Deutéronome 32
1 Cieux, prêtez l’oreille, et je parlerai; et [toi] terre, écoute les paroles de ma bouche.
“Listen to me, [all you who are in the] heavens, and [all you who are on the] earth, listen to what I say [MTY].
2 Ma doctrine distillera comme la pluie; ma parole descendra comme la rosée, comme une pluie fine sur l’herbe tendre, et comme des ondées sur l’herbe mûre.
I wish/desire that my teaching will fall on you like rain drops or be like dew on the ground, and be like a gentle rain on the young plants, like showers on the grass.
3 Car je proclamerai le nom de l’Éternel: Attribuez la grandeur à notre Dieu!
I will praise Yahweh [MTY]. And [all you people should] tell others that our God is very great.
4 Il est le Rocher, son œuvre est parfaite; car toutes ses voies sont justice. C’est un Dieu fidèle, et il n’y a pas d’iniquité [en lui]; il est juste et droit.
He is like a rock [MET] [under which we are protected]; [everything] that he does is perfect and completely just/fair [DOU]. He always does what he says that he will do; he never does anything that is wrong.
5 Ils se sont corrompus à son égard, leur tache n’est pas celle de ses fils; c’est une génération tortue et perverse.
“But [you Israeli people] have been very unfaithful to him; because of your sins, you no longer [deserve to] be his children. You are extremely wicked and deceitful [DOU].
6 Est-ce ainsi que vous récompensez l’Éternel, peuple insensé et dénué de sagesse? N’est-il pas ton père, qui t’a acheté? C’est lui qui t’a fait et qui t’a établi.
You foolish and senseless [DOU] people, (is this the way that you should repay Yahweh [for all that he has done for you]?/this is certainly not the way that you should repay Yahweh [for all that he has done for you].) [RHQ] He is your father; he created you [RHQ]; he caused you to become a nation.
7 Souviens-toi des jours d’autrefois, considérez les années de génération en génération; interroge ton père, et il te le déclarera, tes anciens, et ils te le diront.
“Think about [what happened] long ago; consider what happened to your ancestors. Ask your parents, and they will inform you; ask the older people, and they will tell you.
8 Quand le Très-haut partageait l’héritage aux nations, quand il séparait les fils d’Adam, il établit les limites des peuples selon le nombre des fils d’Israël.
When God, who is greater than any other god, long ago divided the people into groups, he assigned to the nations their land. He determined where each people-group should live and (assigned to/chose for) each people-group a god/angel.
9 Car la portion de l’Éternel, c’est son peuple; Jacob est le lot de son héritage.
But Yahweh decided that we would be his people; he chose [us, the descendants of] Jacob, to belong to him.
10 Il le trouva dans un pays désert et dans la désolation des hurlements d’une solitude; il le conduisit çà et là; il prit soin de lui, il le garda comme la prunelle de son œil.
“He saw [our ancestors] when they were in a desert, wandering in a land (that was desolate/where no people lived). He protected them and took care of them, as every person takes good care of his own eyes. [SIM, IDM]
11 Comme l’aigle éveille son nid, plane au-dessus de ses petits, étend ses ailes, les prend, les porte sur ses plumes,
[Yahweh protected his people] just like an eagle encourages its babies [to fly] and flutters over them [MET], spreading its wings and catching them [if they start to fall].
12 L’Éternel seul l’a conduit, et il n’y a point eu avec lui de dieu étranger.
Yahweh was the only one who led them; no other foreign god helped him.
13 Il l’a fait passer à cheval sur les lieux hauts de la terre; et il a mangé le produit des champs, et il lui a fait sucer le miel du rocher, et l’huile du roc dur;
“[After they entered the land that Yahweh promised to give to them], Yahweh enabled them to rule the hilly areas; they ate the crops that grew in the fields. They found honey in the rocks, and their olive trees [MTY] grew [even] in stony ground.
