Jeremiah 34
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and his entire army, and all the kingdoms of the earth that were under the authority of his hand, and all the people were making war against Jerusalem and against all of its cities, saying:
Voici ce que dit le Seigneur: Fais-toi de chaînes et un collier, et mets-les autour de ton cou.
2 “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Go, and speak to Zedekiah, the king of Judah. And you shall say to him: Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will deliver this city into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire.
Voici ce que dit le Seigneur: Fais-toi de chaînes et un collier, et mets-les autour de ton cou.
3 And you will not escape from his hand. Instead, you will be overtaken and captured, and you will be delivered into his hand. And your eyes will see the eyes of the king of Babylon, and his mouth will speak with your mouth, and you will enter into Babylon.
Et tu les enverras au roi de l'Idumée, et au roi de Moab, et au roi des fils d'Ammon, et au roi de Tyr, et in roi de Sidon, par les mains de leurs messagers qui sont venus et se sont rencontrés dans Jérusalem, auprès de Sédécias, roi de Juda.
4 Even so, listen to the word of the Lord, Zedekiah, king of Judah: Thus says the Lord to you: You will not die by the sword.
Et tu prescriras à ces messagers de dire à leurs maîtres: Voici ce que dit le Seigneur Dieu d'Israël; voici ce que vous direz à vos maîtres:
5 Instead, you will die in peace. And, in accord with the burnings of your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so will they burn you. And they will mourn you, saying: ‘Alas, lord!’ For I have spoken the word, says the Lord.”
J'ai créé la terre par ma toute-puissance et mon bras très-haut, et je la donnerai à celui qui sera le plus agréable à mes yeux.
6 And Jeremiah, the prophet, spoke all these words to Zedekiah, the king of Judah, in Jerusalem.
J'ai donné la terre à Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, afin qu'elle le serve; je lui ai donné les bêtes des champs, afin qu'elles travaillent pour lui.
7 And the army of the king of Babylon fought against Jerusalem and against all the cities of Judah that remained, against Lachish and against Azekah. For only these remained out of the cities of Judah that were fortified cities.
Et la nation et le royaume qui ne passeront point leur cou sous le joug du roi de Babylone, je les visiterai par le glaive et la famine, dit le Seigneur, jusqu'à ce qu'ils tombent défaillants sous ma main.
8 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after king Zedekiah had struck a pact with all the people in Jerusalem, proclaiming
Et la nation et le royaume qui ne passeront point leur cou sous le joug du roi de Babylone, je les visiterai par le glaive et la famine, dit le Seigneur, jusqu'à ce qu'ils tombent défaillants sous ma main.
9 that each one should release his man servant, and each one his woman servant, as a free Hebrew man and a free Hebrew woman, and that they should never be rulers over them, that is, over the Jews, their own brothers.
Quant à vous, n'écoutez pas vos faux prophètes, ni vos devins, ni les interprètes de vos songes, ni vos augures, ni vos magiciens qui disent: Ne travaillez pas pour le roi de Babylone.
10 Then all the leaders and all the people who entered into the pact, heard that each one should release his man servant, and each one his woman servant, to be free, and that they should no longer rule over them. Therefore, they listened, and they released them.
Car ils vous prophétisent des mensonges, pour que vous soyez transportés loin de votre pays,
11 But later on, they turned back. And they took back again their man servants and their woman servants, whom they had released to be free. And they subjugated them as male and female servants.
Et toute nation qui passera son cou sous le joug du roi de Babylone, et qui travaillera pour lui, je la laisserai sur sa terre, et elle y travaillera et y demeurera.
12 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:
Et je parlerai à Sédécias, roi de Juda, conformément à ces paroles, disant: Passez votre cou sous le joug,
13 “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I struck a pact with your fathers in the day when I led them away from the land of Egypt, from the house of servitude, saying:
Et travaillez pour le roi de Babylone, car ceux-ci vous prophétisent l'iniquité:
14 ‘When seven years have been completed, let each one release his brother, a Hebrew, who had been sold to him. And so he will serve you for six years, and then you shall release him to be free from you.’ But your fathers did not listen to me, nor did they incline their ear.
Et travaillez pour le roi de Babylone, car ceux-ci vous prophétisent l'iniquité:
15 And today you converted, and you did what is right in my eyes, so that you proclaimed liberty, each one to his friend. And you entered into a pact in my sight, in the house in which and over which my name is invoked.
Car je ne les ai pas envoyés, dit le Seigneur, et ils prophétisent à tort en mon nom pour vous perdre; et vous périrez, vous et vos prophètes qui vous prophétisent le mensonge et l'iniquité.
16 But now you have turned back, and you have stained my name. For you have led back again, each one his man servant, and each one his woman servant, whom you had released so that they would be free and under their own authority. And you have subjugated them, so that they would be your servants and handmaids.”
Je vous ai parlé à vous, et à tout le peuple, et aux prêtres, disant: Ainsi dit le Seigneur: N'écoutez pas les discours des prophètes qui vous prophétisent, disant: Voilà que les vases du temple du Seigneur reviendront de Babylone; parce qu'ils vous prophétisent à tort et faussement, je ne les ai point envoyés.
17 Because of this, thus says the Lord: “You have not heeded me, though you proclaimed liberty, each one to his brother and each one to his friend. Behold, I am proclaiming a liberty for you, says the Lord, to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine. And I will cause you to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth.
S'ils sont prophètes, et si la parole du Seigneur est en eux, qu'ils aient une entrevue avec moi.
18 And I will give over the men who have betrayed my covenant, and who have not observed the words of the covenant, to which they assented in my sight when they cut the calf into two parts and passed between its parts:
S'ils sont prophètes, et si la parole du Seigneur est en eux, qu'ils aient une entrevue avec moi.
19 the leaders of Judah, and the leaders of Jerusalem, the eunuchs and the priests, and all the people of the land, who have passed between the parts of the calf.
Car voici ce que dit le Seigneur: Quant à ce qui reste des vases
20 And I will give them into the hands of their enemies and into the hands of those who are seeking their life. And their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth.
Que n'a pas pris le roi de Babylone, lorsqu'il a transporté de Jérusalem le roi Jéchonias,
21 And Zedekiah, the king of Judah, and his leaders, I will give over to the hands of their enemies, and to the hands of those who are seeking their lives, and to the hands of the armies of the king of Babylon, which had withdrawn from you.
Ils iront à Babylone, dit le Seigneur.
22 Behold, I will command, says the Lord, and I will lead them back to this city, and they will fight against it, and seize it, and set it on fire. And I will make the cities of Judah into a desolation, for there shall be no inhabitant.”
Ils iront à Babylone, dit le Seigneur.
