Jeremiah 50
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Jérémie 50
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| The word which the Lord said about Babylon, about the land of the Chaldaeans, by Jeremiah the prophet. | La parole que l`Éternel prononça sur Babylone, sur le pays des Chaldéens, par Jérémie, le prophète: |
| Give it out among the nations, make it public, and let the flag be lifted up; give the word and keep nothing back; say, Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is broken, her images are put to shame, her gods are broken. | Annoncez-le parmi les nations, publiez-le, élevez une bannière! Publiez-le, ne cachez rien! Dites: Babylone est prise! Bel est confondu, Merodac est brisé! Ses idoles sont confondues, ses idoles sont brisées! |
| For out of the north a nation is coming up against her, which will make her land waste and unpeopled: they are in flight, man and beast are gone. | Car une nation monte contre elle du septentrion, Elle réduira son pays en désert, Il n`y aura plus d`habitants; Hommes et bêtes fuient, s`en vont. |
| In those days and in that time, says the Lord, the children of Israel will come, they and the children of Judah together; they will go on their way weeping and making prayer to the Lord their God. | En ces jours, en ce temps-là, dit l`Éternel, Les enfants d`Israël et les enfants de Juda reviendront ensemble; Ils marcheront en pleurant, Et ils chercheront l`Éternel, leur Dieu. |
| They will be questioning about the way to Zion, with their faces turned in its direction, saying, Come, and be united to the Lord in an eternal agreement which will be kept in mind for ever. | Ils s`informeront du chemin de Sion, Ils tourneront vers elle leurs regards: Venez, attachez-vous à l`Éternel, Par une alliance éternelle qui ne soit jamais oubliée! |
| My people have been wandering sheep: their keepers have made them go out of the right way, turning them loose on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, having no memory of their resting-place. | Mon peuple était un troupeau de brebis perdues; Leurs bergers les égaraient, les faisaient errer par les montagnes; Elles allaient des montagnes sur les collines, Oubliant leur bercail. |
| They have been attacked by all those who came across them: and their attackers said, We are doing no wrong, because they have done evil against the Lord in whom is righteousness, against the Lord, the hope of their fathers. | Tous ceux qui les trouvaient les dévoraient, Et leurs ennemis disaient: Nous ne sommes point coupables, Puisqu`ils ont péché contre l`Éternel, la demeure de la justice, Contre l`Éternel, l`espérance de leurs pères. |
| Go in flight out of Babylon, go out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and be like he-goats before the flocks. | Fuyez de Babylone, sortez du pays des Chaldéens, Et soyez comme des boucs à la tête du troupeau! |
| For see, I am moving and sending up against Babylon a band of great nations from the north country: and they will put their armies in position against her; and from there she will be taken: their arrows will be like those of an expert man of war; not one will come back without getting its mark. | Car voici, je vais susciter et faire monter contre Babylone Une multitude de grandes nations du pays du septentrion; Elles se rangeront en bataille contre elle, et s`en empareront; Leurs flèches sont comme un habile guerrier, Qui ne revient pas à vide. |
| And the wealth of Chaldaea will come into the hands of her attackers: all those who take her wealth will have enough, says the Lord. | Et la Chaldée sera livrée au pillage; Tous ceux qui la pilleront seront rassasiés, dit l`Éternel. |
| Because you are glad, because you are lifted up with pride, you wasters of my heritage, because you are playing like a young cow put out to grass, and you make a noise like strong horses; | Oui, soyez dans la joie, dans l`allégresse, Vous qui avez pillé mon héritage! Oui, bondissez comme une génisse dans l`herbe, Hennissez comme des chevaux fougueux! |
| Your mother will be put to shame; she who gave you birth will be looked down on: see, she will be the last of the nations, a waste place, a dry and unwatered land. | Votre mère est couverte de confusion, Celle qui vous a enfantés rougit de honte; Voici, elle est la dernière des nations, C`est un désert, une terre sèche et aride. |
| Because of the wrath of the Lord no one will be living in it, and it will be quite unpeopled: everyone who goes by Babylon will be overcome with wonder, and make sounds of fear at all her punishments. | A cause de la colère de l`Éternel, elle ne sera plus habitée, Elle ne sera plus qu`une solitude. Tous ceux qui passeront près de Babylone Seront dans l`étonnement et siffleront sur toutes ses plaies. |
| Put your armies in position against Babylon on every side, all you bowmen; let loose your arrows at her, not keeping any back: for she has done evil against the Lord. | Rangez-vous en bataille autour de Babylone, vous tous, archers! Tirez contre elle, n`épargnez pas les flèches! Car elle a péché contre l`Éternel. |
