Ezra 10
1 While I was kneeling down in front of the temple and praying and crying, I was confessing [the sins that the Israeli people had committed]. Many people, men and women and children, gathered around me and also cried very much.
Or, comme Esdras priait et faisait cette confession, pleurant et prosterné devant la maison de Dieu, une fort grande multitude d'Israélites, hommes, femmes et enfants, s'assembla vers lui; et ce peuple répandit des larmes en abondance.
2 Then Shecaniah, the son of Jehiel from the clan of Elam, said this to me: “We have disobeyed God. [Some of] us have married women who are not Israelis. But we can still confidently expect [Yahweh to be merciful to] us Israeli people.
Alors Shécania, fils de Jéhiel, des enfants d'Élam, prit la parole, et dit à Esdras: Nous avons péché contre notre Dieu, en prenant des femmes étrangères d'entre les peuples de ce pays. Mais maintenant il est encore à cet égard quelque espérance pour Israël.
3 We will do what you, and the others who have an awesome respect for what our God has commanded, tell us to do. We will do what God told us in his laws. We will make an agreement with our God, saying that we will divorce our wives who are not Israelis, and we will send them away with their children.
Engageons-nous maintenant, par alliance avec notre Dieu, à renvoyer toutes ces femmes et tout ce qui est né d'elles, selon le conseil de mon seigneur et de ceux qui tremblent au commandement de notre Dieu; et que l'on fasse selon la loi.
4 (It is your responsibility to/Because you are our leader, you must) [tell us what to do]. So get up, and be courageous, and do [what is necessary]. We will (support you/tell people to do what you say).”
Lève-toi; car cette affaire te regarde, et nous serons avec toi. Prends donc courage, et agis.
5 So I stood up and demanded that the leaders of the priests, the [other] descendants of Levi, and all [the other] Israeli people solemnly declare that they would do what Shecaniah said that they should do. So they all solemnly promised to do that.
Alors Esdras se leva, et il fit jurer aux chefs des sacrificateurs, des Lévites et de tout Israël, qu'ils feraient selon cette parole; et ils le jurèrent.
6 Then I went away from the front of the temple and went to the room where Jehohanan lived. I stayed there that night, but I did not eat or drink anything. I was still sad because some of the Israelis who had returned [from Babylonia] had not faithfully obeyed [God’s laws].
Puis Esdras se leva de devant la maison de Dieu, et s'en alla dans la chambre de Jochanan, fils d'Éliashib, et y entra; et il ne mangea point de pain et ne but point d'eau, parce qu'il était en deuil à cause du péché de ceux de la captivité.
7 Then we sent a message to all [the people in] Jerusalem and [in other towns in] Judah, saying that all those who had returned [from Babylonia] should come to Jerusalem immediately.
Alors on publia, en Juda et à Jérusalem, que tous les enfants de la captivité eussent à s'assembler à Jérusalem.
8 We said that if any of them did not arrive within three days, the leaders of the people would order that all the property of those people would be taken from them, and that they would no longer be considered to belong to the Israeli people; [they would be considered to be foreigners].
Et que si quelqu'un ne s'y rendait pas dans trois jours, selon l'avis des principaux et des anciens, tout son bien serait mis en interdit, et qu'il serait séparé de l'assemblée de ceux de la captivité.
9 So within three days, on December 19, all the people of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin gathered in Jerusalem. They were there, sitting in the courtyard in front of the temple. They were trembling because it was raining hard and because they were worried [that they would be punished for what they had done].
Ainsi tous ceux de Juda et de Benjamin s'assemblèrent à Jérusalem dans les trois jours; ce fut au neuvième mois, le vingtième jour du mois; et tout le peuple se tint sur la place de la maison de Dieu, tremblant au sujet de cette affaire, et à cause des pluies.
10 Then I stood up and said to them, “[Some of] you men have committed a very bad sin. You have married women who are not Israelis. By doing that, you have made us Israeli people more guilty [than we were before].
Puis Esdras, le sacrificateur, se leva et leur dit: Vous avez péché, en prenant chez vous des femmes étrangères, et vous avez ainsi rendu Israël plus coupable.
11 So now you must confess to Yahweh, the God whom your ancestors [worshiped/belonged to], the sin which you have committed, and you must do what he wants. Separate yourselves from the people of other nations and from the women from those nations whom you have married.”
Mais maintenant, faites la confession de votre faute à l'Éternel, le Dieu de vos pères, et faites sa volonté. Séparez-vous des peuples du pays et des femmes étrangères.
12 The whole group answered, shouting loudly, “Yes, what you have said is right! We will do what you have said.”
Et toute l'assemblée répondit, et dit à haute voix: Oui, il faut que nous fassions comme tu dis.
13 But then [one of] them said, “But we are a very large group, and it is raining hard. Also, there are many of us who have committed this bad sin. This is something that we cannot (take care of/handle) in one or two days, and we cannot stand here in this rain.
Mais le peuple est nombreux, et c'est le temps des pluies, et il n'y a pas moyen de se tenir dehors; et ce n'est pas une affaire d'un jour, ni de deux; car nous sommes un grand nombre qui avons péché dans cette affaire.
14 So allow our leaders to decide for all of us what we should do. Tell everyone who has married a woman who is not Israeli to come at a time that you decide. They should come with the elders and judges from each city. If we do that, our God will stop being angry with us [because of what we have done].”
