Jérémie 32
1 Ainsi prophétisa Jérémie sur toutes les nations.
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.
2 Ainsi prophétisa Jérémie sur toutes les nations.
Now at that time the king of Babylon’s army was besieging Jerusalem. Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah’s house.
3 Ainsi prophétisa Jérémie sur toutes les nations.
For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, “Why do you prophesy, and say, ‘The LORD says, “Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will take it;
4 Ainsi prophétisa Jérémie sur toutes les nations.
and Zedekiah king of Judah won’t escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but will surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes will see his eyes;
5 Ainsi prophétisa Jérémie sur toutes les nations.
and he will bring Zedekiah to Babylon, and he will be there until I visit him,” says the LORD, “though you fight with the Chaldeans, you will not prosper”’?”
6 Ainsi prophétisa Jérémie sur toutes les nations.
Jeremiah said, “The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
7 Ainsi prophétisa Jérémie sur toutes les nations.
‘Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you, saying, “Buy my field that is in Anathoth; for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.”’”
8 Ainsi prophétisa Jérémie sur toutes les nations.
“So Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the guard according to the LORD’s word, and said to me, ‘Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption is yours. Buy it for yourself.’ “Then I knew that this was the LORD’s word.
9 Ainsi prophétisa Jérémie sur toutes les nations.
I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel my uncle’s son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.
10 Ainsi prophétisa Jérémie sur toutes les nations.
I signed the deed, sealed it, called witnesses, and weighed the money in the balances to him.
11 Ainsi prophétisa Jérémie sur toutes les nations.
So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, containing the terms and conditions, and that which was open;
12 Ainsi prophétisa Jérémie sur toutes les nations.
and I delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses who signed the deed of the purchase, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the guard.
13 Ainsi prophétisa Jérémie sur toutes les nations.
“I commanded Baruch before them, saying,
14 Voici ce que dit le Seigneur Dieu d'Israël: Prends de ma main cette coupe de vin pur, et fais-en boire à toutes les nations chez qui je t'enverrai.
the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Take these deeds, this deed of the purchase which is sealed, and this deed which is open, and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may last many days.’
15 Voici ce que dit le Seigneur Dieu d'Israël: Prends de ma main cette coupe de vin pur, et fais-en boire à toutes les nations chez qui je t'enverrai.
For the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel says: ‘Houses and fields and vineyards will yet again be bought in this land.’
16 Et elles boiront, et elles vomiront, et elles perdront le sens à la vue du glaive que j'envoie contre elles.
Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying,
17 Et je pris la coupe de la main du Seigneur, et je fis boire les nations chez qui le Seigneur m'avait envoyé:
“Ah Lord GOD! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for you.
18 Jérusalem et les villages de Juda, les rois de Juda et ses princes, afin de faire de ces contrées un désert, une désolation, un sujet de raillerie;
You show loving kindness to thousands, and repay the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them. The great, the mighty God, the LORD of Armies is your name:
19 Et le Pharaon, roi d'Égypte, et ses serviteurs, et ses grands et tout son peuple;
great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of men, to give everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings;
20 Et ses alliés, et tous les rois des Philistins, et Ascalon, et Gaza, et Accaron, et le roi d'Azot;
who performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even to this day, both in Israel and amongst other men; and made yourself a name, as it is today;
21 Et l'Idumée, et Moab, et les fils d'Ammon;
and brought your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, with wonders, with a strong hand, with an outstretched arm, and with great terror;
22 Et les rois de Tyr, et les rois de Sidon, et les rois de la terre des îles au delà de la mer;
and gave them this land, which you swore to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey.
23 Et Dédan, et Théman, et Rhos, et tous ceux qui se coupent les cheveux autour du front;
They came in and possessed it, but they didn’t obey your voice and didn’t walk in your law. They have done nothing of all that you commanded them to do. Therefore you have caused all this evil to come upon them.
24 Et tous les peuples mêlés, qui ont leurs tentes dans le désert;
“Behold, siege ramps have been built against the city to take it. The city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword, of the famine, and of the pestilence. What you have spoken has happened. Behold, you see it.
25 Et tous les rois d'Élam, et tous les rois de Perse;
You have said to me, Lord GOD, ‘Buy the field for money, and call witnesses;’ whereas the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.”
26 Et tous les rois de l'Orient, proches ou lointains, les uns après les autres, et tous les royaumes qui sont sur la surface de la terre.
Then the LORD’s word came to Jeremiah, saying,
27 Et tu leur diras: Ainsi parle le Seigneur tout-puissant: Buvez, enivrez-vous, et vous vomirez; vous tomberez, et vous ne vous relèverez pas sous le glaive que j'enverrai sur vous,
“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for me?
28 Et voici ce qui arrivera: lorsqu'ils refuseront de prendre de ta main la coupe pour y boire, tu leur diras: Ainsi dit le Seigneur: Buvez, buvez,
Therefore the LORD says: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will take it.
29 Car je commence à sévir contre la ville où mon nom est prononcé, et vous ne serez point purifiés; car j'appelle un glaive sur tous ceux qui habitent la terre.
The Chaldeans, who fight against this city, will come and set this city on fire, and burn it with the houses on whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal, and poured out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger.
30 Et tu prophétiseras contre eux en ces termes, et tu diras: Le Seigneur du haut des cieux parlera; de son sanctuaire il fera entendre sa voix; il parlera contre ce lieu, et les hommes lui répondront comme des vendangeurs ivres; et la destruction arrivera sur tous ceux qui habitent la terre,
“For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done only that which was evil in my sight from their youth; for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, says the LORD.
31 Et même aux extrémités du monde; car le Seigneur entre en jugement contre toutes les nations; il plaide avec toute chair; et les impies ont été livrés au glaive, dit le Seigneur.
For this city has been to me a provocation of my anger and of my wrath from the day that they built it even to this day, so that I should remove it from before my face,
32 Ainsi dit le Seigneur: Voilà que les maux passeront de nation à nation, et un immense tourbillon partira des extrémités de la terre.
because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger—they, their kings, their princes, their priests, their prophets, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
33 Et il y aura des morts tués par le Seigneur, au jour du Seigneur, dans toutes les parties de la terre; on ne les enterrera point, et ils seront comme du fumier sur la surface de la terre.
They have turned their backs to me, and not their faces. Although I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction.
34 Poussez des gémissements, pasteurs, et criez; lamentez-vous, béliers du troupeau; car vos jours finiront par le meurtre, et vous tomberez comme des béliers de choix.
But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.
35 Et il n'y aura pas de refuge pour les pasteurs; il n'y aura point de salut pour les béliers du troupeau.
They built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through fire to Molech, which I didn’t command them. It didn’t even come into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.”
36 Ou entend la voix et les cris des pasteurs, les gémissements des brebis et des béliers, parce que le Seigneur a détruit leurs pâturages.
Now therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning this city, about which you say, “It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:”
37 Et toute demeure autrefois paisible sera détruite en face de ma colère.
“Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries where I have driven them in my anger, and in my wrath, and in great indignation; and I will bring them again to this place. I will cause them to dwell safely.
38 Dieu, comme un lion, a abandonné le lieu de sa retraite; et leur terre est devenue déserte en face de son grand glaive.
Then they will be my people, and I will be their God.
I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their good and the good of their children after them.
I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good. I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.
Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.”
For the LORD says: “Just as I have brought all this great evil on this people, so I will bring on them all the good that I have promised them.
Fields will be bought in this land, about which you say, ‘It is desolate, without man or animal. It is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.’
Men will buy fields for money, sign the deeds, seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places around Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South; for I will cause their captivity to be reversed,” says the LORD.
