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.
Josué rassembla toutes les tribus d'Israël en Silo; il convoqua leurs anciens, leurs scribes, leurs juges, et il les plaça 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: Voici ce que dit le Seigneur Dieu d'Israël: Nos pères, dans les premiers temps, et Tharé, père de Nachor, ont demeuré au delà du fleuve, et ils ont servi des dieux étrangers.
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 j'ai pris votre père Abraham, au delà du fleuve, je l'ai amené en cette terre; j'ai multiplié sa race, je lui ai donne Isaac, et à Isaac, j'ai
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.
Donné Jacob et Esau; j'ai donné à Esau pour héritage la montagne de Seir. Or, Jacob et ses fils sont descendus en Egypte, et ils sont devenus en ce pays une nation grande, nombreuse et puissante. Les Egyptiens les ont opprimés.
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.
Mais, j'ai frappé l'Egypte avec les miracles que j'ai faits au milieu d'elle;
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.
Et après cela, Dieu a fait sortir vos pères de l'Egypte; vous êtes entrés dans la mer Rouge; les Egyptiens y ont poursuivi vos pères avec des chars et des chevaux.
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 nous avons crié au Seigneur, et il a placé une nuée sombre entre nous et les Egyptiens, et il a ramené sur eux les eaux de la mer, et il les en a couverts. Vos yeux ont vu tout ce que le Seigneur a fait en Egypte, et vous êtes restés bien des jours 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].
Enfin, le Seigneur nous a conduits en la terre des Amorrhéens qui demeuraient sur l'autre rive du Jourdain, et il nous les a livres; vous avez pris possession de leur territoire, et vous les avez exterminés devant votre face.
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.
En ce temps-là, Balac, fils de Sephor, roi de Moab, s'est levé, et il s'est rangé en bataille contre Israël; et il a envoyé chercher Balaam pour qu'il vous maudît.
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 le Seigneur, qui ne voulait point vous perdre, nous a bénis, et il nous a tirés de leurs mains, et il nous les a livrés.
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.
Ensuite, vous avez traversé le Jourdain et vous êtes arrivés à Jéricho; les habitants de Jéricho, l'Amorrhéen, le Chananéen, le Phérézéen, l'Hévéen, le Jébuséen, l'Hétéen et le Gergéséen, vous ont résisté; le Seigneur les a livrés à vos mains.
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].
Il a lancé avant vous des essaims de guêpes, et il a chassé devant vous douze rois des Amorrhéens, non par votre glaive, non par vos flèches;
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.’”
Il vous a donné une terre que vous n'aviez point labourée, et des villes que vous n'aviez point bâties, dont vous avez fait vos demeures. Il vous a donné des vignes et des oliviers que vous n'aviez point plantés, dont vous avez mangé les fruits.
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.
Maintenant donc, craignez le Seigneur; servez-le en toute droiture et justice. Faites disparaître les dieux étrangers qu'ont servis vos pères au delà de l'Euphrate ou en Egypte, et servez le Seigneur.
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!”
Si cependant il ne vous est point agréable de servir le Seigneur, choisissez-vous dès aujourd'hui quelque dieu à servir, soit parmi ceux de vos pères au delà de l'Euphrate, soit parmi ceux des Amorrhéens dont vous habitez la terre. Pour moi et ma maison, nous servirons le Seigneur, parce qu'il est saint.
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 répondant, dit: Dieu nous préserve d'abandonner le Seigneur 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.
Le Seigneur notre Dieu est le seul Dieu. C'est lui qui a fait sortir d'Egypte nous et nos pères, et qui nous a gardés tout le long de la voie que nous avons suivie, et au milieu de toutes les nations que nous avons traversées.
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 le Seigneur a chassé devant notre face l'Amorrhéen et toutes les nations qui habitaient la terre. Nous servirons donc le Seigneur, car il 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 point servir le Seigneur: car c'est un Dieu saint; c'est un Dieu jaloux, et il ne tolèrera point vos péchés ni vos iniquité.
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!”
Dès que vous abandonnerez le Seigneur et que vous servirez d'autres dieux, il fondra sur vous pour vous punir, et il vous accablera de maux au lieu du bien qu'il vous a fait.
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, non; nous servirons le Seigneur.
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 vous-mêmes témoins entre vous que vous avez choisi le service du Seigneur.
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, faites disparaître les dieux étrangers que vous avez parmi vous, et dirigez vos cœurs vers le Seigneur 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 le Seigneur, et nous serons dociles à 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.
Ce jour-là, Josué fit alliance avec le peuple, et il lui donna la loi et le jugement en Silo, devant le tabernacle du Dieu d'Israël.
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 il écrivit toutes ces paroles dans le livre des lois de Dieu; il prit une grande pierre, et il la dressa, sous le térébinthe, devant le Seigneur.
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 au peuple. Voyez cette pierre; elle portera parmi vous témoignage; elle a entendu tout ce qui vient d'être dit ici par le Seigneur; car c'est lui qui vous a parlé aujourd'hui, et cette pierre portera parmi vous témoignage jusqu'aux derniers des jours, lorsque vous viendrez à mentir au Seigneur mon Dieu.
28 Then Joshua sent the people away, and all of them returned to their own areas/homes.
Josué alors congédia le peuple, et chacun se rendit à sa demeure.
29 Some time after that, Nun’s son Joshua, the faithful servant of Yahweh, died. He was 110 years old when he died.
Après ces choses, Josué, fils de Nau, serviteur de Dieu, mourut âgé de cent dix 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.
On l'ensevelit sur les limites de son héritage, en Thamnasarach, dans les montagnes d'Ephraïm, au nord des montagnes de Galaad.
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.
Israël servit donc le Seigneur durant tous les jours de Josué, et durant tous les jours des anciens dont la vie s'était prolongée avec la sienne, et qui avaient vu toutes les œuvres du Seigneur en faveur d'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.
Les fils d'Israël avaient rapporté de l'Egypte les ossements de Joseph, et ils les inhumèrent à Sichem dans le champ que Jacob avait acheté au prix de cent agneaux, des Amorrhéens qui habitaient Sichem, et qu'il avait donné à 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.
Ensuite, Eléazar, fils d'Aaron le grand prêtre, mourut, et il fut enseveli en Gabaar, qu'il avait donnée à Phinées, dans la montagne d'Ephraïm.
