Ezekiel 28
1 [Then] Yahweh gave me another message. [He said]:
La parole de l’Eternel me fut adressée en ces termes:
2 “You human, give to the king of Tyre this message from [me], Yahweh the Lord: ‘You have very proudly claimed, “I am a god! I sit on a throne of a god [in a city on an island] in the sea!” You boast that you are a god; but you are only a man, not a god.
"Fils de l’homme, dis au souverain de Tyr: Ainsi parle le Seigneur Dieu: Puisque ton coeur s’est exalté, que tu as dit: "Je suis un Dieu, j’occupe une demeure divine au sein des mers," alors que tu n’es qu’un homme et non un Dieu, et puisque tu t’es attribué un coeur pareil au coeur d’un Dieu,
3 [You think that] you are wiser than Daniel was, [and you think that] you can understand every secret.
en vérité, tu es plus sage que Daniel! Aucun secret ne t’échappe;
4 By being wise and understanding [a lot], you have become [very] rich; you have acquired much gold and silver for your treasuries.
par ton habileté et ton intelligence tu t’es acquis de la richesse, tu as amassé de l’or et de l’argent dans tes trésors;
5 [Yes, it is true that] by trading wisely, you have been enabled to become very rich, and because you are rich, you have become very proud.
par ta grande habileté au commerce, tu as multiplié ta fortune, et ton coeur s’est exalté en raison de ta fortune,
6 Therefore, this is what Yahweh the Lord says: “Because you think that you are as wise as a god,
c’est pourquoi, ainsi parle le Seigneur Dieu: Puisque tu t’es attribué un coeur pareil au coeur d’un Dieu,
7 I will [now] bring a foreign [army] to attack your [country], an army that causes other nations to be terrified. They will pull out their swords to strike you, [you who think that] [IRO] you have marvelous/great wisdom, and they will destroy all your beautiful things.
c’est pourquoi, voici que je vais amener contre toi des étrangers, les plus violents des peuples; ils brandiront l’épée contre ta belle habileté et ils terniront ta splendeur.
8 They will bring you down to your grave; you will die violently like [MET] those who died in the sea.
Ils te feront descendre à la fosse, et tu mourras de mort violente au sein des mers.
9 Then you will certainly not [RHQ] say to those who are killing you, 'I am a god!' [because they will know that] you are not a god; you are only a man.
Oseras-tu dire encore: "Je suis un Dieu", en face de tes meurtriers? Mais tu n’es qu’un homme et non un Dieu entre les mains de ceux qui te blessent à mort.
10 You will die like other people who are unacceptable to me die, killed by foreigners.” [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.’”
Tu mourras de la mort des incirconcis par la main des étrangers, car c’est 'moi qui parle, dit le Seigneur Dieu."
11 Yahweh also gave me this message:
La parole de l’Éternel me fut adressée en ces termes:
12 “You human, sing a sad/funeral song about the king of Tyre. Say to him, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: [“You thought that] [IRO] you were completely perfect, extremely wise and handsome.
"Fils de l’homme, entonne une élégie sur le roi de Tyr; tu lui diras: Ainsi parle le Seigneur Dieu: Tu étais le sceau de la perfection, plein d’habileté et d’une beauté achevée.
13 You [had a wonderful life, as though] you were in my [beautiful] garden in Eden. Your [clothes] were decorated with many [HYP] kinds of very valuable stones— ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, turquoise, and beryl [stones]. Those stones were set/placed in gold [mountings]. They were prepared for you on the day that you were born.
Tu étais dans l’Eden, le jardin de Dieu; toutes les pierres précieuses te couvraient: rubis, topaze et émeraude, tartessienne, onyx et jaspe, saphir, escarboucle et diamant, de l’or également; tu possédais des tambourins et des flûtes bien travaillés; pour toi, ils étaient prêts dès le jour de ta naissance.
14 I appointed [DOU] you to be like [MET] a strong angel to guard the people. [It was as though I put] you on my holy mountain, and you walked among fiery stones.
Tu étais le Keroub d’élection qui protège de ses ailes; je t’avais posté et tu étais sur la montagne sainte de Dieu; au milieu des pierres de feu, tu circulais.
15 You were completely good in all that you did, from the day that you were created/born, until you [started to] do wicked things.
