Ézéchiel 23
1 La parole de Yahweh me fut adressée en ces termes:
Yahweh said to me,
2 « Fils de l’homme, il y avait deux femmes, filles d’une même mère.
“You human, [listen to this parable about Jerusalem and Samaria]. Once there were two women, daughters of the same mother.
3 Elles se prostituèrent en Égypte, elles se prostituèrent dans leur jeunesse. Là on a saisi leurs mamelles, là on a pressé leur sein virginal.
They lived in Egypt. And from the time that they were young women, they became prostitutes. In that land, [men] fondled their breasts and caressed their bosoms [DOU].
4 Voici leurs noms: Oolla, la plus grande, et Ooliba, sa sœur. Elles furent à moi, et elles enfantèrent des fils et des filles. Voici leurs noms: Oolla, c’est Samarie; Ooliba, c’est Jérusalem.
The older [sister] was Oholah, and her [younger] sister was Oholibah. [It was as though] they became my [wives. Later] they gave birth to sons and daughters. Oholah represents Samaria, and Oholibah represents Jerusalem.
5 Oolla me fut infidèle; elle brûla d’amour pour ses amants, les Assyriens, ses voisins.
Oholah acted like a prostitute while she was [still] my wife. She desired to have sex with those she loved—soldiers from Assyria.
6 Vêtus de pourpre, gouverneurs et magistrats, tous beaux jeunes hommes, cavaliers montés sur des chevaux.
[Some of them] were army officers and commanders. They wore [beautiful] blue [uniforms. They were] all handsome young men. Some of them rode horses.
7 C’est vers eux qu’elle dirigea ses prostitutions, vers toute l’élite des fils de l’Assyrie; et près de tous ceux pour qui elle brûlait d’amour, elle se souilla avec toutes leurs infâmes idoles.
She acted like a prostitute toward all the important Assyrian officials, and became unacceptable to me by worshiping all the idols of the men she wanted to have sex with.
8 Et elle n’abandonna pas ses prostitutions de l’Égypte; car ils l’avaient déshonorée dans sa jeunesse; ils avaient pressé son sein virginal, et répandu sur elle leur impudicité.
When she was a young woman in Egypt, she started being a prostitute, and [young] men caressed her breasts and had sex with her; and when she became older, she did not quit acting like a prostitute.
9 C’est pourquoi je l’ai livrée aux mains de ses amants, aux mains des fils de l’Assyrie, pour qui elle avait brûlé d’amour.
So I allowed the Assyrian soldiers, whom she wanted to have sex with, to capture her.
10 Ils ont découvert sa nudité; ils ont pris ses fils et ses filles; ils l’ont égorgée avec l’épée. Et elle devint en renom parmi les femmes; car justice en avait été faite.
They stripped all her clothes off her. They took away her sons and daughters. And then they killed her with a sword. [Other] women started talking about what had happened to her, about how she had been punished.
11 Et sa sœur Ooliba l’a vu, et plus qu’elle elle a rendu pervers ses amours; et ses prostitutions ont surpassé celles de sa sœur.
[younger] sister Oholibah saw those [that happened to Oholah], but she was a prostitute, and she desired to have sex with men more than [older] sister had desired.
12 Elle a brûlé d’amour pour les fils de l’Assyrie, gouverneurs et chefs, ses voisins richement vêtus, cavaliers montés sur des chevaux, tous beaux jeunes hommes.
Oholibah [also] wanted to have sex with the Assyrian soldiers. [Some of them were] army officers and commanders. [They all] wore beautiful blue uniforms. They were all handsome young men. [Some of] them rode horses.
13 Je vis qu’elle aussi se souillait; toutes deux suivaient la même voie.
I saw what she did that caused her to became unacceptable to me, just like [older] sister.
14 Elle ajouta encore à ses prostitutions: elle vit des hommes peints sur le mur, des images de Chaldéens peintes au vermillon;
But she did [even] worse things. She saw drawings of men from Babylonia on the walls, painted in red.
15 ils portaient des ceintures sur leurs reins, ils avaient sur leurs têtes d’amples turbans; tous paraissaient de grands seigneurs. C’étaient les figures des fils de Babylone, dont la Chaldée était la terre d’origine.
The [in the drawings] had belts around their waists and long turbans on their heads. They all resembled officers from Babylonia [DOU] [who rode in chariots].
16 Elle brûla pour eux dès que ses yeux les virent, et elle envoya des messagers vers eux en Chaldée;
As soon as she saw those drawings, she wanted to have sex with those men, and she sent messages to them in Babylonia.
17 et les fils de Babylone vinrent vers elle au lit des amours et ils la souillèrent par leurs prostitutions, et elle se souilla avec eux; puis son âme se dégoûta d’eux.
Then the soldiers from Babylonia came to her, they lay in bed with her, and they had sex with her. Then she became disgusted with them and turned away from them.
18 Elle fit voir à découvert ses prostitutions, elle découvrit sa nudité; et mon âme se dégoûta d’elle, comme mon âme s’était dégoûtée de sa sœur.
