Ézéchiel 21
1 Et la parole de l’Éternel me fut adressée, en ces mots:
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
2 Fils de l’homme, tourne ta face vers Jérusalem, Et parle contre les lieux saints! Prophétise contre le pays d’Israël!
“You human, turn toward Jerusalem. Preach about what will happen to the temple [there]. Preach about what will happen to the Israeli people.
3 Tu diras au pays d’Israël: Ainsi parle l’Éternel: Voici, j’en veux à toi, Je tirerai mon épée de son fourreau, Et j’exterminerai du milieu de toi le juste et le méchant.
Say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh says: I am opposed to you.
4 Parce que je veux exterminer du milieu de toi le juste et le méchant, Mon épée sortira de son fourreau, Pour frapper toute chair, Du midi au septentrion.
[what I will do to you will be as though] [MET] I will pull my sword from its sheath [and strike you]. I will kill everyone, including righteous people and wicked people [DOU]. I will get rid of everyone, from the south to the north.
5 Et toute chair saura Que moi, l’Éternel, j’ai tiré mon épée de son fourreau. Elle n’y rentrera plus.
Then everyone will know [it is as though] I, Yahweh, have struck people with my sword, and I will not put it back in its sheath again.’
6 Et toi, fils de l’homme, gémis! Les reins brisés et l’amertume dans l’âme, Gémis sous leurs regards!
Therefore, you human, groan! Groan in front of the Israeli people very sadly and sorrowfully [IDM, DOU].
7 Et s’ils te disent: Pourquoi gémis-tu? Tu répondras: Parce qu’il arrive une nouvelle… Tous les cœurs s’alarmeront, Toutes les mains deviendront faibles, Tous les esprits seront abattus, Tous les genoux se fondront en eau… Voici, elle arrive, elle est là! Dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel.
And when they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ tell them, ‘Because of the news that they soon will hear. Everyone will be very fearful [IDM], and their knees will become as weak as [SIM] water. [A great disaster] will soon occur. That is what Yahweh the Lord is promising.’”
8 La parole de l’Éternel me fut adressée, en ces mots:
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said],
9 Fils de l’homme, prophétise, et dis: Ainsi parle l’Éternel. Dis: L’épée! L’épée! Elle est aiguisée, elle est polie.
“You human, prophesy and say [to them], ‘This is what Yahweh says: I have sharpened my sword and polished it.
10 C’est pour massacrer qu’elle est aiguisée, C’est pour étinceler qu’elle est polie… Nous réjouirons-nous? Le sceptre de mon fils méprise tout bois…
It is sharpened in order that I can [many people with it]; it is polished so that it will flash like lightning. The people of Judah will not [their being punished like this], but they did not repent [I only struck them] with a stick.
11 On l’a donnée à polir, Pour que la main la saisisse; Elle est aiguisée, l’épée, elle est polie, Pour armer la main de celui qui massacre.
A sword should be polished, and be grasped [in someone’s hand]. It should be sharpened and polished, ready for someone to use it to kill people.
12 Crie et gémis, fils de l’homme! Car elle est tirée contre mon peuple, Contre tous les princes d’Israël; Ils sont livrés à l’épée avec mon peuple. Frappe donc sur ta cuisse!
[So, ] you human, cry and wail, because I will use my sword to kill my people, including the leaders of Israel. They and all the other people, my people, will be killed by swords, so beat your [to show that you are sad].
13 Oui, l’épreuve sera faite; Et que sera-ce, si ce sceptre qui méprise tout est anéanti? Dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel.
I am about to test my people, and the kings [MTY] of Judah will not escape being punished. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say.
14 Et toi, fils de l’homme, prophétise, Et frappe des mains! Et que les coups de l’épée soient doublés, soient triplés! C’est l’épée du carnage, l’épée du grand carnage, L’épée qui doit les poursuivre.
So, you human, prophesy; clap your [to show that you are very happy about what is going to happen]. My sword will strike them again and again; it is a sword for slaughtering many people, while I attack them from every side.
15 Pour jeter l’effroi dans les cœurs, Pour multiplier les victimes, A toutes leurs portes je les menacerai de l’épée. Ah! elle est faite pour étinceler, Elle est aiguisée pour massacrer.
In order that people will be very much afraid [IDM] and many people will be killed, I have [soldiers holding] my swords at every [city] gate, ready to slaughter people. Those swords will flash like lightning, as the [soldiers] grasp them to slaughter people.
16 Rassemble tes forces, tourne-toi à droite! Place-toi, tourne-toi à gauche! Dirige de tous côtés ton tranchant!
Their swords [APO] will slash to the right and [then] to the left, whichever way they turn the blades.
17 Et moi aussi, je frapperai des mains, Et j’assouvirai ma fureur. C’est moi, l’Éternel, qui parle.
Then I will clap my [triumphantly]; and [then] I will no longer be angry. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.’”
18 La parole de l’Éternel me fut adressée, en ces mots:
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
19 Fils de l’homme, trace deux chemins pour servir de passage à l’épée du roi de Babylone; tous les deux doivent sortir du même pays; marque un signe, marque-le à l’entrée du chemin qui conduit à une ville.
“You human, [a map], and on it mark two roads for the King of Babylonia to march [along with his army, carrying] their swords. When they depart from their country, they will come to a sign post where the road divides.
