Jeremiah 34
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all its cities, saying,
Voici ce que dit le Seigneur: Fais-toi de chaînes et un collier, et mets-les autour de ton cou.
2 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:
Voici ce que dit le Seigneur: Fais-toi de chaînes et un collier, et mets-les autour de ton cou.
3 And thou shalt not escape from his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thy eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.
Et tu les enverras au roi de l'Idumée, et au roi de Moab, et au roi des fils d'Ammon, et au roi de Tyr, et in roi de Sidon, par les mains de leurs messagers qui sont venus et se sont rencontrés dans Jérusalem, auprès de Sédécias, roi de Juda.
4 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD concerning thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:
Et tu prescriras à ces messagers de dire à leurs maîtres: Voici ce que dit le Seigneur Dieu d'Israël; voici ce que vous direz à vos maîtres:
5 But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings who were before thee, so shall they burn incense for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD.
J'ai créé la terre par ma toute-puissance et mon bras très-haut, et je la donnerai à celui qui sera le plus agréable à mes yeux.
6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,
J'ai donné la terre à Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, afin qu'elle le serve; je lui ai donné les bêtes des champs, afin qu'elles travaillent pour lui.
7 When the king of Babylon’s army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these fortified cities remained of the cities of Judah.
Et la nation et le royaume qui ne passeront point leur cou sous le joug du roi de Babylone, je les visiterai par le glaive et la famine, dit le Seigneur, jusqu'à ce qu'ils tombent défaillants sous ma main.
8 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them;
Et la nation et le royaume qui ne passeront point leur cou sous le joug du roi de Babylone, je les visiterai par le glaive et la famine, dit le Seigneur, jusqu'à ce qu'ils tombent défaillants sous ma main.
9 That every man should release his male servant, and every man his female servant, being a Hebrew man or woman; that none should retain them in service, that is, a Jew his brother.
Quant à vous, n'écoutez pas vos faux prophètes, ni vos devins, ni les interprètes de vos songes, ni vos augures, ni vos magiciens qui disent: Ne travaillez pas pour le roi de Babylone.
10 Now when all the princes, and all the people, who had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should release his male servants, and every one his female servants, that none should retain them in service any more, then they obeyed, and let them go.
Car ils vous prophétisent des mensonges, pour que vous soyez transportés loin de votre pays,
11 But afterwards they turned, and caused the male and female servants, whom they had released to return, and brought them into subjection for male and female servants.
Et toute nation qui passera son cou sous le joug du roi de Babylone, et qui travaillera pour lui, je la laisserai sur sa terre, et elle y travaillera et y demeurera.
12 Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
Et je parlerai à Sédécias, roi de Juda, conformément à ces paroles, disant: Passez votre cou sous le joug,
13 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth from the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying,
Et travaillez pour le roi de Babylone, car ceux-ci vous prophétisent l'iniquité:
14 At the end of seven years release ye every man his brother an Hebrew, who hath been sold to thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not to me, neither inclined their ear.
Et travaillez pour le roi de Babylone, car ceux-ci vous prophétisent l'iniquité:
15 And ye had now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:
Car je ne les ai pas envoyés, dit le Seigneur, et ils prophétisent à tort en mon nom pour vous perdre; et vous périrez, vous et vos prophètes qui vous prophétisent le mensonge et l'iniquité.
16 But ye turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his male servant, and every man his female servant, whom he had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be to you for male and female servants.
Je vous ai parlé à vous, et à tout le peuple, et aux prêtres, disant: Ainsi dit le Seigneur: N'écoutez pas les discours des prophètes qui vous prophétisent, disant: Voilà que les vases du temple du Seigneur reviendront de Babylone; parce qu'ils vous prophétisent à tort et faussement, je ne les ai point envoyés.
17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened to me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
S'ils sont prophètes, et si la parole du Seigneur est en eux, qu'ils aient une entrevue avec moi.
18 And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, who have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in two, and passed between the parts of it,
S'ils sont prophètes, et si la parole du Seigneur est en eux, qu'ils aient une entrevue avec moi.
19 The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, who passed between the parts of the calf;
Car voici ce que dit le Seigneur: Quant à ce qui reste des vases
20 I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for food to the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.
Que n'a pas pris le roi de Babylone, lorsqu'il a transporté de Jérusalem le roi Jéchonias,
21 And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes I will give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which are gone up from you.
Ils iront à Babylone, dit le Seigneur.
22 Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.
Ils iront à Babylone, dit le Seigneur.
