Nehemiah 13
1 On that day, when someone read to the people parts of the laws [that God gave] to Moses, they read where it was written that no one from the Ammon people-group or the Moab people-group was ever to be allowed to be with God’s people while they were gathered together [to worship].
Ce jour-là, on lut dans le livre de Moïse, à l'oreille du peuple, et l'on trouva écrit qu'un Ammonite et un Moabite ne devaient pas entrer à jamais dans l'assemblée de Dieu,
2 The reason for that was that the people of Ammon and the people of Moab did not give/sell any food or water to the Israelis [while the Israelis were going through their areas after they left Egypt]. Instead, the people of Ammon and Moab paid money to Balaam in order that he would curse the Israelis. But God commanded Balaam to bless the people, not to curse them.
parce qu'ils n'allaient pas au-devant des enfants d'Israël avec du pain et de l'eau, mais qu'ils engageaient contre eux Balaam pour les maudire; cependant, notre Dieu changea la malédiction en bénédiction.
3 So when the people heard these laws [being read to them], they sent away all the people whose ancestors had come from other countries.
Lorsqu'ils eurent entendu la loi, ils séparèrent d'Israël toute la multitude mélangée.
4 Previously, Eliashib the priest had been appointed to be in charge of the storerooms in the temple. He was a relative of [our enemy] Tobiah.
Avant cela, le prêtre Éliaschib, qui était préposé aux chambres de la maison de notre Dieu, étant allié à Tobija,
5 He allowed Tobiah to use a large room in which they had previously stored the grain offerings and the incense, the equipment that is used in the temple, the offerings [that the people had brought] for the priests, and the tithes of grain and wine and [olive] oil that [God] had commanded the people to bring to the [other] descendants of Levi, and to the temple musicians, and to the temple guards.
avait préparé pour lui une grande salle, où l'on déposait les offrandes, l'encens, les vases, les dîmes du blé, du vin nouveau et de l'huile, qui étaient donnés par ordre aux Lévites, aux chantres et aux portiers, et les offrandes d'ondulations pour les prêtres.
6 While [Tobias was using that room], I was not in Jerusalem, because in the 32nd year that Artaxerxes was the king of Babylonia, I went back there to report to him. After a while I requested the king to allow me to return to Jerusalem, [and he allowed me to go].
Mais en tout cela, je n'étais pas à Jérusalem; car la trente-deuxième année d'Artaxerxès, roi de Babylone, je me rendis auprès du roi; quelques jours après, je demandai congé au roi,
7 When I arrived in Jerusalem, I found out that Eliashib had done an evil thing by allowing Tobiah to use a room in God’s temple.
et j'arrivai à Jérusalem, où je compris le mal qu'Eliashib avait fait à Tobija, en lui préparant une chambre dans les parvis de la maison de Dieu.
8 I became very angry, and I threw out of that room everything that belonged to Tobiah.
Cela m'a beaucoup peiné. C'est pourquoi j'ai jeté hors de la chambre tous les effets personnels de Tobija.
9 Then I commanded [that they perform a ritual] to make the rooms (pure/acceptable to God) again. And I also ordered that all the equipment used in the temple and all the grain offerings and incense should be put in that room again.
Puis j'ai donné des ordres, et on a nettoyé les chambres. J'y apportai les vases de la maison de Dieu, avec les offrandes de repas et l'encens de nouveau.
10 I also found out that the temple musicians and [other] descendants of Levi had left Jerusalem and returned to their fields/farms, because the Israeli people had not been bringing to them the food [that they needed].
Je m'aperçus que les parts des Lévites ne leur avaient pas été données, de sorte que les Lévites et les chantres, qui faisaient le travail, s'étaient enfuis chacun dans son champ.
11 So I rebuked the officials, saying to them, “(Why have you not taken care of the work in the temple?/It is disgraceful that you have not taken care of the work in the temple.)” [RHQ] So I brought the descendants of Levi and the musicians back to the temple, and told them to do their work there again.
Alors je contestai avec les chefs, et je dis: « Pourquoi la maison de Dieu est-elle abandonnée? » Je les rassemblai et les remis à leur place.