| Give a loud cry against her on every side; she has given herself up, her supports are overturned, her walls are broken down: for it is the payment taken by the Lord; give her payment; as she has done, so do to her. | Poussez de tous côtés contre elle un cri de guerre! Elle tend les mains; Ses fondements s`écroulent; Ses murs sont renversés. Car c`est la vengeance de l`Éternel. Vengez-vous sur elle! Faites-lui comme elle a fait! |
| Let the planter of seed be cut off from Babylon, and everyone using the curved blade at the time of the grain-cutting: for fear of the cruel sword, everyone will be turned to his people, everyone will go in flight to his land. | Exterminez de Babylone celui qui sème, Et celui qui manie la faucille au temps de la moisson! Devant le glaive destructeur, Que chacun se tourne vers son peuple, Que chacun fuie vers son pays. |
| Israel is a wandering sheep; the lions have been driving him away: first he was attacked by the king of Assyria, and now his bones have been broken by Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon. | Israël est une brebis égarée, que les lions ont chassée; Le roi d`Assyrie l`a dévorée le premier; Et ce dernier lui a brisé les os, Nebucadnetsar, roi de Babylone. |
| So this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, I will send punishment on the king of Babylon and on his land, as I have given punishment to the king of Assyria. | C`est pourquoi ainsi parle l`Éternel des armées, le Dieu d`Israël: Voici, je châtierai le roi de Babylone et son pays, Comme j`ai châtié le roi d`Assyrie. |
| And I will make Israel come back to his resting-place, and he will get his food on Carmel and Bashan, and have his desire in full measure on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead. | Je ramènerai Israël dans sa demeure; Il aura ses pâturages du Carmel et du Basan, Et son âme se rassasiera sur la montagne d`Éphraïm et dans Galaad. |
| In those days and in that time, says the Lord, when the evil-doing of Israel is looked for, there will be nothing; and in Judah no sins will be seen: for I will have forgiveness for those whom I will keep safe. | En ces jours, en ce temps-là, dit l`Éternel, On cherchera l`iniquité d`Israël, et elle n`existera plus, Le péché de Juda, et il ne se trouvera plus; Car je pardonnerai au reste que j`aurai laissé. |
| Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the people of Pekod; put them to death and send destruction after them, says the Lord, and do everything I have given you orders to do. | Monte contre le pays doublement rebelle, Contre ses habitants, et châtie-les! Poursuis, massacre, extermine-les! dit l`Éternel, Exécute entièrement mes ordres! |
| There is a sound of war in the land and of great destruction. | Des cris de guerre retentissent dans le pays, Et le désastre est grand. |
| How is the hammer of all the earth cut in two and broken! how has Babylon become a waste among the nations! | Eh quoi! il est rompu, brisé, le marteau de toute la terre! Babylone est détruite au milieu des nations! |
| I have put a net for you, and you have been taken, O Babylon, without your knowledge: you have been uncovered and taken because you were fighting against the Lord. | Je t`ai tendu un piège, et tu as été prise, Babylone, A l`improviste; Tu as été atteinte, saisie, Parce que tu as lutté contre l`Éternel. |
| From his store-house the Lord has taken the instruments of his wrath: for the Lord, the Lord of armies, has a work to do in the land of the Chaldaeans. | L`Éternel a ouvert son arsenal, Et il en a tiré les armes de sa colère; Car c`est là une oeuvre du Seigneur, de l`Éternel des armées, Dans le pays des Chaldéens. |
| Come up against her one and all, let her store-houses be broken open: make her into a mass of stones, give her to the curse, till there is nothing of her to be seen. | Pénétrez de toutes parts dans Babylone, ouvrez ses greniers, Faites-y des monceaux comme des tas de gerbes, Et détruisez-la! Qu`il ne reste plus rien d`elle! |
| Put all her oxen to the sword; let them go down to death: sorrow is theirs, for their day has come, the time of their punishment. | Tuez tous ses taureaux, qu`on les égorge! Malheur à eux! car leur jour est arrivé, Le temps de leur châtiment. |
| The voice of those who are in flight, who have got away safe from the land of Babylon, to give news in Zion of punishment from the Lord our God, even payment for his Temple. | Écoutez les cris des fuyards, de ceux qui se sauvent du pays de Babylone Pour annoncer dans Sion la vengeance de l`Éternel, notre Dieu, La vengeance de son temple! |
| Send for the archers to come together against Babylon, all the bowmen; put up your tents against her on every side; let no one get away: give her the reward of her work; as she has done, so do to her: for she has been uplifted in pride against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel. | Appelez contre Babylone les archers, vous tous qui maniez l`arc! Campez autour d`elle, que personne n`échappe, Rendez-lui selon ses oeuvres, Faites-lui entièrement comme elle a fait! Car elle s`est élevée avec fierté contre l`Éternel, Contre le Saint d`Israël. |
| For this cause her young men will be falling in her streets, and all her men of war will be cut off in that day, says the Lord. | C`est pourquoi ses jeunes gens tomberont dans les rues, Et tous ses hommes de guerre périront en ce jour, Dit l`Éternel. |
