Jeremiah 5
1 [Yahweh said to the people of Jerusalem], “Go up and down every street. Search in the marketplaces to find people who do what is fair/right, who try to be faithful to me. [If you find even one person like that], I will forgive [the people of Jerusalem and not destroy] their city.
Parcourez en tous sens les rues de Jérusalem, regardez donc et observez, faites des recherches dans ses places publiques; si vous trouvez un homme, un seul, qui pratique la justice, qui soit soucieux de loyauté, elle obtiendra de moi son pardon.
2 But when people there say, ‘I solemnly declare that as surely as Yahweh lives, [I will do what he says],’ they are lying.”
Même quand ils disent: "Par l’Eternel vivant!" à coup sûr, c’est pour prêter un faux serment!
3 Yahweh, you are certainly [RHQ] searching for [people who tell the] truth. You struck/punished your people, but they did not pay any attention. You crushed them, but they ignored what you were telling them to do. They were extremely stubborn [IDM] and refused to return to you.
O Eternel, tes yeux peuvent-ils supporter autre chose que la vérité? Tu les as frappés, et ils ne se sentent pas atteints; tu les as ruinés, ils refusent d’accepter la leçon ils se font un visage plus dur que le roc, ils ne veulent pas se convertir.
4 I thought, “[We cannot expect] these [people to act righteously, because they] are poor; they do not have any sense. They do not know the way Yahweh wants them to conduct their lives; they do not know what God requires them to do.
Je pensais alors en moi-même: "Ce ne sont que gens de rien; ils manquent d’intelligence, ignorants qu’ils sont de la voie de l’Eternel, de la justice de leur Dieu.
5 So, I will go and talk to their leaders, because they [surely] know how God wants them to conduct their lives.” But they also have stopped obeying Yahweh [MET], and they will not allow him to lead them.
Je vais me tourner vers les grands, leur adresser la parole; car ils connaissent, eux, la voie de l’Eternel, la justice de leur Dieu!" Mais ce sont eux qui, tous ensemble, ont brisé le joug, rompu les liens.
6 Because of that, lions will come out of the forests and kill them; wolves from the desert will attack them; leopards that lurk/wait outside their cities will maul anyone who walks outside the cities. [Those things will happen] because the people have sinned very much against God and have turned away from him very frequently.
C’Est pourquoi le lion, s’élançant des forêts, les attaque, le loup des steppes arides s’acharne sur eux; la panthère est tapie près de leurs villes, quiconque en sort est mis en pièces, car multiples sont leurs fautes, nombreux leurs égarements.
7 Yahweh says, “I cannot [RHQ] forgive these people; [even] their children have abandoned me. When they solemnly declare something, they ask their gods [to show that what they say is true]. I gave my people everything that they needed, but they often went to [the shrines of their idols] and committed adultery there.
Pour quelle raison te pardonnerais-je? Tes fils m’abandonnent, ils jurent par des dieux qui n’en sont pas; je les ai comblés de bien et ils trahissent leur foi, ils se rendent en foule aux mauvais lieux.
8 [Just like] [MET] well-fed male horses neigh, wanting sex with female horses, each of the men desires to have sex with his neighbor’s wife.
Comme des chevaux repus, ils courent de côté et d’autre, hennissant chacun après la femme d’autrui.
9 (Should I not punish them for this [RHQ]?/I will certainly get revenge on this nation for this!) I will certainly get revenge [RHQ] on this nation whose people behave like that!
Puis-je ne pas sévir contre de tels excès? dit l’Eternel; mon âme n’usera-t-elle pas de représailles contre un pareil peuple?
10 [I will say to your enemies], ‘The people [of Judah and Israel are like a vineyard]. Go along the rows in their vineyards and get rid of [most of] the people, but do not kill all of them. These people do not belong to me, [so get rid of them], [like a gardener] [MET] lops/cuts off branches from a vine.
Escaladez ses murailles et dévastez, mais sans consommer la ruine! Emondez ses branches, qui n’appartiennent pas à l’Eternel.
11 The people of Israel and Judah have turned away from me completely.’
Car la maison d’Israël et la maison de Juda ont agi perfidement à mon égard, dit l’Eternel.
12 They have lied about me and said, ‘He will not punish us! He will not cause us to experience disasters! We will not experience wars or famines!
Ils ont renié le Seigneur et dit: "Il n’est pas! Aucun malheur ne nous arrivera, nous ne verrons ni guerre ni famine.
13 What [God’s] prophets say is nothing but hot air! They do not have messages [from God]! We would like [the disasters that they predict] to happen to them!’”
Les dires des prophètes seront comme du vent; de parole révélée, ils n’en possèdent pas: puisse un tel traitement leur être infligé!"
14 So, this is what Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, has said to me: “Because my people are saying those things, I will give you a message to tell them [MTY] that will be [like] [MET] a fire, and [these people will be like] [MET] wood that the fire will burn up.
C’Est pourquoi, ainsi parle l’Eternel, Dieu-Cebaot: "Puisque tels sont vos discours, les paroles que je mets dans ta bouche, je vais les transformer en feu, et ce peuple sera du bois, que ce feu consumera.
15 Listen to this, you people of Israel: I will bring [the army of] a distant nation to attack you. It is a very powerful nation that has existed for a long time. They speak a language that you do not know and which you will not be able to understand.
