Livre des Lamentations 1

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1 Hélas! Elle reste seule, la ville au peuple nombreux, elle est restée comme une veuve, la grande parmi les nations; jadis reine parmi les provinces, elle est soumise à la corvée.	1 ALEPH. O how a city once filled with people now sits alone! The Governess of the Gentiles has become like a widow. The Prince of the provinces has been placed under tribute.
2 Elle a pleuré toute la nuit et les larmes couvrent ses joues. Parmi tous ses amants, pas un ne la console. Tous ses amis l’ont trahie, sont devenus des ennemis.	2 BETH. Weeping, she has wept through the night, and her tears are on her cheeks. There is no one to be a comfort to her and to all her beloved. All her friends have spurned her, and they have become her enemies.
3 On a déporté Juda, accablé, pour un dur esclavage; il habite au milieu de païens et ne trouve pas de repos. Ses poursuivants l’avaient rejoint dans des gorges sans issue.	3 GHIMEL. Judah has migrated because of affliction and great servitude. She has lived among the nations and not found rest. All of her persecutors have apprehended her, amid torments.
4 Les routes de Sion sont en deuil, nul ne va plus à ses fêtes. Aux portes c’est un désert, ses prêtres se lamentent et ses vierges se désolent; elle est dans l’amertume.	4 DALETH. The pathways of Zion mourn, because there are none who approach for the solemnity. All her gates are destroyed. Her priests groan. Her virgins are filthy. And she is overwhelmed with bitterness.
5 Ses ennemis ont été plus forts, ses adversaires l’ont emporté: c’est Yahvé qui la frappait pour ses fautes si nombreuses. Les petits allaient avec les captifs l’ennemi les faisait avancer.	5 HE. Her enemies have been made her leaders; her adversaries have been enriched. For the Lord has spoken against her, because of the multitude of her iniquities. Her little ones have been led into captivity before the face of the tribulator.
6 Ils ont pris à la fille de Sion tout ce qui faisait sa gloire. Ses chefs étaient comme des cerfs qui ne trouvent plus de pâture; ils marchaient sans forces devant ceux qui les faisaient aller.	6 VAU. And all her elegance has departed, from the daughter of Zion. Her leaders have become like rams that cannot find pasture, and they have gone away without strength before the face of the pursuer.
7 Jérusalem se souvient de ses jours de peine et de détresse: son peuple tombait aux mains de l’ennemi, et nul ne venait à son secours; ses ennemis la voyaient et se moquaient de sa ruine.	7 ZAIN. Jerusalem has remembered the days of her affliction and the betrayal of all her desirable ones, whom she held from the days of antiquity, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and there was no one to be a helper. The enemies have looked upon her and mocked her Sabbaths.
8 Jérusalem a péché, de tels péchés qu’elle n’était plus que souillure; ceux qui la respectaient l’ont méprisée, car ils ont vu sa nudité. Elle se lamente, et détourne son visage.	8 HETH. Jerusalem has sinned a grievous sin. Because of this, she has become unstable. All who glorified her have spurned her, because they have looked upon her disgrace. Then she groaned and turned away again.
9 Sa souillure est là sur sa robe, elle n’imaginait pas cette fin. Quelle chute étonnante, et personne pour la consoler! Ô Yahvé, regarde sa misère, l’ennemi a triomphé!	9 TETH. Her filth is on her feet, and her end has not been remembered. She has been vehemently put down, having no consolation. O Lord, look upon my affliction, for the adversary has been lifted up.
10 L’adversaire a fait main basse sur toutes ses richesses. Alors elle a vu les païens entrer dans son Sanctuaire, ceux-là même que tu ne voulais pas qu’ils viennent à tes assemblées.	10 JOD. The enemy has sent his hand against all her desirable ones. For she has watched the Gentiles enter her sanctuary, even though you instructed that they should not enter into your church.
11 Tout son peuple se lamente: tous sont en quête de pain. On donnait ses bijoux pour manger, car on voulait sauver sa vie. “Ô Yahvé, regarde et vois: comme j’ai été méprisée!”	11 CAPH. All her people are groaning and seeking bread. They have given up whatever was precious in exchange for food, so as to remain alive. See, O Lord, and consider, for I have become vile.
