Ézéchiel 3
1 Et il me dit: « Fils de l’homme, ce que tu trouves devant toi, mange-le; mange ce livre; puis va, parle à la maison d’Israël. »
And he said to me: “Son of man, eat whatever you will find; eat this scroll, and, going forth, speak to the sons of Israel.”
2 J’ouvris la bouche, et il me fit manger ce livre;
And I opened my mouth, and he fed me that scroll.
3 et il me dit: « Fils de l’homme, repais ton ventre et remplis tes entrailles de ce livre que je te donne. » Je le mangeai, et il fut dans ma bouche doux comme du miel.
And he said to me: “Son of man, your stomach shall eat, and your interior shall be filled with this scroll, which I am giving to you.” And I ate it, and in my mouth it became as sweet as honey.
4 Et il me dit: « Fils de l’homme, va vers la maison d’Israël, et tu leur diras mes paroles.
And he said to me: “Son of man, go to the house of Israel, and you shall speak my words to them.
5 Car ce n’est pas vers un peuple au parler étrange et à la langue barbare que tu es envoyé; c’est vers la maison d’Israël.
For you will be sent, not to a people of profound words or of an unknown language, but to the house of Israel,
6 Ce n’est pas vers des peuples nombreux au parler étrange et à la langue barbare, dont tu ne comprendrais pas les paroles, mais c’est vers eux que je t’envoie; eux peuvent te comprendre.
and not to many peoples of profound words or of an unknown language, whose words you would not be able to understand. But if you were sent to them, they would listen to you.
7 Et la maison d’Israël ne voudra pas t’écouter, parce qu’ils ne veulent pas m’écouter; car toute la maison d’Israël a le front endurci et le cœur impudent.
Yet the house of Israel is not willing to listen to you. For they are not willing to listen to me. Certainly, the entire house of Israel has a brazen forehead and a hardened heart.
8 Mais voici que j’ai rendu ta face dure comme leur face, et ton front dur comme leur front.
Behold, I have made your face stronger than their faces, and your forehead harder than their foreheads.
9 J’ai rendu ton front comme le diamant, plus dur que le roc. Ne les crains point, et ne tremble pas devant eux, car c’est une maison rebelle ».
I have made your face like hardened iron and like flint. You should not fear them, and you should not have dread before their face. For they are a provoking house.”
10 Et il me dit: « Fils de l’homme toutes les paroles que je te dirai, reçois-les dans ton cœur et écoute-les de tes oreilles.
And he said to me: “Son of man, listen with your ears, and take into your heart, all my words, which I am speaking to you.
11 Va, rends-toi auprès des captifs, vers les fils de ton peuple, et parle-leur en leur disant: Ainsi parle le Seigneur Yahweh, soit qu’ils écoutent, soit qu’ils n’écoutent pas. »
And go forth and enter to those of the transmigration, to the sons of your people. And you shall speak to them. And you shall say to them: ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ Perhaps it may be that they will listen and be quieted.”
12 L’Esprit m’enleva, et j’entendis derrière moi le bruit d’un grand fracas: « Bénie soit la gloire de Yahweh au lieu de sa demeure? »
And the Spirit took me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great commotion, saying, “Blessed is the glory of the Lord from his place,”
13 Et j’entendis le bruit des ailes des êtres vivants qui battaient l’une contre l’autre, et le bruit des roues à leurs côtés, et le bruit d’un grand fracas.
and the voice of the wings of the living creatures striking against one another, and the voice of the wheels following the living creatures, and the voice of a great commotion.
14 Et l’Esprit m’enleva et m’emporta, et je m’en allai l’amertume et le courroux dans l’âme; et la main de Yahweh était fortement sur moi.
Then the Spirit lifted me and took me away. And I went forth in bitterness, with the indignation of my spirit. For the hand of the Lord was with me, strengthening me.
15 Et j’arrivai à Tel-Abid, auprès des captifs qui demeuraient aux bords du fleuve Chobar et dans le lieu où ils demeuraient; là je demeurai sept jours dans la stupeur, au milieu d’eux.
