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 sons of Ammon: “Thus said YHWH: Has Israel no sons? Has he no heir? Why has Malcam possessed Gad, And his people have dwelt in its 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, days are coming, A declaration of YHWH, And I have sounded a shout of battle in Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, And it has been for a heap—a desolation, And her daughters are burned with fire, And Israel has succeeded its heirs, said 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, Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled, Cry, daughters of Rabbah, gird on sackcloth, Lament, and go to and fro by the hedges, For Malcam goes into captivity, 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.
Why do you boast yourself in valleys? Your valley is flowing, O backsliding daughter, Who is trusting in her treasures: Who comes to 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 am bringing fear in on you, A declaration of Lord YHWH of Hosts, From all around you, And you have each been driven out before it, And there is no gatherer of the wandering.
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 after this I return the captivity of the sons of Ammon, A declaration of YHWH.”
7 Et dix jours après la parole du Seigneur vint à Jérémie.
Concerning Edom: “Thus said YHWH of Hosts: Is wisdom no longer in Teman? Has counsel perished from the intelligent? Has their wisdom vanished?
8 Et il appela Joanan, et les chefs de l'armée, et tout le peuple, du petit au grand;
Flee, turn, go deep to dwell, you inhabitants of Dedan, For I brought the calamity of Esau on him, The time I inspected him.
9 Et il leur dit: Voici ce que dit le Seigneur:
If gatherers have come to you, They do not leave gleanings, If thieves in the night, They have destroyed their sufficiency!
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.
For I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, And he is not able to be hidden, Spoiled [is] his seed, and his brothers, And his neighbors, 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 your orphans—I keep alive, And your widows—trust on Me,
12 Et je vous ferai miséricorde, et j'aurai compassion de vous, et je vous ramènerai en votre terre.
For thus said YHWH: They whose judgment is not to drink of the cup, Do certainly drink, And you [are] he that is entirely acquitted! You are not acquitted, for you certainly drink.
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, A declaration of YHWH, That for a desolation, for a reproach, For a dry place, and for a reviling—is Bozrah, And all her cities are for continuous ruins.
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 report from YHWH, And an ambassador is sent among nations, Gather yourselves and come in against her, And rise for 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 behold, I have made you little among nations, 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.
Your terribleness has lifted you up, The pride of your heart, O dweller in clefts of the rock, Holding the high place of the height, For you make your nest high as an eagle, From there I bring you down, A declaration of 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.
And Edom has been for a desolation, Everyone passing by her is astonished, And hisses because of all her plagues.
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 the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, And its neighbors, said YHWH, No one dwells there, Nor does a son of man sojourn in her.
19 Voici ce que vous dit le Seigneur, ô restes de Juda: N'entrez pas en Égypte, et maintenant sachez
Behold, he comes up as a lion, Because of the rising of the Jordan, To the enduring habitation, But I cause to rest, I cause him to run from off her, And who is chosen? I lay a charge concerning her, For who is like Me? And who convenes Me? And who [is] this shepherd who stands 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 has counseled concerning Edom, And His plans that He has devised Concerning the inhabitants of Teman: Do little ones of the flock not drag them out, Does He not make their habitation desolate?
21 Et vous avez entendu la parole du Seigneur qu'il m'a envoyée pour vous.
The earth has shaken from the noise of their fall, The cry—its voice is heard at the Sea of Suph.
22 Et vous périrez par le glaive et la famine dans le lieu où vous voulez aller pour vous y établir.
Behold, He comes up as an eagle, and flies, And He spreads His wings over Bozrah, And the heart of the mighty of Edom has been in that day, As the heart of a travailing woman.”
Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad have been ashamed, For they have heard an evil report, They have been melted, sorrow [is] in the sea, It is not able to be quiet.
Damascus has been feeble, She turned to flee, and fear strengthened her, Distress and pangs have seized her, as a travailing woman.
How it is not left—the city of praise, The city of My joy!
Therefore her young men fall in her broad places, And all the men of war are cut off in that day, A declaration of YHWH of Hosts.
And I have kindled a fire against the wall of Damascus, And it consumed palaces of Ben-Hadad!”
Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has struck: “Thus said YHWH: Arise, go up to Kedar, And spoil the sons of the east.
They take their tents and their flock, Their curtains, and all their vessels, And they carry away their camels for themselves, And they called concerning them, Fear [is] all around.
Flee, bemoan mightily, go deep to dwell, You inhabitants of Hazor—a declaration of YHWH, For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has given counsel against you, Indeed, he devises a scheme against them.
Rise, go up to a nation at rest, Dwelling confidently, a declaration of YHWH, It has no double gates nor bar, They dwell alone.
And their camels have been for a prey, And the multitude of their livestock for a spoil, And I have scattered them to every wind, Who cut off the corner [of the beard], And from all its passages I bring in their calamity, A declaration of YHWH.
And Hazor has been for a habitation of dragons, A desolation for all time, No one dwells there, nor does a son of man sojourn in it!”
That which has been the word of YHWH to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
“Thus said YHWH of Hosts: Behold, I am breaking the bow of Elam, The beginning of their might.
And I have brought four winds to Elam, From the four ends of the heavens, And have scattered them to all these winds, And there is no nation to where outcasts of Elam do not come in.
And I have frightened Elam before their enemies, And before those seeking their life, And I have brought calamity on them, The heat of My anger, A declaration of YHWH, And I have sent the sword after them, Until I have consumed them;
And I have set My throne in Elam, And I have destroyed king and princes from there, A declaration of YHWH.
And it has come to pass, in the latter end of the days, I return the captivity of Elam, A declaration of YHWH!”
