Nombres 16
1 Et Coré, fils de Jitsehar, fils de Kehath, fils de Lévi, s’éleva dans son esprit, et Dathan et Abiram, fils d’Éliab, et On, fils de Péleth, [qui étaient] fils de Ruben;
One day Korah, who was the son of Izhar and a descendant of Levi’s son Kohath, conspired with Dathan and Abiram, who were the sons of Eliab, and On, who was the son of Peleth. Those three men were from the tribe of Reuben.
2 et ils se levèrent devant Moïse, avec 250 hommes des fils d’Israël, princes de l’assemblée, [hommes] appelés au conseil, des hommes de renom.
Korah and those other three men incited 250 other people who were leaders among the Israeli people to join them in rebelling against Moses/me.
3 Et ils s’attroupèrent contre Moïse et contre Aaron, et leur dirent: C’en est assez! car toute l’assemblée, eux tous sont saints, et l’Éternel est au milieu d’eux; et pourquoi vous élevez-vous au-dessus de la congrégation de l’Éternel?
They came together to criticize Aaron and Moses/me. They said to them/us, “You two are using more [authority] than you should! Yahweh has set apart all of us Israeli people, and he is with/helping all of us. So why do you act as though you are more important than the rest of us people who belong to Yahweh [RHQ]?”
4 Et Moïse l’entendit, et tomba sur sa face;
When Moses/I heard what they were saying, he/I prostrated himself/myself on the ground.
5 et il parla à Coré et à toute son assemblée, disant: Demain, l’Éternel fera connaître qui est à lui, et qui est saint, et il le fera approcher de lui; et celui qu’il a choisi, il le fera approcher de lui.
Then he/I said to Korah and those [Israeli leaders] who were with Korah, “Tomorrow morning Yahweh will show us whom he has chosen to be his [priest], and who is holy and allowed to come near to him. Yahweh will permit [only] those whom he chooses to come into his presence.
6 Faites ceci: Prenez des encensoirs, Coré et toute son assemblée;
So Korah, tomorrow you and those who are with you must prepare your pans to burn incense.
7 et demain, mettez-y du feu et placez de l’encens dessus, devant l’Éternel; et il arrivera que l’homme que l’Éternel aura choisi, celui-là sera saint. C’en est assez, fils de Lévi!
Then you must light a fire in them and burn the incense in the presence of Yahweh. Then we will see which one of us Yahweh has chosen to be his holy servant. It is you men who are descendants of Levi who are trying to use more [authority] than you should!”
8 Et Moïse dit à Coré: Écoutez, fils de Lévi:
Then Moses/I spoke again to Korah. He/I said, “You men who are descendants of Levi, listen to me!
9 Est-ce peu de chose pour vous que le Dieu d’Israël vous ait séparés de l’assemblée d’Israël, en vous faisant approcher de lui pour faire le service du tabernacle de l’Éternel, et pour vous tenir devant l’assemblée afin de la servir,
The God of us Israelis has chosen all of you to be close to him in order that you can work for him at his Sacred Tent and serve the people. (Is that unimportant/Does that mean nothing) to you [RHQ]?
10 – qu’il t’ait fait approcher, toi et tous tes frères, les fils de Lévi, avec toi, … que vous recherchiez aussi la sacrificature?
Yahweh has brought you, [Korah], and your fellow descendants of Levi, near to himself. Now are you demanding to become priests also?
11 C’est pourquoi, toi et toute ton assemblée, vous vous êtes rassemblés contre l’Éternel; et Aaron, qui est-il, que vous murmuriez contre lui?
It is really Yahweh against whom you and your fellow descendants of Levi are rebelling. Aaron is not the one about whom you are really complaining [RHQ].”
12 Et Moïse envoya appeler Dathan et Abiram, fils d’Éliab; mais ils dirent: Nous ne monterons pas.
Then Moses/I summoned Dathan and Abiram, but [they refused to come]. They [sent a message] saying, “We will not come to you!
13 Est-ce peu de chose que tu nous aies fait monter hors d’un pays ruisselant de lait et de miel, pour nous faire mourir dans le désert, que tu te fasses absolument dominateur sur nous?
You brought us out of Egypt, which was a very fertile [IDM] land, in order to cause us to die here in this desert. That was bad. But now you are also trying to boss us [RHQ], and that is worse.
14 Certes tu ne nous as pas introduits dans un pays ruisselant de lait et de miel, et tu ne nous as pas donné un héritage de champs et de vignes! Veux-tu crever les yeux de ces gens? Nous ne monterons pas.
You have not given us a new land to live in, a land that has good fields and vineyards. You are only trying to [RHQ] trick these people. So we will not come to you.”
15 Et Moïse entra dans une ardente colère, et il dit à l’Éternel: N’aie pas égard à leur offrande; je n’ai pas pris d’eux même un âne, et je n’ai pas fait tort à un seul d’entre eux.
Then Moses/I became very angry. He/I said to Yahweh, “Do not accept the grain offerings that they have brought. I have not taken anything from them, not even one donkey, and I have never done anything wrong to them, [so they have no reason to complain about me].”
