Nombres 11
1 Le peuple affecta de se plaindre amèrement aux oreilles du Seigneur. Le Seigneur l’entendit et sa colère s’enflamma, le feu de l’Éternel sévit parmi eux, et déjà il dévorait les dernières lignes du camp.
One day the people complained to Yahweh about their troubles. When Yahweh heard what they were saying, he became angry. So he sent a fire which burned among the people at the edge of their camp.
2 Mais le peuple implora Moïse; Moïse pria le Seigneur, et le feu s’affaissa.
Then the people cried out to Moses/me, and he/I prayed to Yahweh. Then the fire stopped burning.
3 On nomma cet endroit Tabérah, parce que le feu de l’Éternel y avait sévi parmi eux.
So they called that place Taberah, [which means ‘burning’], because the fire from Yahweh had burned among them.
4 Or, le ramas d’étrangers qui était parmi eux fut pris de convoitise; et, à leur tour, les enfants d’Israël se remirent à pleurer et dirent: "Qui nous donnera de la viande à manger?
Then some troublemakers from other people-groups [who were traveling] with the Israelis began to want better food. And [when they started complaining] the Israeli people also started to complain.
5 Il nous souvient du poisson que nous mangions pour rien en Egypte, des concombres et des melons, des poireaux, des oignons et de l’ail.
They said, “We wish we had some meat!
6 Maintenant, nous sommes exténués, nous manquons de tout: point d’autre perspective que la manne!"
We remember the fish that we ate while we were in Egypt, fish that was given to us without (cost/asking us to pay for it). And we had all the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic [that we wanted]. But now we do not have any desire to eat, because all we have to eat is this manna!”
7 (Or, la manne était comme de la graine de coriandre, et son aspect comme l’aspect du bdellium.
The manna resembled small white seeds.
8 Le peuple se dispersait pour la recueillir, puis on l’écrasait sous la meule ou on la pilait au mortier; on la mettait cuire au pot, et l’on en faisait des gâteaux. Elle avait alors le goût d’une pâtisserie à l’huile.
[Each morning] the people would go out and gather some [from the surface of the ground]. Then they made flour by grinding it or pounding it with stones. Then they [added water and] boiled it in a pot, or they made flat cakes with it [and baked them]. The cakes tasted like bread that was baked with [olive] oil.
9 Lorsque la rosée descendait sur le camp, la nuit, la manne y tombait avec elle).
Each night the manna came down on their ground where their tents were, like dew [from the sky].
10 Moïse entendit le peuple gémir, groupé par familles, chacun à l’entrée de sa tente. L’Éternel entra dans une grande colère; Moïse en fut contristé,
Moses/I heard all the Israeli people complaining as they were standing in the entrances of their tents. Yahweh became very angry, and Moses/I was also very perturbed.
11 et il dit à l’Éternel: "Pourquoi as-tu rendu ton serviteur malheureux? Pourquoi n’ai-je pas trouvé grâce à tes yeux, et m’as-tu imposé le fardeau de tout ce peuple?
He/I [went into the Sacred Tent and] asked Yahweh, “Why have you caused me, your servant, to experience this trouble [RHQ]? Act mercifully to me! What wrong have I done, with the result that you have appointed me to take care of all of these people [RHQ]?
12 Est-ce donc moi qui ai conçu tout ce peuple, moi qui l’ai enfanté, pour que tu me dises: Porte-le dans ton sein, comme le nourricier porte le nourrisson, jusqu’au pays que tu as promis par serment à ses pères?
(I am not their father./Am I their father?) [RHQ] Why have you told me to take care of them like a woman carries around her baby and (nurses it/gives it her milk) [MET, RHQ]? How can I take them to the land that you promised to give to our ancestors [RHQ]?
13 Où trouverai-je de la chair pour tout ce peuple, qui m’assaille de ses pleurs en disant: Donne-nous de la chair à manger!
Where can I get meat to feed all these people? They keep complaining to me, saying, ‘Give us some meat to eat!’
