Baruch 1

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1 Voici les paroles de Baruch, fils de Nérias, fils de Maasias, fils de Sédécias, fils d’Asadias, fils de Helcias. Il les écrivit dans un livre, à Babylone,	1 Wherefore the Lord our God hath made good his word, that he spoke to us, and to our judges that have judged Israel, and to our kings, and to our princes, and to all Israel and Juda:
2 la cinquième année, le septième jour du mois, quand les Kaldéens avaient pris et incendié Jérusalem.	2 In the fifth year, in the seventh day of the month, at the time that the Chaldeans took Jerusalem, and burnt it with fire.
3 Baruch lut les paroles de ce livre devant Jékonias, fils de Joïaqim, roi de Juda, et devant tout le peuple qui s’était rassemblé pour cette lecture.
4 Il y avait là les nobles et les fils de roi, les anciens et le peuple entier, petits et grands - tous ceux qui habitaient à Babylone, au bord de la rivière Soud.	4 That the Lord would bring upon us great evils, such as never happened under heaven, as they have come to pass in Jerusalem, according to the things that are written in the law of Moses:
5 Alors le peuple se mit à pleurer, à jeûner et à supplier le Seigneur.	5 And Baruch read the words of this book in the hearing of Jechonias the son of Joakim king of Juda, and in the hearing of all the people that came to hear the book.
6 On recueillit de l’argent selon les moyens de chacun,
7 et on l’envoya à Jérusalem, au prêtre Joaqim, fils de Helcias, fils de Salom, aux autres prêtres et à tout le peuple resté avec lui à Jérusalem.	7 That a man should eat the flesh of his own son, and the flesh of his own daughter.
8 Ce même Baruch avait entrepris de renvoyer au pays de Juda, au dixième jour du mois de Sivan, les objets sacrés qui avaient été enlevés de la Maison du Seigneur. Ces objets en argent avaient été faits par Sédécias fils de Josias, roi de Juda,	8 And in the hearing of the nobles, the sons of the kings, and in the hearing of the ancients, and in the hearing of the people, from the least even to the greatest of them that dwelt in Babylonia, by the river Sedi.
9 après que Nabukodonozor, roi de Babylone, avait déporté de Jérusalem vers Babylone, Jékonias, les chefs, les serruriers, les notables et le petit peuple.
10 On écrivit donc: Nous vous envoyons ici de l’argent. Avec cet argent, payez des holocaustes, des sacrifices pour le péché et de l’encens. Préparez des offrandes et portez-les sur l’autel du Seigneur notre Dieu.	10 And he hath delivered them up to be under the hand of all the kings that are round about us, to be a reproach, and desolation among all the people, among whom the Lord hath scattered us.
11 Priez pour la vie de Nabukodonozor, roi de Babylone, et pour la vie de son fils Balthazar; que leurs jours sur la terre soient comme les jours du Ciel.	11 And when they heard it they wept, and fasted, and prayed before the Lord.
12 Que le Seigneur nous donne la force et qu’il fasse briller sa lumière à nos yeux; ainsi nous vivrons à l’ombre de Nabukodonozor, roi de Babylone, et à l’ombre de son fils Balthazar, nous les servirons longtemps et nous trouverons grâce à leurs yeux.
13 Priez aussi pour nous le Seigneur notre Dieu, car nous avons péché contre le Seigneur notre Dieu et sa colère ardente ne s’est pas détournée de nous jusqu’à ce jour.	13 And we are brought under, and are not uppermost: because we have sinned against the Lord our God, by not obeying his voice.
14 Lisez ce livre que nous vous envoyons, faites-en une lecture publique dans le Temple du Seigneur, au jour de la Fête et aux jours d’assemblées.	14 And they made a collection of money, according to every man's power.
15 Alors vous direz ceci: Que tous reconnaissent la justice du Seigneur notre Dieu, mais c’est la honte et la confusion qui conviennent en ce jour au peuple de Juda et aux habitants de Jérusalem,
16 à nos rois, nos chefs, nos prêtres, nos prophètes, tout comme à nos pères,	16 To the Lord our God belongeth justice: but to us, and to our fathers confusion of face, as at this day.
