Jérémie 14
1 Parole de l'Éternel qui fut adressée à Jérémie à l'occasion des sécheresses.
After there had been no rain [in Judah] for a long time, Yahweh gave me this message:
2 Juda est dans le deuil, et ses villes sont tombées en langueur, la tristesse les terrasse, et les cris de Jérusalem s'élèvent.
[The people in] Judah are very distressed; people [are sitting] on the ground and mourning; [in all of] Jerusalem people are crying loudly.
3 Et les grands envoient les petits aux eaux: ils arrivent aux citernes, ne trouvent point d'eau; ils retournent avec des vases vides, confus et honteux ils se couvrent la tête.
The rich people send their servants to [wells] to get water, but [all] the wells are dry. The servants return with empty pitchers; they cover their heads [because they are ashamed and humiliated/disappointed and sad].
4 A la vue du pays consterné parce qu'il ne tombe point de pluie sur la terre, les laboureurs sont confondus, ils se couvrent la tête.
The ground is extremely dry and cracked open because there has been no rain. The farmers are very worried, [so] they [also] cover their heads.
5 Oui, même la biche dans les campagnes met bas, puis déserte, parce qu'il n'y a point d'herbe.
Even the (does/female deer) abandon their newborn babies/fawns because there is no grass in the fields [for them to eat].
6 Et les onagres sont là sur les collines, aspirant l'air comme des chacals, leur regard est éteint, parce qu'il n'y a point de verdure.
The wild donkeys stand on the barren hills, panting like [SIM] [thirsty] jackals/wolves. They become blind because there is no grass [to eat].
7 Quoique nos péchés témoignent contre nous, agis, ô Éternel, pour l'amour de ton nom; car nos défections sont nombreuses, nous avons péché contre toi.
[The people say], “Yahweh, we have turned away from you and sinned many times, and now we know that we are being punished because of our sins, but please help us in order that everyone can see that you are very great [MTY].
8 Espoir d'Israël, toi, son aide au moment de la détresse, pourquoi serais-tu comme un étranger dans le pays, et comme un voyageur qui campe pour une nuit?
You are the one whom [we] Israelis confidently expect [to do good things for us] when we have [many] troubles/difficulties. So, why do you [not help us]? You act as though you are a stranger in our land, like you are someone who is staying here for only one night.
9 Pourquoi serais-tu comme un homme éperdu, comme un héros impuissant pour aider? Cependant tu es au milieu de nous, Éternel, et de ton nom nous sommes appelés; ne nous abandonne pas!
Are you also surprised [about the terrible things that are happening to us]? Why do you act like you are unable to save anyone, even though you are a strong warrior? Yahweh, you are [here] among us, and [others know that] we are your people, [so] do not abandon us!”
10 Ainsi parle l'Éternel à ce peuple: C'est ainsi qu'ils aiment à errer çà et là, sans contenir leurs allures. C'est pourquoi l'Éternel ne prend point plaisir à eux; Il se souvient à cette heure de leur crime, et Il châtie leur péché.
And this is what Yahweh says to those people: “You love to wander away [from me]; you run [MTY] from one [idol] to another. Therefore, now I will no [longer] accept you, and I will punish you for your sins.”
11 Et l'Éternel me dit: Ne prie pas en faveur de ce peuple, pour son bien.
[Then] Yahweh said to me, “Do not pray for these people [any more].
12 S'ils jeûnent, je n'écouterai pas leurs requêtes, et s'ils m'offrent des holocaustes et des oblations, je ne les agréerai point, car je veux les détruire par l'épée, par la famine et par la peste.
When they (fast/abstain from food in order to honor me), I will not pay any attention. When they bring [to me] their offerings [of animals] to be completely burned [on the altar] and their offerings of grain, I will not accept them. Instead, I will get rid of them by wars, by famines, and by diseases.”
13 Et je dis: Ah! Seigneur, Éternel, voici, ce sont les prophètes qui leur disent: Vous ne verrez point d'épée, et vous n'aurez point de famine, mais Je vous donnerai un bonheur assuré dans ce lieu.
Then I replied to him, “Yahweh [my] God, [their] prophets are telling the people that they will not experience wars [MTY] or famines. They are telling the people that you will surely allow us to have peace in our land [for many years].”