14 Le caillé des vaches, et le lait des brebis, et la graisse des agneaux et des béliers de la race de Basan, et des boucs, avec la fine graisse du froment; et tu as bu le vin pur, le sang du raisin.
The cows gave them plenty of curds/yogurt, the goats gave them plenty of milk, they had well-fed sheep and cattle, they had very good wheat, and they made delicious wine from their grapes.
15 Mais Jeshurun s’est engraissé, et a regimbé: tu es devenu gras, gros, replet; et il a abandonné le Dieu qui l’a fait, et il a méprisé le Rocher de son salut.
“The Israeli people became rich and prosperous, but then they rebelled against God; they abandoned him, the one who created them, the one who powerfully saves them.
16 Ils l’ont ému à jalousie par des [dieux] étrangers; ils l’ont provoqué à colère par des abominations.
So he abandoned them because they started to worship other/strange gods. Because of their worshiping disgusting idols, he became angry.
17 Ils ont sacrifié aux démons qui ne sont point Dieu, à des dieux qu’ils ne connaissaient pas, [dieux] nouveaux, venus depuis peu, que vos pères n’ont pas révérés.
They offered sacrifices to gods who were [really] demons, gods that their ancestors had never known; they offered sacrifices to gods that they had recently found out about, gods whom your ancestors had never revered.
18 Tu as oublié le Rocher qui t’a engendré, et tu as mis en oubli le Dieu qui t’a enfanté.
They forgot [the true] God, the one who protects them [MET], the one who created them and caused them to live.
19 Et l’Éternel l’a vu et les a rejetés, par indignation contre ses fils et ses filles.
“When Yahweh saw that [they had abandoned him], he became angry, so he rejected [the Israeli people, who are like] his sons and daughters.
20 Et il a dit: Je leur cacherai ma face, je verrai quelle sera leur fin, car ils sont une génération perverse, des fils en qui il n’y a point de fidélité.
He said, ‘They are very wicked/stubborn people, very unfaithful; so I will no longer help them, and then I will watch and see what happens to them.
21 Ils m’ont ému à jalousie par ce qui n’est point Dieu, ils m’ont provoqué à colère par leurs vanités; et moi, je les exciterai à la jalousie par ce qui n’est pas un peuple, je les provoquerai à la colère par une nation insensée.
They made me very angry because of their worshiping idols, which are not really gods; they have caused me to be [jealous [MET] because I want them to worship only me]. So now, in order to cause them to become jealous, I will send [to attack them an army of] a nation of worthless and foolish people.
22 Car un feu s’est allumé dans ma colère, et il brûlera jusqu’au shéol le plus profond, et dévorera la terre et son rapport, et embrasera les fondements des montagnes. (Sheol h7585)
I will be very angry, and I will destroy them like a fire that will burn on the earth and all the way down to the place where dead people are [MET]; that fire will destroy the earth and everything that grows on it, and it will even burn what is down under the mountains. (Sheol h7585)
23 J’accumulerai sur eux des maux; j’épuiserai contre eux mes flèches.
I will cause them to experience many disasters; [they will feel as though] [MET] I am shooting all my arrows at them.
24 Ils seront consumés par la famine et rongés par des ardeurs dévorantes, et par une peste maligne; Et j’enverrai contre eux la dent des bêtes, avec le venin de ce qui rampe dans la poussière.
They will die because of being hungry and because of having hot fevers and because of terrible diseases; I will send wild animals to attack [MTY] them, and poisonous snakes to bite [MTY] them.
25 Au-dehors l’épée, et au-dedans la terreur, détruiront le jeune homme et la vierge, l’enfant qui tète et l’homme à cheveux blancs.
Outside [their houses, their enemies] will kill them [MTY] with swords, and in their homes, [their enemies will cause] them to be terrified. Their enemies will kill young men and young women, and they will kill infants and old people with gray hair.
