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.
Cependant, Marie avec Aaron parla contre Moïse, à cause de la femme éthiopienne que Moïse avait épousée, car il avait pris une femme éthiopienne.
Et ils se dirent l'un à l'autre: Est-ce à Moïse seul que le Seigneur a parlé? Ne vous a-t-il pas parlé pareillement? Et le Seigneur 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, Moïse était le plus doux des hommes existant alors 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 le Seigneur dit à Moïse, à Aaron et à Marie: Sortez tous les trois, allez au tabernacle du témoignage. Et ils sortirent tous les trois pour aller au tabernacle du témoignage.
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.
Le Seigneur descendit en une colonne de nuée, et il s'arrêta devant la porte du tabernacle du témoignage. Aaron et Marie furent appelés, et tous les deux s'avancèrent.
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.
Le Seigneur leur dit: Ecoutez ce que je vais dire: Lorsqu'il y aura parmi vous un prophète du Seigneur, je me manifesterai à lui en des visions, et je lui parlerai pendant son sommeil.
7 But that is not the way I speak to my servant Moses. I trust that he will lead my people [well].
Il n'en est pas ainsi de mon serviteur Moïse, qui m'est fidèle entre tous ceux de ma maison.
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!”
A lui je parlerai bouche à bouche clairement, et non en termes obscurs; il a vu la gloire du Seigneur: comment donc n'avez-vous pas crainte de parler contre mon serviteur Moïse?
9 Yahweh was very angry with Miriam and Aaron, and he left.
Et la colère du Seigneur éclata contre eux, et le Seigneur partit.
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 s'éloigna du tabernacle, et aussitôt Marie se trouva couverte d'une lèpre blanche comme neige; Aaron la regarda, et voilà qu'elle était 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: Je le conjure, Seigneur, ne nous fais pas porter la peine de notre péché, car nous avons commis une ignorance, nous avons péché.
12 Do not allow Miriam to be like a baby that is already dead when it is born, whose flesh is already half decayed!”
Que ce mal n'aille pas la rendre semblable à un cadavre, à un avorton qui sort des entrailles de sa mère, et ronger la moitié de ses chairs.
13 So Moses/I cried out to Yahweh, saying, “God, I plead with you to heal her!”
Aussitôt, Moïse invoqua le Seigneur, et il dit: Dieu, je vous en conjure, guérissez-la.
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.”
Le Seigneur répondit à Moïse: Si son père lui eut craché au visage, ne serait-elle pas sept jours dans sa honte? Qu'elle soit donc séparée sept jours hors du camp, ensuite elle y reviendra.
15 So they sent her outside the camp for seven days. (The people/We) did not move [to another location] until she returned.
Marie fut donc séparée sept jours hors du camp, et le peuple ne partit pas qu'elle ne fut purifiée.
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, étant parti d'Aseroth, campa dans le désert de Pharan.
