Ézéchiel 16

1 La parole de l’Éternel me fut adressée, en ces mots:

Yahweh gave me another message. He said,

2 Fils de l’homme, fais connaître à Jérusalem ses abominations!

“You human, cause the people of Jerusalem to think about their detestable behavior.

3 Tu diras: Ainsi parle le Seigneur, l’Éternel, à Jérusalem: Par ton origine et ta naissance tu es du pays de Canaan; ton père était un Amoréen, et ta mère une Héthienne.

Say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says to you people of Jerusalem: [It is as though you are a woman who] [MET] was born in the country where the Canaan people-group lived. [It is as though] [MET] your father belonged to the Amor people-group and your mother belonged to the Heth people-group.

4 A ta naissance, au jour où tu naquis, ton nombril n’a pas été coupé, tu n’as pas été lavée dans l’eau pour être purifiée, tu n’as pas été frottée avec du sel, tu n’as pas été enveloppée dans des langes.

[It is as though] [MET] on the day that you were born, your umbilical cord was not cut, and your body was not washed in water, and it was not rubbed with salt or wrapped in strips of cloth, [like Israeli babies always are].

5 Nul n’a porté sur toi un regard de pitié pour te faire une seule de ces choses, par compassion pour toi; mais tu as été jetée dans les champs, le jour de ta naissance, parce qu’on avait horreur de toi.

No one pitied you or acted kindly toward you by doing those things for you. Instead, [it was as though] [MET] you were thrown into a field, because on the day that you were born, you were despised {everyone despised you}.

6 Je passai près de toi, je t’aperçus baignée dans ton sang, et je te dis: Vis dans ton sang! Je te dis: Vis dans ton sang!

Then [it was as though] [MET] I passed by and saw you lying in your own blood and kicking. And while you lay there kicking in your own blood, I said to you, “I want you to remain alive!”

7 Je t’ai multipliée par dix milliers, comme les herbes des champs. Et tu pris de l’accroissement, tu grandis, tu devins d’une beauté parfaite; tes seins se formèrent, ta chevelure se développa. Mais tu étais nue, entièrement nue.

[It was as though] I caused you to grow up, like plants in the field grow; you grew up and became tall and became like [MET] a very beautiful jewel. [It was as though] [MET] your breasts (formed/became large), and your hair became long, although you were still naked [DOU].

8 Je passai près de toi, je te regardai, et voici, ton temps était là, le temps des amours. J’étendis sur toi le pan de ma robe, je couvris ta nudité, je te jurai fidélité, je fis alliance avec toi, dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel, et tu fus à moi.

When I saw you several years later, [it was as though] [MET] I saw that you were old enough to have sex [EUP]. So [it was as though] [MET] I spread the corner of my robe over [to symbolize that I would marry you], with the result that you were no longer naked. I solemnly promised [that I would marry you] and made a marriage agreement with you, and you became my wife. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say.

9 Je te lavai dans l’eau, je fis disparaître le sang qui était sur toi, et je t’oignis avec de l’huile.

[And then it was as though] [MET] I bathed you and washed the blood from you and put ointment on your body.

10 Je te donnai des vêtements brodés, et une chaussure de peaux teintes en bleu; je te ceignis de fin lin, et je te couvris de soie.

[It was as though] [MET] I put a fine linen robe on you and gave you other expensive clothes. I put an embroidered dress on you and put leather sandals on your feet.

11 Je te parai d’ornements: je mis des bracelets à tes mains, un collier à ton cou,

[It was as though] [MET] I put bracelets on your arms and a necklace around your neck. Those things all had nice jewels fastened to them.

12 je mis un anneau à ton nez, des pendants à tes oreilles, et une couronne magnifique sur ta tête.

I put a gold ring in your nose and fastened earrings to your ears and put a beautiful crown on your head.

13 Ainsi tu fus parée d’or et d’argent, et tu fus vêtue de fin lin, de soie et d’étoffes brodées. La fleur de farine, le miel et l’huile, furent ta nourriture. Tu étais d’une beauté accomplie, digne de la royauté.

