Esdras 10
1 Et comme Esdras priait et faisait sa confession, pleurant et se prosternant devant la maison de Dieu, il se rassembla vers lui, d’Israël, une très grande congrégation d’hommes et de femmes et d’enfants, car le peuple pleurait beaucoup.
While I was kneeling down in front of the temple and praying and crying, I was confessing [the sins that the Israeli people had committed]. Many people, men and women and children, gathered around me and also cried very much.
2 Et Shecania, fils de Jekhiel, des fils d’Élam, prit la parole et dit à Esdras: Nous avons été infidèles à notre Dieu, et nous avons pris des femmes étrangères d’entre les peuples du pays. Mais maintenant, il y a espérance pour Israël à cet égard.
Then Shecaniah, the son of Jehiel from the clan of Elam, said this to me: “We have disobeyed God. [Some of] us have married women who are not Israelis. But we can still confidently expect [Yahweh to be merciful to] us Israeli people.
3 Et maintenant, faisons alliance avec notre Dieu pour renvoyer toutes les femmes et ceux qui sont nés d’elles, selon le conseil de mon seigneur et de ceux qui tremblent aux commandements de notre Dieu, et qu’il soit fait selon la loi.
We will do what you, and the others who have an awesome respect for what our God has commanded, tell us to do. We will do what God told us in his laws. We will make an agreement with our God, saying that we will divorce our wives who are not Israelis, and we will send them away with their children.
4 Lève-toi, car la chose repose sur toi, et nous serons avec toi; sois fort et agis.
(It is your responsibility to/Because you are our leader, you must) [tell us what to do]. So get up, and be courageous, and do [what is necessary]. We will (support you/tell people to do what you say).”
5 Et Esdras se leva, et il fit jurer aux chefs des sacrificateurs, des lévites, et de tout Israël, d’agir selon cette parole; et ils jurèrent.
So I stood up and demanded that the leaders of the priests, the [other] descendants of Levi, and all [the other] Israeli people solemnly declare that they would do what Shecaniah said that they should do. So they all solemnly promised to do that.
6 Et Esdras se leva de devant la maison de Dieu, et alla dans la chambre de Jokhanan, fils d’Éliashib; et il entra là: il ne mangea point de pain et ne but point d’eau, car il menait deuil sur le péché de ceux qui avaient été transportés.
Then I went away from the front of the temple and went to the room where Jehohanan lived. I stayed there that night, but I did not eat or drink anything. I was still sad because some of the Israelis who had returned [from Babylonia] had not faithfully obeyed [God’s laws].
7 Et on fit passer en Juda et à Jérusalem un appel à tous les fils de la transportation de se rassembler à Jérusalem,
Then we sent a message to all [the people in] Jerusalem and [in other towns in] Judah, saying that all those who had returned [from Babylonia] should come to Jerusalem immediately.
8 et pour que quiconque ne viendrait pas dans les trois jours selon le conseil des chefs et des anciens, tous ses biens soient confisqués, et que lui-même soit séparé de la congrégation de ceux qui avaient été transportés.
We said that if any of them did not arrive within three days, the leaders of the people would order that all the property of those people would be taken from them, and that they would no longer be considered to belong to the Israeli people; [they would be considered to be foreigners].
9 Et tous les hommes de Juda et de Benjamin se rassemblèrent à Jérusalem dans les trois jours: c’était le neuvième mois, le vingtième [jour] du mois; et tout le peuple était assis dans la place de la maison de Dieu, tremblant à cause de cette affaire et à cause des pluies.
So within three days, on December 19, all the people of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin gathered in Jerusalem. They were there, sitting in the courtyard in front of the temple. They were trembling because it was raining hard and because they were worried [that they would be punished for what they had done].
10 Et Esdras, le sacrificateur, se leva et leur dit: Vous avez été infidèles, et vous avez pris des femmes étrangères, pour ajouter à la culpabilité d’Israël.
Then I stood up and said to them, “[Some of] you men have committed a very bad sin. You have married women who are not Israelis. By doing that, you have made us Israeli people more guilty [than we were before].
11 Et maintenant, faites confession à l’Éternel, le Dieu de vos pères, et faites ce qui lui est agréable, et séparez-vous des peuples du pays et des femmes étrangères.
So now you must confess to Yahweh, the God whom your ancestors [worshiped/belonged to], the sin which you have committed, and you must do what he wants. Separate yourselves from the people of other nations and from the women from those nations whom you have married.”
12 Et toute la congrégation répondit et dit à haute voix: Oui, à nous de faire selon tes paroles;
The whole group answered, shouting loudly, “Yes, what you have said is right! We will do what you have said.”
13 mais le peuple est nombreux, et c’est la saison des pluies, et il n’y a pas moyen de se tenir dehors; et ce n’est pas l’œuvre d’un jour ni de deux, car nous avons grandement péché dans cette affaire.
But then [one of] them said, “But we are a very large group, and it is raining hard. Also, there are many of us who have committed this bad sin. This is something that we cannot (take care of/handle) in one or two days, and we cannot stand here in this rain.
14 Que nos chefs donc, pendant cette affaire, se tiennent là pour toute la congrégation, et que tous ceux qui, dans nos villes, ont pris des femmes étrangères, viennent à des époques déterminées, et avec eux les anciens de chaque ville et ses juges, jusqu’à ce que l’ardeur de la colère de notre Dieu soit détournée de nous.
