Josué 24
1 Josué assembla toutes les tribus d'Israël à Sichem, et il convoqua les anciens d'Israël, ses chefs, ses juges et ses officiers. Ils se présentèrent devant Dieu,
[Many years later], Joshua summoned representatives of all the tribes of Israel. He gathered together the elders, the leaders, the judges, and the other officials at Shechem [city]. He told them to listen to what God wanted to tell them.
2 et Josué dit à tout le peuple: « Ainsi parle Yahweh, Dieu d'Israël: Vos pères, Tharé, père d'Abraham et père de Nachor, habitaient à l'origine de l'autre côté du fleuve, et ils servaient d'autres dieux.
Joshua said to all of them, “This is what Yahweh, the God we Israeli people worship, is saying: ‘Long ago, your ancestors, including Abraham’s father Terah and Abraham’s younger brother Nahor, lived on the east side of the Euphrates River.
3 Je pris votre père Abraham de l'autre côté du fleuve et je le conduisis dans tout le pays de Chanaan; je multipliai sa postérité, et je lui donnai Isaac.
But I took your ancestor Abraham from that land east of the Euphrates River, and I led him as he lived in various places in this land of Canaan, and I enabled him to have many descendants. First, I enabled him to have a son, Isaac.
4 A Isaac je donnai Jacob et Esaü, et je donnai pour possession à Esaü la montagne de Séïr; et Jacob et ses fils descendirent en Egypte. —
When Isaac grew up, I enabled him to have twin sons, Jacob and Esau. I enabled Esau to live in the hilly area in Seir region, but many years later Jacob and his sons and their families went down to live in Egypt.
5 Puis j'envoyai Moïse et Aaron, et je frappai l'Egypte comme je l'ai fait au milieu d'elle, et ensuite je vous en fis sortir.
“[Many years later], I sent Moses and his older brother Aaron to help your people, and I caused [the people of] Egypt to suffer very much because of what I did there. Then I enabled your ancestors to leave Egypt.
6 Je fis sortir d'Egypte vos pères, et vous arrivâtes à la mer. Les Egyptiens poursuivirent vos pères, avec des chars et des cavaliers, jusqu'à la mer Rouge.
When I brought your ancestors out of Egypt, they came to the Red Sea. The Egyptian army pursued them, some riding in chariots and others on horses, and they also arrived at the Red Sea.
7 Ils crièrent à Yahweh; et Yahweh mit des ténèbres entre vous et les Egyptiens; il ramena sur eux la mer, et elle les couvrit. Vos yeux ont vu ce que j'ai fait en Egypte, et vous restâtes longtemps dans le désert. —
Then [your ancestors] pleaded with me to help them. So he caused (darkness/a very dark cloud) to come between your ancestors and the Egyptian army, so that the Egyptian army could not see your ancestors. I separated the water in the Red Sea so that your ancestors could cross it, but when the Egyptian army tried to cross in the same way to pursue them, I caused the water to come back and cover them, and the Egyptian soldiers all drowned, as your ancestors watched and were amazed [IDM]. But after that, you lived in the desert for many years.
8 Je vous menai au pays des Amorrhéens, qui habitaient de l'autre côté du Jourdain, et ils combattirent contre vous. Je les livrai entre vos mains; vous prîtes possession de leur pays, et je les détruisis de devant vous.
“Then I brought your [ancestors] to the area where the groups who were descendants of Amor lived, east of the Jordan River. They fought against you, but I enabled you to defeat them [IDM]. I [enabled you to] destroy them so that you could live in their land [IDM].
9 Balac, fils de Séphor, roi de Moab, se leva et combattit Israël; il fit appeler Balaam, fils de Béor, pour qu'il vous maudît.
Then, Zippor’s son Balak, the King of Moab, (decided that his army would fight against/opposed) the Israelis. He summoned Beor’s son Balaam and asked him to curse you.
10 Mais je ne voulus pas écouter Balaam; il vous bénit, et je vous délivrai de la main de Balac. —
But I would not do what Balaam asked, so he (blessed/said that I would do great things for) you four times, and I did not enable the army of Moab to defeat you [IDM].
