Zacharie 3

1 Et il me fit voir Joshua, le grand sacrificateur, debout devant l’Ange de l’Éternel, et Satan se tenant à sa droite pour s’opposer à lui.

Then [Yahweh] showed me Joshua, the Supreme Priest, [who was] standing in front of the angel that Yahweh had sent. And Satan was standing at Joshua’s right side, [ready] to accuse him.

2 Et l’Éternel dit à Satan: Que l’Éternel te tance, Satan; que l’Éternel, qui a choisi Jérusalem, te tance! Celui-ci n’est-il pas un tison sauvé du feu?

But Yahweh said to Satan, “Satan, I am rebuking you! I [am the one] who has chosen Jerusalem [to be my special city, and I] am rebuking you! This [man, Joshua], [has been brought back from Babylonia]; he is surely [like] [MET, RHQ] a burning stick that has been snatched from a fire.”

3 Et Joshua était vêtu de vêtements sales, et se tenait devant l’Ange.

Joshua was wearing filthy clothes while he was standing in front of the angel.

4 Et [l’Ange] prit la parole et parla à ceux qui se tenaient devant lui, disant: Ôtez de dessus lui les vêtements sales. Et il lui dit: Regarde, j’ai fait passer de dessus toi ton iniquité, et je te revêts d’habits de fête.

The angel said to those [other angels] who were standing in front of him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” [After they did that, ] the angel said to Joshua, “Look! I have taken away [the guilt of] your sins, and I will put beautiful clothes on you.”

5 Et je dis: Qu’ils mettent une tiare pure sur sa tête; et ils mirent la tiare pure sur sa tête, et le revêtirent de vêtements; et l’Ange de l’Éternel se tenait là.

Then I said to them, “Put a clean turban on his head!” So they put a clean turban on his head and put [new] on him, while the angel sent by Yahweh was standing there.

6 Et l’Ange de l’Éternel protesta à Joshua, disant:

Then the angel said [this] to Joshua:

7 Ainsi dit l’Éternel des armées: Si tu marches dans mes voies, et si tu fais l’acquit de la charge que je te confie, alors tu jugeras aussi ma maison, et tu auras aussi la garde de mes parvis, et je te donnerai de marcher au milieu de ceux-ci qui se tiennent [devant moi].

“The Commander of the armies of angels says that if you do what I want you to do [IDM], and obey my instructions, you will (be in charge of/have authority over) [what is done in] my temple and its courtyard. And I will allow you to speak at any time to the angels who are standing near to me.

8 Écoute, Joshua, grand sacrificateur, toi et tes compagnons qui sont assis devant toi, car ce sont des hommes [qui servent] de signes; car voici, je ferai venir mon serviteur, le Germe.

Joshua, [you are] the Supreme Priest, and your (associates/fellow priests) are sitting in front of you. They symbolize/represent things that will happen in the future. [Some day] I am going to bring someone who will work for me, someone who will be called the Branch.

9 Car voici, la pierre que j’ai placée devant Joshua; sur cette seule pierre, [il y aura] sept yeux; voici, j’en graverai la gravure, dit l’Éternel des armées; et j’ôterai l’iniquité de ce pays en un seul jour.

Look at the stone that I have put in front of Joshua. There are seven sides on the stone. I will engrave a message on that stone, and in one day I will remove the guilt of [all the people of] this country.

10 En ce jour-là, dit l’Éternel des armées, vous convierez chacun son prochain sous la vigne et sous le figuier.

At that time, each of you will invite his friends [to come and sit] under his grapevine and under his fig tree. [That is what] the Commander of the armies of angels declares.”