So [it was as though] you wore gold and silver ornaments. You had clothes made from fine (linen/white cloth) and other expensive embroidered material/cloth. You ate [bread made from] fine flour, honey, and olive oil. You became very beautiful, like [MET] a queen.

14 Et ta renommée se répandit parmi les nations, à cause de ta beauté; car elle était parfaite, grâce à l’éclat dont je t’avais ornée, dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel.

You were very beautiful, with the result that people in other nations heard about you, because they knew that I, Yahweh the Lord, am the one who had caused you to become very beautiful.

15 Mais tu t’es confiée dans ta beauté, et tu t’es prostituée, à la faveur de ton nom; tu as prodigué tes prostitutions à tous les passants, tu t’es livrée à eux.

But [it was as though] [MET] you realized that because people knew that you were very beautiful, you could [earn a lot of money by] becoming a prostitute. [It was as though] you had sex with [EUP] every man who came along, and they all enjoyed your beauty.

16 Tu as pris de tes vêtements, tu t’es fait des hauts lieux que tu as garnis d’étoffes de toutes couleurs, et tu t’y es prostituée: rien de semblable n’était arrivé et n’arrivera jamais.

[It was as though] you took some of your clothes to make beautifully decorated shrines, and that is where you had sex with those men. Those things should certainly never occur!

17 Tu as pris ta magnifique parure d’or et d’argent, que je t’avais donnée, et tu en as fait des simulacres d’hommes, auxquels tu t’es prostituée.

You took the fine gold and silver jewelry that I gave you, and you made male idols for yourself, in order to have sex with them.

18 Tu as pris tes vêtements brodés, tu les en as couverts, et tu as offert à ces simulacres mon huile et mon encens.

You took some of your embroidered clothes to put on those idols, and you burned oil and incense in front of them [to honor them].

19 Le pain que je t’avais donné, la fleur de farine, l’huile et le miel, dont je te nourrissais, tu leur as offert ces choses comme des parfums d’une odeur agréable. Voilà ce qui est arrivé, dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel.

And the [bread that was made from] fine flour and the olive oil and honey that I gave to you to eat, you offered to be a fragrant sacrifice to those idols. I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that is what happened.

20 Tu as pris tes fils et tes filles, que tu m’avais enfantés, et tu les leur as sacrifiés pour qu’ils leur servent d’aliment: n’était-ce pas assez de tes prostitutions?

And you even took your sons and daughters who were [as though they were] [MET] my children, and sacrificed them to be food for the idols. That was much worse [RHQ] than your becoming a prostitute.

21 Tu as égorgé mes fils, et tu les as donnés, en les faisant passer par le feu en leur honneur.

You slaughtered [those who were like] [MET] my children, and offered them to be sacrifices to the gods!

22 Au milieu de toutes tes abominations et de tes prostitutions, tu ne t’es pas souvenue du temps de ta jeunesse, lorsque tu étais nue, entièrement nue, et baignée dans ton sang.

All during the time when you were acting like a prostitute and doing other detestable things, you did not think about the time when [it was as though] you were very young, naked [DOU], lying in your own blood and kicking.

23 Après toutes tes méchantes actions, malheur, malheur à toi! Dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel,

So I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that terrible things will happen to you. In addition to all the other wicked things that you did,

24 tu t’es bâti des maisons de prostitution, tu t’es fait des hauts lieux dans toutes les places;

you built a shrine to worship idols in every [city] square/plaza.

25 à l’entrée de chaque chemin tu as construit tes hauts lieux, tu as déshonoré ta beauté, tu t’es livrée à tous les passants, tu as multiplié tes prostitutions.

At the beginning of every street you built a shrine, and showed people your beautiful body, offering it to have sex with every man who walked by, becoming a better known prostitute every day.

26 Tu t’es prostituée aux Égyptiens, tes voisins au corps vigoureux, et tu as multiplié tes prostitutions pour m’irriter.

