Jeremiah 23
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Jérémie 23
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| A curse is on the keepers who are causing the destruction and loss of the sheep of my field, says the Lord. | Malheur aux pasteurs qui détruisent et dispersent Le troupeau de mon pâturage! dit l`Éternel. |
| So this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said against the keepers who have the care of my people: You have let my flock be broken up, driving them away and not caring for them; see, I will send on you the punishment for the evil of your doings, says the Lord. | C`est pourquoi ainsi parle l`Éternel, le Dieu d`Israël, Sur les pasteurs qui paissent mon peuple: Vous avez dispersé mes brebis, vous les avez chassées, Vous n`en avez pas pris soin; Voici, je vous châtierai à cause de la méchanceté de vos actions, Dit l`Éternel. |
| And I will get the rest of my flock together from all the countries where I have sent them, and will make them come back again to their resting-place; and they will have offspring and be increased. | Et je rassemblerai le reste de mes brebis De tous les pays où je les ai chassées; Je les ramènerai dans leur pâturage; Elles seront fécondes et multiplieront. |
| And I will put over them keepers who will take care of them: never again will they be overcome with fear or be troubled, and there will not be the loss of one of them, says the Lord. | J`établirai sur elles des pasteurs qui les paîtront; Elles n`auront plus de crainte, plus de terreur, Et il n`en manquera aucune, dit l`Éternel. |
| See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land. | Voici, les jours viennent, dit l`Éternel, Où je susciterai à David un germe juste; Il régnera en roi et prospérera, Il pratiquera la justice et l`équité dans le pays. |
| In his days Judah will have salvation and Israel will be living without fear: and this is the name by which he will be named, The Lord is our righteousness. | En son temps, Juda sera sauvé, Israël aura la sécurité dans sa demeure; Et voici le nom dont on l`appellera: L`Éternel notre justice. |
| And so, truly, the days are coming when they will say no longer, By the living Lord, who took the children of Israel up out of the land of Egypt; | C`est pourquoi voici, les jours viennent, dit l`Éternel, Où l`on ne dira plus: L`Éternel est vivant, Lui qui a fait monter du pays d`Égypte les enfants d`Israël! |
| But, By the living Lord, who took up the seed of Israel, and made them come out of the north country, and from all the countries where I had sent them; and they will be living in the land which is theirs. | Mais on dira: L`Éternel est vivant, Lui qui a fait monter et qui a ramené La postérité de la maison d`Israël du pays du septentrion Et de tous les pays où je les avais chassés! Et ils habiteront dans leur pays. |
| About the prophets. My heart is broken in me, all my bones are shaking; I am like a man full of strong drink, like a man overcome by wine; because of the Lord, and because of his holy words. | Sur les prophètes. Mon coeur est brisé au dedans de moi, Tous mes os tremblent; Je suis comme un homme ivre, Comme un homme pris de vin, A cause de l`Éternel et à cause de ses paroles saintes. |
| For the land is full of men who are untrue to their wives; because of the curse the land is full of grief; the green fields of the waste land have become dry; and they are quick to do evil, their strength is for what is not right. | Car le pays est rempli d`adultères; Le pays est en deuil à cause de la malédiction; Les plaines du désert sont desséchées. Ils courent au mal, Ils n`ont de la force que pour l`iniquité. |
| For the prophet as well as the priest is unclean; even in my house I have seen their evil-doing, says the Lord. | Prophètes et sacrificateurs sont corrompus; Même dans ma maison j`ai trouvé leur méchanceté, Dit l`Éternel. |
| For this cause their steps will be slipping on their way: they will be forced on into the dark and have a fall there: for I will send evil on them in the year of their punishment, says the Lord. | C`est pourquoi leur chemin sera glissant et ténébreux, Ils seront poussés et ils tomberont; Car je ferai venir sur eux le malheur, L`année où je les châtierai, dit l`Éternel. |
| And I have seen ways without sense in the prophets of Samaria; they became prophets of the Baal, causing my people Israel to go wrong. | Dans les prophètes de Samarie j`ai vu de l`extravagance; Ils ont prophétisé par Baal, Ils ont égaré mon peuple d`Israël. |
