Exode 31
1 L’Éternel parla à Moïse, et dit:
Yahweh [also] said to Moses/me, “Note that I have chosen Bezalel, the son of Uri and grandson of Hur, from the tribe of Judah, [for special tasks].
2 Sache que j’ai choisi Betsaleel, fils d’Uri, fils de Hur, de la tribu de Juda.
3 Je l’ai rempli de l’Esprit de Dieu, de sagesse, d’intelligence, et de savoir pour toutes sortes d’ouvrages,
I have caused him to be completely controlled/empowered by my Spirit, and I have given him special ability [to make things] and have enabled him to know how to do very skilled work.
4 je l’ai rendu capable de faire des inventions, de travailler l’or, l’argent et l’airain,
He can engrave skillful designs in gold, silver, and bronze.
5 de graver les pierres à enchâsser, de travailler le bois, et d’exécuter toutes sortes d’ouvrages.
He can cut (jewels/valuable stones) and enclose them [in tiny gold settings/frames]. He can carve things from wood and do other skilled work.
6 Et voici, je lui ai donné pour aide Oholiab, fils d’Ahisamac, de la tribu de Dan. J’ai mis de l’intelligence dans l’esprit de tous ceux qui sont habiles, pour qu’ils fassent tout ce que je t’ai ordonné:
Note that I have also appointed Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, to work with him. I have also given special ability to other men, in order that they can make all the things that I have commanded you [to be made].
7 la tente d’assignation, l’arche du témoignage, le propitiatoire qui sera dessus, et tous les ustensiles de la tente;
That includes the Sacred Tent, the sacred chest and its lid, all the other things that will be inside the Sacred Tent,
8 la table et ses ustensiles, le chandelier d’or pur et tous ses ustensiles,
the table and all the things that are used with it, the pure gold lampstand and all the things that are used to take care of it, the altar [for burning] incense,
9 l’autel des parfums; l’autel des holocaustes et tous ses ustensiles, la cuve avec sa base;
the altar for offering sacrifices that will be burned and all the things that will be used with it, the washbasin and its base,
10 les vêtements d’office, les vêtements sacrés pour le sacrificateur Aaron, les vêtements de ses fils pour les fonctions du sacerdoce;
all the beautiful sacred clothes for Aaron and his sons to wear when they work as priests,
11 l’huile d’onction, et le parfum odoriférant pour le sanctuaire. Ils se conformeront à tous les ordres que j’ai donnés.
the oil for anointing, and the sweet-smelling incense for the Holy Place. [The skilled workers] must make all these things exactly as I have told you to do.”
12 L’Éternel parla à Moïse, et dit:
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
13 Parle aux enfants d’Israël, et dis-leur: Vous ne manquerez pas d’observer mes sabbats, car ce sera entre moi et vous, et parmi vos descendants, un signe auquel on connaîtra que je suis l’Éternel qui vous sanctifie.
“Tell the Israeli people, ‘Obey my instructions regarding the (rest days/Sabbath days). Those days will remind you [and your descendants], throughout all future generations, that I, Yahweh, have (set you apart/chosen you) to be my people.
14 Vous observerez le sabbat, car il sera pour vous une chose sainte. Celui qui le profanera, sera puni de mort; celui qui fera quelque ouvrage ce jour-là, sera retranché du milieu de son peuple.
You must obey [my rules about] the Sabbath days because they are holy/sacred. Those who treat those days in an irreverent way by working on those days must be executed [to show that] I no longer consider them to belong to my people.
15 On travaillera six jours; mais le septième jour est le sabbat, le jour du repos, consacré à l’Éternel. Celui qui fera quelque ouvrage le jour du sabbat, sera puni de mort.
You may work for six days [each week], but the seventh day [of each week] is a solemn day of rest, dedicated to me, Yahweh. Anyone who does any work on a day of rest is to be executed [because I no longer want them to be able to associate with my people].
16 Les enfants d’Israël observeront le sabbat, en le célébrant, eux et leurs descendants, comme une alliance perpétuelle.
You Israeli people must respect the rest day, and you [and your descendants] must (celebrate it/keep it holy) throughout all future generations. [It will remind you] of the agreement that I have made with you that will last forever.
17 Ce sera entre moi et les enfants d’Israël un signe qui devra durer à perpétuité; car en six jours l’Éternel a fait les cieux et la terre, et le septième jour il a cessé son œuvre et il s’est reposé.
It will remind you Israeli people and remind me [of that agreement] because I, Yahweh, created the heavens and the earth in six days, and on the seventh day I stopped doing that work and relaxed.’”
18 Lorsque l’Éternel eut achevé de parler à Moïse sur la montagne de Sinaï, il lui donna les deux tables du témoignage, tables de pierre, écrites du doigt de Dieu.
When Yahweh finished talking with Moses/me on the top of Sinai Mountain, he gave him/me the two stone slabs on which he had engraved his commandments with his own fingers.
