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.
Dans le même temps, dit l'Éternel, on exhumera de leurs tombeaux les os des rois de Juda, et les os de ses princes, et les os des sacrificateurs, et les os des prophètes, et les os des habitants de Jérusalem;
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.
et on les étendra devant le soleil, et la lune et toute l'armée des Cieux, qu'ils ont aimés, et qu'ils ont servis, et qu'ils ont suivis, et qu'ils ont cherchés, et qu'ils ont adorés; ils ne seront ni recueillis, ni inhumés; ils seront un fumier sur la terre;
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 préférée à la vie par tous ceux qui resteront de cette race perverse, dans tous les lieux où j'aurai disséminé leurs 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]?
Dis-leur encore: Ainsi parle l'Éternel: Si l'on tombe, ne se relève-t-on pas? Si l'on dévie, 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 ce peuple, Jérusalem, dévie-t-il sans jamais revenir? Ils s'obstinent dans leur 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'observai et j'écoutai; ils ne parlent pas bien; aucun ne se repent de sa méchanceté, et ne dit: Qu'ai-je fait? Tous ils s'écartent dans leur course, comme un cheval élancé dans la mêlée.
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.
Même la cigogne dans les airs connaît sa saison; et la tourterelle, l'hirondelle et la grue observent le temps de leur retour, et mon peuple ne connaît point la loi de l'Éternel! Comment osez-vous dire:
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”?
Nous sommes sages, nous savons la loi de l'Éternel?…. Certes le style menteur 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!
Ils seront confus les sages, ils seront atterrés, ils seront enveloppés. Voici, ils ont méprisé la parole de l'Éternel: quelle sagesse est la leur!
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 du petit au grand tous sont désireux du gain, du prophète au sacrificateur tous commettent des fraudes.
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.
Et ils traitent la plaie de mon peuple comme chose légère, disant: « Salut! salut! » et il n'y a point de salut.
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.
Ils seront confondus, car ils font des abominations; mais ils ne rougissent point, ils ne connaissent point la honte; aussi tomberont-ils avec ceux qui tombent, au jour des châtiments 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 détruirai, dit l'Éternel; il n'y aura plus de raisins au cep, ni de figues au figuier, et la feuille se flétrira; et je leur donnerai qui les envahira.
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 nous arrêter? Rassemblez-vous, et allons dans les villes fortes, et y périssons, puisque l'Éternel, notre Dieu, veut notre perte, et qu'il nous abreuve d'eaux vénéneuses, 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].
Nous attendions le salut, mais il ne vient rien de bon; le temps de la guérison, et voici l'épouvante. »
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.”
De Dan se fait entendre le frémissement de leurs chevaux; au hennissement de leurs coursiers toute la terre tremble; ils arrivent et dévorent le pays et ce qu'il renferme, les villes et leurs habitants.
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].”
Oui, voici, je vous envoie des serpents, des aspics, contre lesquels le charme est nul, et ils vous piqueront, dit l'Éternel.
18 I grieve very much [for the people of Judah], and my grieving does not end. I am very sad [IDM].
[Où trouver] la sérénité au lieu du chagrin? En moi mon cœur est languissant!
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, les cris de détresse de mon peuple d'une terre lointaine se font entendre: « L'Éternel n'est-Il plus en Sion, ou son Roi n'y est-Il plus? » – « Pourquoi m'ont-ils irrité par leurs idoles, 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 finie, l'été est passé, et nous ne sommes pas secourus! »
21 I cry because my people have been crushed. I mourn, and I am completely dismayed.
De la meurtrissure de mon peuple je suis meurtri, je mène deuil, l'horreur m'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 ne bande-t-on pas la plaie de mon peuple?
