Jérémie 11
1 Parole qui fut adressée par le Seigneur à Jérémie, disant:
This is [another] message that Yahweh told me:
2 Ecoutez les paroles de cette alliance, et parlez aux hommes de Juda, et aux habitants de Jérusalem;
“Listen to the agreement that I made with [the ancestors of] the people of Jerusalem and [the other cities in] Judah. Then remind them of [that agreement].
3 Et tu leur diras: Voici ce que dit le Seigneur, le Dieu d’Israël: Maudit l’homme qui n’écoutera pas les paroles de cette alliance,
Then tell them that [I], Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli [people worship], said that I will curse everyone who does not obey what was written in that agreement that I made with them.
4 Que je prescrivis à vos pères, au jour où je les fis sortir de la terre d’Egypte, de la fournaise de fer, disant: Ecoutez ma voix, et faites tout ce que je vous ordonne; et vous serez mon peuple, et moi je serai votre Dieu;
It is the same agreement that I made with their ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt. [What happened to them in Egypt was terrible; it was as though they were] living in a hot furnace [MET]. When I brought them out of Egypt, I told them to obey me, and to do everything that I had commanded them to do. [I also told them] that if they obeyed me, they would be my people and I would be their God.
5 Afin que je fasse revivre le serment que je jurai à vos pères de leur donner une terre où couleraient du lait et du miel, comme c’est en ce jour. Et je répondis et je dis: Amen, Seigneur.
[Now tell these people that if they obey me], I will do what I promised to do for their ancestors. I will enable them to continue living in this very fertile [IDM] land in which they now live.” I replied, “Yahweh, I hope that what you said will happen.”
6 Et le Seigneur me dit: Crie à haute voix ces paroles dans toutes les cités de Juda, et en dehors de Jérusalem, disant: Ecoutez les paroles de cette alliance et observez-les;
Then Yahweh said to me, “Go into the streets of Jerusalem and to the [other] cities in Judah. Proclaim my message to the people. Tell them to listen to the agreement [that I made with their ancestors], and to obey it.
7 Car prenant à témoin, j’ai pris à témoin vos pères, depuis le jour où je les fis sortir de la terre d’Egypte jusqu’à ce jour; me levant dès le matin, je les ai pris à témoin et j’ai dit: Ecoutez ma voix;
When I brought their ancestors out of Egypt, I solemnly pleaded with them many times to obey me, and I am still pleading with them now.
8 Et ils n’ont pas écouté, et ils n’ont pas incliné leur oreille; mais ils ont suivi chacun la dépravation de son cœur mauvais; et j’ai amené sur eux toutes les paroles de cette alliance que je leur ai commandé d’observer, et qu’ils n’ont pas observée.
But they did not obey me or [even] pay any attention to me. Everyone continued to be stubborn and to do the evil things that they wanted to do. I commanded them to do what was written in the agreement, but they refused. So I punished them in all the ways that I promised that I would.”
9 Et le Seigneur me dit: Il a été découvert une conjuration parmi les hommes de Juda et les habitants de Jérusalem.
Then Yahweh said to me, “The people of Jerusalem and [the other cities in] Judah are rebelling against me.
10 Ils sont revenus aux premières iniquités de leurs pères, qui n’ont pas voulu écouter mes paroles; ceux-ci donc sont allés de même après des dieux étrangers, afin de les servir; la maison d’Israël et la maison de Juda ont rendu vaine l’alliance que j’avais conclue avec leurs pères.
Their ancestors refused to do what I told them to do, and [now] these people have returned to committing the sins that their ancestors committed. They are worshiping other gods. The people of Israel disobeyed the agreement that I made with their ancestors, and [now] the people of Judah have done the same thing.
11 À cause de cela, voici ce que dit le Seigneur: Voilà que j’amènerai sur eux des maux dont ils ne pourront sortir; et ils crieront vers moi, et je ne les exaucerai pas.
So now I, Yahweh, am warning them that I will cause them to experience disasters, and they will not escape them. And when they cry out for me [to help them], I will not pay attention.
12 Et les cités de Juda et les habitants de Jérusalem iront et crieront aux dieux auxquels ils font des libations, et ces dieux ne les sauveront pas au temps de leur affliction.
