Deuteronomy 30
1 “I have now told you about the ways that Yahweh our God will bless you [if you obey him] and the ways that he will curse you [if you disobey him]. I am saying that you must choose which you want. But when [you choose not to obey his laws], some day you will be living in the countries to which he will scatter you, and you will remember [what I told you].
Lorsque toutes ces choses t’arriveront, la bénédiction et la malédiction que je mets devant toi, si tu les prends à cœur au milieu de toutes les nations chez lesquelles l’Éternel, ton Dieu, t’aura chassé,
2 Then, if you return to Yahweh our God and faithfully [IDM] obey all that I have today commanded you to do,
si tu reviens à l’Éternel, ton Dieu, et si tu obéis à sa voix de tout ton cœur et de toute ton âme, toi et tes enfants, selon tout ce que je te prescris aujourd’hui,
3 he will be merciful to you. He will bring you back from the nations to which he scattered you, and he will cause you to be prosperous again.
alors l’Éternel, ton Dieu, ramènera tes captifs et aura compassion de toi, il te rassemblera encore du milieu de tous les peuples chez lesquels l’Éternel, ton Dieu, t’aura dispersé.
4 Even if you have been scattered to the most distant places on the earth, Yahweh our God will gather you from there and bring you back [to your land].
Quand tu serais exilé à l’autre extrémité du ciel, l’Éternel, ton Dieu, te rassemblera de là, et c’est là qu’il t’ira chercher.
5 He will enable you to possess again the land where your ancestors lived. And he will cause you to be more prosperous and more numerous than you are now.
L’Éternel, ton Dieu, te ramènera dans le pays que possédaient tes pères, et tu le posséderas; il te fera du bien, et te rendra plus nombreux que tes pères.
6 Yahweh our God will change [MET] your inner beings, with the result that you will love him more than you love anything else and want to do only what he wants you to do. And then you will continue to live in that land.
L’Éternel, ton Dieu, circoncira ton cœur et le cœur de ta postérité, et tu aimeras l’Éternel, ton Dieu, de tout ton cœur et de toute ton âme, afin que tu vives.
7 Yahweh our God will cause your enemies and those who oppressed/persecuted you to experience all the disasters that I have told you about.
L’Éternel, ton Dieu, fera tomber toutes ces malédictions sur tes ennemis, sur ceux qui t’auront haï et persécuté.
8 You will do what Yahweh wants you to do, as you did before, and you will obey all the commands that I have given to you today.
Et toi, tu reviendras à l’Éternel, tu obéiras à sa voix, et tu mettras en pratique tous ces commandements que je te prescris aujourd’hui.
9 Yahweh our God will cause you to be very successful in all that you do. You will have many children [IDM], and a lot of cattle, and you will have abundant crops. He will again be happy to enable you to prosper, just like he was happy to enable your ancestors to prosper.
L’Éternel, ton Dieu, te comblera de biens en faisant prospérer tout le travail de tes mains, le fruit de tes entrailles, le fruit de tes troupeaux et le fruit de ton sol; car l’Éternel prendra de nouveau plaisir à ton bonheur, comme il prenait plaisir à celui de tes pères,
10 [But he will do those things only] if you do what he has told you to do, and if you obey all his rules and regulations that I have written about [in this scroll], and if you will love him more than you love anything else and want to do only what he wants you to do.
lorsque tu obéiras à la voix de l’Éternel, ton Dieu, en observant ses commandements et ses ordres écrits dans ce livre de la loi, lorsque tu reviendras à l’Éternel, ton Dieu, de tout ton cœur et de toute ton âme.
11 The commands that I am giving to you today are not very difficult for you [to obey], and they are not [difficult to know].
Ce commandement que je te prescris aujourd’hui n’est certainement point au-dessus de tes forces et hors de ta portée.
12 They are not in heaven, with the result that you need to say, ‘(Who will need to go up to heaven for us to bring them [down here to us] in order that we can hear them and obey them?/Someone will need to go up to heaven for us to bring them [down here to us] in order that we can hear them and obey them.)’ [RHQ]
Il n’est pas dans le ciel, pour que tu dises: Qui montera pour nous au ciel et nous l’ira chercher, qui nous le fera entendre, afin que nous le mettions en pratique?
13 And they are not on the other side of the sea, with the result that you need to say, ‘(Who will need to cross the sea for us and bring them back to us, in order that we can hear them and obey them?/Someone will need to cross the sea for us and bring them back to us, in order that we can hear them and obey them.)’ [RHQ]
Il n’est pas de l’autre côté de la mer, pour que tu dises: Qui passera pour nous de l’autre côté de la mer et nous l’ira chercher, qui nous le fera entendre, afin que nous le mettions en pratique?
14 [You do not need to do that because] his commands are here with you. You know them [MTY] and you have (memorized them/put them in your minds). So you can [easily] obey them.
C’est une chose, au contraire, qui est tout près de toi, dans ta bouche et dans ton cœur, afin que tu la mettes en pratique.
15 So listen! Today I am allowing you to choose between [doing what is] evil and [doing what is] good, between what will enable you to live [for a long time] and [what will cause you] to die [while you are still young].
Vois, je mets aujourd’hui devant toi la vie et le bien, la mort et le mal.
16 [I say again], if you obey the commands of Yahweh our God that I am giving to you today, and if you love him and conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and if you obey all his rules and regulations, you will prosper and become very numerous, and Yahweh our God will bless you in the land that you are about to enter and possess.
Car je te prescris aujourd’hui d’aimer l’Éternel, ton Dieu, de marcher dans ses voies, et d’observer ses commandements, ses lois et ses ordonnances, afin que tu vives et que tu multiplies, et que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, te bénisse dans le pays dont tu vas entrer en possession.
17 But if you turn away [from Yahweh] and refuse to heed what he says, and if you allow yourselves to be led away to worship other gods,
Mais si ton cœur se détourne, si tu n’obéis point, et si tu te laisses entraîner à te prosterner devant d’autres dieux et à les servir,
18 I am warning you today that you will [soon] die. You will not live for a long time in the land that you are about to cross the Jordan [River] to enter and possess.
je vous déclare aujourd’hui que vous périrez, que vous ne prolongerez point vos jours dans le pays dont vous allez entrer en possession, après avoir passé le Jourdain.
19 I am requesting that [everyone in] heaven and the earth testify to you, that today I am allowing you to choose whether you [want to] live for a long time or to soon die, whether [you want Yahweh to] bless you or to curse you. So choose to live.
J’en prends aujourd’hui à témoin contre vous le ciel et la terre: j’ai mis devant toi la vie et la mort, la bénédiction et la malédiction. Choisis la vie, afin que tu vives, toi et ta postérité,
20 [Choose to] love Yahweh our God, and to obey him [MTY], and to (be faithful to/have a close relationship with) him. If you do that, you and your descendants will live for a long time in the land that Yahweh solemnly promised to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that he would give to them.”
pour aimer l’Éternel, ton Dieu, pour obéir à sa voix, et pour t’attacher à lui: car de cela dépendent ta vie et la prolongation de tes jours, et c’est ainsi que tu pourras demeurer dans le pays que l’Éternel a juré de donner à tes pères, Abraham, Isaac et Jacob.
