Jérémie 47
1 Parole du Seigneur qui fut adressée à Jérémie, le prophète, contre les Philistins, avant que Pharaon attaquât Gaza.
Yahweh gave to the prophet Jeremiah a message about the people of Philistia. [The message was given to me] before Gaza [city in Philistia] was captured by [the army of] Egypt.
2 Voici ce que dit le Seigneur: Voilà que les eaux montent de l’aquilon, et qu’elles seront comme un torrent qui inonde, et qu’elles couvriront la terre et sa plénitude, et la ville et ses habitants; les hommes crieront, et tous les habitants de la terre pousseront des hurlements,
This is what Yahweh said: “[An army] [MET] will be coming from the northeast that will cover the land like a flood. They will destroy the land and everything in it; [they will destroy] people and cities. People will scream; everyone in the land will wail.
3 À cause du bruit pompeux de ses armes et de ses hommes de guerre, à cause de l’ébranlement de ses quadriges et de la multitude de ses roues. Les pères n’ont pas regardé les fils, leurs mains s’étant affaiblies
[They will hear] the sound of the hooves of the [enemy] horses, and [they will hear] the rumble/noise of the wheels [of their enemies’] chariots. Men [will run away; ] they will not stop to help their children; they will be completely weak and helpless [MTY].
4 À la venue du jour auquel tous les Philistins seront dévastés, Tyr et Sidon seront dissipées avec tout ce qui est resté de leur secours; car le Seigneur a ravagé les Philistins et les restes de l’île de Cappadoce.
It will be the time for all the people of Philistia to be destroyed, and the time to prevent the remaining soldiers from helping [the people of] Tyre and Sidon [cities]. [I, ] Yahweh, will get rid of the people of Philistia, those whose ancestors [long ago] came from Crete [island].
5 Gaza est devenue chauve, Ascalon s’est tué, ainsi que les restes de leur vallée; jusques à quand te feras-tu des incisions?
[The people of] Gaza will be humiliated; they will shave off all the hair on their heads [to indicate that they are ashamed]. The [people of] [city] will all be silent [because they will be mourning]. [All you people who live] along the coast [of the Mediterranean Sea] who are still alive, how long [RHQ] will you gash yourselves [because you are mourning]?”
6 Ô épée du Seigneur, jusques à quand ne te reposeras-tu point? Rentre en ton fourreau, refroidis-toi, et reste tranquille.
[The people of Philistia say, ] “Yahweh, when [RHQ] will you [tell our enemies to stop killing us with] [PRS] their swords? Tell them to [PRS] put them back into their sheaths and keep them there!”
7 Comment se reposera-t-elle, puisque le Seigneur lui a donné ses ordres contre Ascalon, et contre les régions maritimes, et qu’il lui a assigné ces lieux?
But it would not be right [RHQ] for their swords to stay there, because Yahweh has commanded their enemies [to do something more]; Yahweh intends to tell them to attack [all the people living in] Ashkelon and [in other cities] along the coast.
