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].
Et Israël habitait en Sittim; et le peuple commença à commettre fornication 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.
et elles invitèrent le peuple aux sacrifices 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.
Et Israël s’attacha à Baal-Péor; et la colère de l’Éternel s’embrasa 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.”
Et l’Éternel dit à Moïse: Prends tous les chefs du peuple et fais-les pendre devant l’Éternel, à la face du soleil, afin que l’ardeur de la colère de l’Éternel 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 tue ses hommes qui se sont attachés à Baal-Péor.
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, un homme des fils d’Israël vint, et amena vers ses frères une Madianite, sous les yeux de Moïse et sous les yeux de toute l’assemblée des fils d’Israël qui pleuraient à l’entrée de la tente d’assignation.
7 When Phinehas, who was the grandson of Aaron, saw that, he grabbed a spear
Et Phinées, fils d’Éléazar, fils d’Aaron, le sacrificateur, le vit, et il se leva du milieu de l’assemblée, et prit une pique 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.
et entra après l’homme d’Israël dans l’intérieur de la tente, et les transperça tous deux, l’homme d’Israël, et la femme, par le bas-ventre; et la plaie s’arrêta de dessus les fils d’Israël.
9 But 24,000 people had already died [from that plague].
Et ceux qui moururent de la plaie furent 24 000.
10 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Et l’Éternel parla à Moïse, 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’Éléazar, fils d’Aaron, le sacrificateur, a détourné mon courroux de dessus les fils d’Israël, étant jaloux de ma jalousie au milieu d’eux, de sorte que je ne consume pas les fils d’Israël dans ma jalousie.
12 Now tell him that I am making a special peace agreement with him.
C’est pourquoi dis: Voici, je lui donne 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.”
et ce sera une alliance de sacrificature perpétuelle, pour lui et pour sa semence après lui, parce qu’il a été jaloux pour son Dieu, et a fait propitiation pour les fils 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.
Et le nom de l’homme d’Israël frappé, qui fut frappé avec la Madianite, était Zimri, fils de Salu, prince d’une maison de père 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.
Et le nom de la femme madianite qui fut frappée, était Cozbi, fille de Tsur, chef de peuplade d’une maison de père en Madian.
16 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Et l’Éternel parla à Moïse, disant:
17 “[Take your men and] attack the Midian people-group and kill them.
Serrez de près les Madianites, et frappez-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 eux vous ont serrés de près par leurs ruses, par lesquelles ils vous ont séduits dans l’affaire de Péor, et dans l’affaire de Cozbi, fille d’un prince de Madian, leur sœur, qui a été frappée le jour de la plaie, à cause de l’affaire de Péor.
