Ezekiel 18
1 Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
La parole de l’Eternel me fut adressée en ces termes:
2 “You people quote [RHQ] this proverb [and say that it is] about Israel: ‘Parents/People eat sour grapes, but it is their children who have a very sour taste in their mouths', [which means that you think that it is not fair for you to be punished for your ancestors’ sins].
"Qu’avez-vous à colporter le dicton suivant, sur la terre d’Israël: "Les pères ont mangé du verjus et les dents des enfants en sont agacées"?
3 But [I], Yahweh the Lord, declare that [as surely] as I am alive, you Israeli people will no longer quote that proverb.
Par ma vie, dit le Seigneur Dieu, vous ne devrez plus citer ce dicton en Israël!
4 Everyone [who is alive] belongs to me. That includes children and their parents; they all belong to me. And it is those who sin who will [because of their sins].
Oui, toutes les âmes sont à moi; l’âme du père comme l’âme du fils, elles sont à moi: l’âme pécheresse seule mourra.
5 [So, ] suppose there is a righteous person [always] does what is fair and right [DOU].
Un homme qui se montre vertueux, qui pratique la justice et la vertu,
6 He does not [meat sacrificed to idols] on the hilltops, he does not request help from idols. He does not have sex with someone else’s wife or have sex with a woman during her monthly menstrual period.
qui ne mange pas sur les montagnes, et ne lève pas les yeux vers les idoles de la maison d’Israël, qui ne déshonore pas la femme de son prochain et ne s’approche pas d’une femme impure
7 He does not mistreat/oppress people; if [borrows money from him and gives him his cloak to guarantee that he will pay the money back], he always gives the cloak back to that [before the sun goes down]. He does not rob people. He gives food to hungry people. He gives clothing to people who need clothes.
qui ne fraude personne, qui restitue le gage de la dette, qui ne commet pas de vol, qui donne son pain à l’affamé et qui couvre d’un vêtement celui qui est nu,
8 When he lends money to people, he does not [do it just to] charge big interest. He does not do [SYN] things that are evil. He [always] decides things fairly.
qui ne prête pas à usure et n’accepte pas de surcroît, qui écarte sa main de l’iniquité et exerce une justice loyale entre les hommes,
9 He faithfully obeys all [DOU] my laws. That man is truly righteous; he will remain alive. [That is what I, ] Yahweh the Lord, promise.
qui marche selon mes statuts et qui observe mes commandements pour agir avec loyauté, celui-là est un juste, il vivra à coup sûr, dit le Seigneur Dieu.
10 But suppose that man has a son who acts violently, who murders people and does any of these other things, even though his father has not done any of them:
Que (s’il engendre un fils violent, sanguinaire, et qui fasse à son frère une de ces choses,
11 He [meat sacrificed to idols] on the hilltops. He has sex with other people’s wives.
tandis que lui (son père) n’a rien fait de tout cela; un fils qui mange sur les montagnes et déshonore la femme de son prochain,
12 He mistreats/oppresses poor and needy people. He robs people. If someone gives him his cloak to [that he will pay the money back], he never gives the cloak back to [before the sun goes down]. He seeks help from idols. He does [other] detestable things.
qui exploite le pauvre et le nécessiteux, commet des vols, ne restitue pas le gage, et lève les yeux vers les idoles, fait des abominations,
13 When he lends money, he [very big] interest. If you think that such a person [be allowed to] remain alive [RHQ], you are certainly wrong. Because he has done those detestable things, he will surely be executed, and it will be his own fault [IDM].
prête à intérêt et accepte le surcroit, il vivrait? II ne vivra pas, il a commis toutes ces infamies, il faut qu’il meure, son sang sera sur lui.
14 But suppose that man has a son who sees all the sins that his father commits, but he does not do those things:
Mais s’il a engendré un fils, lequel a vu tous les péchés que son père a commis; il les a vus et n’agit pas de même.
15 He does not [meat sacrificed to idols] on the hilltops. He does not request help from idols. He does not have sex with other people’s wives.
Il n’a pas mangé sur les montagnes, ni levé les yeux vers les idoles de la maison d’Israël, il n’a pas déshonoré la femme de son prochain.
16 He does not mistreat/oppress people. If he lends money to someone, he does not require that person to give him his cloak to guarantee that he will pay the money back. He does not rob anyone. He gives food to those who need it. He gives clothes to those who need clothes.
Il n’a exploité personne, n’a pas retenu de gage, ni commis de vol, il a donné son pain à l’affamé et couvert d’un vêtement qui était nu.
17 He does not commit sins, [like his father did], and does not charge big interest [DOU] when he lends money. He faithfully obeys [all] [DOU] my laws. That person will not be executed for his father’s sins; he will surely remain alive.
Il a retenu sa main du pauvre, il n’a pas pris d’intérêt ni de surcroît, il a observé mes préceptes et suivi mes lois, lui, il ne mourra pas pour la faute de son père, mais il vivra.
18 But his father will be executed for the sins that he committed, because he cheated people and robbed people and did [other] things that are evil.
