Deutéronome 32
1 Cieux, écoutez! et je parlerai, et que la terre entende les paroles de ma bouche!
“Listen to me, [all you who are in the] heavens, and [all you who are on the] earth, listen to what I say [MTY].
2 Que mes leçons s'épanchent comme la pluie, que ma parole coule comme la rosée, comme l'ondée sur la verdure, et comme les gouttes menues sur la plante.
I wish/desire that my teaching will fall on you like rain drops or be like dew on the ground, and be like a gentle rain on the young plants, like showers on the grass.
3 Car je proclame le Nom de l'Éternel: magnifiez notre Dieu!
I will praise Yahweh [MTY]. And [all you people should] tell others that our God is very great.
4 Il est le Rocher! son œuvre est parfaite; car toutes ses voies sont équité; Dieu fidèle et sans fraude, Il est juste, Il est droit.
He is like a rock [MET] [under which we are protected]; [everything] that he does is perfect and completely just/fair [DOU]. He always does what he says that he will do; he never does anything that is wrong.
5 Elle a forfait envers Lui, perdu par ses vices le rang de ses enfants, la race pervertie et trompeuse.
“But [you Israeli people] have been very unfaithful to him; because of your sins, you no longer [deserve to] be his children. You are extremely wicked and deceitful [DOU].
6 Payez-vous ainsi l'Éternel de retour, peuple insensé et dénué de sagesse? N'est-Il pas ton père, ton créateur? Il t'a formé, et t'a consolidé.
You foolish and senseless [DOU] people, (is this the way that you should repay Yahweh [for all that he has done for you]?/this is certainly not the way that you should repay Yahweh [for all that he has done for you].) [RHQ] He is your father; he created you [RHQ]; he caused you to become a nation.
7 Rappelle-toi les jours d'autrefois, étudiez les années de tous les âges! Interroge ton père et il t'instruira, tes Anciens, et ils te parleront.
“Think about [what happened] long ago; consider what happened to your ancestors. Ask your parents, and they will inform you; ask the older people, and they will tell you.
8 Quand le Très-Haut assignait leurs lots aux nations, et quand Il séparait les fils d'Adam, alors Il plaça les bornes des Tribus d'après le nombre des fils d'Israël.
When God, who is greater than any other god, long ago divided the people into groups, he assigned to the nations their land. He determined where each people-group should live and (assigned to/chose for) each people-group a god/angel.
9 Car le lot de l'Éternel, c'est son peuple, et Jacob est sa portion d'héritage.
But Yahweh decided that we would be his people; he chose [us, the descendants of] Jacob, to belong to him.
10 Il le trouva sur le sol de la steppe, au désert des hurlements et de la solitude; alors Il l'entoura et s'occupa de lui, et le garda comme la prunelle de Ses yeux.
“He saw [our ancestors] when they were in a desert, wandering in a land (that was desolate/where no people lived). He protected them and took care of them, as every person takes good care of his own eyes. [SIM, IDM]
11 Tel l'aigle fait lever sa couvée, plane autour de ses aiglons, déploie ses ailes et les prend, et les porte sur ses fortes pennes,
[Yahweh protected his people] just like an eagle encourages its babies [to fly] and flutters over them [MET], spreading its wings and catching them [if they start to fall].
12 ainsi l'Éternel seul le conduisit: Il n'avait pas avec lui de Dieu étranger;
Yahweh was the only one who led them; no other foreign god helped him.
13 Il lui fit franchir les hauteurs du pays, et il eut pour aliments les fruits des campagnes; Il l'allaita du miel de la roche, et de l'huile qui vient sur la grève rocailleuse,
“[After they entered the land that Yahweh promised to give to them], Yahweh enabled them to rule the hilly areas; they ate the crops that grew in the fields. They found honey in the rocks, and their olive trees [MTY] grew [even] in stony ground.
14 de la crème des génisses, du lait des brebis, avec la graisse des agneaux, et des béliers élevés en Basan, et des boucs, avec la moelle intérieure du froment; et tu bus le vin pur, sang du raisin.
The cows gave them plenty of curds/yogurt, the goats gave them plenty of milk, they had well-fed sheep and cattle, they had very good wheat, and they made delicious wine from their grapes.
15 Mais le peuple choyé devient gras et rétif; — te voilà engraissé, épaissi, couvert d'embonpoint! — Il quitte Dieu, son créateur, et méprise son Rocher Sauveur!
“The Israeli people became rich and prosperous, but then they rebelled against God; they abandoned him, the one who created them, the one who powerfully saves them.
16 Ils allumèrent sa jalousie par un culte étranger et le provoquèrent par des abominations.
So he abandoned them because they started to worship other/strange gods. Because of their worshiping disgusting idols, he became angry.
17 Ils sacrifièrent à des maîtres: qui ne sont pas Dieu, à des dieux qu'ils ne connaissaient pas, dieux nouveaux, venus du voisinage, que ne redoutaient pas leurs pères.
They offered sacrifices to gods who were [really] demons, gods that their ancestors had never known; they offered sacrifices to gods that they had recently found out about, gods whom your ancestors had never revered.
