Jérémie 36
1 Voici les paroles de l'écrit que Jérémie envoya de Jérusalem aux anciens de l'émigration, aux prêtres et aux faux prophètes; lettre adressée en Babylone aux captifs et à tout le peuple,
And it happened in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, the king of Judah: it happened that this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:
2 Après le départ du roi Jéchonias, et de la reine, et des eunuques, et de tout homme libre, et de tout esclave, et de tout artisan de Jérusalem,
“Take the volume of a book, and you shall write in it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel and Judah, and against all the nations, from the day when I first spoke to you, from the days of Josiah, even to this day.
3 Par les mains d'Éléasar, fils de Sapha et de Gamarias, fils d'Helcias, que Sédécias, roi de Juda, envoya au roi de Babylone, disant:
Perhaps it may be that the house of Judah, upon hearing all the evils that I have decided to do to them, may return, each one from his wicked way, and then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.”
4 Ainsi parle le Seigneur, Dieu d'Israël, sur les captifs que j'ai transportés de Jérusalem:
Therefore, Jeremiah called Baruch, the son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote, from the mouth of Jeremiah, all the words of the Lord, which he had spoken to him, in the volume of a book.
5 Bâtissez des maisons, et habitez-les; plantez des arbres et mangez-en les fruits.
And Jeremiah instructed Baruch, saying: “I am confined, and so I am unable to enter into the house of the Lord.
6 Prenez des femmes et engendrez des fils et des filles; prenez pour vos fils des femmes, et donnez vos filles à des hommes: multipliez et ne décroissez pas.
Therefore, you shall enter and read from the volume, in which you have written from my mouth the words of the Lord, in the hearing of the people in the house of the Lord on the day of the fast. Moreover, you shall also read them in the hearing of all those of Judah who are arriving from their cities.
7 Et cherchez la paix en la contrée où je vous ai transportés, et priez le Seigneur pour ses peuples; car en leur paix réside votre paix.
Perhaps it may happen that they pray in the sight of the Lord, and each one may return from his wicked way. For great is the fury and indignation that the Lord has declared against this people.”
8 Car voici ce que dit le Seigneur: Que les faux prophètes qui sont avec vous, que vos devins ne vous séduisent pas; et n'ayez point confiance aux songes que vous aurez songés.
And Baruch, the son of Neriah, acted in accord with all that Jeremiah, the prophet, had instructed him, reading from the volume the words of the Lord, in the house of the Lord.
9 C'est à tort qu'ils vous prophétisent en mon nom, et je ne les ai pas envoyés.
And it happened that, in the fifth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, in the ninth month, they proclaimed a fast, in the sight of the Lord, to all the people in Jerusalem, and to the entire multitude which had flowed together, from the cities of Judah, into Jerusalem.
10 Car voici ce que dit le Seigneur: Lorsque les soixante-dix ans seront près d'être révolus en Babylone, je vous visiterai et je confirmerai mes paroles sur vous, en ramenant votre peuple en ce lieu.
And Baruch read from the volume the words of Jeremiah in the house of the Lord, at the treasury of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, the scribe, in the upper vestibule, at the entrance to the new gate of the house of the Lord, in the hearing of all the people.
11 Car j'ai sur vous des pensées de paix, et non de malheur, pour vous donner ces biens.
And when Micaiah, the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard all the words of the Lord from the book,
12 Priez-moi, et je vous exaucerai.
he descended to the house of the king, to the treasury of the scribe. And behold, all the leaders were sitting there: Elishama, the scribe, and Delaiah, the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan, the son of Achbor, and Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah, the son of Hananiah, and all the leaders.
13 Cherchez-moi, et vous me trouverez. Parce que, si vous me cherchez de tout votre cœur,
And Micaiah announced to them all the words that he had heard when Baruch read from the volume to the ears of the people.
14 Je me manifesterai à vous,
And so, all the leaders sent Jehudi, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, “Take in your hand the volume, from which you have read in the hearing of the people, and come.” Therefore, Baruch, the son of Neriah, took the volume in his hand, and he went to them.
15 Parce que vous direz: Le Seigneur a institué pour nous des prophètes en Babylone.
And they said to him, “Sit and read these things in our hearing.” And Baruch read in their hearing.
16 Ainsi dit le Seigneur sur Achiab et sur Sédécias: Voilà que je les livrerai aux mains du roi de Babylone, et il les frappera devant vos yeux.
Therefore, when they had heard all the words, each one looked at his neighbor in astonishment, and they said to Baruch: “We ought to report all these words to the king.”
17 Ainsi dit le Seigneur sur Achiab et sur Sédécias: Voilà que je les livrerai aux mains du roi de Babylone, et il les frappera devant vos yeux.
And they questioned him, saying, “Describe to us how you wrote all these words from his mouth.”
