Jérémie 8
1 En ce temps-là, dit le Seigneur, on jettera les os des rois de Juda, et les os de ses princes, et les os des prêtres, et les os des prophètes, et les os de ceux qui ont habité 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 exposera au soleil et à la lune, et à toute la milice du ciel, qu’ils ont aimés, qu’ils ont servis, qu’ils ont cherchés et qu’ils ont adorés; on ne les recueillera pas, et on ne les ensevelira pas; comme un fumier, ils seront sur la face 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 ils choisiront la mort plutôt que la vie, tous ceux qui seront restés de cette race très méchante, dans tous les lieux qui ont été abandonnés, dans lesquels je les ai jetés, dit le Seigneur 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 Et tu leur diras: Voici ce que dit le Seigneur: Est-ce que celui qui tombe ne se relèvera pas? et celui qui s’est détourné ne reviendra-t-il pas?
[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 ce peuple à Jérusalem s’est-il détourné par un détournement opiniâtre? Ils ont saisi le mensonge, et ils n’ont pas voulu revenir.
[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 J’ai prêté attention et j’ai écouté; personne ne dit ce qui est bon; il n’en est aucun qui fasse pénitence de son péché, disant: Qu’ai-je fait? tous ont suivi leur cours, comme un cheval qui s’élance avec impétuosité au combat.
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 Le milan connaît dans le ciel son temps; la tourterelle, l’hirondelle et la cigogne gardent le temps de leur arrivée; mais mon peuple n’a pas connu le jugement du Seigneur.
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 sages, et la loi de Dieu est avec nous? il a vraiment gravé le mensonge, le style menteur des scribes.
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 confondus, ils ont été épouvantés et pris; car ils ont rejeté la parole du Seigneur, et il n’est aucune sagesse en eux.
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 À cause de cela je donnerai leurs femmes à des étrangers, et leurs champs à des héritiers, parce que, depuis le plus petit jusqu’au plus grand, tous suivent l’avarice; et que depuis le prophète jusqu’au prêtre, tous commettent le mensonge.
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 guérissaient la blessure de la fille de mon peuple avec ignominie, disant: Paix, paix, lorsqu’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 Ils ont été confus, parce qu’ils ont fait des abominations; et encore ne l’ont-ils pas été entièrement, et n’ont-ils pas su rougir; c’est pour cela qu’ils tomberont parmi ceux qui sont renversés; qu’au temps de leur Visitation ils seront renversés tous ensemble, dit le Seigneur.
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 Les rassemblant, je les rassemblerai, dit le Seigneur; il n’y a pas de raisin aux vignes, et il n’y a pas de figue aux figuiers, les feuilles sont tombées; et ce que je leur avais donné leur a échappé.
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 Pourquoi sommes-nous assis? venez ensemble, entrons dans la ville fortifiée, et soyons-y en silence; car le Seigneur notre Dieu nous a réduits au silence, et il nous a donné pour breuvage de l’eau de fiel; car nous avons péché contre le Seigneur.
[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 Nous avons attendu la paix, et nul bien n’est venu; le temps de la guérison, et voilà l’épouvante.
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 roulement de ses chevaux a été entendu de Dan; à la voix des hennissements de ses combattants, toute la terre a été émue; et ils sont venus, et ils ont dévoré la terre et tout ce qu’elle contient, la ville et ses habitants.
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 Parce que voilà que moi, je vous enverrai des serpents, des basilics, contre lesquels il n’y a point d’enchantement, et ils vous mordront, dit le Seigneur.
[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 Ma douleur est au-dessus d’une douleur; au-dedans de moi, mon cœur est triste.
I grieve very much [for the people of Judah], and my grieving does not end. I am very sad [IDM].
19 Voilà la voix de la fille de mon peuple qui me crie d’une terre lointaine: Est-ce que le Seigneur n’est pas dans Sion, ou son roi n’est-il pas en elle? Pourquoi donc m’ont ils excité au courroux par leurs images taillées au ciseau, et par des vanités étrangères?
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’été est fini, et nous, nous n’avons pas été sauvés.
[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 brisé à cause du brisement de la fille de mon peuple, et contristé; la stupeur m’a saisi.
I cry because my people have been crushed. I mourn, and I am completely dismayed.
22 Est-ce qu’il n’y a point de résine en Galaad? ou n’y a-t-il pas là de médecin? pourquoi donc n’a-t-elle pas été fermée, la blessure de la fille de mon peuple?
[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.