14 Je ne puis, moi seul, porter tout ce peuple: c’est un faix trop pesant pour moi.
I cannot carry all these people’s burdens by myself! [They are like a heavy load [MET], and] I cannot carry this very heavy load any more.
15 Si tu me destines un tel sort, ah! Je te prie, fais-moi plutôt mourir, si j’ai trouvé grâce à tes yeux! Et que je n’aie plus cette misère en perspective!"
If you intend to act like this toward me, kill me now. If you are really concerned about me, be kind to me and [kill me to] end my misery [of trying to take care of them]!”
16 L’Éternel répondit à Moïse: "Assemble-moi soixante-dix hommes entre les anciens d’Israël, que tu connaisses pour être des anciens du peuple et ses magistrats; tu les amèneras devant la tente d’assignation, et là ils se rangeront près de toi.
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Summon 70 men whom you know are leaders among the Israeli people. Tell them to stand with you in front of the Sacred Tent.
17 C’Est là que je viendrai te parler, et je retirerai une partie de l’esprit qui est sur toi pour la faire reposer sur eux: alors ils porteront avec toi la charge du peuple, et tu ne la porteras plus à toi seul.
I will come down and talk with you there. Then I will take some of [the power of] my Spirit that you have, and I will put [that power] on them also. They will help you to take care of some of the things that the people are concerned about, in order that you will not need to do it alone.
18 Quant à ce peuple, tu lui diras: Tenez-vous prêts pour demain, vous mangerez de la chair, puisque vous avez sangloté aux oreilles de l’Éternel en disant: "Qui nous donnera de la viande à manger? Nous étions plus heureux en Egypte!" L’Éternel vous en donnera à manger, de la viande.
“Furthermore, say to the people, ‘Make yourselves acceptable to me, and tomorrow you will have meat to eat. You were complaining, and Yahweh heard you when you were saying, “We want some meat to eat. We had better food in Egypt!” Now Yahweh will give you some meat, and you will eat it.
19 Ce n’est pas un jour ni deux que vous en mangerez; ce n’est pas cinq jours, ni dix jours, ni vingt jours,
You will eat meat not only for one or two days, nor only for five or ten or 20 days.
20 mais un mois entier, tellement qu’elle vous ressortira de la gorge et vous deviendra en horreur; parce que vous avez outragé l’Éternel qui est au milieu de vous, et que vous avez pleuré devant lui en disant: Pourquoi sommes-nous sortis de l’Egypte?"
[You will eat meat every day] for one month, and then you will loathe/despise it, and it will cause you to want to vomit. [This will happen] because you have rejected Yahweh who is here among you, and you have wailed in his presence, saying [“We would have had better food to eat] if we had not left Egypt [RHQ].”’”
21 Moïse repartit: "Six cent mille voyageurs composent le peuple dont je fais partie, et tu veux que je leur donne de la viande à manger pour un mois entier!
But Moses/I replied to Yahweh, “There are 600,000 men [plus women and children] here with me, so ([why] do you say ‘I will give them plenty of meat every day for a month!’?/it does not seem right for you to say ‘I will give them plenty of meat every day for a month!’) [RHQ]
22 Faudra-t-il leur tuer brebis et bœufs, pour qu’ils en aient assez? Leur amasser tous les poissons de la mer, pour qu’ils en aient assez?"
Even if we killed all the sheep and cattle, that would not [RHQ] be enough [to provide meat for all of them] Even if we caught all the fish in the sea [and gave it to them], that would not be enough [RHQ]!”
23 Et l’Éternel dit à Moïse: "Est-ce que le bras de l’Éternel est trop court? Tu verras bientôt si ma parole s’accomplit devant toi ou non."
But Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Do you think that I [SYN] have no power? You will now see if I can do what I say I will do.”
24 Moïse se retira, et rapporta au peuple les paroles de l’Éternel; puis il réunit soixante-dix hommes parmi les anciens du peuple et les rangea autour de la tente.
So Moses/I went out [from the Sacred Tent] and told the people what Yahweh had said. Then he/I gathered together the 70 leaders and told them to stand around the Sacred Tent.
