Jérémie 25
1 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,
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;
2 Et qu'il a répétée devant tout le peuple de Juda et devant les habitants de Jérusalem, disant:
which Jeremiah the prophet spoke unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying:
3 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:
From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even unto this day, these three and twenty years, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, speaking betimes and often; but ye have not hearkened.
4 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:
And the LORD hath sent unto you all His servants the prophets, sending them betimes and often — but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear —
5 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.
saying: 'Return ye now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers, for ever and ever;
6 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.
and go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke Me not with the work of your hands, and I will do you no hurt.'
7 Et vous ne m'avez point écouté.
Yet ye have not hearkened unto Me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke Me with the work of your hands to your own hurt.
8 A cause de cela, dit le Seigneur, puisque vous n'avez point eu foi dans mes paroles;
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts: Because ye have not heard My words,
9 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.
behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and I will send unto Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
10 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.
Moreover I will cause to cease from among 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 lamp.
11 Et toute la terre sera désolée, et ils seront en servitude chez les gentils durant soixante-dix ans.
And this whole land shall be a desolation, and a waste; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
12 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.
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 I will make it perpetual desolations.
13 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.
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.
14 Prophéties de Jérémie contre le peuple d'Élam.
For many nations and great kings shall make bondmen of them also; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their own hands.
15 Voici ce que dit le Seigneur: L'arc d'Élam, le principe de sa force a été brisé.
For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto me: Take this cup of the wine of fury at My hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
16 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.
And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be like madmen, because of the sword that I will send among them. —
17 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.
Then took I the cup of the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:
18 Et je placerai mon trône en Élam, et j'en chasserai le roi et les grands.
Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them an appalment, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;
19 Et voici ce qui arrivera au dernier jour: je ramènerai Élam de la captivité, dit le Seigneur.
Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;
20 Au commencement du règne de Sédécias, cette parole vint contre Élam:
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 Gaza, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon;
and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isle which is beyond the sea;
Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that have the corners of their hair polled;
and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the wilderness;
and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;
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.
And thou shalt say unto them: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink ye, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thy hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them: Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Ye shall surely drink.
For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city whereupon My name is called, 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.
Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them: The LORD doth roar from on high, and utter His voice from His holy habitation; He doth mightily roar because of His fold; He giveth a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
A noise is come even to the end of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, He doth plead with all flesh; as for the wicked, He hath given them to the sword, saith the LORD.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great storm shall be raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the face of the ground.
Wail, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the dust, ye leaders of the flock; for the days of your slaughter are fully come, and I will break you in pieces, and ye shall fall like a precious vessel.
And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the leaders of the flock to escape.
Hark! the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the leaders of the flock! For the LORD despoileth their pasture.
And the peaceable folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
He hath forsaken His covert, as the lion; for their land is become a waste because of the fierceness of the oppressing sword, and because of His fierce anger.