12 Vous tous qui passez sur le chemin, regardez et voyez: est-il plus douloureuse douleur que celle dont je souffre, dont Yahvé m’a frappée au jour de son ardente colère.	12 LAMED. O all you who pass by the way, attend, and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow. For he has made me a vintage, just as the Lord has spoken in the day of his furious anger.
13 D’en haut il a envoyé un feu: il est descendu dans mes os. Il a tendu un filet sous mes pieds et m’a jetée à la renverse. Il m’a laissée défaite, tous mes jours ne sont que souffrances.	13 MEM. From on high, he has sent fire into my bones, and he has educated me. He has spread a net for my feet; he has turned me back. He has placed me in desolation, consumed by grief, all day long.
14 Il faisait le compte de mes fautes et les gardait dans sa main. Son joug pèse sur mon cou et les forces me manquent. Le Seigneur m’a livrée entre des mains auxquelles je ne peux résister.	14 NUN. Vigilant is the yoke of my iniquities. They have been folded together in his hand and imposed on my neck. My virtue has been weakened. The Lord has given me into a hand, out of which I am not able to rise.
15 Tous les vaillants de chez moi, le Seigneur les a enlevés. Il a convoqué contre moi une armée pour écraser mes jeunes guerriers. Le Seigneur a foulé au pressoir la vierge, fille de Juda.	15 SAMECH. The Lord has taken away all of my great ones from my midst. He has called forth time against me, so as to crush my elect ones. The Lord has trampled the winepress, which was for the virgin daughter of Judah.
16 Et voilà pourquoi je pleure, pourquoi mes yeux fondent en larmes, car personne n’est là qui me console et réconforte mon âme. Mes enfants sont consternés pendant que l’ennemi triomphe.	16 AIN. For this I weep, and my eyes bring forth water. For the consoler has been far away from me, changing my soul. My sons have become lost, because the enemy has prevailed.
17 Sion a tendu les mains, mais pas un ne la console. Yahvé a voulu l’invasion de Jacob par ses voisins tout à l’entour. Jérusalem au milieu d’eux n’est plus qu’un dépotoir.	17 PHE. Zion has reached out her hands; there is no one to console her. The Lord has given orders against Jacob; his enemies are all around him. Jerusalem among them is like a woman made unclean by menstruation.
18 Yahvé est juste, car j’étais, moi, rebelle à ses ordres. Entendez-moi, tous les peuples, et voyez ma douleur: mes vierges et mes jeunes sont partis en captivité.	18 SADE. The Lord is just, for it is I who has provoked his mouth to wrath. I beg all people to listen and to see my sorrow. My virgins and my youths have gone into captivity.
19 J’ai fait appel à mes amants, mais ils m’ont trompée. Mes prêtres et mes anciens rendaient l’âme dans la ville, ils cherchaient pour survivre et ne trouvaient rien à manger.	19 COPH. I called for my friends, but they deceived me. My priests and my elders have been consumed in the city. For they were seeking their food, so as to revive their life.
20 “Vois, Yahvé, que je suis dans l’angoisse j’en suis toute retournée et mon cœur en moi défaille: oui, j’ai voulu ma rébellion! Dehors, l’épée sème le deuil, rester entre les murs, c’est la mort.”	20 RES. See, O Lord, that I am in tribulation. My bowels have been disturbed, my heart has been subverted within me, for I am filled with bitterness. Outside, the sword puts to death, and at home there is a similar death.
21 “Ils ont entendu mes cris, mais personne ne me console. Mes ennemis ont su mon désastre, tous riaient, te voyant agir: hâte le jour que tu as dit où ils seront tels que je suis!	21 SIN. They have heard that I groan and that there is no one to console me. All my enemies have heard of my misfortune; they have rejoiced that you caused it. You have brought in a day of consolation, and so they shall become like me.
22 Leurs actes viendront devant toi, tous leurs crimes, tu les traiteras comme tu m’as traitée moi-même à cause de tous mes péchés. Je multiplie mes plaintes, mon cœur s’en trouve mal.	22 THAU. Let all their evil enter before you. And make vintage of them, just as you made vintage of me, because of all my iniquities. For my sighs are many, and my heart is grieving.