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 has been to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah—it [is] the first year of Nebuchadnezzar 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 has spoken concerning all the people of Judah, even 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 son of Amon king of Judah, and to this day—this twenty-third year—the word of YHWH has been to me, and I speak to you, rising early and speaking, and you have not listened;
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 YHWH has sent all His servants to you, the prophets, rising early and sending, and you have not listened, nor inclined your ear to hear, saying,
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.
Please turn back, each from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell on the ground that YHWH has given to you and to your fathers from age to age,
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 you do not go after other gods to serve them, and to bow yourselves to them, nor do you provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands, and I do no evil to you;
7 Et vous ne m'avez point écouté.
and you have not listened to Me,” a declaration of YHWH, “so as to provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands for evil to you.
8 A cause de cela, dit le Seigneur, puisque vous n'avez point eu foi dans mes paroles;
Therefore, thus said YHWH of Hosts: Because that you have not obeyed 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 am sending, and have taken all the families of the north—a declaration of YHWH—even to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and have brought them in against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations, and have devoted them, and appointed them for an astonishment, and for a hissing, and for continuous ruins.
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.
And I have destroyed from them the voice of rejoicing, and the voice of joy, voice of bridegroom and voice of bride, noise of millstones, and the light of lamps.
11 Et toute la terre sera désolée, et ils seront en servitude chez les gentils durant soixante-dix ans.
And all this land has been for a desolation, for an astonishment, and these nations have served 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 has come to pass, at the fullness of seventy years, I charge against the king of Babylon, and against that nation,” a declaration of YHWH, “their iniquity, and against the land of the Chaldeans, and have appointed it for continuous 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 have brought in on that land all My words that I have spoken against it, all that is written in this scroll, that Jeremiah has prophesied concerning all the nations.
14 Prophéties de Jérémie contre le peuple d'Élam.
For laid service on them—also them—have many nations and great kings, and I have given repayment to them according to their doing, and according to the work of their hands.”
15 Voici ce que dit le Seigneur: L'arc d'Élam, le principe de sa force a été brisé.
For thus said YHWH, God of Israel, to me: “Take the wine cup of this fury out of My hand, and you have caused all the nations to drink it to whom I am sending you;
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 have drunk, and shaken themselves and shown themselves [to be] foolish, because of the sword that I am sending 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.
And I take the cup out of the hand of YHWH, and cause all the nations to drink to whom YHWH 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 its kings, its heads, To give them to ruin, to astonishment, To hissing, and to reviling, as [at] 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 heads, and all his people,
20 Au commencement du règne de Sédécias, cette parole vint contre Élam:
And all the mixed 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 sons of Ammon,
And all the kings of Tyre, And all the kings of Sidon, And the kings of the island that [is] beyond the sea,
Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, And all cutting the corners [of the beard],
And all the kings of Arabia, And all the kings of the mixed people, Who are dwelling in the wilderness,
And all the kings of Zimri, And all the kings of Elam, And all the kings of Media,
And all the kings of the north, The near and the far off to one another, And all the kingdoms of the earth, That [are] on the face of the ground, And King Sheshach drinks after them.
“And you have said to them, Thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: Drink, indeed drink abundantly, And vomit, and fall, and do not rise, Because of the sword that I am sending among you.
And it has come to pass, When they refuse to receive the cup out of your hand to drink, That you have said to them, Thus said YHWH of Hosts: You certainly drink.
For behold, in the city over which My Name is called, I am beginning to bring ruin, And are you entirely acquitted? You are not acquitted, for I am proclaiming a sword, For all inhabitants of the land,” A declaration of YHWH of Hosts.
“And you, you prophesy all these words to them, and have said to them: YHWH roars from the high place, And gives forth His voice from His holy habitation, He surely roars for His habitation, A shout as those treading [the grapes], God answers all the inhabitants of the land,
A rumbling has come to the end of the earth, For YHWH has a controversy with nations, He has executed judgment for all flesh, He has given the wicked to the sword,” A declaration of YHWH.
Thus said YHWH of Hosts: “Behold, evil is going out from nation to nation, And a great whirlwind is stirred up from the sides of the earth.
And the pierced of YHWH have been in that day, From the end of the earth even to the end of the earth, They are not lamented, nor gathered, nor buried, For they are dung on the face of the ground.
Howl, you shepherds, and cry, And roll yourselves, you majestic of the flock, For your days have been full For slaughtering, and [for] your scatterings, And you have fallen as a desirable vessel.
And refuge has perished from the shepherds, And escape from the majestic of the flock.
A voice of the cry of the shepherds, And a howling of the majestic of the flock, For YHWH is spoiling their pasture.
And the peaceable habitations have been cut down, Because of the fierceness of the anger of YHWH.
He has forsaken His covert as a young lion, Surely their land has become a desolation, Because of the oppressing fierceness, And because of the fierceness of His anger!”
