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 les rues de Jérusalem, et observez, et informez-vous, et cherchez dans ses places, si vous trouvez quelqu'un, s'il y a un homme qui fasse le bien, qui cherche la vérité: et elle recevra 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.”
Que s'ils jurent « par la vie de l'Éternel, » c'est encore un faux serment qu'ils font.
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.
Éternel, tes yeux ne voient-ils pas la vérité? Tu les frappes, et ils ne sentent pas; tu les détruis, ils refusent d'en tirer instruction; ils ont un front plus dur que le roc, ils refusent de 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.
Et je disais: Ce ne sont que les petits; ils sont égarés, parce qu'ils ignorent la voie de l'Éternel, la loi 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 veux aussi aller vers les Grands, et leur parler; car, pour eux, ils connaissent la voie de l'Éternel, la loi de leur Dieu… Mais eux tous aussi ont brisé le joug, ont 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 de la forêt le lion fondra sur eux, le loup du soir les détruira, la panthère épiera leurs villes; quiconque en sortira, sera déchiré; car leurs rébellions sont nombreuses, et leurs révoltes multipliées.
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.
Pourquoi te pardonnerais-je? Tes fils m'ont quitté, et ils jurent par des dieux qui ne sont pas; je reçus leurs serments, mais ils furent adultères, et firent foule dans la maison de la prostituée.
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.
Pareils à des étalons bien nourris, ils courent ça et là, ils hennissent, l'un pour la femme de l'autre.
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!
Tout cela ne le punirai-je point, dit l'Éternel, et d'une nation pareille ne me vengerai-je point?
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 murs, et saccagez, mais ne consommez pas la ruine! Arrachez ses sarments! car ce ne sont pas ceux de l'Éternel;
11 The people of Israel and Judah have turned away from me completely.’
car la maison d'Israël et la maison de Juda m'ont trahi, dit l'Éternel.
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 l'Éternel et ils ont dit: « Il n'est pas; la calamité ne viendra pas jusqu'à nous, et nous ne verrons ni épée, 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 prophètes ne sont que du vent, ce n'est pas Lui qui inspire leurs discours: ainsi leur soit-il fait! »
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'Éternel, le Dieu des armées: Parce que vous avez émis cette parole, voici, je ferai de mes paroles en ta bouche une flamme, et de ce peuple, le bois, et elle les dévorera.
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, j'amène contre vous un peuple du lointain, maison d'Israël, dit l'Éternel; c'est un peuple fort, c'est un peuple antique, un peuple dont tu ignores la langue, et dont tu ne comprendras pas les discours;
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 tombeau ouvert; tous ils sont 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.
Ils dévoreront tes moissons et ton pain, ils dévoreront tes fils et tes filles, ils dévoreront tes brebis et tes bœufs, ils dévoreront ta vigne et ton figuier, ils détruiront tes villes fortes où tu mets ta sûreté, avec l'épée.
18 But even when those things happen, I will not get rid of all of you.
Mais même dans ces jours, dit l'Éternel, je ne ferai pas de vous extermination.
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 si vous dites: « Pourquoi l'Éternel, notre Dieu, nous a-t-Il fait tout cela? » dis-leur: « Comme vous m'avez quitté, et que vous avez servi des dieux étrangers dans votre pays, ainsi vous servirez 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:
Publiez ceci dans la maison de Jacob, et annoncez-le en Juda, disant:
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.
Entends-le, nation folle et dénuée de sens, qui as des yeux et ne vois pas, des oreilles et n'entends pas!
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.
Ne me craindrez-vous pas, dit l'Éternel, ne tremblerez-vous pas devant moi? moi qui mis le sable pour limite de la mer, bornes éternelles qu'elle ne franchit pas; que ses vagues s'agitent, elles sont impuissantes; qu'elles bouillonnent, elles ne les franchissent pas.
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 un cœur réfractaire et rebelle; ils désertent, ils s'en vont,
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.’
et ils ne disent point en leur cœur: Ah! craignons l'Éternel, notre Dieu, qui nous donne les pluies, les premières et les secondes pluies dans leur saison, et qui maintient fixes nos semaines de 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.
Vos iniquités ont interverti cet ordre, et vos péchés ont éloigné ces biens de vous;
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 trouve dans mon peuple des méchants: ils épient comme l'oiseleur qui se baisse, ils tendent des pièges, et y prennent des hommes.
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'appâts, leurs maisons sont remplies de fraude; c'est ainsi qu'ils croissent et s'enrichissent;
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 ont un embonpoint brillant, ils outre-passent le mal même; ils ne défendent pas la cause, la cause de l'orphelin, et ils prospèrent, et au droit des pauvres ils ne font pas droit.
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).
Tout cela ne le punirai-je point, dit l'Éternel, et d'une nation pareille ne me vengerai-je point?
30 Very appalling/horrible and terrible [DOU] things are happening in this country:
Des atrocités et des horreurs se font dans le 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 prophétisent le mensonge, et les prêtres règnent sous leur conduite, et mon peuple l'aime ainsi. Et que ferez-vous après ceci?
