< Deuteronomy 32 >
1 “Listen to me, [all you who are in the] heavens, and [all you who are on the] earth, listen to what I say [MTY].
Sois attentif, ciel, et je parlerai; terre, écoute les paroles de ma bouche.
2 I wish/desire that my teaching will fall on you like rain drops or be like dew on the ground, and be like a gentle rain on the young plants, like showers on the grass.
Que mes leçons soient attendues comme la pluie, que mes paroles descendent comme la rosée, comme une ondée sur le gazon, comme des gouttes d'eau sur l'herbe des champs.
3 I will praise Yahweh [MTY]. And [all you people should] tell others that our God is very great.
Car j'ai invoqué le nom du Seigneur; reconnaissez la grandeur de notre Dieu.
4 He is like a rock [MET] [under which we are protected]; [everything] that he does is perfect and completely just/fair [DOU]. He always does what he says that he will do; he never does anything that is wrong.
Dieu, ses œuvres sont véritables, toutes ses voies sont la justice, c'est le Dieu fidèle en qui il n'est point d'iniquité, le Seigneur juste et saint.
5 “But [you Israeli people] have been very unfaithful to him; because of your sins, you no longer [deserve to] be his children. You are extremely wicked and deceitful [DOU].
Ils n'étaient pas à lui ces enfants coupables qui ont péché, race fourbe et pervertie.
6 You foolish and senseless [DOU] people, (is this the way that you should repay Yahweh [for all that he has done for you]?/this is certainly not the way that you should repay Yahweh [for all that he has done for you].) [RHQ] He is your father; he created you [RHQ]; he caused you to become a nation.
Est-ce là ce que tu rends au Seigneur, peuple insensé, dénué de sagesse? N'est-il pas ton père, qui t'a possédé, et qui t'a créé, et qui t'a pétri?
7 “Think about [what happened] long ago; consider what happened to your ancestors. Ask your parents, and they will inform you; ask the older people, and they will tell you.
Souviens-toi des jours d'autrefois, considère les années, de générations en générations; interroge ton père, il t'instruira; questionne tes anciens, ils te répondront.
8 When God, who is greater than any other god, long ago divided the people into groups, he assigned to the nations their land. He determined where each people-group should live and (assigned to/chose for) each people-group a god/angel.
Quand le Très-Haut a dispersé les nations, quand il a disséminé les fils d'Adam, il a fixé les limites des nations, selon le nombre de ses anges.
9 But Yahweh decided that we would be his people; he chose [us, the descendants of] Jacob, to belong to him.
Et il a pris pour sa part son peuple Jacob; il s'est réservé pour héritage Israël.
10 “He saw [our ancestors] when they were in a desert, wandering in a land (that was desolate/where no people lived). He protected them and took care of them, as every person takes good care of his own eyes. [SIM, IDM]
Il a pourvu à ses besoins dans le désert sur une terre aride où son peuple souffrait de la soif; il l'a enveloppé, il l'a élevé, il l'a conservé comme la prunelle de l'œil.
11 [Yahweh protected his people] just like an eagle encourages its babies [to fly] and flutters over them [MET], spreading its wings and catching them [if they start to fall].
Tel un aigle abrite son aire et aime ses aiglons, tel le Seigneur a étendu ses ailes, a recueilli son peuple et l'a pris sur ses reins.
12 Yahweh was the only one who led them; no other foreign god helped him.
Le Seigneur seul les a conduits; il n'y avait point avec eux de dieux étrangers.
13 “[After they entered the land that Yahweh promised to give to them], Yahweh enabled them to rule the hilly areas; they ate the crops that grew in the fields. They found honey in the rocks, and their olive trees [MTY] grew [even] in stony ground.
Il leur a fait vaincre la force d'une terre rebelle; il les a nourris des fruits des champs; ils ont tiré du miel des rochers, et de l'huile des pierres les plus dures.
14 The cows gave them plenty of curds/yogurt, the goats gave them plenty of milk, they had well-fed sheep and cattle, they had very good wheat, and they made delicious wine from their grapes.
