Jérémie 46
1 Parole de Yahweh qui fut adressée à Jérémie, le prophète, au sujet des nations païennes.
These are messages that Yahweh gave to the prophet Jeremiah about [other] nations.
2 Sur l'Egypte. — Contre l’armée du Pharaon Néchao, roi d’Egypte, qui était près du fleuve de l’Euphrate, à Carchémis, et que battit Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, la quatrième année de Joakim, fils de Josias, roi de Juda.
After Jehoiakim, son of King Josiah, had been ruling Judah for almost four years, this message about Egypt was given [by Yahweh]. It was when the army of King Neco of Egypt was defeated by the army of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon along the Euphrates River. [This is what Yahweh said: “The officers of the army of Egypt are saying to their troops],
3 Préparez l'écu et le bouclier, et marchez au combat!
‘Prepare your shields and march out to fight the battle!
4 Attelez les chevaux; montez, cavaliers! A vos rangs, vous qui portez le casque! Fourbissez les lances, endossez la cuirasse!
Put harnesses on your horses, and get on their backs. (Get into your positions/Line up) [for the battle]; put on your helmets. Sharpen your spears, and put on your armor!’
5 Que vois-je? Ils sont frappés d’épouvante, ils tournent le dos! Leurs guerriers sont battus, ils fuient sans se retourner! Terreur de toutes parts! — oracle de Yahweh.
But what [RHQ] do I see? I see that the soldiers of Egypt will be terrified and will be fleeing. [Even] the bravest of their soldiers will be running away, without [even] looking backward! [I, ] Yahweh, say that [their soldiers] will be terrified on all sides!
6 Que l'homme agile ne fuie pas, que le vaillant n'échappe pas! Au septentrion, sur les rives du fleuve de l'Euphrate, ils ont chancelé, ils sont tombés!
[Even] the fastest [runners] will try to run away, but [even the greatest of] their warriors will not escape. In the north, by the Euphrates [River], they will stumble and fall.
7 Qui est-ce qui monte, pareil au Nil, dont les flots bouillonnent, pareils à des fleuves?
What group is this that will be covering the land like the water of the Nile [River] covers the land when it floods?
8 C'est l'Egypte qui monte, pareille au Nil, dont les flots bouillonnent, pareils à des fleuves. Elle a dit: Je monterai, je couvrirai la terre, je détruirai les villes et leurs habitants.
[It is the army of] Egypt that will be covering the land like a surging/huge flood, and they will boast that they will cover the earth and will destroy cities and the people [who live in them].
9 Montez, chevaux! Chars, précipitez-vous! En marche, guerriers! Ethiopiens et Lybiens qui manient le bouclier, Lydiens qui manient et bandent l'arc!
You [riders of] horses, charge/rush [into the battle]! You [drivers of] chariots, drive furiously! [All] you warriors from Ethiopia and Libya who carry your shields, you warriors from Lydia who shoot arrows, you come!
10 Mais ce jour est au Seigneur Yahweh des armées; jour de vengeance pour se venger de ses ennemis! L’épée dévore et se rassasie, elle s'abreuve de leur sang. Car c'est une immolation pour le Seigneur Yahweh des armées, au pays du septentrion, sur le fleuve de l'Euphrate.
But, [you need to know that] this is the day when [I], Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels, will get revenge on my enemies. With my sword [PRS] I will kill [my enemies] until I am satisfied; my sword will [be like a monster that] [MET, PRS] drinks the blood [of the animals it kills] until it is no longer thirsty. [The enemy soldiers who will be killed] in the north beside the Euphrates River [will be like] [MET] a sacrifice to [me], the Commander of the armies of angels.
11 Monte à Galaad et prends du baume, vierge, fille de l'Egypte. En vain tu multiplies les remèdes; il n'y a point de guérison pour toi.
You people [IDM] of Egypt, go up to the Gilead [region] to obtain medicine; but it will be useless to take all those medicines; you will not be healed.
12 Les nations ont appris ta honte, et tes cris de détresse remplissent la terre. Car le guerrier se heurte au guerrier; ils tombent tous deux.
[People in] the [other] nations will hear how you were humiliated. [People] all over the earth will hear you wailing. [Your mighty] warriors will stumble over each other and they will all fall down together.”
13 La parole qu’adressa Yahweh à Jérémie, le prophète, sur la venue de Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, pour frapper le pays d'Egypte.
[Then] Yahweh gave me this message about King Nebuchadnezzar when he planned to attack Egypt [with his army]:
14 Publiez-le en Egypte, faites-le entendre à Migdol, faites-le entendre à Noph et à Taphnès; dites: A vos rangs, tenez-vous prêts; déjà l'épée dévore autour de vous!
“Shout [this message] throughout Egypt! Proclaim it in Migdol, Memphis, and Tahpenes [cities]! ‘(Get into your positions/Line up) [for the battle]; Prepare to defend yourselves, because [everyone] around you will be killed.’ [PRS, MTY]
15 Quoi! ton héros est renversé! Il ne s'est pas tenu debout, car Yahweh l'a jeté par terre.
Your god is a bull; Why does he fall down? He will not be able to stand up, because Yahweh will knock him down.