[It was as though] [MET] you had sex with men from Egypt who were eager to have sex with you, men who lived near to Israel. You caused me to become very angry because you became more eager to have sex with more and more of them.

27 Et voici, j’ai étendu ma main contre toi, j’ai diminué la part que je t’avais assignée, je t’ai livrée à la volonté de tes ennemies, les filles des Philistins, qui ont rougi de ta conduite criminelle.

So I punished [IDM] you and caused your enemies to capture some of your country. I enabled your greedy enemies from Philistia to defeat you; and even they were shocked because of your disgraceful behavior.

28 Tu t’es prostituée aux Assyriens, parce que tu n’étais pas rassasiée; tu t’es prostituée à eux, et tu n’as pas encore été rassasiée.

[It was as though] you had sex with soldiers from Assyria, too, because you always wanted more sex. And after that, you still were not satisfied.

29 Tu as multiplié tes prostitutions avec le pays de Canaan et jusqu’en Chaldée, et avec cela tu n’as pas encore été rassasiée.

So you also had sex [with soldiers from] Babylonia, a country full of merchants/businessmen, but even that did not satisfy you.

30 Quelle faiblesse de cœur tu as eue, dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel, en faisant toutes ces choses, qui sont l’œuvre d’une maîtresse prostituée!

I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that when you did all those things, acting like [MET] a bold prostitute, you were showing that you were ready to do anything that you wanted to [IDM].

31 Lorsque tu bâtissais tes maisons de prostitution à l’entrée de chaque chemin, lorsque tu faisais tes hauts lieux dans toutes les places, tu n’as pas même été comme la prostituée qui réclame un salaire;

When you built shrines to worship idols on every street corner and in every city square/plaza, you were not like a prostitute: Prostitutes charge money, but you refused to take money for what you did.

32 tu as été la femme adultère, qui reçoit des étrangers au lieu de son mari.

You are like [MET] a woman who commits adultery: You prefer to [have sex with] strangers rather than with your husband.

33 A toutes les prostituées on paie un salaire; mais toi, tu as fait des dons à tous tes amants, tu les as gagnés par des présents, afin de les attirer à toi de toutes parts dans tes prostitutions.

Prostitutes are paid, but [it is as though] you give gifts to all your lovers; you bribe them to come to you from everywhere to have sex with you.

34 Tu as été le contraire des autres prostituées, parce qu’on ne te recherchait pas; et en donnant un salaire au lieu d’en recevoir un, tu as été le contraire des autres.

So although you act like [MET] a prostitute, you are not like other prostitutes: No one needs to request you to have sex [EUP] with them. You are the opposite of other prostitutes; instead of them giving any money to you, you give men money to have sex with you.

35 C’est pourquoi, prostituée, écoute la parole de l’Éternel!

Therefore, [you people of] Jerusalem, who are like a prostitute [MET], listen to what I, Yahweh the Lord, am saying about you!

36 Ainsi parle le Seigneur, l’Éternel: Parce que tes trésors ont été dissipés, et que ta nudité a été découverte dans tes prostitutions avec tes amants et avec toutes tes abominables idoles, et à cause du sang de tes enfants que tu leur as donnés,

I say that [what you have done is as though] [MET] you took off your clothes and acted like a prostitute and had sex with men who are not your husband. [What I mean is that you have been worshiping] detestable idols, and you have murdered [MTY] your own children to be sacrifices to them.

37 voici, je rassemblerai tous tes amants avec lesquels tu te plaisais, tous ceux que tu as aimés et tous ceux que tu as haïs, je les rassemblerai de toutes parts contre toi, je leur découvrirai ta nudité, et ils verront toute ta nudité.

So [what I am going to do is as though] I will gather those who you think have loved you and those whom you hated. I will gather them around you [to attack you], and [what I will do is as though] I will strip your clothes off you, and they will see you when you are completely naked.

38 Je te jugerai comme on juge les femmes adultères et celles qui répandent le sang, et je ferai de toi une victime sanglante de la fureur et de la jalousie.

