Jeremiah 46
1 These are messages that Yahweh gave to the prophet Jeremiah about [other] nations.
La parole de l'Éternel qui fut adressée à Jérémie, le prophète, touchant les nations.
2 After Jehoiakim, son of King Josiah, had been ruling Judah for almost four years, this message about Egypt was given [by Yahweh]. It was when the army of King Neco of Egypt was defeated by the army of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon along the Euphrates River. [This is what Yahweh said: “The officers of the army of Egypt are saying to their troops],
Sur l'Egypte, sur l'armée de Pharaon Néco, roi d'Egypte, qui était près du fleuve de l'Euphrate à Carchémis, et que battit Nébucadnézar, roi de Babel, la quatrième année de Jéhojakim, fils de Josias, roi de Juda.
3 ‘Prepare your shields and march out to fight the battle!
Apprêtez le bouclier et le pavois, et marchez au combat!
4 Put harnesses on your horses, and get on their backs. (Get into your positions/Line up) [for the battle]; put on your helmets. Sharpen your spears, and put on your armor!’
Attelez les chevaux! et montez-y, cavaliers! prenez vos rangs avec vos casques! nettoyez les lances! endossez la cuirasse!
5 But what [RHQ] do I see? I see that the soldiers of Egypt will be terrified and will be fleeing. [Even] the bravest of their soldiers will be running away, without [even] looking backward! [I, ] Yahweh, say that [their soldiers] will be terrified on all sides!
Pourquoi les vois-je reculer épouvantés? Leurs héros sont battus, ils fuient sans tourner la tête: terreur de toute part! dit l'Éternel.
6 [Even] the fastest [runners] will try to run away, but [even the greatest of] their warriors will not escape. In the north, by the Euphrates [River], they will stumble and fall.
Point de fuite pour les agiles, point de salut pour les forts; au nord, près de l'Euphrate, ils trébuchent et tombent.
7 What group is this that will be covering the land like the water of the Nile [River] covers the land when it floods?
Qui est celui qui s'avance pareil au Nil? comme les torrents ses eaux se meuvent!
8 [It is the army of] Egypt that will be covering the land like a surging/huge flood, and they will boast that they will cover the earth and will destroy cities and the people [who live in them].
L'Égyptien s'avance pareil au Nil, et comme les torrents ses eaux se meuvent, et il dit: Je m'avance, je vais couvrir le pays, ruiner des villes et leurs habitants!
9 You [riders of] horses, charge/rush [into the battle]! You [drivers of] chariots, drive furiously! [All] you warriors from Ethiopia and Libya who carry your shields, you warriors from Lydia who shoot arrows, you come!
Coursiers, en avant! chars, roulez avec furie! et que les guerriers paraissent, Éthiopiens et Libyens portant le bouclier, et Lydiens portant et bandant les arcs!
10 But, [you need to know that] this is the day when [I], Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels, will get revenge on my enemies. With my sword [PRS] I will kill [my enemies] until I am satisfied; my sword will [be like a monster that] [MET, PRS] drinks the blood [of the animals it kills] until it is no longer thirsty. [The enemy soldiers who will be killed] in the north beside the Euphrates River [will be like] [MET] a sacrifice to [me], the Commander of the armies of angels.
Cette journée est au Seigneur, à l'Éternel des armées, c'est une journée de vengeance pour Le venger de ses ennemis; et l'épée dévore et s'assouvit, et s'enivre de leur sang, car il se fait un sacrifice au Seigneur, à l'Éternel des armées, dans le pays du nord près de l'Euphrate.
11 You people [IDM] of Egypt, go up to the Gilead [region] to obtain medicine; but it will be useless to take all those medicines; you will not be healed.
Monte à Galaad, et y prends du baume, Vierge, fille de l'Egypte! En vain multiplies-tu les remèdes; pour toi il n'y a point de pansement.
12 [People in] the [other] nations will hear how you were humiliated. [People] all over the earth will hear you wailing. [Your mighty] warriors will stumble over each other and they will all fall down together.”
Les nations entendent parler de ton opprobre, et la terre se remplit de tes cris, car le guerrier sur le guerrier trébuche, et ensemble ils tombent tous les deux.
13 [Then] Yahweh gave me this message about King Nebuchadnezzar when he planned to attack Egypt [with his army]:
La parole qu'adressa l'Éternel à Jérémie, le prophète, sur ce que Nébucadnézar, roi de Babel, viendrait pour frapper le pays d'Egypte.
14 “Shout [this message] throughout Egypt! Proclaim it in Migdol, Memphis, and Tahpenes [cities]! ‘(Get into your positions/Line up) [for the battle]; Prepare to defend yourselves, because [everyone] around you will be killed.’ [PRS, MTY]
Publiez en Egypte, et proclamez à Migdol, et proclamez à Noph, et à Tachphanès! dites: Debout! équipe-toi, car l'épée sévit autour de toi!
