Jérémie 31
1 En ce temps-là, dit l’Éternel, Je serai le Dieu de toutes les familles d’Israël, Et ils seront mon peuple.
Yahweh says that at that time, he will be the God [who is worshiped by] all the clans in Israel, and they will be his people.
2 Ainsi parle l’Éternel: Il a trouvé grâce dans le désert, Le peuple de ceux qui ont échappé au glaive; Israël marche vers son lieu de repos.
This is what Yahweh says: “Those [people] who remained alive and were not killed by [their enemies’] swords were blessed [by me even] in the desert; I enabled them to have peace.
3 De loin l’Éternel se montre à moi: Je t’aime d’un amour éternel; C’est pourquoi je te conserve ma bonté.
Long ago [I, ] Yahweh, said to [your ancestors, ] the Israeli people, ‘I have loved you and I will continue to love you forever. By faithfully loving you, I have brought you close to myself.’
4 Je te rétablirai encore, et tu seras rétablie, Vierge d’Israël! Tu auras encore tes tambourins pour parure, Et tu sortiras au milieu des danses joyeuses.
And [now I tell you], my Israeli people whom I love [MET], that I will cause you to be a nation again. You will [joyfully] dance as you play your tambourines.
5 Tu planteras encore des vignes sur les montagnes de Samarie; Les planteurs planteront, et cueilleront les fruits.
Again you will plant your vineyards on the hills of Samaria, and you will eat the grapes [that grow there].
6 Car le jour vient où les gardes crieront sur la montagne d’Éphraïm: Levez-vous, montons à Sion, vers l’Éternel, notre Dieu!
There will be a time when watchmen will call out from the hills of Samaria [MTY], ‘Come, let’s go up to Jerusalem to [worship] Yahweh, our God!'”
7 Car ainsi parle l’Éternel: Poussez des cris de joie sur Jacob, Éclatez d’allégresse à la tête des nations! Élevez vos voix, chantez des louanges, et dites: Éternel, délivre ton peuple, le reste d’Israël!
And now Yahweh also says this: “Sing joyfully about [what I have done for] the people of Israel! Shout about [your nation, ] the greatest nation! Shout joyfully, praising me and saying, ‘Yahweh, rescue your people, the ones who are still alive!’
8 Voici, je les ramène du pays du septentrion, Je les rassemble des extrémités de la terre; Parmi eux sont l’aveugle et le boiteux, La femme enceinte et celle en travail; C’est une grande multitude, qui revient ici.
Do that [because] I will bring them back from the northeast, from the most distant places on the earth. Among them will be blind people and lame people, women who are pregnant and women who are (having labor pains/about to give birth to babies). They will be a huge group of people!
9 Ils viennent en pleurant, et je les conduis au milieu de leurs supplications; Je les mène vers des torrents d’eau, Par un chemin uni où ils ne chancellent pas; Car je suis un père pour Israël, Et Éphraïm est mon premier-né.
They will be crying as they return, and they will be praying [to me]. I will guide them along streams of water, on level paths where they will not stumble. [I will do this] because I am [like] a father to the Israeli people; [it is as though] Israel is my oldest son.”
10 Nations, écoutez la parole de l’Éternel, Et publiez-la dans les îles lointaines! Dites: Celui qui a dispersé Israël le rassemblera, Et il le gardera comme le berger garde son troupeau.
Yahweh says, “[You people in the] nations of the world, listen to this message from me. Then proclaim it to [people who live along] the coasts far away. I scattered my people, but I will gather them [again] and will take care of them like [SIM] a shepherd takes care of his sheep.
11 Car l’Éternel rachète Jacob, Il le délivre de la main d’un plus fort que lui.
I will buy [my] Israeli people back from those who [conquered them because] they were more powerful [than my people].
12 Ils viendront, et pousseront des cris de joie sur les hauteurs de Sion; Ils accourront vers les biens de l’Éternel, Le blé, le moût, l’huile, Les brebis et les bœufs; Leur âme sera comme un jardin arrosé, Et ils ne seront plus dans la souffrance.
My people will return [to Jerusalem] and shout joyfully on the slopes of Zion Hill. They will rejoice about the things that I have abundantly given to them— grain and new wine and [olive] oil and young sheep and cattle. They themselves will be like a well-watered garden, and they will no longer be sad.
13 Alors les jeunes filles se réjouiront à la danse, Les jeunes hommes et les vieillards se réjouiront aussi; Je changerai leur deuil en allégresse, et je les consolerai; Je leur donnerai de la joie après leurs chagrins.
The young women will dance joyfully, and [all] the men, young ones and old ones, will join with them. I will cause them to rejoice instead of mourning; I will comfort them and cause them to be happy instead of being sad.
