Deutéronome 1

1 Ce sont là les paroles que Moïse adressa à tout Israël en deçà du Jourdain, dans le désert, dans la plaine en face de Souf, entre Pharan et Tofel, Labân, Hacéroth et Di-Zahab.

In this book is written what Moses/I said to the Israeli people. He/I told them these things when they/we were in the desert, on the east side of the Jordan [River]. They/We had set up our tents near [a place named] Suph, between Paran [town on the one side of the river] and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab [towns on the other side of the river].

2 Il y a onze journées depuis le Horeb, en passant par le mont Séir, jusqu’à Kadéch-Barnéa.

To walk from Sinai [Mountain] to the Kadesh-Barnea [oasis], people usually travel for only eleven days, going by way of the hilly area named Edom.

3 Or, ce fut dans la quarantième année, le onzième mois, le premier jour du mois, que Moïse redit aux enfants d’Israël tout ce que l’Éternel lui avait ordonné à leur égard.

Forty years after (the Israelis/we) left Egypt, in the middle of January, Moses/I told the Israeli people everything that Yahweh had commanded him/me to tell them.

4 Après avoir défait Sihon, roi des Amorréens, qui résidait à Hesbon, et Og, roi du Basan, qui résidait à Astaroth et à Edréi;

This was after they/we had defeated Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, who lived in Heshbon [city], and Og, the king of the Bashan [region] who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei [towns].

5 en deçà du Jourdain, dans le pays de Moab, Moïse se mit en devoir d’exposer cette doctrine, et il dit:

Moses/I told them these things while the people were in the Moab region, on the east side of the Jordan [River]. He/I (explained to them/enabled them to understand) God’s laws. This is what he/I said to them:

6 "L’Éternel notre Dieu nous avait parlé au Horeb en ces termes: "Assez longtemps vous avez demeuré dans cette montagne.

“Yahweh our God said to us when we were at Sinai [Mountain], ‘You have stayed for a very long time at [the bottom of] this mountain.

7 Partez, poursuivez votre marche, dirigez-vous vers les monts amorréens et les contrées voisines, vers la plaine, la montagne, la vallée, la région méridionale, les côtes de la mer, le pays des Cananéens et le Liban, jusqu’au grand fleuve, le fleuve d’Euphrate.

So now continue traveling. Go to the hilly area where the Amor people-group lives and to the nearby areas—to the Jordan [River] Valley, to the hilly region, to the western (foothills/hills at the bottom of the mountains), to the desert area to the south, to the [Mediterranean] Seacoast, to all of Canaan land, to the Lebanon [Mountains], and [northeast] to the great Euphrates River.

8 Voyez, je vous livre ce pays! Allez prendre possession du pays que l’Éternel a juré à vos pères, Abraham, Isaac et Jacob, de donner à eux et à leur postérité après eux."

Note that I will give that land to you. I, Yahweh, promised to your ancestors Abraham and Isaac and Jacob that I would give it to them and to their descendants. So now go and occupy it.’”

9 Dans ce temps-là, je vous parlai ainsi: "Je ne puis assumer, moi seul, votre charge.

Moses/I also said to the people, “When [we were still at Sinai Mountain], I told your ancestors ‘It is a very big burden/responsibility for me to govern all of you. So I cannot do it by myself.

10 L’Éternel, votre Dieu, vous a fait multiplier, et vous voilà, aujourd’hui, nombreux comme les étoiles du ciel.

Yahweh our God has caused us Israelis to now become as numerous as the stars in the sky.

11 Veuille l’Éternel, Dieu de vos pères, vous rendre mille fois plus nombreux encore et vous bénir comme il vous l’a promis!

And I hope/desire that Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors [worshiped], will cause us to become 1,000 times as numerous as we are now and that he will bless us just like he promised to do.

12 Comment donc supporterais-je seul votre labeur, et votre fardeau, et vos contestations!

But I certainly cannot [RHQ] (solve/deal with) all of your complaints/problems.

13 Choisissez parmi vous, dans vos tribus, des hommes sages, judicieux et éprouvés; je les établirai vos chefs."

So choose some men from your tribes who are wise and who have good sense and who are respected. Then I will appoint them to be your leaders.’

14 Vous me répondîtes en disant: "Ce que tu conseilles de faire est excellent."

Your ancestors replied, ‘What you have suggested is good for us to do.’

15 Et je désignai les principaux de vos tribus, hommes sages et éprouvés, et je vous les donnai pour chefs, soit commandants de chiliades, de centuries, de cinquantaines et de dizaines, soit commissaires de vos tribus.

So I took the wise and respected men [that your ancestors chose] from your tribes, and I appointed them to be your leaders. I appointed some to (rule/have authority) over 1,000 people, some to have authority over 100 people, some to have authority over 50 people, and some to have authority over ten people. I also appointed other officers from throughout your tribes.