But when she continued to openly/boldly act like a prostitute [DOU], I became disgusted with her, and I rejected her like I had rejected [older] sister.
19 Elle a multiplié ses prostitutions, se rappelant les jours de sa jeunesse, lorsqu’elle se prostituait au pays d’Égypte.
But she became even more immoral, as she remembered when she was a young woman who was a prostitute in Egypt.
20 Elle a brûlé pour ses impudiques, dont les membres sont des membres d’âne, et l’ardeur lubrique celle des étalons.
There she wanted to have sex with those who loved her, whose genitals were [very long], like [SIM] those of donkeys, and whose sexual emissions were huge, [like] those of horses.
21 Tu es revenue aux crimes de ta jeunesse, quand les Egyptiens pressaient tes mamelles, à cause de ton sein virginal.
So she desired to be immoral like she was when she was young, when men in Egypt caressed her bosom and fondled her breasts.”
22 C’est pourquoi, Ooliba, ainsi parle le Seigneur Yahweh: Voici que je vais exciter contre toi tes amants, ceux dont ton âme s’est dégoûtée, et je les ferai venir contre toi de toute part,
“[represents you people of Jerusalem]. Therefore, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord say: ‘I will cause those [soldiers] who loved you but whom you turned away from because you became disgusted with them, to be angry with you. I will cause them to come and attack you from every side—
23 les fils de Babylone et tous les Chaldéens, princes, chefs et seigneurs, et avec eux tous les fils de l’Assyrie, beaux jeunes hommes, tous gouverneurs et magistrats, dignitaires et personnages illustres, tous montés sur des chevaux.
soldiers from Babylon and all the other places in Babylonia, [their allies] from Pekod and Shoa and [regions], and all the army of Assyria. [Yes], all of them are handsome young men, army officers and commanders, officers who ride in chariots, all riding on horses.
24 Contre toi s’avancent armes, chars et roues, avec une multitude de peuples; ils disposent contre toi boucliers, écus et casques; je remets devant eux le jugement, et ils te jugeront selon leurs lois.
Their huge army will attack you with weapons, riding in chariots and pulling wagons [that will carry their army supplies]. They will surround you, carrying large and small shields, and wearing helmets. I will allow them to capture you and punish you in the way that they [always] [their enemies].
25 Je dirigerai ma jalousie contre toi; et ils te traiteront avec fureur; ils te couperont le nez et les oreilles, et ce qui restera de toi tombera par l’épée; ils prendront tes fils et tes filles, et ce qui restera de toi sera dévoré par le feu.
Because I am very angry with you, I will cause them to act [very] furiously toward you. They will cut off your noses and your ears. Then, those who are still alive, they will kill with their swords. They will take away your sons and daughters, and a fire will burn up those who remain alive.
26 Ils te dépouilleront de tes vêtements, et ils enlèveront tes bijoux.
They will strip off your clothes and your fine jewelry and take them away.
27 Je mettrai un terme à ton crime, et à tes prostitutions du pays d’Égypte; tu ne lèveras plus les yeux vers eux, et tu ne te souviendras plus de l’Égypte.
In that way, I will stop all the immoral behavior that began when you became a prostitute in Egypt. You will no longer desire to do those things, or think [what you did in] Egypt.’
28 Car ainsi parle le Seigneur Yahweh: Voici que je vais te livrer aux mains de ceux que tu hais, aux mains de ceux dont ton âme s’est dégoûtée.
This is what [I], Yahweh the Lord say: ‘I am about to allow those whom you hate, those you became disgusted with and turned away from, to capture you.
29 Ils te traiteront avec haine, ils emporteront tout ce que tu as gagné, et te laisseront nue, complètement nue; et ta nudité impudique, ton impureté et tes prostitutions seront découvertes.
They will be cruel and take away everything that you have worked hard to acquire. They will leave you completely naked [DOU], and everyone will see that you truly are a prostitute.
30 On te traitera ainsi parce que tu t’es prostituée aux nations, parce que tu t’es souillée avec leurs idoles infâmes.
It is because of what you have done that you will be punished like that; you have been an immoral prostitute; you have had sex with men of other nations, and you have caused yourselves to become unacceptable to me [worshiping] their idols.
31 Tu as marché dans la voie de ta sœur; je mettrai sa coupe dans ta main.
You have behaved [the people of Samaria, who are like] your [older] sister. So I will cause you to be punished [MET] like they were punished.’
32 Ainsi parle le Seigneur Yahweh: Tu boiras la coupe de ta sœur, coupe profonde et large; elle donnera à rire et à se moquer de toi, tant est grande sa capacité.
This is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘[You will suffer like people suffer when they drink from a cup a lot of strong alcoholic drink]: [It will be as though] you will drink from the cup that the people of Samaria drank from; a big and tall cup. Because of your drinking what is in that cup, many people will scorn you and make fun of you because there is a lot of liquid in that cup.
33 Tu seras remplie d’ivresse et de douleur; c’est une coupe de désolation et de dévastation que la coupe de ta sœur, Samarie.
When you become very drunk, you will become very sad, [drinking what is in] that cup [MTY] will cause you to become ruined and deserted, like what happened [MET] to [the people of] Samaria, [who are like] [MET] your sister.
