Jérémie 6
1 Enfants de Benjamin, fuyez vous-en [par troupes] du milieu de Jérusalem, et sonnez du cor à Tékoah, et élevez un signal de feu à Bethkérem; car le mal et une grande ruine a paru de l'Aquilon.
“You people in Jerusalem who are from [the tribe of] Benjamin, flee from this city! Blow the trumpets in Tekoa [city south of Jerusalem]! Send up a [smoke] signal in Beth-Haccherem [town] [to warn the people of the coming danger]! A powerful [army] will come from the north, and they will cause great destruction.
2 J'avais rendu la fille de Sion semblable à une femme qui ne bouge point de la maison, et qui est délicate.
Jerusalem is [like] a beautiful pasture [full of sheep], but it will soon be destroyed.
3 Les pasteurs avec leurs troupeaux viendront contre elles, ils planteront leurs tentes autour d'elle, chacun paîtra en son quartier.
[Enemy kings, not] shepherds [MET], will come [with their armies] and set up their tents around the city, and each [king will choose a part of the city for his soldiers to destroy like] [MET] shepherds divide their pastures for their flocks of sheep.
4 Préparez le combat contre elle, levez-vous, et montons en plein midi. Malheur à nous, car le jour décline, et les ombres du soir s'accroissent.
[The kings will tell their troops], “Get ready for the battle. We should attack them before noontime. But [if we arrive there late in the afternoon] when the shadows are becoming long,
5 Levez-vous, montons de nuit, et ruinons ses palais.
we will attack them at night and tear down their fortresses.”
6 Car ainsi a dit l'Eternel des armées: coupez des arbres, et dressez des terrasses contre Jérusalem; c'est la ville qui doit être visitée, elle n'est tout entière que rapine au dedans.
Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, says this: “[I will command those soldiers to] cut down the trees [outside Jerusalem] and to build dirt ramps up to the top of the city walls [in order that they can enter the city]. This city must be punished because everyone there continually oppresses others.
7 Comme le puits fait bouillonner ses eaux, ainsi elle fait bouillonner sa malice; on n'entend en elle devant moi continuellement que violence et que dégât, avec des maladies et des plaies.
[It is as though] the wicked things that the people do pour out of the city like [SIM] water flows out of a spring. [The noise from people doing] violent and destructive actions is heard everywhere. I continually see [people who are] suffering and wounded.
8 Jérusalem, reçois instruction, de peur que mon affection ne se retire de toi, et que je ne fasse de toi un désert, [et] une terre inhabitable.
Listen to what I am warning you, [you people of] [APO] Jerusalem, because if you do not listen, I will reject you and cause your land to become desolate, a land where no one lives.”
9 Ainsi a dit l'Eternel des armées: on grappillera entièrement comme une vigne les restes d'Israël; remets ta main dans les paniers comme un vendangeur.
Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, also says this: “[I will tell your enemies] to cause your country to become as desolate [SIM] as a vineyard from which all the grapes have been completely stripped from the vines. [Their soldiers will seize the possessions of] those who remain in Israel [after the others have been exiled] like [SIM] farmers go to the vines again to pick any grapes [that were (left/not picked)].”
10 A qui parlerai-je, [et] qui sommerai-je, afin qu'ils écoutent? voici, leur oreille est incirconcise, et ils ne peuvent entendre; voici, la parole de l'Eternel leur est en opprobre, ils n'y prennent point de plaisir.
[Then I said, “If I speak to the Israeli people] to warn them, (who will listen to me?/No one will listen to me.) [RHQ] [It is as though] their ears are closed, [and as a result] they cannot hear [what I say]. They scorn Yahweh’s messages; they do not want to listen to them at all.
11 C'est pourquoi je suis plein de la fureur de l'Eternel, et je suis las de la retenir, de sorte que je la répandrai sur les enfants par la rue, et sur l'assemblée des jeunes gens, même le mari sera pris avec la femme, et l'homme âgé avec celui qui est rassasié de jours.
So [now] I am extremely angry, like Yahweh is angry, and I cannot restrain it any longer.” [So] Yahweh said [to me], “Tell everyone that you are very angry with them. Tell the children in the streets and the young men who gather together. Tell the men and their wives; tell the very old people [DOU], also.
12 Et leurs maisons retourneront aux étrangers, les champs, et les femmes aussi; car j'étendrai ma main sur les habitants du pays, dit l'Eternel.
[Tell the men that] I will give their houses to [their enemies], and I will give their property/fields and their wives to them, also, when I punish [IDM] the people who live in this land.
13 Parce que depuis le plus petit d'entre eux jusques au plus grand, chacun s'adonne au gain déshonnête, tant le Prophète que le Sacrificateur, tous se portent faussement.
Everyone is trying to get money by tricking others, from the most [important people] to the least [important people]; even the prophets and the priests are trying to deceive [people to get money].
14 Et ils ont pansé la froissure de la fille de mon peuple à la légère, disant: paix, paix; et il n'y avait point de paix.
[They act as though the sins of my people are like] [MET] small wounds that they do not need to put bandages on. They continually [greet people by] saying ‘I hope things are going well with you,’ when things are not going well.
15 Ont-ils été confus de ce qu'ils ont commis des abominations? Ils n'en ont même eu aucune honte, et ils ne savent ce que c'est que de rougir; c'est pourquoi ils tomberont sur ceux qui seront tombés, ils tomberont au temps que je les visiterai, a dit l'Eternel.
They should be [RHQ] ashamed about the disgusting things that they do, but they are not ashamed at all. They do not [even] know how to (blush/show on their faces that they are ashamed). So, they also will be among those who will be killed. They will be destroyed when I punish them.”
