Jérémie 44
1 Et Sédécias, fils de Josias, régna à la place de Joakim, et il fut mis sur le trône par Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone.
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwelt in the land of Egypt, which dwelt at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,
2 Et ni lui, ni ses serviteurs, ni le peuple de cette terre, n'écoutèrent les paroles du Seigneur, qu'il avait dites par la bouche de Jérémie.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein;
3 Et le roi Sédécias envoya Joachal, fils de Sélémias, et Sophonie, le prêtre, fils de Maasie, auprès de Jérémie, disant: Prie maintenant pour nous le Seigneur!
because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, [and] to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, nor ye, nor your fathers.
4 Et Jérémie allait et venait au milieu de la ville; car on ne l'avait pas enfermé dans la prison;
Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
5 Et l'armée du Pharaon sortit de l'Égypte, et les Chaldéens apprirent cette nouvelle, et ils s'éloignèrent de Jérusalem.
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
6 Et la parole du Seigneur vint à Jérémie, disant:
Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as it is this day.
7 Ainsi parle le Seigneur: Voici ce que tu diras au roi de Juda qui a envoyé des gens auprès de toi pour me consulter: Voilà que l'armée du Pharaon vient à votre secours; mais elle retournera en Égypte.
Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Wherefore commit ye [this] great evil against your own souls, to cut off from you man and woman, infant and suckling, out of the midst of Judah, to leave you none remaining;
8 Les Chaldéens, à leur tour, reviendront, et ils assiégeront cette ville, et ils la prendront, et ils la brûleront par le feu.
in that ye provoke me unto anger with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to sojourn; that ye may be cut off, and that ye may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
9 Car voici ce que dit le Seigneur: Ne faites point de conjectures en vos âmes, disant: Les Chaldéens partiront et s'éloigneront de nous; car ils ne s'en iront pas;
Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
10 Et quand même vous écraseriez toute l'armée des Chaldéens qui vous font la guerre, quand même il n'en resterait qu'un petit nombre d'hommes blessés, ils se lèveront chacun en sa province, et ils brûleront cette ville par le feu.
They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.
11 Et il arriva que, lorsque l'armée des Chaldéens se fut éloignée de Jérusalem, en face de l'armée de Pharaon,
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, even to cut off all Judah.
12 Jérémie sortit de Jérusalem, et alla en la terre de Benjamin, pour y acheter un champ, au milieu du peuple.
And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed; in the land of Egypt shall they fall; they shall be consumed, by the sword and by the famine; they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, [and] an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
13 Comme il passait la porte de Benjamin, un homme avec qui il logeait, Sarvias, fils de Sélémias, fils d'Ananie, l'arrêta, disant: Tu t'enfuis chez les Chaldéens?
For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:
14 Et il répondit: C'est faux, je ne m'enfuis pas chez les Chaldéens. Mais Sarvias ne l'écouta point, et il l'arrêta, et il le conduisit devant les princes.
so that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return save such as shall escape.
15 Et les princes se mirent en colère contre Jérémie, et ils le frappèrent, et l'envoyèrent en la maison de Jonathan le scribe; car ils en avaient fait une prison.
Then all the men which knew that their wives burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great assembly, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
16 Ainsi Jérémie fut mis dans la basse-fosse, au cachot, et il y demeura plusieurs jours.
As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.
17 Et Sédécias l'envoya chercher, et il le questionna secrètement, disant: Est-ce la parole du Seigneur? Et Jérémie répondit: C'est sa parole; tu seras livré aux mains du roi de Babylone.
But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
18 Et Jérémie dit au roi: Quel tort ai-je fait à toi et à tes serviteurs, et à tout ce peuple, pour que vous me mettiez en prison?
But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
19 Et où sont vos prophètes qui vous prophétisaient, disant: Le roi de Babylone ne marchera pas contre cette terre?
And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our husbands?
20 Et maintenant, ô roi mon maître, que mon appel à ta compassion tombe devant ta face! Pourquoi me renvoyer en la maison de Jonathan le scribe? Fais que je n'y meure point!
Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, even to all the people which had given him that answer, saying,
21 Et le roi donna ses ordres; et on le mit dans la prison ordinaire, et on lui donna, outre la viande que l'on cuisait, un pain par jour, jusqu'à ce que le pain manquât dans la ville; et Jérémie demeura dans le préau de la prison.
The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it not into his mind?
so the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land become a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this day.
Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as it is this day.
Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt:
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying: Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and with your hands have fulfilled it, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: establish then your vows, and perform your vows.
Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, As the Lord GOD liveth.
Behold, I watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.
And they that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose word shall stand, mine, or theirs.
And this shall be the sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:
Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.