12 Then all the people of Judah again started to bring to the temple storerooms their tithes of grain, wine, and [olive] oil.
Alors tout Juda apporta aux trésors la dîme du blé, du vin nouveau et de l'huile.
13 I appointed these men to be in charge of the storerooms: Shelemiah, who was a priest; Zadok, who knew the Jewish laws very well; and Pedaiah, a descendant of Levi. I appointed Hanan, who is the son of Zaccur and grandson of Mattaniah, to assist them. I knew that I could trust these men while they distributed those offerings to their fellow workers.
J'établis comme trésoriers des trésors le sacrificateur Schélémia, le scribe Tsadok, et Pedaja, l'un des Lévites; Hanan, fils de Zaccur, fils de Matthania, était à côté d'eux, car ils étaient considérés comme fidèles, et leur tâche était de distribuer à leurs frères.
14 My God, do not forget all these good things that I have faithfully done for your temple and for the work that is done there!
Souviens-toi de moi, mon Dieu, à propos de ceci, et n'efface pas mes bonnes actions que j'ai faites pour la maison de mon Dieu et pour ses observances.
15 During that time, I saw some people in Judea [who were working] on the Sabbath day. [Some were] pressing grapes [to make wine]. Others were putting grain, [bags of] wine, [baskets of] grapes, figs, and many [HYP] other things, on their donkeys and taking them into Jerusalem. I warned them that they should not sell things to the people of Judea on Sabbath days.
En ce temps-là, j'ai vu en Juda des hommes qui foulaient des pressoirs le jour du sabbat, qui apportaient des gerbes et chargeaient des ânes de vin, de raisins, de figues et de toutes sortes de fardeaux qu'ils apportaient à Jérusalem le jour du sabbat; et j'ai rendu témoignage contre eux le jour où ils vendaient des aliments.
16 I also saw some people from Tyre [city] who were living there in Jerusalem who were bringing fish and other things [into Jerusalem] to sell to the people of Judea on the Sabbath day.
Il y avait là aussi des hommes de Tyr, qui apportaient du poisson et toutes sortes de marchandises, et vendaient le jour du sabbat aux enfants de Juda et à Jérusalem.
17 So I rebuked the Jewish leaders and told them, “This is [RHQ] a very evil thing that you are doing! You are causing the Sabbath days to be unholy.
Alors je contestai avec les nobles de Juda, et je leur dis: « Quelle est cette mauvaise action que vous faites, et qui consiste à profaner le jour du sabbat?
18 Your ancestors did [RHQ] things like that, so God punished them, and as a result, this city was destroyed! And now by causing the Sabbath day to be unholy, you are going to cause God to be angry with us Israeli people [and punish us] more!”
Vos pères n'ont-ils pas fait cela, et notre Dieu n'a-t-il pas fait venir tout ce mal sur nous et sur cette ville? Mais vous attirez encore plus de colère sur Israël en profanant le sabbat. »
19 So I ordered that at (the beginning of every Sabbath day/every Friday evening) they should shut the gates of the city before it became dark. I also ordered that they should not open the gates until (the Sabbath day was ended [the next day]/Saturday evening). Then [each Sabbath day] I put some of my men at the gates, so they would make sure that nothing to sell was brought into the city on that day.
Lorsque les portes de Jérusalem commencèrent à s'obscurcir avant le sabbat, j'ordonnai de fermer les portes et de ne les ouvrir qu'après le sabbat. Je confiai la surveillance des portes à quelques-uns de mes serviteurs, afin qu'aucun fardeau ne soit introduit le jour du sabbat.
20 One or two times merchants [DOU] stayed outside of the city on (Friday night/[the night before the Sabbath day]).
Les marchands et les vendeurs de toutes sortes de marchandises campaient donc une ou deux fois devant Jérusalem.
21 I warned them, “It is useless [RHQ] for you to stay here outside the walls [on Friday night]! If you do this again, I will tell my men to arrest you!” So after that, they did not come on Sabbath days.
