Jérémie 49
1 Et tous les chefs de l'armée, Joanan, Azarias, fils de Maasie, et tout le peuple, du petit au grand, allèrent trouver Jérémie le prophète, et ils lui dirent:
Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith YHWH; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?
2 Que notre appel à la compassion soit devant ta face. Prie le Seigneur ton Dieu pour les restes de notre peuple; car de beaucoup que nous étions, nous sommes restés fort peu, comme tu le vois de tes yeux.
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith YHWH, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith YHWH.
3 Et que le Seigneur ton Dieu nous fasse connaître la voie où nous devons marcher, et la parole qu'il nous faut accomplir.
Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.
4 Et Jérémie leur dit: J'ai entendu, voilà que je prierai pour vous le Seigneur mon Dieu, selon vos paroles; et la parole que me répondra le Seigneur Dieu, je vous la ferai connaître, et je ne vous en cacherai aucune chose.
Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?
5 Et ils dirent: Que le Seigneur soit entre nous un témoin juste et vrai, si nous n'agissons selon toute parole que le Seigneur nous enverra.
Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Master YHWH of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.
6 Qu'elle nous annonce du bien ou du mal, la voix du Seigneur, vers qui nous t'envoyons, nous l'écouterons, afin qu'il en aille mieux pour nous, parce que nous aurons écouté la voix du Seigneur notre Dieu.
And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith YHWH.
7 Et dix jours après la parole du Seigneur vint à Jérémie.
Concerning Edom, thus saith YHWH of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
8 Et il appela Joanan, et les chefs de l'armée, et tout le peuple, du petit au grand;
Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.
9 Et il leur dit: Voici ce que dit le Seigneur:
If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.
10 Si vous demeurez en cette terre, je vous réédifierai, et ne vous abattrai pas; je vous planterai et ne vous arracherai pas, parce que je mets un terme aux maux que je vous ai faits.
But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.
11 N'ayez plus peur du roi de Babylone, que vous craignez, n'ayez plus peur de lui, dit le Seigneur; car je suis avec vous pour vous délivrer et vous sauver de leurs mains.
Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
12 Et je vous ferai miséricorde, et j'aurai compassion de vous, et je vous ramènerai en votre terre.
For thus saith YHWH; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.
13 Et si vous dites: Nous ne demeurerons pas en cette terre pour ne plus entendre la voix du Seigneur.
For I have sworn by myself, saith YHWH, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
14 Nous irons en Égypte, et nous ne verrons pas la guerre, et nous n'entendrons pas le son des trompettes, et nous ne manquerons pas de pain, et nous demeurerons en cette terre.
I have heard a rumour from YHWH, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.
15 Si vous dites cela, écoutez la parole du Seigneur: Voici ce que dit le Seigneur: Si vous tournez votre face vers l'Égypte, si vous y entrez pour y demeurer,
For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.
16 Ceci adviendra: le glaive que vous craignez vous trouvera en Égypte, et la famine, dont l'aspect vous donne tant d'inquiétude, marchera derrière vous et vous atteindra en Égypte, et vous y mourrez.
Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence saith YHWH.
17 Et tous les Hébreux et tous les prosélytes qui auront tourné leur face vers l'Égypte pour y demeurer périront par le glaive ou par la famine, et aucun d'eux n'échappera aux maux que j'amènerai sur eux.
Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
18 Car voici ce que dit le Seigneur: De même que ma colère est tombée sur les habitants de Jérusalem, ainsi ma colère tombera goutte à goutte si vous entrez en Égypte; et vous serez en abomination, vous serez assujettis, maudits, outragés, et vous ne verrez plus cette terre.
As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith YHWH, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.
19 Voici ce que vous dit le Seigneur, ô restes de Juda: N'entrez pas en Égypte, et maintenant sachez
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
20 Que vous avez agi avec malice en vos âmes, quand vous m'avez envoyé, disant: Prie pour nous le Seigneur, et nous nous conduirons selon tout ce que le Seigneur te dira.
Therefore hear the counsel of YHWH, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.
21 Et vous avez entendu la parole du Seigneur qu'il m'a envoyée pour vous.
The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.
22 Et vous périrez par le glaive et la famine dans le lieu où vous voulez aller pour vous y établir.
Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.
Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith YHWH of hosts.
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-hadad.
Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith YHWH; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.
Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.
Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith YHWH; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.
Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith YHWH, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.
And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith YHWH.
And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.
The word of YHWH that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
Thus saith YHWH of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.
For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them even my fierce anger, saith YHWH; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:
And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith YHWH.
But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith YHWH.