26 Je dirais: Je les disperserai, j’abolirai du milieu des hommes leur mémoire,
I wanted to scatter the Israeli people to distant countries in order that no one would ever remember them.
27 si je ne craignais la provocation de l’ennemi, que leurs adversaires ne s’y méprennent et qu’ils ne disent: Notre main est élevée, et ce n’est pas l’Éternel qui a fait tout cela.
But [if I did that], their enemies would wrongly boast that they were the ones who had [gotten rid of my people]; they would say, “We [SYN] are the ones who defeated them; it was not Yahweh who has done all these things.”’
28 Car ils sont une nation qui a perdu le conseil, et il n’y a en eux aucune intelligence.
You Israelis are a nation of people who do not have any sense. None of you is wise.
29 Oh! s’ils avaient été sages, ils auraient compris ceci, ils auraient considéré leur fin!
If you were wise, you would understand [why you would be punished]; you would have realized what was going to happen to you.
30 Comment un seul en aurait-il poursuivi mille, et deux en auraient-ils mis en fuite dix mille, si leur Rocher ne les avait pas vendus, et si l’Éternel ne les avait pas livrés?
[You would have realized] why 1,000 [of your soldiers] would be defeated by only one [of the enemy soldiers], and why two of your enemies would chase away 10,000 [Israeli soldiers]. [You would realize that this would happen] only if God, the one who always defended you [MET], had allowed your enemies to defeat you, because he had abandoned you.
31 Car leur rocher n’est pas comme notre Rocher, et nos ennemis en sont juges.
Your enemies know that their gods are not powerful like Yahweh, our God, [so their gods could not have defeated us Israelis].
32 Car leur vigne est de la vigne de Sodome et du terroir de Gomorrhe; Leurs raisins sont des raisins vénéneux, et leurs grappes sont amères;
Your enemies are like [MET] grapevines planted near [the ruins of] Sodom and Gomorrah [cities]; the grapes from those vines are bitter and poisonous;
33 Leur vin est un venin de monstres et un poison cruel d’aspic.
the wine [from those grapes] is like the poison of snakes [DOU].
34 Cela n’est-il pas caché par-devers moi, scellé dans mes trésors?
[“Yahweh says], ‘I know [RHQ] [what I have planned to do to the Israeli people and to their enemies], and those plans are so secure [that it as though he locked them up] [MET].
35 À moi la vengeance et la rétribution, au temps où leur pied bronchera. Car le jour de leur calamité est proche, et ce qui leur est préparé se hâte.
I am the one who will get revenge and pay those enemies back for what they have done [to my people], at the right time for them to be punished [IDM]; they will soon experience disasters, and I will punish/destroy them quickly.’
36 Car l’Éternel jugera son peuple, et se repentira en faveur de ses serviteurs, quand il verra que la force s’en est allée, et qu’il n’y a plus personne, homme lié ou homme libre.
“But Yahweh will see that you who are truly his people, who (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong), and he will be merciful to you. And he will see that you are helpless, and that there are very few of you, slaves or free people, who are still alive.
37 Et il dira: Où sont leurs dieux, le rocher en qui ils se confiaient,
Then Yahweh will ask his people, ‘Where are the gods that you thought would protect you [MET]?
38 Qui mangeaient la graisse de leurs sacrifices, [et] buvaient le vin de leurs libations? Qu’ils se lèvent, et qu’ils vous secourent, qu’ils soient une retraite pour vous!
You gave to those gods the best parts of the animals that you sacrificed, and you poured out wine for them to drink. So, they should begin to help you; they should be the ones who will protect you!
39 Voyez maintenant que c’est moi, moi, le Même, et il n’y a point de dieu à côté de moi; Moi, je tue, et moi, je fais vivre; moi, je blesse, et moi, je guéris; et il n’y a personne qui délivre de ma main.
“But now you will realize that I, only I, am God; there is no other god who is [a real] god. I am the one who can kill people and who can cause people to live; I can wound people, and I can heal people, and there is no one who can prevent me from doing those things.
