Numbers 16
1 One day Korah, who was the son of Izhar and a descendant of Levi’s son Kohath, conspired with Dathan and Abiram, who were the sons of Eliab, and On, who was the son of Peleth. Those three men were from the tribe of Reuben.
Or Koré, fils de Jitsehar, fils de Kehath, fils de Lévi, avec Dathan et Abiram, fils d'Éliab, et On, fils de Péleth, fils de Ruben, prirent quelques hommes.
2 Korah and those other three men incited 250 other people who were leaders among the Israeli people to join them in rebelling against Moses/me.
Ils se levèrent devant Moïse, avec une partie des enfants d'Israël, deux cent cinquante chefs de l'assemblée, appelés à l'assemblée, hommes de renom.
3 They came together to criticize Aaron and Moses/me. They said to them/us, “You two are using more [authority] than you should! Yahweh has set apart all of us Israeli people, and he is with/helping all of us. So why do you act as though you are more important than the rest of us people who belong to Yahweh [RHQ]?”
Ils s'assemblèrent contre Moïse et Aaron, et leur dirent: « Vous prenez trop sur vous, car toute l'assemblée est sainte, chacun d'eux, et Yahvé est au milieu d'eux! Pourquoi vous élevez-vous au-dessus de l'assemblée de Yahvé? »
4 When Moses/I heard what they were saying, he/I prostrated himself/myself on the ground.
Lorsque Moïse l'entendit, il tomba sur sa face.
5 Then he/I said to Korah and those [Israeli leaders] who were with Korah, “Tomorrow morning Yahweh will show us whom he has chosen to be his [priest], and who is holy and allowed to come near to him. Yahweh will permit [only] those whom he chooses to come into his presence.
Il dit à Koré et à toute sa troupe: « Demain matin, l'Éternel fera connaître qui est à lui et qui est saint, et il le fera approcher de lui. Il fera approcher de lui celui qu'il choisira.
6 So Korah, tomorrow you and those who are with you must prepare your pans to burn incense.
Fais ceci: que Koré et toute sa troupe prennent des encensoirs,
7 Then you must light a fire in them and burn the incense in the presence of Yahweh. Then we will see which one of us Yahweh has chosen to be his holy servant. It is you men who are descendants of Levi who are trying to use more [authority] than you should!”
y mettent du feu et y déposent de l'encens devant Yahvé demain. L'homme que choisira Yahvé sera saint. Vous êtes allés trop loin, fils de Lévi! »
8 Then Moses/I spoke again to Korah. He/I said, “You men who are descendants of Levi, listen to me!
Moïse dit à Koré: « Écoutez, fils de Lévi!
9 The God of us Israelis has chosen all of you to be close to him in order that you can work for him at his Sacred Tent and serve the people. (Is that unimportant/Does that mean nothing) to you [RHQ]?
Est-ce peu de chose pour vous que le Dieu d'Israël vous ait séparés de l'assemblée d'Israël, pour vous faire approcher de lui, afin que vous fassiez le service de la tente de l'Éternel et que vous vous teniez devant l'assemblée pour la servir?
10 Yahweh has brought you, [Korah], and your fellow descendants of Levi, near to himself. Now are you demanding to become priests also?
Et qu'il vous ait fait approcher, et tous vos frères, les fils de Lévi, avec vous? Cherchez-vous aussi le sacerdoce?
11 It is really Yahweh against whom you and your fellow descendants of Levi are rebelling. Aaron is not the one about whom you are really complaining [RHQ].”
C'est pourquoi vous vous êtes rassemblés, toi et toute ta troupe, contre Yahvé! Qu'est-ce qu'Aaron pour que vous vous plaigniez de lui? »
12 Then Moses/I summoned Dathan and Abiram, but [they refused to come]. They [sent a message] saying, “We will not come to you!
Moïse envoya appeler Dathan et Abiram, les fils d'Eliab, et ils dirent: « Nous ne monterons pas!
13 You brought us out of Egypt, which was a very fertile [IDM] land, in order to cause us to die here in this desert. That was bad. But now you are also trying to boss us [RHQ], and that is worse.
Est-ce peu de chose que tu nous aies fait monter d'un pays où coulent le lait et le miel, pour nous tuer dans le désert, et que tu te fasses aussi prince sur nous?
14 You have not given us a new land to live in, a land that has good fields and vineyards. You are only trying to [RHQ] trick these people. So we will not come to you.”
Tu ne nous as pas fait entrer dans un pays où coulent le lait et le miel, et tu ne nous as pas donné en héritage des champs et des vignes. Veux-tu crever les yeux de ces hommes? Nous ne monterons pas. »
15 Then Moses/I became very angry. He/I said to Yahweh, “Do not accept the grain offerings that they have brought. I have not taken anything from them, not even one donkey, and I have never done anything wrong to them, [so they have no reason to complain about me].”
