Jérémie 30
1 La parole qui fut adressée à Jérémie de la part de Yahweh, en ces termes:
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:
2 Ainsi parle Yahweh, Dieu d’Israël: Écris dans un livre toutes les paroles que je t’ai dites.
“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, saying: You shall write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you.
3 Car voici que des jours viennent, — oracle de Yahweh, — où je ramènerai les captifs de mon peuple d’Israël et de Juda, dit Yahweh, et je le ferai rentrer dans le pays que j’ai donné à leurs pères, et ils le posséderont.
For behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when I will convert the turning away of my people, Israel and Judah, says the Lord. And I will return them to the land which I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.”
4 Voici les paroles que Yahweh a prononcées sur Israël et sur Juda:
And these are the words which the Lord has spoken to Israel and to Judah:
5 Ainsi parle Yahweh: Nous avons entendu un cri de terreur: c’est l’épouvante, et il n’y a point de paix!
For thus says the Lord: ‘We have heard a voice of terror. There is dread, and there is no peace.’
6 Demandez et regardez si un mâle enfante. Pourquoi vois-je tous les hommes avec les mains sur leurs reins comme une femme qui enfante, et pourquoi tous les visages sont-ils devenus livides?
Inquire and see, does a male give birth? Then why have I seen every man with his hand on his lower back, like a woman bearing a child? And why have all of their faces turned pale?
7 Malheur! car grande est cette journée; elle n’a pas sa pareille. C’est un temps d’angoisse pour Jacob; mais il en sera délivré.
Woe! For that day is great, and there is nothing like it. For it is the time of tribulation for Jacob, but he will be saved from it.
8 Et il arrivera en ce jour-là, — oracle de Yahweh des armées: Je briserai son joug de dessus ton cou, et je romprai tes liens. Des étrangers ne t’asserviront plus;
And this shall be in that day, says the Lord of hosts: I will crush his yoke from your neck, and I will break open his bands. And strangers will no longer rule over him.
9 mais ils seront assujettis à Yahweh leur Dieu, et à David leur roi, que je susciterai pour eux.
Instead, they will serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
10 Toi donc ne crains point, mon serviteur Jacob; — oracle de Yahweh, ne t’effraie point, Israël. Car voici que je vais te retirer de la terre lointaine, et ta postérité du pays de son exil; Jacob reviendra, il sera tranquille, en sécurité, sans que personne l’épouvante.
Therefore, O my servant Jacob, you should not be afraid, says the Lord, and you should not be frightened, O Israel. For behold, I will save you from a far away land, and your offspring from the land of their captivity. And Jacob will return and have rest, and he shall flow with every good thing. And there will be no one for him to dread.
11 Car je suis avec toi, — oracle de Yahweh, — pour te sauver; je ferai une extermination dans toutes les nations où je t’ai dispersé. Pour toi, je ne t’exterminerai pas, mais je te châtierai selon la justice, et je ne te laisserai pas impuni.
For I am with you, says the Lord, so that I may save you. For I will bring about the consummation of all the nations, among which I have scattered you. But I will not bring about your consummation. Instead, I will chastise you in judgment, so that you will not seem innocent to yourself.”
12 Car ainsi parle Yahweh: Ta blessure est incurable, ta plaie est douloureuse;
For thus says the Lord: “Your fracture is incurable; your wound is very serious.
13 nul ne plaide ta cause pour qu’on panse ta plaie, il n’y a pas pour toi de remède qui guérisse.
There is no one who may judge your judgment, so as to bandage it; there is no useful treatment for you.
14 Tous tes amants t’ont oubliée, ils ne se soucient point de toi. Car je t’ai frappée comme on frappe un ennemi, d’un châtiment cruel, à cause de la multitude de tes iniquités, parce que tes péchés se sont accrus.
All your lovers have forgotten you, and they will not seek you. For I have wounded you with the strike of an enemy, with a cruel chastisement. Your sins have become hardened because of the multitude of your iniquities.
15 Pourquoi crier à cause de ta blessure, de ce que ton mal est incurable? C’est à cause de la multitude de tes iniquités, et parce que tes péchés se sont accrus, que je t’ai fait ces choses.
Why do you cry out over your affliction? Your pain is incurable. I have done these things to you because of the multitude of your iniquity and because of your hardened sins.
16 C’est pourquoi tous ceux qui te dévorent seront dévorés, tous tes oppresseurs iront en captivité, ceux qui te dépouillent seront dépouillés, et je livrerai au pillage tous ceux qui te pillent.
Because of this, all those who devour you, will be devoured. And all your enemies will be led into captivity. And those who devastate you, will be devastated. And all those who prey upon you, I will offer as a prey.
17 Car je vais te panser, de tes plaies je vais te guérir, — oracle de Yahweh. Car on t’appelle « Repoussée », « Sion dont nul ne prend souci. »
For I will close up your scar, and I will heal you of your wounds, says the Lord. For they have called you an outcast, O Zion: ‘This is she who has no one asking for her.’”
18 Ainsi parle Yahweh: Voici que je vais rétablir les tentes de Jacob, et j’aurai compassion de leurs demeures; la ville sera rebâtie sur sa colline, et le palais rétabli à sa place.
Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will turn back the turning away of the tabernacles of Jacob, and I will take pity on his roofs. And the city will be built up in her heights, and the temple will be founded according to its order.
19 Il en sortira des chants de louange, et des cris d’allégresse. Je les multiplierai, et ils ne seront plus diminués; je les glorifierai, et ils ne seront plus méprisés.
And praise will go forth from them, with the voice of those who play. And I will multiply them, and they will not be lessened. And I will glorify them, and they will not be weakened.
20 Ses fils seront comme autrefois; son assemblée sera affermie devant moi, et je châtierai tous ses oppresseurs.
And their sons will be as in the beginning. And their assembly will remain in my sight. And I will visit against all those who trouble them.
21 Son chef sera un des siens, et son souverain sortira de son sein; je le ferai venir et il s’approchera de moi; car quel est l’homme qui disposerait son cœur de manière à s’approcher de moi? — oracle de Yahweh.
And their ruler will be one of their own. And their prince will be led forward from their midst. And I will draw him near, and he will cling to me. For who is the one who applies his heart, so that he may draw near to me, says the Lord?
22 Et vous serez mon peuple, et je serai votre Dieu.
And you shall be my people, and I will be your God.”
23 Voici que la tempête de Yahweh, la fureur, va éclater; l’orage se précipite, il fond sur la tête des impies.
Behold the whirlwind of the Lord, his fury going forth, a destroying storm! It will rest upon the head of the impious.
24 Le feu de la colère de Yahweh ne retournera pas en arrière, qu’il n’ait agi et réalisé les desseins de son cœur; à la fin des temps vous le comprendrez.
The Lord will not turn back the wrath of his indignation, until he has accomplished and completed the plan of his heart. In the last days, you shall understand these things.
