Jérémie 34
1 Voici ce que dit le Seigneur: Fais-toi de chaînes et un collier, et mets-les autour de ton cou.
The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth that were under his dominion, and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of it, saying:
2 Voici ce que dit le Seigneur: Fais-toi de chaînes et un collier, et mets-les autour de ton cou.
"Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, 'Go, and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, "Thus says Jehovah, 'Look, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:
3 Et tu les enverras au roi de l'Idumée, et au roi de Moab, et au roi des fils d'Ammon, et au roi de Tyr, et in roi de Sidon, par les mains de leurs messagers qui sont venus et se sont rencontrés dans Jérusalem, auprès de Sédécias, roi de Juda.
and you shall not escape out of his hand, but shall surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and your eyes shall see the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with you mouth to mouth, and you shall go to Babylon.'
4 Et tu prescriras à ces messagers de dire à leurs maîtres: Voici ce que dit le Seigneur Dieu d'Israël; voici ce que vous direz à vos maîtres:
Yet hear the word of Jehovah, O Zedekiah king of Judah: thus says Jehovah concerning you, 'You shall not die by the sword;
5 J'ai créé la terre par ma toute-puissance et mon bras très-haut, et je la donnerai à celui qui sera le plus agréable à mes yeux.
you shall die in peace; and with the burnings of your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so shall they make a burning for you; and they shall lament you, saying, "Ah Lord." for I have spoken the word,' says Jehovah."'"
6 J'ai donné la terre à Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, afin qu'elle le serve; je lui ai donné les bêtes des champs, afin qu'elles travaillent pour lui.
Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,
7 Et la nation et le royaume qui ne passeront point leur cou sous le joug du roi de Babylone, je les visiterai par le glaive et la famine, dit le Seigneur, jusqu'à ce qu'ils tombent défaillants sous ma main.
when the king of Babylon's army was fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and against Azekah; for these alone remained of the cities of Judah as fortified cities.
8 Et la nation et le royaume qui ne passeront point leur cou sous le joug du roi de Babylone, je les visiterai par le glaive et la famine, dit le Seigneur, jusqu'à ce qu'ils tombent défaillants sous ma main.
The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them;
9 Quant à vous, n'écoutez pas vos faux prophètes, ni vos devins, ni les interprètes de vos songes, ni vos augures, ni vos magiciens qui disent: Ne travaillez pas pour le roi de Babylone.
that every man should let his male servant, and every man his female servant, who is a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, go free; that none should keep a fellow Judean in bondage.
10 Car ils vous prophétisent des mensonges, pour que vous soyez transportés loin de votre pays,
And all the officials and all the people obeyed, who had entered into the covenant, that everyone should let his male servant, and everyone his female servant, go free, that none should make bondservants of them any more; they obeyed, and let them go:
11 Et toute nation qui passera son cou sous le joug du roi de Babylone, et qui travaillera pour lui, je la laisserai sur sa terre, et elle y travaillera et y demeurera.
but afterwards they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
12 Et je parlerai à Sédécias, roi de Juda, conformément à ces paroles, disant: Passez votre cou sous le joug,
Therefore the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,
13 Et travaillez pour le roi de Babylone, car ceux-ci vous prophétisent l'iniquité:
"Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel: 'I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying,
14 Et travaillez pour le roi de Babylone, car ceux-ci vous prophétisent l'iniquité:
"At the end of seven years you shall let go every man his brother who is a Hebrew, who has been sold to you, and has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you": but your fathers did not listen to me, neither inclined their ear.
15 Car je ne les ai pas envoyés, dit le Seigneur, et ils prophétisent à tort en mon nom pour vous perdre; et vous périrez, vous et vos prophètes qui vous prophétisent le mensonge et l'iniquité.
You had now turned, and had done that which is right in my eyes, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and you had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:
16 Je vous ai parlé à vous, et à tout le peuple, et aux prêtres, disant: Ainsi dit le Seigneur: N'écoutez pas les discours des prophètes qui vous prophétisent, disant: Voilà que les vases du temple du Seigneur reviendront de Babylone; parce qu'ils vous prophétisent à tort et faussement, je ne les ai point envoyés.
but you turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom you had let go free at their pleasure, to return; and you brought them into subjection, to be to you for servants and for handmaids.
17 S'ils sont prophètes, et si la parole du Seigneur est en eux, qu'ils aient une entrevue avec moi.
Therefore thus says Jehovah: "You have not listened to me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: look, I proclaim to you a liberty, says Jehovah, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.
18 S'ils sont prophètes, et si la parole du Seigneur est en eux, qu'ils aient une entrevue avec moi.
I will give the men who have transgressed my covenant, who have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before me, when they cut the calf in two and passed between its parts;
19 Car voici ce que dit le Seigneur: Quant à ce qui reste des vases
the officials of Judah, and the officials of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, who passed between the parts of the calf;
20 Que n'a pas pris le roi de Babylone, lorsqu'il a transporté de Jérusalem le roi Jéchonias,
I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life; and their dead bodies shall be for food to the birds of the sky, and to the animals of the earth.
21 Ils iront à Babylone, dit le Seigneur.
And Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, who have gone away from you.
22 Ils iront à Babylone, dit le Seigneur.
Look, I will command, says Jehovah, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant."'"
