Jeremiah 49
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Jérémie 49
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| About the children of Ammon. These are the words of the Lord: Has Israel no sons? has he no one to take the heritage? why then has Milcom taken Gad for himself, putting his people in its towns? | Sur les enfants d`Ammon. Ainsi parle l`Éternel: Israël n`a-t-il point de fils? N`a-t-il point d`héritier? Pourquoi Malcom possède-t-il Gad, Et son peuple habite-t-il ses villes? |
| Because of this, see, the days are coming when I will have a cry of war sounded against Rabbah, the town of the children of Ammon; it will become a waste of broken walls, and her daughter-towns will be burned with fire: then Israel will take the heritage of those who took his heritage, says the Lord. | C`est pourquoi voici, les jours viennent, dit l`Éternel, Où je ferai retentir le cri de guerre contre Rabbath des enfants d`Ammon; Elle deviendra un monceau de ruines, Et les villes de son ressort seront consumées par le feu; Alors Israël chassera ceux qui l`avaient chassé, dit l`Éternel. |
| Make sounds of grief, O Heshbon, for Ai is wasted; give loud cries, O daughters of Rabbah, and put haircloth round you: give yourselves to weeping, running here and there and wounding yourselves; for Milcom will be taken prisoner together with his rulers and his priests. | Pousse des gémissements, Hesbon, car Aï est ravagée! Poussez des cris, filles de Rabba, revêtez-vous de sacs, Lamentez-vous, et courez çà et là le long des murailles! Car Malcom s`en va en captivité, Avec ses prêtres et avec ses chefs. |
| Why are you lifted up in pride on account of your valleys, your flowing valley, O daughter ever turning away? who puts her faith in her wealth, saying, Who will come against me? | Pourquoi te glorifies-tu de tes vallées? Ta vallée se fond, fille rebelle, Qui te confiais dans tes trésors: Qui viendra contre moi? |
| See, I will send fear on you, says the Lord, the Lord of armies, from those who are round you on every side; you will be forced out, every man straight before him, and there will be no one to get together the wanderers. | Voici, je fais venir sur toi la terreur, Dit le Seigneur, l`Éternel des armées, Elle viendra de tous tes alentours; Chacun de vous sera chassé devant soi, Et nul ne ralliera les fuyards. |
| But after these things, I will let the fate of the children of Ammon be changed, says the Lord. | Mais après cela, je ramènerai les captifs des enfants d`Ammon, Dit l`Éternel. |
| About Edom. This is what the Lord of armies has said. Is there no more wisdom in Teman? have wise suggestions come to an end among men of good sense? has their wisdom completely gone? | Sur Édom. Ainsi parle l`Éternel des armées: N`y a-t-il plus de sagesse dans Théman? La prudence a-t-elle disparu chez les hommes intelligents? Leur sagesse s`est-elle évanouie? |
| Go in flight, go back, take cover in deep places, you who are living in Dedan; for I will send the fate of Edom on him, even the time of his punishment. | Fuyez, tournez le dos, retirez-vous dans les cavernes, Habitants de Dedan! Car je fais venir le malheur sur Ésaü, Le temps de son châtiment. |
| If men came to get your grapes, would they not let some be uncut on the vines? if thieves came by night, would they not make waste till they had enough? | Si des vendangeurs viennent chez toi, Ne laissent-ils rien à grappiller? Si des voleurs viennent de nuit, Ils ne dévastent que ce qu`ils peuvent. |
| I have had Esau searched out, uncovering his secret places, so that he may not keep himself covered: his seed is wasted and has come to an end, and there is no help from his neighbours. | Mais moi, je dépouillerai Ésaü, Je découvrirai ses retraites, Il ne pourra se cacher; Ses enfants, ses frères, ses voisins, périront, Et il ne sera plus. |
| Put in my care your children who have no father, and I will keep them safe; and let your widows put their faith in me. | Laisse tes orphelins, je les ferai vivre, Et que tes veuves se confient en moi! |
| For the Lord has said, Those for whom the cup was not made ready will certainly be forced to take of it; and are you to go without punishment? you will not be without punishment, but will certainly be forced to take from the cup. | Car ainsi parle l`Éternel: Voici, ceux qui ne devaient pas boire la coupe la boiront; Et toi, tu resterais impuni! Tu ne resteras pas impuni, Tu la boiras. |