17 car nous avons péché contre le Seigneur.	17 And they sent it to Jerusulem to Joakim the priest, the son of Helcias, the son of Salom, and to the priests, and to all the people, that were found with him in Jerusalem:
18 Nous lui avons désobéi, nous n’avons pas écouté la voix du Seigneur notre Dieu, nous n’avons pas suivi les commandements que le Seigneur avait placés devant nous.
19 Nous avons désobéi au Seigneur notre Dieu, depuis le jour où le Seigneur a fait sortir nos pères du pays d’Égypte, jusqu’à ce jour. Dans notre folie, nous avons refusé d’écouter sa voix.	19 For the Lord hath pronounced against us all these evils that are come upon us:
20 C’est pourquoi, comme on le voit aujourd’hui, malheurs et malédictions sont tombés sur nous comme le Seigneur l’avait annoncé par son serviteur Moïse, le jour où il a fait sortir nos pères du pays d’Égypte pour nous donner un pays où coulent le lait et le miel.	20 At the time when he received the vessels of the temple of the Lord, which had been taken away out of the temple, to return them into the land of Juda the tenth day of the month Sivan, the silver vessels, which Sedecias the son of Josias king of Juda had made,
21 Nous n’avons pas écouté la voix du Seigneur notre Dieu, qui parlait par la bouche des prophètes qu’il nous a envoyés.
22 Chacun de nous a suivi l’inclination de son cœur mauvais, et nous avons servi d’autres dieux, faisant ce qui déplaît au Seigneur notre Dieu.	22 And we have not entreated the face of the Lord our God, that we might return every one of us from our most wicked ways.
	23 After that Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon had carried away Jechonias, and the princes, and all the powerful men, and the people of the land from Jerusalem, and brought them bound to Babylon.
	25 And the Lord hath watched over us for evil, and hath brought it upon us: for the Lord is just in all his works which he hath commanded us:
	26 And they said: Behold we have sent you money, buy with it holocausts, and frankincense, and make meat offerings, and offerings for sin at the altar of the Lord our God:
	28 And we have not hearkened to his voice to walk in the commandments of the Lord which he hath set before us.
	29 And pray ye for the life of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon, and for the life of Balthasar his son, that their days may be upon earth as the days of heaven:
	31 And now, O Lord God of Israel, who hast brought thy people out of the land of Egypt with a strong hand, and with signs, and with wonders, and with thy great power, and with a mighty arm, and hast made thee a name as at this day,
	32 And that the Lord may give us strength, and enlighten our eyes, that we may live under the shadow of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon, and under the shadow of Balthasar his son, and may serve them many days, and may find favour in their sight.
	34 We have sinned, we have done wickedly, we have acted unjustly, O Lord our God, against all thy justices.
	35 And pray ye for us to the Lord our God: for we have sinned against the Lord our God, and his wrath is not turned away from us even to this day.
	37 Let thy wrath be turned away from us: for we are left a few among the nations where thou hast scattered us.
	38 And read ye this book, which we have sent to you to be read in the temple of the Lord, on feasts, and proper days.
	40 Hear, O Lord, our prayers, and our petitions, and deliver us for thy own sake: and grant that we may find favour in the sight of them that have led us away:
	41 And you shall say: To the Lord our God belongeth justice, but to us confusion of our face: as it is come to pass at this day to all Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
	43 That all the earth may know that thou art the Lord our God, and that thy name is called upon Israel, and upon his posterity.
	44 To our kings, and to our princes, and to our priests, and to our prophets, and to our fathers.
	46 Look down upon us, O Lord, from thy holy house, and incline thy ear, and hear us.
	47 We have sinned before the Lord our God, and have not believed him, nor put our trust in him:
	49 Open thy eyes, and behold: for the dead that are in hell, whose spirit is taken away from their bowels, shall not give glory and justice to the Lord:
	50 And we were not obedient to him, and we have not harkened to the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his commandments, which he hath given us.
	52 But the soul that is sorrowful for the greatness of evil she hath done, and goeth bowed down, and feeble, and the eyes that fail, and the hungry soul giveth glory and justice to thee the Lord.
	53 From the day that he brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt, even to this day, we were disobedient to the Lord our God: and going astray we turned away from hearing his voice.
	55 For it is not for the justices of our fathers that we pour out our prayers, and beg mercy in thy sight, O Lord our God:
	56 And many evils have cleaved to us, and the curses which the Lord foretold by Moses his servant: who brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt, to give us a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day.