15 Your god is a bull; Why does he fall down? He will not be able to stand up, because Yahweh will knock him down.
Pourquoi tes chefs sont-ils terrassés? Ils n'ont pas tenu tête; car l'Éternel les a renversés;
16 The soldiers from other countries will stumble and fall over each other, and [then] they will say to each other, ‘Let’s get up and go back to our own people, to our own land. Let’s get away from the swords of our enemies!’
en foule ils trébuchent et tombent l'un sur l'autre, et disent: Levez-vous, et retournons dans notre peuple, et au pays de notre naissance, fuyant la cruelle épée!
17 There [in Egypt] they will say, ‘The king of Egypt talks loudly, but when our [army] had an opportunity [to defeat our enemies], they failed.’
Là on s'écrie: Pharaon, roi d'Egypte, est perdu! il a laissé passer le moment.
18 [I, ] the King, who am called the Commander of the armies of angels, say this: ‘As [surely as] I live, someone’s army will be coming [to fight against the army of Egypt]. They will be [extremely powerful], [as though they were as tall] as Tabor Hill, or [as high] as Carmel [Mountain] close to the [Mediterranean] Sea.
Par ma vie, dit le Roi dont l'Éternel des armées est le nom, semblable au Thabor entre les montagnes, et semblable au Carmel au-dessus de la mer, il arrive.
19 [All] you people who live in Egypt, pack your possessions/clothes and prepare to be exiled. Memphis [city] will be destroyed; it will become a ruin, and no one will be living there.
Prépare-toi pour la captivité, toi qui habites en ces lieux, fille de l'Egypte; car Noph sera saccagée et brûlée, dépeuplée.
20 Egypt is [like] [SIM] a beautiful young cow, but [the army of a powerful king] from the northeast will come to attack it [like] a horsefly [MET] [bites a cow].
L'Egypte est une génisse superbe; un aiguillon vient du nord, il arrive.
21 The (mercenaries/soldiers [from other countries] who have been hired) will become like [SIM] fat calves; but they also will turn around and run away; they will not stand [there and fight], because it will be a day when there will be a [great] disaster in Egypt, a day when their people will be [greatly] punished.
Même les mercenaires qui sont au milieu d'elle, tels que des veaux engraissés, oui, eux aussi, ils tournent le dos; ils fuient de concert, ils ne s'arrêtent pas, car sur eux fond le jour de leur supplice, le temps de leur châtiment.
22 [The soldiers of] Egypt will run away, as silently as a snake scurries/crawls away. [The army of] the enemy will advance; they will march along carrying their axes like [SIM] men who cut down trees.
Sa voix sortira perçante comme celle du serpent, quand en force ils arriveront, et qu'ils marcheront sur elle armés de haches, pareils à des bûcherons.
23 [I, ] Yahweh, say that they will kill the soldiers [of Egypt] as though [SIM] they were a forest of trees, because the enemy soldiers will be as numerous as [a swarm of] locusts.
Ils vont couper sa forêt, dit l'Éternel, car elle est impénétrable, car ils sont plus nombreux que des sauterelles, et on ne peut les compter.
24 The people of Egypt will be humiliated; they will be conquered by people from the northeast.’
La fille de l'Egypte est honteuse; elle est livrée aux mains d'un peuple du septentrion.
25 [I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom the Israelis [worship], say, ‘I will punish Amon, [the god whom the people] of Thebes [city] worship, and [all] the [other] gods in Egypt. [I will punish] the King of Egypt and [all] those who trust in him.
L'Éternel des armées, Dieu d'Israël, a dit: Voici, je vais châtier Amon de No, et Pharaon, et l'Egypte, et ses dieux et ses rois, Pharaon et ceux qui s'appuient sur lui,
26 I will cause them to be captured by those who want to kill them—Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon, and his army officers. But many years later, people will live in Egypt again. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.’
et les livrer aux mains de ceux qui en veulent à leur vie, et aux mains de Nébucadnézar, roi de Babel, et aux mains de ses serviteurs; mais dans la suite [l'Egypte] sera habitée comme aux jours d'autrefois, dit l'Éternel.
27 But you people of Israel who serve me, do not be at all dismayed [DOU] now, because some day I will bring you back from distant places; I will bring your descendants from the land to which they were exiled. [Then you] Israeli people will again live peacefully and safely, and there will not be any [nation] to cause you to be terrified.
Pour toi, ne crains point, ô mon serviteur Jacob! et ne t'effraie point, Israël! car voici, je te retirerai des pays lointains, et ta race de la contrée où elle est prisonnière; et Jacob reviendra, et il sera tranquille et heureux, sans alarmes.
28 [I, ] Yahweh, say to you people of Israel who serve me, ‘Do not be afraid, because I will be with you. I will completely destroy the nations among whom I have scattered you, but I will not completely get rid of you. I will punish you, but I will punish you only as severely as you deserve: It would be wrong if I did not punish you at all.’”
Toi, ô mon serviteur Jacob, sois sans peur, dit l'Éternel! car je suis avec toi! quand j'exterminerai toutes les nations où je t'ai disséminé, toi, je ne t'exterminerai point; et je te châtierai, mais avec mesure; car je ne puis te laisser impuni.