So allow our leaders to decide for all of us what we should do. Tell everyone who has married a woman who is not Israeli to come at a time that you decide. They should come with the elders and judges from each city. If we do that, our God will stop being angry with us [because of what we have done].”
15 Seuls, Jonathan, fils d’Asçaël, et Jakhzia, fils de Thikva, s’opposèrent à cela; et Meshullam, et Shabthaï, le lévite, les appuyèrent.
Jonathan the son of Asahel, Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah, Meshullam, and Shabbethai, a descendant of Levi, were the only ones who objected to this.
16 Et les fils de la transportation firent ainsi. Et Esdras, le sacrificateur, et des hommes qui étaient chefs des pères, furent séparés selon leurs maisons de pères, et tous par leurs noms. Et ils s’assirent le premier jour du dixième mois pour examiner l’affaire;
All the others who had returned from Babylonia said that they would do it. So I chose leaders of each of the clans, and I wrote down their names. On December 29, these men came and sat down to investigate the matter.
17 et, le premier jour du premier mois, ils en eurent fini avec tous les hommes qui avaient pris des femmes étrangères.
By March 27 of the next year they finished determining which men had married women who were not Israelis.
18 Et, parmi les fils des sacrificateurs, il s’en trouva qui avaient pris des femmes étrangères: des fils de Jéshua, fils de Jotsadak, et de ses frères: Maascéïa, et Éliézer, et Jarib, et Guedalia.
This is a list of the names of the priests who had married non-Israeli women, and the clans to which they belonged. From the clan of Jeshua and his brothers, who were sons of Jehozadak, there were Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.
19 Et ils s’engagèrent à renvoyer leurs femmes, et ils offrirent pour leur faute, un bélier du troupeau comme offrande pour le délit.
They solemnly promised to divorce their wives, and they each sacrificed a ram to be an offering [to atone] for their sins.
20 Et des fils d’Immer: Hanani et Zebadia;
From the clan of Immer there were Hanani and Zebadiah.
21 et des fils de Harim, Maascéïa, et Élie, et Shemahia, et Jekhiel, et Ozias;
From the clan of Harim there were Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.
22 et des fils de Pashkhur, Élioénaï, Maascéïa, Ismaël, Nethaneël, Jozabad et Elhasça.
From the clan of Pashhur there were Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
23 Et des lévites: Jozabad, et Shimhi, et Kélaïa (c’est Kelita), Pethakhia, Juda, et Éliézer.
The [other] descendants of Levi [who had married non-Israeli women] were Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (whose other name was Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
24 Et des chantres: Éliashib. Et des portiers: Shallum, et Télem, et Uri.
There was Eliashib the musician. From the temple guards there were Shallum, Telem, and Uri.
25 Et de ceux d’Israël: des fils de Parhosh, Ramia, et Jizzija, et Malkija, et Mijamin, et Éléazar, et Malkija, et Benaïa;
This is a list of the names of the other Israelis who had married foreign wives: From the clan of Parosh there were Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Hashabiah, and Benaiah.
26 et des fils d’Élam, Matthania, Zacharie, et Jekhiel, et Abdi, et Jerémoth, et Élie;
From the clan of Elam there were Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.
27 et des fils de Zatthu, Élioénaï, Éliashib, Matthania, et Jerémoth, et Zabad, et Aziza;
From the clan of Zattu there were Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza.
28 et des fils de Bébaï, Jokhanan, Hanania, Zabbaï, Athlaï;
From the clan of Bebai there were Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
29 et des fils de Bani, Meshullam, Malluc et Adaïa, Jashub, et Sheal, et Ramoth;
From the clan of Bani there were Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth.
30 et des fils de Pakhath-Moab, Adna et Kelal, Benaïa, Maascéïa, Matthania, Betsaleël, et Binnuï, et Manassé;
From the clan of Pahath-Moab there were Adna, Kelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.
31 et les fils de Harim, Éliézer, Jishija, Malkija, Shemahia, Siméon,
From the clan of Harim there were Eliezer, Ishijah, Malkijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
32 Benjamin, Malluc, Shemaria;
Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
33 des fils de Hashum, Mathnaï, Matthattha, Zabad, Éliphéleth, Jerémaï, Manassé, Shimhi;
From the clan of Hashum there were Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
34 des fils de Bani, Maadaï, Amram et Uel,
From the clan of Bigvai there were Maadai, Amram, Uel,
35 Benaïa, Bédia, Keluhu,
Benaiah, Bedeiah, Keluhi,
36 Vania, Merémoth, Éliashib,
Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
37 Matthania, Mathnaï, et Jaasçaï,
Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu.
38 et Bani, et Binnuï, Shimhi,
From the clan of Binnui there were Shimei,
39 et Shélémia, et Nathan, et Adaïa,
Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,
40 Macnadbaï, Shashaï, Sharaï,
Macnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
41 Azareël et Shélémia, Shemaria,
Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah,
42 Shallum, Amaria, Joseph;
Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
43 des fils de Nebo, Jehiel, Matthithia, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddaï et Joël, Benaïa.
From the clan of Nebo there were Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.
44 Tous ceux-ci avaient pris des femmes étrangères, et il y en avait parmi eux dont les femmes avaient eu des enfants.
Each of those men had married a woman who was not an Israeli. [But immediately] they divorced those women and sent them and their children away.
