Jérémie 20
1 Paschhur, fils d’Immer, sacrificateur et inspecteur en chef dans la maison de l’Éternel, entendit Jérémie qui prophétisait ces choses.
Pashhur, the son of Immer, was a priest who supervised the temple guards. He heard those things that I had prophesied.
2 Et Paschhur frappa Jérémie, le prophète, et le mit dans la prison qui était à la porte supérieure de Benjamin, dans la maison de l’Éternel.
[So he arrested me]. Then he [commanded guards to] whip me and fasten my feet in (stocks/a wooden frame) at the Benjamin Gate of Yahweh’s temple.
3 Mais le lendemain, Paschhur fit sortir Jérémie de prison. Et Jérémie lui dit: Ce n’est pas le nom de Paschhur que l’Éternel te donne, c’est celui de Magor-Missabib.
The next day, when Pashhur released me, I said to him, “Pashhur, Yahweh is giving you a new name. From now on, your name will be ‘Surrounded by Terror’,
4 Car ainsi parle l’Éternel: Voici, je te livrerai à la terreur, toi et tous tes amis; ils tomberont par l’épée de leurs ennemis, et tes yeux le verront. Je livrerai aussi tout Juda entre les mains du roi de Babylone, qui les emmènera captifs à Babylone et les frappera de l’épée.
because Yahweh says this [to you]: ‘I will cause you and your friends to be terrified. You will watch them being killed by your enemies’ swords. I will enable the [army of the] king of Babylon to capture the people of Judah. Those soldiers will take some of the people to Babylon, and they will kill others with their swords.
5 Je livrerai toutes les richesses de cette ville, tout le produit de son travail, tout ce qu’elle a de précieux, je livrerai tous les trésors des rois de Juda entre les mains de leurs ennemis, qui les pilleront, les enlèveront et les transporteront à Babylone.
And I will enable their soldiers to take away [other things in] Jerusalem. They will take to Babylon all the very valuable things that belonged to your kings.
6 Et toi, Paschhur, et tous ceux qui demeurent dans ta maison, vous irez en captivité; tu iras à Babylone, et là tu mourras, et là tu seras enterré, toi et tous tes amis auxquels tu as prophétisé le mensonge.
And [as for] you, Pashhur, they will take you and all your family to Babylon. You and your family and all your friends who have prophesied things that are lies will die there and be buried there.’”
7 Tu m’as persuadé, Éternel, et je me suis laissé persuader; Tu m’as saisi, tu m’as vaincu. Et je suis chaque jour un objet de raillerie, Tout le monde se moque de moi.
[One day I said this to Yahweh]: “Yahweh, [when you chose me to be a prophet, ] deceived me, and I allowed you to deceive me. You insisted that I [become a prophet] and you are stronger than I am. And now everyone [HYP] ridicules me. They make fun of me all the day.
8 Car toutes les fois que je parle, il faut que je crie, Que je crie à la violence et à l’oppression! Et la parole de l’Éternel est pour moi Un sujet d’opprobre et de risée chaque jour.
When I tell [people your messages], I shout saying, ‘[Yahweh is going to cause you to experience] violence and destruction!’ So because I tell them those messages from you, they insult me and scoff at me all day long.
9 Si je dis: Je ne ferai plus mention de lui, Je ne parlerai plus en son nom, Il y a dans mon cœur comme un feu dévorant Qui est renfermé dans mes os. Je m’efforce de le contenir, et je ne le puis.
But if I would say, ‘I will never mention Yahweh or say anything about him, [MTY]’ [it would be as though] your message would burn in my inner being like [SIM] a fire; it would be like a fire in my bones. Sometimes I try to remain silent and not proclaim your messages, but I am not able to do that.
10 Car j’apprends les mauvais propos de plusieurs, L’épouvante qui règne à l’entour: Accusez-le, et nous l’accuserons! Tous ceux qui étaient en paix avec moi Observent si je chancelle: Peut-être se laissera-t-il surprendre, Et nous serons maîtres de lui, Nous tirerons vengeance de lui!
I hear many people whispering [about me], saying ‘[He is the man who proclaims that there will be things that cause us to] be terrified everywhere. We must tell [the authorities what he is saying]! We must denounce him!’ [Even] my best friends are waiting for me to say something that is wrong. [They are saying], ‘Perhaps we can cause him to say something wrong, and if he does, we will be able to discredit him.’
11 Mais l’Éternel est avec moi comme un héros puissant; C’est pourquoi mes persécuteurs chancellent et n’auront pas le dessus; Ils seront remplis de confusion pour n’avoir pas réussi: Ce sera une honte éternelle qui ne s’oubliera pas.
But [you], Yahweh, are helping me like [SIM] a strong warrior, so [it is as though] you will cause those who persecute me to stumble, and they will not defeat me. They will be completely disgraced because of being unable to defeat me; and other people will never forget that they were disgraced.
12 L’Éternel des armées éprouve le juste, Il pénètre les reins et les cœurs. Je verrai ta vengeance s’exercer contre eux, Car c’est à toi que je confie ma cause.
Commander of the armies of angels, you examine [all] those who are righteous; you know [all that is in] their inner beings and what they think. Allow me to see you getting revenge on those [who want to harm me], because I trust that you will do for me what is right.”
13 Chantez à l’Éternel, louez l’Éternel! Car il délivre l’âme du malheureux de la main des méchants.
Sing to Yahweh! Praise Yahweh! He rescues [poor and] needy people, from those [SYN] who are wicked.
14 Maudit soit le jour où je suis né! Que le jour où ma mère m’a enfanté Ne soit pas béni!
But I hope/desire that the day that I was born will be cursed. I do not want [anyone to] celebrate that day.
15 Maudit soit l’homme qui porta cette nouvelle à mon père: Il t’est né un enfant mâle, Et qui le combla de joie!
And [as for] that man who brought to my father the news, and caused him to be very happy, by saying “[You wife] has given birth to a son for you”, I hope/desire that he [also] will be cursed.
16 Que cet homme soit comme les villes Que l’Éternel a détruites sans miséricorde! Qu’il entende des gémissements le matin, Et des cris de guerre à midi!
Allow him to be destroyed like the cities that Yahweh destroyed [long ago], without acting mercifully [toward them]. Cause that man to hear the people wailing in the morning, and [to hear the enemy soldiers shout their] battle cries at noon.
17 Que ne m’a-t-on fait mourir dans le sein de ma mère! Que ne m’a-t-elle servi de tombeau! Que n’est-elle restée éternellement enceinte!
[I want that to happen to him] because he did not kill me before I was born. I wish that I had died in my mother’s womb, and that my mother’s body would have been [like] [MET] my grave.
18 Pourquoi suis-je sorti du sein maternel Pour voir la souffrance et la douleur, Et pour consumer mes jours dans la honte?
I have continually experienced much trouble and sorrow, and I am disgraced now when I am about to die; why was it necessary [RHQ] for me to me born?