Tu fus irréprochable dans ta conduite depuis le jour où tu fus créé jusqu’à ce que la perversité se rencontrât en toi.
16 [Then] you became busy trading things, and you started to act violently, and you sinned. So I caused you to be disgraced; and the angel who was guarding you forced you to leave my holy mountain, forced you to leave your place among those fiery stones.
Par l’activité de ton trafic, ton enceinte s’est remplie de violence, et tu es devenu coupable; je t’ai donc rejeté de la montagne de Dieu et je t’ai fait disparaître, Keroub protecteur, d’entre les pierres de feu.
17 You were extremely proud because you were very handsome. Because you loved beautiful things, you did things that wise people do not do. [So] I threw you to the ground, and allowed [other] kings who saw you to laugh at you.
Ton coeur s’était exalté à cause de ta beauté, et tu avais ruiné ta sagesse par ton faste; je t’ai donc précipité à terre, devant des rois je t’ai exposé, pour leur être en spectacle.
18 By committing many sins and by trading things dishonestly, you caused your places of worship to become unacceptable to me. So I caused a fire [to burn down your city]. [Your city] was burned completely; the people who were watching it saw that only ashes remained on the ground.
Par l’excès de tes fautes, par l’iniquité de ton trafic, tu as profané tes sanctuaires; aussi ai-je fait surgir du milieu de toi, un feu, qui t’a consumé, et je t’ai réduit en cendres sur la terre, aux yeux de tous ceux qui te regardent.
19 All the people who knew what your [city was like previously] were appalled. Now [your city] has disappeared, and it will not exist any more.”’”
Tous ceux qui te connaissent parmi les nations sont stupéfaits à cause de toi: tu es devenu un néant, ç’en est fini de toi pour toujours."
20 [Then] Yahweh gave me another message. [He said],
La parole de l’Éternel me fut adressée en ces termes:
21 “You human, turn toward Sidon [city], and declare the terrible things that will happen to it.
"Fils de l’homme, tourne ta face vers Sidon et prophétise sur elle.
22 Give [the people of Sidon] this message from [me], Yahweh the Lord: ‘I am your enemy, [you people of] Sidon, and by what I do to you, I will reveal that I am very great/glorious. When I punish you and reveal that I am holy, everyone who is watching that will know that it is I, Yahweh, [who have the power to do what I say that I will do].
Tu diras: Ainsi parle le Seigneur Dieu: Voici que je m’en prends à toi, Sidon, je veux me rendre glorieux au milieu de toi. L’On saura que je suis l’Éternel, quand je lui infligerai des châtiments et que j’y manifesterai ma sainteté.
23 I will send a plague upon you, and I will send [enemies to come and] kill [MTY] you in your streets. They will attack you from every direction, and your people will be slaughtered inside the walls of your city. Then everyone will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].'
J’Enverrai contre elle la peste et l’effusion de sang dans ses rues, les morts joncheront son sol, frappés par le glaive qui l’atteindra de toutes parts, et ils sauront que je suis l’Eternel.
24 No longer will those who live near you people of Israel [hurt you] like [MET] painful briers and sharp thorns [hurt people]. And then the Israeli people will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].”
Et il n’y aura plus pour la maison d’Israël de ronce cuisante ni d’épine douloureuse parmi tous ses voisins d’alentour qui le traitent avec mépris, et on saura que je suis le Seigneur Dieu."
25 And this is [also] what Yahweh the Lord says: “Some day the people of Israel will live in their own land [again], the land that I gave to Jacob, who [also] served me. I will gather them from [distant] countries where I have scattered them. And I will reveal to the nations that I am holy among my people.
Ainsi parle le Seigneur Dieu: "Quand je rassemblerai la maison d’Israël d’entre les peuples chez qui ils ont été dispersés, je me sanctifierai par eux aux yeux des nations, et ils demeureront sur le territoire que j’ai donné à mon serviteur Jacob.
26 My people will live safely in Israel; they will build houses and plant vineyards. And when I punish the nearby nations that despised them, they will know that it is I, Yahweh their God, [who has done it].”
Ils y demeureront en sécurité, ils bâtiront des maisons, planteront des vignes et demeureront en sécurité, parce que je ferai justice de tous leurs contempteurs d’alentour, et ils reconnaîtront que moi, l’Eternel, je suis leur Dieu."
