Deuteronomy 9
1 “You people of Israel, listen to me! You will soon [HYP] cross the Jordan [River]. In the land that you will enter, there are large cities that have very high walls [around them] that [seem to] [HYP] extend up to the sky. There are people-groups in that land that are more numerous and more powerful than you are.
Écoute, Israël! Tu vas aujourd’hui passer le Jourdain, pour te rendre maître de nations plus grandes et plus puissantes que toi, de villes grandes et fortifiées jusqu’au ciel,
2 Those people are very tall and strong. [Some of them] are giants who are descendants of Anak. You know about them, and you have heard people say that no one [RHQ] can defeat the descendants of Anak.
d’un peuple grand et de haute taille, les enfants d’Anak, que tu connais, et dont tu as entendu dire: Qui pourra tenir contre les enfants d’Anak?
3 But I want you to know that Yahweh our God will go ahead of you. He will be like a raging/roaring fire. While you advance, he will defeat and destroy them. As a result, you will quickly be able to expel some of them and kill the others, which is what Yahweh promised that you would do.
Sache aujourd’hui que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, marchera lui-même devant toi comme un feu dévorant, c’est lui qui les détruira, qui les humiliera devant toi; et tu les chasseras, tu les feras périr promptement, comme l’Éternel te l’a dit.
4 “After Yahweh our God has expelled them for you, do not say to yourselves, ‘It is because we are righteous that Yahweh has enabled us to capture this land.’ The truth is that it is because the people in that land are wicked that Yahweh will expel them as you advance.
Lorsque l’Éternel, ton Dieu, les chassera devant toi, ne dis pas en ton cœur: C’est à cause de ma justice que l’Éternel me fait entrer en possession de ce pays. Car c’est à cause de la méchanceté de ces nations que l’Éternel les chasse devant toi.
5 [I say again that] it is not because you are righteous or because you do things that are righteous that you will enter and capture that land. It is because those people-groups are very wicked that Yahweh our God will expel them as you advance, and because he intends to do what he vowed to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that he would do.
Non, ce n’est point à cause de ta justice et de la droiture de ton cœur que tu entres en possession de leur pays; mais c’est à cause de la méchanceté de ces nations que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, les chasse devant toi, et c’est pour confirmer la parole que l’Éternel a jurée à tes pères, à Abraham, à Isaac et à Jacob.
6 I want you to know that it is not because you are righteous that Yahweh our God is giving you this good/fertile land. I say that because [you are not righteous]; you are a very stubborn [IDM] people.”
Sache donc que ce n’est point à cause de ta justice que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, te donne ce bon pays pour que tu le possèdes; car tu es un peuple au cou roide.
7 “Never forget what your ancestors did in the desert that caused Yahweh our God to become angry. From the day that we left Egypt until the day that we arrived here, you and your ancestors have continually rebelled against him.
Souviens-toi, n’oublie pas de quelle manière tu as excité la colère de l’Éternel, ton Dieu, dans le désert. Depuis le jour où tu es sorti du pays d’Égypte jusqu’à votre arrivée dans ce lieu, vous avez été rebelles contre l’Éternel.
8 Even at Sinai [Mountain] your ancestors caused Yahweh to become angry. Because he was very angry, he was ready to get rid of [all of] them.
A Horeb, vous excitâtes la colère de l’Éternel; et l’Éternel s’irrita contre vous, et eut la pensée de vous détruire.
9 When I climbed the mountain to receive from him the stone tablets on which he had written the Ten Commandments that he was giving to them, I stayed there 40 days and nights, and [during that time] I did not eat or drink anything.
Lorsque je fus monté sur la montagne, pour prendre les tables de pierre, les tables de l’alliance que l’Éternel a traitée avec vous, je demeurai sur la montagne quarante jours et quarante nuits, sans manger de pain et sans boire d’eau;
10 Yahweh gave me the two stone tablets on which he had written [the commandments] with his own fingers. They were the words/commandments that he had spoken to your ancestors from the fire on that mountain, when they were gathered together [at the bottom of the mountain].
et l’Éternel me donna les deux tables de pierre écrites du doigt de Dieu, et contenant toutes les paroles que l’Éternel vous avait dites sur la montagne, du milieu du feu, le jour de l’assemblée.
11 “At the end of those 40 days and nights, Yahweh gave me those two stone tablets on which he had written those commandments.
Ce fut au bout des quarante jours et des quarante nuits que l’Éternel me donna les deux tables de pierre, les tables de l’alliance.
12 But then he said to me, ‘Go down the mountain immediately, because [the people whom you are leading], the people whom you led out of Egypt, have committed a terrible sin! They have very quickly done what I commanded them not to do. They have made for themselves a metal statue [of a calf to worship].’
L’Éternel me dit alors: Lève-toi, descends en hâte d’ici; car ton peuple, que tu as fait sortir d’Égypte, s’est corrompu. Ils se sont promptement écartés de la voie que je leur avais prescrite; ils se sont fait une image de fonte.
13 Then Yahweh said to me, ‘I have been watching these people, and I see that they are very stubborn.
L’Éternel me dit: Je vois que ce peuple est un peuple au cou roide.
14 So do not try to stop me. I am going to destroy all of them, with the result that no one anywhere will remember (their names [MTY]/that they ever existed). Then I will enable you to become [the ancestor of] a nation that will be more numerous and more powerful than they are.’
