Ezekiel 3
1 And he said to me: “Son of man, eat whatever you will find; eat this scroll, and, going forth, speak to the sons of Israel.”
Et il me dit: Fils d’homme, mange ce que tu trouves; mange ce rouleau, et va, parle à la maison d’Israël.
2 And I opened my mouth, and he fed me that scroll.
Et j’ouvris ma bouche, et il me donna à manger ce rouleau.
3 And he said to me: “Son of man, your stomach shall eat, and your interior shall be filled with this scroll, which I am giving to you.” And I ate it, and in my mouth it became as sweet as honey.
Et il me dit: Fils d’homme, nourris ton ventre et remplis tes entrailles de ce rouleau que je te donne. Et je le mangeai, et il fut dans ma bouche doux comme du miel.
4 And he said to me: “Son of man, go to the house of Israel, and you shall speak my words to them.
Et il me dit: Va, fils d’homme, va vers la maison d’Israël, et tu leur parleras avec mes paroles.
5 For you will be sent, not to a people of profound words or of an unknown language, but to the house of Israel,
Car ce n’est pas vers un peuple à langage obscur ou à langue incompréhensible que tu es envoyé: c’est vers la maison d’Israël;
6 and not to many peoples of profound words or of an unknown language, whose words you would not be able to understand. But if you were sent to them, they would listen to you.
ce n’est pas vers beaucoup de peuples à langage obscur ou à langue incompréhensible, dont tu ne puisses entendre les paroles: si tu étais envoyé vers eux, ne t’écouteraient-ils pas?
7 Yet the house of Israel is not willing to listen to you. For they are not willing to listen to me. Certainly, the entire house of Israel has a brazen forehead and a hardened heart.
Mais la maison d’Israël ne voudra pas t’écouter, car aucun d’eux ne veut m’écouter; car toute la maison d’Israël a le front dur et le cœur obstiné.
8 Behold, I have made your face stronger than their faces, and your forehead harder than their foreheads.
Voici, j’ai rendu ta face dure contre leurs faces, et ton front dur contre leur front;
9 I have made your face like hardened iron and like flint. You should not fear them, and you should not have dread before their face. For they are a provoking house.”
j’ai rendu ton front comme un diamant, plus dur que le roc. Ne les crains pas, et ne sois point effrayé d’eux, car ils sont une maison rebelle.
10 And he said to me: “Son of man, listen with your ears, and take into your heart, all my words, which I am speaking to you.
Et il me dit: Fils d’homme, toutes mes paroles que je te dirai, reçois-les dans ton cœur, et écoute-les de tes oreilles;
11 And go forth and enter to those of the transmigration, to the sons of your people. And you shall speak to them. And you shall say to them: ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ Perhaps it may be that they will listen and be quieted.”
et va, va vers ceux de la transportation, vers les fils de ton peuple, et tu leur parleras et tu leur diras: Ainsi dit le Seigneur l’Éternel, – soit qu’ils écoutent, soit qu’ils n’en fassent rien.
12 And the Spirit took me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great commotion, saying, “Blessed is the glory of the Lord from his place,”
Et l’Esprit m’enleva; et j’entendis derrière moi le bruit d’une grande commotion, [disant]: Bénie soit de son lieu la gloire de l’Éternel! –
13 and the voice of the wings of the living creatures striking against one another, and the voice of the wheels following the living creatures, and the voice of a great commotion.
et le bruit des ailes des animaux qui s’entre-touchaient l’une l’autre, et le bruit des roues auprès d’eux, et le bruit d’une grande commotion.
14 Then the Spirit lifted me and took me away. And I went forth in bitterness, with the indignation of my spirit. For the hand of the Lord was with me, strengthening me.
Et l’Esprit m’enleva, et me prit; et je m’en allai plein d’amertume dans l’ardeur de mon esprit; et la main de l’Éternel était forte sur moi.
15 And I went to those of the transmigration, to the stockpile of new crops, to those who were living beside the river Chebar. And I sat where they were sitting. And I remained there for seven days, while mourning in their midst.
