Psalms 78
1 My friends, listen to what I am going to teach you; pay careful attention [IDM] to what I say.
Maskil d'Asaph. Mon peuple, écoute ma Loi, prêtez vos oreilles aux paroles de ma bouche.
2 I am going to give you some sayings that wise people have said. They will be sayings about things that happened long ago, things that were difficult to understand [MET],
J'ouvrirai ma bouche en similitudes: je manifesterai les choses notables du temps d'autrefois.
3 things that we have heard and known previously, things that our parents and grandparents told us.
Lesquelles nous avons ouïes et connues, et que nos pères nous on racontées.
4 We will tell these things to our children [LIT], and we will also tell to our grandchildren [about] Yahweh’s power and the glorious/great things that he has done.
Nous ne les cèlerons point à leurs enfants, [et] ils raconteront à la génération à venir les louanges de l'Eternel, et sa force, et ses merveilles qu'il a faites.
5 He gave laws and commandments to the Israeli people, [those who are the descendants of] Jacob [DOU], and he told our ancestors to teach them to their children
Car il a établi le témoignage en Jacob, et il a mis la Loi en Israël; et il donna charge à nos pères de les faire entendre à leurs enfants.
6 in order that their children would [also] know them and then they would teach them to their children.
Afin que la génération à venir, les enfants, [dis-je], qui naîtraient, les connut, [et] qu'ils se missent en devoir de les raconter à leurs enfants;
7 In that way, they also would trust in God, and not forget the things that he has done; instead, they would obey his commandments.
Et afin qu'ils missent leur confiance en Dieu, et qu'ils n'oubliassent point les exploits du [Dieu] Fort, et qu'ils gardassent ses commandements.
8 They would not be like their ancestors, who were very stubborn and kept rebelling [against God]; they did not continue firmly trusting in God, and they did not worship only him.
Et qu'ils ne fussent point, comme leurs pères, une génération revêche et rebelle, une génération qui n'a point soumis son cœur, et l'esprit de laquelle n'a point été fidèle au [Dieu] Fort.
9 [The soldiers of] the tribe of Ephraim had bows [and arrows] but they ran away [from their enemies] on the day that they fought a battle with their enemies.
Les enfants d'Ephraïm armés entre les archers, ont tourné le dos le jour de la bataille.
10 They did not do what they had agreed with God that they would do; they refused to obey his laws.
Ils n'ont point gardé l'alliance de Dieu, et ont refusé de marcher selon sa Loi.
11 They forgot what he had done; they forgot about the miracles that they had seen him perform.
Et ils ont mis en oubli ses exploits et ses merveilles qu'il leur avait fait voir.
12 While our ancestors were watching, God performed miracles in the area around Zoan [city] in Egypt.
Il a fait des miracles en la présence de leurs pères au pays d'Egypte, au territoire de Tsohan.
13 [Then] he caused the [Red] Sea to divide, causing the water [on each side] to pile up like a wall, with the result that [our ancestors] walked through it [on dry ground].
Il a fendu la mer, et les a fait passer au travers, et il a fait arrêter les eaux comme un monceau [de pierre].
14 He led them by a [bright] cloud during the day and by a fiery light during the night.
Et il les a conduits de jour par la nuée, et toute la nuit par une lumière de feu.
15 He split rocks open in the desert, giving to our ancestors plenty of water from deep inside the earth.
Il a fendu les rochers au désert, et leur a donné abondamment à boire, comme [s'il eût puisé] des abîmes.
16 He caused a stream of water to flow from the rock; the water flowed like a river [DOU].
Il a fait, dis-je, sortir des ruisseaux de la roche, et en a fait découler des eaux comme des rivières.
17 But [our ancestors] continued to sin against God; in the desert they rebelled against the one who is greater than any other god.
Toutefois ils continuèrent à pécher contre lui, irritant le Souverain au désert.
18 By demanding that God give them the food that they desired, they tried to find out if he would always do what they requested him to do.
Et ils tentèrent le [Dieu] Fort dans leurs cœurs, en demandant de la viande qui flattât leur appétit.
