Jérémie 8

1 En ce temps-là, dit l'Eternel, on jettera les os des Rois de Juda, et les os de ses Princes, les os des Sacrificateurs, et les os des Prophètes, et les os des habitants de Jérusalem, hors de leurs sépulcres.

Yahweh says, “At the time [that your corpses are scattered on the ground], [your enemies will] break open the graves of your kings and [other] officials who lived in Judah, and the graves of your priests and prophets and other people who lived there.

2 Et on les étendra devant le soleil, et devant la lune, et devant toute l'armée des cieux, qui sont des choses qu'ils ont aimées, qu'ils ont servies et après lesquelles ils ont marché; des choses qu'ils ont recherchées, et devant lesquelles ils se sont prosternés; ils ne seront point recueillis ni ensevelis, ils seront comme du fumier sur le dessus de la terre.

They will take out their bones [from their graves] and [dishonor them by] scattering them on the ground under the sun and the moon and the stars— those are the gods which my people loved and served and worshiped. No one will gather up their bones and bury them [again]; they will remain scattered on the ground like dung.

3 Et la mort sera plus désirable que la vie à tous ceux qui seront restés de cette méchante race, ceux, [dis-je], qui seront restés dans tous les lieux où je les aurai chassés, dit l'Eternel des armées.

And all the people of this wicked nation [who are still alive and] whom I have exiled to other countries will say, ‘We would prefer to die than to continue to stay alive [here in these countries].’ [That will be true because I], Yahweh, have said it.”

4 Tu leur diras donc: ainsi a dit l'Eternel: si on tombe, ne se relèvera-t-on pas? et si on se détourne, ne retournera-t-on pas [au chemin]?

[Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah], tell the people that this is what [I], Yahweh, am saying to them: ‘When people fall down, they get up again, do they not [RHQ]? When people are going along a road and find out that they are walking on the wrong road, they go back [and find the correct road], do they not [RHQ]?

5 Pourquoi [donc] s'est égaré ce peuple, [les habitants de] Jérusalem, d'un égarement continuel? ils se sont adonnés opiniâtrement à la tromperie, et ont refusé de se convertir.

[Yes, they do], so why do these people [of Judah] continue [trusting in those idols that have deceived them]? They continue turning away from me, [even though I have warned them].

6 Je me suis rendu attentif, et j'ai écouté, mais nul ne parle selon la justice, il n'y a personne qui se repente de son péché, disant: qu'ai-je fait? Ils sont tous retournés vers les objets qui les entraînent, comme le cheval qui se jette avec impétuosité parmi la bataille.

I have listened carefully [DOU] [to what they say], but they do not say what they should say. Not one of them is sorry for having sinned. No one says, “I have done [RHQ] wicked things.” They are [sinning and] doing what they want to as fast as [SIM] a horse that is running into a battle.

7 Même la cigogne a connu dans les cieux ses saisons, la tourterelle et l'hirondelle, et la grue, ont pris garde au temps qu'elles doivent venir; mais mon peuple n'a point connu le droit de l'Eternel.

All the birds [that fly south for the (winter/cold season)] know the time that they need to fly south, and they all return at the right time the following year. But my people [are not like those birds]! They do not know what [I], Yahweh, require them to do.

8 Comment dites-vous: nous sommes les sages, et la Loi de l'Eternel est avec nous? voilà, certes on a agi faussement, et la plume des Scribes [est une plume] de fausseté.

Your men who teach you [the laws that Moses wrote] have been saying false things [about those laws]. [So], why [RHQ] do they [continue] saying, “We are [very] wise [because] we have the laws of Yahweh”?

9 Les sages ont été confus, ils ont été épouvantés et pris, car ils ont rejeté la parole de l'Eternel? et en quoi seraient-ils sages?

Those teachers, who think that [IRO] they are wise, will be ashamed/disgraced and dismayed when they are taken [to other countries by their enemies] because they sinned by rejecting what I told them. Truly, they were not [RHQ] very wise to do that!

10 C'est pourquoi je donnerai leurs femmes à d'autres, et leurs champs à des gens qui les posséderont en héritage; car depuis le plus petit jusqu’au plus grand, chacun s'adonne au gain déshonnête, tant le Prophète que le Sacrificateur, tous agissent faussement.

So, I will give their wives to other men; I will give their fields to [the enemy soldiers] who conquer them. All the people, including those who are important and those who are not important, deceive [others] in order to obtain their possessions. Even [my] prophets and my priests do that.

