Jeremiah 8
1 Yahweh says, “At the time [that your corpses are scattered on the ground], [your enemies will] break open the graves of your kings and [other] officials who lived in Judah, and the graves of your priests and prophets and other people who lived there.
En ce temps-là, dit l'Éternel, on jettera les os des rois de Juda, et les os de ses princes, les os des sacrificateurs, les os des prophètes et les os des habitants de Jérusalem, hors de leurs sépultures;
2 They will take out their bones [from their graves] and [dishonor them by] scattering them on the ground under the sun and the moon and the stars— those are the gods which my people loved and served and worshiped. No one will gather up their bones and bury them [again]; they will remain scattered on the ground like dung.
On les étendra devant le soleil, et devant la lune, et devant toute l'armée des cieux qu'ils ont aimés, qu'ils ont servis et après lesquels ils ont marché, qu'ils ont recherchés et devant lesquels ils se sont prosternés. Ils ne seront point recueillis, ni ensevelis; ils seront comme du fumier sur la face du sol.
3 And all the people of this wicked nation [who are still alive and] whom I have exiled to other countries will say, ‘We would prefer to die than to continue to stay alive [here in these countries].’ [That will be true because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
Et la mort sera plus désirable que la vie pour tous ceux qui seront restés de cette race mauvaise, dans tous les lieux où j'en aurai chassé les restes, dit l'Éternel des armées.
4 [Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah], tell the people that this is what [I], Yahweh, am saying to them: ‘When people fall down, they get up again, do they not [RHQ]? When people are going along a road and find out that they are walking on the wrong road, they go back [and find the correct road], do they not [RHQ]?
Tu leur diras donc: Ainsi a dit l'Éternel: Si l'on tombe, ne se relève-t-on pas? et si l'on se détourne, ne revient-on pas?
5 [Yes, they do], so why do these people [of Judah] continue [trusting in those idols that have deceived them]? They continue turning away from me, [even though I have warned them].
Pourquoi donc ce peuple de Jérusalem, s'est-il égaré d'un égarement continuel? Ils persistent dans la tromperie; ils refusent de se convertir.
6 I have listened carefully [DOU] [to what they say], but they do not say what they should say. Not one of them is sorry for having sinned. No one says, “I have done [RHQ] wicked things.” They are [sinning and] doing what they want to as fast as [SIM] a horse that is running into a battle.
J'ai prêté l'oreille, j'ai écouté: ils ne parlent pas droitement. Nul ne se repent de sa méchanceté, et ne dit: Qu'ai-je fait? Tous ils retournent à leur course, comme le cheval qui se précipite au combat.
7 All the birds [that fly south for the (winter/cold season)] know the time that they need to fly south, and they all return at the right time the following year. But my people [are not like those birds]! They do not know what [I], Yahweh, require them to do.
La cigogne même connaît dans les cieux ses saisons; la tourterelle, l'hirondelle et la grue observent le temps où elles doivent venir; mais mon peuple ne connaît pas le jugement de l'Éternel.
8 Your men who teach you [the laws that Moses wrote] have been saying false things [about those laws]. [So], why [RHQ] do they [continue] saying, “We are [very] wise [because] we have the laws of Yahweh”?
Comment dites-vous: Nous sommes sages, et la loi de l'Éternel est avec nous? Mais voici, la plume menteuse des scribes en fait un mensonge!
9 Those teachers, who think that [IRO] they are wise, will be ashamed/disgraced and dismayed when they are taken [to other countries by their enemies] because they sinned by rejecting what I told them. Truly, they were not [RHQ] very wise to do that!
Les sages seront confus; ils seront épouvantés, et ils seront pris. Car ils ont rejeté la parole de l'Éternel, et quelle sagesse auraient-ils?
10 So, I will give their wives to other men; I will give their fields to [the enemy soldiers] who conquer them. All the people, including those who are important and those who are not important, deceive [others] in order to obtain their possessions. Even [my] prophets and my priests do that.
C'est pourquoi je donnerai leurs femmes à d'autres, et leurs champs à de nouveaux possesseurs. Car, depuis le plus petit jusqu'au plus grand, tous sont avides de gain. Depuis le prophète jusqu'au sacrificateur, tous se conduisent faussement.
11 [They act as though the sins of my people] are not serious, [like] [MET] wounds that do not need to be cleaned and bandaged. They tell the people that everything will go well with them, [but that is not true]; things will not go well with them.
