Jeremiah 20

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1 And Pashhur, the son of Immer, the priest who had been appointed leader in the house of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these words.	1 Le prêtre Pachéhour, fils d’Immer, qui était le chef des gardes de la Maison de Yahvé, entendit Jérémie qui prophétisait de la sorte.
2 And Pashhur struck the prophet Jeremiah, and he sent him to the stocks, which were at the upper gate of Benjamin at the house of the Lord.	2 Pachéhour frappa le prophète Jérémie et le fit enchaîner à la Porte-Haute de Benjamin qui donne sur la Maison de Yahvé.
3 And when it had become light on the next day, Pashhur led Jeremiah from the stocks. And Jeremiah said to him: “The Lord has not called your name: ‘Pashhur,’ but instead: ‘Fear all around.’ ”	3 Le lendemain, Pachéhour fit délier Jérémie de ses chaînes. Alors Jérémie lui dit: “Maintenant Yahvé ne t’appelle plus Pachéhour, mais “Terreur”.
4 For thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will give you over to fear, you and all your friends, and they will fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes will see it. And I will give all of Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon. And he will lead them away to Babylon, and he will strike them with the sword.	4 Car voici ce que dit Yahvé: Je vais te livrer à la terreur, toi et tous tes amis, ils tomberont sous l’épée de leurs ennemis et tes yeux le verront! Je livrerai de même Juda tout entier aux mains du roi de Babylone pour qu’il déporte les hommes à Babylone ou qu’il les frappe par l’épée.
5 And I will give away the entire substance of this city, and all its labor, and every precious thing. And I will give all the treasures of the kings of Judah into the hands of their enemies. And they will plunder them, and take them away, and lead them into Babylon.	5 Je livrerai toutes les richesses de cette ville à leurs ennemis, toutes ses provisions, tous les trésors des rois de Juda; ils les pilleront et les ramasseront pour les emporter à Babylone.
6 But you, Pashhur, and all the inhabitants of your house, will go into captivity. And you will go to Babylon. And there you shall die. And there you shall be buried, you and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied a lie.”	6 “Quant à toi, Pachéhour, tu partiras en captivité à Babylone avec tous les gens de ta maison. C’est là que tu mourras et que tu seras enterré avec tous tes amis à qui tu as prophétisé le mensonge.”
7 “You have led me away, O Lord, and I have been led away. You have been stronger than I, and you have prevailed. I have become a derision all day long; everyone mocks me.	7 Yahvé, tu m’as séduit et je me suis laissé séduire. Tu m’as fait violence et tu as gagné. Tout le jour je suis celui dont on rit; tous se moquent de moi!
8 For I speak now as I have long spoken: crying out against iniquity and proclaiming devastation. And the word of the Lord has been made into a reproach against me and a derision, all day long.	8 Je ne parle que pour dire: “Violence!” pour crier: “Dévastation!” La parole de Yahvé est pour moi chaque jour, source d’humiliation et de moquerie.
9 Then I said: I will not call him to mind, nor will I speak any longer in his name. And my heart became like a raging fire, enclosed within my bones. And I became weary of continuing to bear it.	9 Je me suis dit: “Je ne penserai plus à lui, je ne parlerai plus en son nom!” Mais c’était en moi comme un feu qui brûlait et dévorait mes os: j’essayais de le contenir, mais je ne pouvais pas.
10 For I heard the insults of many, and terror all around: ‘Persecute him!’ and, ‘Let us persecute him!’ from all the men who had been at peace with me and who had kept watch by my side. ‘If only there were some way that he might be deceived, and we might prevail against him and obtain vengeance from him!’	10 Je les entendais tout autour de moi: “Dénoncez-le, oui, dénonçons-le!” Même mes proches guettaient ma chute: “Au premier faux pas nous aurons le dessus, alors nous nous vengerons de lui!”
11 But the Lord is with me, like a strong warrior. For this reason, those who persecute me will fall, and they will be ineffective. They will be greatly confounded. For they have not understood the everlasting disgrace that will never be wiped away.	11 Mais Yahvé est avec moi comme un guerrier puissant, c’est pourquoi mes ennemis tomberont: pour eux ce ne sera pas le triomphe, mais l’échec et la honte. Leur humiliation sera définitive, personne jamais ne l’oubliera.
12 And you, O Lord of hosts, the Tester of the just, who sees the temperament and the heart: I beg you to let me see your vengeance upon them. For I have revealed my case to you.	12 Yahvé Sabaot, toi qui examines avec justice, toi qui sondes les reins et les cœurs, prends ta revanche, je voudrais la voir, car c’est à toi que j’ai confié ma cause.
13 Sing to the Lord! Praise the Lord! For he has freed the soul of the poor from the hand of the wicked.	13 Chantez Yahvé, célébrez-le: il a repris la vie du pauvre de la main des méchants!
14 Cursed is the day on which I was born! The day on which my mother gave birth to me: let it not be blessed!	14 Maudit soit le jour où je suis né, où ma mère me mit au monde: que nul ne le bénisse!
15 Cursed is the man who announced it to my father, saying, ‘A male child has been born to you,’ causing him to rejoice with gladness.	15 Maudit soit celui qui en avisa mon père, qui le combla de joie en lui disant: “C’est un garçon que tu as!”
16 Let that man be like the cities that the Lord has overthrown without regret. Let him hear an outcry in the morning, and wailing at the time of midday!	16 Que cet homme ait le sort des villes où Yahvé déversa sans pitié sa colère! Qu’il entende au matin les cris d’alarme, et à midi encore les appels de trompette,
17 So let him be, who did not put me to death from the womb, so that my mother would have been my sepulcher, and her womb would have been my eternal resting place!	17 pour ne m’avoir pas tué dès le sein. Ma mère aurait été mon tombeau, je serais resté dans son sein pour toujours.
18 Why did I depart from the womb, so that I would see hardship and sorrow, and so that my days would be consumed by trouble?”	18 Pourquoi en suis-je sorti, si je ne dois connaître que peines et tourments, et finir mes jours dans l’humiliation?