16 Et Moïse dit à Coré: Toi, et toute ton assemblée, soyez demain devant l’Éternel, toi et eux, et Aaron.
Then Moses/I said to Korah, “You and all those who are with you must come here tomorrow and stand in front of Yahweh. Aaron will also be here.
17 Et prenez chacun votre encensoir, et mettez de l’encens dessus; et présentez devant l’Éternel chacun votre encensoir, 250 encensoirs; et toi, et Aaron, chacun son encensoir.
You and all the 250 men who are with you must each take a pan in which to burn incense, and put incense in it, to [burn it to be] an offering to Yahweh. Aaron will do the same thing.”
18 Et ils prirent chacun son encensoir, et y mirent du feu, et placèrent de l’encens dessus, et se tinrent à l’entrée de la tente d’assignation, avec Moïse et Aaron.
So [the next day] each of those men got a pan to burn incense. They put in it incense and hot coals to light it, and then they all stood at the entrance of the Sacred Tent with Aaron and Moses/me.
19 Et Coré réunit contre eux toute l’assemblée à l’entrée de la tente d’assignation; et la gloire de l’Éternel apparut à toute l’assemblée.
Then Korah summoned all the people who supported him and who were against Moses/me, and they also gathered at the entrance of the tent. Then the glory of Yahweh appeared to all of them/us,
20 Et l’Éternel parla à Moïse et à Aaron, disant:
and Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me,
21 Séparez-vous du milieu de cette assemblée, et je les consumerai en un moment.
“Get away from all these people, in order that I can get rid of them immediately!”
22 Et ils tombèrent sur leurs faces, et dirent: Ô Dieu! Dieu des esprits de toute chair! un seul homme péchera, et tu seras courroucé contre toute l’assemblée?
But Aaron and Moses/I prostrated themselves/ourselves on the ground. We pleaded with Yahweh, saying, “God, you are the one who caused all these people to live [MTY]. Only one of these men has sinned; so, (is it right for you to be angry with all the people?/it is not right for you to be angry with all the people!) [RHQ]”
23 Et l’Éternel parla à Moïse, disant:
Yahweh said to Moses/me,
24 Parle à l’assemblée, en disant: Retirez-vous d’autour de la demeure de Coré, de Dathan et d’Abiram.
“[Okay], but tell all the people to get away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”
25 Et Moïse se leva et alla vers Dathan et Abiram; et les anciens d’Israël allèrent après lui.
So Moses/I stood up and went to the tents of Dathan and Abiram. The Israeli leaders followed him/me.
26 Et il parla à l’assemblée, disant: Éloignez-vous, je vous prie, d’auprès des tentes de ces méchants hommes, et ne touchez à rien qui leur appartienne, de peur que vous ne périssiez dans tous leurs péchés.
He/I told the people, “Get away from the tents of these wicked men, and do not touch anything that belongs to them! If you touch anything, you will die because of their sins!”
27 Et ils se retirèrent d’auprès de la demeure de Coré, de Dathan et d’Abiram, tout à l’entour. Et Dathan et Abiram sortirent, et se tinrent à l’entrée de leurs tentes avec leurs femmes, et leurs fils, et leurs petits enfants.
So all the people moved away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram came out of their tents with their wives and children and babies, and stood at the entrances of their tents.
28 Et Moïse dit: À ceci vous connaîtrez que l’Éternel m’a envoyé pour faire toutes ces œuvres, car elles ne sont pas sorties de mon cœur:
Then Moses/I said, “I was not the one who decided to do all these things that I have done. It was Yahweh who [chose me and] sent me to do them. And now he will prove that to you.
29 si ceux-là meurent selon la mort de tout homme, et s’ils sont visités de la visitation de tout homme, l’Éternel ne m’a pas envoyé;
If these men die in a normal way, then it will be clear that Yahweh did not choose me.
30 mais si l’Éternel crée une chose nouvelle, et que le sol ouvre sa bouche et les engloutisse avec tout ce qui est à eux, et qu’ils descendent vivants dans le shéol, alors vous saurez que ces hommes ont méprisé l’Éternel. (Sheol h7585)
But if Yahweh does something that has never happened before, if he causes the ground [that is under their feet] to open up and swallow these men [and their families] and all their possessions, and they fall into the opening and are buried while they are still alive, then you will know that these men have insulted Yahweh.” (Sheol h7585)
31 Et il arriva, comme il achevait de prononcer toutes ces paroles, que le sol qui était sous eux se fendit;
As soon as Moses/I said this, the ground split open beneath those men.
32 et la terre ouvrit sa bouche, et les engloutit, [eux] et leurs maisons, et tous les hommes qui étaient à Coré, et tout leur avoir.
It swallowed them and their families and all those who were standing there with Korah and all of their possessions.
33 Et ils descendirent vivants dans le shéol, eux et tout ce qui était à eux; et la terre les couvrit, et ils périrent du milieu de la congrégation. (Sheol h7585)
They fell into the opening in the ground while they were still alive, and all their possessions fell into the opening also. They disappeared, and the ground closed back up again. (Sheol h7585)
34 Et tout Israël qui était autour d’eux s’enfuit à leur cri; car ils disaient: … De peur que la terre ne nous engloutisse!
