Joshua 24

1 [Many years later], Joshua summoned representatives of all the tribes of Israel. He gathered together the elders, the leaders, the judges, and the other officials at Shechem [city]. He told them to listen to what God wanted to tell them.

Et Josué assembla toutes les tribus d’Israël à Sichem, et il appela les anciens d’Israël, et ses chefs, et ses juges, et ses magistrats; et ils se tinrent devant Dieu.

2 Joshua said to all of them, “This is what Yahweh, the God we Israeli people worship, is saying: ‘Long ago, your ancestors, including Abraham’s father Terah and Abraham’s younger brother Nahor, lived on the east side of the Euphrates River.

Et Josué dit à tout le peuple: Ainsi dit l’Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël: Vos pères, Térakh, père d’Abraham et père de Nakhor, ont habité anciennement au-delà du fleuve, et ils ont servi d’autres dieux;

3 But I took your ancestor Abraham from that land east of the Euphrates River, and I led him as he lived in various places in this land of Canaan, and I enabled him to have many descendants. First, I enabled him to have a son, Isaac.

et je pris votre père Abraham d’au-delà du fleuve, et je le fis aller par tout le pays de Canaan, et je multipliai sa semence: je lui donnai Isaac,

4 When Isaac grew up, I enabled him to have twin sons, Jacob and Esau. I enabled Esau to live in the hilly area in Seir region, but many years later Jacob and his sons and their families went down to live in Egypt.

et je donnai à Isaac Jacob et Ésaü; et je donnai à Ésaü la montagne de Séhir pour la posséder; et Jacob et ses fils descendirent en Égypte;

5 “[Many years later], I sent Moses and his older brother Aaron to help your people, and I caused [the people of] Egypt to suffer very much because of what I did there. Then I enabled your ancestors to leave Egypt.

et j’envoyai Moïse et Aaron, et je frappai l’Égypte de plaies, selon ce que j’ai fait au milieu d’elle; et ensuite je vous en fis sortir.

6 When I brought your ancestors out of Egypt, they came to the Red Sea. The Egyptian army pursued them, some riding in chariots and others on horses, and they also arrived at the Red Sea.

Je fis sortir vos pères de l’Égypte, et vous êtes venus à la mer; et les Égyptiens poursuivirent vos pères avec des chars et des cavaliers jusqu’à la mer Rouge;

7 Then [your ancestors] pleaded with me to help them. So he caused (darkness/a very dark cloud) to come between your ancestors and the Egyptian army, so that the Egyptian army could not see your ancestors. I separated the water in the Red Sea so that your ancestors could cross it, but when the Egyptian army tried to cross in the same way to pursue them, I caused the water to come back and cover them, and the Egyptian soldiers all drowned, as your ancestors watched and were amazed [IDM]. But after that, you lived in the desert for many years.

et ils crièrent à l’Éternel, et il mit une obscurité entre vous et les Égyptiens, et fit venir la mer sur eux, et les couvrit; et vos yeux virent ce que je fis aux Égyptiens; et vous avez habité longtemps dans le désert.

8 “Then I brought your [ancestors] to the area where the groups who were descendants of Amor lived, east of the Jordan River. They fought against you, but I enabled you to defeat them [IDM]. I [enabled you to] destroy them so that you could live in their land [IDM].

Et je vous amenai au pays des Amoréens qui habitaient au-delà du Jourdain; et ils vous firent la guerre; et je les livrai en votre main, et vous avez pris possession de leur pays, et je les détruisis devant vous.

9 Then, Zippor’s son Balak, the King of Moab, (decided that his army would fight against/opposed) the Israelis. He summoned Beor’s son Balaam and asked him to curse you.

Et Balak, fils de Tsippor, roi de Moab, se leva et fit la guerre contre Israël; et il envoya et appela Balaam, fils de Béor, pour vous maudire;

10 But I would not do what Balaam asked, so he (blessed/said that I would do great things for) you four times, and I did not enable the army of Moab to defeat you [IDM].

mais je ne voulus pas écouter Balaam, et il vous bénit expressément; et je vous délivrai de sa main.

11 “Then you all crossed the Jordan River and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho prepared to fight against you, [and the armies of] the descendants of Amor, Periz, Canaan, Heth, Girgash, Hiv, and Jebus [all prepared to do the same thing] but I enabled you to defeat [IDM] them all.

