Esdras 10
1 Et comme Esdras priait, et comme, en pleurant et priant, il élevait la voix devant le temple du Seigneur, la nombreuse Église d'Israël se rassembla auprès de lui, hommes, femmes et jeunes gens; et le peuple pleura, et en pleurant il éleva la voix.
While I was kneeling down in front of the temple and praying and crying, I was confessing [the sins that the Israeli people had committed]. Many people, men and women and children, gathered around me and also cried very much.
2 Et Sechénias, fils de Jehel, des fils d'Elam, prit la parole, et il dit à Esdras: Nous avons violé la loi de notre Dieu, et nous avons épousé parmi les peuples de la terre promise des femmes étrangères; et maintenant, après cela, Israël espère encore.
Then Shecaniah, the son of Jehiel from the clan of Elam, said this to me: “We have disobeyed God. [Some of] us have married women who are not Israelis. But we can still confidently expect [Yahweh to be merciful to] us Israeli people.
3 Faisons donc alliance avec notre Dieu; et, s'il le veut, chassons toutes ces femmes et ceux qui sont nés d'elles. Lève-toi, inspire-leur la crainte des commandements de notre Dieu, et qu'il soit fait selon la loi.
We will do what you, and the others who have an awesome respect for what our God has commanded, tell us to do. We will do what God told us in his laws. We will make an agreement with our God, saying that we will divorce our wives who are not Israelis, and we will send them away with their children.
4 Lève-toi, car l'affaire te regarde, et nous sommes avec toi; sois fort et agis.
(It is your responsibility to/Because you are our leader, you must) [tell us what to do]. So get up, and be courageous, and do [what is necessary]. We will (support you/tell people to do what you say).”
5 Et Esdras se leva, et il fit prêter serment aux chefs, aux prêtres, aux lévites, à tout Israël, d'exécuter ses ordres, et ils le jurèrent.
So I stood up and demanded that the leaders of the priests, the [other] descendants of Levi, and all [the other] Israeli people solemnly declare that they would do what Shecaniah said that they should do. So they all solemnly promised to do that.
6 Et Esdras se leva de devant le temple, et il alla au trésor gardé par Johanan, fils d'Elisub, et il y entra, et il ne mangea pas de pain, et il ne but point d'eau, car il pleurait sur l'infidélité des fils de l'exil.
Then I went away from the front of the temple and went to the room where Jehohanan lived. I stayed there that night, but I did not eat or drink anything. I was still sad because some of the Israelis who had returned [from Babylonia] had not faithfully obeyed [God’s laws].
7 Et l'on fit dans Juda et à Jérusalem une proclamation qui disait: Tous les fils de l'exil se réuniront à Jérusalem.
Then we sent a message to all [the people in] Jerusalem and [in other towns in] Judah, saying that all those who had returned [from Babylonia] should come to Jerusalem immediately.
8 Quiconque ne viendra pas dans trois jours, selon l'ordre des princes et des prêtres, tous ses biens seront anathématisés, et lui-même sera expulsé de l'Église des fils de l'exil.
We said that if any of them did not arrive within three days, the leaders of the people would order that all the property of those people would be taken from them, and that they would no longer be considered to belong to the Israeli people; [they would be considered to be foreigners].
9 Tous les hommes de Juda et de Benjamin se rendirent donc à Jérusalem. On était au neuvième mois; le vingtième jour du même mois, tout le peuple se tint sur la place du temple de Dieu, à cause du trouble né de cette affaire, et à cause d'une tempête.
So within three days, on December 19, all the people of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin gathered in Jerusalem. They were there, sitting in the courtyard in front of the temple. They were trembling because it was raining hard and because they were worried [that they would be punished for what they had done].
10 Et Esdras, le prêtre, se leva, et il leur dit: Vous avez violé l'alliance, et vous avez épousé des femmes étrangères, pour ajouter aux péchés d'Israël.
Then I stood up and said to them, “[Some of] you men have committed a very bad sin. You have married women who are not Israelis. By doing that, you have made us Israeli people more guilty [than we were before].
11 Rendez maintenant gloire au Seigneur Dieu de vos pères, et faites ce qui est agréable à ses yeux; séparez-vous des peuples de la terre promise, et des femmes des étrangers.
So now you must confess to Yahweh, the God whom your ancestors [worshiped/belonged to], the sin which you have committed, and you must do what he wants. Separate yourselves from the people of other nations and from the women from those nations whom you have married.”
12 Et toute l'Église s'écria: Grande est pour nous cette parole de toi que nous devons accomplir.
The whole group answered, shouting loudly, “Yes, what you have said is right! We will do what you have said.”
13 Mais le peuple est nombreux, le temps est à l'orage, et il n'est pas possible de se tenir dehors plus longtemps; d'ailleurs, ce n'est point l'œuvre d'un ou de deux jours, car, à ce sujet, nous avons multiplié nos fautes.
But then [one of] them said, “But we are a very large group, and it is raining hard. Also, there are many of us who have committed this bad sin. This is something that we cannot (take care of/handle) in one or two days, and we cannot stand here in this rain.