I will punish you like women who commit adultery and who murder people [MTY] are punished. I will get revenge on you and get rid of you because I am extremely angry with you.

39 Je te livrerai entre leurs mains; ils abattront tes maisons de prostitution et détruiront tes hauts lieux; ils te dépouilleront de tes vêtements, prendront ta magnifique parure, et te laisseront nue, entièrement nue.

I will allow [your enemies who you thought] loved you [IRO] to defeat you, and they will tear down your shrines. [It will be as though] they will strip off your fancy clothes and take away your fine jewelry and cause you to be completely naked [DOU].

40 Ils amèneront la foule contre toi, ils te lapideront et te perceront à coups d’épée;

They will bring a mob to attack you, and that mob will throw stones at you and cut you to pieces with their swords.

41 ils brûleront tes maisons par le feu, et ils feront justice de toi, aux yeux d’une multitude de femmes. Je ferai cesser ainsi ton impudicité et tu ne donneras plus de salaire.

They will burn down your houses and punish you while many women are watching. I will cause your acting like a prostitute and paying your lovers to have sex with you to end.

42 J’assouvirai ma colère contre toi, et tu ne seras plus l’objet de ma jalousie; je m’apaiserai, je ne serai plus irrité.

Then I will no longer be angry [DOU] with you. I will stop being jealous [because of your worshiping gods other than me only].

43 Parce que tu ne t’es pas souvenue du temps de ta jeunesse, parce que tu m’as provoqué par toutes ces choses, voici, je ferai retomber ta conduite sur ta tête, dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel, et tu ne commettras plus le crime avec toutes tes abominations.

You have forgotten [the wonderful things that I did for you] in previous years [MET]. You have caused me to become extremely angry because of all the [evil things] that you have done. In addition to all the other detestable things that you did, you committed many sexual sins. So I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that I will punish you [IDM] for doing those things.

44 Voici, tous ceux qui disent des proverbes, t’appliqueront ce proverbe: Telle mère, telle fille!

People who [like to] quote proverbs will quote this proverb about you: “[behave] like their mothers [behave].”

45 Tu es la fille de ta mère, qui a repoussé son mari et ses enfants; tu es la sœur de tes sœurs, qui ont repoussé leurs maris et leurs enfants. Votre mère était une Héthienne, et votre père un Amoréen.

You are like your mother; [it was as though] she detested her husband and her children. You are like your sisters, who also despised their husbands and their children. [It was as though] [MET] your father belonged to the Amor people-group and your mother belonged to the Heth people-group.

46 Ta grande sœur, qui demeure à ta gauche, c’est Samarie avec ses filles; et ta petite sœur, qui demeure à ta droite, c’est Sodome avec ses filles.

And [it was as though] [MET] your older sister was Samaria, and she and her daughters lived to the north of you, and [it was as though] your younger sister was Sodom, and she and her daughters lived to the south of you.

47 Tu n’as pas seulement marché dans leurs voies, commis les mêmes abominations, c’était trop peu; tu as été plus corrompue qu’elles dans toutes tes voies.

You not only imitated all [DOU] their detestable behavior, but you quickly became more sinful than they were.

48 Je suis vivant! Dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel, Sodome, ta sœur, et ses filles n’ont pas fait ce que vous avez fait, toi et tes filles.

I, Yahweh the Lord, solemnly declare that as surely as I am alive, [the people who lived in] [MTY] Sodom and other nearby cities never did the detestable things that you [people in Jerusalem and other places in Judah] have done.

49 Voici quel a été le crime de Sodome, ta sœur. Elle avait de l’orgueil, elle vivait dans l’abondance et dans une insouciante sécurité, elle et ses filles, et elle ne soutenait pas la main du malheureux et de l’indigent.

These are the sins [the people who lived in] Sodom, who were like your sister [MET]: The people who lived there and in nearby cities were arrogant. In spite of having more food to eat than they needed, they refused to help the poor and needy [DOU] people among them.

