Jeremiah 35
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 35
Faithfulness of the Rechabites. 1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of King Jehoiakim of Judah, the son of Josiah: 2 Go forth to the clan of the Rechabites[a] and speak to them. Have them accompany you into one of the rooms of the house of the Lord and offer them wine to drink.
3 Therefore, I took Jaazaniah, the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, his brothers and all his sons, the entire clan of the Rechabites, 4 and I brought them into the house of the Lord, to the room of the sons of Hanan, son of Igdaliah, the man of God. This room adjoins the chamber of the princes and is above the room of Maaserah, the son of Shallum, the guardian of the threshold.
5 Then I set pitchers full of wine and some cups before the Rechabites, and I said to them, “Have some wine to drink.” 6 However, they replied, “We never drink wine. Our ancestor Jonadab, the son of Rechab, gave us this command, ‘Neither you nor your children will ever drink wine. 7 Nor will you build houses or sow seed or plant vineyards or even own them. Rather, you will dwell in tents all the days of your life, so that you may live for a long time on the land where you are sojourners.’
8 “We have carefully followed all the commands given to us by our ancestor Jonadab, the son of Rechab. Throughout our lives we have never consumed wine, nor have our wives, our sons, or our daughters. 9 We have not built houses to live in, and we have no vineyards or fields or seed. 10 On the contrary, we have lived in tents and scrupulously obeyed everything commanded by our father Jonadab. 11 But when Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, invaded this land, we said, ‘Let us go to Jerusalem so that we may escape the armies of the Chaldeans and the Arameans.’ That is the reason why we are living in Jerusalem.”
12 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 13 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Go forth and say to the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: Will you never come to your senses and obey my words? says the Lord. 14 The command of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, to his descendants never to drink wine has been observed to this very day; in obedience to their ancestor, they have drunk no wine. But despite the fact that I have repeated this command to you countless times, you have not obeyed me.
15 I have continued to send to you all my servants the prophets who warned you repeatedly, “Turn back, every one of you, from your evil conduct, and cease to follow other gods to serve them. Then you will continue to live in the land that I gave to you and your ancestors.” But you did not pay attention and you refused to listen to me. 16 The descendants of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, have honored the command that their ancestors gave them. You, however, have not heeded my warnings.
17 Therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: I am determined to bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem every disaster with which I threatened them because they would not listen when I spoke to them and did not answer when I called to them.
18 However, to the clan of the Rechabites Jeremiah said, “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed the command of your father Jonadab, followed all of his instructions, and did everything that he ordered you to do, 19 therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: There will never fail to be a descendant of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, to stand before me forever.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 35:2 Rechabites: a Kenite tribe (1 Chr 2:55) of nomads, allied with Israel. Jonadab (v. 6) had helped Jehu in his struggle against the worshipers of Baal (2 Ki 10:15-27). The Rechabites were now in Jerusalem as refugees from the invasion.
Jérémie 35
Louis Segond
35 La parole fut adressée à Jérémie de la part de l'Éternel, au temps de Jojakim, fils de Josias, roi de Juda, en ces mots:
2 Va à la maison des Récabites, et parle-leur; tu les conduiras à la maison de l'Éternel, dans une des chambres, et tu leur offriras du vin à boire.
3 Je pris Jaazania, fils de Jérémie, fils de Habazinia, ses frères, tous ses fils, et toute la maison des Récabites,
4 et je les conduisis à la maison de l'Éternel, dans la chambre des fils de Hanan, fils de Jigdalia, homme de Dieu, près de la chambre des chefs, au-dessus de la chambre de Maaséja, fils de Schallum, garde du seuil.
5 Je mis devant les fils de la maison des Récabites des coupes pleines de vin, et des calices, et je leur dis: Buvez du vin!
6 Mais ils répondirent: Nous ne buvons pas de vin; car Jonadab, fils de Récab, notre père, nous a donné cet ordre: Vous ne boirez jamais de vin, ni vous, ni vos fils;
7 et vous ne bâtirez point de maisons, vous ne sèmerez aucune semence, vous ne planterez point de vignes et vous n'en posséderez point; mais vous habiterez sous des tentes toute votre vie, afin que vous viviez longtemps dans le pays où vous êtes étrangers.
8 Nous obéissons à tout ce que nous a prescrit Jonadab, fils de Récab, notre père: nous ne buvons pas de vin pendant toute notre vie, nous, nos femmes, nos fils et nos filles;
9 nous ne bâtissons point de maisons pour nos demeures, et nous ne possédons ni vignes, ni champs, ni terres ensemencées;
10 nous habitons sous des tentes, et nous suivons et pratiquons tout ce que nous a prescrit Jonadab, notre père.
11 Lorsque Nebucadnetsar, roi de Babylone, est monté contre ce pays, nous avons dit: Allons, retirons-nous à Jérusalem, loin de l'armée des Chaldéens et de l'armée de Syrie. C'est ainsi que nous habitons à Jérusalem.
12 Alors la parole de l'Éternel fut adressée à Jérémie, en ces mots:
13 Ainsi parle l'Éternel des armées, le Dieu d'Israël: Va, et dis aux hommes de Juda et aux habitants de Jérusalem: Ne recevrez-vous pas instruction, pour obéir à mes paroles? dit l'Éternel.
14 On a observé les paroles de Jonadab, fils de Récab, qui a ordonné à ses fils de ne pas boire du vin, et ils n'en ont point bu jusqu'à ce jour, parce qu'ils ont obéi à l'ordre de leur père. Et moi, je vous ai parlé, je vous ai parlé dès le matin, et vous ne m'avez pas écouté.
15 Je vous ai envoyé tous mes serviteurs, les prophètes, je les ai envoyés dès le matin, pour vous dire: Revenez chacun de votre mauvaise voie, amendez vos actions, n'allez pas après d'autres dieux pour les servir, et vous resterez dans le pays que j'ai donné à vous et à vos pères. Mais vous n'avez pas prêté l'oreille, vous ne m'avez pas écouté.
16 Oui, les fils de Jonadab, fils de Récab, observent l'ordre que leur a donné leur père, et ce peuple ne m'écoute pas!
17 C'est pourquoi ainsi parle l'Éternel, le Dieu des armées, le Dieu d'Israël: Voici, je vais faire venir sur Juda et sur tous les habitants de Jérusalem tous les malheurs que j'ai annoncés sur eux, parce que je leur ai parlé et qu'ils n'ont pas écouté, parce que je les ai appelés et qu'ils n'ont pas répondu.
18 Et Jérémie dit à la maison des Récabites: Ainsi parle l'Éternel des armées, le Dieu d'Israël: Parce que vous avez obéi aux ordres de Jonadab, votre père, parce que vous avez observé tous ses commandements et fait tout ce qu'il vous a prescrit;
19 à cause de cela, ainsi parle l'Éternel des armées, le Dieu d'Israël: Jonadab, fils de Récab, ne manquera jamais de descendants qui se tiennent en ma présence.
Jeremiah 35
King James Version
35 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
2 Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the Lord, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.
3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;
4 And I brought them into the house of the Lord, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:
5 And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.
6 But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:
7 Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers.
8 Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;
9 Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem.
12 Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, saying,
13 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the Lord.
14 The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me.
15 I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.
16 Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me:
17 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.
18 And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:
19 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.
