Jeremiah 15
1 Then Yahweh said [this] to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel could [come back from their graves and] and stand in front of me [and plead with me for these Israeli people], I would not act mercifully [IDM] toward these people. [I would tell you], ‘Send them away from me. Cause them to leave me!’
Et l'Éternel me dit: Quand même Moïse et Samuel se présenteraient devant moi, mon cœur ne serait pas pour ce peuple. Chasse-les de ma présence, et qu'ils sortent!
2 And if they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’, tell them, ‘This is what Yahweh says: The ones that I say must die, will die: The ones that I say must die in wars [MTY], will die in wars. The ones that I say must die from hunger, will die from hunger. The ones that I say must be captured [and taken to other countries], will be captured [and taken to other countries].
Et s'ils te disent: Où irons-nous? tu leur diras: Ainsi parle l'Éternel: A la mort celui qui est pour la mort, à l'épée celui qui est pour l'épée, à la famine celui qui est pour la famine, à la captivité celui qui est pour la captivité.
3 I will send four things that will get rid of them: I will send [enemy soldiers using] swords to kill them. I will send wild dogs to drag away [their corpses]. I will send vultures to eat [their corpses]. And I will send [other] wild animals to eat what remains [of their corpses].
Et je les punirai de quatre manières, dit l'Éternel, par l'épée pour les tuer, et par les chiens pour les traîner, et par les oiseaux des Cieux et les bêtes de la terre pour les dévorer et les détruire;
4 Because of [the wicked things that] King Manasseh did in Jerusalem, I will cause [people in] all the kingdoms of the earth to be horrified about [what will happen in Judah to] my people.
et je les exposerai aux avanies de tous les royaumes de la terre, à cause de Manassé, fils d'Ézéchias, roi de Juda, pour tout ce qu'il a fait dans Jérusalem.
5 You [people of], no one will [RHQ] feel sorry for you. No one will [RHQ] weep/cry for you. No one will [RHQ] ask (how you are/if you are well).
En effet, qui aura pitié de toi, Jérusalem? et qui te plaindra, et qui t'abordera pour s'informer de ta situation?
6 You people have abandoned me; you have continued to walk away [from me] [DOU]. So, I will lift up my fist to smash you; I will not act mercifully toward you any longer.
Tu m'as abandonné, dit l'Éternel, tu t'es tirée en arrière; aussi j'étendrai ma main contre toi, et je te détruirai: je suis las de miséricorde.
7 At the gates of your cities, I will [scatter you like a farmer scatters the chaff from his grain by] (winnowing it/throwing it up to allow the wind to blow the chaff away) [MET]. You, my people, have refused to turn away from your evil behavior. [So], I will get rid of you, and I will even cause your children to be killed.
Je les vannerai avec le van aux portes du pays, je leur ôterai leurs enfants, et je ferai périr mon peuple qui ne quitte pas ses voies.
8 I will cause there to be more widows [in Judah] than [there are grains of] sand on the seashore [HYP]. At noontime, [when people will not be expecting it to happen], I will cause [an enemy army] to attack you, an army that will destroy your young men and cause their mothers to weep. I will cause you to suddenly experience great suffering/pain and become very terrified.
J'y ferai plus de veuves qu'il n'y a de grains de sable dans la mer, j'amènerai contre eux, sur la mère et le jeune homme, le dévastateur en plein jour, et je ferai tomber sur eux tout à coup la douleur et la peine.
9 A woman who has seven children will become faint and (gasp for breath/be hardly able to breathe); [it will be as though] daylight will become darkness for her, [because most of] her children will be dead, and she will be disgraced and humiliated [DOU]. And her children who are still alive, I will enable your enemies to kill them. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.’”
La mère de sept fils gémit, elle rend l'âme, son soleil s'est couché avant la fin du jour, elle est dans l'opprobre et l'ignominie. Et leur reste, je l'abandonnerai au glaive de leurs ennemis, dit l'Éternel.
10 [I said to] my mother, “I am very sad; I wish that you had not given birth to me; everyone in this land opposes me and quarrels with me. I am not a person who lends [money to people and threatens to sue/harm them if they do not pay me back when they should], and I am not a person who borrows [money from others and then refuses to pay it back], but everyone [HYP] curses me.”
