Ézéchiel 33
1 Et la parole de l’Éternel vint à moi, disant:
Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
2 Fils d’homme, parle aux fils de ton peuple, et dis-leur: Si je fais venir l’épée sur un pays, et que le peuple du pays prenne un homme d’entre eux tous, et se le donne pour sentinelle;
“You human, speak to your fellow Israelis and say this to them: ‘When I bring an enemy army [MTY] to attack a country, and the people of that country choose one of their men and appoint him to be a watchman,
3 et qu’il voie venir l’épée sur le pays, et sonne de la trompette, et avertisse le peuple;
if he sees the enemy army [MTY] coming to attack his country, and he blows a trumpet to warn the people,
4 et que quelqu’un entende bien le son de la trompette, mais ne reçoive pas l’avertissement, et que l’épée vienne et le saisisse, son sang sera sur sa tête.
if anyone hears the trumpet and does not heed the warning, and as a result he is killed by the sword [of one of his enemies], he will be responsible for his own death [MTY].
5 Il a entendu le son de la trompette, et n’a pas reçu l’avertissement: son sang est sur lui; alors que s’il avait reçu l’avertissement, il aurait délivré son âme.
If he had heeded the warning, he would have (have saved his life/still be alive). But because he heard the sound of the trumpet and did not heed that warning, his death will be his own fault.
6 Mais si la sentinelle voit venir l’épée, et ne sonne pas de la trompette, et que le peuple ne soit pas averti, et que l’épée vienne et saisisse quelqu’un d’entre eux, lui est saisi dans son iniquité; mais je redemanderai son sang de la main de la sentinelle.
But if the watchman sees the enemy army [MTY] coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people, and one of his people is killed by an enemy sword, that person will die because of his sin, but I will consider that the watchman is responsible for that man’s death.’
7 Et toi, 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.
So, you human, I have appointed you to be a watchman for the Israeli people [MTY]. So always listen to what I say and warn the people for me.
8 Quand je dirai au méchant: Méchant, certainement tu mourras! et que tu ne parleras pas pour avertir le méchant à l’égard de sa voie, lui, le méchant, mourra dans son iniquité; mais je redemanderai son sang de ta main.
When I say to some wicked person, ‘You wicked person, you will surely die [because of your sins,’ you must tell him that]. If you do not speak to that person to warn him that he should turn away from his sins, that wicked person will die because of his sins, but I will say that you are responsible for his death [MTY].
9 Et si tu avertis le méchant à l’égard de sa voie, pour qu’il s’en détourne, et qu’il ne se détourne pas de sa voie, il mourra, lui, dans son iniquité; mais toi, tu as délivré ton âme.
But if you warn that wicked person that he should turn away from his sins, and he does not do that, he will die because of his sins, but you will have saved your life.
10 Et toi, fils d’homme, dis à la maison d’Israël: Vous avez parlé ainsi, disant: Nos transgressions et nos péchés sont sur nous, et nous sommes consumés par eux, et comment vivrions-nous?
You human, say to the Israeli people, ‘This is what you all are saying: “[The guilt that we have for] disobeying God’s laws and sinning is like a heavy weight on us, and it is hurting us, and we are slowly dying. So what can we do to continue to remain alive?”’
11 Dis-leur: Je suis vivant, dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel, si je prends plaisir en la mort du méchant, … mais [plutôt] à ce que le méchant se détourne de sa voie et qu’il vive! Détournez-vous, détournez-vous de vos mauvaises voies; et pourquoi mourriez-vous, maison d’Israël?
Say to them, ‘Yahweh the Lord says, “As surely as I am alive, I am not happy when wicked people die; I would prefer that they turn away from their wicked behavior and continue to live. So repent! Turn away from your evil behavior! You Israeli people, do you really want to die [RHQ]?”’
12 Et toi, fils d’homme, dis aux fils de ton peuple: La justice du juste ne le délivrera pas, au jour de sa transgression; et la méchanceté du méchant ne le fera pas tomber, au jour où il se détournera de sa méchanceté; et le juste ne pourra pas vivre par sa justice, au jour où il péchera.
Therefore, you human, say to your fellow Israelis, ‘If righteous people start to disobey me, their being righteous previously will not save them [from being punished]. And if wicked people turn away from their wicked behavior, they will not die because of the sins that they committed [previously]. And if righteous people start to sin, they will not be allowed to remain alive because of their formerly being righteous.’
13 Quand j’aurai dit au juste que certainement il vivra, et que lui se confie en sa justice et commette l’iniquité, de tous ses actes justes, aucun ne viendra en mémoire, mais dans son iniquité qu’il a commise il mourra.
If I tell righteous people that they will surely remain alive, but then they trust/think that because they have been righteous previously, they can start to do evil [and not be punished], I will not think about the righteous things that they did previously; they will die because of the evil things that they are doing.
14 Et quand j’aurai dit au méchant: Certainement tu mourras, … s’il se détourne de son péché, et pratique le jugement et la justice;
And if I say to some wicked person, ‘You will surely die [because of your sins],’ that person may turn away from his sinful behavior and do what is just and right [DOU].
15 si le méchant rend le gage, restitue ce qu’il a pillé, marche dans les statuts de la vie, en ne commettant pas l’iniquité, certainement il vivra, il ne mourra pas.
For example, he may return what he took from another person to guarantee [that that person would pay back what he owes], or he may return things that he has stolen, and he may obey the laws that will enable [those who obey them] to remain alive, and he will not continue to do evil things. If that happens, he will surely remain alive; he will not die [because of the sins that he committed previously].
16 De tous ses péchés qu’il a commis, aucun ne viendra en mémoire contre lui: il a pratiqué le jugement et la justice; certainement il vivra.