19 They insulted God by saying, “We don’t think he can supply food for us [here] in this desert!
Ils parlèrent contre Dieu, disant: le [Dieu] Fort nous pourrait-il dresser une table en ce désert?
20 [It is true that] he struck the rock, with the result that water gushed/flowed out, [but] (can he also provide bread and meat for [us], his people?/we doubt that he can also provide bread and meat for us, his people.)” [RHQ]
Voilà, [dirent-ils], il a frappé le rocher, et les eaux en sont découlées, et il en est sorti des torrents abondamment, mais pourrait-il aussi nous donner du pain? apprêterait-il bien de la viande à son peuple?
21 So, when Yahweh heard that, he became very angry, and he sent a fire to burn up [some of] his Israeli [people]. [MTY, DOU]
C'est pourquoi l'Eternel les ayant ouïs, se mit en grande colère, et le feu s'embrasa contre Jacob, et sa colère s'excita contre Israël.
22 [He did that] because they did not trust in him, and they did not believe that he would rescue them.
Parce qu'ils n'avaient point cru en Dieu, et ne s'étaient point confiés en sa délivrance.
23 But God spoke to the sky above them; he commanded it to open [like] a door,
Bien qu'il eût donné commandement aux nuées d'en haut, et qu'il eût ouvert les portes des cieux;
24 and [then food] fell down like rain, [food which they named] ‘manna’; God gave them grain from (heaven/the sky).
Et qu'il eût fait pleuvoir la manne sur eux afin qu'ils en mangeassent, et qu'il leur eût donné le froment des cieux;
25 [So] the people ate the food that angels eat, [and] God gave to them all the manna that they wanted.
Tellement que chacun mangeait du pain des puissants. Il leur envoya donc de la viande pour s'en rassasier.
26 [Later], he caused the wind to blow from the east, and by his power he also sent wind from the south,
Il excita dans les cieux le vent d'Orient, et il amena par sa force le vent du midi.
27 and the wind brought birds which were as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore.
Et il fit pleuvoir sur eux de la chair comme de la poussière, et des oiseaux volants, en une quantité pareille au sable de la mer.
28 God caused those birds to fall [dead] in the middle of (their camp)/the area where the people had put up their tents. [There were dead birds] all around their tents.
Et il la fit tomber au milieu de leur camp, [et] autour de leurs pavillons.
29 [So] the people [cooked the birds and] ate the meat and their stomachs were full, because God had given them what they wanted.
Et ils en mangèrent, et en furent pleinement rassasiés, car il avait accompli leur souhait.
30 But before they had eaten all that they wanted, and while they were still eating it,
[Mais] ils n'en avaient pas encore perdu l'envie, et leur viande était encore dans leur bouche.
31 God was [still] very angry with them, and he caused their strongest men to die; he got rid of [many of] the finest [young] Israeli men.
Quand la colère de Dieu s'excita contre eux, et qu'il mit à mort les gras d'entre eux, et abattit les gens d'élite d'Israël.
32 In spite of all that, the people continued to sin; in spite of all the miracles that God had performed, they still did not trust that he [would take care of them].
Nonobstant cela, ils péchèrent encore, et n'ajoutèrent point de foi à ses merveilles.
33 So, he caused their lives to end as quickly as a puff of wind ends; they died when disasters suddenly struck them.
C'est pourquoi il consuma soudainement leurs jours, et leurs années promptement.
34 When God caused [some of] them to die, [the others] turned to God; they repented and earnestly asked God [to save them].
Quand il les mettait à mort, alors ils le recherchaient, ils se repentaient, et ils cherchaient le [Dieu] Fort dès le matin.
35 They remembered that God is [like] a huge rock ledge [under which they would be safe] [MET], and that he, who was greater than any other god, is the one who protected/rescued them.
Et ils se souvenaient que Dieu était leur rocher, et que le [Dieu] Fort et Souverain était celui qui les délivrait.
36 But they [tried to] deceive God by what they said [MTY]; their words [MTY] were [all] lies.
Mais ils faisaient beau semblant de leur bouche, et ils lui mentaient de leur langue;
37 They were not loyal to him; they disregarded/ignored the agreement that he had made with them.
Car leur cœur n'était point droit envers lui, et ils ne furent point fidèles en son alliance.
