Numbers 25
1 While the Israelis were camped at a place called Acacia [Grove], some of the men caused themselves to become unacceptable to God by having sex with some of the women of the Moab [people-group who lived in that area].
Pendant qu’Israël demeurait à Settim, le peuple commença à se livrer à la débauche avec les filles de Moab.
2 Then those women invited the men to come when the sacrifices were being offered to their gods. The Israeli men [accepted]. They went to the feasts with the women and worshiped the gods of the Moab people-group.
Elles invitèrent le peuple au sacrifice de leurs dieux. Et le peuple mangea et se prosterna devant leurs dieux.
3 By doing that, those Israeli people joined the women in worshiping the god Baal [add] the Moab people-group thought lived on Peor Mountain. That caused Yahweh to become very angry with his people.
Israël s’attacha à Béelphégor, et la colère de Yahweh s’enflamma contre Israël.
4 Yahweh said this to Moses/me: “Seize all the leaders of those men who are doing this and execute them while I am watching. Do that in the daytime. After you do that, I will no longer be angry with the Israeli people.”
Yahweh dit à Moïse: « Assemble tous les chefs du peuple, et pends les coupables devant Yahweh, à la face du soleil, afin que le feu de la colère de Yahweh se détourne d’Israël. »
5 So Moses/I said to the other Israeli leaders, “Each of you must execute your men who have joined [others] in worshiping Baal.”
Et Moïse dit aux juges d’Israël: « Que chacun de vous mette à mort ceux de ses gens qui se sont attachés à Béelphégor. »
6 [But later], while Moses/I and many [HYP] other people were crying at the entrance of the Sacred Tent, while they/we were watching, one of the Israeli men brought a woman from the Midian people-group into his tent [and started to have sex with her].
Et voici qu’un homme des enfants d’Israël vint et amena vers ses frères une Madianite, sous les yeux de Moïse et sous les yeux de toute l’assemblée des enfants d’Israël, qui pleuraient à l’entrée de la tente de réunion.
7 When Phinehas, who was the grandson of Aaron, saw that, he grabbed a spear
A cette vue, Phinées, fils d’Eléazar, fils d’Aaron, le prêtre, se leva du milieu de l’assemblée; il prit une lance dans sa main,
8 and rushed into the man’s tent. He thrust the spear completely through the man’s body and into the woman’s belly [and killed both of them]. When he did that, the (plague/serious illness) [that had started to strike the Israelis] stopped.
suivit l’homme d’Israël dans l’arrière-tente, et les perça tous deux, l’homme d’Israël et la femme, par le ventre. Alors la plaie s’arrêta parmi les enfants d’Israël.
9 But 24,000 people had already died [from that plague].
Il y en eut vingt-quatre mille qui moururent de la plaie.
10 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Yahweh parla à Moïse, en disant:
11 “Phinehas has caused me to stop being angry with the Israeli people, by being as eager as I am [to stop this sinful behavior]. I was ready to get rid of all the Israeli people because I was extremely angry, but Phinehas has prevented me from doing that.
« Phinées, fils d’Eléazar, fils d’Aaron, le prêtre, a détourné ma fureur de dessus les enfants d’Israël, parce qu’il a été animé de ma jalousie au milieu d’eux; et je n’ai point, dans ma jalousie, consumé les enfants d’Israël.
12 Now tell him that I am making a special peace agreement with him.
C’est pourquoi dis: Je lui accorde mon alliance de paix:
13 In this agreement, I am promising to give to him and to his descendants the right/authority to be priests. I am doing this because [he showed that] he was very eager to honor me, his God, by stopping this sinful behavior. He has caused the Israeli people to become acceptable to me again by causing them to be forgiven for their sin.”
ce sera, pour lui et pour sa postérité après lui, l’alliance d’un sacerdoce perpétuel, parce qu’il a été jaloux pour son Dieu, et qu’il a fait l’expiation pour les enfants d’Israël. »
14 The Israeli man who was killed with the woman of the Moab people-group was named Zimri. He was the son of Salu, who was the leader of a family from the tribe of Simeon.
L’homme d’Israël qui fut tué avec la Madianite s’appelait Zamri, fils de Salu; il était prince d’une maison patriarcale des Siméonites.
15 The woman’s name was Cozbi. She was the daughter of Zur, who was the leader of one of the clans of the Midian people-group.
La femme Madianite qui fut tuée s’appelait Cozbi, fille de Sur, chef de tribu, de maison patriarcale en Madian.
16 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Yahweh parla à Moïse, en disant:
17 “[Take your men and] attack the Midian people-group and kill them.
« Traitez les Madianites en ennemis, et tuez-les;
18 They have become your enemies, because they tricked you Israeli people and induced/persuaded many of you to worship Baal, and because [one of your men had sex with] Cozbi, who was the daughter of a leader of the Midian people-group. She was killed at the time the plague [started because the people sinned] at Peor [Mountain].”
car ils ont agi en ennemis à votre égard, en vous séduisant par leurs ruses, au moyen de Phogor, au moyen de Cozbi, fille d’un chef de Madian, leur sœur, qui fut tuée le jour de la plaie survenue à l’occasion de Phogor. »
