Malachie 2
1 Et maintenant, sacrificateurs, ce commandement est pour vous.
You priests, I will say something to warn you.
2 Si vous n’écoutez pas, et si vous ne prenez pas à cœur de donner gloire à mon nom, dit l’Éternel des armées, j’enverrai parmi vous la malédiction et je maudirai vos bénédictions, et même je les ai maudites, parce que vous ne le prenez pas à cœur.
The Commander of the armies of angels says [this]: “Pay attention [to what I am saying], and [then] decide [IDM] to honor me [MTY]. If you do not do that, I will curse you, and I will curse [the things that I have given to you to] bless you. And I have already cursed them, because you have not honored [IDM] me.
3 Voici, je vais flétrir vos semences, et je répandrai de la fiente sur vos visages, la fiente de vos fêtes, et on vous emportera avec elle.
I will punish your descendants [MET], and [it will be as though] I will splatter on your faces [some of] the material inside the stomachs of the animals that are brought to be sacrificed, and you will be thrown away with the rest of that material.
4 Et vous saurez que je vous ai envoyé ce commandement, afin que mon alliance subsiste avec Lévi, dit l’Éternel des armées.
When that happens, you will know that I warned you like this, in order that my agreement with [you priests who are descendants of] Levi will continue [to be obeyed]. [That is what I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, am saying [to you].
5 Mon alliance avec lui était la vie et la paix, et je les lui donnai pour qu’il craigne; et il me craignit et trembla devant mon nom.
My agreement with [your ancestor] Levi was because I wanted the priests to live prosperously and peacefully. And that is what I have done for them. I required that they greatly respect me and revere [DOU] me.
6 La loi de vérité était dans sa bouche, et l’iniquité ne se trouva pas sur ses lèvres; il marcha avec moi dans la paix et dans la droiture, et il détourna de l’iniquité beaucoup de gens.
They told the people that what I instructed them to do was right. And they did not tell [MTY] lies. They worked for me peacefully and loyally, and they helped many people to stop sinning.
7 Car les lèvres du sacrificateur gardent la connaissance, et c’est de sa bouche qu’on recherche la loi, car il est le messager de l’Éternel des armées.
What priests say [MTY] should enable more people to know [about me], and people should go to them [MTY] to be taught [what I want them to know], because priests [should] be messengers from me, the Commander of the armies of angels.
8 Mais vous vous êtes écartés du chemin, vous avez fait broncher beaucoup de gens à l’égard de la loi, vous avez corrompu l’alliance de Lévi, dit l’Éternel des armées.
But, you priests have stopped doing what I wanted you to do. What you have taught people has caused many [of them] to sin. You have rejected the agreement [that I made] with [the descendants of] Levi [long ago].
9 Et moi aussi, je vous ai rendus méprisables et vils devant tout le peuple, parce que vous n’avez pas gardé mes voies, et avez fait acception des personnes dans ce qui concerne la loi.
Therefore I have caused all the people to despise you, and I have caused you to be humiliated, because you have not obeyed me. When you teach [people] my commands, you do not treat all [people] equally.”
10 N’y a-t-il pas pour nous tous un seul père? Un seul Dieu ne nous a-t-il pas créés? Pourquoi agissons-nous perfidement chacun envers son frère, en profanant l’alliance de nos pères?
[Now I will warn you about something else]. We all certainly [RHQ] have the same [heavenly] Father. We are certainly [RHQ] [all] created by the same God. So why are [RHQ] [some of] you disobeying/despising the agreement [that Yahweh made] with our ancestors, by not doing for each other what you said that you would do?
11 Juda a agi perfidement, et l’abomination se commet en Israël et dans Jérusalem; car Juda a profané le sanctuaire de l’Éternel, qu’il aima, et a épousé la fille d’un dieu étranger.
[You people of] Judah have been unfaithful [to Yahweh]. You have done detestable things in Jerusalem and in [other places] in Israel. You Israeli men have defiled the temple that Yahweh loves. [You have done that by] marrying women who worship idols.
12 L’Éternel retranchera des tentes de Jacob l’homme qui fait cela, celui qui veille et celui qui répond, et celui qui apporte une offrande à l’Éternel des armées.
I wish that Yahweh would expel from Israel every man who has done that, [even though] they [say that they are obeying] the Commander of the armies of angels by bringing offerings to him.
13 Et en second lieu, voici ce que vous faites: vous couvrez l’autel de l’Éternel de larmes, de pleurs et de gémissements, de sorte qu’il n’a plus égard à l’offrande, ni ne l’agrée de vos mains.
This is another thing that you do: You cover Yahweh’s altar with your tears. You wail because he no longer pays attention to your offerings; but he is not pleased with them.
14 Et vous dites: Pourquoi? Parce que l’Éternel est témoin entre toi et la femme de ta jeunesse, envers laquelle tu as agi perfidement; cependant elle est ta compagne et la femme de ton alliance.
You [cry out], saying, “Why does Yahweh not like our offerings?” The answer is that Yahweh heard what each of you men solemnly promised to your wives when you were young. But you men have not done what you promised your wives; you sent them away, the ones to whom you made that agreement.
15 Et un seul ne [les] a-t-il pas faits? Toutefois il avait le reste de l’Esprit. Et pourquoi ce seul [a-t-il fait ainsi]? Il cherchait une semence de Dieu. Or prenez garde à votre esprit; et n’agis pas perfidement envers la femme de ta jeunesse
It is certainly [RHQ] Yahweh who joined you together. Your spirits and your bodies belong to him. [So] what he wants [RHQ] from you are godly children. So make sure that each of you men remain (with/loyal to) the woman that you married when you were young.
16 (car je hais la répudiation, dit l’Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël)…; il couvre aussi de violence son vêtement, dit l’Éternel des armées. Prenez donc garde à votre esprit, et n’agissez pas perfidement.
Yahweh, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, says, “I hate divorce!” [So] if you men divorce your wives, you are overwhelming them by being cruel to them. So be sure that you are (not disloyal/remain united) to your wives. [That is what] the Commander of the armies of angels says.
17 Vous fatiguez l’Éternel par vos paroles, et vous dites: En quoi l’avons-nous fatigué? – En ce que vous dites: Quiconque fait le mal est bon aux yeux de l’Éternel, et c’est en eux qu’il prend plaisir – ou bien: Où est le Dieu de jugement?
Yahweh [also says], “What you have said has caused me to become disgusted.” You reply, “What have we said that caused him to become disgusted?” [The answer is that you have caused him to become disgusted] by saying that Yahweh is pleased with all those who do evil things. [You have caused him to become disgusted] by [constantly] asking, “Why does God not act fairly?”
