Ézéchiel 18
1 La parole de l’Éternel me fut adressée, en ces mots:
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
2 Pourquoi dites-vous ce proverbe dans le pays d’Israël: Les pères ont mangé des raisins verts, et les dents des enfants en ont été agacées?
“You people quote [RHQ] this proverb [and say that it is] about Israel: ‘Parents/People eat sour grapes, but it is their children who have a very sour taste in their mouths', [which means that you think that it is not fair for you to be punished for your ancestors’ sins].
3 Je suis vivant! Dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel, vous n’aurez plus lieu de dire ce proverbe en Israël.
But [I], Yahweh the Lord, declare that [as surely] as I am alive, you Israeli people will no longer quote that proverb.
4 Voici, toutes les âmes sont à moi; l’âme du fils comme l’âme du père, l’une et l’autre sont à moi; l’âme qui pèche, c’est celle qui mourra.
Everyone [who is alive] belongs to me. That includes children and their parents; they all belong to me. And it is those who sin who will [because of their sins].
5 L’homme qui est juste, qui pratique la droiture et la justice,
[So, ] suppose there is a righteous person [always] does what is fair and right [DOU].
6 qui ne mange pas sur les montagnes et ne lève pas les yeux vers les idoles de la maison d’Israël, qui ne déshonore pas la femme de son prochain et ne s’approche pas d’une femme pendant son impureté,
He does not [meat sacrificed to idols] on the hilltops, he does not request help from idols. He does not have sex with someone else’s wife or have sex with a woman during her monthly menstrual period.
7 qui n’opprime personne, qui rend au débiteur son gage, qui ne commet point de rapines, qui donne son pain à celui qui a faim et couvre d’un vêtement celui qui est nu,
He does not mistreat/oppress people; if [borrows money from him and gives him his cloak to guarantee that he will pay the money back], he always gives the cloak back to that [before the sun goes down]. He does not rob people. He gives food to hungry people. He gives clothing to people who need clothes.
8 qui ne prête pas à intérêt et ne tire point d’usure, qui détourne sa main de l’iniquité et juge selon la vérité entre un homme et un autre,
When he lends money to people, he does not [do it just to] charge big interest. He does not do [SYN] things that are evil. He [always] decides things fairly.
9 qui suit mes lois et observe mes ordonnances en agissant avec fidélité, celui-là est juste, il vivra, dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel.
He faithfully obeys all [DOU] my laws. That man is truly righteous; he will remain alive. [That is what I, ] Yahweh the Lord, promise.
10 S’il a un fils qui soit violent, qui répande le sang, ou qui commette quelque chose de semblable;
But suppose that man has a son who acts violently, who murders people and does any of these other things, even though his father has not done any of them:
11 si ce fils n’imite en rien la conduite de son père, s’il mange sur les montagnes, s’il déshonore la femme de son prochain,
He [meat sacrificed to idols] on the hilltops. He has sex with other people’s wives.
12 s’il opprime le malheureux et l’indigent, s’il commet des rapines, s’il ne rend pas le gage, s’il lève les yeux vers les idoles et fait des abominations,
He mistreats/oppresses poor and needy people. He robs people. If someone gives him his cloak to [that he will pay the money back], he never gives the cloak back to [before the sun goes down]. He seeks help from idols. He does [other] detestable things.
13 s’il prête à intérêt et tire une usure, ce fils-là vivrait! Il ne vivra pas; il a commis toutes ces abominations; qu’il meure! Que son sang retombe sur lui!
When he lends money, he [very big] interest. If you think that such a person [be allowed to] remain alive [RHQ], you are certainly wrong. Because he has done those detestable things, he will surely be executed, and it will be his own fault [IDM].
14 Mais si un homme a un fils qui voie tous les péchés que commet son père, qui les voie et n’agisse pas de la même manière;
But suppose that man has a son who sees all the sins that his father commits, but he does not do those things:
15 si ce fils ne mange pas sur les montagnes et ne lève pas les yeux vers les idoles de la maison d’Israël, s’il ne déshonore pas la femme de son prochain,
He does not [meat sacrificed to idols] on the hilltops. He does not request help from idols. He does not have sex with other people’s wives.
16 s’il n’opprime personne, s’il ne prend point de gage, s’il ne commet point de rapines, s’il donne son pain à celui qui a faim et couvre d’un vêtement celui qui est nu,
He does not mistreat/oppress people. If he lends money to someone, he does not require that person to give him his cloak to guarantee that he will pay the money back. He does not rob anyone. He gives food to those who need it. He gives clothes to those who need clothes.
17 s’il détourne sa main de l’iniquité, s’il n’exige ni intérêt ni usure, s’il observe mes ordonnances et suit mes lois, celui-là ne mourra pas pour l’iniquité de son père; il vivra.
He does not commit sins, [like his father did], and does not charge big interest [DOU] when he lends money. He faithfully obeys [all] [DOU] my laws. That person will not be executed for his father’s sins; he will surely remain alive.
18 C’est son père, qui a été un oppresseur, qui a commis des rapines envers les autres, qui a fait au milieu de son peuple ce qui n’est pas bien, c’est lui qui mourra pour son iniquité.