| For I have taken an oath by myself, says the Lord, that Bozrah will become a cause of wonder, a name of shame, a waste and a curse; and all its towns will be waste places for ever. | Car je le jure par moi-même, dit l`Éternel, Botsra sera un objet de désolation, d`opprobre, De dévastation et de malédiction, Et toutes ses villes deviendront des ruines éternelles. |
| Word has come to me from the Lord, and a representative has been sent to the nations, to say, Come together and go up against her, and take your places for the fight. | J`ai appris de l`Éternel une nouvelle, Et un messager a été envoyé parmi les nations: Assemblez-vous, et marchez contre elle! Levez-vous pour la guerre! |
| For see, I have made you small among the nations, looked down on by men. | Car voici, je te rendrai petit parmi les nations, Méprisé parmi les hommes. |
| ... the pride of your heart has been a false hope, O you who are living in the cracks of the rock, keeping your place on the top of the hill: even if you made your living-place as high as the eagle, I would make you come down, says the Lord. | Ta présomption, l`orgueil de ton coeur t`a égaré, Toi qui habites le creux des rochers, Et qui occupes le sommet des collines. Quand tu placerais ton nid aussi haut que celui de l`aigle, Je t`en précipiterai, dit l`Éternel. |
| And Edom will become a cause of wonder: everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, and make sounds of fear at all her punishments. | Édom sera un objet de désolation; Tous ceux qui passeront près de lui Seront dans l`étonnement et siffleront sur toutes ses plaies. |
| As at the downfall of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbouring towns, says the Lord, no man will be living in it, no son of man will have a resting-place there. | Comme Sodome et Gomorrhe et les villes voisines, qui furent détruites, Dit l`Éternel, Il ne sera plus habité, Il ne sera le séjour d`aucun homme... |
| 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 him 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 be able to keep his place before me? | Voici, tel qu`un lion, il monte des rives orgueilleuses du Jourdain Contre la demeure forte; Soudain j`en ferai fuir Édom, 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? |
| For this cause give ear to the decision of the Lord which he has made against Edom, and to his purposes designed against the people of Teman: 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 Édom, Et les desseins qu`il a conçus contre les habitants de Théman! Certainement on les traînera comme de faibles brebis, Certainement on ravagera leur demeure. |
| The earth is shaking with the noise of their fall; their cry is sounding in the Red Sea. | Au bruit de leur chute, la terre tremble; Leur cri se fait entendre jusqu`à la mer Rouge... |
| See, he will come up like an eagle in flight, stretching out his wings against Bozrah: and the hearts of Edom's men of war on that day will be like the heart of a woman in birth-pains. | Voici, comme l`aigle il s`avance, il vole, Il étend ses ailes sur Botsra, Et le coeur des héros d`Édom est en ce jour Comme le coeur d`une femme en travail. |
| About Damascus. Hamath is put to shame, and Arpad; for the word of evil has come to their ears, their heart in its fear is turned to water, it will not be quiet. | Sur Damas. Hamath et Arpad sont confuses, Car elles ont appris une mauvaise nouvelle, elles tremblent; C`est une mer en tourmente, Qui ne peut se calmer. |
| Damascus has become feeble, she is turned to flight, fear has taken her in its grip: pain and sorrows have come on her, as on a woman in birth-pains. | Damas est défaillante, elle se tourne pour fuir, Et l`effroi s`empare d`elle; L`angoisse et les douleurs la saisissent, Comme une femme en travail. - |
| How has the town of praise been wasted, the place of joy! | Ah! elle n`est pas abandonnée, la ville glorieuse, La ville qui fait ma joie! - |
