Ézéchiel 3
1 Et il me dit: Fils d’homme, mange ce que tu trouves; mange ce rouleau, et va, parle à la maison d’Israël.
And he said to me, Son of man, take this roll for your food, and go and say my words to the children of Israel.
2 Et j’ouvris ma bouche, et il me donna à manger ce rouleau.
And, on my opening my mouth, he made me take the roll as food.
3 Et il me dit: Fils d’homme, nourris ton ventre et remplis tes entrailles de ce rouleau que je te donne. Et je le mangeai, et il fut dans ma bouche doux comme du miel.
And he said to me, Son of man, let your stomach make a meal of it and let your inside be full of this roll which I am giving you. Then I took it, and it was sweet as honey in my mouth.
4 Et il me dit: Va, fils d’homme, va vers la maison d’Israël, et tu leur parleras avec mes paroles.
And he said to me, Son of man, go now to the children of Israel, and say my words to them.
5 Car ce n’est pas vers un peuple à langage obscur ou à langue incompréhensible que tu es envoyé: c’est vers la maison d’Israël;
For you are not sent to a people whose talk is strange and whose language is hard, but to the children of Israel;
6 ce n’est pas vers beaucoup de peuples à langage obscur ou à langue incompréhensible, dont tu ne puisses entendre les paroles: si tu étais envoyé vers eux, ne t’écouteraient-ils pas?
Not to a number of peoples whose talk is strange and whose language is hard and whose words are not clear to you. Truly, if I sent you to them they would give ear to you.
7 Mais la maison d’Israël ne voudra pas t’écouter, car aucun d’eux ne veut m’écouter; car toute la maison d’Israël a le front dur et le cœur obstiné.
But the children of Israel will not give ear to you; for they have no mind to give ear to me: for all the children of Israel have a hard brow and a stiff heart.
8 Voici, j’ai rendu ta face dure contre leurs faces, et ton front dur contre leur front;
See, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your brow hard against their brows.
9 j’ai rendu ton front comme un diamant, plus dur que le roc. Ne les crains pas, et ne sois point effrayé d’eux, car ils sont une maison rebelle.
Like a diamond harder than rock I have made your brow: have no fear of them and do not be overcome by their looks, for they are an uncontrolled people.
10 Et il me dit: Fils d’homme, toutes mes paroles que je te dirai, reçois-les dans ton cœur, et écoute-les de tes oreilles;
Then he said to me, Son of man, take into your heart all my words which I am about to say to you, and let your ears be open to them.
11 et va, va vers ceux de la transportation, vers les fils de ton peuple, et tu leur parleras et tu leur diras: Ainsi dit le Seigneur l’Éternel, – soit qu’ils écoutent, soit qu’ils n’en fassent rien.
And go now to those who have been taken away as prisoners, to the children of your people, and say to them, This is what the Lord has said; if they give ear or if they do not.
12 Et l’Esprit m’enleva; et j’entendis derrière moi le bruit d’une grande commotion, [disant]: Bénie soit de son lieu la gloire de l’Éternel! –
Then I was lifted up by the wind, and at my back the sound of a great rushing came to my ears when the glory of the Lord was lifted up from his place.
13 et le bruit des ailes des animaux qui s’entre-touchaient l’une l’autre, et le bruit des roues auprès d’eux, et le bruit d’une grande commotion.
And there was the sound of the wings of the living beings touching one another, and the sound of the wheels at their side, the sound of a great rushing.
14 Et l’Esprit m’enleva, et me prit; et je m’en allai plein d’amertume dans l’ardeur de mon esprit; et la main de l’Éternel était forte sur moi.
And the wind, lifting me up, took me away: and I went in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of the Lord was strong on me.
15 Et je vins à Thel-Abib vers ceux de la transportation qui demeuraient auprès du fleuve Kebar; et là où ils étaient assis, je m’assis stupéfait, là au milieu d’eux, sept jours.
Then I came to those who had been taken away as prisoners, who were at Telabib by the river Chebar, and I was seated among them full of wonder for seven days.
16 Et il arriva, au bout de sept jours, que la parole de l’Éternel vint à moi, disant:
And at the end of seven days, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
17 Fils d’homme, je t’ai établi sentinelle pour la maison d’Israël; et tu entendras la parole de ma bouche, et tu les avertiras de ma part.
Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel: so give ear to the word of my mouth, and give them word from me of their danger.
18 Quand je dirai au méchant: Tu mourras certainement, et que tu ne l’avertiras pas, et que tu ne parleras pas pour avertir le méchant [de se détourner] de sa méchante voie, afin qu’il vive, – lui, le méchant, mourra dans son iniquité, mais je redemanderai son sang de ta main.
When I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly be your fate; and you give him no word of it and say nothing to make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his evil way, so that he may be safe; that same evil man will come to death in his evil-doing; but I will make you responsible for his blood.
19 Et si tu avertis le méchant, et qu’il ne se détourne pas de sa méchanceté ni de sa méchante voie, il mourra, lui, dans son iniquité; mais toi, tu as délivré ton âme.
But if you give the evil-doer word of his danger, and he is not turned from his sin or from his evil way, death will overtake him in his evil-doing; but your life will be safe.
20 Et si le juste se détourne de sa justice et commet l’iniquité, et que je mette une pierre d’achoppement devant lui, il mourra; parce que tu ne l’as point averti, il mourra dans son péché, et ses actes justes qu’il a faits ne viendront pas en mémoire; mais je redemanderai son sang de ta main.
Again, when an upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, and I put a cause of falling in his way, death will overtake him: because you have given him no word of his danger, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, and there will be no memory of the upright acts which he has done; but I will make you responsible for his blood.
21 Et si tu avertis le juste de ne pas pécher, et que le juste ne pèche pas, il vivra certainement, car il s’est tenu pour averti; et toi tu as délivré ton âme.
But if you say to the upright man that he is not to do evil, he will certainly keep his life because he took note of your word; and your life will be safe.
22 Et la main de l’Éternel fut là sur moi, et il me dit: Lève-toi, sors dans la vallée, et là je parlerai avec toi.
And the hand of the Lord was on me there; and he said, Get up and go out into the valley and there I will have talk with you.
23 Et je me levai, et je sortis dans la vallée; et voici, la gloire de l’Éternel se tenait là, selon la gloire que j’avais vue près du fleuve Kebar; et je tombai sur ma face.
Then I got up and went out into the valley; and I saw the glory of the Lord resting there as I had seen it by the river Chebar; and I went down on my face.
24 Et l’Esprit entra en moi et me fit tenir sur mes pieds; et il me parla, et me dit: Va, enferme-toi dans ta maison.
Then the spirit came into me and put me on my feet; and he had talk with me and said to me, Go and keep yourself shut up inside your house.
25 Et toi, fils d’homme, voici, on mettra sur toi des cordes, et on t’en liera; et tu ne sortiras pas parmi eux.
But see, O son of man, I will put bands on you, prisoning you in them, and you will not go out among them:
26 Et je collerai ta langue à ton palais, et tu seras muet, et tu ne seras pas pour eux un homme qui les reprenne; car ils sont une maison rebelle.
And I will make your tongue fixed to the roof of your mouth, so that you have no voice and may not make protests to them: for they are an uncontrolled people.
27 Et quand je parlerai avec toi, j’ouvrirai ta bouche, et tu leur diras: Ainsi dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel: Que celui qui écoute, écoute; et que celui qui n’en fait rien, n’en fasse rien; car ils sont une maison rebelle.
But when I have talk with you I will make your mouth open, and you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Let the hearer give ear; and as for him who will not, let him keep his ears shut: for they are an uncontrolled people.