16 Je donnai alors à vos juges les instructions suivantes: "Ecoutez également tous vos frères et prononcez équitablement, entre chacun et son frère, entre chacun et l’étranger.

I instructed/told your leaders, ‘Listen to the disputes that occur among your people. Judge each dispute, including disputes between close relatives and quarrels between your people and people from other countries who live among you.

17 Ne faites point, en justice, acception de personnes; donnez audience au petit comme au grand, ne craignez qui que ce soit, car la justice est à Dieu! Que si une affaire est trop difficile pour vous, déférez-la moi et j’en prendrai connaissance."

You must (be impartial/not favor one person more than another); you must treat poor people and important people equally. You must not worry about what anyone will think [about how you decide matters], because you will decide matters as God [wants you to]. If any quarrel/dispute is very difficult and you are unable to decide it, bring it to me, and I will decide.’

18 Et je vous prescrivis, dans ce même temps, tout ce que vous aviez à observer.

At that time I also told you other things that you should do.”

19 Nous partîmes du Horeb, nous traversâmes tout ce long et redoutable désert que vous savez, nous dirigeant vers les monts amorréens, comme l’Éternel notre Dieu nous l’avait prescrit, et nous atteignîmes Kadêch-Barnéa.

“Then, just like Yahweh our God commanded us, we left Sinai [Mountain] and went through that huge desert that was very (dangerous/difficult to travel through), on the road to the hilly area where the Amor people-group live. We arrived at Kadesh-Barnea.

20 Et je vous dis: "Vous voici arrivés au pied des monts amorréens, que l’Éternel, notre Dieu, nous donne.

I said to your ancestors, ‘We have now come to the hilly area where the Amor people-group live. This is part of the area that Yahweh our God, the one whom our ancestors [worshiped], is giving to us.

21 Regarde! L’Éternel, ton Dieu, t’a livré ce pays; va, prends-en possession, comme te l’a dit l’Éternel, Dieu de tes pères; sois sans peur et sans faiblesse!"

Note that Yahweh our God is giving this land to us. So go and occupy it as he commanded. Do not be (at all/even a little bit) afraid.’

22 Mais vous vîntes vers moi, tous, en disant: "Nous voudrions envoyer quelques hommes en avant, qui exploreraient pour nous ce pays et qui nous renseigneraient sur le chemin que nous devons suivre et sur les villes où nous devons aller."

But all of your ancestors came to me and said, ‘Before we go, we should [first] send some men there to explore the land, in order that they can return and tell us which will be the best road to go there and what kind of towns are there.’

23 La proposition me plut, et je choisis parmi vous douze hommes, un homme par tribu.

I thought that it would be good to do that, so I chose twelve men, one man from each tribe.

24 Ils partirent, s’avancèrent sur la montagne, atteignirent la vallée d’Echkol, et explorèrent cette contrée.

They went up into the hilly area as far as Eshcol Valley, and they explored all that area.

25 Puis ils prirent de ses fruits, qu’ils nous apportèrent, et nous rendirent compte en disant: "Il est bon, le pays que l’Éternel, notre Dieu, nous donne."

They picked some of the fruit that they found there and brought it to us. They reported that the land that Yahweh our God was giving to us is very good/fertile.”

26 Mais vous refusâtes d’y monter, désobéissant ainsi à la voix de l’Éternel, votre Dieu;

“But your ancestors refused to go [and conquer that land]. They rebelled against what Yahweh our God had commanded them to do, and they would not go into that land.

27 et vous murmurâtes dans vos tentes et vous dîtes: "C’Est par haine pour nous que l’Éternel nous a fait sortir de l’Egypte! C’Est pour nous livrer au pouvoir de l’Amorréen, pour nous anéantir!

Your ancestors [stayed] in their tents and complained saying ‘Yahweh hates us. So he has brought us here from Egypt just to allow the Amor people-group to destroy us.

28 Où veut-on que nous allions? Nos frères ont abattu notre courage, en disant: Il y a là une race plus grande et plus forte que la nôtre, des villes considérables et fortifiées jusqu’au ciel, et nous y avons même vu des enfants d’Anak."

(Why should we go there?/We do not want to go there.) [RHQ] The men whom we sent there have caused us to become very discouraged/afraid. They have told us that the people there are much stronger and taller than we are and that there are extremely high [HYP] walls around their towns. Also they reported that they saw [giants there that are] descendants of Anak.’

29 Et je vous répondis: "Vous n’avez pas à trembler ni à les craindre.

Then I said to your ancestors, ‘Do not be afraid (at all/even a little bit) [DOU] of those people!