But his father will be executed for the sins that he committed, because he cheated people and robbed people and did [other] things that are evil.
19 Vous dites: Pourquoi le fils ne porte-t-il pas l’iniquité de son père? C’est que le fils a agi selon la droiture et la justice, c’est qu’il a observé et mis en pratique toutes mes lois; il vivra.
[If] you ask, ‘Why should the [man’s] son not (suffer/be punished) for the evil things that his father did?’, [I will answer that] the son has done what is fair and right [DOU] and has obeyed all my laws, so he will surely remain alive.
20 L’âme qui pèche, c’est celle qui mourra. Le fils ne portera pas l’iniquité de son père, et le père ne portera pas l’iniquité de son fils. La justice du juste sera sur lui, et la méchanceté du méchant sera sur lui.
It is those who sin who will [because of their sins]. People will not be punished for the sins of their parents, or for the sins of their children. Good/Righteous people will be rewarded for their being good/righteous, and evil people will be punished for [doing] evil.
21 Si le méchant revient de tous les péchés qu’il a commis, s’il observe toutes mes lois et pratique la droiture et la justice, il vivra, il ne mourra pas.
But if a wicked person (turns away from/quits) doing all the evil things that he did previously, and if he starts to obey faithfully all my laws, and does what is fair and right [DOU], he will surely remain alive; he will not be executed.
22 Toutes les transgressions qu’il a commises seront oubliées; il vivra, à cause de la justice qu’il a pratiquée.
He will not be punished for the sins he committed [previously]. Because of the good/righteous things that he has done [since that time], he [be allowed to] remain alive.
23 Ce que je désire, est-ce que le méchant meure? Dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel. N’est-ce pas qu’il change de conduite et qu’il vive?
[I], Yahweh the Lord, declare that I certainly am not [RHQ] happy about wicked people dying. Instead, I am happy when they turn away from their wicked behavior, [because of that, they] remain alive.
24 Si le juste se détourne de sa justice et commet l’iniquité, s’il imite toutes les abominations du méchant, vivra-t-il? Toute sa justice sera oubliée, parce qu’il s’est livré à l’iniquité et au péché; à cause de cela, il mourra.
But if a righteous person stops doing righteous things and [starts to] commit sins and does the same detestable things that wicked people do, he will certainly not [RHQ] [be allowed to] remain alive. I will not think about the righteous things that he did previously. Because he did not [do what pleases me], and because of [all] the sins that he has committed, he will be executed.
25 Vous dites: La voie du Seigneur n’est pas droite. Écoutez donc, maison d’Israël! Est-ce ma voie qui n’est pas droite? Ne sont-ce pas plutôt vos voies qui ne sont pas droites?
But you say, ‘Yahweh does not act fairly!’ You Israeli people, listen to what I say: It is certainly not [RHQ] what I do that is unfair, it is what you continually do that is not fair/right!
26 Si le juste se détourne de sa justice et commet l’iniquité, et meurt pour cela, il meurt à cause de l’iniquité qu’il a commise.
If a righteous person (turns away from/quits) doing what is righteous and commits sins, he will [for committing those sins].
27 Si le méchant revient de sa méchanceté et pratique la droiture et la justice, il fera vivre son âme.
But if a wicked person turns away from doing wicked things and does what is just and right [DOU], he will save [from being executed/punished].
28 S’il ouvre les yeux et se détourne de toutes les transgressions qu’il a commises, il vivra, il ne mourra pas.
Because he has thought about all the evil things that he did and has turned away from doing them, he will [be allowed to] live. He will not be executed [for having done evil things].
29 La maison d’Israël dit: La voie du Seigneur n’est pas droite. Est-ce ma voie qui n’est pas droite, maison d’Israël? Ne sont-ce pas plutôt vos voies qui ne sont pas droites?
But [you] Israeli people [MTY] say, ‘Yahweh does not act fairly.’ You people of Israel, my behavior is certainly not [RHQ] unfair! It is your behavior that is not right.
30 C’est pourquoi je vous jugerai chacun selon ses voies, maison d’Israël, dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel. Revenez et détournez-vous de toutes vos transgressions, afin que l’iniquité ne cause pas votre ruine.
Therefore, you Israeli people [MTY], I, Yahweh the Lord, will judge each of you according to what you have done. Repent! Turn [away] from all your wicked behavior! Then you will not be destroyed [PRS] because of your sins.
31 Rejetez loin de vous toutes les transgressions par lesquelles vous avez péché; faites-vous un cœur nouveau et un esprit nouveau. Pourquoi mourriez-vous, maison d’Israël?
Get rid of all your wicked behavior, and get a new way of thinking [IDM, DOU]. You Israeli people [MTY], (do you really want to be executed for your sins?/you act as though you want to be executed [for your sins]) [RHQ].
32 Car je ne désire pas la mort de celui qui meurt, dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel. Convertissez-vous donc, et vivez.
[I], Yahweh the Lord, declare that I am not pleased about your dying. So repent, and remain alive!”
