Esdras 10
1 Pendant qu'Esdras priait et se confessait, pleurant et se prosternant devant la maison de Dieu, une très grande assemblée d'hommes, de femmes et d'enfants s'assembla auprès de lui de la part d'Israël, car le peuple pleurait très amèrement.
While I was kneeling down in front of the temple and praying and crying, I was confessing [the sins that the Israeli people had committed]. Many people, men and women and children, gathered around me and also cried very much.
2 Shecania, fils de Jehiel, l'un des fils d'Élam, répondit à Esdras: « Nous avons péché contre notre Dieu et nous avons épousé des femmes étrangères parmi les peuples du pays. Mais maintenant, il y a de l'espoir pour Israël à ce sujet.
Then Shecaniah, the son of Jehiel from the clan of Elam, said this to me: “We have disobeyed God. [Some of] us have married women who are not Israelis. But we can still confidently expect [Yahweh to be merciful to] us Israeli people.
3 Maintenant, faisons donc alliance avec notre Dieu pour répudier toutes les femmes et celles qui sont nées d'elles, selon le conseil de mon seigneur et de ceux qui tremblent devant l'ordre de notre Dieu. Qu'il en soit fait selon la loi.
We will do what you, and the others who have an awesome respect for what our God has commanded, tell us to do. We will do what God told us in his laws. We will make an agreement with our God, saying that we will divorce our wives who are not Israelis, and we will send them away with their children.
4 Lève-toi, car l'affaire est entre tes mains et nous sommes avec toi. Prends courage, et fais-le. »
(It is your responsibility to/Because you are our leader, you must) [tell us what to do]. So get up, and be courageous, and do [what is necessary]. We will (support you/tell people to do what you say).”
5 Alors Esdras se leva et fit jurer aux chefs des prêtres, aux lévites et à tout Israël qu'ils feraient selon cette parole. Et ils jurèrent.
So I stood up and demanded that the leaders of the priests, the [other] descendants of Levi, and all [the other] Israeli people solemnly declare that they would do what Shecaniah said that they should do. So they all solemnly promised to do that.
6 Esdras se leva de devant la maison de Dieu et entra dans la chambre de Jehohanan, fils d'Eliashib. Quand il y arriva, il ne mangea pas de pain et ne but pas d'eau, car il était en deuil à cause de la faute des exilés.
Then I went away from the front of the temple and went to the room where Jehohanan lived. I stayed there that night, but I did not eat or drink anything. I was still sad because some of the Israelis who had returned [from Babylonia] had not faithfully obeyed [God’s laws].
7 On publia dans tout Juda et Jérusalem une annonce à tous les enfants de la captivité, pour qu'ils se rassemblent à Jérusalem,
Then we sent a message to all [the people in] Jerusalem and [in other towns in] Judah, saying that all those who had returned [from Babylonia] should come to Jerusalem immediately.
8 et que quiconque ne viendrait pas dans les trois jours, selon le conseil des princes et des anciens, perdrait tous ses biens, et serait lui-même séparé de l'assemblée des captifs.
We said that if any of them did not arrive within three days, the leaders of the people would order that all the property of those people would be taken from them, and that they would no longer be considered to belong to the Israeli people; [they would be considered to be foreigners].
9 Et tous les hommes de Juda et de Benjamin se rassemblèrent à Jérusalem dans les trois jours. C'était le neuvième mois, le vingtième jour du mois; et tout le peuple était assis sur la place large, devant la maison de Dieu, tremblant à cause de cette affaire et à cause de la grande pluie.
So within three days, on December 19, all the people of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin gathered in Jerusalem. They were there, sitting in the courtyard in front of the temple. They were trembling because it was raining hard and because they were worried [that they would be punished for what they had done].
10 Le prêtre Esdras se leva et leur dit: « Vous avez commis une faute, vous avez épousé des femmes étrangères, et vous avez aggravé la culpabilité d'Israël.
Then I stood up and said to them, “[Some of] you men have committed a very bad sin. You have married women who are not Israelis. By doing that, you have made us Israeli people more guilty [than we were before].
11 Maintenant, confessez-vous à Yahvé, le Dieu de vos pères, et faites sa volonté. Séparez-vous des peuples du pays et des femmes étrangères. »
So now you must confess to Yahweh, the God whom your ancestors [worshiped/belonged to], the sin which you have committed, and you must do what he wants. Separate yourselves from the people of other nations and from the women from those nations whom you have married.”
12 Alors toute l'assemblée répondit d'une voix forte: « Nous devons faire ce que tu as dit à notre sujet.
The whole group answered, shouting loudly, “Yes, what you have said is right! We will do what you have said.”
13 Mais le peuple est nombreux, et c'est un temps de grande pluie, et nous ne pouvons pas rester dehors. Ce n'est pas l'œuvre d'un jour ou deux, car nous avons beaucoup transgressé dans cette affaire.
But then [one of] them said, “But we are a very large group, and it is raining hard. Also, there are many of us who have committed this bad sin. This is something that we cannot (take care of/handle) in one or two days, and we cannot stand here in this rain.
