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 d’un homme, tout ce que tu trouveras, mange-le, mange ce livre, et va parler aux fils d’Israël.
2 And, on my opening my mouth, he made me take the roll as food.
Et j’ouvris ma 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 d’un homme, ton ventre mangera; et tes entrailles seront remplies de ce livre que moi je te donne. Et je le mangeai, et il fut dans ma bouche comme un miel doux.
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 d’un homme, va à 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 d’un langage profond et d’une langue inconnue, que tu seras envoyé, mais 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.
Ni à des peuples nombreux, d’un langage profond et d’une langue inconnue, et dont tu ne puisses pas entendre les paroles; et si tu étais envoyé 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 veut pas t’écouter, parce qu’elle ne veut pas m’écouter; car toute la maison d’Israël est d’un front d’airain et d’un cœur dur.
8 See, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your brow hard against their brows.
Voilà que j’ai rendu ta face plus ferme que leurs faces, et ton front plus dur que leurs fronts.
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.
Comme un diamant, comme une pierre, j’ai rendu ta face; ne les crains pas, ne redoute pas leur face, parce que c’est une maison qui m’exaspère.
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 d’un homme, toutes les paroles que moi je te dis, prends-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.
Et va, rejoins la transmigration, les fils de ton peuple; tu leur parleras, et tu leur diras: Voici ce que dit le Seigneur Dieu; pour voir si par hasard ils écouteront et s’ils y manqueront.
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 un esprit m’enleva, et j’entendis derrière moi la voix d’une grande commotion: Bénie la gloire du Seigneur de son lieu;
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 la voix des ailes des animaux, qui les frappaient l’une contre l’autre, et la voix des roues qui suivaient les animaux, et la voix d’une grande commotion.
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.
Un esprit donc me souleva et m’emporta; et je m’en allai plein d’amertume dans l’indignation de mon esprit: mais la main du Seigneur était avec moi, me fortifiant.
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 je vins à la transmigration, près d’un tas de nouveaux fruits, vers ceux qui habitaient le long du fleuve de Chobar; et je m’assis où ils étaient assis, et je demeurai là sept jours triste au milieu d’eux.
16 And at the end of seven days, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Mais lorsque furent passés les sept jours, la parole du Seigneur me fut adressée, disant:
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 d’un homme, je t’ai établi sentinelle dans la maison d’Israël; tu entendras de ma bouche une parole, et tu la leur annonceras 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, moi disant à l’impie: Tu mourras de mort, tu ne le lui annonces pas, et ne lui parles pas pour qu’il se détourne de sa voie impie, et qu’il vive, l’impie lui-même dans son iniquité mourra; mais je redemanderai son sang à 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 l’annonces à l’impie, et qu’il ne se détourne pas de son impiété et de sa voie impie, lui-même, à la vérité, mourra dans son iniquité; mais toi, tu auras délivré 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.
Mais si le juste abandonne sa justice et commet l’iniquité, je mettrai une pierre d’achoppement devant lui; il mourra lui-même, parce que tu ne le lui as pas annoncé; il mourra dans son péché, et il ne sera pas mémoire de ses œuvres de justice qu’il a faites; mais 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 toi, tu annonces au juste de ne pas pécher, et que lui ne pèche pas; vivant, il vivra, parce que tu lui as annoncé, et toi, tu as délivré 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.
Et la main du Seigneur fut sur moi, et il me dit: Lève-toi, sors dans la campagne, 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.
Et je me levai, et je sortis dans la plaine; et voici que là était la gloire du Seigneur, comme la gloire que je vis près du fleuve de 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.
Et un esprit entra en moi et m’établit sur mes pieds, et le Seigneur me parla et il me dit: Entre, enferme-toi 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 d’un homme, voici qu’on met sur toi des chaînes; ils t’en lieront, et tu ne sortiras pas du 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 je ferai que ta langue s’attachera à ton palais; et tu seras muet, et non plus comme un homme qui réprimande; parce que c’est une maison qui m’exaspère.
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, lorsque je t’aurai parlé, j’ouvrirai ta bouche et tu leur diras: Voici ce que dit le Seigneur Dieu: Que celui qui écoute, écoute; que celui qui y manque, y manque; car c’est une maison qui m’exaspère.
