit l'Eternel.
12 Therefore, [it will be as though] the paths that they walk on are slippery. [It will be as though] they are being chased in the darkness, and there they will fall down, because I will cause them to experience disasters at the time that I will punish them. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
C'est pourquoi leur voie sera comme des lieux glissants dans les ténèbres, ils y seront poussés, et y tomberont; car je ferai venir du mal sur eux, [en] l'année de leur visitation, dit l'Eternel.
13 [Previously] I saw that the prophets in Samaria were doing something that was wrong; they were prophesying, saying that Baal [gave them the messages that they were proclaiming], and they were deceiving my people.
Or j'avais bien vu des choses mal convenables dans les Prophètes de Samarie, [car] ils prophétisaient de par Bahal, et faisaient égarer mon peuple Israël.
14 And [now] I have seen the prophets in Jerusalem doing terrible things. They commit adultery and habitually tell lies. They encourage evil people to continue to do evil things, with the result that the people do not stop sinning. Those prophets are as wicked as the people in Sodom and Gomorrah were.
Mais j'ai vu des choses énormes dans les Prophètes de Jérusalem; car ils commettent des adultères, et ils marchent dans le mensonge; ils ont donné main forte aux hommes injustes et pas un ne s'est détourné de sa malice; ils me sont tous comme Sodome, et les habitants de la ville, comme Gomorrhe.
15 So, this is what the Commander of the armies of angels says about those [false] prophets: “I will give those prophets bitter things to eat and poison to drink, because it is because of them that this land is filled with [people who do] wicked things.”
C'est pourquoi, ainsi a dit l'Eternel des armées touchant ces Prophètes: voici, je m'en vais leur faire manger de l'absinthe, et leur faire boire de l'eau de fiel; parce que la profanation s'est répandue des Prophètes de Jérusalem par tout le pays.
16 This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “Do not pay any attention to what those [false] prophets say to you, because they are just deceiving you. They tell you about visions that they have thought/created [only] in their own minds, not about visions that I have given them.
Ainsi a dit l'Eternel des armées: n'écoutez point les paroles des Prophètes qui vous prophétisent; ils vous font devenir vains, ils prononcent la vision de leur cœur, [et] ils ne [la tiennent] pas de la bouche de l'Eternel.
17 They habitually say to those who hate me, ‘[Yahweh says that] you will have peace.’ And they say to those who stubbornly do what they want to do, ‘Nothing bad will happen to you [because of your doing those things].’
Ils ne cessent de dire à ceux qui me méprisent: l'Eternel a dit: vous aurez la paix; et ils disent à tous ceux qui marchent dans la dureté de leur cœur: il ne vous arrivera point de mal.
18 But none of them has ever been in a council [meeting] in heaven in order to listen to a message from me. None of them has paid attention to anything that [I], Yahweh, have said.
Car qui s'est trouvé au conseil secret de l'Eternel? et qui a aperçu et ouï sa parole? qui a été attentif à sa parole, et l'a ouïe?
19 So, listen to this: I will punish them; it will be [like] a great storm; it will come down [like] a whirlwind, swirling around the heads of those wicked people.
Voici la tempête de l'Eternel, sa fureur va se montrer, et le tourbillon prêt à fondre tombera sur la tête des méchants.
20 I will not stop being angry until I completely accomplish all that I have planned. In the future, you will understand [all of] this clearly.”
La colère de l'Eternel ne sera point détournée qu'il n'ait exécuté et mis en effet les pensées de son cœur; vous aurez une claire intelligence de ceci sur la fin des jours.
21 [Yahweh also says, ] “I have not appointed those prophets, but they run [around telling people their messages]. I did not speak to them, but they [continue to] prophesy.
Je n'ai point envoyé ces Prophètes-là, et ils ont couru; je ne leur ai point parlé, et ils ont prophétisé.
22 If they had been in my council [meetings], they would have been able to speak messages from me, and they would have caused people to turn away from committing evil things.”
S'ils s'étaient trouvés dans mon conseil secret, ils auraient aussi fait entendre mes paroles à mon peuple, et ils les auraient détournés de leur mauvais train, et de la malice de leurs actions.
23 Yahweh [also] says, “Am I a God who is only nearby? No, I am a God who is far away, also.
Suis-je un Dieu de près, dit l'Eternel, et ne suis-je point aussi un Dieu de loin?
24 So, no one can hide in some secret place with the result that I cannot see him. I am everywhere, in heaven and on the earth! [That is what I], Yahweh, say!
Quelqu'un se pourra-t-il cacher dans quelque retraite, que je ne le voie point? dit l'Eternel. Ne remplis-je pas, moi, les cieux et la terre? dit l'Eternel.
25 I have heard those prophets prophesy lies, saying that they are telling people messages from me. They say, ‘[Listen to me tell you] the dream that God gave me last night! I [really] had this dream!’
J'ai ouï ce que les Prophètes ont dit, prophétisant le mensonge en mon Nom, [et] disant: j'ai eu un songe, j'ai eu un songe.
