Ezekiel 8
1 On the fifth day of the sixth month [of that year], almost six years after we Israeli people had been (exiled/forced to go to Babylon), I was sitting in my house. The elders of Judah were sitting in front of me. Suddenly the power [MTY] of Yahweh the Lord came on me.
En la huitième année, le cinquième mois, le cinquième jour du mois, j'étais assis dans ma maison, et les anciens de Juda étaient assis devant moi. Et sur moi vint la main du Seigneur.
2 [in a vision] I saw someone who resembled a man. Below his waist, [his body] was like fire, and above his waist [his body] was glowing like very hot metal.
Et je regardais, et je vis l'image d'un homme; au-dessus des reins, il était feu; au-dessous des reins, il était comme une vision d'émail.
3 He reached out what seemed to be a hand and grabbed me by the hair of my head. The Spirit lifted me up high above the earth, and in visions God took me [from Babylon] to Jerusalem. He took me [to the temple], to the north gate, to the place where there was an idol that caused Yahweh to be very disgusted and furious.
Et il étendit l'image d'une main, et il me prit par les cheveux, et l'esprit me ravit entre le ciel et la terre, et il me conduisit à Jérusalem, en une vision de Dieu, sur le vestibule de la porte qui regarde l'aquilon, où était la colonne de l'acheteur.
4 And there in front of me was the brilliant light that indicated the presence of the God whom the Israeli [people previously worshiped. It was] like the vision that I had seen alongside the Kebar River/Canal.
Et voilà qu'il y avait la gloire de Dieu, semblable à la vision que j'avais eue dans le champ.
5 Yahweh said to me, “You human, look toward the north!” So I looked, and I saw in the entrance of the gate near the altar that idol that caused Yahweh to be disgusted and furious.
Et le Seigneur me dit: Fils de l'homme, tourne tes yeux du côté de l'aquilon. Et je tournai les yeux du côté de l'aquilon; et voilà que de là je regardai à la porte orientale.
6 He said to me, “You human, do you see what those Israeli people [MTY] are doing? They are doing detestable things here, things that will cause me to abandon my temple. But you will see things that are even more detestable.”
Et le Seigneur me dit: Fils de l'homme, as-tu vu ce qu'ils font? Ils commettent ici de grandes abominations, telles qu'ils me font partir de mon sanctuaire; mais tu verras des iniquités plus grandes encore.
7 Then he brought me to the entrance of the courtyard. I looked and saw a hole in the wall.
Et il me conduisit sur le vestibule du parvis,
8 He said to me, “You human, dig through the wall here.” So I dug through the wall, and I saw a doorway inside.
Et il me dit: Fils de l'homme, creuse; et je creusai; et voilà qu'il y avait une porte.
9 He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked and detestable things that they are doing there!”
Et il me dit: Entre, et vois les iniquités qu'ils commettent ici;
10 So I went in through the doorway and looked, and I saw, all over the [of a big room, drawings of] all kinds of creatures that scurry across the ground and [other] detestable animals, and drawings of all the idols that the people of [were worshiping].
Et j'entrai, et je regardai, et voilà qu'il y avait des vanités, des abominations, et toutes les idoles de la maison d'Israël dessinées sur les murs tout autour.
11 In front of them stood 70 elders of Israel. Jaazaniah, the son of Shaphan, was standing among them. Each of them was holding a pan in which incense was burning, and fragrant smoke of the burning incense was rising up.
Et il y avait soixante-dix hommes des anciens de la maison d'Israël; et au milieu Jéchonias, fils de Saphan, se tenait debout devant eux, et chacun tenait à la main un encensoir, et la fumée de l'encens s'élevait.
12 Yahweh said to me, “You human, look at [RHQ] what the Israeli elders are doing here in the darkness, each of them standing in front of the shrine of his own idol! They are saying, ‘Yahweh does not see us; Yahweh has deserted this country.’”
Et le Seigneur me dit: Tu as vu, fils de l'homme, ce que font les anciens de la maison d'Israël, chacun dans sa chambre la plus secrète, parce qu'ils ont dit: Le Seigneur ne nous voit pas; le Seigneur a délaissé la terre!
13 He also said, “But you will see things that are even more detestable!”
Et il me dit: Tu verras des iniquités encore plus grandes que celles-ci.
14 Then he took me to the entrance at the north gate of the temple. I saw women sitting there, mourning for [the death of the god of the people of Babylonia], Tammuz.
Et il me conduisit sur le vestibule de la porte du temple qui regarde l'aquilon, et voilà qu'il y avait là des femmes assises qui pleuraient Thammuz.
15 He said to me, “You human, you see this [RHQ], but you will see things that are more detestable than this!”
Et le Seigneur me dit: Fils de l'homme, tu as vu et tu verras des choses pires encore que celle-ci.
16 Then he took me into the courtyard outside the temple. There at the entrance of the temple, between the porch and the altar, were about 25 men. Their backs were toward the temple and their faces were toward the east, and they were bowing down to [worship] the sun [as it rose] in the east.
Et il me conduisit dans le parvis intérieur du temple; dans le vestibule du temple, entre le portique et l'autel, il y avait environ vingt hommes tournant le dos au temple et regardant devant eux, et ces hommes adoraient le soleil.
17 He said to me, “You human, you see [RHQ] what they are doing. [Do you think that] it is not important that these men of Judah are doing these detestable things here? [But they are doing other terrible things]. They are acting violently throughout their country, and continually causing me to be angry. Look at them! They are insulting me by their actions [IDM]!
Et il me dit: Tu as vu, fils de l'homme: est-ce peu pour la maison de Juda, de commettre les abominations qu'ils ont commises ici; car ils ont rempli d'iniquités la terre? Et voilà qu'ils sont comme des railleurs.
18 So I will show them that I am very angry. I will not pity them or act mercifully toward them. And even if they shout to me [to help them], I will not pay attention to them.”
Et moi je les traiterai avec colère, et mon œil sera sans pitié, et je serai sans miséricorde.