Et vous avez passé le Jourdain, et vous êtes venus à Jéricho; et les hommes de Jéricho, [et] l’Amoréen, et le Phérézien, et le Cananéen, et le Héthien, et le Guirgasien, le Hévien, et le Jébusien, vous firent la guerre, et je les livrai en votre main;

12 I am the one who caused them to panic as you advanced and enabled you to defeat them, as I had enabled you to do earlier to the two kings of the groups who were descendants of Amor. You did not defeat them by using your own bows and arrows and swords; [it was I who defeated them].

et j’envoyai devant vous les frelons qui les chassèrent devant vous, [comme] les deux rois des Amoréens: ce ne fut point par ton épée ni par ton arc.

13 So I gave you a land that you had not tilled/planted, and I gave you cities that you did not build. [Now] you live in those [cities] and you eat the grapes from the grapevines that you did not plant, and you eat olives from trees that you did not plant.’”

Et je vous donnai un pays où tu n’avais pas travaillé et des villes que vous n’aviez point bâties, et vous y habitez; vous mangez [le fruit] des vignes et des oliviers que vous n’avez pas plantés.

14 [Then Joshua said to the people], “[Because of all that] Yahweh [has done for you], revere him, and serve/worship him very faithfully. Throw away the idols that your ancestors worshiped on the east/other side of the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Serve only Yahweh.

Et maintenant, craignez l’Éternel, et servez-le en intégrité et en vérité; et ôtez les dieux que vos pères ont servis de l’autre côté du fleuve et en Égypte, et servez l’Éternel.

15 But if you do not want to serve/worship Yahweh, you should decide today what [gods] you will serve/worship. You should decide whether you will serve/worship the gods that your ancestors who lived on the other/east side of the Euphrates River served, or whether you will serve/worship the gods that the descendants of Amor, who previously lived in the land where you are now living, [serve/worship]. But as for me and my family [MTY], we will serve/worship Yahweh!”

Et s’il est mauvais à vos yeux de servir l’Éternel, choisissez aujourd’hui qui vous voulez servir, soit les dieux que vos pères qui étaient de l’autre côté du fleuve ont servis, soit les dieux de l’Amoréen, dans le pays duquel vous habitez. Mais moi et ma maison, nous servirons l’Éternel.

16 The Israeli people answered, “We will never quit [serving/worshiping] Yahweh! We would never [think of] [IDM] serving/worshiping other gods!

Et le peuple répondit et dit: Loin de nous que nous abandonnions l’Éternel pour servir d’autres dieux!

17 It was our God, Yahweh, who brought our parents and grandparents up out of Egypt. [He rescued them] from that land where they were slaves. As he rescued them, they saw him perform great miracles. He protected them all the time when they were traveling. He protected them from all the people-groups through whose territory they traveled.

Car l’Éternel, notre Dieu, c’est lui qui nous a fait monter, nous et nos pères, du pays d’Égypte, de la maison de servitude, et qui a fait devant nos yeux ces grands signes, et qui nous a gardés dans tout le chemin par lequel nous avons marché, et parmi tous les peuples au milieu desquels nous avons passé.

18 As our forefathers advanced, Yahweh expelled the descendants of Amor and the other people-groups who lived in this land. Yahweh is our God, so [we are saying that] we also will serve/worship him.”

Et l’Éternel a chassé de devant nous tous les peuples, et l’Amoréen qui habitait dans le pays. Aussi nous, nous servirons l’Éternel, car c’est lui qui est notre Dieu.

19 Joshua replied to the people, “[I think that] you are not able to serve/worship Yahweh, because he is a holy God. He will not forgive your sinning and rebelling [against him]. He demands that you serve/worship only him [IDM].

Et Josué dit au peuple: Vous ne pourrez pas servir l’Éternel; car il est un Dieu saint, il est un Dieu jaloux: il ne pardonnera pas votre transgression et vos péchés.

20 He has been good to you [in the past], but if you turn away from him and serve/worship foreign/other gods, he will turn [against you] and he will cause you to experience disasters. He will punish [IDM] you severely!”

Si vous abandonnez l’Éternel, et si vous servez des dieux étrangers, alors il se retournera et vous fera du mal et vous consumera après vous avoir fait du bien.

