Jérémie 8
1 En ce temps-là, dit Yahvé, on tirera de leurs sépulcres les os des rois de Juda, les os de ses princes, les os des prêtres, les os des prophètes et les os des habitants de Jérusalem.
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.
2 Ils les étendront devant le soleil, la lune et toute l'armée du ciel, qu'ils ont aimée, qu'ils ont servie, après laquelle ils ont marché, qu'ils ont cherchée et qu'ils ont adorée. Ils ne seront pas recueillis et ne seront pas enterrés. Ils seront comme du fumier à la surface de la terre.
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.
3 Tous ceux qui resteront de cette famille méchante, dans tous les lieux où je les aurai chassés, choisiront la mort plutôt que la vie, dit l'Éternel des Armées.
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.”
4 Tu leur diras: « Yahvé dit: "'Les hommes tombent-ils et ne se relèvent-ils pas? Est-ce qu'on se détourne et qu'on ne revient pas?
[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]?
5 Pourquoi donc le peuple de Jérusalem a-t-il régressé par un perpétuel retour en arrière? Ils s'accrochent à la tromperie. Ils refusent de revenir.
[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].
6 J'ai écouté et entendu, mais ils n'ont pas dit ce qui est juste. Personne ne se repent de sa méchanceté en disant: « Qu'ai-je fait? » Tout le monde se tourne vers son parcours, comme un cheval qui fonce tête baissée dans la bataille.
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.
7 Oui, la cigogne dans le ciel connaît les temps qui lui sont impartis. La tourterelle, l'hirondelle et la grue observent le moment de leur venue; mais mon peuple ne connaît pas la loi de Yahvé.
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.
8 "'Comment dites-vous: « Nous sommes sages, et la loi de Yahvé est avec nous »? » Mais voici que la fausse plume des scribes a fait de cela un mensonge.
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”?
9 Les sages sont déçus. Ils sont consternés et pris au piège. Voici qu'ils ont rejeté la parole de Yahvé. Quel genre de sagesse y a-t-il en eux?
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!
10 Je donnerai donc leurs femmes à d'autres. et leurs champs à ceux qui les posséderont. Car tous, depuis le plus petit jusqu'au plus grand, se livrent à la convoitise; depuis le prophète jusqu'au prêtre, tout le monde fait du faux.
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.
11 Ils ont légèrement guéri la blessure de la fille de mon peuple, en disant, « Paix, paix », quand il n'y a pas de paix.
[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.
12 N'ont-ils pas eu honte quand ils ont commis des abominations? Non, ils n'avaient pas du tout honte. Ils ne pouvaient pas rougir. Ils tomberont donc parmi ceux qui tombent. Au temps de leur visite, ils seront renversés, dit Yahvé.
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.
13 "'Je les anéantirai, dit Yahvé. Il n'y aura pas de raisins sur la vigne, pas de figues sur le figuier, et la feuille se fanera. Les choses que je leur ai données disparaîtra d'eux. »
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.’”
14 « Pourquoi restons-nous assis? Rassemblez-vous! Entrons dans les villes fortifiées, et faisons silence là-bas; car Yahvé notre Dieu nous a fait taire, et nous a donné de l'eau empoisonnée à boire, parce que nous avons péché contre Yahvé.
[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.
15 Nous avons cherché la paix, mais rien de bon n'est venu; et pour un temps de guérison, et voici la consternation!
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].
16 On entend l'ébrouement de ses chevaux depuis Dan. Toute la terre tremble au son du hennissement de ses forts; car ils sont venus, et ont dévoré le pays et tout ce qu'il contient, la ville et ceux qui l'habitent. »
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.”
17 « Car voici, je vais envoyer des serpents, des vipères parmi vous, qui ne sera pas charmé; et ils vous mordront », dit Yahvé.
[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].”
18 Oh, si je pouvais me consoler du chagrin! Mon cœur est faible au fond de moi.
I grieve very much [for the people of Judah], and my grieving does not end. I am very sad [IDM].
19 Voici la voix du cri de la fille de mon peuple, venant d'un pays très lointain: « Yahvé n'est-il pas à Sion? Son Roi n'est-il pas en elle? » « Pourquoi m'ont-ils provoqué à la colère avec leurs images gravées, et avec des idoles étrangères? »
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]
20 « La récolte est passée. L'été est terminé, et nous ne sommes pas sauvés. »
[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].”
21 A cause du malheur de la fille de mon peuple, je suis blessé. Je suis en deuil. Le désarroi s'est emparé de moi.
I cry because my people have been crushed. I mourn, and I am completely dismayed.
22 N'y a-t-il pas de baume en Galaad? Il n'y a pas de médecin là-bas? Pourquoi alors la santé de la fille de mon peuple n'est-elle pas rétablie?
[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.