And I went to those of the transmigration, to the stockpile of new crops, to those who were living beside the river Chebar. And I sat where they were sitting. And I remained there for seven days, while mourning in their midst.
16 Au bout de sept jours, la parole de Yahweh me fut adressée en ces termes:
Then, when seven days had passed, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
17 « Fils de l’homme, je t’établis comme sentinelle pour la maison d’Israël; tu écouteras la parole qui sortira de ma bouche et tu les avertiras de ma part.
“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. And so, you shall listen to the word from my mouth, and you shall announce it to them from me.
18 Si je dis au méchant: Tu mourras certainement, et que tu ne l’avertisses pas, et que tu ne parles pas pour l’avertir de sa voie mauvaise, afin qu’il vive, ce méchant mourra dans son iniquité; et je redemanderai son sang de ta main.
If, when I say to the impious man, ‘You shall certainly die,’ you do not announce it to him, and you do not speak so that he may turn aside from his impious way and live, then the same impious man will die in his iniquity. But I will attribute his blood to your hand.
19 Mais si tu avertis le méchant, et qu’il ne se détourne pas de sa méchanceté et de sa mauvaise voie, il mourra dans son iniquité; mais toi, tu auras sauvé ton âme.
But if you announce it to the impious man, and he is not converted from his impiety and from his impious way, then indeed he will die in his iniquity. But you will have delivered your own soul.
20 Si un juste se détourne de sa justice et commet l’iniquité, et que je mette un piège devant lui, il mourra; parce que tu ne l’auras pas averti, il mourra dans son péché; on ne se souviendra plus de ses œuvres de justice qu’il aura faites; et je redemanderai son sang de ta main.
Moreover, if the just man turns aside from his justice and commits iniquity, I will place a stumbling block before him. He shall die, because you have not announced to him. He shall die in his sin, and his justices that he did shall not be remembered. Yet truly, I will attribute his blood to your hand.
21 Mais si tu as averti un juste pour que ce juste ne pèche pas, et qu’il n’ait pas péché, il vivra certainement, parce qu’il aura été averti; et toi tu auras sauvé ton âme.
But if you announce to the just man, so that the just man may not sin, and he does not sin, then he shall certainly live, because you have announced to him. And you will have delivered your own soul.”
22 La main de Yahweh fut là sur moi, et il me dit: « Lève-toi, sors vers la plaine, et là je te parlerai. »
And the hand of the Lord was over me. And he said to me: “Rise up, and go out to the plain, and there I will speak with you.”
23 M’étant levé, je sortis vers la plaine, et voici que la gloire de Yahweh se tenait là, telle que la gloire que j’avais vue près du fleuve Chobar; et je tombai sur ma face.
And I rose up, and I went out to the plain. And behold, the glory of the Lord was standing there, like the glory that I saw beside the river Chebar. And I fell upon my face.
24 L’Esprit entra en moi et me fit tenir sur mes pieds; et Yahweh me parla et me dit: « Va t’enfermer au milieu de ta maison.
And the Spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet. And he spoke to me, and he said to me: “Enter and enclose yourself in the midst of your house.
25 Et toi, fils de l’homme, voici qu’on va mettre sur toi des cordes et on t’en liera, et tu ne sortiras pas au milieu d’eux.
And as for you, son of man, behold: they shall put chains upon you and bind you with them. And you shall not go out from their midst.
26 Et j’attacherai ta langue à ton palais, tu seras muet, et tu ne seras pas pour eux un censeur; car ils sont une maison rebelle.
And I will cause your tongue to adhere to the roof of your mouth. And you will be mute, not like a man who reproaches. For they are a provoking house.
27 Et quand je te parlerai, j’ouvrirai ta bouche, et tu leur diras: Ainsi parle le Seigneur Yahweh: Qui veut écouter, qu’il écoute, et qui veut s’en abstenir, qu’il s’en abstienne; car ils sont une maison rebelle.
But when I will speak to you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them: ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ Whoever is listening, let him hear. And whoever is quieted, let him be quieted. For they are a provoking house.”