Jacob a mangé du beurre de ses vaches et du lait de brebis; il a mangé la graisse des agneaux et des béliers, les rejetons des taureaux et des boucs, avec la moelle du froment; ils ont bu du vin, sang de la grappe.
15 “The Israeli people became rich and prosperous, but then they rebelled against God; they abandoned him, the one who created them, the one who powerfully saves them.
Ainsi, Jacob a mangé, il s'est repu; mais le bien-aimé est devenu rétif, il s'est engraissé, il a grossi, il s'est enrichi, et il a délaissé Dieu son créateur; il s'est éloigné de Dieu son sauveur.
16 So he abandoned them because they started to worship other/strange gods. Because of their worshiping disgusting idols, he became angry.
Et ils m'ont aigri au sujet des dieux étrangers; ils m'ont rempli d'amertume, à cause de leurs abominations.
17 They offered sacrifices to gods who were [really] demons, gods that their ancestors had never known; they offered sacrifices to gods that they had recently found out about, gods whom your ancestors had never revered.
Ils ont sacrifié aux démons et point à Dieu; ils ont sacrifié à des dieux qu'ils ne connaissaient pas, qui sont venus récemment et soudain, que ne connaissaient pas leurs pères.
18 They forgot [the true] God, the one who protects them [MET], the one who created them and caused them to live.
Tu as délaissé le Dieu qui t'a fait naître, tu as oublié le Dieu qui t'a nourri.
19 “When Yahweh saw that [they had abandoned him], he became angry, so he rejected [the Israeli people, who are like] his sons and daughters.
Et le Seigneur l'a vu et il a été jaloux, et il a été exaspéré par la colère, car ce sont ses fils et ses filles qui l'ont irrité.
20 He said, ‘They are very wicked/stubborn people, very unfaithful; so I will no longer help them, and then I will watch and see what happens to them.
Alors, il a dit: Je détournerai d'eux ma face, et je leur révèlerai ce qui leur adviendra aux derniers jours, car c'est une race pervertie; ce sont des enfants auxquels on ne peut avoir foi.
21 They made me very angry because of their worshiping idols, which are not really gods; they have caused me to be [jealous [MET] because I want them to worship only me]. So now, in order to cause them to become jealous, I will send [to attack them an army of] a nation of worthless and foolish people.
Ils m'ont rendu jaloux contre ce qui n'est point Dieu; ils m'ont irrité avec leurs idoles, et moi aussi je les rendrai jaloux contre ce qui n'est point encore à mes yeux une nation; je les irriterai par les grâces que j'aurai faites à une nation maintenant sans intelligence.
22 I will be very angry, and I will destroy them like a fire that will burn on the earth and all the way down to the place where dead people are [MET]; that fire will destroy the earth and everything that grows on it, and it will even burn what is down under the mountains. (Sheol )
Le feu que mon courroux a allumé brûlera jusque sous la terre; il dévorera la terre et ses fruits, il dévorera les fondements des montagnes. (Sheol )
23 I will cause them to experience many disasters; [they will feel as though] [MET] I am shooting all my arrows at them.
Je réunirai contre eux des fléaux, et je les combattrai de mes traits.
24 They will die because of being hungry and because of having hot fevers and because of terrible diseases; I will send wild animals to attack [MTY] them, and poisonous snakes to bite [MTY] them.
Epuisés par la faim, devenus la pâture des oiseaux de proie, énervés sans ressource, je déchaînerai contre eux les dents des bêtes fauves, et la fureur de celles qui rampent sur la terre.
25 Outside [their houses, their enemies] will kill them [MTY] with swords, and in their homes, [their enemies will cause] them to be terrified. Their enemies will kill young men and young women, and they will kill infants and old people with gray hair.
Au dehors, le glaive les privera de leurs enfants; en leurs demeures, l'épouvante tuera le jeune homme et la vierge, l'enfant à la mamelle et le vieillard.
