Zechariah 3
1 Then [Yahweh] showed me Joshua, the Supreme Priest, [who was] standing in front of the angel that Yahweh had sent. And Satan was standing at Joshua’s right side, [ready] to accuse him.
Il me fit voir Josué, le souverain sacrificateur, debout devant l’ange de l’Éternel, et Satan qui se tenait à sa droite pour l’accuser.
2 But Yahweh said to Satan, “Satan, I am rebuking you! I [am the one] who has chosen Jerusalem [to be my special city, and I] am rebuking you! This [man, Joshua], [has been brought back from Babylonia]; he is surely [like] [MET, RHQ] a burning stick that has been snatched from a fire.”
L’Éternel dit à Satan: Que l’Éternel te réprime, Satan! Que l’Éternel te réprime, lui qui a choisi Jérusalem! N’est-ce pas là un tison arraché du feu?
3 Joshua was wearing filthy clothes while he was standing in front of the angel.
Or Josué était couvert de vêtements sales, et il se tenait debout devant l’ange.
4 The angel said to those [other angels] who were standing in front of him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” [After they did that, ] the angel said to Joshua, “Look! I have taken away [the guilt of] your sins, and I will put beautiful clothes on you.”
L’ange, prenant la parole, dit à ceux qui étaient devant lui: Otez-lui les vêtements sales! Puis il dit à Josué: Vois, je t’enlève ton iniquité, et je te revêts d’habits de fête.
5 Then I said to them, “Put a clean turban on his head!” So they put a clean turban on his head and put [new] on him, while the angel sent by Yahweh was standing there.
Je dis: Qu’on mette sur sa tête un turban pur! Et ils mirent un turban pur sur sa tête, et ils lui mirent des vêtements. L’ange de l’Éternel était là.
6 Then the angel said [this] to Joshua:
L’ange de l’Éternel fit à Josué cette déclaration:
7 “The Commander of the armies of angels says that if you do what I want you to do [IDM], and obey my instructions, you will (be in charge of/have authority over) [what is done in] my temple and its courtyard. And I will allow you to speak at any time to the angels who are standing near to me.
Ainsi parle l’Éternel des armées: Si tu marches dans mes voies et si tu observes mes ordres, tu jugeras ma maison et tu garderas mes parvis, et je te donnerai libre accès parmi ceux qui sont ici.
8 Joshua, [you are] the Supreme Priest, and your (associates/fellow priests) are sitting in front of you. They symbolize/represent things that will happen in the future. [Some day] I am going to bring someone who will work for me, someone who will be called the Branch.
Écoute donc, Josué, souverain sacrificateur, toi et tes compagnons qui sont assis devant toi! Car ce sont des hommes qui serviront de signes. Voici, je ferai venir mon serviteur, le germe.
9 Look at the stone that I have put in front of Joshua. There are seven sides on the stone. I will engrave a message on that stone, and in one day I will remove the guilt of [all the people of] this country.
Car voici, pour ce qui est de la pierre que j’ai placée devant Josué, il y a sept yeux sur cette seule pierre; voici, je graverai moi-même ce qui doit y être gravé, dit l’Éternel des armées; et j’enlèverai l’iniquité de ce pays, en un jour.
10 At that time, each of you will invite his friends [to come and sit] under his grapevine and under his fig tree. [That is what] the Commander of the armies of angels declares.”
En ce jour-là, dit l’Éternel des armées, vous vous inviterez les uns les autres sous la vigne et sous le figuier.