Que nos chefs de toute l'assemblée demeurent donc; et que tous ceux qui dans nos villes ont introduit chez eux des femmes étrangères, viennent à des époques déterminées, avec les anciens et les juges de chaque ville, jusqu'à ce que l'ardeur de la colère de notre Dieu au sujet de cette affaire, se soit détournée de nous.
15 Jonathan the son of Asahel, Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah, Meshullam, and Shabbethai, a descendant of Levi, were the only ones who objected to this.
Il n'y eut que Jonathan, fils d'Asaël, et Jachzia, fils de Thikva, qui s'opposèrent à cela; et Méshullam et Shabbéthaï, le Lévite, les appuyèrent.
16 All the others who had returned from Babylonia said that they would do it. So I chose leaders of each of the clans, and I wrote down their names. On December 29, these men came and sat down to investigate the matter.
Mais les enfants de la captivité firent ainsi: On choisit Esdras, le sacrificateur, et les chefs des pères, selon les maisons de leurs pères, tous désignés par leurs noms. Ils siégèrent au premier jour du dixième mois, pour s'informer de cette affaire.
17 By March 27 of the next year they finished determining which men had married women who were not Israelis.
Et le premier jour du premier mois, ils eurent fini avec tous ceux qui avaient pris chez eux des femmes étrangères.
18 This is a list of the names of the priests who had married non-Israeli women, and the clans to which they belonged. From the clan of Jeshua and his brothers, who were sons of Jehozadak, there were Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.
Parmi les fils des sacrificateurs, il s'en trouva qui avaient pris chez eux des femmes étrangères; d'entre les enfants de Jéshua, fils de Jotsadak, et d'entre ses frères: Maaséja, Éliézer, Jarib et Guédalia;
19 They solemnly promised to divorce their wives, and they each sacrificed a ram to be an offering [to atone] for their sins.
Qui promirent de renvoyer leurs femmes, et d'offrir, comme coupables, un bélier pour leur péché.
20 From the clan of Immer there were Hanani and Zebadiah.
Des enfants d'Immer: Hanani et Zébadia.
21 From the clan of Harim there were Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.
Des enfants de Harim: Maaséja, Élie, Shémaja, Jéhiel et Uzzia.
22 From the clan of Pashhur there were Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
Des enfants de Pashur: Eljoénaï, Maaséja, Ismaël, Nathanaël, Jozabad et Éléasa.
23 The [other] descendants of Levi [who had married non-Israeli women] were Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (whose other name was Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
Des Lévites: Jozabad, Shimeï, Kélaja (c'est Kélita), Péthachia, Juda et Éliézer.
24 There was Eliashib the musician. From the temple guards there were Shallum, Telem, and Uri.
Des chantres: Éliashib; et des portiers: Shallum, Télem et Uri.
25 This is a list of the names of the other Israelis who had married foreign wives: From the clan of Parosh there were Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Hashabiah, and Benaiah.
De ceux d'Israël, des enfants de Parosh: Ramia, Jizzia, Malkija, Mijamin, Éléazar, Malkija et Bénaja.
26 From the clan of Elam there were Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.
Des enfants d'Élam: Matthania, Zacharie, Jéhiel, Abdi, Jérémoth et Élie.
27 From the clan of Zattu there were Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza.
Des enfants de Zatthu: Eljoénaï, Éliashib, Matthania, Jérémoth, Zabad et Aziza.
28 From the clan of Bebai there were Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
Des enfants de Bébaï: Jochanan, Hanania, Zabbaï et Athlaï.
29 From the clan of Bani there were Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth.
Des enfants de Bani: Méshullam, Malluc, Adaja, Jashud, Shéal et Ramoth.
30 From the clan of Pahath-Moab there were Adna, Kelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.
Des enfants de Pachath-Moab: Adna, Kélal, Bénaja, Maaséja, Matthania, Bethsaléel, Binnuï et Manassé.
31 From the clan of Harim there were Eliezer, Ishijah, Malkijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
Des enfants de Harim: Éliézer, Jishija, Malkija, Shémaja, Siméon,
32 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
Benjamin, Malluc et Shémaria.
33 From the clan of Hashum there were Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
Des enfants de Hashum: Mathnaï, Matthattha, Zabad, Éliphélet, Jérémaï, Manassé et Shimeï.
34 From the clan of Bigvai there were Maadai, Amram, Uel,
Des enfants de Bani: Maadaï, Amram, Uël,
35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Keluhi,
Bénaja, Bédia, Kéluhu,
36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
Vania, Mérémoth, Éliashib,
37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu.
Matthania, Matthénaï, Jaasaï,
38 From the clan of Binnui there were Shimei,
Bani, Binnuï, Shimeï,
39 Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,
Shélémia, Nathan, Adaja,
40 Macnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
Macnadbaï, Shashaï, Sharaï,
41 Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah,
Azaréel, Shélémia, Shémaria,
42 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
Shallum, Amaria et Joseph.
43 From the clan of Nebo there were Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.
Des enfants de Nébo: Jéiel, Matthithia, Zabad, Zébina, Jaddaï, Joël et Bénaja.
44 Each of those men had married a woman who was not an Israeli. [But immediately] they divorced those women and sent them and their children away.
Tous ceux-là avaient pris des femmes étrangères; et il y en avait d'entre eux qui avaient eu des enfants de ces femmes-là.
