Deuteronomy 1
1 In this book is written what Moses/I said to the Israeli people. He/I told them these things when they/we were in the desert, on the east side of the Jordan [River]. They/We had set up our tents near [a place named] Suph, between Paran [town on the one side of the river] and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab [towns on the other side of the river].
Voici les paroles que Moïse dit à tout Israël au delà du Jourdain, dans le désert situé à l'Occident près de la mer Rouge, entre Pharan-Tophel, Lobon, Aulon et Catachryse
2 To walk from Sinai [Mountain] to the Kadesh-Barnea [oasis], people usually travel for only eleven days, going by way of the hilly area named Edom.
(Il y a onze journées de marche d'Horeb à Cadès-Barné, dans la montagne de Séir.)
3 Forty years after (the Israelis/we) left Egypt, in the middle of January, Moses/I told the Israeli people everything that Yahweh had commanded him/me to tell them.
En la quarantième année, le dixième mois, le premier jour de la lune, Moïse parla à tous les fils d'Israël, sur tout ce que le Seigneur lui avait prescrit pour eux.
4 This was after they/we had defeated Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, who lived in Heshbon [city], and Og, the king of the Bashan [region] who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei [towns].
Après avoir défait Sehon, roi des Amorrhéens, qui résidait en Esebon, et Og, roi de Basan, qui demeurait en Astaroth et Edraï;
5 Moses/I told them these things while the people were in the Moab region, on the east side of the Jordan [River]. He/I (explained to them/enabled them to understand) God’s laws. This is what he/I said to them:
Dans la contrée au delà du Jourdain, en la terre de Moab, Moïse commença d'expliquer la loi de Dieu, disant:
6 “Yahweh our God said to us when we were at Sinai [Mountain], ‘You have stayed for a very long time at [the bottom of] this mountain.
Le Seigneur à Horeb vous a parlé, et il vous a dit: C'est assez demeurer en cette montagne;
7 So now continue traveling. Go to the hilly area where the Amor people-group lives and to the nearby areas—to the Jordan [River] Valley, to the hilly region, to the western (foothills/hills at the bottom of the mountains), to the desert area to the south, to the [Mediterranean] Seacoast, to all of Canaan land, to the Lebanon [Mountains], and [northeast] to the great Euphrates River.
Mettez-vous en marche, partez, traversez les montagnes des Amorrhéens; allez chez tous ceux qui, autour d'Araba, habitent la région du midi; entrez en la contrée maritime des Chananéens; allez sur l'Anti-Liban, jusqu'au grand fleuve, jusqu'au fleuve de l'Euphrate.
8 Note that I will give that land to you. I, Yahweh, promised to your ancestors Abraham and Isaac and Jacob that I would give it to them and to their descendants. So now go and occupy it.’”
Voyez: le Seigneur vous a donné cette terre qui est devant vous, entrez- y; partagez l'héritage qu'il a promis à vos pères Abraham, Isaac et Jacob, pour eux et leur postérité.
9 Moses/I also said to the people, “When [we were still at Sinai Mountain], I told your ancestors ‘It is a very big burden/responsibility for me to govern all of you. So I cannot do it by myself.
En ce temps-là, je vous ai parlé, disant: Je ne pourrai seul vous conduire.
10 Yahweh our God has caused us Israelis to now become as numerous as the stars in the sky.
Le Seigneur votre Dieu vous a multipliés, et voilà que vous êtes aujourd'hui nombreux comme les étoiles du ciel.
11 And I hope/desire that Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors [worshiped], will cause us to become 1,000 times as numerous as we are now and that he will bless us just like he promised to do.
Que le Seigneur Dieu de vos pères continue et vous multiplie mille fois plus encore; et qu'il vous bénisse comme il vous l'a promis.
12 But I certainly cannot [RHQ] (solve/deal with) all of your complaints/problems.
Mais comment pourrai-je seul soutenir le fardeau de vos importunités et de vos contradictions?
13 So choose some men from your tribes who are wise and who have good sense and who are respected. Then I will appoint them to be your leaders.’
Choisissez vous-mêmes des hommes sages, expérimentés et intelligents, pris dans vos tribus, et je les mettrai à votre tête, et ils seront vos chefs.
14 Your ancestors replied, ‘What you have suggested is good for us to do.’
Et vous m'avez répondu: Il est bon d'exécuter la chose que tu as dite.
15 So I took the wise and respected men [that your ancestors chose] from your tribes, and I appointed them to be your leaders. I appointed some to (rule/have authority) over 1,000 people, some to have authority over 100 people, some to have authority over 50 people, and some to have authority over ten people. I also appointed other officers from throughout your tribes.
Et j'ai pris parmi vous des hommes expérimentés, sages, intelligents, et je les ai institués chefs de mille hommes, chefs de cinquante hommes, chefs de dix hommes, pour vous commander, et pour être vos scribes et vos juges.
