Nombres 12
1 Marie, avec Aaron, parla contre Moïse au sujet de la femme couschite qu’il avait prise; car il avait pris une femme couschite.
[Moses’/My older sister] Miriam and [his/my older brother] Aaron were saying this: “Is Moses the only one to whom Yahweh has spoken messages to tell to us [RHQ]? Does Yahweh not speak messages to us two also?” [They told people that] they were saying that because Moses/I had married a woman who was a descendant of the Cush people-group, [but they were really saying that because they (were jealous/did not want Moses/me to be the only leader of the Israeli people)]. But Yahweh heard what they were saying.
2 Ils dirent: « Est-ce seulement par Moïse que Yahweh a parlé? N’a-t-il pas parlé aussi par nous? » Et Yahweh l’entendit.
3 Mais Moïse était un homme fort doux, plus qu’aucun homme qui fût sur la face de la terre.
[The truth was that] Moses/I was very humble. He/I was more humble than anyone else on the earth [and Moses/I had not appointed himself/myself to be their leader].
4 Soudain Yahweh dit à Moïse, à Aaron et à Marie: « Sortez, vous trois, vers la tente de réunion. » Et ils sortirent tous les trois;
So immediately Yahweh spoke to Moses/me and to Aaron and Miriam. He said, “All three of you must go and stand at the Sacred Tent.” So they/we did that.
5 et Yahweh descendit dans la colonne de nuée et se tint à l’entrée de la tente. Il appela Aaron et Marie, qui s’avancèrent tous deux;
Then Yahweh descended to the entrance of the tent in a cloud [that resembled a huge white] pillar. He told Aaron and Miriam to step forward, so they did.
6 et il dit: « Écoutez bien mes paroles: si vous avez quelque prophète de Yahweh, c’est en vision que je me révèle à lui, c’est en songe que je lui parle.
Then he said to them, “Listen to me! When a prophet is among you, I [usually] reveal myself to him by allowing him to see visions, and I speak to him in dreams.
7 Tel n'est pas mon serviteur Moïse; il est reconnu fidèle dans toute ma maison.
But that is not the way I speak to my servant Moses. I trust that he will lead my people [well].
8 Je lui parle bouche à bouche, en me faisant voir, et non par énigmes, et il contemple la figure de Yahweh. Pourquoi donc n'avez-vous pas craint de parler contre mon serviteur, contre Moïse? »
So I talk to him face-to-face. I speak to him (clearly/using words that he will understand easily), not using parables. He has even seen what I look like. So you should be afraid to criticize my servant Moses!”
9 Et la colère de Yahweh s’enflamma contre eux; et il s’en alla;
Yahweh was very angry with Miriam and Aaron, and he left.
10 la nuée se retira de dessus la tente. Et voici, Marie devint lépreuse, blanche comme la neige. Aaron se tourna vers Marie, et voici, elle était lépreuse.
When the cloud rose up from the Sacred Tent, Aaron looked at Miriam, and he saw that her skin was [as white] as snow, because she now had leprosy.
11 Et Aaron dit à Moïse: « De grâce, mon seigneur, ne mets pas sur nous ce péché que nous avons follement commis, et dont nous sommes coupables.
Aaron said to Moses/me, “My master, please do not punish us for this sin that we have foolishly committed.
12 Ah! Qu'elle ne soit pas comme l’enfant mort-né qui, en sortant du sein de sa mère, a la chair à demi-consumée! »
Do not allow Miriam to be like a baby that is already dead when it is born, whose flesh is already half decayed!”
13 Moïse cria à Yahweh, en disant: « Ô Dieu, je vous prie, guérissez-là! »
So Moses/I cried out to Yahweh, saying, “God, I plead with you to heal her!”
14 Yahweh dit à Moïse: « Si son père lui avait craché au visage, ne serait-elle pas pendant sept jours couverte de honte? Qu'elle soit séquestrée sept jours hors du camp; après quoi, elle y sera reçue. »
But Yahweh replied, “If her father had [rebuked her for doing something wrong by] spitting in her face, she would have been ashamed for seven days. [She should be ashamed because of what she has done]. So send her outside the camp for seven days. Then [she will not have leprosy any more, and] she may return to the camp.”
15 Marie fut donc séquestrée sept jours hors du camp, et le peuple ne partit point, jusqu’à ce que Marie eût été reçue.
So they sent her outside the camp for seven days. (The people/We) did not move [to another location] until she returned.
16 Après cela, le peuple partit de Haséroth, et ils campèrent dans le désert de Pharan.
But after [she returned], they/we left Hazeroth and moved [north] in the Paran Desert and set up their/our tents there.
