Josué 24

1 Josué assembla aussi toutes les Tribus d'Israël en Sichem, et appela les Anciens d'Israël, et ses chefs, et ses juges, et ses officiers, qui se présentèrent devant Dieu.

[Many years later], Joshua summoned representatives of all the tribes of Israel. He gathered together the elders, the leaders, the judges, and the other officials at Shechem [city]. He told them to listen to what God wanted to tell them.

2 Et Josué dit à tout le peuple: Ainsi a dit l'Eternel le Dieu d'Israël: Vos pères, Taré père d'Abraham, et père de Nacor, ont anciennement habité au delà du fleuve, et ont servi d'autres dieux.

Joshua said to all of them, “This is what Yahweh, the God we Israeli people worship, is saying: ‘Long ago, your ancestors, including Abraham’s father Terah and Abraham’s younger brother Nahor, lived on the east side of the Euphrates River.

3 Mais j'ai pris votre père Abraham de delà le fleuve, et je l'ai fait aller par tout le pays de Canaan, et j'ai multiplié sa postérité, et lui ai donné Isaac.

But I took your ancestor Abraham from that land east of the Euphrates River, and I led him as he lived in various places in this land of Canaan, and I enabled him to have many descendants. First, I enabled him to have a son, Isaac.

4 Et j'ai donné à Isaac, Jacob et Esaü; et j'ai donné à Esaü le mont de Séhir, pour le posséder; mais Jacob et ses enfants sont descendus en Egypte.

When Isaac grew up, I enabled him to have twin sons, Jacob and Esau. I enabled Esau to live in the hilly area in Seir region, but many years later Jacob and his sons and their families went down to live in Egypt.

5 Puis j'ai envoyé Moïse et Aaron, et j'ai frappé l'Egypte, selon ce que j'ai fait au milieu d'elle; puis je vous en ai fait sortir.

“[Many years later], I sent Moses and his older brother Aaron to help your people, and I caused [the people of] Egypt to suffer very much because of what I did there. Then I enabled your ancestors to leave Egypt.

6 J'ai donc fait sortir vos pères hors d'Egypte, et vous êtes venus aux [quartiers] qui sont vers la mer; et les Egyptiens ont poursuivi vos pères avec des chariots et des gens de cheval, jusqu'à la mer rouge.

When I brought your ancestors out of Egypt, they came to the Red Sea. The Egyptian army pursued them, some riding in chariots and others on horses, and they also arrived at the Red Sea.

7 Alors ils crièrent à l'Eternel, et il mit une obscurité entre vous et les Egyptiens, et fit revenir sur eux la mer, qui les couvrit; et vos yeux virent ce que je fis contre les Egyptiens; puis vous avez demeuré longtemps au désert.

Then [your ancestors] pleaded with me to help them. So he caused (darkness/a very dark cloud) to come between your ancestors and the Egyptian army, so that the Egyptian army could not see your ancestors. I separated the water in the Red Sea so that your ancestors could cross it, but when the Egyptian army tried to cross in the same way to pursue them, I caused the water to come back and cover them, and the Egyptian soldiers all drowned, as your ancestors watched and were amazed [IDM]. But after that, you lived in the desert for many years.

8 Ensuite je vous ai amenés au pays des Amorrhéens, qui habitaient au delà du Jourdain; et ils combattirent contre vous, mais je les livrai en vos mains, et vous avez pris possession de leur pays, et je les ai exterminés de devant vous.

“Then I brought your [ancestors] to the area where the groups who were descendants of Amor lived, east of the Jordan River. They fought against you, but I enabled you to defeat them [IDM]. I [enabled you to] destroy them so that you could live in their land [IDM].

9 Balak aussi, fils de Tsippor, Roi de Moab, s'éleva, et fit la guerre à Israël; et envoya appeler Balaam, fils de Béhor, pour vous maudire;

Then, Zippor’s son Balak, the King of Moab, (decided that his army would fight against/opposed) the Israelis. He summoned Beor’s son Balaam and asked him to curse you.

10 Mais je ne voulus point écouter Balaam; il vous bénit très-expressément, et je vous délivrai de la main de Balak.

But I would not do what Balaam asked, so he (blessed/said that I would do great things for) you four times, and I did not enable the army of Moab to defeat you [IDM].