16 I instructed/told your leaders, ‘Listen to the disputes that occur among your people. Judge each dispute, including disputes between close relatives and quarrels between your people and people from other countries who live among you.
Et, en ce temps-là, j'ai donné mes ordres à vos juges, disant: Ecoutez avec attention vos frères, et jugez équitablement, entre un homme et son frère ou son prosélyte.
17 You must (be impartial/not favor one person more than another); you must treat poor people and important people equally. You must not worry about what anyone will think [about how you decide matters], because you will decide matters as God [wants you to]. If any quarrel/dispute is very difficult and you are unable to decide it, bring it to me, and I will decide.’
Pour juger tu ne feras pas acception des personnes; tu jugeras le grand comme le petit, tu ne craindras la présence d'aucun homme, car le jugement vient de Dieu; et si vous trouvez la cause difficile, apportez-la-moi, et je l'entendrai.
18 At that time I also told you other things that you should do.”
En ce temps-là, je vous ai prescrit tous les commandements que vous exécuterez.
19 “Then, just like Yahweh our God commanded us, we left Sinai [Mountain] and went through that huge desert that was very (dangerous/difficult to travel through), on the road to the hilly area where the Amor people-group live. We arrived at Kadesh-Barnea.
Et nous sommes partis d'Horeb, et nous avons parcouru tout ce grand et redoutable désert; nous avons suivi la route que vous avez vue, jusqu'aux montagnes des Amorrhéens, comme nous l'avait prescrit le Seigneur notre Dieu, et nous sommes arrivés à Cadès-Barné.
20 I said to your ancestors, ‘We have now come to the hilly area where the Amor people-group live. This is part of the area that Yahweh our God, the one whom our ancestors [worshiped], is giving to us.
Et je vous ai dit: Vous voici aux montagnes des Amorrhéens, le Seigneur Dieu vous les donne.
21 Note that Yahweh our God is giving this land to us. So go and occupy it as he commanded. Do not be (at all/even a little bit) afraid.’
Voyez: le Seigneur votre Dieu vous donne la terre qui est devant vous; montez-y, partagez-la, comme le Seigneur l'a dit à vos pères; n'ayez point de crainte et point de faiblesse.
22 But all of your ancestors came to me and said, ‘Before we go, we should [first] send some men there to explore the land, in order that they can return and tell us which will be the best road to go there and what kind of towns are there.’
Alors, vous m'avez entouré et vous ayez dit: Envoyons devant nous des hommes, qu'ils explorent cette terre, qu'ils reviennent nous dire la route que nous devons prendre, et les villes ou nous devons entrer.
23 I thought that it would be good to do that, so I chose twelve men, one man from each tribe.
Ce discours me fut agréable, et je pris parmi vous douze hommes, un homme par tribu.
24 They went up into the hilly area as far as Eshcol Valley, and they explored all that area.
Et ils partirent, s'engagèrent dans les montagnes, allèrent jusqu'au vallon de la Grappe, et l'explorèrent.
25 They picked some of the fruit that they found there and brought it to us. They reported that the land that Yahweh our God was giving to us is very good/fertile.”
Et ils prirent en leurs mains des fruits de la terre, et ils vous les rapportèrent, disant: C'est une bonne terre que le Seigneur nous donne.
26 “But your ancestors refused to go [and conquer that land]. They rebelled against what Yahweh our God had commanded them to do, and they would not go into that land.
Mais vous refusâtes d'y monter; vous n'eûtes point foi en la parole du Seigneur votre Dieu.
27 Your ancestors [stayed] in their tents and complained saying ‘Yahweh hates us. So he has brought us here from Egypt just to allow the Amor people-group to destroy us.
Et, murmurant sous vos tentes, vous dites: C'est parce que le Seigneur nous hait qu'il nous a tirés de l'Egypte, pour nous livrer aux Amorrhéens et pour que nous soyons exterminés.
28 (Why should we go there?/We do not want to go there.) [RHQ] The men whom we sent there have caused us to become very discouraged/afraid. They have told us that the people there are much stronger and taller than we are and that there are extremely high [HYP] walls around their towns. Also they reported that they saw [giants there that are] descendants of Anak.’
Où allons-nous? Vos frères vous ont perverti le cœur, disant: Nous avons vu là une nation grande et nombreuse, plus puissante que nous, et de fortes murailles s'élevant jusqu'au ciel, et des hommes fils des géants.
29 Then I said to your ancestors, ‘Do not be afraid (at all/even a little bit) [DOU] of those people!
Et je vous dis: Ne vous effrayez pas; ne les craignez point.
30 Yahweh our God will go ahead of you, and he will fight for you, just like you saw him do for you in Egypt
Le Seigneur votre Dieu marche à votre tête, il combattra pour vous, il fera pour vous selon tout ce qu'il a fait en la terre d'Egypte.