| And in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a shocking thing; they are untrue to their wives, walking in deceit, and they make strong the hands of evil-doers, so that a man may not be turned back from his evil-doing: they have all become like Sodom to me, and its people like Gomorrah. | Mais dans les prophètes de Jérusalem j`ai vu des choses horribles; Ils sont adultères, ils marchent dans le mensonge; Ils fortifient les mains des méchants, Afin qu`aucun ne revienne de sa méchanceté; Ils sont tous à mes yeux comme Sodome, Et les habitants de Jérusalem comme Gomorrhe. |
| So this is what the Lord of armies has said about the prophets: See, I will give them a bitter plant for their food, and bitter water for their drink: for from the prophets of Jerusalem unclean behaviour has gone out into all the land. | C`est pourquoi ainsi parle l`Éternel des armées sur les prophètes: Voici, je vais les nourrir d`absinthe, Et je leur ferai boire des eaux empoisonnées; Car c`est par les prophètes de Jérusalem Que l`impiété s`est répandue dans tout le pays. |
| This is what the Lord of armies has said: Do not give ear to the words which the prophets say to you: they give you teaching of no value: it is from themselves that their vision comes, and not out of the mouth of the Lord. | Ainsi parle l`Éternel des armées: N`écoutez pas les paroles des prophètes qui vous prophétisent! Ils vous entraînent à des choses de néant; Ils disent les visions de leur coeur, Et non ce qui vient de la bouche de l`Éternel. |
| They keep on saying to those who have no respect for the word of the Lord, You will have peace; and to everyone who goes on his way in the pride of his heart, they say, No evil will come to you. | Ils disent à ceux qui me méprisent: L`Éternel a dit: Vous aurez la paix; Et ils disent à tous ceux qui suivent les penchants de leur coeur: Il ne vous arrivera aucun mal. |
| For which of them has knowledge of the secret of the Lord, and has seen him, and given ear to his word? which of them has taken note of his word and given attention to it? | Qui donc a assisté au conseil de l`Éternel Pour voir, pour écouter sa parole? Qui a prêté l`oreille à sa parole, qui l`a entendue? |
| See, the storm-wind of the Lord, even the heat of his wrath, has gone out, a rolling storm, bursting on the heads of the evil-doers. | Voici, la tempête de l`Éternel, la fureur éclate, L`orage se précipite, Il fond sur la tête des méchants. |
| The wrath of the Lord will not be turned back till he has done, till he has put into effect, the purposes of his heart: in days to come you will have full knowledge of this. | La colère de l`Éternel ne se calmera pas, Jusqu`à ce qu`il ait accompli, exécuté les desseins de son coeur. Vous le comprendrez dans la suite des temps. |
| I did not send these prophets, but they went running: I said nothing to them, but they gave out the prophet's word. | Je n`ai point envoyé ces prophètes, et ils ont couru; Je ne leur ai point parlé, et ils ont prophétisé. |
| But if they had been in my secret, then they would have made my people give ear to my words, turning them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings. | S`ils avaient assisté à mon conseil, Ils auraient dû faire entendre mes paroles à mon peuple, Et les faire revenir de leur mauvaise voie, De la méchanceté de leurs actions. |
| Am I only a God who is near, says the Lord, and not a God at a distance? | Ne suis-je un Dieu que de près, dit l`Éternel, Et ne suis-je pas aussi un Dieu de loin? |
| In what secret place may a man take cover without my seeing him? says the Lord. Is there any place in heaven or earth where I am not? says the Lord. | Quelqu`un se tiendra-t-il dans un lieu caché, Sans que je le voie? dit l`Éternel. Ne remplis-je pas, moi, les cieux et la terre? dit l`Éternel. |
| My ears have been open to what the prophets have said, who say false words in my name, saying, I have had a dream, I have had a dream, I have had a dream, | J`ai entendu ce que disent les prophètes Qui prophétisent en mon nom le mensonge, disant: J`ai eu un songe! j`ai eu un songe! |
| Is (my word) in the hearts of the prophets who give out false words, even the prophets of the deceit of their hearts? | Jusques à quand ces prophètes veulent-ils prophétiser le mensonge, Prophétiser la tromperie de leur coeur? |