50 Elles sont devenues hautaines, et elles ont commis des abominations devant moi. Je les ai fait disparaître, quand j’ai vu cela.

The people of Sodom and nearby cities [MET] were proud and did detestable things in my presence, so I got rid of them when I saw what they had been doing.

51 Samarie n’a pas commis la moitié de tes péchés; tes abominations ont été plus nombreuses que les siennes, et tu as justifié tes sœurs par toutes les abominations que tu as faites.

Also, [the people of] Samaria did not commit half as many sins as you have committed. You have done more disgusting things than they have done. You cause the people of Samaria to appear to be good, compared to you.

52 Toi qui condamnais tes sœurs, supporte ton opprobre, à cause de tes péchés par lesquels tu t’es rendue plus abominable qu’elles, et qui les font paraître plus justes que toi; sois confuse, et supporte ton opprobre, puisque tu as justifié tes sœurs.

Your sins are worse than their sins, so they seem to be less wicked than you are. So I will punish you more than I punished them. As a result, you will be ashamed and disgraced [DOU].

53 Je ramènerai leurs captifs, les captifs de Sodome et de ses filles, les captifs de Samarie et de ses filles, et tes captifs au milieu des leurs,

However, [some day] I will [the people of] Sodom and Samaria and the cities near to them [MET] to prosper again. And I will cause you to prosper again, too.

54 afin que tu subisses ton opprobre, et que tu rougisses de tout ce que tu as fait, en étant pour elles un sujet de consolation.

You will be very ashamed [DOU] of the wicked things that you have done, and that will cause the people of those cities to be encouraged.

55 Tes sœurs, Sodome et ses filles, reviendront à leur premier état, Samarie et ses filles reviendront à leur premier état; et toi et tes filles, vous reviendrez à votre premier état.

[The people of] Sodom and Samaria will prosper again, and you and the people in nearby cities will prosper also.

56 Ne discourais-tu pas sur ta sœur Sodome, dans le temps de ton orgueil,

You (sneered at/despised) [the people of] Sodom when you were proud,

57 avant que ta méchanceté soit mise à nu, lorsque tu as reçu les outrages des filles de la Syrie et de tous ses alentours, des filles des Philistins, qui te méprisaient de tous côtés!

before it was revealed that you were very wicked. And now [the people of] Edom and [the people of] Philistia all insult you and despise you.

58 Tu portes tes crimes et tes abominations, dit l’Éternel.

And you are being punished for all your immoral behavior and other detestable things that you do.

59 Car ainsi parle le Seigneur, l’Éternel: J’agirai envers toi comme tu as agi, toi qui as méprisé le serment en rompant l’alliance.

This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: I will continue to punish you like you deserve to be punished, because by rejecting the agreement that I made with you, you have despised that solemn agreement that you promised to obey.

60 Mais je me souviendrai de mon alliance avec toi au temps de ta jeunesse, et j’établirai avec toi une alliance éternelle.

But I will not forget the agreement that I made with you long ago [MET], and I will make an agreement with you that will endure forever.

61 Tu te souviendras de ta conduite, et tu en auras honte, quand tu recevras tes sœurs, les grandes et les petites; je te les donnerai pour filles, mais non en vertu de ton alliance.

Then you will think about what you have done, and you will be ashamed about those things when you welcome [the people of] Sodom and Samaria, cities which are like [MET] older and younger sisters to you people of Jerusalem. I will [put them under your control by] causing them to become like [MET] your daughters, but they will not have the same agreement that I will make with you.

62 J’établirai mon alliance avec toi, et tu sauras que je suis l’Éternel,

I will establish my agreement with you, and you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].

63 Afin que tu te souviennes du passé et que tu rougisses, afin que tu n’ouvres plus la bouche et que tu sois confuse, quand je te pardonnerai tout ce que tu as fait, dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel.

Then when I have forgiven you for all your sins, you will think about all the sins that you committed and you will be ashamed, and you will never again [boast about them], because you will be humiliated.’”