11 Vous passâtes le Jourdain et vous arrivâtes à Jéricho. Les hommes de Jéricho combattirent contre vous, puis les Amorrhéens, les Phérézéens, les Chananéens, les Héthéens, les Gergéséens, les Hévéens et les Jébuséens, et je les livrai entre vos mains.
“Then you all crossed the Jordan River and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho prepared to fight against you, [and the armies of] the descendants of Amor, Periz, Canaan, Heth, Girgash, Hiv, and Jebus [all prepared to do the same thing] but I enabled you to defeat [IDM] them all.
12 J'envoyai devant vous les frelons qui les chassèrent de devant vous, ainsi que les deux rois des Amorrhéens; ce ne fut ni par ton épée ni par ton arc.
I am the one who caused them to panic as you advanced and enabled you to defeat them, as I had enabled you to do earlier to the two kings of the groups who were descendants of Amor. You did not defeat them by using your own bows and arrows and swords; [it was I who defeated them].
13 Je vous donnai ainsi une terre que vous n'aviez pas cultivée, des villes que vous n'aviez pas bâties et que vous habitez, des vignes et des oliviers que vous n'aviez pas plantés et dont vous mangez les fruits.
So I gave you a land that you had not tilled/planted, and I gave you cities that you did not build. [Now] you live in those [cities] and you eat the grapes from the grapevines that you did not plant, and you eat olives from trees that you did not plant.’”
14 Craignez donc Yahweh et servez-le avec intégrité et vérité; ôtez les dieux qu'ont servis vos pères de l'autre côté du fleuve et en Egypte, et servez Yahweh.
[Then Joshua said to the people], “[Because of all that] Yahweh [has done for you], revere him, and serve/worship him very faithfully. Throw away the idols that your ancestors worshiped on the east/other side of the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Serve only Yahweh.
15 Que si vous ne trouvez pas bon de servir Yahweh, choisissez aujourd'hui qui vous voulez servir, soit les dieux que servaient vos pères au delà du fleuve, soit les dieux des Amorrhéens dont vous habitez le pays. Pour moi et ma maison, nous servirons Yahweh. »
But if you do not want to serve/worship Yahweh, you should decide today what [gods] you will serve/worship. You should decide whether you will serve/worship the gods that your ancestors who lived on the other/east side of the Euphrates River served, or whether you will serve/worship the gods that the descendants of Amor, who previously lived in the land where you are now living, [serve/worship]. But as for me and my family [MTY], we will serve/worship Yahweh!”
16 Le peuple répondit et dit: « Loin de nous de vouloir abandonner Yahweh pour servir d'autres dieux!
The Israeli people answered, “We will never quit [serving/worshiping] Yahweh! We would never [think of] [IDM] serving/worshiping other gods!
17 Car c'est Yahweh, notre Dieu, qui nous a fait monter, nous et nos pères, du pays d'Egypte, de la maison de servitude; et qui a opéré sous nos yeux ces grands prodiges, et qui nous a gardés tout le long du chemin que nous avons parcouru, et parmi tous les peuples au milieu desquels nous avons passé.
It was our God, Yahweh, who brought our parents and grandparents up out of Egypt. [He rescued them] from that land where they were slaves. As he rescued them, they saw him perform great miracles. He protected them all the time when they were traveling. He protected them from all the people-groups through whose territory they traveled.
18 Yahweh a chassé de devant nous tous les peuples, et les Amorrhéens qui habitaient ce pays. Nous aussi, nous servirons Yahweh, car il est notre Dieu. »
As our forefathers advanced, Yahweh expelled the descendants of Amor and the other people-groups who lived in this land. Yahweh is our God, so [we are saying that] we also will serve/worship him.”
19 Josué dit au peuple: « Vous ne pouvez pas servir Yahweh, car c'est un Dieu saint, c'est un Dieu jaloux; il ne pardonnera pas vos transgressions et vos péchés.
Joshua replied to the people, “[I think that] you are not able to serve/worship Yahweh, because he is a holy God. He will not forgive your sinning and rebelling [against him]. He demands that you serve/worship only him [IDM].
20 Si vous abandonnez Yahweh et que vous serviez des dieux étrangers, il se retournera, il vous fera du mal et vous consumera, après vous avoir fait du bien. »
He has been good to you [in the past], but if you turn away from him and serve/worship foreign/other gods, he will turn [against you] and he will cause you to experience disasters. He will punish [IDM] you severely!”