I will not think about the sins that he has committed; he will surely remain alive.
17 Et les fils de ton peuple disent: La voie du Seigneur n’est pas réglée; mais c’est eux dont la voie n’est pas réglée.
Your fellow Israelis say, ‘What Yahweh does is not fair.’ But it is your behavior that is not fair.
18 Quand le juste se détournera de sa justice et pratiquera l’iniquité, il en mourra.
If a righteous person turns away from doing what is righteous and starts to do what is evil, [it is fair that] he die because of his sins.
19 Et quand le méchant se détournera de sa méchanceté et pratiquera le jugement et la justice, il vivra à cause de cela.
And if a wicked person turns away from his wicked behavior and does what is right and fair [DOU], [it is fair] for him to remain alive because of doing that.
20 Et vous dites: La voie du Seigneur n’est pas réglée. Je vous jugerai, chacun selon ses voies, maison d’Israël.
But you Israeli people still say, ‘What Yahweh does is not fair.’ But I will judge each of you for what you do.”
21 Et il arriva, la douzième année de notre transportation, au dixième [mois], le cinquième [jour] du mois, qu’un réchappé de Jérusalem vint vers moi, disant: La ville est frappée.
Almost twelve years [after we had been taken to Babylonia], on the fifth day of the tenth month [of that year], a man who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me [in Babylon] and said, “Jerusalem has been captured!”
22 Et la main de l’Éternel avait été sur moi le soir avant que vienne le réchappé, et elle avait ouvert ma bouche jusqu’à ce qu’il vienne vers moi le matin; ainsi ma bouche fut ouverte, et je ne fus plus muet.
The evening before that man arrived, Yahweh took control [MTY] of me, and when that man arrived, Yahweh enabled me to speak again; I was no longer forced to be silent.
23 Et la parole de l’Éternel vint à moi, disant:
Then Yahweh gave a message to me. He said,
24 Fils d’homme, les habitants de ces lieux désolés, sur la terre d’Israël, parlent, disant: Abraham était un seul, et il a hérité le pays; et nous sommes plusieurs, le pays nous est donné pour héritage.
“You human, the people who are living in the ruins in Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one person, but Yahweh [promised him that he and his descendants] would possess this land. But we are many; so surely this land has been given to us [by Yahweh] to continue to possess.’
25 C’est pourquoi dis-leur: Ainsi dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel: Vous mangez avec le sang, et vous levez vos yeux vers vos idoles, et vous versez le sang: et vous hériteriez le pays?
So send a message to them. Say, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: You eat meat that still has the animal’s blood in it. You still worship idols. And you still murder others [MTY]. So, (should this land belong to you?/this land should certainly not belong to you!) [RHQ]
26 Vous vous roidissez sur votre épée, vous commettez des abominations, et vous rendez impure, chacun de vous, la femme de son prochain: et vous hériteriez le pays?
You rely on using your swords [to obtain things that you want]. You do many detestable things. Each of you has sex with other men’s wives. So (why should you continue to possess the land of Israel?/you should not continue to possess this land!) [RHQ]’
27 Tu leur diras ainsi: Ainsi dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel: Je suis vivant, si ceux qui sont dans les lieux désolés ne tombent par l’épée; et si je ne livre aux bêtes celui qui est par les champs, afin qu’elles le dévorent; et si ceux qui sont dans les lieux forts et dans les cavernes ne meurent de la peste!
Send this message to them: ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: As surely as I am alive, those who are left in the ruins [in Jerusalem] will also be killed by [their enemies’] swords, and those who are living in the countryside will be killed by wild animals, and those who are living in forts and caves will die from a plague.
28 Et je réduirai le pays en désolation et en désert; et l’orgueil de sa force cessera; et les montagnes d’Israël seront dévastées, de sorte que personne n’y passera.
I will cause your country to become a desolate wasteland. You will no longer be proud of being a strong country. The mountains of Israel will become very desolate, with the result that no one will walk across them.
29 Et ils sauront que je suis l’Éternel, quand j’aurai réduit le pays en désolation et en désert, à cause de toutes leurs abominations qu’ils ont commises.
Then, when I have caused your country to become a desolate wasteland because of all the detestable things that you have done, you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].’
30 Et toi, fils d’homme, les fils de ton peuple parlent contre toi auprès des murs et aux entrées des maisons, et ils parlent l’un avec l’autre, chacun avec son frère, disant: Venez donc, et écoutez quelle est la parole qui est sortie de la part de l’Éternel.
As for you, you human, your fellow Israelis [here in Babylon] are talking about you along the city walls and at the doors of their houses. They are saying to each other, ‘Come and listen to the message that has come from Yahweh!’
31 Et ils viennent vers toi comme vient un peuple, et ils s’asseyent devant toi [comme étant] mon peuple; et ils entendent tes paroles, mais ils ne les pratiquent pas; car de leur bouche ils disent des choses agréables, [mais] leur cœur va après leur gain déshonnête.
My people come to you as they often have done, and they sit in front of you to listen to what you say. But they do not do what you tell them that they must do. With their mouths they say that they love me, but in their inner beings they are eager to acquire things by doing what is unjust.
32 Et voici, tu es pour eux comme un chant agréable, une belle voix, et quelqu’un qui joue bien; et ils entendent tes paroles, mais ils ne les pratiquent nullement.
To them, you are only a man who sings love songs with a beautiful voice, and you play a musical instrument well. They hear what you say, but they do not do what you tell them to do.
33 Et quand la chose arrivera (la voici qui arrive), alors ils sauront qu’il y a eu un prophète au milieu d’eux.
The terrible things that I have said will happen to them will surely happen. And then they will know that a prophet has been among them, [and that you are that prophet].”
