Jeremiah 9
1 I wish that my head was [like] [MET] a spring of water, and that my eyes were [like] a fountain of tears. Then I would cry night and day for all of my people who have been killed [by our enemies].
Qui changera ma tête en eaux, et mes yeux en source de larmes, pour que je pleure nuit et jour les morts de la fille de mon peuple?
2 I wish that I could leave my people and forget them, and go and live in a shack/shelter in the desert, because they have not remained faithful [MET] [to Yahweh]; they are a mob of people who deceive others.
Qui me donnera au désert un abri de voyageurs? J’abandonnerai mon peuple, je me retirerai d’avec eux! Car ils sont tous des adultères; une assemblée d’infidèles.
3 [Yahweh replied to me], “They use their tongues [to tell] [MET] lies like people shoot [arrows] with bows. It is because they tell lies that they have become more powerful in this land, and they do not know me.
Ils bandent leur langue comme leur arc, pour décocher le mensonge; ce n’est pas par la vérité qu’ils sont puissants dans le pays, car ils vont de péché en péché; et ils ne me connaissent pas, — oracle de Yahweh.
4 Do not trust your neighbors and [even] your brothers! They all are as deceitful [as Jacob was]. They slander [each other] and tell lies [about each other].
Gardez vous chacun de votre ami, et ne vous fiez à aucun frère; car tout frère ne fait que supplanter, et tout ami s’en va répandant la calomnie.
5 They deceive their friends and never tell the truth. They lie continually and, because of that, they have become skilled liars; they do one oppressive thing after another, and are unable to stop doing it.
Ils se dupent dupent l’un l’autre; ils ne disent pas la vérité; ils exercent leur langue à mentir; ils s’étudient à mal faire.
6 They habitually lie and deceive [each other], and no one will admit/say that I am God.
Tu habites au milieu de la mauvaise foi; c’est par mauvaise foi qu’ils refusent de me connaître, — oracle de Yahweh.
7 Therefore [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, say this: Listen carefully to what I say: I will [cause my people to experience great afflictions, ] [like a metalworker puts metal in a hot fire] [MET] to completely burn out the impure bits. Because of all [the evil things] that my people have done, there is absolutely nothing else [RHQ] that I can do.
C’est pourquoi ainsi parle Yahweh des armées: Je vais les fondre au creuset et les éprouver; car que faire autre chose avec la fille de mon peuple?
8 What they say [MTY] [injures people like] [MET] poisoned arrows do. They say to their neighbors, ‘I hope things will go well for you,’ while they are planning to kill them.
C’est un dard meurtrier que leur langue; elle ne profère que mensonge; de la bouche on dit: Paix à son prochain, et dans le cœur on lui dresse des embûches.
9 Should I not punish them for doing that [RHQ]? Yes, I should certainly (get revenge on/give what they deserve to) [the people of] a nation that does things like that!”
Et je ne les punirais pas pour tous ces crimes, — oracle de Yahweh, et d’une nation telle que celle-là je ne me vengerais pas!
10 So, I will weep and wail for [the people who live in] the mountains and in the (pastures/places where the livestock eat the grass), because those areas will be desolate, and no one will live there. There will be no cattle there to call to each other, and all the birds and wild animals will have fled [to other places].
Sur les montagnes je ferai entendre une plainte et une lamentation, sur les pâturages du désert un chant de deuil! Car ils sont brûlés au point que personne n’y passe; on n’y entend plus la voix des troupeaux; depuis l’oiseau du ciel jusqu’au bétail, tous ont fui, ont disparu.
11 [Yahweh also says], “I will cause Jerusalem to become a heap of ruins, and [only] jackals/wolves will live there. I will destroy the towns of Judah, with the result that they will be completely deserted; no one will live there.”
Et je ferai de Jérusalem des tas de pierres, un repaire de chacals; et je ferai des villes de Juda une solitude, où personne n’habite.
12 [I said], “Only people who are very wise [RHQ] can understand these things. Only those who have been taught by Yahweh can [RHQ] explain these things to others. The wise people are [RHQ] the only ones who can explain why the land will be completely ruined with the result that everyone [RHQ] will be afraid to travel through it.”
Quel est l’homme sage qui comprendra ces choses; celui à qui la bouche de Yahweh a parlé, pour qu’il les annonce? Pourquoi le pays est-il détruit, brûlé comme le désert où personne ne passe?
13 Yahweh replied, “[These things will happen] because my people have rejected my laws which I gave to them; they have not obeyed me or my instructions.