They screamed as they fell, and all the people who were standing nearby heard them scream. The people [were terrified and] cried out as they ran away, saying, “[We do not want] the ground to swallow us also!”
35 Et il sortit du feu de la part de l’Éternel, et il consuma les 250 hommes qui présentaient l’encens.
And then a fire from Yahweh came down [from the sky] and burned up the 250 men who were burning the incense!
36 Et l’Éternel parla à Moïse, disant:
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
37 Dis à Éléazar, fils d’Aaron, le sacrificateur, qu’il relève les encensoirs du milieu de l’incendie, et répands-en le feu au loin, car ils sont sanctifiés, –
“Tell Aaron’s son Eleazar to take the pans that had incense in them away from the fire and to scatter the burning coals. The pans that those men [were carrying] are (holy/dedicated to me) [because they burned incense to me in them].
38 les encensoirs de ceux-là qui ont péché contre leurs propres âmes; et on en fera des lames aplaties pour en plaquer l’autel; car ils les ont présentés devant l’Éternel, et ils sont sanctifiés; et ils seront un signe aux fils d’Israël.
Those men have now died because of their sin; so [Eleazar must] take their pans and hammer the metal to make it become very thin. He must make a covering for the altar with that metal. Those pans were used to offer incense to me, so they are (holy/dedicated to me). [What happened to] those pans will now warn the Israeli people.”
39 Et Éléazar, le sacrificateur, prit les encensoirs d’airain qu’avaient présentés les [hommes] qui furent brûlés, et on les aplatit pour plaquer l’autel,
So Eleazar the priest collected the 250 pans for burning incense that had been used by the men who died in the fire. He hammered the pans very thin to make a covering for the altar, as Yahweh told Moses/me should be done.
40 en mémorial pour les fils d’Israël, afin qu’aucun étranger qui n’est pas de la semence d’Aaron ne s’approche pour brûler l’encens devant l’Éternel, et ne soit comme Coré et son assemblée, – selon que l’Éternel lui avait parlé par Moïse.
That warned the Israeli people that only those who were descendants of Aaron were permitted to burn incense for an offering to Yahweh. If anyone else did that, the same thing that happened to Korah and those who were with him would happen to them.
41 Et le lendemain, toute l’assemblée des fils d’Israël murmura contre Moïse et contre Aaron, disant: Vous avez mis à mort le peuple de l’Éternel.
But the following morning, all the Israeli people started to complain against Aaron and Moses/me, saying “You have killed many people who belonged to Yahweh!”
42 Et il arriva, comme l’assemblée se réunissait contre Moïse et contre Aaron, qu’ils regardèrent vers la tente d’assignation, et voici, la nuée la couvrit, et la gloire de l’Éternel apparut.
When all the people gathered together to protest about what Aaron and Moses/I had done, they looked at the Sacred Tent and saw that the sacred cloud had covered it, and the glory of Yahweh had appeared.
43 Et Moïse et Aaron vinrent devant la tente d’assignation.
Aaron and Moses/I went and stood in front of the Sacred Tent.
44 Et l’Éternel parla à Moïse, disant:
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
45 Retirez-vous du milieu de cette assemblée, et je les consumerai en un moment. Et ils tombèrent sur leurs faces.
“Get away from these people, in order that I can get rid of them immediately [without injuring you two]!” But Aaron and Moses/I prostrated themselves/ourselves on the ground [and prayed].
46 Et Moïse dit à Aaron: Prends l’encensoir, et mets-y du feu de dessus l’autel, et mets-y de l’encens, et porte-le promptement vers l’assemblée, et fais propitiation pour eux; car la colère est sortie de devant l’Éternel, la plaie a commencé.
Moses/I said to Aaron, “Quickly take another pan and put in it some burning/hot coals from the altar. Put incense in the pan, and carry it out among the people to atone for the sins of the people. Yahweh is very angry with them, and [I know that] a (severe plague/bad sickness) has already started among them.”
47 Et Aaron le prit, comme Moïse lui avait dit, et il courut au milieu de la congrégation; et voici, la plaie avait commencé au milieu du peuple. Et il mit l’encens, et fit propitiation pour le peuple.
So Aaron did what Moses/I told him. He took the burning incense out among the people. The plague had already started to strike the people, but Aaron continued to burn the incense so that God would forgive them for the sins they had committed.
48 Et il se tint entre les morts et les vivants, et la plaie s’arrêta.
He stood between the people who had already died and those who were still alive, and then the plague stopped.
49 Et il y en eut 14 700 qui moururent de la plaie, outre ceux qui étaient morts dans l’affaire de Coré.
But 14,700 people had already died from that plague/sickness, in addition to the people who died with Korah.
50 Et Aaron retourna vers Moïse, à l’entrée de la tente d’assignation; et la plaie s’arrêta.
Then after the plague had ended, Aaron and Moses/I returned to the entrance of the Sacred Tent.
