Deutéronome 10
1 En ce temps-là, Yahweh me dit: Taille-toi deux tables de pierre, comme les premières, et monte vers moi sur la montagne; tu feras aussi une arche de bois.
“Then Yahweh said to me, ‘Cut two stone tablets like the first ones. And make a wooden chest to put them in. Then [bring the tablets] up to me on this mountain.
2 J’écrirais sur ces tables les paroles qui étaient sur les premières tables, que tu as brisées, et tu les mettras dans l’arche.
I will write on those tablets the same words that I wrote on the first tablets, the ones that you broke. Then you can put them in the chest.’
3 Je fis une arche de bois d’acacia et, ayant taillé deux tables de pierre comme les premières, je montai sur la montagne, les deux tables dans ma main.
“So I made a chest. I used wood from an acacia tree to make it. Then I cut two tablets of stone like the first ones, and I went up the mountain carrying the tablets.
4 Il écrivit sur ces tables ce qui avait été écrit sur les premières, les dix paroles que Yahweh vous avait dites sur la montagne, du milieu du feu, le jour de l’assemblée; et Yahweh me les donna.
There Yahweh wrote on the tablets the [same] Ten Commandments [that he had written on the first tablet]. They are the commandments that he told to your ancestors from the middle of the fire on the mountain, when they were gathered [at the bottom of the mountain]. Then Yahweh gave the tablets to me,
5 Je me tournai et, étant descendu de la montagne, je mis les tables dans l’arche que j’avais faite, et elles y sont restées, comme Yahweh me l’avait ordonné.
and I turned and went down the mountain. Then, just as he had commanded, I put them in the chest that I had made. And they are still there.”
6 Les enfants d’Israël partirent de Béeroth-Bené-Jakan pour Moséra. Là mourut Aaron, et il y fut enterré; Eléazar, son fils, fut grand prêtre à sa place.
(Then, from the wells that belonged to the people of Jaakan, the Israeli people traveled to Moserah. There Aaron died and was buried, and his son Eleazar took his place and became the Supreme Priest.
7 De là ils partirent pour Gadgad, et de Gadgad pour Jétébatha, pays riche en cours d’eaux.
From there, the Israelis traveled to Gudgodah, and from there to Jotbathah, which was a place that had many streams.
8 En ce temps-là, Yahweh sépara la tribu de Lévi, pour porter l’arche de l’alliance de Yahweh, pour se tenir devant Yahweh, pour le servir et pour bénir en son nom: ce qu’elle a fait jusqu’à ce jour.
At that time, Yahweh (set apart/appointed) the tribe of Levi to carry the chest that contained [the tablets on which were written] the Ten Commandments, and to stand in Yahweh’s presence [in the sacred tent], to offer sacrifices, and to pray for Yahweh to bless [the people. They are still doing those things] at the present time.
9 C’est pourquoi Lévi n’a ni part ni héritage avec ses frères: c’est Yahweh qui est son héritage, comme Yahweh, ton Dieu, le lui a dit.
That is the reason that the tribe of Levi did not receive any land like the other tribes did. What they received was the work/privilege of being Yahweh’s [priests], which is what he said that they should do.)
10 Je me tins sur la montagne, comme précédemment, quarante jours et quarante nuits, et Yahweh m’exauça encore cette fois: Yahweh ne voulut pas te détruire.
“I stayed on the mountain 40 days and nights, just like I did the first time. [I prayed to] Yahweh, and he (answered my prayers/did what I requested) again and said that he would not destroy your ancestors.
11 Yahweh me dit: « Lève-toi, va te mettre à la tête du peuple; qu’ils entrent et qu’ils prennent possession du pays que j’ai juré à leurs pères de leur donner. »
Then Yahweh said to me, ‘Continue your journey, going in front of the people, to occupy the land that I vowed your ancestors that I would give to you.’”
12 Et maintenant, Israël, que demande de toi Yahweh, ton Dieu, si ce n’est que tu craignes Yahweh, ton Dieu, en marchant dans toutes ses voies, en aimant et en servant Yahweh, ton Dieu, de tout ton cœur et de toute ton âme,
“Now, you Israeli people, [I will tell you] [RHQ] what Yahweh our God requires/demands that you do. He requires you to revere him, to conduct your lives as he wants you to, to love him, and to serve him wholeheartedly [DOU],
13 en observant les commandements de Yahweh et ses lois que je te prescris aujourd’hui, afin que tu sois heureux?
and to obey all of his commandments [DOU] which I am giving to you today for your benefit.
14 Vois! A Yahweh, ton Dieu, appartiennent le ciel et le ciel des cieux, la terre et tout ce qu’elle renferme.
“Do not forget that Yahweh our God owns even the sky and everything that is in it. He also owns the earth and everything that is on it.
15 Et c’est à tes pères seulement que Yahweh s’est attaché pour les aimer; et c’est leur postérité après eux, c’est vous qu’il a choisi d’entre tous les peuples, comme vous le voyez aujourd’hui.
But [in spite of owning all those things], Yahweh loved your ancestors, and from all the people-groups [on the earth] he chose us, their descendants, and we are still his people.
16 Circoncisez donc votre cœur et ne raidissez plus votre cou.
So you must stop sinning [MET] and stop being stubborn [IDM]!
17 Car Yahweh, votre Dieu, est le Dieu des dieux, le Seigneur des seigneurs, le Dieu grand, fort et terrible, qui ne fait pas acception des personnes et qui ne reçoit pas de présent,
Yahweh our God is greater than all gods, and he is greater than all rulers. He is very powerful [DOU] and awesome. He (is impartial/does not do things that favor one (group/person) more than others), and he does not accept bribes.
18 qui fait droit à l’orphelin et à la veuve, qui aime l’étranger et lui donne de la nourriture et des vêtements.
He makes sure that orphans and widows are treated fairly. He loves even (foreigners/people from other countries) who live among us Israeli people, and he gives them food and clothes.
19 Vous aimerez l’étranger, car vous avez été étrangers dans le pays d’Égypte.
So you must love those foreigners too, because you were once foreigners when you were living in Egypt.
20 Tu craindras Yahweh, ton Dieu, tu le serviras, tu t’attacheras à lui, et tu jureras par son nom.
Revere Yahweh our God and worship only him. (Be faithful to/Have a close relationship with) him, and say that he should punish you if you do not do what you promise.
21 Il est ta louange, il est ton Dieu; c’est lui qui a fait pour toi ces choses grandes et terribles que tes yeux ont vues.
He is the one whom you must praise. He is our God, and we have seen the great and amazing things that he has done for us.
22 Tes pères descendirent en Égypte au nombre de soixante-dix personnes, et maintenant Yahweh, ton Dieu, a fait de toi une multitude comme les étoiles du ciel.
When our ancestors, [Jacob and his family], went down to Egypt, there were only seventy of them. But now Yahweh our God has caused us to be as numerous as the stars in the sky.”