Laisse-moi les détruire et effacer leur nom de dessous les cieux; et je ferai de toi une nation plus puissante et plus nombreuse que ce peuple.
15 So I turned and went down the mountain, carrying in my hands the two stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments were [written]. Fire was burning all over the mountain.
Je retournai et je descendis de la montagne toute en feu, les deux tables de l’alliance dans mes deux mains.
16 I looked, and I was shocked to see that your ancestors had committed a [great] sin against Yahweh. They very quickly had begun to do what Yahweh our God had commanded them not to do. They had [requested Aaron to] make for them [a metal image of] a calf [to worship].
Je regardai, et voici, vous aviez péché contre l’Éternel, votre Dieu, vous vous étiez fait un veau de fonte, vous vous étiez promptement écartés de la voie que vous avait prescrite l’Éternel.
17 So while they were watching, I lifted up those two stone tablets and threw them [on the ground], and they broke into pieces.
Je saisis les deux tables, je les jetai de mes mains, et je les brisai sous vos yeux.
18 Then I (prostrated myself/lay) on the ground in Yahweh’s presence as I had done before, and I did not eat or drink anything for 40 days and nights. I did that because your ancestors had sinned against Yahweh and caused him to become very angry.
Je me prosternai devant l’Éternel, comme auparavant, quarante jours et quarante nuits, sans manger de pain et sans boire d’eau, à cause de tous les péchés que vous aviez commis en faisant ce qui est mal aux yeux de l’Éternel, pour l’irriter.
19 I was afraid/worried that because Yahweh was very angry with them, he would get rid of all of them. [But again I prayed that he would not do that], and again he listened to me [and answered my prayer].
Car j’étais effrayé à la vue de la colère et de la fureur dont l’Éternel était animé contre vous jusqu’à vouloir vous détruire. Mais l’Éternel m’exauça encore cette fois.
20 Yahweh was also very angry with Aaron [for making that golden calf] and was ready to kill Aaron. But at the same time I prayed for Aaron also, [and Yahweh answered my prayer].
L’Éternel était aussi très irrité contre Aaron, qu’il voulait faire périr, et pour qui j’intercédai encore dans ce temps-là.
21 Your ancestors had sinned by [requesting Aaron to] make [a metal statue of] a calf. So I took that statue and [I melted it] in a fire and crushed it and ground it into very tiny pieces [HYP]. Then I threw those tiny pieces into the stream that flowed down the mountain.
Je pris le veau que vous aviez fait, ce produit de votre péché, je le brûlai au feu, je le broyai jusqu’à ce qu’il fût réduit en poudre, et je jetai cette poudre dans le torrent qui descend de la montagne.
22 Your ancestors also caused Yahweh to become very angry [by what they did] at [places which they named] Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth-Hattaavah.
A Tabeéra, à Massa, et à Kibroth-Hattaava, vous excitâtes la colère de l’Éternel.
23 And when we were at Kadesh-Barnea, Yahweh said to your ancestors, ‘Go up and capture the land that I am about to give to you!’ But they rebelled against him. They did not trust him, and they did not obey what he told [MTY] them to do.
Et lorsque l’Éternel vous envoya à Kadès-Barnéa, en disant: Montez, et prenez possession du pays que je vous donne! Vous fûtes rebelles à l’ordre de l’Éternel, votre Dieu, vous n’eûtes point foi en lui, et vous n’obéîtes point à sa voix.
24 Your ancestors rebelled against Yahweh from the first day that I knew them, [in Egypt].
Vous avez été rebelles contre l’Éternel depuis que je vous connais.
25 So, [as I said], I lay on the ground in Yahweh’s presence for 40 days and nights, because Yahweh had said that he would get rid of your ancestors.
Je me prosternai devant l’Éternel, je me prosternai quarante jours et quarante nuits, parce que l’Éternel avait dit qu’il voulait vous détruire.
26 And I prayed to Yahweh, saying, ‘Lord God, these people belong to you; do not destroy them. They are people whom you rescued and brought out of Egypt by your very great power. [DOU, MTY]
Je priai l’Éternel, et je dis: Seigneur Éternel, ne détruis pas ton peuple, ton héritage, que tu as racheté dans ta grandeur, que tu as fait sortir d’Égypte par ta main puissante.
27 Do not forget [what you promised to] Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Please ignore these stubborn and wicked people and the sin that they have committed.
Souviens-toi de tes serviteurs, Abraham, Isaac et Jacob. Ne regarde point à l’opiniâtreté de ce peuple, à sa méchanceté et à son péché,
28 If you do not do that, [and if you get rid of them], the people of Egypt will [hear about it and] say that you were not able to bring them into the land that you promised to give to them. They will say that you took them into the desert only to kill them there because you hated them.
de peur que le pays d’où tu nous as fait sortir ne dise: C’est parce que l’Éternel n’avait pas le pouvoir de les mener dans le pays qu’il leur avait promis, et c’est parce qu’il les haïssait, qu’il les a fait sortir pour les faire mourir dans le désert.
29 [Do not forget that] they are your people. [You chose them to] belong to you. You brought them out [from Egypt] by your very great power [DOU, MTY].’”
Ils sont pourtant ton peuple et ton héritage, que tu as fait sortir d’Égypte par ta grande puissance et par ton bras étendu.