25 L’Éternel descendit dans une nuée et lui parla, et, détournant une partie de l’esprit qui l’animait, la reporta sur ces soixante-dix personnages, sur les anciens. Et aussitôt que l’esprit se fut posé sur eux, ils prophétisèrent, mais ils ne le firent plus depuis.
Then Yahweh came down in the cloud [that was above the tent] and spoke to Moses/me. He took some of [the power of] the Spirit that he had given to Moses/me and gave it to the 70 leaders. By means of the power of the Spirit within them, they (prophesied/spoke messages that Yahweh gave them), but they did that only once.
26 Deux de ces hommes étaient restés dans le camp, l’un nommé Eldad, le second Médad. L’Esprit se posa également sur eux, car ils étaient sur la liste, mais ne s’étaient pas rendus à la tente; et ils prophétisèrent dans le camp.
Two of the leaders whom Moses/I appointed, Eldad and Medad, were not there when the rest of them gathered together. They had not left [their tents] to go and stand around the Sacred Tent. But Yahweh’s Spirit came on them also, and they started to (prophesy/speak messages from Yahweh).
27 Un jeune homme courut l’annoncer à Moïse, en disant: "Eldad et Médad prophétisent dans le camp."
So a young man ran and told Moses/me, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in all their tents!”
28 Alors Josué, fils de Noun, serviteur de Moïse depuis sa jeunesse, prit la parole et dit: "Mon maître Moïse, empêche-les!"
Joshua, who had helped Moses/me since he was a young man, said, “Sir, tell them to stop doing that!”
29 Moïse lui répondit: "Tu es bien zélé pour moi! Ah! Plût au Ciel que tout le peuple de Dieu se composât de prophètes, que l’Éternel fit reposer son esprit sur eux!"
But Moses/I replied, “(Are you worried that they might injure my reputation/Do you think that I want to be the only one who prophesies) [RHQ]? I wish that all Yahweh’s people could (prophesy/speak messages from Yahweh). I wish that Yahweh would give the power of his Spirit to all of them!”
30 Et Moïse rentra dans le camp, ainsi que les anciens d’Israël.
Then Moses/I and all the leaders went back to their/our tents.
31 Cependant un vent s’éleva de par l’Éternel, qui suscita des cailles du côté de la mer, et les abattit sur le camp dans un rayon d’une journée de part et d’autre, autour du camp, et à la hauteur de deux coudées environ sur le sol.
Then Yahweh sent a strong wind from the sea. It blew quail into the area all around the camp for miles in every direction, [and caused the quail to fall onto the ground]. They were piled up on the ground about (3 feet/1 meter) high!
32 Le peuple s’occupa tout ce jour-là, toute la nuit, et toute la journée du lendemain, à ramasser les cailles; celui qui en recueillit le moins en eut encore dix omer. Et ils se mirent à les étaler autour du camp.
So the people went out and gathered up the quail all that day, and all that night, and all of the following day. [It seemed as though] everyone gathered at least 50 bushels! They spread the quail out on the ground all around the camp, [so that the quail would dry out].
33 La chair était encore entre leurs dents, elle n’était pas encore consommée, lorsque la colère du Seigneur éclata contre le peuple, et le Seigneur frappa le peuple d’une mortalité très considérable.
[Then they cooked them and started to eat them]. But while they were still eating the meat [MTY], Yahweh [showed that he] was very angry with them. He struck them with a severe plague/sickness, [and many people died].
34 On donna à ce lieu le nom de Kibroth-Hattaava, parce que c’est là qu’on ensevelit ce peuple pris de convoitise.
The people who died and were buried were the ones who had said they wanted to eat meat [like they had formerly eaten in Egypt]. So they called that place Kibroth-Hattaavah, [which means ‘graves of those who craved’].
35 De Kibroth-Hattaava, le peuple partit pour Hacêroth, et il s’arrêta à Hacêroth.
From there, the Israelis continued walking [east] until they arrived at Hazeroth [town], where they stopped and stayed [for a long time].