11 Et vous passâtes le Jourdain, et vîntes près de Jérico, et les Seigneurs de Jérico, et les Amorrhéens, les Phérésiens, les Cananéens, les Héthiens, les Guirgasiens, les Héviens, et les Jébusiens vous firent la guerre, et je les livrai en vos mains.

“Then you all crossed the Jordan River and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho prepared to fight against you, [and the armies of] the descendants of Amor, Periz, Canaan, Heth, Girgash, Hiv, and Jebus [all prepared to do the same thing] but I enabled you to defeat [IDM] them all.

12 Et j'envoyai devant vous des frelons qui les chassèrent de devant vous, [comme] les deux Rois de ces Amorrhéens-là. Ce n'a point été par ton épée ou par ton arc.

I am the one who caused them to panic as you advanced and enabled you to defeat them, as I had enabled you to do earlier to the two kings of the groups who were descendants of Amor. You did not defeat them by using your own bows and arrows and swords; [it was I who defeated them].

13 Et je vous ai donné une terre que vous n'aviez point labourée, et des villes, que vous n'aviez point bâties, et vous y habitez; et vous mangez [les fruits] des vignes et des oliviers que vous n'avez point plantés.

So I gave you a land that you had not tilled/planted, and I gave you cities that you did not build. [Now] you live in those [cities] and you eat the grapes from the grapevines that you did not plant, and you eat olives from trees that you did not plant.’”

14 Maintenant donc craignez l'Eternel, et servez-le en intégrité, et en vérité; et ôtez les dieux que vos pères ont servis au delà du fleuve, et en Egypte; et servez l'Eternel.

[Then Joshua said to the people], “[Because of all that] Yahweh [has done for you], revere him, and serve/worship him very faithfully. Throw away the idols that your ancestors worshiped on the east/other side of the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Serve only Yahweh.

15 Que s'il vous déplaît de servir l'Eternel, choisissez-vous aujourd'hui qui vous voulez servir, ou les dieux que vos pères qui étaient au delà du fleuve, ont servis, ou les dieux des Amorrhéens, au pays desquels vous habitez; mais pour moi et ma maison, nous servirons l'Eternel.

But if you do not want to serve/worship Yahweh, you should decide today what [gods] you will serve/worship. You should decide whether you will serve/worship the gods that your ancestors who lived on the other/east side of the Euphrates River served, or whether you will serve/worship the gods that the descendants of Amor, who previously lived in the land where you are now living, [serve/worship]. But as for me and my family [MTY], we will serve/worship Yahweh!”

16 Alors le peuple répondit, et dit: A Dieu ne plaise que nous abandonnions l'Eternel pour servir d'autres dieux!

The Israeli people answered, “We will never quit [serving/worshiping] Yahweh! We would never [think of] [IDM] serving/worshiping other gods!

17 Car l'Eternel notre Dieu est celui qui nous a fait monter, nous et nos pères, hors du pays d'Egypte, de la maison de servitude, et qui a fait devant nos yeux ces grands signes, et qui nous a gardés dans tout le chemin par lequel nous avons marché, et entre tous les peuples parmi lesquels nous avons passé.

It was our God, Yahweh, who brought our parents and grandparents up out of Egypt. [He rescued them] from that land where they were slaves. As he rescued them, they saw him perform great miracles. He protected them all the time when they were traveling. He protected them from all the people-groups through whose territory they traveled.

18 Et l'Eternel a chassé devant nous tous les peuples, et même les Amorrhéens qui habitaient en ce pays; nous servirons donc l'Eternel, car il est notre Dieu.

As our forefathers advanced, Yahweh expelled the descendants of Amor and the other people-groups who lived in this land. Yahweh is our God, so [we are saying that] we also will serve/worship him.”

19 Et Josué dit au peuple: Vous ne pourrez pas servir l'Eternel, car c'est le Dieu saint, c'est le [Dieu] Fort, qui est jaloux, il ne pardonnera point votre révolte, ni vos péchés.

Joshua replied to the people, “[I think that] you are not able to serve/worship Yahweh, because he is a holy God. He will not forgive your sinning and rebelling [against him]. He demands that you serve/worship only him [IDM].

20 Quand vous aurez abandonné l'Eternel, et que vous aurez servi les dieux des étrangers, il se retournera, et vous fera du mal, et il vous consumera après vous avoir fait du bien.