20 Tu traceras l’un des chemins pour que l’épée arrive à Rabbath, ville des enfants d’Ammon, et l’autre pour qu’elle arrive en Juda, à Jérusalem, ville fortifiée.
[If they continue on the one road, ] they will attack [city], the capital of the Ammon people-group. [If they continue on the other road, ] they will come to Judah and to Jerusalem, [a city] with walls around it.
21 Car le roi de Babylone se tient au carrefour, à l’entrée des deux chemins, pour tirer des présages; il secoue les flèches, il interroge les théraphim, il examine le foie.
[When the army of] Babylonia comes to where the road divides, [they will stop], and the king will perform magic rituals [to decide which road to go on]. He will throw arrows; [then] consult his [about which road to go on], and he will (examine/look at) the [of a sheep].
22 Le sort, qui est dans sa droite, désigne Jérusalem, où l’on devra dresser des béliers, commander le carnage, et pousser des cris de guerre; on dressera des béliers contre les portes, on élèvera des terrasses, on formera des retranchements.
With his right hand he will pick up the arrow marked ‘Jerusalem’. He will [command his soldiers to go to Jerusalem. When they arrive there, they] will set up (rams/devices to [down the walls], ) and [then] the king will give the command for them to slaughter [the people]. They will shout [a battle-cry], and they will set up the rams against the [city] gates. They will build a dirt ramp [against the walls around the city], and set up things to bash those walls.
23 Ils ne voient là que de vaines divinations, eux qui ont fait des serments. Mais lui, il se souvient de leur iniquité, en sorte qu’ils seront pris.
The [in Jerusalem] who had promised [to be loyal to the King of Babylonia will think that those rituals must be wrong. They will think that his army should not be attacking them]. But he will remind them of the sins [MTY] that they had committed, [his army] will capture them.
24 C’est pourquoi ainsi parle le Seigneur, l’Éternel: Parce que vous rappelez le souvenir de votre iniquité, en mettant à nu vos transgressions, en manifestant vos péchés dans toutes vos actions; parce que vous en rappelez le souvenir, vous serez saisis par sa main.
Therefore, [tell the Israeli people that] this is what Yahweh the Lord says: ‘You people have allowed everyone to see that you are openly [against the King of Babylonia], and by doing that you have shown that everything that you do is sinful. Therefore you will be captured and [to Babylonia].’
25 Et toi, profane, méchant, prince d’Israël, dont le jour arrive au temps où l’iniquité est à son terme!
Also, say, ‘You very wicked [DOU] king of Israel, it is your [to die]. It is the time for you to be punished.’
26 Ainsi parle le Seigneur, l’Éternel: La tiare sera ôtée, le diadème sera enlevé. Les choses vont changer. Ce qui est abaissé sera élevé, et ce qui est élevé sera abaissé.
And this is what Yahweh the Lord says [to you soldiers from Babylonia]: ‘Take off [the king’s] turban and his crown, because now things will be different than they were [before]. [in Jerusalem] who had no authority will now be given authority, and those who had authority will have their authority taken from them.
27 J’en ferai une ruine, une ruine, une ruine. Mais cela n’aua lieu qu’à la venue de celui à qui appartient le jugement et à qui je le remettrai.
[Jerusalem] will be completely ruined. I will cause it to be ruined, and it will not be rebuilt/restored until the king to whom the city truly belongs comes; I will give it to [to rule it].’”
28 Et toi, fils de l’homme, prophétise, et dis: Ainsi parle le Seigneur, l’Éternel, sur les enfants d’Ammon et sur leur opprobre. Dis: L’épée, l’épée est tirée, elle est polie, pour massacrer, pour dévorer, pour étinceler!
“And, you human, prophesy and say [this]: 'This is what Yahweh the Lord says about the Ammon people-group, and about what they have said to insult [Israel]: [“The King of Babylon says, ] ‘[My soldiers have] swords’ [APO]; they have pulled out those swords to slaughter many people. They have polished them in order to kill people, and to make those swords flash like lightning.
29 Au milieu de tes visions vaines et de tes oracles menteurs, elle te fera tomber parmi les cadavres des méchants, dont le jour arrive au temps où l’iniquité est à son terme.
[Your prophets] have given you false visions about [what will happen to] you, and they have given you messages that are not true. So swords will strike the necks of those wicked people; it is time for them to be killed; it is the day when they will be [for their sins].
30 Remets ton épée dans le fourreau. Je te jugerai dans le lieu où tu as été créé, dans le pays de ta naissance.
You must put your swords back in their sheaths [because the days for you to slaughter your enemies are ended]. I will judge those people in the country where they were born.
31 Je répandrai sur toi ma colère, je soufflerai contre toi avec le feu de ma fureur, et je te livrerai entre les mains d’hommes qui dévorent, qui ne travaillent qu’à détruire.
I will pour out my punishment [MTY] on them. Because I am very angry with them, my breath on them will scorch them [like] fire [MET]. I will allow brutal men to capture them, men who are experts in killing people.
32 Tu seras consumé par le feu; ton sang coulera au milieu du pays; on ne se souviendra plus de toi. Car moi, l’Éternel, j’ai parlé.
You will be [like] fuel [MET] [that is burned] in a fire. Your blood will be shed in your own land. No one will remember you any more. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.” '”