26 I wanted to scatter the Israeli people to distant countries in order that no one would ever remember them.
J'ai dit: Je les disperserai et j'effacerai leur souvenir parmi les hommes.
27 But [if I did that], their enemies would wrongly boast that they were the ones who had [gotten rid of my people]; they would say, “We [SYN] are the ones who defeated them; it was not Yahweh who has done all these things.”’
Je le ferais si ce n'était la colère de leurs ennemis, si je ne craignais que ceux-ci ne vivent longtemps, qu'ils ne prennent confiance en eux-mêmes, qu'ils ne disent: Notre bras très-haut et non le Seigneur a fait toutes ces choses.
28 You Israelis are a nation of people who do not have any sense. None of you is wise.
C'est une nation ou le conseil a péri, et il n'y a pas en eux de sagesse;
29 If you were wise, you would understand [why you would be punished]; you would have realized what was going to happen to you.
Ils n'ont jamais songé à comprendre; qu'ils reçoivent ces choses que le cours du temps leur amènera.
30 [You would have realized] why 1,000 [of your soldiers] would be defeated by only one [of the enemy soldiers], and why two of your enemies would chase away 10,000 [Israeli soldiers]. [You would realize that this would happen] only if God, the one who always defended you [MET], had allowed your enemies to defeat you, because he had abandoned you.
Comment un seul mettra-t-il en fuite mille hommes, et comment deux hommes poursuivront-ils des myriades, si ce n'est que Dieu les a vendus, et que le Seigneur les a livrés.
31 Your enemies know that their gods are not powerful like Yahweh, our God, [so their gods could not have defeated us Israelis].
Leurs dieux ne sont pas comme notre Dieu, et nos ennemis sont des insensés.
32 Your enemies are like [MET] grapevines planted near [the ruins of] Sodom and Gomorrah [cities]; the grapes from those vines are bitter and poisonous;
Leur vigne provient de la vigne de Sodome, leur sarment vient de Gomorrhe; leur grappe est une grappe de fiel, leur raisin est plein d'amertume.
33 the wine [from those grapes] is like the poison of snakes [DOU].
Leur vin est du venin de serpents; c'est le venin mortel des aspics.
34 [“Yahweh says], ‘I know [RHQ] [what I have planned to do to the Israeli people and to their enemies], and those plans are so secure [that it as though he locked them up] [MET].
Ces choses ne sont-elles pas amassées par moi, ne sont-elles pas scellées parmi mes trésors?
35 I am the one who will get revenge and pay those enemies back for what they have done [to my people], at the right time for them to be punished [IDM]; they will soon experience disasters, and I will punish/destroy them quickly.’
Le jour de la vengeance, je les punirai lorsque leur pied aura glissé; le jour de leur destruction est proche, et ce qui est préparé contre vous est là.
36 “But Yahweh will see that you who are truly his people, who (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong), and he will be merciful to you. And he will see that you are helpless, and that there are very few of you, slaves or free people, who are still alive.
Le Seigneur jugera son peuple et sera consolé par ses serviteurs, car il a vu son peuple paralysé, défaillant sous la vengeance divine; ils en sont tout énervés,
37 Then Yahweh will ask his people, ‘Where are the gods that you thought would protect you [MET]?
Et le Seigneur a dit: Où sont leurs dieux, en qui ils ont mis leur confiance?
38 You gave to those gods the best parts of the animals that you sacrificed, and you poured out wine for them to drink. So, they should begin to help you; they should be the ones who will protect you!
Vous mangiez la graisse de leurs victimes, vous buviez le vin de leurs libations; ou sont-ils? Qu'ils se lèvent, qu'ils vous secourent, qu'ils viennent vous abriter.
39 “But now you will realize that I, only I, am God; there is no other god who is [a real] god. I am the one who can kill people and who can cause people to live; I can wound people, and I can heal people, and there is no one who can prevent me from doing those things.
Voyez, voyez que moi, je suis; et il n'y a point de Dieu excepté moi; je donne la mort et la vie, je frappe et je guéris, et nul ne peut délivrer de mes mains.