18 Tu abandonnas le Rocher, auteur de ta naissance, et oublias Dieu qui t'avait enfanté.
They forgot [the true] God, the one who protects them [MET], the one who created them and caused them to live.
19 L'Éternel le vit, et d'indignation Il rejeta ses fils, et ses filles,
“When Yahweh saw that [they had abandoned him], he became angry, so he rejected [the Israeli people, who are like] his sons and daughters.
20 et dit: Je me cache la face à leur vue: je verrai comment ils finiront; car c'est une race pervertie, des enfants sans foi.
He said, ‘They are very wicked/stubborn people, very unfaithful; so I will no longer help them, and then I will watch and see what happens to them.
21 Ils m'ont rendu jaloux par ce qui n'est pas Dieu, et contristé par leurs vaines idoles: je les rendrai jaloux par ce qui n'est pas un peuple, et les contristerai par une nation insensée.
They made me very angry because of their worshiping idols, which are not really gods; they have caused me to be [jealous [MET] because I want them to worship only me]. So now, in order to cause them to become jealous, I will send [to attack them an army of] a nation of worthless and foolish people.
22 Car un feu s'est allumé dans ma colère, et il embrasera jusqu'au fond des Enfers, et dévorera la terre et ses productions, et brûlera les bases des montagnes. (Sheol h7585)
I will be very angry, and I will destroy them like a fire that will burn on the earth and all the way down to the place where dead people are [MET]; that fire will destroy the earth and everything that grows on it, and it will even burn what is down under the mountains. (Sheol h7585)
23 Je veux accumuler sur eux les maux, et épuiser contre eux mes traits.
I will cause them to experience many disasters; [they will feel as though] [MET] I am shooting all my arrows at them.
24 Ils seront amaigris par la faim, rongés par la fièvre et par une peste venimeuse, et je lancerai contre eux la dent des bêtes féroces, en même temps que le venin des reptiles de la poudre,
They will die because of being hungry and because of having hot fevers and because of terrible diseases; I will send wild animals to attack [MTY] them, and poisonous snakes to bite [MTY] them.
25 Au dehors l'épée sévira, et dans les chambres, la terreur sur le jeune homme et la vierge, sur le nourrisson et le vieillard.
Outside [their houses, their enemies] will kill them [MTY] with swords, and in their homes, [their enemies will cause] them to be terrified. Their enemies will kill young men and young women, and they will kill infants and old people with gray hair.
26 Je dirais: je veux les dissiper, éteindre leur mémoire parmi les hommes,
I wanted to scatter the Israeli people to distant countries in order that no one would ever remember them.
27 si je ne craignais l'insulte des ennemis, la méprise de leurs adversaires, et leurs propos: « C'est notre éminente main et non pas l'Éternel qui a fait toutes ces choses. »
But [if I did that], their enemies would wrongly boast that they were the ones who had [gotten rid of my people]; they would say, “We [SYN] are the ones who defeated them; it was not Yahweh who has done all these things.”’
28 C'est un peuple destitué de raison, il y a chez lui défaut d'intelligence.
You Israelis are a nation of people who do not have any sense. None of you is wise.
29 S'ils étaient sages, ils y prendraient garde, et seraient attentifs à leur avenir.
If you were wise, you would understand [why you would be punished]; you would have realized what was going to happen to you.
30 Comment est-ce qu'un homme en poursuivrait mille, et deux, en mettraient dix mille en fuite, sinon, parce que leur Rocher les a vendus et que l'Éternel les a livrés?…
[You would have realized] why 1,000 [of your soldiers] would be defeated by only one [of the enemy soldiers], and why two of your enemies would chase away 10,000 [Israeli soldiers]. [You would realize that this would happen] only if God, the one who always defended you [MET], had allowed your enemies to defeat you, because he had abandoned you.
31 Car leur Rocher n'est pas pareil à notre Rocher et nos ennemis en sont juges…
Your enemies know that their gods are not powerful like Yahweh, our God, [so their gods could not have defeated us Israelis].
32 C'est que leur vigne provient de la vigne de Sodome et des campagnes de Gomorrhe; leurs raisins sont des raisins vénéneux dont les baies sont amères;
Your enemies are like [MET] grapevines planted near [the ruins of] Sodom and Gomorrah [cities]; the grapes from those vines are bitter and poisonous;
33 leur vin, c'est le virus du dragon, et le cruel venin de l'aspic.
the wine [from those grapes] is like the poison of snakes [DOU].
34 Cela n'est-il pas serré par devers moi, scellé dans mes Trésors?
[“Yahweh says], ‘I know [RHQ] [what I have planned to do to the Israeli people and to their enemies], and those plans are so secure [that it as though he locked them up] [MET].
35 A moi la vengeance et la rétribution dans le temps où leur pied bronchera! Car le jour de leur ruine approche, et leurs destinées se précipitent.
I am the one who will get revenge and pay those enemies back for what they have done [to my people], at the right time for them to be punished [IDM]; they will soon experience disasters, and I will punish/destroy them quickly.’