30 L’Éternel, votre Dieu, qui marche à votre tête, lui-même combattra pour vous, tout comme il l’a fait contre l’Egypte, sous vos yeux,

Yahweh our God will go ahead of you, and he will fight for you, just like you saw him do for you in Egypt

31 et aussi dans ce désert, où tu as vu l’Éternel, ton Dieu, te porter comme un père porte son fils, durant tout le trajet que vous avez fait, jusqu’à votre arrivée en ce lieu-ci.

and in the desert. You saw how he brought you safely here, like a man would carry his son. [SIM]’

32 Et dans cette circonstance vous ne vous confieriez pas en l’Éternel, votre Dieu!

[I reminded them that] he always went ahead of them while they traveled [in the desert]. He directed them by [a pillar of] fire during the night and a [pillar of] cloud during the day. He showed them places to set up their tents. But in spite of what I said, your ancestors would not trust Yahweh our God.

33 Lui qui précède votre marche, choisissant les lieux propices à vos stations, la nuit par le feu, pour vous montrer la route à suivre, et le jour par la nuée!"

34 L’Éternel entendit vos paroles, et il s’irrita, et il proféra ce serment:

Yahweh heard what they said, and he became angry. He solemnly declared,

35 "Si jamais un seul de ces hommes, de cette génération mauvaise, voit l’heureux pays que j’ai juré de donner à vos pères!…

‘Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, will enter the land. He has obeyed me completely. So I will give to him and to his descendants [some of] the land that he explored. He is the only one of all you people who will enter that land. None of these evil people will ever see that good land which I solemnly promised to give to your ancestors.’

36 Seul, Caleb, fils de Yefounné, le verra; ce sol qu’il a foulé, je le donnerai à lui et à ses enfants, parce qu’il est resté fidèle au Seigneur."

37 Contre moi aussi l’Éternel s’irrita à cause de vous, au point de dire: "Tu n’y entreras pas, toi non plus!"

But because of [what] your ancestors [did], Yahweh was also angry with me. He said to me, ‘You also will not enter that land.

38 Josué, fils de Noun, qui est à ton service, c’est lui qui doit y entrer: affermis son courage, car c’est lui qui en donnera possession à Israël.

Joshua, the son of Nun, who is your helper, will enter it. Encourage him, because he is the one who will enable you Israeli people to occupy that land.’

39 Et vos familles, dont vous avez dit: "Elles nous seront ravies", et vos enfants, qui ne discernent pas encore le bien du mal, ceux-là entreront dans ce pays; je le leur donnerai à eux et ils le posséderont.

Then Yahweh said to all of us, ‘You said that your children would be captured by your enemies. Because they are very young, they do not yet know what is good and what is evil. But they are the ones to whom I will give that land, and they will enter it and occupy it.

40 Pour vous, changez de direction et acheminez-vous vers le désert, du côté de la mer des Joncs."

But as for you, turn around and go back into the desert, toward the (Red Sea/Gulf of Aqaba).’

41 Alors vous vous écriâtes, en me disant: "Nous avons péché contre le Seigneur; nous voulons monter et combattre, comme nous l’a ordonné le Seigneur, notre Dieu." Et chacun de vous ceignit ses armes et vous vous disposâtes à gravir la montagne.

Then your ancestors replied, ‘We have sinned; we have disobeyed Yahweh. So we will go and attack [the people who live in] that land, just like Yahweh our God commanded us to do.’ And each of their men put on his weapons, and they thought that it would be easy to invade the hilly region.

42 Mais l’Éternel me parla ainsi: "Dis-leur: Ne montez pas, ne livrez point de combat, car je ne serai point avec vous; ne vous exposez pas aux coups de vos ennemis."

But Yahweh said to me, ‘Tell them, “Do not go up there and attack those people, because I will not go with you. If you go, your enemies will defeat you.”’

43 Je vous le redis, mais vous n’en tîntes pas compte; vous désobéîtes à la parole du Seigneur et vous eûtes la témérité de vous avancer sur la montagne.

So I told that to your ancestors, but they would not heed what I said. They [again] rebelled against what Yahweh commanded them to do. Their soldiers proudly/arrogantly marched up into that hilly region.

44 L’Amorréen, qui occupe cette montagne, marcha à votre rencontre; et ils vous poursuivirent comme font les abeilles, et ils vous taillèrent en pièces dans Séir, jusqu’à Horma.

Then the men of the Amor people-group who lived in that region came out [of their towns] and attacked those soldiers. They pursued your ancestors’ soldiers like [a swarm of] bees pursues people, and they pursued them [south] from the Edom area and defeated them at Hormah [city].

45 De retour, vous pleurâtes devant le Seigneur; mais le Seigneur fut insensible à vos cris, il ne vous écouta point.

So your ancestors went back [to Kadesh-Barnea] and cried out to request Yahweh [to help them], but he did not heed them. He did not pay any attention to them [DOU].

46 Vous demeurâtes de longs jours à Kadêch… Vous savez combien de jours vous y avez demeuré.

So we stayed there at Kadesh-Barnea for a long time.”