Jeremiah 25
1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that [was] the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;
Parole du Seigneur qui vint à Jérémie, touchant tout le peuple de Juda, en la quatrième année du règne de Joakim, fils de Josias, roi de Juda,
2 Which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,
Et qu'il a répétée devant tout le peuple de Juda et devant les habitants de Jérusalem, disant:
3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even to this day, that [is] the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.
Depuis la treizième année de Josias, fils d'Amos, roi de Juda, jusqu'à ce jour, il s'est écoulé vingt-trois ans, et je vous ai parlé, me levant au point du jour, disant:
4 And the LORD hath sent to you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending [them]; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.
Je vous ai envoyé mes serviteurs les prophètes; je les ai envoyés dès le matin, et vous n'avez point écoulé, et vous n'avez point prêté une oreille attentive, lorsqu'ils disaient:
5 They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given to you and to your fathers for ever and ever:
Que chacun de vous se retire de sa mauvaise voie, et se corrige de ses mauvaises habitudes; et vous demeurerez en la terre que j'ai donnée à vous et à vos pères, de siècle en siècle.
6 And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.
Ne marchez pas à la suite des dieux étrangers, pour les servir et les adorer, de peur que je ne sois irrité par les idoles, œuvres de vos mains, et que je ne vous opprime.
7 Yet ye have not hearkened to me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.
Et vous ne m'avez point écouté.
8 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words,
A cause de cela, dit le Seigneur, puisque vous n'avez point eu foi dans mes paroles;
9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations around, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
Voilà que je vais prendre et vous envoyer une famille qui viendra de l'aquilon, et je la conduirai contre cette terre et ceux qui l'habitent, et contre tous les gentils qui l'entourent; et je leur ferai de leurs champs un désert, un lieu de désolation, un sujet de raillerie et d'opprobre éternel.
10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
Et je ferai taire chez eux le bruit de la joie et le bruit des fêtes, la voix de l'époux et la voix de l'épousée; et je disperserai le parfum de la myrrhe, et j'éteindrai la lumière de la lampe.
11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, [and] an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
Et toute la terre sera désolée, et ils seront en servitude chez les gentils durant soixante-dix ans.
12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, [that] I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.
Et lorsque les soixante-dix ans seront accomplis, je punirai la nation qui les aura retenus, et j'en ferai un lieu d'éternelle désolation.
13 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, [even] all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.
Et j'amènerai sur cette terre toutes les paroles que j'ai dites contre elle; toutes les choses qui ont été écrites dans ce livre.
14 For many nations and great kings shall reduce them to subjection also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.
Prophéties de Jérémie contre le peuple d'Élam.
15 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel to me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
Voici ce que dit le Seigneur: L'arc d'Élam, le principe de sa force a été brisé.
16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and enraged, because of the sword that I will send among them.
Et je ferai venir sur Élam les quatre vents des quatre coins du ciel; et je les disperserai au soufle de ces vents, et il n'y aura point de nation où ne se réfugient les exilés d'Élam.
17 Then I took the cup at the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom the LORD had sent me:
Et je les ferai trembler en face de ceux qui en veulent à leur vie; j'amènerai sur eux les coups de ma fureur, et j'enverrai sur eux mon glaive, jusqu'à ce que je les aie exterminés.
18 [To wit], Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and her kings, and her princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse; as [it is] this day;
Et je placerai mon trône en Élam, et j'en chasserai le roi et les grands.
19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;
Et voici ce qui arrivera au dernier jour: je ramènerai Élam de la captivité, dit le Seigneur.
20 And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
Au commencement du règne de Sédécias, cette parole vint contre Élam:
21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,
22 And all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which [are] beyond the sea,
23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all [that are] in the utmost corners,
24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,
25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,
26 And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which [are] upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
27 Therefore thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and vomit, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thy hand to drink, then shalt thou say to them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink.
29 For lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.
30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say to them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread [the grapes], against all the inhabitants of the earth.
31 A noise shall come [even] to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them [that are] wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.
32 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised from the borders of the earth.
33 And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from [one] end of the earth even to the [other] end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.
34 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves [in the ashes], ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.
36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and a howling of the principal of the flock, [shall be heard]: for the LORD hath laid waste their pasture.
37 And the peaceable habitations are cut down, because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
38 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