Et Yahweh dit: C’est parce qu’ils ont abandonné ma loi, que j’avais mise devant eux, qu’ils n’ont pas écouté ma voix et ne l’ont pas suivie.
14 Instead, they have stubbornly done the things that they wanted to do. They have worshiped the idols that represent the god Baal, which is what their ancestors did.
Mais ils ont marché selon l’obstination de leur cœur, et après les Baals, que leurs pères leur ont enseignés.
15 So now listen to what [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, the God of the Israelis, say: [What I will do will be like] [MET] giving these people bitter things to eat and poison to drink:
C’est pourquoi ainsi parle Yahweh, le Dieu d’Israël: « Voici que je vais les nourrir d’absinthe, — ce peuple — et je leur donnerai à boire des eaux empoisonnées.
16 I will scatter them to many nations which neither they nor their ancestors have known [anything about]; I will [enable their enemies to] strike them with swords until I have destroyed them.”
Je les disperserai parmi des nations que n’ont connues ni eux, ni leurs pères, et j’enverrai contre eux le glaive, jusqu’à ce que je les aie exterminés.
17 This is also what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “Think [about what is happening], [then] summon those women who mourn [when someone has died].
Ainsi parle Yahweh des armées: Pensez à commander les pleureuses, et qu’elles viennent! Envoyez vers les plus habiles, et qu’elles viennent!
18 Tell them to come quickly and start to wail, with the result that tears will stream down from your(pl) eyes.
Qu’elles se hâtent, qu’elles entonnent sur nous des lamentations; que les larmes coulent de nos yeux, et que de nos paupières les pleurs ruissellent!
19 Listen to [the people of] Jerusalem crying/lamenting, saying, ‘We have been ruined/destroyed! We have experienced a terrible disaster! Now we are very ashamed, because our houses have been destroyed [by our enemies], and we [are being forced to] leave our land.’”
Car un bruit de lamentations a été entendu dans Sion: « Comment sommes-nous dévastés, couverts de honte, au point d’abandonner le pays, parce qu’on a jeté bas nos demeures? »
20 You women, listen to what Yahweh says [MTY]. Pay attention to his words [DOU]. Teach your daughters to wail. Teach each other how to sing funeral songs,
Femmes, écoutez donc la parole de Yahweh, et que votre oreille reçoive la parole de sa bouche! Enseignez à vos filles une lamentation, et chacune à vos compagnes un chant de deuil.
21 because people will be dying [PRS] in your houses and in palaces. There will be no more children playing in the streets, there will be no more young men [gathering] in the city squares/marketplaces.
Car la mort est montée par nos fenêtres, et elle est entrée dans nos palais, pour faire disparaître l’enfant de la rue, et les jeunes gens des places publiques.
22 There will be corpses scattered across the fields like dung; their dead bodies will lie there like [SIM] grain that has been cut by reapers/farmers, and there will be no one [still alive] to bury them.
Parle: Ainsi... — oracle de Yahweh: Le cadavre de l’homme tombera, comme du fumier sur un champ, et comme la javelle derrière le moissonneur, sans que personne la ramasse.
23 Yahweh says this: “Wise men should not boast about their being wise, strong men should not boast about their being strong; and rich people should not boast about their being rich.
Ainsi parle Yahweh: Que le sage ne se glorifie pas de sa sagesse; que le fort ne se glorifie pas de sa force; que le riche ne se glorifie pas de sa richesse.
24 Instead, those who want to boast should boast about their knowing me and about understanding that I am Yahweh, that I am kind and just and righteous, that I faithfully love [people], and that I am delighted with [people who act] that way.
Mais que celui qui se glorifie se glorifie en ceci: d’avoir de l’intelligence et de me connaître. Car je suis Yahweh, qui exerce la miséricorde, le droit et la justice sur la terre; car c’est à cela que je prends plaisir, — oracle de Yahweh.
25 There will be a time when I will punish all those people of Egypt and of the Moab people-group and of the Edom [people-group] and of the Ammon [people-group], all those people who live close to desert areas (OR, who cut their hair short [to please their gods]) far from Judah, all those people who have [changed their bodies by] circumcising them [MET] but who have not [changed] their inner beings. I will punish the people of Judah also, because they have not changed their inner beings, [either].”
Voici que des jours viennent, — oracle de Yahweh, où je châtierai tout circoncis avec l’incirconcis:
L’Égypte, Juda, Edom, les fils d’Ammon, Moab, et tous ceux qui se rasent les tempes, qui habitent le désert; car toutes les nations sont incirconcises, et toute la maison d’Israël est incirconcise de cœur.