Moïse se mit dans une grande colère et dit à Yahvé: « Ne respecte pas leur offrande. Je ne leur ai pas pris un seul âne, et je n'ai fait de mal à aucun d'entre eux. »
16 Then Moses/I said to Korah, “You and all those who are with you must come here tomorrow and stand in front of Yahweh. Aaron will also be here.
Moïse dit à Koré: « Toi et toute ta troupe, vous irez demain devant l'Éternel, toi, eux et Aaron.
17 You and all the 250 men who are with you must each take a pan in which to burn incense, and put incense in it, to [burn it to be] an offering to Yahweh. Aaron will do the same thing.”
Chacun prendra son encensoir et y mettra du parfum, et chacun apportera devant l'Éternel son encensoir, deux cent cinquante encensoirs; toi aussi, et Aaron, chacun avec son encensoir. »
18 So [the next day] each of those men got a pan to burn incense. They put in it incense and hot coals to light it, and then they all stood at the entrance of the Sacred Tent with Aaron and Moses/me.
Ils prirent chacun leur encensoir, y mirent du feu, y déposèrent du parfum, et se tinrent à l'entrée de la Tente de la Rencontre avec Moïse et Aaron.
19 Then Korah summoned all the people who supported him and who were against Moses/me, and they also gathered at the entrance of the tent. Then the glory of Yahweh appeared to all of them/us,
Koré rassembla toute la congrégation en face d'eux à l'entrée de la Tente de la Rencontre. La gloire de Yahvé apparut à toute l'assemblée.
20 and Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me,
Yahvé parla à Moïse et à Aaron, et dit:
21 “Get away from all these people, in order that I can get rid of them immediately!”
« Retirez-vous du milieu de cette assemblée, afin que je les consume en un instant. »
22 But Aaron and Moses/I prostrated themselves/ourselves on the ground. We pleaded with Yahweh, saying, “God, you are the one who caused all these people to live [MTY]. Only one of these men has sinned; so, (is it right for you to be angry with all the people?/it is not right for you to be angry with all the people!) [RHQ]”
Ils tombèrent sur leur face, et dirent: « Dieu, le Dieu des esprits de toute chair, si un seul homme pèche, seras-tu irrité contre toute l'assemblée? »
23 Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Yahvé parla à Moïse et dit:
24 “[Okay], but tell all the people to get away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”
« Parle à l'assemblée, et dis: « Ne restez pas autour de la tente de Koré, de Dathan et d'Abiram.
25 So Moses/I stood up and went to the tents of Dathan and Abiram. The Israeli leaders followed him/me.
Moïse se leva et alla vers Dathan et Abiram, et les anciens d'Israël le suivirent.
26 He/I told the people, “Get away from the tents of these wicked men, and do not touch anything that belongs to them! If you touch anything, you will die because of their sins!”
Il parla à l'assemblée en disant: « Sortez, je vous prie, des tentes de ces méchants hommes, et ne touchez à rien de ce qui leur appartient, de peur que vous ne soyez consumés par tous leurs péchés! ».
27 So all the people moved away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram came out of their tents with their wives and children and babies, and stood at the entrances of their tents.
Et ils s'éloignèrent de la tente de Koré, de Dathan et d'Abiram, de tous côtés. Dathan et Abiram sortirent, et se tinrent à l'entrée de leurs tentes, avec leurs femmes, leurs fils et leurs petits enfants.
28 Then Moses/I said, “I was not the one who decided to do all these things that I have done. It was Yahweh who [chose me and] sent me to do them. And now he will prove that to you.
Moïse dit: « Vous saurez ainsi que c'est Yahvé qui m'a envoyé faire toutes ces choses, car elles ne viennent pas de ma propre volonté.
29 If these men die in a normal way, then it will be clear that Yahweh did not choose me.
Si ces hommes meurent de la mort commune à tous les hommes, ou s'ils éprouvent ce que tous les hommes éprouvent, alors Yahvé ne m'a pas envoyé.
30 But if Yahweh does something that has never happened before, if he causes the ground [that is under their feet] to open up and swallow these men [and their families] and all their possessions, and they fall into the opening and are buried while they are still alive, then you will know that these men have insulted Yahweh.” (Sheol h7585)
Mais si Yahvé fait du nouveau, si la terre ouvre sa bouche et les engloutit avec tout ce qui leur appartient, et qu'ils descendent vivants dans le séjour des morts, alors vous comprendrez que ces hommes ont méprisé Yahvé. » (Sheol h7585)
31 As soon as Moses/I said this, the ground split open beneath those men.
Comme il achevait de prononcer toutes ces paroles, le sol qui était sous eux se fendit.
32 It swallowed them and their families and all those who were standing there with Korah and all of their possessions.
La terre ouvrit sa bouche et les engloutit avec leurs familles, tous les hommes de Koré et tous leurs biens.
33 They fell into the opening in the ground while they were still alive, and all their possessions fell into the opening also. They disappeared, and the ground closed back up again. (Sheol h7585)
Ils descendirent vivants dans le séjour des morts, avec tout ce qui leur appartenait. La terre se referma sur eux, et ils périrent du milieu de l'assemblée. (Sheol h7585)
34 They screamed as they fell, and all the people who were standing nearby heard them scream. The people [were terrified and] cried out as they ran away, saying, “[We do not want] the ground to swallow us also!”