Voici, je fais fondre sur vous un peuple venu de loin, ô maison d’Israël, dit l’Eternel, un peuple impétueux, peuple d’une haute antiquité, peuple dont tu ignores la langue et ne comprends pas le parier.
16 Their soldiers are all very strong, and the arrows from their quivers [MET] will (send many Israeli men to their graves/cause many Israeli people to die).
Son carquois est comme un sépulcre béant, et il ne compte que des héros.
17 They will eat the food that you have harvested from your fields, and eat your bread. They will kill your sons and daughters, and they will kill your flocks [of sheep] and herds [of cattle]. They will eat your grapes and your figs. They will [also] destroy your cities that have high walls around them and kill the people with their swords.
Il dévorera ta moisson et ton pain, il dévorera tes fils et tes filles, il dévorera tes brebis et tes boeufs, il dévorera ta vigne et ton figuier; il ruinera par le glaive tes villes fortes, sur lesquelles tu fondes ton espoir.
18 But even when those things happen, I will not get rid of all of you.
Mais même en ces jours-là, dit l’Eternel, je ne vous anéantirai pas complètement.
19 And when the survivors ask, ‘Why is Yahweh our God doing this to us?’ you will tell them, ‘You rejected him and worshiped foreign gods in your [own] land, so [now] you will become slaves of foreigners in a land that is not your land.’”
Et quand vous direz: "Quel motif a l’Eternel pour nous traiter de la sorte?" Tu leur répondras: "De même que vous m’avez délaissé pour servir des dieux étrangers dans votre pays, ainsi vous aurez à servir des étrangers dans un pays qui n’est pas le vôtre."
20 [Yahweh said to me], “Proclaim this to the people of Israel and Judah:
Annoncez ceci dans la maison de Jacob, et proclamez-le dans Juda, à savoir:
21 Listen to this, you people who are foolish and who do not have any sense: You have eyes, but [it is as though] you cannot see; you have ears, but [it is as though] you cannot hear.
Ecoutez donc ceci, peuple dénué d’intelligence et de coeur, vous qui avez des yeux pour ne pas voir, des oreilles pour ne pas entendre!
22 Why do you not revere me [RHQ]? You should [RHQ] tremble when you are in my presence! I, Yahweh, am the one who put a barrier along the shores so that the waters of the ocean cannot cross it [and flood the land]. The waves roll and roar, but they cannot go past that barrier.
Est-ce bien moi que vous ne vénérez pas, dit l’Eternel, est-ce bien moi devant qui vous refusez de trembler, moi qui ai donné le sable comme limite à la mer, comme une barrière éternelle qu’elle ne peut franchir? Ses flots se soulèvent, impuissants, ils mugissent, mais ne vont pas au delà.
23 But you people [are not like the waves that obey me]. You people are very stubborn and rebellious. You have constantly turned away from me.
Mais ce peuple a le coeur indocile et rebelle, il s’est détourné et a suivi sa propre voie.
24 You do not say to yourselves, ‘We should revere Yahweh our God, the one who sends us rain at the times when we need it, the one who causes the grain to become ripe at the harvest season.’
Ils n’ont pas dit en leur coeur: "Adorons donc l’Eternel, notre Dieu, qui dispense la pluiela pluie de l’automne et du printempsen temps voulu, qui nous réserve régulièrement les semaines déterminées pour la moisson."
25 It is because of the wrong things that you have done, that those good things have not happened; it is because of the sins that you have committed that you have been prevented from receiving those blessings.
Ce sont vos fautes qui ont dérangé le cours de ces lois, vos péchés qui vous ont privés de ces bienfaits,
26 Among my people are wicked people who hide along the roads to ambush/attack people like [SIM] men who hunt birds (put out nets/set traps) to catch them.
car il se rencontre dans mon peuple de mauvaises gens, l’oeil aux aguets comme des oiseleurs, qui ont dressé leurs panneaux; ils tendent leurs engins meurtriers, et ce sont des hommes qu’ils prennent au piège.
27 Like [a hunter has] a cage full of birds [that he has captured], their homes are full of things that they have gotten by deceiving others. So now they are [very] rich and powerful.
Comme une cage remplie d’oiseaux, leurs demeures sont remplies de fraude; aussi sont-ils prospères et opulents.
28 They are big and fat, and there is no limit to the evil things that they have done. They do not try to defend orphans in the courtrooms, and they do not help poor people to get what they have a right to receive.
Ils sont gras, reluisants: ne dépassent-ils pas toute mesure dans le mal? Ils ne rendent pas justice, justice à l’orphelin, et ils prospèrent! La cause des pauvres, ils ne la font pas triompher.
29 So I will certainly [RHQ] punish them for doing those things. I will certainly [RHQ] (get revenge on their nation/do to their nation what they deserve).
Puis-je ne pas sévir contre de tels excès? dit l’Eternel; mon âme n’usera-t-elle pas de représailles contre un pareil peuple?
30 Very appalling/horrible and terrible [DOU] things are happening in this country:
II s’est passé des choses stupéfiantes et pleines d’horreur dans ce pays:
31 Prophets speak [only] lies and priests rule by their own authority, and you people like that! But when you [start to] experience disasters, what will you do [RHQ]?”
les prophètes font prédication de mensonges, les prêtres, forts de leur appui, exercent leur domination, et mon peuple aime cela! Mais que ferez-vous quand viendra la fin?