14 Je rassasierai de graisse l’âme des sacrificateurs, Et mon peuple se rassasiera de mes biens, dit l’Éternel.
The priests will have plenty of things to eat and drink, and [all] my people will be filled with the good things that I give them. [That will certainly happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!”
15 Ainsi parle l’Éternel: On entend des cris à Rama, Des lamentations, des larmes amères; Rachel pleure ses enfants; Elle refuse d’être consolée sur ses enfants, Car ils ne sont plus.
Yahweh [also] says this: “Women were weeping in Ramah [town on the border between Israel and Judah]; they were mourning and crying very loudly. [The women who were the descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh, the two grandsons of] Rachel [the wife of Jacob], were weeping about their children, and no one could comfort them because their children were [all] dead.
16 Ainsi parle l’Éternel: Retiens tes pleurs, Retiens les larmes de tes yeux; Car il y aura un salaire pour tes œuvres, dit l’Éternel; Ils reviendront du pays de l’ennemi.
[But now] this is what [I], Yahweh, say: ‘Do not cry [any more], because I will reward you [for the good things you have done for your children]. Your children will return from the land where their enemies [have taken them].
17 Il y a de l’espérance pour ton avenir, dit l’Éternel; Tes enfants reviendront dans leur territoire.
[I], Yahweh, am telling you that there are things that you can confidently expect [me to do for you] in the future. Your children will return to their own land.’
18 J’entends Éphraïm qui se lamente: Tu m’as châtié, et j’ai été châtié Comme un veau qui n’est pas dompté; Fais-moi revenir, et je reviendrai, Car tu es l’Éternel, mon Dieu.
I have heard [the people of] Israel grieving very much [and saying to me], ‘You punished us severely, like [SIM] calves are beaten [by their owners to train them for pulling a plow]. [So] bring us back [to obey/worship you again], because we are ready to return to you, because you [alone] are Yahweh, our God.
19 Après m’être détourné, j’éprouve du repentir; Et après avoir reconnu mes fautes, je frappe sur ma cuisse; Je suis honteux et confus, Car je porte l’opprobre de ma jeunesse.
We turned away [from you], but we repented; [after you] caused us to realize [that we were guilty]. We beat our chests to show that we were very ashamed [DOU] of the sins that we committed when we were young.’
20 Éphraïm est-il donc pour moi un fils chéri, Un enfant qui fait mes délices? Car plus je parle de lui, plus encore son souvenir est en moi; Aussi mes entrailles sont émues en sa faveur: J’aurai pitié de lui, dit l’Éternel.
But [I], Yahweh, say this: The Israeli people certainly are [RHQ] still my dear children [DOU]. It is often necessary for me to threaten [to punish] them, but I still love them. That is why I have not forgotten them, and I will certainly act mercifully toward them.
21 Dresse des signes, place des poteaux, Prends garde à la route, au chemin que tu as suivi… Reviens, vierge d’Israël, Reviens dans ces villes qui sont à toi!
[You Israeli people, ] set up road signs; put up posts [along the roads] to mark the road on which you walked [when you were taken from Jerusalem]. My precious/beloved Israeli people, come back to your towns here.
22 Jusques à quand seras-tu errante, Fille égarée? Car l’Éternel crée une chose nouvelle sur la terre: La femme recherchera l’homme.
You people who have been like [MET] daughters who have forsaken their parents, how long will you continue to wander [away from me] [RHQ]? I, Yahweh, will cause something to happen on the earth that (is new/has not happened before): The women of Israel will be protecting their husbands as they travel [back here]!”
23 Ainsi parle l’Éternel des armées, le Dieu d’Israël: Voici encore ce que l’on dira dans le pays de Juda et dans ses villes, Quand j’aurai ramené leurs captifs: Que l’Éternel te bénisse, demeure de la justice, Montagne sainte!
This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israeli people [worship], says: “When I bring them back from the countries to which they have been exiled, all the people from the towns in Judah will again say, [‘I hope that] Yahweh will bless this my home, the holy place where righteous [people will live]!’
24 Là s’établiront Juda et toutes ses villes, Les laboureurs et ceux qui conduisent les troupeaux.
[The people of] Judah [who live in] the towns, including the farmers and the shepherds, will all live together [peacefully].
25 Car je rafraîchirai l’âme altérée, Et je rassasierai toute âme languissante.
I will enable weary people to rest, and enable people who are very exhausted to become strong again.”
26 Là-dessus je me suis réveillé, et j’ai regardé; Mon sommeil m’avait été agréable.
I, [Jeremiah], woke up [after dreaming all those things], and I looked [around]. I had slept [very] delightfully!
27 Voici, les jours viennent, dit l’Éternel, Où j’ensemencerai la maison d’Israël et la maison de Juda D’une semence d’hommes et d’une semence de bêtes.
[Then] Yahweh said [to me], “There will be a time when I will greatly increase [MET] the number of people and the number of livestock here in Israel and Judah.