38 But God was merciful to his people. He forgave them for having sinned and did not get rid of them. Many times he refrained from becoming angry [with them] and restrained from furiously/severely [punishing them] [MTY].
Toutefois, comme il est pitoyable, il pardonna leur iniquité, tellement qu'il ne les détruisit point, mais il apaisa souvent sa colère, et n'émut point toute sa fureur.
39 He remembered/considered that they were only humans who die; they [disappear quickly] [SIM], like a wind that blows by and then is gone.
Et il se souvint qu'ils n'étaient que chair, qu'un vent qui passe, et qui ne revient point.
40 Many times our ancestors rebelled against God in the desert and caused him to become very sad.
Combien de fois l'ont-ils irrité au désert, et combien de fois l'ont-ils ennuyé dans ce lieu inhabitable?
41 Many times they did evil things, to find out [if they could do those things without God punishing them]. They frequently caused the holy God of Israel to become disgusted/sad.
Car coup sur coup ils tentaient le [Dieu] Fort; et bornaient le Saint d'Israël.
42 They forgot about his [great] power, and they (forgot/did not think) about the time when he rescued them from their enemies.
Ils ne se sont point souvenus de sa main, ni du jour qu'il les avait délivrés de la main de celui qui les affligeait.
43 They forgot about when he performed many miracles in the area near Zoan [city] in Egypt.
[Ils ne se sont point souvenus] de celui qui avait fait ses signes en Egypte, et ses miracles au territoire de Tsohan:
44 He caused the [Nile] River (OR, their sources of water) to become [red like] blood, with the result that the people of Egypt had no water to drink.
Et qui avait changé en sang leurs rivières et leurs ruisseaux, afin qu'ils n'en pussent point boire.
45 He sent among the people of Egypt swarms of flies that bit them, and he sent frogs that ate up everything.
Et qui avait envoyé contre eux une mêlée de bêtes, qui les mangèrent; et des grenouilles, qui les détruisirent.
46 He sent locusts to eat their crops and the other things that grew in their fields.
Et qui avait donné leurs fruits aux vermisseaux, et leur travail aux sauterelles.
47 He sent hail that destroyed the grapevines, and sent frost that ruined the figs.
Qui avait détruit leurs vignes par la grêle, et leurs sycomores par les orages.
48 He sent hail that killed their cattle and sent lightning that killed their sheep and cows.
Et qui avait livré leur bétail à la grêle, et leurs troupeaux aux foudres étincelantes.
49 Because God was fiercely angry with the people of Egypt, he caused them to be very distressed. The disasters that struck them were like a group of angels that destroyed [everything].
Qui avait envoyé sur eux l'ardeur de sa colère, grande colère, indignation et détresse, [qui sont] un envoi de messagers de maux.
50 He did not lessen his being angry [with them], and he did not (spare their lives/prevent them from dying); he sent a (plague/serious illness) that killed [many of] them.
Qui avait dressé le chemin à sa colère, et n'avait point retiré leur âme de la mort; et qui avait livré leur bétail à la mortalité.
51 He also caused all the firstborn sons of the people of Egypt to die.
Et qui avait frappé tout premier-né en Egypte, les prémices de la vigueur dans les tentes de Cam.
52 Then he led his people out [of Egypt] like [a shepherd leads] his sheep [SIM], and he guided them [while they walked] through the desert.
Qui avait fait partir son peuple comme des brebis; et qui l'avait mené par le désert comme un troupeau.
53 He led them safely, and they were not afraid, but their enemies were drowned in the sea.
Et qui les avait conduits sûrement, et sans qu ils eussent aucune frayeur, là où la mer couvrit leurs ennemis.
54 [Later] he brought them to [Canaan], his sacred land, to [Zion] Hill (OR, the hilly area) and by his power [MTY] he enabled them to conquer [the people who were living there].
Et qui les avait introduits en la contrée de sa Sainteté, [savoir] en cette montagne que sa droite a conquise.
