Numbers 12
1 [Moses’/My older sister] Miriam and [his/my older brother] Aaron were saying this: “Is Moses the only one to whom Yahweh has spoken messages to tell to us [RHQ]? Does Yahweh not speak messages to us two also?” [They told people that] they were saying that because Moses/I had married a woman who was a descendant of the Cush people-group, [but they were really saying that because they (were jealous/did not want Moses/me to be the only leader of the Israeli people)]. But Yahweh heard what they were saying.
Miryam et Aaron médirent de Moïse, à cause de la femme éthiopienne qu’il avait épousée, car il avait épousé une Ethiopienne,
et ils dirent: "Est-ce que l’Éternel n’a parlé qu’à Moïse, uniquement? Ne nous a-t-il pas parlé, à nous aussi?" L’Éternel les entendit.
3 [The truth was that] Moses/I was very humble. He/I was more humble than anyone else on the earth [and Moses/I had not appointed himself/myself to be their leader].
Or, cet homme, Moïse, était fort humble, plus qu’aucun homme qui fût sur la terre.
4 So immediately Yahweh spoke to Moses/me and to Aaron and Miriam. He said, “All three of you must go and stand at the Sacred Tent.” So they/we did that.
Soudain l’Éternel dit à Moïse, à Aaron et à Miryam: "Rendez-vous tous trois à la tente d’assignation!" Et ils s’y rendirent tous trois.
5 Then Yahweh descended to the entrance of the tent in a cloud [that resembled a huge white] pillar. He told Aaron and Miriam to step forward, so they did.
L’Éternel descendit dans une colonne nébuleuse, s’arrêta à l’entrée de la tente, et appela Aaron et Miryam, qui sortirent tous deux;
6 Then he said to them, “Listen to me! When a prophet is among you, I [usually] reveal myself to him by allowing him to see visions, and I speak to him in dreams.
et il dit: "Ecoutez bien mes paroles. S’Il n’était que votre prophète, moi, Éternel, je me manifesterais à lui par une vision, c’est en songe que je m’entretiendrais avec lui.
7 But that is not the way I speak to my servant Moses. I trust that he will lead my people [well].
Mais non: Moïse est mon serviteur; de toute ma maison c’est le plus dévoué.
8 So I talk to him face-to-face. I speak to him (clearly/using words that he will understand easily), not using parables. He has even seen what I look like. So you should be afraid to criticize my servant Moses!”
Je lui parle face à face, dans une claire apparition et sans énigmes; c’est l’image de Dieu même qu’il contemple. Pourquoi donc n’avez-vous pas craint de parler contre mon serviteur, contre Moïse?"
9 Yahweh was very angry with Miriam and Aaron, and he left.
La colère de l’Éternel éclata ainsi contre eux, et il se retira.
10 When the cloud rose up from the Sacred Tent, Aaron looked at Miriam, and he saw that her skin was [as white] as snow, because she now had leprosy.
La nuée ayant disparu de dessus la tente, Miryam se trouva couverte de lèpre, blanche comme la neige. Aaron se tourna vers Miryam, et la vit lépreuse.
11 Aaron said to Moses/me, “My master, please do not punish us for this sin that we have foolishly committed.
Et Aaron dit à Moïse: "Pitié, mon Seigneur! De grâce, ne nous impute pas à péché notre démence et notre faute!
12 Do not allow Miriam to be like a baby that is already dead when it is born, whose flesh is already half decayed!”
Oh! Qu’elle ne ressemble pas à un mort-né qui, dès sa sortie du sein de sa mère, a une partie de son corps consumée!"
13 So Moses/I cried out to Yahweh, saying, “God, I plead with you to heal her!”
Et Moïse implora l’Éternel en disant: "Seigneur, oh! Guéris-la, de grâce!"
14 But Yahweh replied, “If her father had [rebuked her for doing something wrong by] spitting in her face, she would have been ashamed for seven days. [She should be ashamed because of what she has done]. So send her outside the camp for seven days. Then [she will not have leprosy any more, and] she may return to the camp.”
L’Éternel répondit à Moïse: "Si son père lui eût craché au visage, n’en serait-elle pas mortifiée durant sept jours? Qu’elle soit donc séquestrée sept jours hors du camp, et ensuite elle y sera admise."
15 So they sent her outside the camp for seven days. (The people/We) did not move [to another location] until she returned.
Miryam fut séquestrée hors du camp pendant sept jours; et le peuple ne partit que lorsque Miryam eut été réintégrée.
16 But after [she returned], they/we left Hazeroth and moved [north] in the Paran Desert and set up their/our tents there.
Après cela, le peuple partit de Hacêroth, et ils campèrent dans le désert de Pharan.
