Lamentations 1
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Lamentations 1
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| Eh quoi! elle est assise solitaire, cette ville si peuplée! Elle est semblable à une veuve! Grande entre les nations, souveraine parmi les états, Elle est réduite à la servitude! | See her seated by herself, the town which was full of people! She who was great among the nations has become like a widow! She who was a princess among the countries has come under the yoke of forced work! |
| Elle pleure durant la nuit, et ses joues sont couvertes de larmes; De tous ceux qui l`aimaient nul ne la console; Tous ses amis lui sont devenus infidèles, Ils sont devenus ses ennemis. | She is sorrowing bitterly in the night, and her face is wet with weeping; among all her lovers she has no comforter: all her friends have been false to her, they have become her haters. |
| Juda est en exil, victime de l`oppression et d`une grande servitude; Il habite au milieu des nations, Et il n`y trouve point de repos; Tous ses persécuteurs l`ont surpris dans l`angoisse. | Judah has been taken away as a prisoner because of trouble and hard work; her living-place is among the nations, there is no rest for her: all her attackers have overtaken her in a narrow place. |
| Les chemins de Sion sont dans le deuil, car on ne va plus aux fêtes; Toutes ses portes sont désertes, Ses sacrificateurs gémissent, Ses vierges sont affligées, et elle est remplie d`amertume. | The ways of Zion are sad, because no one comes to the holy meeting; all her doorways are made waste, her priests are breathing out sorrow: her virgins are troubled, and it is bitter for her. |
| Ses oppresseurs triomphent, ses ennemis sont en paix; Car l`Éternel l`a humiliée, A cause de la multitude de ses péchés; Ses enfants ont marché captifs devant l`oppresseur. | Those who are against her have become the head, everything goes well for her haters; for the Lord has sent sorrow on her because of the great number of her sins: her young children have gone away as prisoners before the attacker. |
| La fille de Sion a perdu toute sa gloire; Ses chefs sont comme des cerfs Qui ne trouvent point de pâture, Et qui fuient sans force devant celui qui les chasse. | And all her glory has gone from the daughter of Zion: her rulers have become like harts with no place for food, and they have gone in flight without strength before the attacker. |
| Aux jours de sa détresse et de sa misère, Jérusalem s`est souvenue De tous les biens dès longtemps son partage, Quand son peuple est tombé sans secours sous la main de l`oppresseur; Ses ennemis l`ont vue, et ils ont ri de sa chute. | Jerusalem keeps in mind, in the days of her sorrow and of her wanderings, all the desired things which were hers in days gone by; when her people came into the power of her hater and she had no helper, her attackers saw their desire effected on her and made sport of her destruction. |
| Jérusalem a multiplié ses péchés, C`est pourquoi elle est un objet d`aversion; Tous ceux qui l`honoraient la méprisent, en voyant sa nudité; Elle-même soupire, et détourne la face. | Great is the sin of Jerusalem; for this cause she has become an unclean thing: all those who gave her honour are looking down on her, because they have seen her shame: now truly, breathing out grief, she is turned back. |
| La souillure était dans les pans de sa robe, et elle ne songeait pas à sa fin; Elle est tombée d`une manière étonnante, et nul ne la console. -Vois ma misère, ô Éternel! Quelle arrogance chez l`ennemi! - | In her skirts were her unclean ways; she gave no thought to her end; and her fall has been a wonder; she has no comforter: see her sorrow, O Lord; for the attacker is lifted up. |
| L`oppresseur a étendu la main Sur tout ce qu`elle avait de précieux; Elle a vu pénétrer dans son sanctuaire les nations Auxquelles tu avais défendu d`entrer dans ton assemblée. | The hand of her hater is stretched out over all her desired things; for she has seen that the nations have come into her holy place, about whom you gave orders that they were not to come into the meeting of your people. |