40 Car je lève ma main aux cieux, et je dis: Je vis éternellement.
I raise my hand toward heaven and solemnly declare that just as sure as I live forever,
41 Si j’aiguise l’éclair de mon épée et que ma main saisisse le jugement, je rendrai la vengeance à mes adversaires et je récompenserai ceux qui me haïssent.
that when I sharpen my sword, as I [SYN] prepare to punish people, I will get revenge on my enemies; I will pay back those who hate me.
42 J’enivrerai mes flèches de sang, et mon épée dévorera de la chair; [je les enivrerai] du sang des tués et des captifs, de la tête des chefs de l’ennemi.
I will kill all [of my enemies] with a sword; it will be as though I had arrows that will be covered with their blood. I will kill [MTY] all those whom I capture and cut off their leaders’ heads.’
43 Réjouissez-vous, nations, [avec] son peuple; car il vengera le sang de ses serviteurs, et il rendra la vengeance à ses adversaires, et il pardonnera à sa terre, à son peuple.
“You people of all nations, you as well as his people should praise Yahweh, because Yahweh gets revenge on those who kill the people who serve him; and he cleanses his people’s land which has become defiled because of their sins.”
44 Et Moïse vint, et prononça toutes les paroles de ce cantique aux oreilles du peuple, lui et Josué, fils de Nun.
Joshua and Moses/I recited the words of that song while the Israeli people were listening.
45 Et Moïse acheva de prononcer toutes ces paroles à tout Israël,
When they/we finished reciting to the Israeli people the words of this song,
46 et il leur dit: Appliquez votre cœur à toutes les paroles par lesquelles je rends témoignage parmi vous aujourd’hui, pour les commander à vos fils, afin qu’ils prennent garde à pratiquer toutes les paroles de cette loi.
Moses/I said, “Never forget all these commands that I have been giving you today. Teach these laws to your children, in order that they will faithfully obey all of them.
47 Car ce n’est pas ici une parole vaine pour vous, mais c’est votre vie; et par cette parole vous prolongerez [vos] jours sur la terre où, en passant le Jourdain, vous [entrez] afin de la posséder.
These instructions are very important [LIT]. If [you obey] them, you will live a long time in the land that you are about to cross the Jordan [River] to occupy.”
48 Et, en ce même jour, l’Éternel parla à Moïse, disant:
On that same day, Yahweh said to Moses/me,
49 Monte sur cette montagne d’Abarim, le mont Nebo, qui est dans le pays de Moab, qui est vis-à-vis de Jéricho; et regarde le pays de Canaan que je donne en possession aux fils d’Israël.
“Go to the Abarim Mountain range [here] in the Moab region, across from Jericho. Climb Nebo Mountain, and look [toward the west] to see Canaan land, the land that I am about to give to the Israeli people.
50 Et tu mourras sur la montagne sur laquelle tu monteras, et tu seras recueilli vers tes peuples, comme Aaron, ton frère, est mort sur la montagne de Hor et a été recueilli vers ses peuples;
You will die on that mountain [EUP, DOU], like your [older] brother Aaron died on Hor Mountain.
51 parce que vous avez été infidèles envers moi, au milieu des fils d’Israël, aux eaux de Meriba-Kadès, dans le désert de Tsin, en ce que vous ne m’avez pas sanctifié au milieu des fils d’Israël.
You will die because both of you disobeyed me in the presence of the Israeli people, when you all were at Meribah Springs near Kadesh [town] in the Zin Desert. You did not honor and respect me in the presence of the Israeli people in the way that I deserve because I am God.
52 Car tu verras devant toi le pays, mais tu n’y entreras pas, dans le pays que je donne aux fils d’Israël.
[When you are on that mountain where I told you to go], you will see in the distance in front of you the land that I am about to give to the Israeli people, but you will not enter it.”
