Malachie 1
1 Enoncé de la parole de l’Eternel adressée à Israël par l’organe de Malachie:
[This is] the message that Yahweh gave to [the prophet] Malachi to [give to the people of] Israel.
2 "Je vous ai pris en affection, dit l’Eternel! Vous répliquez: "En quoi nous as-tu témoigné ton amour?" Esaü n’est-il pas le frère de Jacob? dit l’Eternel; or, j’ai aimé Jacob,
Yahweh says, “I have [always] loved you [Israeli people].”
3 mais Esaü, je l’ai haï, si bien que j’ai livré ses montagnes à la dévastation et son héritage aux chacals du désert.
But you reply, “In what way have you loved us?” Yahweh replies, “[This is how I loved you]: [It is true that your ancestor] Jacob was [RHQ] Esau’s [younger] brother, and I loved Jacob, but I rejected Esau. I caused his hilly region to become (desolate/a place where crops did not grow). I caused the land which he possessed to become a desert where jackals/wolves live.”
4 Qu’Edom dise: "Nous avons été écrasés, mais nous allons relever nos ruines!" ainsi répond l’Eternel-Cebaot: "Qu’ils bâtissent, moi je démolirai, et on les appellera le Domaine de la Perversité, le Peuple à jamais réprouvé de Dieu.
[The descendants of Esau who live in] Edom may say, “[Yes, ] we have been crushed/ruined, but we will rebuild [houses] in the ruins.” But the Commander of the armies of angels replies, “They may build [houses again], but I will demolish [them again]. Their [country] will be called ‘The land where wicked people [live]’ and [their people will be called] ‘The people with whom Yahweh is angry forever’.”
5 Vos yeux en seront témoins, et vous-mêmes direz: "L’Eternel s’est montré grand par-delà les frontières d’Israël"
When you [Israeli] people yourselves see [what I will do to them], you will say, “[It is evident far] beyond the borders of Israel that Yahweh is [very] great!”
6 Le fils honore son père, l’esclave son maître. Si je suis un père pour vous, où sont mes honneurs? Si je suis un maître, où est la vénération qui m’est due? Ainsi vous parle l’Eternel-Cebaot, à vous, ô pontifes qui avilissez son nom, et qui dites: "En quoi avons-nous avili ton nom?"
But the Commander of the armies of angels says to the priests, “Boys honor their fathers, and servants [respect] their masters. So, if I am [like your] father and your master, why [RHQ] do you not honor and respect me? You have despised me [MTY]!” But you ask, “(How/In what way) have we despised you?”
7 Vous apportez sur mon autel un aliment souillé, et vous dites: "En quoi t’avons-nous souillé?" Par votre langage, la table de l’Eternel devient un objet de mépris.
[Yahweh replies, ] “[Instead of honoring me, you have despised me] by offering sacrifices on my altar that are unacceptable to me.” Then you ask, “What sacrifices have we given that have been unacceptable to you?” [Yahweh replies, ] “You think that (it does not matter/it is okay) if you do not respect my altar.
8 Et lorsque vous venez m’immoler une bête aveugle, ce n’est point un mal? Point un mal quand vous amenez une bête éclopée ou malade? Présente-la donc à ton Satrape! Tu verras s’il te fera bon accueil, s’il te témoignera sa faveur, dit l’Eternel-Cebaot.
You offer for sacrifices animals that are blind. (Is that not wrong?/That is disgusting!) [RHQ] And you offer for sacrifices animals that are crippled or that have diseases. (Is that also not wrong?/That [also] is disgusting!) [RHQ] If you tried to give presents like that to your governor, (do you think [RHQ] that he would be pleased?/he would certainly not be pleased!) (Would he [RHQ] accept such gifts? He would certainly not accept such gifts!) [That is what] the Commander of the armies of angels says!”
9 Et maintenant, soyez donc intercesseurs devant Dieu, afin qu’il nous favorise! C’Est votre main qui a agi de la sorte: est-ce par vous qu’il peut nous devenir propice? dit l’Eternel-Cebaot.
[And he also says, ] “You plead with me to be merciful to you. But you bring to me sacrifices that are not acceptable to me, so why should I be kind to you [RHQ]?”
10 Ah s’il s’en trouvait un parmi vous pour fermer les portes, afin que vous n’allumiez plus mon autel en pure perte! Je n’ai aucun plaisir à vous voir, dit l’Eternel-Cebaot, l’offrande de votre main, je ne la veux pas.
The Commander of the armies of angels [also] says, “I wish/desire that one of you would shut the gates [of the temple courtyard], in order that no one could offer those worthless sacrifices. I am not pleased with you, and I will not accept the offerings that you bring to me.
11 Certes! Du levant du soleil à son couchant, mon nom est glorifié parmi les peuples; en tous lieux, on me présente de l’encens, des sacrifices, de pures offrandes, car mon nom est grand parmi les peuples, dit l’Eternel-Cebaot.
[People of other] nations honor me [MTY] [every day], from sunrise/morning until sunset/evening. All over the world people offer incense and [other] pure/acceptable offerings to me [MTY]. [They do that] because [people among all] the nations know that I [MTY] am [very] great.
12 Et c’est vous qui le déshonorez! Par votre langage, la table du Seigneur est souillée, ce qui en provient, son aliment, est digne de mépris.
But you [priests show that you] despise me [by what you do]. You say, ‘[It is all right if] people pollute the altar by bringing sacrifices that are unacceptable.’
13 Vous dites encore: "Ah! quelle misère!" Et vous le repoussez avec dédain, dit l’Eternel-Cebaot. Et puis, vous amenez des bêtes volées, ou boiteuses, ou malades, et voilà l’offrande que vous apportez! L’Accepterais-je de votre main? dit l’Eternel.
You say ‘We are tired of [burning all these sacrifices on the altar].’ You (turn up your noses at/act very disrespectfully toward) [me]. When you bring [to me] animals that have been stolen or ones that are crippled or that have diseases, to offer them for sacrifices, [do you think that] [RHQ] I should accept them?
14 Malheur à l’hypocrite qui possède dans son troupeau des mâles, et qui ne voue au Seigneur et ne sacrifie qu’une victime détériorée! Car je suis un grand Souverain, dit l’Eternel-Cebaot, et mon nom est redouté parmi les peuples.
[I will] curse anyone who [tries to] cheat [me] by solemnly promising [to bring to me a perfect] ram from his flock [of sheep] and then brings to me one that has defects. [If anyone does that, I will punish him], because I am a great king; [I am] the Commander of the armies of angels and [people of the other] nations revere me [MTY], [but you do not]!”
