Zacharie 3

1 Puis, il me fit voir le grand-prêtre Josué debout devant l’ange de l’Eternel; le Satan se tenait à sa droite pour l’accuser.

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 L’Eternel dit au Satan: "L’Eternel te réprouve, ô Satan! Oui, il te réprouve, l’Eternel qui a élu Jérusalem. 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 Or, Josué était couvert de vêtements souillés, tandis qu’il se tenait devant l’ange.

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

4 Celui-ci s’écria en s’adressant à ceux qui étaient placés devant lui: "Enlevez-lui ces vêtements souillés!" Puis il lui dit: "Vois, je te débarrasse de tes péchés, en te faisant vêtir d’habits de prix."

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’on lui mette une tiare propre sur la tête!" Et ils lui mirent une tiare propre sur la tête et lui passèrent les vêtements, tandis que l’ange de l’Eternel était présent.

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’Eternel fit cette déclaration à Josué:

Then the angel said [this] to Joshua:

7 "Ainsi parle l’Eternel-Cebaot: Si tu marches dans mes voies, si tu suis mon observance, et que tu gouvernes bien ma maison et gardes avec soin mes parvis, je te donnerai accès parmi ceux qui sont là debout.

“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 Ecoute donc bien, ô Josué, grand-prêtre, toi et tes compagnons qui siègent avec toi tous personnages de marque, oui, certes, je vais faire apparaître mon serviteur, le Rejeton!

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 Pour ce qui est de la pierre que j’ai posée devant Josué, sur une seule pierre il y a sept yeux j’en graverai l’inscription, dit l’Eternel-Cebaot, et j’effacerai l’iniquité de ce pays en un 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, dit l’Eternel-Cebaot, vous vous convierez l’un l’autre 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.”