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.
He said to me, “You human, eat this scroll that is in front of you. Then go and speak to the Israeli people [MTY].”
2 Et j’ouvris ma bouche, et il me donna à manger ce rouleau.
So I opened my mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat it.
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.
Then he said to me, “You human, eat the scroll that I have given to you. Fill your stomach with it.” So I ate it, and in my mouth it tasted as sweet as honey.
4 Et il me dit: Va, fils d’homme, va vers la maison d’Israël, et tu leur parleras avec mes paroles.
Then he said to me, “You human, go to the Israeli people [MTY] and tell them my message.
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;
The people to whom I am sending you are not people whose language is very [to learn], a language which you do not understand. I am sending you to your Israeli people [MTY].
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?
I am sending you to people whose language you understand very well. If I were sending you to people whose language was difficult for you to understand, they [be surprised and] pay attention to what [say to them].
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 Israeli people do not want to listen to you because they do not want to listen to me. [They do not want to listen because] they are all very stubborn [DOU].
8 Voici, j’ai rendu ta face dure contre leurs faces, et ton front dur contre leur front;
But I will enable you [SYN] to be as stubborn and tough as they are.
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.
I will cause you to be as firm/unbreakable as [SIM] the hardest stone, like flint. So, [even though] they are very rebellious people, do not be afraid of them; do not allow them to cause you to be afraid.”
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;
He also said to me, “You human, listen very carefully to what I say, and keep thinking about it [IDM].
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.
Go to your fellow Israelis who [here after being] (exiled/forced to leave their country), and speak to them. Say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says,’ [and then tell them my message], whether they want to hear it or whether they do not want to hear it.”
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! –
[in the vision] the [of God] lifted me up, and I heard behind [someone speaking very loudly], like a loud rumbling sound. [I heard someone say, ] “Praise our glorious Yahweh in the place where he [in heaven]!”
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.
[I heard] the sound of the wings of the four living creatures brushing against each other, [I also heard] the sound of the wheels that were beside them. It was a loud rumbling sound.
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.
The Spirit took me away. Within me I was very bitter and angry [DOU], but I felt Yahweh holding me very powerfully.
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.
I came to the exiles who lived at Tel [town] near the Kebar River/ [south of Babylon]. Then, where they were living, I sat for seven days. I was [about everything that I had seen].
16 Et il arriva, au bout de sept jours, que la parole de l’Éternel vint à moi, disant:
After those seven days had ended, Yahweh gave me this message:
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.
“You human, I am appointing [to be like] a watchman [MET] for the Israeli people [MTY]. [So] listen to these messages that I will give you, and tell them those messages to warn them.
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 about some wicked people, ‘They will surely [because of their sins],’ if you do not warn them or tell them that they must turn from their wicked behavior if they want to (save their lives/remain alive), those wicked people will die because of the sins that they have committed, but I will consider that you are responsible for their deaths [MTY].
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 warn the wicked people and they do not turn from all their wicked behavior [DOU], they will die because of their sins, but you will have saved [from my punishing you].
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.
Similarly, when righteous people turn from their righteous behavior and do evil deeds, I will cause bad things to happen [IDM] to them. [But you must warn them. If you do not warn them], and if they do not stop their sinful behavior, they will die because of their sins; I will not think about the righteous things that they [previously], but I will consider that you are responsible for their deaths [MTY].
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 warn righteous people not to sin, and they do not sin, they will surely remain alive because they [your] warning, and you will have saved [from my punishing you].”
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.
[I felt] Yahweh take control [MTY] of me, and he said to me, “Get up and go [from the city down] to the plain/valley, and there I will speak to 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.
So I got up and went down to the valley. And I saw the glory of Yahweh there, like the glory that I had seen along the Kebar River/Canal. And I prostrated myself on the ground.
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 [of God] entered me and enabled me to stand up. He said to me, “Go into your house and stay inside it.
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.
People will tie you with ropes, with the result that you will be unable to go out among the people.
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.
[Even though] they are very rebellious people, I will cause your tongue to stick to the roof of your mouth, with the result that you will be unable to talk and to rebuke them.
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.
[then] when I speak to [again], I will enable you to talk [MTY], and you will say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says,’ [and you will tell them my message]. Those who are willing to [to what you say] will listen, [many] will refuse to listen, because they are rebellious people [MTY].”