| Whose purpose is to take away the memory of my name from my people by their dreams, of which every man is talking to his neighbour, as their fathers gave up the memory of my name for the Baal. | Ils pensent faire oublier mon nom à mon peuple Par les songes que chacun d`eux raconte à son prochain, Comme leurs pères ont oublié mon nom pour Baal. |
| If a prophet has a dream, let him give out his dream; and he who has my word, let him give out my word in good faith. What has the dry stem to do with the grain? says the Lord. | Que le prophète qui a eu un songe raconte ce songe, Et que celui qui a entendu ma parole rapporte fidèlement ma parole. Pourquoi mêler la paille au froment? dit l`Éternel. |
| Is not my word like fire? says the Lord; and like a hammer, smashing the rock to bits? | Ma parole n`est-elle pas comme un feu, dit l`Éternel, Et comme un marteau qui brise le roc? |
| For this cause I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who take my words, every one from his neighbour. | C`est pourquoi voici, dit l`Éternel, j`en veux aux prophètes Qui se dérobent mes paroles l`un à l`autre. |
| See, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who let their tongues say, He has said. | Voici, dit l`Éternel, j`en veux aux prophètes Qui prennent leur propre parole et la donnent pour ma parole. |
| See, I am against the prophets of false dreams, says the Lord, who give them out and make my people go out of the way by their deceit and their uncontrolled words: but I did not send them or give them orders; and they will be of no profit to this people, says the Lord. | Voici, dit l`Éternel, j`en veux à ceux qui prophétisent des songes faux, Qui les racontent, et qui égarent mon peuple Par leurs mensonges et par leur témérité; Je ne les ai point envoyés, je ne leur ai point donné d`ordre, Et ils ne sont d`aucune utilité à ce peuple, dit l`Éternel. |
| And if this people, or the prophet, or a priest, questioning you, says, What word of weight is there from the Lord? then you are to say to them, You are the word, for I will not be troubled with you any more, says the Lord. | Si ce peuple, ou un prophète, ou un sacrificateur te demande: Quelle est la menace de l`Éternel? Tu leur diras quelle est cette menace: Je vous rejetterai, dit l`Éternel. |
| And as for the prophet and the priest and the people who say, A word of weight from the Lord! I will send punishment on that man and on his house. | Et le prophète, le sacrificateur, ou celui du peuple Qui dira: Menace de l`Éternel, Je le châtierai, lui et sa maison. |
| But this is what you are to say, every man to his neighbour and every man to his brother, What answer has the Lord given? and, What has the Lord said? | Vous direz, chacun à son prochain, chacun à son frère: Qu`a répondu l`Éternel? Qu`a dit l`Éternel? |
| And you will no longer put people in mind of the word of weight of the Lord: for every man's word will be a weight on himself; for the words of the living God, of the Lord of armies, our God, have been twisted by you. | Mais vous ne direz plus: Menace de l`Éternel! Car la parole de chacun sera pour lui une menace; Vous tordez les paroles du Dieu vivant, De l`Éternel des armées, notre Dieu. |
| This is what you are to say to the prophet, What answer has the Lord given to you? and, What has the Lord said? | Tu diras au prophète: Que t`a répondu l`Éternel? Qu`a dit l`Éternel? |
| But if you say, The word of weight of the Lord; this is what the Lord has said: Because you say, The weight of the Lord, and I have sent to you, saying, You are not to say, The weight of the Lord; | Et si vous dites encore: Menace de l`Éternel! Alors ainsi parle l`Éternel: Parce que vous dites ce mot: Menace de l`Éternel! Quoique j`aie envoyé vers vous pour dire: Vous ne direz pas: Menace de l`Éternel! |
| For this reason, truly, I will put you completely out of my memory, and I will put you, and the town which I gave to you and to your fathers, away from before my face: | A cause de cela voici, je vous oublierai, Et je vous rejetterai, vous et la ville Que j`avais donnée à vous et à vos pères, Je vous rejetterai loin de ma face; |
| And I will give you a name without honour for ever, and unending shame which will never go from the memory of men. | Je mettrai sur vous un opprobre éternel Et une honte éternelle, Qui ne s`oublieront pas. |