Tout Israël qui les entourait s'enfuit à leur cri, car ils disaient: « De peur que la terre ne nous engloutisse ».
35 And then a fire from Yahweh came down [from the sky] and burned up the 250 men who were burning the incense!
Le feu sortit de Yahvé et dévora les deux cent cinquante hommes qui offraient le parfum.
36 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Yahvé parla à Moïse, et dit:
37 “Tell Aaron’s son Eleazar to take the pans that had incense in them away from the fire and to scatter the burning coals. The pans that those men [were carrying] are (holy/dedicated to me) [because they burned incense to me in them].
Parle à Éléazar, fils du sacrificateur Aaron, pour qu'il retire les brasiers de l'ardeur, et qu'il disperse le feu loin du camp, car ils sont saints,
38 Those men have now died because of their sin; so [Eleazar must] take their pans and hammer the metal to make it become very thin. He must make a covering for the altar with that metal. Those pans were used to offer incense to me, so they are (holy/dedicated to me). [What happened to] those pans will now warn the Israeli people.”
même les brasiers de ceux qui ont péché contre leur propre vie. Qu'on en fasse des plaques pour couvrir l'autel, car ils les ont offerts devant Yahvé. C'est pourquoi ils sont saints. Ils seront un signe pour les enfants d'Israël. »
39 So Eleazar the priest collected the 250 pans for burning incense that had been used by the men who died in the fire. He hammered the pans very thin to make a covering for the altar, as Yahweh told Moses/me should be done.
Le sacrificateur Éléazar prit les brasiers d'airain que les brûlés avaient offerts, et il les battit pour couvrir l'autel,
40 That warned the Israeli people that only those who were descendants of Aaron were permitted to burn incense for an offering to Yahweh. If anyone else did that, the same thing that happened to Korah and those who were with him would happen to them.
afin que ce soit un souvenir pour les enfants d'Israël, et qu'aucun étranger qui ne soit pas de la race d'Aaron ne s'approche pour offrir des parfums devant l'Éternel, afin qu'il ne soit pas comme Koré et comme sa troupe, comme l'Éternel le lui a dit par Moïse.
41 But the following morning, all the Israeli people started to complain against Aaron and Moses/me, saying “You have killed many people who belonged to Yahweh!”
Mais le lendemain, toute l'assemblée des enfants d'Israël se plaignit de Moïse et d'Aaron, en disant: « Vous avez tué le peuple de l'Éternel. »
42 When all the people gathered together to protest about what Aaron and Moses/I had done, they looked at the Sacred Tent and saw that the sacred cloud had covered it, and the glory of Yahweh had appeared.
Lorsque l'assemblée s'assembla contre Moïse et contre Aaron, elle regarda vers la tente de la Rencontre. Et voici, la nuée la couvrait, et la gloire de Yahvé apparaissait.
43 Aaron and Moses/I went and stood in front of the Sacred Tent.
Moïse et Aaron arrivèrent devant la tente de la Rencontre.
44 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Yahvé parla à Moïse et lui dit:
45 “Get away from these people, in order that I can get rid of them immediately [without injuring you two]!” But Aaron and Moses/I prostrated themselves/ourselves on the ground [and prayed].
« Retirez-vous du milieu de cette assemblée, afin que je la consume en un instant. » Ils tombèrent sur leur visage.
46 Moses/I said to Aaron, “Quickly take another pan and put in it some burning/hot coals from the altar. Put incense in the pan, and carry it out among the people to atone for the sins of the people. Yahweh is very angry with them, and [I know that] a (severe plague/bad sickness) has already started among them.”
Moïse dit à Aaron: « Prends ton encensoir, mets-y le feu de l'autel, pose-y de l'encens, porte-le rapidement à l'assemblée, et fais l'expiation pour eux, car la colère est sortie de Yahvé. La plaie a commencé. »
47 So Aaron did what Moses/I told him. He took the burning incense out among the people. The plague had already started to strike the people, but Aaron continued to burn the incense so that God would forgive them for the sins they had committed.
Aaron fit ce que Moïse avait dit, et courut au milieu de l'assemblée. La peste avait déjà commencé parmi le peuple. Il mit l'encens et fit l'expiation pour le peuple.
48 He stood between the people who had already died and those who were still alive, and then the plague stopped.
Il se plaça entre les morts et les vivants, et la peste fut arrêtée.
49 But 14,700 people had already died from that plague/sickness, in addition to the people who died with Korah.
Ceux qui moururent de la peste furent quatorze mille sept cents, sans compter ceux qui moururent à cause de l'affaire de Koré.
50 Then after the plague had ended, Aaron and Moses/I returned to the entrance of the Sacred Tent.
Aaron retourna vers Moïse à l'entrée de la tente de la Rencontre, et la peste fut arrêtée.
