Ézéchiel 7
1 La parole de l’Éternel me fut adressée, en ces mots:
A message from the Lord came to me, saying,
2 Et toi, fils de l’homme, ainsi parle le Seigneur, l’Éternel, Sur le pays d’Israël: Voici la fin! La fin vient sur les quatre extrémités du pays!
“Son of man, this is what the Lord God says to the people living in Israel: The end is here! The end has arrived throughout the country.
3 Maintenant la fin vient sur toi; J’enverrai ma colère contre toi, Je te jugerai selon tes voies, Je te chargerai de toutes tes abominations.
Now is the end for you! I'm going to direct my anger against you. I'm judging you for your actions and will pay you back for the offensive things you've done.
4 Mon œil sera pour toi sans pitié, Et je n’aurai point de miséricorde; Mais je te chargerai de tes voies, Et tes abominations seront au milieu de toi; Et vous saurez que je suis l’Éternel.
I won't have any pity for you, or show you any mercy. I'm going to punish you for what you've done, for your disgusting sins. Then you'll know that I am the Lord.
5 Ainsi parle le Seigneur, l’Éternel: Un malheur, un malheur unique! Voici, il vient!
This is what the Lord God says: Watch out! Disaster after disaster is coming!
6 La fin vient, la fin vient, elle se réveille contre toi! Voici, elle vient!
The end is here! The end has come, and it's coming for you! Watch out! This is the end!
7 Ton tour arrive, habitant du pays! Le temps vient, le jour approche, jour de trouble, Et plus de cris de joie dans les montagnes!
You people living in the land, the consequences of your actions have come full circle. The time has come, the day is near— shouts of panic on the mountains and not shouts of joy.
8 Maintenant je vais bientôt répandre ma fureur sur toi, Assouvir sur toi ma colère; Je te jugerai selon tes voies, Je te chargerai de toutes tes abominations.
Very shortly I'm going to show you how angry I am with you. I will judge you by what you have done, and punish you for all your disgusting sins.
9 Mon œil sera sans pitié, Et je n’aurai point de miséricorde; Je te chargerai de tes voies, Et tes abominations seront au milieu de toi. Et vous saurez que je suis l’Éternel, celui qui frappe.
I won't have any pity for you or show you any mercy. I'm going to punish you for what you've done, for your disgusting sins. Then you will know that it is I, the Lord, who is attacking you.
10 Voici le jour! Voici, il vient! Le tour arrive! La verge fleurit! L’orgueil s’épanouit!
Can't you see? The day is here! It has arrived! The consequences of your actions have come full circle—the walking stick has blossomed, pride has come into full bloom.
11 La violence s’élève, pour servir de verge à la méchanceté: Plus rien d’eux, de leur foule bruyante, de leur multitude! On ne se lamente pas sur eux!
Their way of violence has turned into a rod to punish them for their wickedness. None of them will survive—none of that whole crowd, and none of their wealth or honor.
12 Le temps vient, le jour approche! Que l’acheteur ne se réjouisse pas, Que le vendeur ne s’afflige pas! Car la colère éclate contre toute leur multitude.
The time has come; the day is here! Buyers, don't celebrate thinking you'll get a good deal; sellers, don't cry thinking you're going to make a loss—because punishment is coming to everyone.
13 Non, le vendeur ne recouvrera pas ce qu’il a vendu, Fût-il encore parmi les vivants; Car la prophétie contre toute leur multitude ne sera pas révoquée, Et à cause de son iniquité nul ne conservera sa vie.
Sellers won't ever get back the purchase price while they're still alive. I'm not going to change the plan I have revealed that applies to everyone. People who go on sinning won't survive.
14 On sonne de la trompette, tout est prêt, Mais personne ne marche au combat; Car ma fureur éclate contre toute leur multitude.
Even though the trumpet call to arms has sounded, even though all the preparations have been made, no one is ready to fight, because I am angry with everyone.
15 L’épée au dehors, la peste et la famine au-dedans! Celui qui est aux champs mourra par l’épée, Celui qui est dans la ville sera dévoré par la famine et par la peste.
Outside the city are armed attacks; inside are disease and starvation. Those in the countryside will be killed by the sword, and those in the city will be destroyed by starvation and disease.
16 Leurs fuyards s’échappent, Ils sont sur les montagnes, comme les colombes des vallées, Tous gémissant, Chacun sur son iniquité.
Those who do survive will escape and go to live in the mountains. They will sigh like the doves of the valley, each person thinking about their own sins.
17 Toutes les mains sont affaiblies, Tous les genoux se fondent en eau.
Every hand will go limp, and every knee will go weak.
18 Ils se ceignent de sacs, Et la terreur les enveloppe; Tous les visages sont confus, Toutes les têtes sont rasées.
They will put on clothes made of sackcloth, and they will be totally terrified. They will all be ashamed and shave their heads in mourning.
19 Ils jetteront leur argent dans les rues, Et leur or sera pour eux un objet d’horreur; Leur argent et leur or ne pourront les sauver, Au jour de la fureur de l’Éternel; Ils ne pourront ni rassasier leur âme, Ni remplir leurs entrailles; Car c’est ce qui les a fait tomber dans leur iniquité.
They will throw away their silver in the streets and treat their gold as if it's something unclean. Their silver and gold won't be able to save them when the day of the Lord's anger comes. Their money won't satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs. In fact this was the problem that caused their sin in the first place.
20 Ils étaient fiers de leur magnifique parure, Et ils en ont fabriqué les images de leurs abominations, de leurs idoles. C’est pourquoi je la rendrai pour eux un objet d’horreur;
They were so proud of their beautiful jewelry that they used it to make their disgusting images and decorate their offensive idols. So I'm going to turn these idols into unclean things for them.
21 Je la donnerai en pillage aux mains des étrangers, Et comme butin aux impies de la terre, Afin qu’ils la profanent.
I'm going to hand these things over as plunder to foreigners and as loot to the wicked people of the earth, who will make them unclean.
22 Je détournerai d’eux ma face, Et l’on souillera mon sanctuaire; Des furieux y pénétreront, et le profaneront.
I will look away as they make my precious place unclean. Men of violence will enter and make it unclean.
23 Prépare les chaînes! Car le pays est rempli de meurtres, La ville est pleine de violence.
Get the chains ready, because the country is full of blood being spilled by violent crimes, and the city itself is full of violence.
24 Je ferai venir les plus méchants des peuples, Pour qu’ils s’emparent de leurs maisons; Je mettrai fin à l’orgueil des puissants, Et leurs sanctuaires seront profanés.
So I'm going to bring the most evil of all the nations to take over their houses. I will put an end to the pride of the powerful, and their holy places will be made unclean.
25 La ruine vient! Ils cherchent le salut, et point de salut!
Absolutely terrified, the people will look for peace, but won't find it.
26 Il arrive malheur sur malheur, Un bruit succède à un bruit; Ils demandent des visions aux prophètes; Les sacrificateurs ne connaissent plus la loi, Les anciens n’ont plus de conseils.
Disaster after disaster will come down on them, and rumor after rumor. They will ask for a vision from a prophet, but there won't be any, and there won't be any instructions from the priests or advice from the elders either.
27 Le roi se désole, le prince s’épouvante, Les mains du peuple du pays sont tremblantes. Je les traiterai selon leurs voies, Je les jugerai comme ils le méritent, Et ils sauront que je suis l’Éternel.
The king will mourn, the prince will be devastated, and no one in the country will know what to do. I will do to them as they have done to others; I will judge them as they have judged others. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
