Joël, 4

1. Jonas en éprouva un vif chagrin, et il fut irrité.

1. Yes, in those days, and at that time, when I would restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,

2. Il fit une prière à Yahweh et dit: " Ah ! Yahweh, n'est-ce pas là ce que je disais lorsque j'étais encore dans mon pays? C'est pourquoi je me suis d'abord enfui à Tharsis ; car je savais que vous êtes un Dieu miséricordieux et clément, lent à la colère, riche en grâce et vous repentant du mal.

2. I will assemble all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, And I will enter into judgment with them there on behalf of my people and my inheritance, Israel; Because they have scattered them among the nations, and divided my land.

3. Maintenant, Yahweh, retirez donc de moi mon âme, car la mort vaut mieux pour moi que la vie. "

3. Over my people they have cast lots; they gave a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for the wine they drank.

4. Et Yahweh répondit : " Fais-tu bien de t'irriter? "

4. Moreover, what are you to me, Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Would you take vengeance upon me by some action? But if you do take action against me, swiftly, speedily, I will return your deed upon your own head.

5. Et Jonas sortit de la ville et s'assit à l'orient de la ville ; là il se fit une hutte et s'assit dessous à l'ombre, jusqu'à ce qu'il vit ce qui arriverait dans la ville.

5. You took my silver and my gold, and brought my precious treasures into your temples!

6. Et Yahweh-Dieu fit pousser un ricin qui s'éleva au-dessus de Jonas pour qu'il y eût de l'ombre sur sa tête, afin de le déli-vrer de son mal; et Jonas éprouva une grande joie à cause du ricin.

6. You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, removing them far from their own country!

7. Mais Yahweh fit venir, au lever de l'aurore, le lendemain, un ver qui piqua le ricin; et il sécha.

7. See, I will rouse them from the place into which you have sold them, and I will return your deed upon your own head.

8. Et quand le soleil se leva, Yahweh fit venir un vent brûlant d'orient; et le soleil donna sur la tête de Jonas, au point qu'il défaillit. Il demanda de mourir et dit : " La mort vaut mieux pour moi que la vie. "

8. I will sell your sons and your daughters to the people of Judah, who shall sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far off. Indeed, the LORD has spoken.

9. Alors Dieu dit à Jonas : ' Fais-tu bien de t'irriter à cause du ricin? " Il répondit : " Je fais bien de m'irriter jusqu'à la mort. "

9. Declare this among the nations: proclaim a war, rouse the warriors to arms! Let all the soldiers report and march!

10. Et Yahweh dit : " Tu t'affliges au sujet du ricin pour lequel tu n'as pas travaillé et que tu n'as pas fait croître. qui est venu en une nuit et qui a péri en une nuit;

10. Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak man say, "I am a warrior!"

11. et moi, Je ne m'affligerais pas au sujet de Ninive, la grande ville, dans laquelle il y a plus de cent vingt mille hommes qui ne distinguent pas leur droite de leur gauche, et des animaux en grand nombre ! "$

11. Hasten and come, all you neighboring peoples, assemble there! (Bring down, O Lord, your warriors!)

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12. Let the nations bestir themselves and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; For there I will sit in judgment upon all the neighboring nations.

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13. Apply the sickle, for the harvest is ripe; Come and tread, for the wine press is full; The vats overflow, for great is their malice.

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14. Crowd upon crowd in the valley of decision; For near is the day of the LORD in the valley of decision.

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15. Sun and moon are darkened, and the stars withhold their brightness.

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16. The LORD roars from Zion, and from Jerusalem raises his voice; The heavens and the earth quake, but the LORD is a refuge to his people, a stronghold to the men of Israel.

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17. Then shall you know that I, the LORD, am your God, dwelling on Zion, my holy mountain; Jerusalem shall be holy, and strangers shall pass through her no more.

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18. And then, on that day, the mountains shall drip new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk; And the channels of Judah shall flow with water: A fountain shall issue from the house of the LORD, to water the Valley of Shittim.

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19. Egypt shall be a waste, and Edom a desert waste, Because of violence done to the people of Judah, because they shed innocent blood in their land.

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20. But Judah shall abide forever, and Jerusalem for all generations.

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21. I will avenge their blood, and not leave it unpunished. The LORD dwells in Zion.