Ezekiel 3
1 And he said to me, Son of man, take this roll for your food, and go and say my words to the children of Israel.
Et il me dit: « Fils de l’homme, ce que tu trouves devant toi, mange-le; mange ce livre; puis va, parle à la maison d’Israël. »
2 And, on my opening my mouth, he made me take the roll as food.
J’ouvris la bouche, et il me fit manger ce livre;
3 And he said to me, Son of man, let your stomach make a meal of it and let your inside be full of this roll which I am giving you. Then I took it, and it was sweet as honey in my mouth.
et il me dit: « Fils de l’homme, repais ton ventre et remplis tes entrailles de ce livre que je te donne. » Je le mangeai, et il fut dans ma bouche doux comme du miel.
4 And he said to me, Son of man, go now to the children of Israel, and say my words to them.
Et il me dit: « Fils de l’homme, va vers la maison d’Israël, et tu leur diras mes paroles.
5 For you are not sent to a people whose talk is strange and whose language is hard, but to the children of Israel;
Car ce n’est pas vers un peuple au parler étrange et à la langue barbare que tu es envoyé; c’est vers la maison d’Israël.
6 Not to a number of peoples whose talk is strange and whose language is hard and whose words are not clear to you. Truly, if I sent you to them they would give ear to you.
Ce n’est pas vers des peuples nombreux au parler étrange et à la langue barbare, dont tu ne comprendrais pas les paroles, mais c’est vers eux que je t’envoie; eux peuvent te comprendre.
7 But the children of Israel will not give ear to you; for they have no mind to give ear to me: for all the children of Israel have a hard brow and a stiff heart.
Et la maison d’Israël ne voudra pas t’écouter, parce qu’ils ne veulent pas m’écouter; car toute la maison d’Israël a le front endurci et le cœur impudent.
8 See, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your brow hard against their brows.
Mais voici que j’ai rendu ta face dure comme leur face, et ton front dur comme leur front.
9 Like a diamond harder than rock I have made your brow: have no fear of them and do not be overcome by their looks, for they are an uncontrolled people.
J’ai rendu ton front comme le diamant, plus dur que le roc. Ne les crains point, et ne tremble pas devant eux, car c’est une maison rebelle ».
10 Then he said to me, Son of man, take into your heart all my words which I am about to say to you, and let your ears be open to them.
Et il me dit: « Fils de l’homme toutes les paroles que je te dirai, reçois-les dans ton cœur et écoute-les de tes oreilles.
11 And go now to those who have been taken away as prisoners, to the children of your people, and say to them, This is what the Lord has said; if they give ear or if they do not.
Va, rends-toi auprès des captifs, vers les fils de ton peuple, et parle-leur en leur disant: Ainsi parle le Seigneur Yahweh, soit qu’ils écoutent, soit qu’ils n’écoutent pas. »
12 Then I was lifted up by the wind, and at my back the sound of a great rushing came to my ears when the glory of the Lord was lifted up from his place.
L’Esprit m’enleva, et j’entendis derrière moi le bruit d’un grand fracas: « Bénie soit la gloire de Yahweh au lieu de sa demeure? »
13 And there was the sound of the wings of the living beings touching one another, and the sound of the wheels at their side, the sound of a great rushing.
Et j’entendis le bruit des ailes des êtres vivants qui battaient l’une contre l’autre, et le bruit des roues à leurs côtés, et le bruit d’un grand fracas.
14 And the wind, lifting me up, took me away: and I went in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of the Lord was strong on me.
Et l’Esprit m’enleva et m’emporta, et je m’en allai l’amertume et le courroux dans l’âme; et la main de Yahweh était fortement sur moi.
15 Then I came to those who had been taken away as prisoners, who were at Telabib by the river Chebar, and I was seated among them full of wonder for seven days.
Et j’arrivai à Tel-Abid, auprès des captifs qui demeuraient aux bords du fleuve Chobar et dans le lieu où ils demeuraient; là je demeurai sept jours dans la stupeur, au milieu d’eux.
16 And at the end of seven days, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Au bout de sept jours, la parole de Yahweh me fut adressée en ces termes:
17 Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel: so give ear to the word of my mouth, and give them word from me of their danger.
« Fils de l’homme, je t’établis comme sentinelle pour la maison d’Israël; tu écouteras la parole qui sortira de ma bouche et tu les avertiras de ma part.
18 When I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly be your fate; and you give him no word of it and say nothing to make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his evil way, so that he may be safe; that same evil man will come to death in his evil-doing; but I will make you responsible for his blood.
Si je dis au méchant: Tu mourras certainement, et que tu ne l’avertisses pas, et que tu ne parles pas pour l’avertir de sa voie mauvaise, afin qu’il vive, ce méchant mourra dans son iniquité; et je redemanderai son sang de ta main.
19 But if you give the evil-doer word of his danger, and he is not turned from his sin or from his evil way, death will overtake him in his evil-doing; but your life will be safe.
Mais si tu avertis le méchant, et qu’il ne se détourne pas de sa méchanceté et de sa mauvaise voie, il mourra dans son iniquité; mais toi, tu auras sauvé ton âme.
20 Again, when an upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, and I put a cause of falling in his way, death will overtake him: because you have given him no word of his danger, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, and there will be no memory of the upright acts which he has done; but I will make you responsible for his blood.
Si un juste se détourne de sa justice et commet l’iniquité, et que je mette un piège devant lui, il mourra; parce que tu ne l’auras pas averti, il mourra dans son péché; on ne se souviendra plus de ses œuvres de justice qu’il aura faites; et je redemanderai son sang de ta main.
21 But if you say to the upright man that he is not to do evil, he will certainly keep his life because he took note of your word; and your life will be safe.
Mais si tu as averti un juste pour que ce juste ne pèche pas, et qu’il n’ait pas péché, il vivra certainement, parce qu’il aura été averti; et toi tu auras sauvé ton âme.
22 And the hand of the Lord was on me there; and he said, Get up and go out into the valley and there I will have talk with you.
La main de Yahweh fut là sur moi, et il me dit: « Lève-toi, sors vers la plaine, et là je te parlerai. »
23 Then I got up and went out into the valley; and I saw the glory of the Lord resting there as I had seen it by the river Chebar; and I went down on my face.
M’étant levé, je sortis vers la plaine, et voici que la gloire de Yahweh se tenait là, telle que la gloire que j’avais vue près du fleuve Chobar; et je tombai sur ma face.
24 Then the spirit came into me and put me on my feet; and he had talk with me and said to me, Go and keep yourself shut up inside your house.
L’Esprit entra en moi et me fit tenir sur mes pieds; et Yahweh me parla et me dit: « Va t’enfermer au milieu de ta maison.
25 But see, O son of man, I will put bands on you, prisoning you in them, and you will not go out among them:
Et toi, fils de l’homme, voici qu’on va mettre sur toi des cordes et on t’en liera, et tu ne sortiras pas au milieu d’eux.
26 And I will make your tongue fixed to the roof of your mouth, so that you have no voice and may not make protests to them: for they are an uncontrolled people.
Et j’attacherai ta langue à ton palais, tu seras muet, et tu ne seras pas pour eux un censeur; car ils sont une maison rebelle.
27 But when I have talk with you I will make your mouth open, and you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Let the hearer give ear; and as for him who will not, let him keep his ears shut: for they are an uncontrolled people.
Et quand je te parlerai, j’ouvrirai ta bouche, et tu leur diras: Ainsi parle le Seigneur Yahweh: Qui veut écouter, qu’il écoute, et qui veut s’en abstenir, qu’il s’en abstienne; car ils sont une maison rebelle.