34 Tu la boiras et la videras, tu en mordras les morceaux et t’en déchireras le sein; car moi j’ai parlé, — oracle du Seigneur Yahweh.
You will drink all the liquid that is in that cup; then you will break that cup into pieces [use those pieces to] gash/cut your [because you will be very sad].’ [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.
35 C’est pourquoi ainsi parle le Seigneur Yahweh: Parce que tu m’as oublié, et que tu m’as rejeté derrière ton dos, porte donc, toi aussi, la peine de ton impureté et de tes prostitutions! »
Therefore, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘Because you have forgotten me and rejected me [IDM], you must be punished for your immoral behavior and for [like] a prostitute.’”
36 Et Yahweh me dit: « Fils de l’homme, jugeras-tu Oolla et Ooliba? Déclare-leur leurs abominations.
Yahweh said to me, “You human, you must [RHQ] [the people of those two cities represented by] Oholah and Oholibah. You must remind them of their detestable behavior:
37 Car elles ont été adultères, et il y a du sang dans leurs mains; elles ont commis l’adultère avec leurs idoles infâmes, et même leurs fils qu’elles m’avaient enfantés, elles les ont fait passer par le feu, pour qu’ils les mangent.
[It is as though the people of those cities] have committed adultery and have murdered [MTY] people. They have been unfaithful to me by [worshiping] idols. They have even sacrificed their own children, who belonged to me, to be food for their idols.
38 Voici encore ce qu’elles ont fait: Elles ont souillé mon sanctuaire en ce jour-là, et elles ont profané mes sabbats.
They have done [disgraceful things]: They have caused my temple to be an unacceptable place for worship, and have not respected the Sabbath days.
39 Et lorsqu’elles immolaient leurs fils à leurs idoles infâmes, elles entraient le même jour dans mon sanctuaire, pour le profaner: Voilà ce qu’elles ont fait au milieu de ma maison.
On the same day that they sacrificed their children to their idols, they entered my temple, which caused it to be an unacceptable place for worshiping me.
40 Et même elles ont envoyé chercher des hommes venant de loin; et ceux à qui avait été envoyé un messager, voici qu’ils sont venus, ... ceux pour qui tu t’es lavée, tu as mis du fard à tes yeux, tu t’es ornée de parures!
They sent messages to men [in countries] far away. And when those men arrived, [the women of those two cities] bathed themselves for them, painted their eyebrows, and put on jewelry.
41 Et tu t’es assise sur un lit d’apparat, devant lequel une table était dressée, où tu as posé mon encens et mon huile.
They sat on a beautiful couch, with a table in front of it on which they had put incense and [olive] oil that belonged to me.
42 On y entendait le bruit d’une foule à l’aise; aux gens venus des grands amas d’hommes, se sont joints les buveurs du désert, qui ont mis des bracelets aux mains des deux sœurs, et des couronnes magnifiques sur leurs têtes.
Soon there was a noisy crowd around them. Among the crowd there were men from Sheba who had come from the [of Arabia]. They put bracelets on the arms of the [two] sisters and put beautiful crowns on their heads.
43 Et je dis à cette femme usée dans les adultères: Va-t-elle maintenant continuer ses prostitutions, elle aussi?
Then I said about the woman who had become exhausted by her having sex with many men, ‘Now allow those men to act toward her as though she is a prostitute, because that is all that she is.’
44 On va vers elle comme on va chez une prostituée. C’est ainsi qu’on est allé chez Oolla et Ooliba, ces femmes criminelles.
So they had sex [EUP] with those two women, Oholah and Oholibah, like men have sex with prostitutes.
45 Mais des hommes justes les condamneront à la peine des femmes adultères, et à la peine de celles qui répandent le sang; car elles sont adultères, et il y a du sang dans leurs mains.
But righteous men will condemn them to be punished, like women who commit adultery and who murder others are punished, because those women commit adultery and they murder [MTY] others.
46 Car ainsi parle le Seigneur Yahweh: Fais monter contre elles une assemblée, et qu’on les livre à la terreur et au pillage;
So this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: Bring a mob to attack Samaria and Jerusalem, and allow that mob to cause the people of those cities to be terrified, and to rob them.
47 et que l’assemblée les accable sous les pierres, et les taille en pièces avec ses épées; qu’on tue leurs fils et leurs filles, et qu’on brûle au feu leurs maisons!
The mob will throw stones at [to kill them]; they will cut them into pieces with their swords, they will kill their sons and daughters, and burn down their houses.
48 Et je ferai cesser l’impureté dans le pays, et toutes les femmes en recevront une leçon, et ne commettront pas des impuretés pareilles aux vôtres,
In that way I will cause them to stop their immoral behavior. It will warn other women to not imitate/do what you people of Jerusalem are doing.
49 On fera retomber votre impureté sur vous, et vous porterez la peine de votre idolâtrie; et vous saurez que je suis le Seigneur Yahweh. »
[people of Jerusalem] will be punished for your immoral behavior and for your worshiping idols. Then you will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].”
