Ézéchiel 17
1 Et la parole de l’Éternel vint à moi, disant:
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
2 Fils d’homme, propose une énigme et présente une parabole à la maison d’Israël,
“You human, tell this story/parable [DOU] to the people [MTY] of Israel.
3 et dis: Ainsi dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel: Un grand aigle, à grandes ailes, à longues pennes, plein de plumes, qui était de couleurs variées, vint au Liban, et prit la cime d’un cèdre;
[Say to them, ] ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: A huge eagle that had strong wings and long beautiful feathers of many colors flew to Lebanon. It grasped the top of a cedar [tree]
4 il arracha la plus haute de ses jeunes pousses, et la transporta dans un pays de marchands et la mit dans une ville de commerçants.
and broke it off. Then the eagle carried it away to [Babylonia], a country that had many merchants/businessmen, and planted it in one of the cities there.
5 Et il prit de la semence du pays et la mit dans un champ où l’on sème; il la transporta près de grandes eaux, il la planta comme un saule.
Then that eagle took a seedling from [your] country and planted it in a fertile field. He planted it like people plant a willow tree, alongside [a stream that had] plenty of water.
6 Et elle poussa et devint une vigne qui s’étendit, mais avait peu de hauteur, pour que ses branches se tournent vers lui et que ses racines soient sous lui; et elle devint une vigne, et produisit des sarments, et poussa des feuilles.
It grew and became a low grapevine that spread [along the ground]. Its branches turned up towards the eagle, but its roots grew down into the ground. So it became a [good] vine and produced [lots of] branches and leaves.
7 Mais il y avait un [autre] grand aigle, à grandes ailes et à beaucoup de plumes; et voici, des carrés de sa plantation, cette vigne tourna vers lui ses racines, et étendit ses branches vers lui, afin qu’il l’arrose.
But there was another huge eagle that had strong wings and beautiful feathers. And [some of] the roots of the vine grew toward that eagle, and its branches [also] turned toward it, hoping that the eagle would bring more water to it.
8 Elle était plantée dans un bon terrain, près de grandes eaux, afin de produire des sarments et de porter du fruit, afin d’être une vigne magnifique.
[That happened in spite of the fact that] the vine had [already] been planted in good soil, where there was plenty of water, with the result that it had produced branches and produced grapes and had become a very healthy/productive vine.’
9 Dis: Ainsi dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel: Prospérera-t-elle? N’arrachera-t-il pas ses racines, et ne coupera-t-il pas son fruit, en sorte qu’elle sèche? Toutes les jeunes feuilles de ses pousses sécheront, et il ne sera pas besoin d’un grand bras et d’un peuple nombreux pour l’enlever de dessus ses racines.
Then [after you have told that to the people, say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: That vine] will certainly not [RHQ] remain healthy/productive. It will be [RHQ] pulled up by its roots by the eagle [that planted it], and all its fruit will be stripped off and its leaves will wither. And it will not need someone with strong arms or many people to pull it out by its roots.
10 Et voici, elle est plantée: prospérera-t-elle? Quand le vent d’orient l’aura touchée, ne séchera -t-elle pas entièrement? Elle séchera sur les carrés où elle a poussé.
Even if that vine is transplanted, it certainly will not continue to grow [RHQ]. When the hot wind from the east blows against it, it will completely wither, there where it was planted! [RHQ]’”
11 Et la parole de l’Éternel vint à moi, disant:
Then Yahweh gave this message to me:
12 Dis à la maison rebelle: Ne savez-vous pas ce que signifient ces choses? Dis: Voici, le roi de Babylone est venu à Jérusalem, et il a pris son roi et ses princes, et les a emmenés avec lui à Babylone.
“Ask these rebellious [Israeli] people, ‘Do you know what this parable/story means?’ Tell them that it signifies that the King of Babylon went to Jerusalem [with his army] and captured the King of Judah and his officials, and took them back to Babylon.
13 Et il en a pris un de la semence du royaume, et a fait alliance avec lui, et lui a fait prêter un serment [d’exécration], et il a pris les puissants du pays,
Then he took one of the king’s close relatives [and appointed him to be the king], and made an agreement with him, forcing him to solemnly promise [to remain loyal]. The King of Babylon also took to Babylon the other important citizens of Judah,
14 afin que le royaume soit bas et qu’il ne s’élève point, afin qu’il garde son alliance pour subsister.
in order that the kingdom of Judah would not be able to become powerful again. The King of Babylon intended that the kingdom [of Judah] would not continue to exist if the people did not obey that agreement [that he made with the King of Babylon].
