Ezekiel 33
1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
La parole de l’Éternel me fut adressée, en ces mots:
2 “Son of man, speak to the sons of your people, and you shall say to them: Concerning the land, when I will have led the sword over it: if the people of the land take a man, one of their least, and appoint him over themselves as a watchman,
Fils de l’homme, parle aux enfants de ton peuple, et dis-leur: Lorsque je fais venir l’épée sur un pays, et que le peuple du pays prend dans son sein un homme et l’établit comme sentinelle,
3 and if he sees the sword approaching over the land, and he sounds the trumpet, and he announces to the people,
si cet homme voit venir l’épée sur le pays, sonne de la trompette, et avertit le peuple;
4 then, having heard the sound of the trumpet, whoever he is, if he also does not take care of himself, and the sword arrives and takes him: his blood will be upon his own head.
et si celui qui entend le son de la trompette ne se laisse pas avertir, et que l’épée vienne le surprendre, son sang sera sur sa tête.
5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and he did not take care of himself, so his blood will be upon him. But if he guards himself, he will save his own life.
Il a entendu le son de la trompette, et il ne s’est pas laissé avertir, son sang sera sur lui; s’il se laisse avertir, il sauvera son âme.
6 And if the watchman sees the sword approaching, and he does not sound the trumpet, and so the people do not guard themselves, and the sword arrives and takes some of their lives, certainly these have been taken due to their own iniquity. But I will attribute their blood to the hand of the watchman.
Si la sentinelle voit venir l’épée, et ne sonne pas de la trompette; si le peuple n’est pas averti, et que l’épée vienne enlever à quelqu’un la vie, celui-ci périra à cause de son iniquité, mais je redemanderai son sang à la sentinelle.
7 And as for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore, having heard the word from my mouth, you shall announce it to them from me.
Et toi, fils de l’homme, je t’ai établi comme sentinelle sur la maison d’Israël. Tu dois écouter la parole qui sort de ma bouche, et les avertir de ma part.
8 When I say to the impious, ‘O impious man, you will die a death,’ if you have not spoken so that the impious man will keep himself from his way, then that impious man will die in his iniquity. But I will attribute his blood to your hand.
Quand je dis au méchant: Méchant, tu mourras! Si tu ne parles pas pour détourner le méchant de sa voie, ce méchant mourra dans son iniquité, et je te redemanderai son sang.
9 But if you have announced to the impious man, so that he may be converted from his ways, and he has not converted from his way, then he will die in his iniquity. Yet you will have freed your own soul.
Mais si tu avertis le méchant pour le détourner de sa voie, et qu’il ne s’en détourne pas, il mourra dans son iniquité, et toi tu sauveras ton âme.
10 You, therefore, O son of man, say to the house of Israel: You have spoken in this way, saying: ‘Our iniquities and our sins are upon us, and we waste away in them. So then, how would we be able to live?’
Et toi, fils de l’homme, dis à la maison d’Israël: Vous dites: Nos transgressions et nos péchés sont sur nous, et c’est à cause d’eux que nous sommes frappés de langueur; comment pourrions-nous vivre?
11 Say to them: As I live, says the Lord God, I do not desire the death of the impious, but that the impious should convert from his way and live. Be converted, be converted from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?
Dis-leur: je suis vivant! Dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel, ce que je désire, ce n’est pas que le méchant meure, c’est qu’il change de conduite et qu’il vive. Revenez, revenez de votre mauvaise voie; et pourquoi mourriez-vous, maison d’Israël?
12 And as for you then, son of man, say to the sons of your people: The justice of the just man will not deliver him, on whatever day he will have sinned. And the impiety of the impious man will not harm him, on whatever day he will have been converted from his impiety. And the just man will not be able to live by his justice, on whatever day he will have sinned.
Et toi, fils de l’homme, dis aux enfants de ton peuple: La justice du juste ne le sauvera pas au jour de sa transgression; et le méchant ne tombera pas par sa méchanceté le jour où il s’en détournera, de même que le juste ne pourra pas vivre par sa justice au jour de sa transgression.
13 Even now, if I say to the just man that he shall certainly live, and so, with confidence in his justice, he commits iniquity, all his justices will be delivered into oblivion, and by his iniquity, which he has done, by this he shall die.
Lorsque je dis au juste qu’il vivra, s’il se confie dans sa justice et commet l’iniquité, toute sa justice sera oubliée, et il mourra à cause de l’iniquité qu’il a commise.
14 And if I say to the impious man, ‘You shall certainly die,’ and yet he repents from his sin, and he does judgment and justice,
Lorsque je dis au méchant: Tu mourras! S’il revient de son péché et pratique la droiture et la justice,
15 and if that impious man returns the collateral, and repays what he has taken by force, and if he walks in the commandments of life, and does not do anything unjust, then he shall certainly live, and he shall not die.
s’il rend le gage, s’il restitue ce qu’il a ravi, s’il suit les préceptes qui donnent la vie, sans commettre l’iniquité, il vivra, il ne mourra pas.
16 None of his sins, which he has committed, will be imputed to him. He has done judgment and justice, so he shall certainly live.