14 Que nos chefs restent, et qu'ils aillent, au temps prescrit, en toutes les villes, pour tous ceux qui ont épousé des femmes étrangères; que dans chaque ville ils s'adjoignent les anciens et les juges, afin de détourner de nous la colère du Seigneur notre Dieu, au sujet de ce péché.
So allow our leaders to decide for all of us what we should do. Tell everyone who has married a woman who is not Israeli to come at a time that you decide. They should come with the elders and judges from each city. If we do that, our God will stop being angry with us [because of what we have done].”
15 Or, il n'y eut avec moi que Jonathas, fils d'Azaêl, et Jasias, fils de Thécoé, et ils eurent pour aides Mesollam, et Sabbathaï, le lévite.
Jonathan the son of Asahel, Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah, Meshullam, and Shabbethai, a descendant of Levi, were the only ones who objected to this.
16 Et voici ce que firent les chefs de l'exil: le prêtre Esdras et les chefs de familles paternelles furent désignés tous nominativement, et ils partirent le premier jour du dixième mois pour faire des enquêtes sur cette affaire.
All the others who had returned from Babylonia said that they would do it. So I chose leaders of each of the clans, and I wrote down their names. On December 29, these men came and sat down to investigate the matter.
17 Et, le premier jour du premier mois, ils eurent fini, et connurent tous les hommes qui avaient épousé des femmes étrangères.
By March 27 of the next year they finished determining which men had married women who were not Israelis.
18 Et parmi eux furent trouvés des fils de prêtres nés de Josué, fils de Josédec et ses frères, savoir: Maasia, et Eliézer, et Jarib, et Gadalie.
This is a list of the names of the priests who had married non-Israeli women, and the clans to which they belonged. From the clan of Jeshua and his brothers, who were sons of Jehozadak, there were Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.
19 Et ils s'engagèrent à répudier leurs femmes, et ils donnèrent chacun un bélier de son troupeau, pour le péché.
They solemnly promised to divorce their wives, and they each sacrificed a ram to be an offering [to atone] for their sins.
20 Il y eut des fils d'Emmer Anani et Zabdia;
From the clan of Immer there were Hanani and Zebadiah.
21 Et des fils d'Eram Masahel, Elia, Samaïa, et Ozias;
From the clan of Harim there were Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.
22 Et des fils de Phasur: Elionaï, Maasia, Ismaël, Nathanaël, Jozabad et Elasa;
From the clan of Pashhur there were Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
23 Et des lévites: Jozabad, Samu, Colia (le même que Colite), Phetheia, Judas et Eliézer;
The [other] descendants of Levi [who had married non-Israeli women] were Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (whose other name was Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
24 Et des chantres: Elisabadi; et des portiers, Solmen, Telmen et Oduth;
There was Eliashib the musician. From the temple guards there were Shallum, Telem, and Uri.
25 Et d'Israël, des fils de Phoros: Ramia, Azia, Melchia, Méamin, Eléazar, Asabie et Banaïa;
This is a list of the names of the other Israelis who had married foreign wives: From the clan of Parosh there were Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Hashabiah, and Benaiah.
26 Et des fils d'Hélam: Matthanias, Zacharie et Jahiel, Abdias, Jarimoth et Eue;
From the clan of Elam there were Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.
27 Et des fils de Zathuca: Elionaï, Elisub, Matthanaï, Armoth, Zabad et Oziza;
From the clan of Zattu there were Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza.
28 Et des fils de Bubeï. Johanan, Ananie, Zabu et Thali;
From the clan of Bebai there were Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
29 Et des fils de Banuï: Mosollam, Maluch, Adaïas, Jasub, Saluïa et Remoth;
From the clan of Bani there were Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth.
30 Et des fils de Phaath-Moab Edné, Chalet, Banaïa, Maasia, Matthanias, Béséléel, Banuï et Manassé;
From the clan of Pahath-Moab there were Adna, Kelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.
31 Et des fils d'Eram: Eliézer, Jésia, Melchia, Samaïas, Séméon,
From the clan of Harim there were Eliezer, Ishijah, Malkijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
32 Benjamin, Baluch, Samaria;
Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
33 Et des fils d'Asem: Metthanie, Matthatha, Zadab, Eliphalet, Jerami, Manassé, Sémeï;
From the clan of Hashum there were Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
34 Et des fils de Bani: Moodia, Amram, Uhel,
From the clan of Bigvai there were Maadai, Amram, Uel,
35 Banaïas, Badaïas, Helcias,
Benaiah, Bedeiah, Keluhi,
36 Vania, Marimoth, Eliasiph,
Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
37 Matthanias, Matthanaï; et ainsi firent:
Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu.
38 Les fils de Banui, et les fils de Sémeï,
From the clan of Binnui there were Shimei,
39 Et Sélémia, et Nathan, et Adaïa,
Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,
40 Machadnabu, Séseï, Sariu,
Macnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
41 Ezriel, et Sélémia, et Samaria,
Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah,
42 Et Sellum, Amaria, Joseph;
Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
43 Des fils de Nabu: Jahel, Matthanias, Zabad, Zebennas, Jadaï, Johel et Banaïa.
From the clan of Nebo there were Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.
44 Tels furent ceux qui avaient épousé des femmes étrangères, et qui en avaient eu des enfants.
Each of those men had married a woman who was not an Israeli. [But immediately] they divorced those women and sent them and their children away.