Ils pansent à la légère la plaie de la fille de mon peuple, en disant: Paix, paix! et il n'y a point de paix.
12 They should be [RHQ] ashamed when they do disgusting things [RHQ], but they do not even know how to show on their faces that they are ashamed [about their sins]. So, [they will be killed, and] their corpses [also] will lie among the corpses of others who have been slaughtered [by their enemies]. They will be killed when I punish them.
Ont-ils été confus de ce qu'ils ont commis l'abomination? Ils n'en ont même eu aucune honte, et ils ne savent ce que c'est de rougir. C'est pourquoi ils tomberont avec ceux qui tombent; au temps de leur visitation ils seront renversés, dit l'Éternel.
13 I will [allow their enemies to] take away the figs and grapes that the people would have harvested from their fields. Their fruit trees will all wither. They will not receive [all] the blessings that I prepared for them. [This will certainly happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.’”
Je les enlèverai entièrement, dit l'Éternel. Il n'y a point de grappes à la vigne; il n'y a point de figues au figuier; la feuille est flétrie; ce que je leur ai donné sera enlevé!
14 [Then the people will say], “(Why should we wait here [in these small towns]?/We should not wait here [in these small towns].) [RHQ]! We should go to the cities that have high walls around them, [but even if we do that] we will be killed there, because Yahweh our God has decided that we must be destroyed; [it is as though] [MET] he has given us a cup of poison to drink, because we sinned against him.
Pourquoi demeurons-nous assis? Assemblez-vous, et entrons dans les villes fortes, et nous y périrons! Car l'Éternel notre Dieu a résolu notre perte; il nous fait boire des eaux empoisonnées; parce que nous avons péché contre l'Éternel.
15 We hoped/desired that things would go well for us, but things have not gone well. We hoped that bad things would not happen to us any more, but only things that terrify us [are happening to us].
On attendait la paix, mais il n'y a rien de bon; un temps de guérison, et voici la terreur!
16 People [far north in Israel] in [the city of] Dan can already hear the snorting of the horses of their enemies [who are preparing to attack us]. [It is as though] the entire land [of Judah] is shaking as their army approaches; they are coming to destroy our land and everything in it, the people and the cities.”
Du côté de Dan se fait entendre le ronflement de leurs chevaux; au bruit du hennissement de leurs puissants coursiers, toute la terre tremble. Ils viennent; ils dévorent le pays et ce qu'il contient, la ville et ceux qui y habitent.
17 [Yahweh says], “I will send [those enemy soldiers to Judah], and they will be like [MET] poisonous snakes among you. No one will be able to stop them from attacking you [MET]; they will attack you like snakes do, [and kill you].”
Car voici, j'envoie contre vous des serpents, des basilics, contre lesquels il n'y a point de charme; ils vous mordront, dit l'Éternel.
18 I grieve very much [for the people of Judah], and my grieving does not end. I am very sad [IDM].
Ah! du répit pour ma douleur! Mon cœur souffre au-dedans de moi!
19 Throughout our land, the people ask, “Has Yahweh abandoned Jerusalem? Is [he], our city’s king, no longer there?” [Yahweh replies], “Why do the people cause me to become very angry by [worshiping] idols and foreign gods?” [RHQ]
Voici la voix de la fille de mon peuple, qui crie d'un pays éloigné: L'Éternel n'est-il plus dans Sion? Son roi n'est-il plus au milieu d'elle? Pourquoi m'ont-ils irrité par leurs images taillées, par les vanités de l'étranger?
20 [The people say], “The harvest [season] is finished, the (summer/hot season) has ended, [and we hoped that we would receive blessings from Yahweh], but he has not rescued us [from our enemies].”
La moisson est passée, l'été a pris fin, et nous ne sommes pas délivrés!
21 I cry because my people have been crushed. I mourn, and I am completely dismayed.
Je suis blessé de la blessure de la fille de mon peuple; j'en suis en deuil, la désolation m'en a saisi.
22 [I ask], “Surely there is [RHQ] medicinal balm in the Gilead [region]! Surely there are [RHQ] doctors there!” But my people have been badly wounded [in their spirits], and nothing can heal them.
N'y a-t-il point de baume en Galaad? N'y a-t-il point de médecin? Pourquoi donc la plaie de la fille de mon peuple n'est-elle pas consolidée?