21 Le peuple dit à Josué: « Non! car nous servirons Yahweh. »
But the people replied to Joshua, “No, [we will not turn away from worshiping/serving Yahweh] We will serve/worship Yahweh!”
22 Josué dit au peuple: « Vous êtes témoins contre vous-même que vous avez choisi Yahweh pour le servir. » Ils répondirent: « Nous en sommes témoins. »
Then Joshua said, “You yourselves are saying that you have decided to serve/worship Yahweh.” They replied, “Yes, we are saying that.”
23 Il dit: « Et maintenant ôtez les dieux étrangers qui sont au milieu de vous, et tournez vos cœurs vers Yahweh, le Dieu d'Israël. »
Then Joshua said, “Since [you have decided] that, you must throw away all the other gods/idols that you have among you. You must also promise that you will wholeheartedly give yourselves to Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [serve/worship].”
24 Et le peuple dit à Josué: « Nous servirons Yahweh, notre Dieu, et nous obéirons à sa voix. »
The people replied, “We will serve/worship Yahweh, our God, and obey him.”
25 C'est ainsi que Josué conclut en ce jour-là une alliance avec le peuple, et qu'il lui donna à Sichem des lois et des ordonnances.
That day, Joshua established an agreement between the people and Yahweh. He wrote for them all the laws that they were required to obey.
26 Josué écrivit ces paroles dans le livre de la loi de Dieu. Il prit une grande pierre et la dressa là, sous le chêne qui était dans le lieu consacré à Yahweh.
He wrote all those laws on a scroll. He called it ‘The laws of God’. Then he [told some men to] set up a large stone there at Shechem, under the [large] oak tree near the place where [they worshiped] Yahweh.
27 Et Josué dit à tout le peuple: « Voici, cette pierre servira de témoin contre nous, car elle a entendu toutes les paroles que Yahweh nous a dites; elle servira de témoin contre vous, afin que vous ne reniiez pas votre Dieu. »
He said to all the people, “Look! [It is as though] this stone has heard everything that Yahweh said to you [and that you promised Yahweh]. It will serve as a witness against you if you rebel against your God!”
28 Et Josué renvoya le peuple, chacun dans son héritage.
Then Joshua sent the people away, and all of them returned to their own areas/homes.
29 Après cela, Josué, fils de Nun, serviteur de Yahweh, mourut, âgé de cent dix ans.
Some time after that, Nun’s son Joshua, the faithful servant of Yahweh, died. He was 110 years old when he died.
30 On l'ensevelit dans le territoire qu'il avait eu en partage, à Thamnath-Saré, dans la montagne d'Ephraïm, au nord du mont Gaas.
The Israeli people buried his body on his own property in Timnath-Serah [town] town. It is north of Gaash Mountain in the hilly area of the tribe who were descendants of Ephraim.
31 Israël servit Yahweh pendant toute la vie de Josué, et pendant toute la vie des anciens qui survécurent à Josué et qui connaissaient tout ce que Yahweh avait fait en faveur d'Israël.
The Israeli people served/worshiped Yahweh as long as Joshua was alive. After Joshua died, they continued serving/worshiping Yahweh while the elders who had experienced everything that Yahweh had done for the Israeli people were still alive.
32 Les ossements de Joseph, que les enfants d'Israël avaient emportés d'Egypte, furent enterrés à Sichem, dans la pièce de terre que Jacob avait achetée cent kesitas des fils de Hémor, père de Sichem, et ils devinrent la propriété des fils de Joseph.
Joseph’s bones, which the Israeli people had brought with them from Egypt, were also buried at Shechem. The people buried them in the piece of land that Jacob had bought long ago for 100 pieces of silver from Hamor, the father of Shechem. That piece of land was in the area that was given to the people who were descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh, Joseph’s sons.
33 Eléazar, fils d'Aaron, mourut, et on l'enterra à Gabaa, ville de Phinées, son fils, auquel elle avait été donnée, dans la montagne d'Ephraïm.
Eleazar, the Supreme Priest, the son of Aaron, also died. They buried his body at Gibeah, in the area that had been given to Eleazar’s son Phinehas, in the hilly area that belonged to the people who were descendants of Ephraim.
