Deutéronome 10
1 En ce temps-là, l’Éternel me dit: Taille-toi deux tables de pierre comme les premières, et monte vers moi sur la montagne, et fais-toi 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 et j’écrirai sur les 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 Et je fis une arche de bois de sittim, et je taillai deux tables de pierre comme les premières; et 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 – Et il écrivit sur les tables, selon ce qu’il avait écrit la première fois, les dix paroles que l’Éternel vous avait dites sur la montagne, du milieu du feu, le jour de la congrégation; et l’Éternel 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 Et je me tournai, et je descendis de la montagne, et je mis les tables dans l’arche que j’avais faite, et elles sont là, comme l’Éternel me l’avait commandé.
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 (Et les fils d’Israël partirent de Beéroth-Bené-Jaakan pour Moséra. Là mourut Aaron, et il y fut enseveli; et Éléazar, son fils, exerça la sacrificature 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 Gudgoda, et de Gudgoda pour Jotbatha, un pays de ruisseaux d’eau.)
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, l’Éternel sépara la tribu de Lévi pour porter l’arche de l’alliance de l’Éternel, pour se tenir devant l’Éternel, pour faire son service, et pour bénir en son nom, 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 point de part ni d’héritage avec ses frères; l’Éternel est son héritage, comme l’Éternel, 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 Et moi, je me tins sur la montagne comme les jours précédents, 40 jours et 40 nuits; et l’Éternel m’écouta aussi cette fois-là: l’Éternel 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 Et l’Éternel me dit: Lève-toi, va, pour marcher devant le peuple, et qu’ils entrent dans le pays que j’ai juré à leurs pères de leur donner, et qu’ils le possèdent.
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! qu’est-ce que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, demande de toi, sinon que tu craignes l’Éternel, ton Dieu, pour marcher dans toutes ses voies, et pour l’aimer, et pour servir l’Éternel, 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 gardant les commandements de l’Éternel, et ses statuts, que je te commande aujourd’hui, pour ton bien?
and to obey all of his commandments [DOU] which I am giving to you today for your benefit.
14 Voici, à l’Éternel, ton Dieu, appartiennent les cieux, et les cieux des cieux, la terre et tout ce qui est en elle.
“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 Cependant l’Éternel s’est attaché à tes pères pour les aimer; et il vous a choisis, vous, leur semence, après eux, d’entre tous les peuples, comme [il paraît] 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 roidissez plus votre cou;
So you must stop sinning [MET] and stop being stubborn [IDM]!
17 car l’Éternel, votre Dieu, est le Dieu des dieux et le Seigneur des seigneurs, le Dieu grand, puissant, et terrible, qui ne fait point acception de personnes, et qui ne prend pas de présents;
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, et qui aime l’étranger pour lui donner le pain et le vêtement.
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 Et 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 l’Éternel, ton Dieu; tu le serviras, et 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 Lui est ta louange, et lui est ton Dieu, 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 sont descendus en Égypte au nombre de 70 âmes; et maintenant l’Éternel, ton Dieu, t’a fait devenir comme les étoiles des cieux, en multitude.
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.”