28 Et comme j’ai veillé sur eux Pour arracher, abattre, détruire, ruiner et faire du mal, Ainsi je veillerai sur eux pour bâtir et pour planter, Dit l’Éternel.
[Previously], I caused [their enemies to] remove the people from their land and to destroy their land and to cause them to experience many disasters [DOU]. But in the future, I will enable them to build houses and to plant crops [here in Israel again]. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.
29 En ces jours-là, on ne dira plus: Les pères ont mangé des raisins verts, Et les dents des enfants en ont été agacées.
[Previously the people often said, ] ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, but it is the children’s teeth that ache.’ [They meant that it was not fair for them to be punished for their ancestors’ sins]. But [when I bring them back to their land], they will no longer say that.
30 Mais chacun mourra pour sa propre iniquité; Tout homme qui mangera des raisins verts, Ses dents en seront agacées.
But now all people will die because of the sins that they themselves have committed.
31 Voici, les jours viennent, dit l’Éternel, Où je ferai avec la maison d’Israël et la maison de Juda Une alliance nouvelle,
[I], Yahweh, say this: ‘There will be a time when I will make a new agreement with the people of Israel and Judah.
32 Non comme l’alliance que je traitai avec leurs pères, Le jour où je les saisis par la main Pour les faire sortir du pays d’Égypte, Alliance qu’ils ont violée, Quoique je fusse leur maître, dit l’Éternel.
[This new agreement will] not be like the agreement that I made with their ancestors when I took them by their hands and led them out of Egypt. They broke that agreement, even though I [loved them like] [MET] husbands love their wives.’
33 Mais voici l’alliance que je ferai avec la maison d’Israël, Après ces jours-là, dit l’Éternel: Je mettrai ma loi au-dedans d’eux, Je l’écrirai dans leur cœur; Et je serai leur Dieu, Et ils seront mon peuple.
This is what I, Yahweh, say: ‘This is the new agreement that I will make with the people of Israel some day: I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their inner beings. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
34 Celui-ci n’enseignera plus son prochain, Ni celui-là son frère, en disant: Connaissez l’Éternel! Car tous me connaîtront, Depuis le plus petit jusqu’au plus grand, dit l’Éternel; Car je pardonnerai leur iniquité, Et je ne me souviendrai plus de leur péché.
And it will not be [necessary] for them to teach their neighbors or their relatives and say, “[You need to] know Yahweh,” because everyone, including unimportant people and very important people, will [already] know me. And I will forgive them for having been very wicked, and I will never think again about the sins that they have committed.’”
35 Ainsi parle l’Éternel, qui a fait le soleil pour éclairer le jour, Qui a destiné la lune et les étoiles à éclairer la nuit, Qui soulève la mer et fait mugir ses flots, Lui dont le nom est l’Éternel des armées:
Yahweh is the one who causes the sun to give light during the day, and who causes the moon and the stars to give light during the night. He stirs up the seas, with the result that waves roar. His name is the Commander of the armies of angels, and this is what he says:
36 Si ces lois viennent à cesser devant moi, dit l’Éternel, La race d’Israël aussi cessera pour toujours d’être une nation devant moi.
“I will not reject my Israeli people any more than I will get rid of the laws [that control the universe].
37 Ainsi parle l’Éternel: Si les cieux en haut peuvent être mesurés, Si les fondements de la terre en bas peuvent être sondés, Alors je rejetterai toute la race d’Israël, A cause de tout ce qu’ils ont fait, dit l’Éternel.
And this is what I say: ‘No one can measure the sky, and no one can find out what is supporting the earth. Similarly, I cannot reject forever the descendants of Jacob because of all the [evil] things that they have done.’ [That is certain, because] I, Yahweh, have said it!
38 Voici, les jours viennent, dit l’Éternel, Où la ville sera rebâtie à l’honneur de l’Éternel, Depuis la tour de Hananeel jusqu’à la porte de l’angle.
[I], Yahweh, also say that there will be a time when [everything in] Jerusalem will be rebuilt for me, from the tower of Hananel [at the northeast corner, west] to [the gate named] the Corner Gate.
39 Le cordeau s’étendra encore vis-à-vis, Jusqu’à la colline de Gareb, Et fera un circuit du côté de Goath.
[Workers] will stretch a measuring line/string over Gareb Hill all the way [southwest] to Goah.
40 Toute la vallée des cadavres et de la cendre, Et tous les champs jusqu’au torrent de Cédron, Jusqu’à l’angle de la porte des chevaux à l’orient, Seront consacrés à l’Éternel, Et ne seront plus à jamais ni renversés ni détruits.
And the whole area, including the place where corpses and ashes are thrown in the [Kidron] Valley, and all the fields to the east as far as the Horse Gate, will become set apart for me. And the city [of Jerusalem] will never again be captured or destroyed.”
