Ézéchiel 8
1 Et il arriva, en la sixième année, au sixième [mois], le cinquième [jour] du mois, qu’étant assis dans ma maison, et les anciens de Juda étant assis devant moi, la main du Seigneur, l’Éternel, tomba là sur moi.
On the fifth day of the sixth month [of that year], almost six years after we Israeli people had been (exiled/forced to go to Babylon), I was sitting in my house. The elders of Judah were sitting in front of me. Suddenly the power [MTY] of Yahweh the Lord came on me.
2 Et je vis, et voici une ressemblance comme l’aspect d’un feu: depuis l’aspect de ses reins vers le bas, c’était du feu; et depuis ses reins vers le haut, c’était comme l’aspect d’une splendeur, comme l’apparence de l’airain luisant.
[in a vision] I saw someone who resembled a man. Below his waist, [his body] was like fire, and above his waist [his body] was glowing like very hot metal.
3 Et il étendit la forme d’une main, et me prit par les boucles de ma tête; et l’Esprit m’éleva entre la terre et les cieux, et m’emmena à Jérusalem, dans les visions de Dieu, à l’entrée de la porte intérieure qui regarde vers le nord, où était le siège de l’idole de jalousie qui provoque à la jalousie.
He reached out what seemed to be a hand and grabbed me by the hair of my head. The Spirit lifted me up high above the earth, and in visions God took me [from Babylon] to Jerusalem. He took me [to the temple], to the north gate, to the place where there was an idol that caused Yahweh to be very disgusted and furious.
4 Et voici, là était la gloire du Dieu d’Israël, selon la vision que j’avais vue dans la vallée.
And there in front of me was the brilliant light that indicated the presence of the God whom the Israeli [people previously worshiped. It was] like the vision that I had seen alongside the Kebar River/Canal.
5 Et il me dit: Fils d’homme, lève tes yeux vers le nord. Et je levai mes yeux vers le nord; et voici, au nord de la porte de l’autel, cette idole de jalousie, à l’entrée.
Yahweh said to me, “You human, look toward the north!” So I looked, and I saw in the entrance of the gate near the altar that idol that caused Yahweh to be disgusted and furious.
6 Et il me dit: Fils d’homme, vois-tu ce qu’ils font, les grandes abominations que la maison d’Israël commet ici, pour m’éloigner de mon sanctuaire? Et tu verras encore de grandes abominations.
He said to me, “You human, do you see what those Israeli people [MTY] are doing? They are doing detestable things here, things that will cause me to abandon my temple. But you will see things that are even more detestable.”
7 Et il me mena à l’entrée du parvis; et je regardai, et voici, un trou dans le mur.
Then he brought me to the entrance of the courtyard. I looked and saw a hole in the wall.
8 Et il me dit: Fils d’homme, perce le mur. Et je perçai le mur, et voici, une porte.
He said to me, “You human, dig through the wall here.” So I dug through the wall, and I saw a doorway inside.
9 Et il me dit: Entre, et regarde les mauvaises abominations qu’ils commettent ici.
He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked and detestable things that they are doing there!”
10 Et j’entrai, et je regardai; et voici toute [sorte] de figures de reptiles, et de bêtes exécrables, et toutes les idoles de la maison d’Israël tracées sur le mur, tout autour;
So I went in through the doorway and looked, and I saw, all over the [of a big room, drawings of] all kinds of creatures that scurry across the ground and [other] detestable animals, and drawings of all the idols that the people of [were worshiping].
11 et 70 hommes d’entre les anciens de la maison d’Israël se tenaient devant elles, et au milieu d’eux se tenait Jaazania, fils de Shaphan: chacun avait son encensoir dans sa main, et il montait une épaisse nuée d’encens.
In front of them stood 70 elders of Israel. Jaazaniah, the son of Shaphan, was standing among them. Each of them was holding a pan in which incense was burning, and fragrant smoke of the burning incense was rising up.
12 Et il me dit: As-tu vu, fils d’homme, ce que les anciens de la maison d’Israël font dans les ténèbres, chacun dans leurs cabinets d’images? Car ils disent: L’Éternel ne nous voit pas, l’Éternel a abandonné le pays.
Yahweh said to me, “You human, look at [RHQ] what the Israeli elders are doing here in the darkness, each of them standing in front of the shrine of his own idol! They are saying, ‘Yahweh does not see us; Yahweh has deserted this country.’”
13 Et il me dit: Tu verras encore de grandes abominations qu’ils commettent.
He also said, “But you will see things that are even more detestable!”
14 Puis il me mena à l’entrée de la porte de la maison de l’Éternel, qui est vers le nord; et voici des femmes assises là, pleurant Thammuz.
Then he took me to the entrance at the north gate of the temple. I saw women sitting there, mourning for [the death of the god of the people of Babylonia], Tammuz.
15 Et il me dit: As-tu vu, fils d’homme? Tu verras encore des abominations plus grandes que celles-là.
He said to me, “You human, you see this [RHQ], but you will see things that are more detestable than this!”
16 Puis il me fit entrer au parvis intérieur de la maison de l’Éternel; et voici, à l’entrée du temple de l’Éternel, entre le portique et l’autel, environ 25 hommes, le dos tourné vers le temple de l’Éternel, et leurs faces vers l’orient; et ils se prosternaient vers l’orient devant le soleil.
Then he took me into the courtyard outside the temple. There at the entrance of the temple, between the porch and the altar, were about 25 men. Their backs were toward the temple and their faces were toward the east, and they were bowing down to [worship] the sun [as it rose] in the east.
17 Et il me dit: As-tu vu, fils d’homme? Est-ce une chose légère à la maison de Juda de commettre les abominations qu’ils commettent ici, pour qu’ils remplissent encore le pays de violence, et qu’ils me provoquent à colère [toujours] de nouveau? Et voici, ils mettent le rameau à leur nez!
He said to me, “You human, you see [RHQ] what they are doing. [Do you think that] it is not important that these men of Judah are doing these detestable things here? [But they are doing other terrible things]. They are acting violently throughout their country, and continually causing me to be angry. Look at them! They are insulting me by their actions [IDM]!
18 Et moi aussi, j’agirai avec fureur; mon œil n’aura point compassion, et je n’épargnerai pas; et quand ils crieront à mes oreilles à haute voix, je ne les écouterai point.
So I will show them that I am very angry. I will not pity them or act mercifully toward them. And even if they shout to me [to help them], I will not pay attention to them.”