55 He expelled the people-groups while his people were advancing; he allotted part of the land for [each tribe] to possess, and he gave to the Israeli people the houses of those people who had been expelled.
Et qui avait chassé de devant eux les nations qu'il leur a fait tomber en lot d'héritage, et avait fait habiter les Tribus d'Israël dans les tentes de ces nations.
56 However, the Israeli people rebelled against God, who is greater than any other god, and they did many evil things to see if they could do those things without God punishing them, and they did not obey his commandments.
Mais ils ont tenté et irrité le Dieu Souverain, et n'ont point gardé ses témoignages.
57 Instead, like their ancestors did, they rebelled against God and (were not loyal to/did not faithfully [obey]) him; they were as [unreliable as] a crooked arrow [that does not go straight] [SIM].
Et ils se sont retirés en arrière, et se sont portés infidèlement, ainsi que leurs pères; ils se sont renversés comme un arc qui trompe.
58 Because they [worshiped] carved images of their gods on the tops of hills, they caused God to become angry [DOU].
Et ils l'ont provoqué à la colère par leurs hauts lieux, et l'ont ému à la jalousie par leurs images taillées.
59 He saw what they were doing and became very angry, so he rejected the Israeli people.
Dieu l'a ouï, et s'est mis en grande colère, et il a fort méprisé Israël.
60 He no longer appeared to them at Shiloh in the tent where he had lived among them.
Et il a abandonné le pavillon de Silo, le Tabernacle où il habitait entre les hommes.
61 He allowed their enemies to capture [the sacred chest], [which was the symbol of] his power and his glory.
Et il a livré en captivité sa force et son ornement entre les mains de l'ennemi.
62 Because he was angry with his people, he allowed them to be killed [MTY] [by their enemies].
Et il a livré son peuple à l'épée et s'est mis en grande colère contre son héritage.
63 Young men were killed in battles, with the result that the young women had no one to marry.
Le feu a consumé leurs gens d'élite, et leurs vierges n'ont point été louées.
64 [Many] priests were killed by [their enemies’] swords, and (the people did not allow the priests’ widows/the priests’ widows were not allowed) to mourn.
Leurs Sacrificateurs sont tombés par l'épée, et leurs veuves ne les ont point pleuré.
65 Later, [it was as though] the Lord awoke from sleeping; he was like a strong man who (became stimulated/felt that he was strong) by (OR, became sober after) [drinking] a lot of wine [SIM].
Puis le Seigneur s'est réveillé comme un homme qui se serait endormi, et comme un puissant homme qui s'écrie ayant encore le vin dans la tête.
66 He pushed their enemies back and caused them to be [very] ashamed for a long time [HYP] [because they had been defeated].
Et il a frappé ses adversaires par derrière, et les a mis en opprobre perpétuel.
67 [But] he did not set up his tent where [the people of] the tribe of Ephraim lived; he did not choose their area [to do that].
Mais il a dédaigné le Tabernacle de Joseph, et n'a point choisi la Tribu d'Ephraïm.
68 Instead he chose [the area where] the tribe of Judah [lived]; he chose Zion Hill, which he loves.
Mais il a choisi la Tribu de Juda, la montagne de Sion, laquelle il aime;
69 He [decided to have] his temple built [there], high up, like [his home in] heaven; he caused it to be firm, [and intended that] his temple would last forever, like the earth.
Et il a bâti son Sanctuaire comme [des bâtiments] haut élevés, et l'a établi comme la terre qu'il a fondée pour toujours.
70 He chose David, who served him [faithfully], and took him from the pastures
Et il a choisi David, son serviteur, et l'a pris des parcs des brebis;
71 where he was taking care of his [father’s] sheep, and appointed him to be the leader [MET] of the Israeli people, the people who belong to God.
[Il l'a pris, dis-je, ] d'après les brebis qui allaitent, et l'a amené pour paître Jacob son peuple, et Israël son héritage.
72 David took care of the Israeli people sincerely and wholeheartedly, and guided them skillfully/wisely.
Aussi les a-t-il fait repus selon l'intégrité de son cœur, et conduits par la sage direction de ses mains.