| So her young men will be falling in her streets, and all the men of war will be cut off in that day, says the Lord of armies. | C`est pourquoi ses jeunes gens tomberont dans les rues, Et tous ses hommes de guerre périront en ce jour, Dit l`Éternel des armées. |
| And I will have a fire lighted on the wall of Damascus, burning up the great houses of Ben-hadad. | Je mettrai le feu aux murs de Damas, Et il dévorera le palais de Ben Hadad. |
| About Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, overcame. This is what the Lord has said: Up! go against Kedar, and make an attack on the children of the east. | Sur Kédar et les royaumes de Hatsor, que battit Nebucadnetsar, roi de Babylone. Ainsi parle l`Éternel: Levez-vous, montez contre Kédar, Et détruisez les fils de l`Orient! |
| Their tents and their flocks they will take; they will take away for themselves their curtains and all their vessels and their camels: they will give a cry to them, Fear on every side. | On prendra leurs tentes et leurs troupeaux, On enlèvera leurs pavillons, tous leurs bagages et leurs chameaux, Et l`on jettera de toutes parts contre eux des cris d`épouvante. |
| Go in flight, go wandering far off, take cover in deep places, O people of Hazor, says the Lord; for Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, has made a design against you, he has a purpose against you in mind. | Fuyez, fuyez de toutes vos forces, cherchez à l`écart une demeure, Habitants de Hatsor! dit l`Éternel; Car Nebucadnetsar, roi de Babylone, a pris une résolution contre vous, Il a conçu un projet contre vous. |
| Up! go against a nation which is living in comfort and without fear of danger, says the Lord, without doors or locks, living by themselves. | Levez-vous, montez contre une nation tranquille, En sécurité dans sa demeure, dit l`Éternel; Elle n`a ni portes, ni barres, Elle habite solitaire. |
| And their camels will be taken from them by force, and their great herds will come into the hands of their attackers: those who have the ends of their hair cut I will send in flight to all the winds; and I will send their fate on them from every side, says the Lord. | Leurs chameaux seront au pillage, Et la multitude de leurs troupeaux sera une proie; Je les disperserai à tous les vents, ceux qui se rasent les coins de la barbe, Et je ferai venir leur ruine de tous les côtés, dit l`Éternel. |
| And Hazor will be a hole for jackals, a waste for ever: no one will be living in it, and no son of man will have a resting-place there. | Hatsor sera le repaire des chacals, un désert pour toujours; Personne n`y habitera, aucun homme n`y séjournera. |
| The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet about Elam, when Zedekiah first became king of Judah, saying, | La parole de l`Éternel qui fut adressée à Jérémie, le prophète, sur Élam, au commencement du règne de Sédécias, roi de Juda, en ces mots: |
| This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, I will have the bow of Elam, their chief strength, broken. | Ainsi parle l`Éternel des armées: Voici, je vais briser l`arc d`Élam, Sa principale force. |
| And I will send on Elam four winds from the four quarters of heaven, driving them out to all those winds; there will be no nation into which the wanderers from Elam do not come. | Je ferai venir sur Élam quatre vents des quatre extrémités du ciel, Je les disperserai par tous ces vents, Et il n`y aura pas une nation Où n`arrivent des fugitifs d`Élam. |
| And I will let Elam be broken before their haters, and before those who are making designs against their lives: I will send evil on them, even my burning wrath, says the Lord; and I will send the sword after them till I have put an end to them: | Je ferai trembler les habitants d`Élam devant leurs ennemis Et devant ceux qui en veulent à leur vie, J`amènerai sur eux des malheurs, Mon ardente colère, dit l`Éternel, Et je les poursuivrai par l`épée, Jusqu`à ce que je les aie anéantis. |
| I will put the seat of my power in Elam, and in Elam I will put an end to kings and rulers, says the Lord. | Je placerai mon trône dans Élam, Et j`en détruirai le roi et les chefs, Dit l`Éternel. |
| But it will come about that, in the last days, I will let the fate of Elam be changed, says the Lord. | Mais dans la suite des temps, je ramènerai les captifs d`Élam, Dit l`Éternel. |