Je leur rendis alors témoignage et leur dis: « Pourquoi restez-vous autour de la muraille? Si vous le faites encore, je mettrai la main sur vous. » À partir de ce moment-là, ils ne vinrent plus le jour du sabbat.
22 I also commanded the descendants of Levi to [perform the ritual to] purify themselves and to guard the city gates, to make sure that the Sabbath was kept holy [by not allowing merchants to enter it on Sabbath days]. My God, do not forget this also that I [have done for you]! And because of your faithfully loving me, allow me to continue to live [many more years]!
J'ai ordonné aux Lévites de se purifier et de venir garder les portes, afin de sanctifier le jour du sabbat. Souviens-toi de moi pour cela aussi, mon Dieu, et épargne-moi selon la grandeur de ta bonté.
23 During that time, I also found out that many of the Jewish men had married women from Ashdod [city], and from [the] Ammon and Moab [people-groups].
En ce temps-là, je vis aussi des Juifs qui avaient épousé des femmes d'Asdod, d'Ammon et de Moab;
24 The result was that half of their children spoke the language that people in Ashdod speak or some other language, and they didn’t know how to speak our language.
et leurs enfants parlaient à demi dans la langue d'Asdod, et ne pouvaient parler dans la langue des Juifs, mais selon la langue de chaque peuple.
25 So I rebuked those men, and I [asked God to] curse them, and I beat them and pulled out [some of] their hair. Then I forced them to solemnly promise, knowing that God [MTY] was [listening], that they would never again marry foreigners, and never allow their children to marry foreigners.
Je les disputai, je les maudis, je frappai quelques-uns d'entre eux, j'arrachai leurs cheveux, et je leur fis jurer par Dieu: Vous ne donnerez pas vos filles à leurs fils, et vous ne prendrez pas leurs filles pour vos fils ou pour vous-mêmes.
26 [I said to them], “Solomon, the king of Israel, sinned [RHQ] as a result of [marrying] foreign women. He was greater than any of the kings of other nations. God loved him, and caused him to become the king of all the Israeli people, but his foreign wives caused even him to sin.
Salomon, roi d'Israël, n'a-t-il pas péché par ces choses? Pourtant, parmi les nombreuses nations, il n'y avait pas de roi comme lui, et il était aimé de son Dieu, et Dieu l'a établi roi sur tout Israël. Mais les femmes étrangères l'ont fait pécher, lui aussi.
27 [Do you think that] we should do what you have done, and disobey our God by marrying foreign women [who worship idols]? [RHQ]”
Allons-nous donc vous écouter pour faire tout ce grand mal, pour transgresser notre Dieu en épousant des femmes étrangères? ".
28 One of the sons of Jehoiada, the son of Eliashib the Supreme Priest, had married the daughter of [our enemy] Sanballat, from Beth-Horon [town]. So I forced Jehoiada’s son to leave Jerusalem.
L'un des fils de Jojada, fils d'Eliashib, le grand prêtre, était gendre de Sanballat, le Horonite; c'est pourquoi je l'ai chassé de moi.
29 My God, do not forget that those people [who have married foreign women] have caused it to be a shame/disgrace to be a priest, and have caused people to despise the agreement that you made with the priests and with the [other] descendants of Levi [who help the priests])!
Souviens-toi d'eux, mon Dieu, car ils ont souillé le sacerdoce et l'alliance du sacerdoce et des Lévites.
30 I did all that to make sure that there were no more foreign people among the [Israeli] people [who would encourage them to worship idols]. I also established regulations for the priests and [other] descendants of Levi, in order that they would know what work they should do.
C'est ainsi que je les ai purifiés de tout étranger et que j'ai établi des fonctions pour les prêtres et les lévites, chacun dans son travail;
31 I also arranged for people to bring the firewood [that was needed to burn on the altar, as Moses had declared] that we should [do]. I also arranged for the people to bring the first part of what they harvested [each year]. My God, do not forget [that] I [have done all these things], and bless me [for doing them]!
ainsi que pour l'offrande de bois, aux temps fixés, et pour les prémices. Souviens-toi de moi, mon Dieu, pour le bien.