Tous les péchés qu’il a commis seront oubliés; s’il pratique la droiture et la justice, il vivra.
17 And the sons of your people have said, ‘The way of the Lord is not a fair balance,’ even while their own way is unjust.
Les enfants de ton peuple disent: La voie du Seigneur n’est pas droite. C’est leur voie qui n’est pas droite.
18 For when the just man will have withdrawn from his justice, and committed iniquities, he shall die by these.
Si le juste se détourne de sa justice et commet l’iniquité, il mourra à cause de cela.
19 And when the impious man will have withdrawn from his impiety, and have done judgment and justice, he shall live by these.
Si le méchant revient de sa méchanceté et pratique la droiture et la justice, il vivra à cause de cela.
20 And yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ But I shall judge each one of you according to his own ways, O house of Israel.”
Vous dites: La voie du Seigneur n’est pas droite. Je vous jugerai chacun selon ses voies, maison d’Israël!
21 And it happened that, in the twelfth year of our transmigration, in the tenth month, on the fifth of the month, one who had fled from Jerusalem arrived saying, “The city has been laid waste.”
La douzième année, le cinquième jour du dixième mois de notre captivité, un homme qui s’était échappé de Jérusalem vint à moi et dit: La ville a été prise!
22 But the hand of the Lord had been upon me in the evening, before the one who had fled arrived. And he opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning. And since my mouth had been opened, I was no longer silent.
La main de l’Éternel avait été sur moi le soir avant l’arrivée du fugitif, et l’Éternel m’avait ouvert la bouche lorsqu’il vint auprès de moi le matin. Ma bouche était ouverte, et je n’étais plus muet.
23 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Alors la parole de l’Éternel me fut adressée, en ces mots:
24 “Son of man, as for those who live in these ruinous ways on the soil of Israel, when speaking, they say: ‘Abraham was one man, and he possessed the land as an inheritance. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession.’
Fils de l’homme, ceux qui habitent ces ruines dans le pays d’Israël disent: Abraham était seul, et il a hérité le pays; à nous qui sommes nombreux, le pays est donné en possession.
25 Therefore, you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: You who eat even the blood, and who lift up your eyes to your uncleannesses, and who shed blood: will you possess the land as an inheritance?
C’est pourquoi dis-leur: Ainsi parle le Seigneur, l’Éternel: Vous mangez vos aliments avec du sang, vous levez les yeux vers vos idoles, vous répandez le sang. Et vous posséderiez le pays!
26 You stood by your swords, you committed abominations, and each one has defiled his neighbor’s wife. And will you possess the land as an inheritance?
Vous vous appuyez sur votre épée, vous commettez des abominations, chacun de vous déshonore la femme de son prochain. Et vous posséderiez le pays!
27 You shall say these things to them: So says the Lord God: As I live, those who live in ruinous ways will fall by the sword. And whoever is in the field will be delivered over to wild beasts to be devoured. But those who are in fortresses and in caves will die of the pestilence.
Dis-leur: Ainsi parle le Seigneur, l’Éternel: Je suis vivant! Ceux qui sont parmi les ruines tomberont par l’épée; ceux qui sont dans les champs, j’en ferai la pâture des bêtes; et ceux qui sont dans les forts et dans les cavernes mourront par la peste.
28 And I will make the land into a wilderness and a desert. And its arrogant strength will fail. And the mountains of Israel will be desolate; for there will be no one who crosses through them.
Je réduirai le pays en solitude et en désert; l’orgueil de sa force prendra fin, les montagnes d’Israël seront désolées, personne n’y passera.
29 And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have made their land desolate and deserted, because of all their abominations, which they have worked.
Et ils sauront que je suis l’Éternel, quand je réduirai le pays en solitude et en désert, à cause de toutes les abominations qu’ils ont commises.
30 And as for you, O son of man: the sons of your people speak about you beside the walls and in the doorways of houses. And they speak to one another, each man to his neighbor, saying: ‘Come, and let us hear what may be the word going forth from the Lord.’
Et toi, fils de l’homme, les enfants de ton peuple s’entretiennent de toi près des murs et aux portes des maisons, et ils se disent l’un à l’autre, chacun à son frère: Venez donc, et écoutez quelle est la parole qui est procédée de l’Éternel!
31 And they come to you, as if the people were entering, and my people sit before you. And they listen to your words, but they do not do them. For they turn them into a song for their mouth, but their heart pursues their own avarice.
Et ils se rendent en foule auprès de toi, et mon peuple s’assied devant toi; ils écoutent tes paroles, mais ils ne les mettent point en pratique, car leur bouche en fait un sujet de moquerie, et leur cœur se livre à la cupidité.
32 And you are to them like a verse set to music, which is sung with a sweet and pleasing voice. And they hear your words, but they do not do them.
Voici, tu es pour eux comme un chanteur agréable, possédant une belle voix, et habile dans la musique. Ils écoutent tes paroles, mais ils ne les mettent point en pratique.
33 And when what has been predicted occurs, for behold it is approaching, then they shall know that a prophet was among them.”
Quand ces choses arriveront, et voici, elles arrivent! Ils sauront qu’il y avait un prophète au milieu d’eux.
