Jérémie 48
1 Et le septième mois, Ismaël fils de Nathanias, fils d'Eléasa, de la famille royale, vint, avec dix hommes chez Godolias à Masphath, et ils y mangèrent ensemble.
Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.
2 Et Ismaël et ses dix hommes se levèrent, et ils tuèrent Godolias, que le roi de Babylone avait fait gouverneur de la terre,
There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.
3 Et tous les Juifs qui étaient avec lui, et tous les Chaldéens qui se trouvaient là.
A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’
4 Et le lendemain de la mort de Godolias, que nul ne savait encore,
Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out.
5 Quatre-vingts hommes vinrent de Sichem, de Salem et de Samarie, le menton rasé, les vêlements déchirés, se frappant la poitrine, portant dans leurs mains de l'encens et de la manne, pour les offrir dans le temple du Seigneur.
For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction:
6 Et Ismaël sortit de la ville à leur rencontre, et ils marchaient et ils pleuraient, et il leur dit: Entrez chez Godolias.
‘Flee! Run for your lives! Become like a juniper in the desert.’
7 Et lorsqu'ils furent au milieu de la ville il les égorgea et les jeta dans un puits.
Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.
8 Mais il s'en trouva dix qui dirent à Ismaël: Ne nous tue pas; car nous avons dans les champs des trésors, du froment, de l'orge et de l'huile. Et il passa outre, et il ne les tua pas au milieu de leurs frères.
The destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said.
9 Or le puits où Ismaël jeta ceux qu'il avait tués, c'est le grand puits que fit le roi Asa, par crainte de Baasa, roi d'Israël, et qu'Ismaël remplit de cadavres.
Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste; her cities will become desolate, with no one to dwell in them.
10 Et Ismaël emmena tout le peuple qui était resté en Masphath, et les filles du roi, que le chef des cuisines avait confiées à Godolias, fils d'Achicam; et il partit pour la terre au delà des fils d'Ammon.
Cursed is the one who is remiss in doing the work of the LORD, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed.
11 Or Joanan, fils de Garée, et tous les chefs de l'armée qui étaient avec lui, apprirent tout le mal qu'avait fait Ismaël.
Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.
12 Et ils mirent en marche toute leur armée; et ils partirent pour le combattre, et ils l'atteignirent près des grandes eaux de Gabaon.
Therefore behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will send to him wanderers, who will pour him out. They will empty his vessels and shatter his jars.
13 Et quand tout le peuple qui était avec Ismaël vit Joanan et les chefs de l'armée qu'il commandait,
Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was ashamed when they trusted in Bethel.
14 Ils retournèrent auprès de Joanan.
How can you say, ‘We are warriors, mighty men ready for battle’?
15 Mais Ismaël échappa avec huit hommes, et s'enfuit chez les fils d'Ammon.
Moab has been destroyed and its towns have been invaded; the best of its young men have gone down in the slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
16 Et Joanan et les officiers de l'armée qui étaient avec lui recueillirent tous les restes du peuple, qui s'étaient éloignés d'Ismaël, et les hommes capables de porter les armes, ainsi que les femmes, le butin et les eunuques, et ils les ramenèrent à Gabaon.
Moab’s calamity is at hand, and his affliction is rushing swiftly.
17 Et ils marchèrent, et ils firent halte à Gaberochamea, près de Bethléhem, pour se rendre en Égypte,
Mourn for him, all you who surround him, everyone who knows his name; tell how the mighty scepter is shattered— the glorious staff!
18 Loin des Chaldéens; car ils en avaient crainte, parce que Ismaël avait tué Godolias, que le roi de Babylone avait fait gouverneur de la terre.
Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.
Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’
Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.
Judgment has come upon the high plain— upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,
upon Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,
upon Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,
upon Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the towns of Moab, those far and near.
The horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm is broken,”
“Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.
Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.
Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.
We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart.
I know his insolence,” declares the LORD, “but it is futile. His boasting is as empty as his deeds.
Therefore I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.
I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah, more than I weep for Jazer. Your tendrils have extended to the sea; they reach even to Jazer. The destroyer has descended on your summer fruit and grape harvest.
Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard and from the fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy; their shouts are not for joy.
There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.
In Moab, declares the LORD, I will bring an end to those who make offerings on the high places and burn incense to their gods.
Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished.
For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.
On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,”
“How shattered it is! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule and horror to all those around him.”
For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab.
Kirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he vaunted himself against the LORD.
Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,”
“Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,”
“Those who flee will stand helpless in Heshbon’s shadow, because fire has gone forth from Heshbon and a flame from within Sihon. It devours the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of the sons of tumult.
Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished; for your sons have been taken into exile and your daughters have gone into captivity.
Yet in the latter days I will restore Moab from captivity,” declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.