16 Ainsi a dit l'Eternel: tenez-vous sur les chemins, et regardez, et vous enquérez touchant les sentiers des siècles passés, quel est le bon chemin, et marchez-y, et vous trouverez le repos de vos âmes; et ils ont répondu: nous n'[y] marcherons point.
This is [also] what Yahweh said [to the Israeli people]: “Stand at the crossroads and look [at the people who pass by]. Ask them what was the good behavior [that their ancestors had] long ago. [And when they tell you], behave that way. If you do that, you will find rest for your souls.” But you replied, ‘We do not want to do that!’
17 J'avais aussi établi sur vous des sentinelles [qui disent]: soyez attentifs au son de la trompette; mais on a répondu: nous n'[y] serons point attentifs.
I sent [my prophets who were like] [MET] watchmen. They said, ‘Listen carefully when we blow the trumpets [to warn you that your enemies are approaching],’ but you said, ‘[No], we do not want to listen.’
18 Vous donc, nations, écoutez, et toi Assemblée, connais ce qui est entre eux.
Therefore, you people in the other nations, listen to this: Pay attention to what is going to happen to the [Israeli people].
19 Ecoute, terre: voici, je m'en vais faire venir un mal sur ce peuple, [savoir] le fruit de leurs pensées, parce qu'ils n'ont point été attentifs à mes paroles, et qu'ils ont rejeté ma Loi.
Listen, all of you! I am going to cause the [Israeli] people to experience disasters. That is what will happen to them because they have refused to listen to what I told them. They have refused to obey my laws.
20 Pourquoi m'offrir de l'encens venu de Seba, et le bon roseau aromatique du pays éloigné? vos holocaustes ne [me] plaisent point, et vos sacrifices ne me sont point agréables.
[You Israeli people], when you burn frankincense that came from [far away in] Sheba, and [when you offer to me] sweet-smelling anointing oil that came from far away, I will not [RHQ] be pleased with your sacrifices. I will not accept the sacrifices that are completely burned on the altar; I am not pleased with [any of] your sacrifices.
21 C'est pourquoi ainsi a dit l'Eternel: voici, je m'en vais mettre en ce peuple des achoppements, auxquels les pères et les enfants, le voisin et son compagnon heurteront ensemble, et ils périront.
Therefore, I will put obstacles on the roads on which my people will travel. Men and their sons and people’s neighbors and friends will stumble over those obstacles and fall down; everyone will die.”
22 Ainsi a dit l'Eternel: voici, un peuple vient du pays de l'Aquilon, et une grande nation se réveillera du fond de la terre.
Yahweh [also] says this: “You will see a [huge] army marching [towards you] from the north. [An army of] a great nation very far away is preparing [to attack you].
23 Ils prendront l'arc et l'étendard; ils [seront] cruels, et n'auront point de compassion; leur voix bruira comme la mer, et ils seront montés sur des chevaux, chacun d'eux est rangé en homme de guerre contre toi, fille de Sion!
They have bows [and arrows] and spears; they are [very] cruel, and do not act mercifully [to anyone]. As they ride along on their horses, the horses’ feet sound like the roaring of the ocean [waves]; they are riding in battle formation to attack you people of Jerusalem.”
24 En aurons-nous ouï le bruit? nos mains [en] deviendront lâches; l'angoisse nous saisira, [et] un travail comme de celle qui enfante.
[The people of Jerusalem say], “We have heard reports about the enemy; [so] we are very frightened, with the result that we feel weak. We are very afraid, and worried, like [SIM] women who are about to give birth to babies.
25 Ne sortez point aux champs, et n'allez point par le chemin, car l'épée de l'ennemi [et] la frayeur est tout à l'entour.
[So one person says to another], ‘Do not go out into the fields! Do not go on the roads, because the enemy [soldiers] have swords [and they are everywhere]; they are coming from all directions, and we are extremely afraid.’”
26 Fille de mon peuple, ceins-toi d'un sac, et te vautre dans la cendre; mène deuil [comme] sur un fils unique, et [fais] une lamentation très-amère, car le destructeur viendra subitement sur nous.
[So I say], “My dear people, put on (sackcloth/rough clothes) and sit in ashes [to show that you are sorry for your sins]. Mourn and cry very much, like [SIM] [a woman would cry] if her only son had died, because your enemies are very near, and they are going to destroy [everything].”
27 Je t'ai établi [comme] une place forte et une forteresse au milieu de mon peuple, afin que tu connaisses et sondes leur voie.
[Then Yahweh said to me], “[Jeremiah], I have caused you to become [like] [MET] someone who heats metal very hot [to completely burn the impurities]. You will examine my people’s behavior.
28 Ils sont tous revêches, et plus que revêches, et ils vont médisant; ils sont [comme] de l'airain, et du fer; ils sont tous des gens qui se perdent l'un l'autre.
You will find out that they are very stubborn rebels, they are always slandering others. [Their inner beings] are as hard as bronze or iron; they all [continually] deceive others.
29 Le soufflet est brûlé, le plomb est consumé par le feu, le fondeur a fondu en vain, car les mauvais n'ont point été séparés.
[A metalworker causes] the bellows to blow very hard to [make the fire very hot to] completely burn up the impurities [MET]. [But just as] a fire does not cause all the waste material to run off, it is impossible to separate [the righteous people from the wicked people, and punish only] the wicked people.
30 On les appellera: Argent réprouvé; car l'Eternel les a réprouvés.
[I], Yahweh, have rejected them; I say that they are [like] [MET] worthless silver.”
