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 égarent et dispersent les brebis de mon pâturage, dit l'Éternel!
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.
Aussi ainsi parle l'Éternel, Dieu d'Israël, touchant les pasteurs qui paissent mon peuple: Vous avez dispersé et disséminé mes brebis, et vous n'avez point veillé sur elles: voici, je vais punir sur vous la méchanceté de vos actions, dit l'Éternel.
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.
Et je rassemblerai les restes de mes brebis de tous les pays où je les aurai dispersées, et je les ramènerai dans leur pâturage, pour qu'elles y soient fécondes et s'y multiplient,
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].’”
et j'établirai sur elles des pasteurs qui les conduiront, de sorte qu'elles n'auront plus ni crainte, ni alarme, et qu'on ne devra plus les chercher, dit l'Éternel.
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, des jours viennent, dit l'Éternel, où je susciterai à David un juste rejeton; il régnera en roi, il sera sage, et fera droit et justice dans le pays.
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.’”
Pendant ses jours Juda prospérera, et Israël habitera en sécurité, et voici le nom dont on l'appellera: « L'Éternel 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, des jours viennent, dit l'Éternel, dans lesquels on ne dira plus: « Vive l'Éternel qui tira 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: « Vive l'Éternel qui a tiré et ramené la race de la maison d'Israël de la région du Nord, et de tous les pays où Je les avais dispersés, » et ils habiteront dans leur pays.
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.
Sur les prophètes. Mon cœur se brise dans ma poitrine, tous mes os s'ébranlent. Je suis comme un homme enivré, et comme un homme vaincu par le vin, en face de l'Éternel et de ses paroles saintes.
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 plein d'adultères; car sous la malédiction le pays est en deuil, les pacages du désert sont desséchés, car leur allure est mauvaise, et leur force est iniquité.
11 Yahweh says, “[Yes, even] the priests and the prophets are ungodly; they do wicked things even in my temple.
Car et prophètes et sacrificateurs sont des profanes; jusque dans ma maison j'ai rencontré leur malice, dit l'Éternel.
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.”
Aussi leur chemin sera comme un sol glissant dans l'obscurité; ils broncheront et y tomberont; car j'amènerai sur eux des calamités au temps de leur châtiment, dit l'Éternel.
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.
Dans les prophètes de Samarie j'ai vu de la démence; ils ont prophétisé au nom de Baal, et égaré mon peuple d'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 dans les prophètes de Jérusalem j'ai vu des horreurs, l'adultère et le mensonge; et ils affermissent les méchants, qui ainsi ne reviennent pas de leur méchanceté; ils me sont tous comme Sodome, et ses habitants 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 prononce l'Éternel des armées sur les prophètes: Voici, je les nourrirai d'absinthe, et les abreuverai d'eaux vénéneuses; car des prophètes de Jérusalem l'impiété s'est répandue sur 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 parle l'Éternel des armées: N'écoutez pas les propos des prophètes qui vous prophétisent! Ils vous engagent dans la vanité, ils disent les visions de leur cœur, et non ce qui émane de la bouche de l'Éternel.
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 répètent à mes contempteurs: L'Éternel a dit: Vous aurez la paix! Et à tous ceux qui suivent l'obstination de leur cœur, ils disent: Il ne vous arrivera aucun 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.
Mais lequel assista au conseil de l'Éternel, et vit et entendit sa parole? qui a été attentif à ma parole et l'a écoutée?
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'Éternel, la colère éclate, et la tempête est dardée, sur la tête des impies elle va fondre:
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.”
le courroux de l'Éternel ne s'arrêtera point, qu'il n'ait fait et exécuté les pensées de son cœur. Dans la suite, des temps vous le sentirez.
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'envoyai point ces prophètes, et ils ont couru; je ne leur parlai point, 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.”
Mais, s'ils avaient assisté à mon conseil, ils feraient entendre mes paroles à mon peuple, et les retireraient de leur mauvaise voie et de la méchanceté 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.
Ne suis-je un Dieu que de près, dit l'Éternel, et ne suis-je plus 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!
Quand un homme se cacherait dans un lieu caché, ne le verrai-je point, dit l'Éternel? Est-ce que je ne remplis pas les Cieux et la terre, dit l'Éternel?
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'entends ce que disent ces prophètes qui prophétisent en mon nom le mensonge, et disent: 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?
Combien de temps encore…? Ont-ils la pensée ces prophètes qui prophétisent le mensonge, et prophétisent les erreurs 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.
ont-ils le projet de faire oublier mon nom à mon peuple, par ces songes qu'ils se racontent les uns aux autres, comme leurs pères ont oublié mon nom pour Baal?
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 qui a eu des songes, raconte des songes! et que celui qui a mes paroles, rapporte mes paroles avec vérité. Pourquoi l'alliage du froment et de la paille? dit l'Éternel.
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'Éternel, et comme un marteau qui brise le roc?
30 Therefore, [I, ] Yahweh say, 'I oppose all those prophets who steal messages from each other and claim that those messages came from me.
Aussi, voici, j'en veux, dit l'Éternel, aux prophètes qui se dérobent mes paroles l'un à l'autre.
31 I oppose those prophets who speak their own messages but claim that those messages came from me.
Voici, j'en veux, dit l'Éternel, aux prophètes qui prennent le langage des prophètes, et disent: Oracle [de l'Éternel].
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 menteurs, dit l'Éternel, et les racontent, et égarent mon peuple par leurs mensonges et leurs forfanteries, sans avoir reçu de moi ni mission, ni ordre, et qui ne sont d'aucun profit pour ce peuple, dit l'Éternel.
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!’
Que si ce peuple, ou un prophète, ou un sacrificateur t'interroge, disant: Quelle est la menace de l'Éternel? dis-leur quelle est cette menace: Je vous rejetterai, dit l'Éternel.
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 le prophète, et le sacrificateur, et tout homme du peuple qui dira: « Menace de l'Éternel, » je le châtierai, lui 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]?’
Voici les termes dont vous vous servirez l'un envers l'autre, chacun envers son prochain: « Qu'a répondu l'Éternel? et qu'a dit l'Éternel? »
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.
Mais « Menace de l'Éternel » c'est ce que vous ne prononcerez plus; car pour chacun sa parole deviendra une menace, parce que vous tordez les paroles du Dieu vivant, de l'Éternel 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]?’
Voici comment tu parleras au prophète: Que t'a répondu l'Éternel, et qu'a dit l'Éternel?
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.’
Mais si vous dites: « Menace de l'Éternel, » alors ainsi parle l'Éternel: Parce que vous dites ce mot: « Menace de l'Éternel, » et que j'envoyai vers vous pour vous dire: Vous ne direz pas: « Menace de l'Éternel, »
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.
pour cela, voici, je vous oublierai, vous oublierai, et vous bannirai vous et cette ville que j'avais donnée à vous et à vos pères, loin de ma présence,
40 I will cause people to make fun of you forever. People will never forget that you were disgraced.”
et je mettrai sur vous une honte éternelle, et un opprobre éternel, qui ne sera pas oublié.