« Malheureux que je suis! car, ô ma mère, tu m'as fait naître homme de contestation et de querelle pour toute la terre. Je n'ai point emprunté, on n'a point emprunté de moi; [cependant] tous me maudissent. »
11 But Yahweh replied to me, “[Jeremiah], I will take care of you. And at times when your enemies have troubles and disasters, they will [come to you and] plead for you [to help them].”
L'Éternel me dit: Non, je te tirerai de là pour te mettre en bon lieu, et je ferai venir à toi suppliants, au temps des revers et au temps de la détresse, tes propres ennemis.
12 [Yahweh also told me to say to the people] of Judah, “Your enemies, who are [as strong as] iron or bronze, [will attack you] from the north; no one will be able to stop them.
Brisera-t-on le fer, le fer qui vient du Nord, et l'airain?
13 I will give all the valuable possessions [of the people of Judah] to their enemies, without them paying for it. Their valuable possessions will be the payment/reward [that I will give them] because of all the sins that you have committed throughout your country.
Je donnerai vos biens et vos trésors en pillage, et sans payement, à cause de tous tes péchés commis dans toutes tes limites,
14 I will tell your enemies to force you to become their prisoners, and to take you to other lands that you do not [even] know about, and force you to become their slaves. [That will happen] because I am extremely angry [with you]; my being angry is [like] [SIM] a fire that will burn forever.”
et je les ferai passer avec ton ennemi dans un pays que tu ne connais pas; car un feu brûle dans mes narines, sur vous il est allumé.
15 [Then I said], “Yahweh, you know [what is happening to me]. [Please] come and (help me/take care of me). Punish those who are (persecuting me/causing me to suffer). [Please] do not continue to be patient with them and do not allow me to die now. It is (for your sake/because I serve you) that I am suffering.
Tu sais [tout], Éternel, souviens-toi de moi, visite-moi, et venge-moi de mes persécuteurs! A force d'être patient, ne me laisse pas enlever; sache que pour toi je subis l'ignominie.
16 Yahweh my God, you are the Commander of the armies of angels; and when you spoke to me, I was delighted with your message; it caused me to be joyful, and I eagerly accepted [MET] what you said because I belong to you. [IDM, MTY]
Dès que tes paroles me furent offertes, je les dévorai; et tes paroles devinrent l'allégresse et la joie de mon cœur, car je suis appelé de ton nom, Éternel, Dieu des armées!
17 When the people were carousing together, I never joined them; I sat alone, because you [MTY] are the one who controls what I do. I was very angry [with those people because of their sins].
Je ne m'assis point dans les cercles des rieurs, je ne m'y égayai point; étant sous ta main je m'assis solitaire, car tu me pénétrais de courroux.
18 So, (why do you [allow] me to continue to suffer?/I do not understand why you allow me to continue to suffer.) [RHQ] It seems that [RHQ] my wounds cannot be healed. [Sometimes you help me, sometimes you do not help me]. It seems that you are as undependable as a brook that has water in it only during certain seasons; you are like a spring that has dried up.”
Pourquoi ma souffrance est-elle permanente, et ma plaie incurable? Elle ne veut pas guérir. Tu es pour moi comme une source perfide, comme une eau inconstante.
19 Then Yahweh [replied], “If you begin again to [trust in] me, I will restore you, in order that you can continue to serve me. If you proclaim good/valuable messages and not worthless ones, you will continue to be the one who speaks what I tell you to say. You must cause the people to pay attention to what you say; you must not pay attention to what they say.
C'est pourquoi, ainsi parle l'Éternel: Si tu te rétractes, je te rétablirai; tu te tiendras devant moi; et si tu sais démêler le bien d'avec le mal, tu seras comme ma bouche. C'est à eux de venir à toi, et non à toi d'aller à eux.
20 They will fight against you, but I will protect you, like [SIM] people are protected from their enemies by a bronze wall. They will not defeat you, because I will be with you, and I will protect and rescue [DOU] you.
Et je t'oppose à ce peuple comme un mur d'airain, comme un fort; s'ils s'attaquent à toi, ils ne te vaincront pas, car je suis avec toi pour te secourir et te délivrer, dit l'Éternel;
21 [Truly], I will keep you safe from those wicked people, I will rescue you when you are seized by cruel people. [That will happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
et je te délivrerai de la main des méchants, et te sauverai du bras des violents.