16 Il multiplie ceux qui trébuchent; ils tombent les uns sur les autres, et ils disent: Levons-nous, retournons vers notre peuple et dans notre pays natal, loin de l'épée homicide.
The soldiers from other countries will stumble and fall over each other, and [then] they will say to each other, ‘Let’s get up and go back to our own people, to our own land. Let’s get away from the swords of our enemies!’
17 Là ils crient: Pharaon, roi d'Egypte est perdu; il a laissé passer le temps favorable.
There [in Egypt] they will say, ‘The king of Egypt talks loudly, but when our [army] had an opportunity [to defeat our enemies], they failed.’
18 Je suis vivant! — oracle du roi dont le nom est Yahweh des armées: Comme le Thabor parmi les montagnes, comme le Carmel au-dessus de la mer, il vient.
[I, ] the King, who am called the Commander of the armies of angels, say this: ‘As [surely as] I live, someone’s army will be coming [to fight against the army of Egypt]. They will be [extremely powerful], [as though they were as tall] as Tabor Hill, or [as high] as Carmel [Mountain] close to the [Mediterranean] Sea.
19 Prépare ton bagage de captive, habitante, fille de l'Egypte; car Noph va devenir un désert; elle sera brûlée et sans habitants.
[All] you people who live in Egypt, pack your possessions/clothes and prepare to be exiled. Memphis [city] will be destroyed; it will become a ruin, and no one will be living there.
20 L'Egypte est une génisse très belle; un taon vient, vient du septentrion.
Egypt is [like] [SIM] a beautiful young cow, but [the army of a powerful king] from the northeast will come to attack it [like] a horsefly [MET] [bites a cow].
21 Ses mercenaires au milieu d'elle sont comme des veaux engraissés. Eux aussi, ils tournent le dos, ils fuient tous ensemble; ils ne résistent point; car il est venu sur eux le jour de leur calamité, le temps de leur châtiment.
The (mercenaries/soldiers [from other countries] who have been hired) will become like [SIM] fat calves; but they also will turn around and run away; they will not stand [there and fight], because it will be a day when there will be a [great] disaster in Egypt, a day when their people will be [greatly] punished.
22 Sa voix est comme le bruit du serpent qui s'en va; car ils sont venus en force, ils sont arrivés chez elle avec des haches, pareils à des bûcherons.
[The soldiers of] Egypt will run away, as silently as a snake scurries/crawls away. [The army of] the enemy will advance; they will march along carrying their axes like [SIM] men who cut down trees.
23 Ils ont abattu sa forêt, — oracle de Yahweh, alors qu'elle était impénétrable; car ils sont plus nombreux que les sauterelles, et on ne peut les compter.
[I, ] Yahweh, say that they will kill the soldiers [of Egypt] as though [SIM] they were a forest of trees, because the enemy soldiers will be as numerous as [a swarm of] locusts.
24 Elle est confuse, la fille de l'Egypte; elle a été livrée aux mains d'un peuple du septentrion!
The people of Egypt will be humiliated; they will be conquered by people from the northeast.’
25 Yahweh des armées, Dieu d'Israël, a dit: Voici que je vais visiter Amon de No, et Pharaon, et l'Egypte, et ses dieux, et ses rois, et Pharaon, et ceux qui se fient à lui.
[I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom the Israelis [worship], say, ‘I will punish Amon, [the god whom the people] of Thebes [city] worship, and [all] the [other] gods in Egypt. [I will punish] the King of Egypt and [all] those who trust in him.
26 Et je les livrerai aux mains de ceux qui en veulent à leur vie, aux mains de Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, et aux mains de ses serviteurs. Et après cela, elle sera habitée, comme aux jours d'autrefois, — oracle de Yahweh.
I will cause them to be captured by those who want to kill them—Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon, and his army officers. But many years later, people will live in Egypt again. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.’
27 Toi donc, ne crains pas, mon serviteur Jacob; ne t'effraie pas, Israël. Car voici que je vais te tirer de la terre lointaine, et ta postérité du pays de son exil; Jacob reviendra, il sera tranquille, en sécurité, sans que personne l'épouvante.
But you people of Israel who serve me, do not be at all dismayed [DOU] now, because some day I will bring you back from distant places; I will bring your descendants from the land to which they were exiled. [Then you] Israeli people will again live peacefully and safely, and there will not be any [nation] to cause you to be terrified.
28 Et toi, ne crains pas, mon serviteur Jacob, — oracle de Yahweh, — car je suis avec toi! Je ferai une extermination dans toutes les nations où je t'ai chassé. Pour toi, je ne t'exterminerai pas. Mais je te châtierai selon la justice, et je ne te laisserai pas impuni.
[I, ] Yahweh, say to you people of Israel who serve me, ‘Do not be afraid, because I will be with you. I will completely destroy the nations among whom I have scattered you, but I will not completely get rid of you. I will punish you, but I will punish you only as severely as you deserve: It would be wrong if I did not punish you at all.’”