15 Mais il s’est rebellé contre lui, envoyant ses messagers en Égypte, pour qu’on lui donne des chevaux et un peuple nombreux. Prospérera-t-il, échappera-t-il, celui qui fait de telles choses? Rompra-t-il l’alliance, et échappera-t-il?
But the King of Judah rebelled against the King of Babylon by sending officials to Egypt to request from them horses and a large army [to fight against the army of Babylonia]. But the King of Judah will certainly not [RHQ] be sucessful. Rulers who [rebel like that and] and refuse to obey solemn agreements will never [RHQ] escape.
16 Je suis vivant, dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel, si, dans le lieu [même] du roi qui l’a fait roi, dont il a méprisé le serment et dont il a rompu l’alliance, près de lui, il ne meurt au milieu de Babylone!
[I], Yahweh the Lord, declare that [as surely] as I am alive, the King of Judah will die in Babylon, in the city where the King of Babylon appointed him to be the King [MTY] [of Judah]. He will die because he despised the solemn agreement and refused to do what he promised to do.
17 Et le Pharaon, avec une grande armée et un grand rassemblement [d’hommes], ne fera rien pour lui dans la guerre, quand on élèvera des terrasses et qu’on bâtira des tours, pour exterminer beaucoup de gens.
The King of Egypt with all his very huge army [DOU] will not [be able to] help the King of Judah: [The soldiers from Babylonia] will build ramps up against the walls of Jerusalem and set up devices to batter the walls. They will [enter Jerusalem and] kill many of its people.
18 Il a méprisé le serment et rompu l’alliance; et voici, il a donné sa main, et il a fait toutes ces choses: il n’échappera pas.
The King of Judah despised the solemn agreement by disregarding the treaty. Although he had solemnly promised to be under the control of the King of Babylon, [he sent officials to request help from Egypt]. Therefore he will not escape being punished [by the King of Babylon].
19 C’est pourquoi, ainsi dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel: Je suis vivant, si je ne mets sur sa tête mon serment qu’il a méprisé et mon alliance qu’il a rompue!
Therefore this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: 'Just as surely as I am alive, I will cause the King of Judah to be punished [IDM] for ignoring the solemn agreement that he made [with the King of Babylon] and then refusing to obey it.
20 Et j’étendrai sur lui mon filet, et il sera pris dans mon piège; et je l’amènerai à Babylone, et là j’entrerai en jugement avec lui pour son infidélité par laquelle il a été infidèle envers moi.
[It will be as though] I will spread a net to capture him, and he will be caught in it. He will [be captured and] taken to Babylon and punished because he rebelled against me.
21 Et tous ses fugitifs, de toutes ses troupes, tomberont par l’épée, et ceux qui resteront seront dispersés à tout vent. Et vous saurez que moi, l’Éternel, j’ai parlé.
Most [HYP] of his soldiers who try to escape will be killed by [their enemies’] swords, and those who survive will be scattered in all directions. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].'”
22 Ainsi dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel: Et moi, je prendrai de la cime du cèdre élevé [un rejeton], et je le placerai: de la plus haute de ses jeunes pousses, j’arracherai un tendre [rejeton] et je le planterai sur une montagne haute et éminente.
This is [also] what Yahweh the Lord says: “[It will be as though] I will take a shoot from the top of a very tall cedar [tree] and plant it [DOU] in another place. I will plant it on a very high [DOU] mountain.
23 Je le planterai sur la haute montagne d’Israël; et il portera des branches et produira du fruit, et il sera un cèdre magnifique; et tout oiseau de toute aile demeurera sous lui; ils habiteront à l’ombre de ses branches.
[It will be as though] I will plant it on a mountain in Israel, and it will grow and become a beautiful cedar [tree]. Many [HYP] kinds of birds will make their nests in the tree, and they will have shade in its branches.
24 Et tous les arbres des champs sauront que moi, l’Éternel, j’abaisse l’arbre élevé [et] j’élève l’arbre abaissé, je fais sécher l’arbre vert et je fais fleurir l’arbre sec. Moi, l’Éternel, je l’ai dit, et je le ferai.
And [it will be as though] all the trees in the field will know that I, Yahweh, get rid of tall trees and make little ones grow. I cause [big] green trees to wither, and I cause dry trees to become green. I, Yahweh have said this, and I will [certainly] do what I have said that I will do.”