Et je vins à Thel-Abib vers ceux de la transportation qui demeuraient auprès du fleuve Kebar; et là où ils étaient assis, je m’assis stupéfait, là au milieu d’eux, sept jours.
16 Then, when seven days had passed, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Et il arriva, au bout de sept jours, que la parole de l’Éternel vint à moi, disant:
17 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. And so, you shall listen to the word from my mouth, and you shall announce it to them from me.
Fils d’homme, je t’ai établi sentinelle pour la maison d’Israël; et tu entendras la parole de ma bouche, et tu les avertiras de ma part.
18 If, when I say to the impious man, ‘You shall certainly die,’ you do not announce it to him, and you do not speak so that he may turn aside from his impious way and live, then the same impious man will die in his iniquity. But I will attribute his blood to your hand.
Quand je dirai au méchant: Tu mourras certainement, et que tu ne l’avertiras pas, et que tu ne parleras pas pour avertir le méchant [de se détourner] de sa méchante voie, afin qu’il vive, – lui, le méchant, mourra dans son iniquité, mais je redemanderai son sang de ta main.
19 But if you announce it to the impious man, and he is not converted from his impiety and from his impious way, then indeed he will die in his iniquity. But you will have delivered your own soul.
Et si tu avertis le méchant, et qu’il ne se détourne pas de sa méchanceté ni de sa méchante voie, il mourra, lui, dans son iniquité; mais toi, tu as délivré ton âme.
20 Moreover, if the just man turns aside from his justice and commits iniquity, I will place a stumbling block before him. He shall die, because you have not announced to him. He shall die in his sin, and his justices that he did shall not be remembered. Yet truly, I will attribute his blood to your hand.
Et si le juste se détourne de sa justice et commet l’iniquité, et que je mette une pierre d’achoppement devant lui, il mourra; parce que tu ne l’as point averti, il mourra dans son péché, et ses actes justes qu’il a faits ne viendront pas en mémoire; mais je redemanderai son sang de ta main.
21 But if you announce to the just man, so that the just man may not sin, and he does not sin, then he shall certainly live, because you have announced to him. And you will have delivered your own soul.”
Et si tu avertis le juste de ne pas pécher, et que le juste ne pèche pas, il vivra certainement, car il s’est tenu pour averti; et toi tu as délivré ton âme.
22 And the hand of the Lord was over me. And he said to me: “Rise up, and go out to the plain, and there I will speak with you.”
Et la main de l’Éternel fut là sur moi, et il me dit: Lève-toi, sors dans la vallée, et là je parlerai avec toi.
23 And I rose up, and I went out to the plain. And behold, the glory of the Lord was standing there, like the glory that I saw beside the river Chebar. And I fell upon my face.
Et je me levai, et je sortis dans la vallée; et voici, la gloire de l’Éternel se tenait là, selon la gloire que j’avais vue près du fleuve Kebar; et je tombai sur ma face.
24 And the Spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet. And he spoke to me, and he said to me: “Enter and enclose yourself in the midst of your house.
Et l’Esprit entra en moi et me fit tenir sur mes pieds; et il me parla, et me dit: Va, enferme-toi dans ta maison.
25 And as for you, son of man, behold: they shall put chains upon you and bind you with them. And you shall not go out from their midst.
Et toi, fils d’homme, voici, on mettra sur toi des cordes, et on t’en liera; et tu ne sortiras pas parmi eux.
26 And I will cause your tongue to adhere to the roof of your mouth. And you will be mute, not like a man who reproaches. For they are a provoking house.
Et je collerai ta langue à ton palais, et tu seras muet, et tu ne seras pas pour eux un homme qui les reprenne; car ils sont une maison rebelle.
27 But when I will speak to you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them: ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ Whoever is listening, let him hear. And whoever is quieted, let him be quieted. For they are a provoking house.”
Et quand je parlerai avec toi, j’ouvrirai ta bouche, et tu leur diras: Ainsi dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel: Que celui qui écoute, écoute; et que celui qui n’en fait rien, n’en fasse rien; car ils sont une maison rebelle.