When that happens, the people in Jerusalem and [other] cities in Judah will [offer sacrifices and] burn incense to their gods and ask for their help, but those gods will not be able to save them when those disasters come to them.
13 Car selon le nombre de tes cités étaient tes dieux, ô Juda, et selon le nombre de tes rues, ô Jérusalem, tu as élevé des autels de confusion, des autels pour faire des libations aux Baalim.
There are more gods in Judah than there are towns in Judah, and the people of Jerusalem have erected as many altars to burn incense [to those gods] as there are streets in Jerusalem.
14 Toi donc, ne prie pas pour ce peuple, et ne m’adresse pour eux ni louange, ni prière, parce que je ne les exaucerai pas au temps de leur cri vers moi, au temps de leur affliction.
Jeremiah, do not pray for these people, and do not plead with me to rescue them. If you plead with me, I will not pay attention; and if they cry out to me for help when they are in distress, I will not listen to them.”
15 Pourquoi est-ce que mon bien-aimé a dans ma maison commis beaucoup de crimes? est-ce que des chairs saintes ôteront de toi tes méchancetés dont tu t’es glorifiée?
Then Yahweh said, “The people [of Judah] whom I love certainly no longer have [RHQ] a right to come to my temple, because they continually do many evil things. [They think that] continually making sacrifices of meat to me certainly will [RHQ] protect them from disasters, with the result that they will be able to rejoice.
16 Olivier fertile, beau, chargé de fruits, superbe, le Seigneur t’a appelée de ce nom; à la voix de sa parole, un grand feu s’est allumé dans cet olivier, et ses rameaux ont été brûlés.
I previously said that they were like an olive tree full of green leaves with a lot of good olives on it, but [now I will send their enemies to attack] them furiously; [it is as though] I will break off their branches, and [their city] will be destroyed by fire.
17 Et le Seigneur des armées qui t’a planté, a prononcé le mal sur toi, à cause des maux de la maison d’Israël et de la maison de Juda, qu’elles se sont faits à elles-mêmes pour m’irriter en faisant des libations aux Baalim.
[It is as though] the people of Judah and Israel were a beautiful olive tree that I, the Commander of the armies of angels, planted, but [now], by burning incense to [their god] Baal, they have caused me to become [very] angry. So [now] I have decided to destroy them.”
18 Mais vous. Seigneur, vous m’avez fait voir leurs pensées, et je les ai connues; alors vous m’avez montré leurs œuvres.
Yahweh revealed to me that [my enemies] were planning to kill me.
19 Et moi, j’ai été comme un agneau plein de douceur que l’on porte pour en faire une victime; et je n’ai pas su qu’ils formaient contre moi des projets, disant: Mettons du bois dans son pain, rayons-le de la terre des vivants, et que son nom ne soit plus rappelé dans la mémoire.
[Before he did that], I was like a lamb that was being led away to be slaughtered; I did not know what they were planning to do. I did not know that they were saying, “Let’s get rid of this tree and its fruit,” so [I did not know] that they intended to kill me, in order that no one would remember me [MTY].
20 Mais vous, Seigneur Sabaoth, vous qui jugez justement et qui éprouvez les reins et les cœurs, que je voie votre vengeance sur eux; car je vous ai révélé ma cause.
[Then I prayed], “Commander of the armies of angels, you judge people justly/fairly, and you examine everything that we are thinking [DOU]. Allow me to watch you getting revenge on the people [who want to kill me], because I trust that you will do for me what is right.”
21 À cause de cela, voici ce que dit le Seigneur aux hommes d’Anathoth, qui cherchent mon âme, et disent: Tu ne prophétiseras pas au nom du Seigneur, et tu ne mourras pas de nos mains.
It was the men of [my own town], Anathoth, who wanted to kill me, and they told me that they would kill me if I did not stop prophesying what Yahweh told me to say.
22 C’est pourquoi voici ce que dit le Seigneur des armées: Voilà que moi je les visiterai; les jeunes hommes mourront par le glaive, leurs fils et leurs filles mourront de faim.
So the Commander of the armies of angels said [about them], “I will punish them. Their young men will be killed in wars, and their children will die because they have no food.
23 Et rien ne restera d’eux; car j’amènerai le mal sur les hommes d’Anathoth, l’année de leur visite.
I have set a time when I will bring disasters to the people of Anathoth, and when that happens, none of them will remain alive.”