14 Et l'Éternel me dit: C'est le mensonge que ces prophètes prophétisent en mon nom, je ne les ai point envoyés, je ne leur ai adressé ni mes ordres, ni ma parole; menteuses visions, et divination, et vanité et illusions de leur cœur, c'est ce qu'ils vous prophétisent.
Yahweh replied to me, “Those prophets say that they are speaking what I tell them to say [MTY], but they are telling lies. I did not send them, [so] what they are saying is false. They say that they have received visions from me, and that they are telling things that I have revealed to them, but that is not true. They are saying foolish things that they have only thought of themselves.
15 Aussi l'Éternel prononce ainsi sur ces prophètes qui prophétisent en mon nom, sans que je les aie envoyés, et qui disent: Il n'y aura ni épée, ni famine en ce pays: Par l'épée et par la famine ces prophètes périront.
So this is what I say about those prophets who are predicting what will happen, saying that I told them those things: They are saying that we Israelis will not die from wars or famines, but I did not send those prophets. And they themselves will die from wars or from famines.
16 Et ceux auxquels ils prophétisent seront étendus dans les rues de Jérusalem par la famine et par l'épée, et personne ne leur donnera la sépulture ni à eux, ni à leurs femmes, ni à leurs fils, ni à leurs filles; et je reverserai sur eux leur méchanceté.
And the people to whom they are predicting these things, they and their wives and their sons and their daughters, will [also die] from wars or from famines. [Their corpses will] be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem, and there will not be anyone to bury them. I will punish them like they deserve to be punished.
17 Et dis-leur encore cette parole: La nuit et le jour des larmes coulent de mes yeux, et elles ne s'arrêtent pas, car la vierge, fille de mon peuple, a été frappée d'un grand coup, d'une plaie très douloureuse.
[So, Jeremiah], tell this to them [about yourself]: ‘Day and night my eyes are full of tears. I cannot stop crying. I cry for my people, who are [very precious to me, as if they were] [MET] my daughters. I cry for them because they have been severely wounded; they have been severely crushed [DOU].
18 Si je sors dans les champs, ce sont des hommes percés par l'épée, et si j'entre dans la ville, ce sont des gens amaigris par la faim, car et prophètes et sacrificateurs circulent dans le pays, et ils ne savent que faire.
If I go out into the fields, I see [corpses of] people who have been slaughtered by our enemies. If I walk along the streets of the city, I see [corpses of people who died] from hunger. The prophets and the priests travel through the land, preaching to people, but they do not know [what they are doing] (OR, [in a land] that they know nothing about).’”
19 As-tu donc rejeté Juda, et as-tu pris Sion en dégoût? Pourquoi nous as-tu frappés d'un coup sans remède? Nous attendions le salut, mais il ne vient rien de bon; le temps de la guérison, et voici l'épouvante!
[Then I prayed this]: “[Yahweh], have you completely rejected [the people of] Judah? Do you really despise [the people of] Jerusalem [MTY]? Why have you [RHQ] wounded us very badly, with the result that we will never be healed? We hoped that we would have peace, but there was no peace. We hoped that there would be a time when we would be healed, but all that we received were things that terrified us.
20 Éternel, nous connaissons notre méchanceté, la faute de nos pères; car nous avons péché contre toi.
Yahweh, we admit/know that we are wicked people, and that our ancestors [also] did many wicked things. We have [all] sinned against you.
21 Pour l'amour de ton nom, ne rejette pas, ne profane pas le trône de ta majesté; rappelle-toi, ne romps pas ton alliance avec nous!
But [Yahweh], in order that we may honor [MTY] you, do not despise/abandon us. Do not dishonor [the city where] [MTY] your glorious throne is. [Please] do not forget [us], and do not (break your agreement with us/stop doing what you agreed to do for us).
22 Parmi les idoles des nations en est-il qui donnent la pluie? ou le ciel a-t-il le pouvoir de répandre la rosée? N'est-ce pas toi, Éternel, notre Dieu? Et nous espérons en toi, car c'est toi qui as créé toutes ces choses.
Those idols that [have been brought from] other nations certainly cannot [RHQ] bring rain [to us], and the sky certainly cannot [RHQ] cause rain to fall. Yahweh our God, you are the only one who can do things like that. So we will confidently expect you [to help us].”