40 I raise my hand toward heaven and solemnly declare that just as sure as I live forever,
J'élèverai le bras jusqu'au ciel, et, par ma main droite, je jurerai, et je dirai: Je vis de toute éternité.
41 that when I sharpen my sword, as I [SYN] prepare to punish people, I will get revenge on my enemies; I will pay back those who hate me.
J'aiguiserai mon glaive comme l'éclair, ma main saisira le jugement, je me vengerai de mes ennemis, je punirai ceux qui me haïssent.
42 I will kill all [of my enemies] with a sword; it will be as though I had arrows that will be covered with their blood. I will kill [MTY] all those whom I capture and cut off their leaders’ heads.’
J'enivrerai mes flèches de sang, je repaîtrai mon glaive des chairs saignantes des morts et des captifs, je le repaîtrai de la cervelle des chefs ennemis.
43 “You people of all nations, you as well as his people should praise Yahweh, because Yahweh gets revenge on those who kill the people who serve him; and he cleanses his people’s land which has become defiled because of their sins.”
Réjouissez-vous, cieux, avec son peuple; que tous les anges de Dieu se prosternent devant lui. Réjouissez-vous, nations, avec son peuple, et que tous les fils de Dieu se fortifient en lui, parce que le sang de ses fils a été vengé. Et il se vengera, et il fera justice de ses ennemis, et il punira ceux qui le haïssent. Et le Seigneur purgera la terre de son peuple.
44 Joshua and Moses/I recited the words of that song while the Israeli people were listening.
En ce jour-là, Moïse écrivit donc ce cantique, et il l'apprit aux fils d'Israël; et Moïse s'approcha, et il fit entendre au peuple toutes les paroles de cette loi, lui et Josué, fils de Nau.
45 When they/we finished reciting to the Israeli people the words of this song,
Et Moïse acheva de parler à tout Israël,
46 Moses/I said, “Never forget all these commands that I have been giving you today. Teach these laws to your children, in order that they will faithfully obey all of them.
Et il leur dit; Attachez-vous en votre cœur à tous ces commandements que je vous intime aujourd'hui; prescrivez à vos enfants de les observer et de mettre en pratique toutes les paroles de cette loi,
47 These instructions are very important [LIT]. If [you obey] them, you will live a long time in the land that you are about to cross the Jordan [River] to occupy.”
Car, ce n'est pas pour vous une loi vaine; cette loi est votre vie, et, à cause de cette loi, vous passerez de longs jours sur la terre au delà du Jourdain, ou vous allez entrer pour qu'elle soit votre héritage.
48 On that same day, Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Et le Seigneur, en ce jour-là, parla à Moïse, disant:
49 “Go to the Abarim Mountain range [here] in the Moab region, across from Jericho. Climb Nebo Mountain, and look [toward the west] to see Canaan land, the land that I am about to give to the Israeli people.
Monte sur la cime d'Abarim, montagne du territoire de Nébo qui est en la terre de Moab, vis-à-vis Jéricho, et contemple la terre de Chanaan que je donne aux fils d'Israël,
50 You will die on that mountain [EUP, DOU], like your [older] brother Aaron died on Hor Mountain.
Et meurs sur la cime où tu seras monté, et réunis-toi à ton peuple; de même que ton frère Aaron est mort sur la montagne de Hor, et à été réuni à son peuple:
51 You will die because both of you disobeyed me in the presence of the Israeli people, when you all were at Meribah Springs near Kadesh [town] in the Zin Desert. You did not honor and respect me in the presence of the Israeli people in the way that I deserve because I am God.
Parce que, comme les fils d'Israël, vous n'avez pas eu foi en ma parole au sujet de l'eau de contradiction à Cadès-Barné, dans le désert de Sin, et parce que vous ne m'avez pas sanctifié devant les fils d'Israël.
52 [When you are on that mountain where I told you to go], you will see in the distance in front of you the land that I am about to give to the Israeli people, but you will not enter it.”
Tu verras devant toi la terre promise, mais tu n'y entreras point.