| Tout son peuple soupire, il cherche du pain; Ils ont donné leurs choses précieuses pour de la nourriture, Afin de ranimer leur vie. -Vois, Éternel, regarde comme je suis avilie! | Breathing out grief all her people are looking for bread; they have given their desired things for food to give them life: see, O Lord, and take note; for she has become a thing of shame. |
| Je m`adresse à vous, à vous tous qui passez ici! Regardez et voyez s`il est une douleur pareille à ma douleur, A celle dont j`ai été frappée! L`Éternel m`a affligée au jour de son ardente colère. | Come to me, all you who go by! Keep your eyes on me, and see if there is any pain like the pain of my wound, which the Lord has sent on me in the day of his burning wrath. |
| D`en haut il a lancé dans mes os un feu qui les dévore; Il a tendu un filet sous mes pieds, Il m`a fait tomber en arrière; Il m`a jetée dans la désolation, dans une langueur de tous les jours. | From on high he has sent fire into my bones, and it has overcome them: his net is stretched out for my feet, I am turned back by him; he has made me waste and feeble all the day. |
| Sa main a lié le joug de mes iniquités; Elles se sont entrelacées, appliquées sur mon cou; Il a brisé ma force; Le Seigneur m`a livrée à des mains auxquelles je ne puis résister. | A watch is kept on my sins; they are joined together by his hand, they have come on to my neck; he has made my strength give way: the Lord has given me up into the hands of those against whom I have no power. |
| Le Seigneur a terrassé tous mes guerriers au milieu de moi; Il a rassemblé contre moi une armée, Pour détruire mes jeunes hommes; Le Seigneur a foulé au pressoir la vierge, fille de Juda. | The Lord has made sport of all my men of war in me, he has got men together against me to send destruction on my young men: the virgin daughter of Judah has been crushed like grapes under the feet of the Lord. |
| C`est pour cela que je pleure, que mes yeux fondent en larmes; Car il s`est éloigné de moi, celui qui me consolerait, Qui ranimerait ma vie. Mes fils sont dans la désolation, parce que l`ennemi a triomphé. - | For these things I am weeping; my eye is streaming with water; because the comforter who might give me new life is far from me: my children are made waste, because the hater is strong. |
| Sion a étendu les mains, Et personne ne l`a consolée; L`Éternel a envoyé contre Jacob les ennemis d`alentour; Jérusalem a été un objet d`horreur au milieu d`eux. - | Zion's hands are outstretched; she has no comforter; the Lord has given orders to the attackers of Jacob round about him: Jerusalem has become like an unclean thing among them. |
| L`Éternel est juste, Car j`ai été rebelle à ses ordres. Écoutez, vous tous, peuples, et voyez ma douleur! Mes vierges et mes jeunes hommes sont allés en captivité. | The Lord is upright; for I have gone against his orders: give ear, now, all you peoples, and see my pain, my virgins and my young men have gone away as prisoners. |
| J`ai appelé mes amis, et ils m`ont trompée. Mes sacrificateurs et mes anciens ont expiré dans la ville: Ils cherchaient de la nourriture, Afin de ranimer leur vie. | I sent for my lovers, but they were false to me: my priests and my responsible men were breathing their last breath in the town, while they were looking for food to give them new life. |
| Éternel, regarde ma détresse! Mes entrailles bouillonnent, Mon coeur est bouleversé au dedans de moi, Car j`ai été rebelle. Au dehors l`épée a fait ses ravages, au dedans la mort. | See, O Lord, for I am in trouble; the inmost parts of my body are deeply moved; my heart is turned in me; for I have been uncontrolled: outside the children are put to the sword, and in the house there is death. |
| On a entendu mes soupirs, et personne ne m`a consolée; Tous mes ennemis ont appris mon malheur, Ils se sont réjouis de ce que tu l`as causé; Tu amèneras, tu publieras le jour où ils seront comme moi. | Give ear to the voice of my grief; I have no comforter; all my haters have news of my troubles, they are glad because you have done it: let the day of fate come when they will be like me. |
| Que toute leur méchanceté vienne devant toi, Et traite-les comme tu m`as traitée, A cause de toutes mes transgressions! Car mes soupirs sont nombreux, et mon coeur est souffrant. | Let all their evil-doing come before you; do to them as you have done to me for all my sins: for loud is the sound of my grief, and the strength of my heart is gone. |