21 But the people replied to Joshua, “No, [we will not turn away from worshiping/serving Yahweh] We will serve/worship Yahweh!”

Et le peuple dit à Josué: Non, car nous servirons l’Éternel.

22 Then Joshua said, “You yourselves are saying that you have decided to serve/worship Yahweh.” They replied, “Yes, we are saying that.”

Et Josué dit au peuple: Vous êtes témoins contre vous-mêmes que c’est vous qui vous êtes choisi l’Éternel pour le servir. Et ils dirent: [Nous en sommes] témoins.

23 Then Joshua said, “Since [you have decided] that, you must throw away all the other gods/idols that you have among you. You must also promise that you will wholeheartedly give yourselves to Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [serve/worship].”

Et maintenant, ôtez les dieux étrangers qui sont au milieu de vous, et inclinez votre cœur vers l’Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël.

24 The people replied, “We will serve/worship Yahweh, our God, and obey him.”

Et le peuple dit à Josué: Nous servirons l’Éternel, notre Dieu, et nous écouterons sa voix.

25 That day, Joshua established an agreement between the people and Yahweh. He wrote for them all the laws that they were required to obey.

Et Josué fit une alliance avec le peuple en ce jour-là, et lui établit un statut et une ordonnance, à Sichem.

26 He wrote all those laws on a scroll. He called it ‘The laws of God’. Then he [told some men to] set up a large stone there at Shechem, under the [large] oak tree near the place where [they worshiped] Yahweh.

Et Josué écrivit ces paroles dans le livre de la loi de Dieu. Et il prit une grande pierre, et la dressa là sous le chêne qui était auprès du sanctuaire de l’Éternel;

27 He said to all the people, “Look! [It is as though] this stone has heard everything that Yahweh said to you [and that you promised Yahweh]. It will serve as a witness against you if you rebel against your God!”

et Josué dit à tout le peuple: Voici, cette pierre sera témoin contre nous, car elle a entendu toutes les paroles de l’Éternel, qu’il nous a dites; et elle sera témoin contre vous, de peur que vous ne reniiez votre Dieu.

28 Then Joshua sent the people away, and all of them returned to their own areas/homes.

Et Josué renvoya le peuple, chacun à son héritage.

29 Some time after that, Nun’s son Joshua, the faithful servant of Yahweh, died. He was 110 years old when he died.

Et il arriva, après ces choses, que Josué, fils de Nun, serviteur de l’Éternel, mourut, âgé de 110 ans.

30 The Israeli people buried his body on his own property in Timnath-Serah [town] town. It is north of Gaash Mountain in the hilly area of the tribe who were descendants of Ephraim.

Et on l’enterra dans les limites de son héritage, à Thimnath-Sérakh, qui est dans la montagne d’Éphraïm, au nord de la montagne de Gaash.

31 The Israeli people served/worshiped Yahweh as long as Joshua was alive. After Joshua died, they continued serving/worshiping Yahweh while the elders who had experienced everything that Yahweh had done for the Israeli people were still alive.

Et Israël servit l’Éternel tous les jours de Josué, et tous les jours des anciens dont les jours se prolongèrent après Josué et qui avaient connu toute l’œuvre de l’Éternel, qu’il avait faite pour Israël.

32 Joseph’s bones, which the Israeli people had brought with them from Egypt, were also buried at Shechem. The people buried them in the piece of land that Jacob had bought long ago for 100 pieces of silver from Hamor, the father of Shechem. That piece of land was in the area that was given to the people who were descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh, Joseph’s sons.

Et on enterra à Sichem les os de Joseph, que les fils d’Israël avaient transportés d’Égypte, dans la portion de champ que Jacob avait achetée des fils de Hamor, père de Sichem, pour 100 kesitas, et qui devint l’héritage des fils de Joseph.

33 Eleazar, the Supreme Priest, the son of Aaron, also died. They buried his body at Gibeah, in the area that had been given to Eleazar’s son Phinehas, in the hilly area that belonged to the people who were descendants of Ephraim.

Et Éléazar, fils d’Aaron, mourut; et on l’enterra dans le coteau de Phinées, son fils, qui lui avait été donné dans la montagne d’Éphraïm.