| See, I am against you, O pride, says the Lord, the Lord of armies, for your day has come, the time when I will send punishment on you. | Voici, j`en veux à toi, orgueilleuse! Dit le Seigneur, l`Éternel des armées; Car ton jour est arrivé, Le temps de ton châtiment. |
| And pride will go with uncertain steps and have a fall, and there will be no one to come to his help: and I will put a fire in his towns, burning up everything round about him. | L`orgueilleuse chancellera et tombera, Et personne ne la relèvera; Je mettrai le feu à ses villes, Et il en dévorera tous les alentours. |
| This is what the Lord of armies has said: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are crushed down together: all those who took them prisoner keep them in a tight grip; they will not let them go. | Ainsi parle l`Éternel des armées: Les enfants d`Israël et les enfants de Juda sont ensemble opprimés; Tous ceux qui les ont emmenés captifs les retiennent, Et refusent de les relâcher. |
| Their saviour is strong; the Lord of armies is his name: he will certainly take up their cause, so that he may give rest to the earth and trouble to the people of Babylon. | Mais leur vengeur est puissant, Lui dont l`Éternel des armées est le nom; Il défendra leur cause, Afin de donner le repos au pays, Et de faire trembler les habitants de Babylone. |
| A sword is on the Chaldaeans, says the Lord, and on the people of Babylon, and on her rulers and on her wise men. | L`épée contre les Chaldéens! dit l`Éternel, Contre les habitants de Babylone, ses chefs et ses sages! |
| A sword is on the men of pride, and they will become foolish: a sword is on her men of war, and they will be broken. | L`épée contre les prophètes de mensonge! qu`ils soient comme des insensés! L`épée contre ses vaillants hommes! qu`ils soient consternés! |
| A sword is on all the mixed people in her, and they will become like women: a sword is on her store-houses, and they will be taken by her attackers. | L`épée contre ses chevaux et ses chars! Contre les gens de toute espèce qui sont au milieu d`elle! Qu`ils deviennent semblables à des femmes! L`épée contre ses trésors! qu`ils soient pillés! |
| A sword is on her waters, drying them up; for it is a land of images, and their minds are fixed on false gods. | La sécheresse contre ses eaux! qu`elles tarissent! Car c`est un pays d`idoles; Ils sont fous de leurs idoles. |
| For this reason the beasts of the waste land with the wolves will make their holes there and the ostriches will be living in it: never again will men be living there, it will be unpeopled from generation to generation. | C`est pourquoi les animaux du désert s`y établiront avec les chacals, Et les autruches y feront leur demeure; Elle ne sera plus jamais habitée, Elle ne sera plus jamais peuplée. |
| As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbouring towns were overturned by God, says the Lord, so no man will be living in it, and no son of man will have a resting-place there. | Comme Sodome et Gomorrhe, et les villes voisines, que Dieu détruisit, Dit l`Éternel, Elle ne sera plus habitée, Elle ne sera le séjour d`aucun homme. |
| See, a people is coming from the north; a great nation and a number of kings will be put in motion from the inmost parts of the earth. | Voici, un peuple vient du septentrion, Une grande nation et des rois puissants Se lèvent des extrémités de la terre. |
| Bows and spears are in their hands; they are cruel and have no mercy; their voice is like the thunder of the sea, and they go on horses; everyone in his place like men going to the fight, against you, O daughter of Babylon. | Ils portent l`arc et le javelot; Ils sont cruels, sans miséricorde; Leur voix mugit comme la mer; Ils sont montés sur des chevaux, Prêts à combattre comme un seul homme, Contre toi, fille de Babylone! |
| The king of Babylon has had news of them, and his hands have become feeble: trouble has come on him and pain like the pain of a woman in childbirth. | Le roi de Babylone apprend la nouvelle, Et ses mains s`affaiblissent, L`angoisse le saisit, Comme la douleur d`une femme qui accouche... |
| See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman: but I will suddenly make them go in flight from her; and I will put over her the man of my selection: for who is like me? and who will put forward his cause against me? and what keeper of sheep will keep his place before me? | Voici, tel qu`un lion, il monte des rives orgueilleuses du Jourdain Contre la demeure forte; Soudain je les en chasserai, Et j`établirai sur elle celui que j`ai choisi. Car qui est semblable à moi? qui me donnera des ordres? Et quel est le chef qui me résistera? |
| So give ear to the decision of the Lord which he has made against Babylon, and to his purposes designed against the land of the Chaldaeans; Truly, they will be pulled away by the smallest of the flock; truly, he will make waste their fields with them. | C`est pourquoi écoutez la résolution que l`Éternel a prise contre Babylone, Et les desseins qu`il a conçus contre le pays des Chaldéens! Certainement on les traînera comme de faibles brebis, Certainement on ravagera leur demeure. |
| At the cry, Babylon is taken! the earth is shaking, and the cry comes to the ears of the nations. | Au bruit de la prise de Babylone la terre tremble, Et un cri se fait entendre parmi les nations. |