14 Maintenant, que nos chefs soient désignés pour toute l'assemblée, et que tous ceux qui sont dans nos villes et qui ont épousé des femmes étrangères viennent à des heures fixes, et avec eux les anciens de chaque ville et ses juges, jusqu'à ce que l'ardente colère de notre Dieu se détourne de nous, jusqu'à ce que cette affaire soit résolue. »
So allow our leaders to decide for all of us what we should do. Tell everyone who has married a woman who is not Israeli to come at a time that you decide. They should come with the elders and judges from each city. If we do that, our God will stop being angry with us [because of what we have done].”
15 Seuls Jonathan, fils d'Asahel, et Jahzeia, fils de Tikva, s'y opposèrent; Meshullam et Shabbethai, le Lévite, les aidèrent.
Jonathan the son of Asahel, Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah, Meshullam, and Shabbethai, a descendant of Levi, were the only ones who objected to this.
16 Les enfants de la captivité firent ainsi. Le prêtre Esdras, avec certains chefs de famille, selon les maisons de leurs pères, et tous selon leurs noms, furent mis à part; ils s'assirent le premier jour du dixième mois pour examiner la question.
All the others who had returned from Babylonia said that they would do it. So I chose leaders of each of the clans, and I wrote down their names. On December 29, these men came and sat down to investigate the matter.
17 Ils en finirent avec tous les hommes qui avaient épousé des femmes étrangères, le premier jour du premier mois.
By March 27 of the next year they finished determining which men had married women who were not Israelis.
18 Parmi les fils des prêtres, il s'en trouvait qui avaient épousé des femmes étrangères: des fils de Jeshua, fils de Jozadak, et de ses frères: Maaséja, Éliézer, Jarib et Guedalia.
This is a list of the names of the priests who had married non-Israeli women, and the clans to which they belonged. From the clan of Jeshua and his brothers, who were sons of Jehozadak, there were Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.
19 Ils donnèrent leur main pour répudier leurs femmes; et, étant coupables, ils offrirent un bélier du troupeau pour leur faute.
They solemnly promised to divorce their wives, and they each sacrificed a ram to be an offering [to atone] for their sins.
20 Des fils d'Immer: Hanani et Zebadiah.
From the clan of Immer there were Hanani and Zebadiah.
21 Des fils de Harim: Maaséja, Élie, Shemahia, Jehiel et Ozias.
From the clan of Harim there were Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.
22 Des fils de Pashhur: Elioénaï, Maaséja, Ismaël, Nethanel, Jozabad et Elasah.
From the clan of Pashhur there were Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
23 Parmi les Lévites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (appelé aussi Kelita), Pethahiah, Juda et Eliezer.
The [other] descendants of Levi [who had married non-Israeli women] were Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (whose other name was Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
24 Des chanteurs: Eliashib. Des gardiens: Shallum, Telem, et Uri.
There was Eliashib the musician. From the temple guards there were Shallum, Telem, and Uri.
25 D'Israël: Des fils de Parosh: Ramia, Izzia, Malkija, Mijamin, Eléazar, Malkija et Benaja.
This is a list of the names of the other Israelis who had married foreign wives: From the clan of Parosh there were Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Hashabiah, and Benaiah.
26 Des fils d'Elam: Mattania, Zacharie, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth et Élie.
From the clan of Elam there were Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.
27 Des fils de Zattu: Eliœnai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad et Aziza.
From the clan of Zattu there were Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza.
28 Des fils de Bébaï: Jehohanan, Hanania, Zabbai et Athlaï.
From the clan of Bebai there were Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
29 Des fils de Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal et Jeremoth.
From the clan of Bani there were Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth.
30 Des fils de Pahathmoab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui et Manassé.
From the clan of Pahath-Moab there were Adna, Kelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.
31 Des fils de Harim: Éliézer, Ischija, Malkija, Schemaeja, Shimeon,
From the clan of Harim there were Eliezer, Ishijah, Malkijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
32 Benjamin, Malluch et Shemaria.
Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
33 Des fils de Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh et Shimei.
From the clan of Hashum there were Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
34 Des fils de Bani: Maadaï, Amram, Uel,
From the clan of Bigvai there were Maadai, Amram, Uel,
35 Benaja, Bedeja, Cheluhi,
Benaiah, Bedeiah, Keluhi,
36 Vania, Meremoth, Eliashib,
Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
37 Mattania, Mattenai, Jaasu,
Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu.
38 Bani, Binnui, Shimei,
From the clan of Binnui there were Shimei,
39 Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,
Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,
40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
Macnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
41 Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah,
Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah,
42 Shallum, Amaria, et Joseph.
Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
43 Des fils de Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo, Joël et Benaja.
From the clan of Nebo there were Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.
44 Tous ceux-là avaient pris des femmes étrangères. Certains d'entre eux avaient des femmes dont ils avaient des enfants.
Each of those men had married a woman who was not an Israeli. [But immediately] they divorced those women and sent them and their children away.
