Jeremiah 11
1 This is [another] message that Yahweh told me:
La parole qui vint à Jérémie de par l’Éternel, disant:
2 “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].
Écoutez les paroles de cette alliance, et parlez aux hommes de Juda et aux habitants de Jérusalem.
3 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.
Et tu leur diras: Ainsi dit l’Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël: Maudit l’homme qui n’écoute pas les paroles de cette alliance
4 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.
que j’ai commandée à vos pères au jour où je les ai fait sortir du pays d’Égypte, de la fournaise de fer, disant: Écoutez ma voix, et faites ces [paroles] selon tout ce que je vous ai commandé, et vous serez mon peuple, et moi je serai votre Dieu;
5 [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.”
afin que j’accomplisse le serment que j’ai juré à vos pères, de leur donner un pays ruisselant de lait et de miel, comme [il paraît] aujourd’hui. Et je répondis et dis: Amen! ô Éternel!
6 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.
Et l’Éternel me dit: Proclame toutes ces paroles dans les villes de Juda, et dans les rues de Jérusalem, disant: Écoutez les paroles de cette alliance, et faites-les;
7 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.
car j’ai protesté à vos pères, au jour où je les ai fait monter du pays d’Égypte jusqu’à ce jour, me levant de bonne heure et protestant, en disant: Écoutez ma voix.
8 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.”
Mais ils n’ont pas écouté, et n’ont pas incliné leur oreille; mais ils ont marché chacun dans l’obstination de leur mauvais cœur; et j’ai fait venir sur eux toutes les paroles de cette alliance que j’avais commandé de faire, et qu’ils n’ont pas faite.
9 Then Yahweh said to me, “The people of Jerusalem and [the other cities in] Judah are rebelling against me.
Et l’Éternel me dit: Il a été trouvé une conjuration parmi les hommes de Juda et parmi les habitants de Jérusalem:
10 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.
ils sont retournés aux iniquités de leurs premiers pères qui ont refusé d’écouter mes paroles, et ils ont marché après d’autres dieux pour les servir. La maison d’Israël et la maison de Juda ont rompu mon alliance que j’avais faite avec leurs pères.
11 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.
C’est pourquoi, ainsi dit l’Éternel: Voici, je fais venir sur eux un mal dont ils ne pourront pas sortir; et ils crieront à moi, et je ne les écouterai pas.
12 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.
Alors les villes de Juda et les habitants de Jérusalem s’en iront, et crieront aux dieux auxquels ils ont brûlé de l’encens; mais ils ne les sauveront point au temps de leur malheur.
13 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.
Car le nombre de tes dieux est celui de tes villes, ô Juda! et selon le nombre des rues de Jérusalem vous avez dressé des autels à cette honteuse [idole], des autels pour brûler de l’encens à Baal.
14 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.”
Et toi, ne prie pas pour ce peuple, et ne fais monter pour eux ni cri ni prière; car je n’écouterai pas au temps où ils crieront vers moi au sujet de leur malheur.
15 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.
Que vient faire mon bien-aimé dans ma maison, alors que la multitude pratique ses mauvais desseins, et que la chair sainte passe loin de toi? Quand tu as mal fait, alors tu t’égaies.
16 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.
L’Éternel avait appelé ton nom Olivier vert, beau de son fruit excellent. Au bruit d’un grand tumulte il a allumé un feu contre lui, et ses branches sont cassées;
17 [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.”
et l’Éternel des armées qui t’a planté, a prononcé le mal contre toi, à cause de l’iniquité de la maison d’Israël et de la maison de Juda, qu’elles ont commise contre elles-mêmes, pour me provoquer à colère en brûlant de l’encens à Baal.
18 Yahweh revealed to me that [my enemies] were planning to kill me.
Et l’Éternel me l’a fait savoir, et je l’ai connu: alors tu m’as montré leurs actions.
19 [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].
Et moi j’étais comme un agneau familier qui est mené à la tuerie; et je ne savais pas qu’ils faisaient des complots contre moi, [disant]: Détruisons l’arbre avec son fruit, et retranchons-le de la terre des vivants, afin qu’on ne se souvienne plus de son nom.
20 [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.”
Et toi, Éternel des armées, qui juges justement, qui éprouves les reins et le cœur, fais que je voie ta vengeance sur eux; car à toi j’ai découvert ma cause.
21 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.
C’est pourquoi, ainsi dit l’Éternel touchant les hommes d’Anathoth qui cherchent ta vie, disant: Ne prophétise pas au nom de l’Éternel, afin que tu ne meures pas par nos mains; –
22 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.
c’est pourquoi, ainsi dit l’Éternel des armées: Voici, je les punis: les jeunes hommes mourront par l’épée, leurs fils et leurs filles mourront par la famine,
23 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.”
et il ne restera rien d’eux; car je ferai venir du mal sur les hommes d’Anathoth, en l’année de leur visitation.