He has been good to you [in the past], but if you turn away from him and serve/worship foreign/other gods, he will turn [against you] and he will cause you to experience disasters. He will punish [IDM] you severely!”

21 Et le peuple dit à Josué: Non; mais nous servirons l'Eternel.

But the people replied to Joshua, “No, [we will not turn away from worshiping/serving Yahweh] We will serve/worship Yahweh!”

22 Et Josué dit au peuple: Vous êtes témoins contre vous-mêmes que vous avez vous-mêmes choisi l'Eternel pour le servir. Et ils répondirent: Nous en sommes témoins.

Then Joshua said, “You yourselves are saying that you have decided to serve/worship Yahweh.” They replied, “Yes, we are saying that.”

23 Maintenant donc ôtez les dieux des étrangers qui sont parmi vous, et tournez votre cœur vers l'Eternel le Dieu d'Israël.

Then Joshua said, “Since [you have decided] that, you must throw away all the other gods/idols that you have among you. You must also promise that you will wholeheartedly give yourselves to Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [serve/worship].”

24 Et le peuple répondit à Josué: Nous servirons l'Eternel notre Dieu, et nous obéirons à sa voix.

The people replied, “We will serve/worship Yahweh, our God, and obey him.”

25 Josué donc traita alliance en ce jour-là avec le peuple; et il lui proposa des statuts et des ordonnances en Sichem.

That day, Joshua established an agreement between the people and Yahweh. He wrote for them all the laws that they were required to obey.

26 Et Josué écrivit ces paroles au livre de la Loi de Dieu. Il prit aussi une grande pierre, et l'éleva là sous un chêne qui était au Sanctuaire de l'Eternel.

He wrote all those laws on a scroll. He called it ‘The laws of God’. Then he [told some men to] set up a large stone there at Shechem, under the [large] oak tree near the place where [they worshiped] Yahweh.

27 Et Josué dit à tout le peuple: Voici, cette pierre nous sera en témoignage; car elle a ouï toutes les paroles de l'Eternel lesquelles il nous a dites; et elle sera en témoignage contre vous, de peur qu'il n'arrive que vous mentiez contre votre Dieu.

He said to all the people, “Look! [It is as though] this stone has heard everything that Yahweh said to you [and that you promised Yahweh]. It will serve as a witness against you if you rebel against your God!”

28 Puis Josué renvoya le peuple, chacun en son héritage.

Then Joshua sent the people away, and all of them returned to their own areas/homes.

29 Or il arriva après ces choses, que Josué, fils de Nun, serviteur de l'Eternel, mourut, âgé de cent dix ans.

Some time after that, Nun’s son Joshua, the faithful servant of Yahweh, died. He was 110 years old when he died.

30 Et on l'ensevelit dans les bornes de son héritage, à Timnath-sérah, qui est en la montagne d'Ephraïm, du côté du Septentrion de la montagne de Gahas.

The Israeli people buried his body on his own property in Timnath-Serah [town] town. It is north of Gaash Mountain in the hilly area of the tribe who were descendants of Ephraim.

31 Et Israël servit l'Eternel tout le temps de Josué, et tout le temps des Anciens qui survécurent à Josué, qui avaient connu toutes les œuvres de l'Eternel, qu'il avait faites pour Israël.

The Israeli people served/worshiped Yahweh as long as Joshua was alive. After Joshua died, they continued serving/worshiping Yahweh while the elders who had experienced everything that Yahweh had done for the Israeli people were still alive.

32 On ensevelit aussi à Sichem les os de Joseph, que les enfants d'Israël avaient apportés d'Egypte, en un endroit du champ que Jacob avait acheté cent pièces d'argent des enfants d'Hémor, père de Sichem; et ils furent en héritage aux enfants de Joseph.

Joseph’s bones, which the Israeli people had brought with them from Egypt, were also buried at Shechem. The people buried them in the piece of land that Jacob had bought long ago for 100 pieces of silver from Hamor, the father of Shechem. That piece of land was in the area that was given to the people who were descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh, Joseph’s sons.

33 Et Eléazar, fils d'Aaron mourut, et on l'ensevelit au coteau de Phinées son fils, qui lui avait été donné en la montagne d'Ephraïm.

Eleazar, the Supreme Priest, the son of Aaron, also died. They buried his body at Gibeah, in the area that had been given to Eleazar’s son Phinehas, in the hilly area that belonged to the people who were descendants of Ephraim.