Quant à son père, qui a exercé des actes d’oppression, qui a volé son frère, et n’a pas bien agi au milieu de son peuple, voici qu’il meurt pour sa faute.
19 [If] you ask, ‘Why should the [man’s] son not (suffer/be punished) for the evil things that his father did?’, [I will answer that] the son has done what is fair and right [DOU] and has obeyed all my laws, so he will surely remain alive.
Et vous dites: Pourquoi le fils n’a-t-il pas supporté la faute du père? C’Est que le fils a pratiqué la justice et la vertu, il a observé toutes mes lois et les a pratiquées: il vivra.
20 It is those who sin who will [because of their sins]. People will not be punished for the sins of their parents, or for the sins of their children. Good/Righteous people will be rewarded for their being good/righteous, and evil people will be punished for [doing] evil.
C’Est la personne qui pèche qui mourra: le fils ne portera pas la faute du père, ni le père la faute du fils; la justice du juste est imputable au juste, la méchanceté du méchant au méchant.
21 But if a wicked person (turns away from/quits) doing all the evil things that he did previously, and if he starts to obey faithfully all my laws, and does what is fair and right [DOU], he will surely remain alive; he will not be executed.
Mais si le méchant revient de toutes les fautes qu’il a commises, qu’il observe toutes mes lois, qu’il pratique le droit et la vertu, il vivra et ne mourra pas.
22 He will not be punished for the sins he committed [previously]. Because of the good/righteous things that he has done [since that time], he [be allowed to] remain alive.
Aucun des péchés qu’il a commis ne lui sera compté; grâce à la justice qu’il a pratiquée, il vivra.
23 [I], Yahweh the Lord, declare that I certainly am not [RHQ] happy about wicked people dying. Instead, I am happy when they turn away from their wicked behavior, [because of that, they] remain alive.
Est-ce que je souhaite la mort du méchant, dit le Seigneur Dieu, ne préféré-je pas qu’il revienne de sa conduite et qu’il vive?
24 But if a righteous person stops doing righteous things and [starts to] commit sins and does the same detestable things that wicked people do, he will certainly not [RHQ] [be allowed to] remain alive. I will not think about the righteous things that he did previously. Because he did not [do what pleases me], and because of [all] the sins that he has committed, he will be executed.
Et si le juste renonce à sa vertu et commet l’iniquité, et s’il fait des abominations pareilles à celles qu’a faites le méchant, vivra-t-il? On ne lui tiendra compte d’aucune des vertus qu’il a pratiquées; pour l’infidélité qu’il a commise et les péchés qu’il a fait, il mourra.
25 But you say, ‘Yahweh does not act fairly!’ You Israeli people, listen to what I say: It is certainly not [RHQ] what I do that is unfair, it is what you continually do that is not fair/right!
Et vous dites: La voie de l’Eternel n’est pas régulière! Ecoutez donc, maison d’Israël, est-ce ma voie qui n’est pas régulière? Ne sont-ce pas vos voies qui ne sont pas régulières?
26 If a righteous person (turns away from/quits) doing what is righteous and commits sins, he will [for committing those sins].
Si le juste renonce à sa vertu et fait le mal, il en mourra; pour la faute qu’il a commise, il mourra.
27 But if a wicked person turns away from doing wicked things and does what is just and right [DOU], he will save [from being executed/punished].
Et si le méchant revient de sa méchanceté et qu’il pratique le droit et la vertu, il sauvera sa vie.
28 Because he has thought about all the evil things that he did and has turned away from doing them, he will [be allowed to] live. He will not be executed [for having done evil things].
Qu’il voie et revienne de tous les péchés qu’il a commis: il vivra et ne mourra pas.
29 But [you] Israeli people [MTY] say, ‘Yahweh does not act fairly.’ You people of Israel, my behavior is certainly not [RHQ] unfair! It is your behavior that is not right.
La maison d’Israël dit: "La voie de l’Eternel n’est pas régulière!" Sont-ce mes voies qui ne sont pas régulières, maison d’Israël, ne sont-ce pas les vôtres?
30 Therefore, you Israeli people [MTY], I, Yahweh the Lord, will judge each of you according to what you have done. Repent! Turn [away] from all your wicked behavior! Then you will not be destroyed [PRS] because of your sins.
C’Est pourquoi je vous jugerai chacun selon ses oeuvres, maison d’Israël, dit le Seigneur Dieu; revenez, détachez-vous de tous vos péchés, pour qu’il n’y ait plus pour vous d’occasion de faute.
31 Get rid of all your wicked behavior, and get a new way of thinking [IDM, DOU]. You Israeli people [MTY], (do you really want to be executed for your sins?/you act as though you want to be executed [for your sins]) [RHQ].
Rejetez loin de vous tous les péchés que vous avez commis, faites-vous un coeur nouveau et une âme nouvelle, et pourquoi mourriez-vous, maison d’Israël?
32 [I], Yahweh the Lord, declare that I am not pleased about your dying. So repent, and remain alive!”
Car je ne désire pas la mort de qui meurt, dit le Seigneur Dieu, revenez et vivez!