36 Oui, l'Éternel punira son peuple; Mais Il prendra pitié de ses serviteurs, quand Il verra que la force s'est évanouie, et qu'il ne reste plus ni esclave, ni homme libre.
“But Yahweh will see that you who are truly his people, who (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong), and he will be merciful to you. And he will see that you are helpless, and that there are very few of you, slaves or free people, who are still alive.
37 Alors Il dira: Où sont leurs dieux, ce rocher dans lequel ils avaient confiance,
Then Yahweh will ask his people, ‘Where are the gods that you thought would protect you [MET]?
38 qui mangeaient la graisse de leurs victimes, et buvaient le vin de leurs libations? Qu'ils se lèvent pour vous secourir, que ce rocher soit votre refuge!
You gave to those gods the best parts of the animals that you sacrificed, and you poured out wine for them to drink. So, they should begin to help you; they should be the ones who will protect you!
39 Voyez donc que c'est Moi, Moi qui le suis, et qu'il n'est aucun Dieu avec moi. Je donne et la mort et la vie; je brise et je guéris: et nul ne sauve de ma main.
“But now you will realize that I, only I, am God; there is no other god who is [a real] god. I am the one who can kill people and who can cause people to live; I can wound people, and I can heal people, and there is no one who can prevent me from doing those things.
40 Car je lève ma main vers le Ciel et je dis: Aussi vrai que je vis éternellement,
I raise my hand toward heaven and solemnly declare that just as sure as I live forever,
41 quand j'aurai aiguisé le foudre de mon glaive et que ma main s'armera du jugement, je reverserai la vengeance sur mes ennemis, et le salaire sur ceux qui me haïssent;
that when I sharpen my sword, as I [SYN] prepare to punish people, I will get revenge on my enemies; I will pay back those who hate me.
42 j'enivrerai mes flèches de sang, et mon glaive se repaîtra de chair, du sang des blessés et des captifs, de la tête des princes ennemis.
I will kill all [of my enemies] with a sword; it will be as though I had arrows that will be covered with their blood. I will kill [MTY] all those whom I capture and cut off their leaders’ heads.’
43 Triomphez, ô Tribus, vous, son peuple! Car Il venge le sang de ses serviteurs, Il reverse la vengeance sur ses ennemis et Il fait la propitiation pour son pays, pour son peuple.
“You people of all nations, you as well as his people should praise Yahweh, because Yahweh gets revenge on those who kill the people who serve him; and he cleanses his people’s land which has become defiled because of their sins.”
44 Et Moïse étant venu prononça toutes les paroles de ce cantique aux oreilles du peuple, lui et Josué, fils de Nun.
Joshua and Moses/I recited the words of that song while the Israeli people were listening.
45 Et Moïse ayant achevé tous ses discours adressés à tout Israël,
When they/we finished reciting to the Israeli people the words of this song,
46 leur dit: Prenez à cœur toutes les sommations que je vous fais en ce jour pour les intimer à vos fils afin qu'ils s'appliquent à garder tous les préceptes de cette Loi.
Moses/I said, “Never forget all these commands that I have been giving you today. Teach these laws to your children, in order that they will faithfully obey all of them.
47 Car ce n'est pas pour vous une parole vaine puisqu'elle est votre vie, et par le moyen de cette parole vous prolongerez vos jours dans le pays dont après le passage du Jourdain vous allez faire la conquête.
These instructions are very important [LIT]. If [you obey] them, you will live a long time in the land that you are about to cross the Jordan [River] to occupy.”
48 Et ce jour même l'Éternel parla à Moïse en ces termes:
On that same day, Yahweh said to Moses/me,
49 Monte sur cette montagne d'Abarim, au mont Nébo qui est dans le pays de Moab vis-à-vis de Jéricho, et regarde le pays de Canaan que je vais donner en propriété aux enfants d'Israël.
“Go to the Abarim Mountain range [here] in the Moab region, across from Jericho. Climb Nebo Mountain, and look [toward the west] to see Canaan land, the land that I am about to give to the Israeli people.
50 Et tu mourras sur la montagne où tu vas monter, et tu seras recueilli auprès de ton peuple, de même que Aaron, ton frère, est mort au mont Hor et a été recueilli auprès de son peuple,
You will die on that mountain [EUP, DOU], like your [older] brother Aaron died on Hor Mountain.
51 parce que vous m'avez manqué au milieu des enfants d'Israël, aux Eaux de la Querelle en Cadès, dans le désert de Tsin, en ne manifestant pas ma sainteté au milieu des enfants d'Israël.
You will die because both of you disobeyed me in the presence of the Israeli people, when you all were at Meribah Springs near Kadesh [town] in the Zin Desert. You did not honor and respect me in the presence of the Israeli people in the way that I deserve because I am God.
52 Car devant toi tu verras le pays, mais tu n'y entreras pas, dans ce pays que je vais donner aux enfants d'Israël.
[When you are on that mountain where I told you to go], you will see in the distance in front of you the land that I am about to give to the Israeli people, but you will not enter it.”
