< Jeremiah 45 >

1 After Jehoiakim the son of King Josiah had been ruling Judah for almost four years, [I, ] Baruch, wrote down [all] the messages that the prophet Jeremiah had dictated to me. Then Jeremiah gave me a message. He said,
La parole que Jérémie le prophète dit à Baruc, fils de Nérija, lorsqu’il écrivait ces paroles-là dans un livre, sous la dictée de Jérémie, en la quatrième année de Jehoïakim, fils de Josias, roi de Juda, disant:
2 “Baruch, Yahweh, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], has a message for you.
Ainsi dit l’Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël, à ton sujet, Baruc:
3 You have said, ‘Terrible things [are happening] to me! I have endured much pain already. And now Yahweh is causing me to be very sad, in addition to my having pain. I am exhausted from my (groaning/being sad), and I am unable to rest!’
Tu as dit: Malheur à moi! car l’Éternel a ajouté le chagrin à ma douleur; je me suis fatigué dans mon gémissement, et je n’ai pas trouvé de repos.
4 But [Baruch], this is what Yahweh says: ‘I will destroy this nation that I established. [This nation is like a tree] [MET] that I planted and that I will now pull up with its roots.
Tu lui diras ainsi: Ainsi dit l’Éternel: Voici, ce que j’avais bâti, je le renverse, et ce que j’avais planté, je l’arrache, – tout ce pays.
5 So, should you [RHQ] desire that people do things to honor you in a special way? Do not desire that. [It is true that] I will cause all these people to experience a great disaster, but wherever you go, I will protect you, and you will not be killed.’”
Et toi, tu chercherais pour toi de grandes choses? Ne les cherche pas; car voici, je fais venir du mal sur toute chair, dit l’Éternel; mais je te donnerai ta vie pour butin, dans tous les lieux où tu iras.

< Jeremiah 45 >