11 Et ils ont pansé la plaie de la fille de mon peuple à la légère, en disant: paix, paix; et il n'y avait point de paix.

[They act as though the sins of my people] are not serious, [like] [MET] wounds that do not need to be cleaned and bandaged. They tell the people that everything will go well with them, [but that is not true]; things will not go well with them.

12 Ont-ils été confus de ce qu'ils ont commis abomination? Ils n'en ont eu même 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 when they do disgusting things [RHQ], but they do not even know how to show on their faces that they are ashamed [about their sins]. So, [they will be killed, and] their corpses [also] will lie among the corpses of others who have been slaughtered [by their enemies]. They will be killed when I punish them.

13 En les ramassant je les consumerai entièrement dit l'Eternel; il n'y a pas une grappe dans les vignes; et il n'y a pas une figue au figuier, la feuille est flétrie, et ce que je leur ai donné sera transporté avec eux.

I will [allow their enemies to] take away the figs and grapes that the people would have harvested from their fields. Their fruit trees will all wither. They will not receive [all] the blessings that I prepared for them. [This will certainly happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.’”

14 Pour quelle raison nous arrêtons-nous? Assemblez-vous, et entrons dans les villes fortes, et nous serons là en repos, car l'Eternel notre Dieu nous a fait taire, et nous a donné à boire de l'eau de fiel, parce que nous avons péché contre l'Eternel.

[Then the people will say], “(Why should we wait here [in these small towns]?/We should not wait here [in these small towns].) [RHQ]! We should go to the cities that have high walls around them, [but even if we do that] we will be killed there, because Yahweh our God has decided that we must be destroyed; [it is as though] [MET] he has given us a cup of poison to drink, because we sinned against him.

15 On attend la paix, et il n'y a rien de bon; [on attend] le temps de la guérison, et voici le trouble.

We hoped/desired that things would go well for us, but things have not gone well. We hoped that bad things would not happen to us any more, but only things that terrify us [are happening to us].

16 Le ronflement de ses chevaux a été ouï de Dan, et tout le pays a été ému du bruit des hennissements de ses puissants chevaux; ils sont venus et ont dévoré le pays et tout ce qui y était, la ville et ceux qui habitaient en elle.

People [far north in Israel] in [the city of] Dan can already hear the snorting of the horses of their enemies [who are preparing to attack us]. [It is as though] the entire land [of Judah] is shaking as their army approaches; they are coming to destroy our land and everything in it, the people and the cities.”

17 Qui plus est, voici, je m'en vais envoyer contre vous des serpents, des basilics, contre lesquels il n'y a point d'enchantement, et ils vous mordront, dit l'Eternel.

[Yahweh says], “I will send [those enemy soldiers to Judah], and they will be like [MET] poisonous snakes among you. No one will be able to stop them from attacking you [MET]; they will attack you like snakes do, [and kill you].”

18 J'ai voulu prendre des forces pour soutenir la douleur, mais mon cœur est languissant au dedans de moi.

I grieve very much [for the people of Judah], and my grieving does not end. I am very sad [IDM].

19 Voici la voix du cri de la fille de mon peuple [qui crie] d'un pays éloigné; l'Eternel n'est-il point en Sion? son Roi n'est-il point au milieu d'elle? Mais pourquoi m'ont-ils irrité par leurs images taillées, par les vanités de l'étranger?

Throughout our land, the people ask, “Has Yahweh abandoned Jerusalem? Is [he], our city’s king, no longer there?” [Yahweh replies], “Why do the people cause me to become very angry by [worshiping] idols and foreign gods?” [RHQ]

20 La moisson est passée; l'Eté est fini, et nous n'avons point été délivrés.

[The people say], “The harvest [season] is finished, the (summer/hot season) has ended, [and we hoped that we would receive blessings from Yahweh], but he has not rescued us [from our enemies].”

21 Je suis amèrement affligé à cause de la calamité de la fille de mon peuple, j'en suis en deuil, j'en suis tout désolé.

I cry because my people have been crushed. I mourn, and I am completely dismayed.

22 N'y a-t-il point de baume en Galaad? n'y a-t-il point là de médecin? pourquoi donc la plaie de la fille de mon peuple n'est-elle pas consolidée?

[I ask], “Surely there is [RHQ] medicinal balm in the Gilead [region]! Surely there are [RHQ] doctors there!” But my people have been badly wounded [in their spirits], and nothing can heal them.