26 How long will they continue to do this? How long will those lying prophets continue to prophesy things that come only from their own minds?
Jusques à quand ceci sera-t-il au cœur des Prophètes qui prophétisent le mensonge, et qui prophétisent la tromperie de leur cœur?
27 They think that because of the dreams that they tell to each other, people will forget me, like their ancestors forgot about me when they started to worship Baal.
Qui pensent comment ils feront oublier mon Nom à mon peuple, par les songes qu'un chacun d'eux récite à son compagnon, comme leurs pères ont oublié mon Nom pour Bahal.
28 Allow those [false] prophets to tell people their dreams, but those who have messages that [really] come from me should proclaim those messages faithfully. I, Yahweh, say [that like] straw and grain are certainly very different, [my messages and the messages from those false prophets are certainly very different].
Que le Prophète par devers lequel est le songe, récite le songe; et que celui par devers lequel est ma parole, profère ma parole en vérité. Quelle [convenance y a-t-il] de la paille avec le froment? dit l'Eternel.
29 [It is as though] my messages [burn] like a fire; they [strike people’s inner beings like] someone strikes a rock with a hammer and smashes it into pieces.
Ma parole n'est-elle pas comme un feu, dit l'Eternel; et comme un marteau qui brise la pierre?
30 Therefore, [I, ] Yahweh say, 'I oppose all those prophets who steal messages from each other and claim that those messages came from me.
C'est pourquoi voici, j'en veux aux Prophètes, dit l'Eternel, qui dérobent mes paroles, chacun de son prochain.
31 I oppose those prophets who speak their own messages but claim that those messages came from me.
Voici, j'en veux aux Prophètes, dit l'Eternel, qui accommodent leurs langues, et qui disent: il dit.
32 I oppose those prophets who falsely say that I told them something in a vision, but they are [only] telling lies that cause my people to sin. I did not send those prophets. I did not even appoint them [to be prophets]. And they have no messages that will benefit my people at all.' [That is what I, ] Yahweh, declare.”
Voici, j'en veux à ceux qui prophétisent des songes de fausseté, dit l'Eternel, et qui les récitent, et font égarer mon peuple par leurs mensonges, et par leur témérité, quoique je ne les aie point envoyés, et que je ne leur aie point donné de charge; c'est pourquoi ils ne profiteront de rien à ce peuple, dit l'Eternel.
33 [Yahweh said to me], “If one of those prophets or priests or one of the [other] people asks you, ‘What problem has Yahweh told you about [now]?’, you must reply, ‘You are the problem! And Yahweh says that he will abandon you!’
Si donc ce peuple t'interroge, ou qu'il interroge le Prophète, ou le Sacrificateur, en disant: quelle est la charge de l'Eternel? tu leur diras: quelle charge? Je vous abandonnerai, dit l'Eternel.
34 And if any prophet or priest or anyone [else falsely] says, ‘[I have] a prophecy from Yahweh,’ I will punish that person and his family.
Et quant au Prophète, et au Sacrificateur, et au peuple qui aura dit: la charge de l'Eternel; je punirai cet homme-là, et sa maison.
35 What you should continually ask each other is, ‘[When you spoke to Yahweh, ] what did he reply? What is he saying [to us]?’
Vous direz ainsi chacun à son compagnon, et chacun à son frère: qu'a répondu l'Eternel; et qu'a prononcé l'Eternel?
36 But stop saying ‘[I have] a prophecy/message from Yahweh,’ because those who say that are doing it only because they want people to accept their ideas, and by doing that they distort/change the messages that are from our God, the Commander of the armies of angels.
Et vous ne ferez plus mention de la charge de l'Eternel; car la parole de chacun lui sera pour charge; parce que vous avez perverti les paroles du Dieu vivant, [les paroles] de l'Eternel des armées, notre Dieu.
37 This is what you should ask each prophet: ‘What did Yahweh reply [when you talked to him]? What is he saying [to us]?’
Tu diras ainsi au Prophète: que t'a répondu l'Eternel, et que t'a prononcé l'Eternel?
38 If he replies, ‘[What I told you] is a prophecy/message from Yahweh,’ you should say to him, ‘You have continued to say, “[I received] a prophecy/message from Yahweh” even though I told you to not claim that you have received prophecies/messages from Yahweh.’
Et si vous dites: la charge de l'Eternel; à cause de cela, a dit l'Eternel, parce que vous avez dit cette parole, la charge de l'Eternel; et que j'ai envoyé vers vous, pour vous dire: ne dites plus: la charge de l'Eternel.
39 So I [, Yahweh, ] will get rid of you [false prophets]. I will expel you from my presence. And I will get rid of this city that I gave to you and to your ancestors.
A cause de cela me voici, et je vous oublierai entièrement, et j'arracherai de ma présence, vous et la ville que j'ai donnée à vous et à vos pères.
40 I will cause people to make fun of you forever. People will never forget that you were disgraced.”
Et je mettrai sur vous un opprobre éternel, et une confusion éternelle, qui ne sera point mise en oubli.
