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.
Il me dit: Fils de l’homme, mange ce que tu trouves, mange ce rouleau, et 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 rouleau.
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.
Il me dit: Fils de l’homme, nourris ton ventre et remplis tes entrailles de ce rouleau 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.
Il me dit: Fils de l’homme, va vers la maison d’Israël, et dis-leur 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 point vers un peuple ayant un langage obscur, une langue inintelligible, que tu es envoyé; c’est à 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 point vers de nombreux peuples ayant un langage obscur, une langue inintelligible, dont tu ne comprends pas les discours. Si je t’envoyais vers eux, ils t’écouteraient.
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.
Mais la maison d’Israël ne voudra pas t’écouter, parce qu’elle ne veut pas m’écouter; car toute la maison d’Israël a le front dur et le cœur endurci.
8 See, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your brow hard against their brows.
Voici, j’endurcirai ta face, pour que tu l’opposes à leur face; j’endurcirai ton front, pour que tu l’opposes à 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.
Je rendrai ton front comme un diamant, plus dur que le roc. Ne les crains pas, quoiqu’ils soient une famille de rebelles.
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.
Il me dit: Fils de l’homme, reçois dans ton cœur et écoute de tes oreilles toutes les paroles que je te dirai!
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 vers les captifs, vers les enfants de ton peuple; tu leur parleras, et, qu’ils écoutent ou qu’ils n’écoutent pas, tu leur diras: Ainsi parle le Seigneur, l’Éternel.
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.
Et l’esprit m’enleva, et j’entendis derrière moi le bruit d’un grand tumulte: Bénie soit la gloire de l’Éternel, du 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.
J’entendis le bruit des ailes des animaux, frappant l’une contre l’autre, le bruit des roues auprès d’eux, et le bruit d’un grand tumulte.
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.
L’esprit m’enleva et m’emporta. J’allais, irrité et furieux, et la main de l’Éternel agissait sur moi avec puissance.
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.
J’arrivai à Thel-Abib, vers les exilés qui demeuraient près du fleuve du Kebar, et dans le lieu où ils se trouvaient; là je restai sept jours, stupéfait 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 l’Éternel me fut adressée, en ces mots:
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 sur 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.
Quand je dirai au méchant: Tu mourras! Si tu ne l’avertis pas, si tu ne parles pas pour détourner le méchant de sa mauvaise voie et pour lui sauver la vie, ce méchant mourra dans son iniquité, et je te redemanderai son sang.
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, et toi, tu sauveras 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 fait ce qui est mal, je mettrai un piège devant lui, et il mourra; parce que tu ne l’as pas averti, il mourra dans son péché, on ne parlera plus de la justice qu’il a pratiquée, et je te redemanderai son sang.
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 avertis le juste de ne pas pécher, et qu’il ne pèche pas, il vivra, parce qu’il s’est laissé avertir, et toi, tu sauveras 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.
Là encore la main de l’Éternel fut sur moi, et il me dit: Lève-toi, va dans la vallée, 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.
Je me levai, et j’allai dans la vallée; et voici, la gloire de l’Éternel y apparut, telle que je l’avais vue près du fleuve du Kebar. Alors 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 l’Éternel me parla et me dit: Va t’enfermer dans 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:
Fils de l’homme, voici, on mettra sur toi des cordes, avec lesquelles on te liera, afin que tu n’ailles 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.
J’attacherai ta langue à ton palais, pour que tu sois muet et que tu ne puisses pas les reprendre, car c’est une famille de rebelles.
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.
Mais quand je te parlerai, j’ouvrirai ta bouche, pour que tu leur dises: Ainsi parle le Seigneur, l’Éternel. Que celui qui voudra écouter écoute, et que celui qui ne voudra pas n’écoute pas, car c’est une famille de rebelles.