18 Ainsi dit le Seigneur sur Achiab et sur Sédécias: Voilà que je les livrerai aux mains du roi de Babylone, et il les frappera devant vos yeux.
Then Baruch said to them: “He was speaking with his mouth, as if reading to me. And I wrote in a volume with ink.”
19 Ainsi dit le Seigneur sur Achiab et sur Sédécias: Voilà que je les livrerai aux mains du roi de Babylone, et il les frappera devant vos yeux.
And the leaders said to Baruch: “Go away and hide, you and Jeremiah, and let no one know where you are.”
20 Ainsi dit le Seigneur sur Achiab et sur Sédécias: Voilà que je les livrerai aux mains du roi de Babylone, et il les frappera devant vos yeux.
And they entered to the king, in the court. Furthermore, they stored the volume in the treasury of Elishama, the scribe. And they announced all the words in the hearing of the king.
21 Ainsi dit le Seigneur sur Achiab et sur Sédécias: Voilà que je les livrerai aux mains du roi de Babylone, et il les frappera devant vos yeux.
And the king sent Jehudi to take the volume. And bringing it from the treasury of Elishama, the scribe, he read it in the hearing of the king and of all the leaders who were standing around the king.
22 Et parmi tous les captifs en Babylone, c'est d'eux que l'on se servira pour maudire, disant: Puisse le Seigneur te traiter comme il a traité Sédécias et Achiab, que le roi de Babylone a fait frire dans le feu,
Now the king was sitting in the winter house, in the ninth month. And there was a hearth placed before him, filled with burning coals.
23 Parce qu'ils avaient fait l'iniquité en Israël; qu'ils avaient commis des adultères avec les femmes de leurs concitoyens, et dit en mon nom des paroles que je ne leur avais point commandé; et j'en porte témoignage, dit le Seigneur,
And when Jehudi had read three or four pages, he cut it with a small knife, and he threw it into the fire which was upon the hearth, until the entire volume was consumed by the fire which was upon the hearth.
24 Et à Séméi l'Élamite tu diras:
And the king and all his servants, who had heard all these words, were not afraid, and they did not rend their garments.
25 Je ne t'ai point envoyé en mon nom. Et à Sophonias, fils de Messie, le prêtre, dis encore:
Yet truly, Elnathan, and Delaiah, and Gemariah contradicted the king, so that he might not burn the book. But he did not listen to them.
26 Le Seigneur t'a établi prêtre à la place du prêtre Joad, pour que tu sois, dans le temple du Seigneur, le maître de tout faux prophète et de tout homme en délire; et ceux-là, fais-les mettre en prison et au cachot.
And the king instructed Jerahmeel, the son of Amelech, and Seraiah, the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah, the son of Abdeel, so that they would apprehend Baruch, the scribe, and Jeremiah, the prophet. But the Lord concealed them.
27 Et maintenant pourquoi tous ensemble injuriez-vous Jérémie, d'Anathoth, qui prophétisait pour vous?
And after the king had burned the volume and the words that Baruch had written from the mouth of Jeremiah, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, the prophet, saying:
28 Ne vous a-t-il pas envoyé une lettre à ce sujet? Dans le cours de ce mois, il vous l'a envoyée à Babylone, disant: Ce sera long; bâtissez donc des maisons et habitez-les; plantez des jardins et manges-en les fruits.
“Again, take another volume and write in it all the former words, which were in the first volume that Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, has burned.
29 Or Sophonie lut la lettre aux oreilles de Jérémie,
And you shall say to Jehoiakim, the king of Judah: Thus says the Lord: You have burned that volume, saying: ‘Why have you written in it, announcing that the king of Babylon will advance quickly, and will devastate this land, and will cause both man and beast to cease from it?’
30 Et la parole du Seigneur vint à Jérémie, disant:
Because of this, thus says the Lord against Jehoiakim, the king of Judah: There will be, from him, no one who may sit upon the throne of David. And his dead body shall be cast out: to the heat by day, and to the frost by night.
31 Envoie-les aux captifs, disant: Ainsi parle le Seigneur sur Jérémie l'Elamite: Puisque Séméi vous a prophétisé sans être envoyé par moi, et qu'il a gagné votre confiance injustement,
And I will visit against him, and against his offspring, and against his servants for their iniquities. And I will lead over them, and over the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and over the men of Judah, all the evil that I have declared against them, for they have not listened.”
32 A cause de cela, dit le Seigneur, je visiterai Séméi et sa race, et il n'en restera pas un homme parmi vous, pour voir le bien que je vous ferai; non, ils ne le verront pas.
Then Jeremiah took up another volume, and he gave it to Baruch, the son of Neriah, the scribe, who wrote in it, from the mouth of Jeremiah, all the words of the book that Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, had burned with fire. And moreover, there were many more words added than there had been before.
