Nombres 12

1 Et Marie et Aaron parlèrent contre Moïse à l’occasion de la femme éthiopienne qu’il avait prise, car il avait pris une femme éthiopienne.

[Moses’/My older sister] Miriam and [his/my older brother] Aaron were saying this: “Is Moses the only one to whom Yahweh has spoken messages to tell to us [RHQ]? Does Yahweh not speak messages to us two also?” [They told people that] they were saying that because Moses/I had married a woman who was a descendant of the Cush people-group, [but they were really saying that because they (were jealous/did not want Moses/me to be the only leader of the Israeli people)]. But Yahweh heard what they were saying.

2 Et ils dirent: L’Éternel n’a-t-il parlé que par Moïse seulement? n’a-t-il pas parlé aussi par nous? Et l’Éternel l’entendit.

3 Et cet homme, Moïse, était très doux, plus que tous les hommes qui étaient sur la face de la terre.

[The truth was that] Moses/I was very humble. He/I was more humble than anyone else on the earth [and Moses/I had not appointed himself/myself to be their leader].

4 Et soudain l’Éternel dit à Moïse, et à Aaron et à Marie: Sortez, vous trois, vers la tente d’assignation. Et ils sortirent eux trois.

So immediately Yahweh spoke to Moses/me and to Aaron and Miriam. He said, “All three of you must go and stand at the Sacred Tent.” So they/we did that.

5 Et l’Éternel descendit dans la colonne de nuée, et se tint à l’entrée de la tente; et il appela Aaron et Marie, et ils sortirent eux deux.

Then Yahweh descended to the entrance of the tent in a cloud [that resembled a huge white] pillar. He told Aaron and Miriam to step forward, so they did.

6 Et il dit: Écoutez mes paroles: S’il y a un prophète parmi vous, moi l’Éternel, je me ferai connaître à lui en vision, je lui parlerai en songe.

Then he said to them, “Listen to me! When a prophet is among you, I [usually] reveal myself to him by allowing him to see visions, and I speak to him in dreams.

7 Il n’en est pas ainsi de mon serviteur Moïse, qui est fidèle dans toute ma maison;

But that is not the way I speak to my servant Moses. I trust that he will lead my people [well].

8 je parle avec lui bouche à bouche, et [en me révélant] clairement, et non en énigmes; et il voit la ressemblance de l’Éternel. Et pourquoi n’avez-vous pas craint de parler contre mon serviteur, contre Moïse?

So I talk to him face-to-face. I speak to him (clearly/using words that he will understand easily), not using parables. He has even seen what I look like. So you should be afraid to criticize my servant Moses!”

9 Et la colère de l’Éternel s’embrasa contre eux, et il s’en alla;

Yahweh was very angry with Miriam and Aaron, and he left.

10 et la nuée se retira de dessus la tente: et voici, Marie était lépreuse, comme la neige; et Aaron se tourna vers Marie, et voici, elle était lépreuse.

When the cloud rose up from the Sacred Tent, Aaron looked at Miriam, and he saw that her skin was [as white] as snow, because she now had leprosy.

11 – Et Aaron dit à Moïse: Ah, mon seigneur! ne mets pas, je te prie, sur nous, ce péché par lequel nous avons agi follement et par lequel nous avons péché.

Aaron said to Moses/me, “My master, please do not punish us for this sin that we have foolishly committed.

12 Je te prie, qu’elle ne soit pas comme un [enfant] mort, dont la chair est à demi consumée quand il sort du ventre de sa mère.

Do not allow Miriam to be like a baby that is already dead when it is born, whose flesh is already half decayed!”

13 Et Moïse cria à l’Éternel, disant: Ô Dieu! je te prie, guéris-la, je te prie.

So Moses/I cried out to Yahweh, saying, “God, I plead with you to heal her!”

14 Et l’Éternel dit à Moïse: Si son père lui avait craché au visage, ne serait-elle pas pendant sept jours dans la honte? Qu’elle soit exclue, sept jours, hors du camp, et après, qu’elle y soit recueillie.

But Yahweh replied, “If her father had [rebuked her for doing something wrong by] spitting in her face, she would have been ashamed for seven days. [She should be ashamed because of what she has done]. So send her outside the camp for seven days. Then [she will not have leprosy any more, and] she may return to the camp.”

15 Et Marie demeura exclue hors du camp sept jours; et le peuple ne partit pas jusqu’à ce que Marie ait été recueillie.

So they sent her outside the camp for seven days. (The people/We) did not move [to another location] until she returned.

16 Et après, le peuple partit de Hatséroth, et il campa au désert de Paran.

But after [she returned], they/we left Hazeroth and moved [north] in the Paran Desert and set up their/our tents there.