31 and in the desert. You saw how he brought you safely here, like a man would carry his son. [SIM]’
Et dans ce désert que vous avez vu, durant cette marche aux monts des Amorrhéens, le Seigneur ton Dieu t'a porté sur son sein, comme jamais homme n'a porté son enfant, en toute voie que tu as parcourue, jusqu'à ton arrivée à ce lieu;
32 [I reminded them that] he always went ahead of them while they traveled [in the desert]. He directed them by [a pillar of] fire during the night and a [pillar of] cloud during the day. He showed them places to set up their tents. But in spite of what I said, your ancestors would not trust Yahweh our God.
Cependant, vous n'avez point eu foi à cette parole du Seigneur votre Dieu,
Qui vous précède en ce voyage pour vous choisir chaque station, vous guidant le jour par une nuée, et la nuit par une colonne de feu.
34 Yahweh heard what they said, and he became angry. He solemnly declared,
Et le Seigneur, ayant ouï la rumeur de vos paroles, s'irrita, et dit avec serment:
35 ‘Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, will enter the land. He has obeyed me completely. So I will give to him and to his descendants [some of] the land that he explored. He is the only one of all you people who will enter that land. None of these evil people will ever see that good land which I solemnly promised to give to your ancestors.’
Nul de ces hommes ne verra cette contrée que j'ai promise à leurs pères,
Hormis Caleb, fils de Jéphoné; celui-ci la verra, et je lui donnerai le champ sur lequel il a marché, pour lui et ses fils, parce qu'il s'est attaché aux choses du Seigneur.
37 But because of [what] your ancestors [did], Yahweh was also angry with me. He said to me, ‘You also will not enter that land.
Et à cause de vous, le Seigneur s'irrita contre moi, et il dit: Toi non plus, tu n'entreras pas en la terre promise.
38 Joshua, the son of Nun, who is your helper, will enter it. Encourage him, because he is the one who will enable you Israeli people to occupy that land.’
Josué, fils de Nau, qui se tient auprès de toi, y entrera: fortifie-le, parce que c'est lui qui en fera le partage à Israël.
39 Then Yahweh said to all of us, ‘You said that your children would be captured by your enemies. Because they are very young, they do not yet know what is good and what is evil. But they are the ones to whom I will give that land, and they will enter it and occupy it.
Et tous les jeunes enfants qui ne savent pas aujourd'hui discerner le bien et le mal, y entreront; c'est à ceux-là que je la donnerai, et ils se la partageront.
40 But as for you, turn around and go back into the desert, toward the (Red Sea/Gulf of Aqaba).’
Quant à vous, rebroussez chemin; allez dresser vos tentes dans le désert, et reprenez le chemin de la mer Rouge.
41 Then your ancestors replied, ‘We have sinned; we have disobeyed Yahweh. So we will go and attack [the people who live in] that land, just like Yahweh our God commanded us to do.’ And each of their men put on his weapons, and they thought that it would be easy to invade the hilly region.
Et vous me répondîtes: Nous avons péché devant le Seigneur notre Dieu, partons donc, et combattons comme le Seigneur notre Dieu nous l'a prescrit. Chacun prit donc ses armes de guerre, et vous, étant rassemblés, vous montâtes sur la montagne.
42 But Yahweh said to me, ‘Tell them, “Do not go up there and attack those people, because I will not go with you. If you go, your enemies will defeat you.”’
Et le Seigneur me dit: Dis-leur: Si vous ne voulez être broyés par vos ennemis, ne montez pas, ne livrez pas bataille; car je ne suis point avec vous.
43 So I told that to your ancestors, but they would not heed what I said. They [again] rebelled against what Yahweh commanded them to do. Their soldiers proudly/arrogantly marched up into that hilly region.
Et je vous répétai ces paroles, et vous ne m'écoutâtes point, vous n'obéîtes point au Seigneur, et, passant outre avec violence, vous montâtes sur la montagne,
44 Then the men of the Amor people-group who lived in that region came out [of their towns] and attacked those soldiers. They pursued your ancestors’ soldiers like [a swarm of] bees pursues people, and they pursued them [south] from the Edom area and defeated them at Hormah [city].
Et l'Amorrhéen habitant ces montagnes sortit à votre rencontre, et il vous poursuivit comme font les abeilles, et ils vous taillèrent en pièces de Séir à Horma.
45 So your ancestors went back [to Kadesh-Barnea] and cried out to request Yahweh [to help them], but he did not heed them. He did not pay any attention to them [DOU].
Et vous étant ralliés, vous pleurâtes devant le Seigneur votre Dieu; mais le Seigneur n'écouta pas vos cris, et il ne fit point attention à vous.
46 So we stayed there at Kadesh-Barnea for a long time.”
Puis, vous demeurâtes en Cadès-Barné bien des jours, vous savez les jours que vous y êtes restés.
