< Malachie 4 >
1 Car voici, le jour vient, brûlant comme la fournaise; alors tous les orgueilleux et tous ceux qui pratiquent l'impiété, seront un chaume, et le jour qui arrive les embrasera, dit l'Éternel des armées, qui ne leur laissera ni racine, ni rameau.
[This is also what] the Commander of the armies of angels says: “There will be a time that I will judge [and punish] people. [When that happens, it will be] like [SIM] a very hot furnace. At that time, all the proud and wicked people will be burned up like [MET] stubble burns. They will be burned up completely, [like] roots and branches [and everything else on a tree burns completely in a very hot fire].
2 Et pour vous qui craignez mon nom se lèvera le soleil de la justice qui a la guérison sous ses ailes; et vous sortirez libres et bondirez comme les veaux tenus à l'étable.
But [as for] you who revere me [MTY], [the one who will save you will come to you] like [MET] [the sun shines in the morning, and enable you to] become righteous (OR, [do what is] righteous); he will restore you [and protect you like a bird protects its chicks] [MET] under its wings. [When he comes, ] you will [be very joyful], like [SIM] calves that go out from a barn into the pasture leaping [joyfully].
3 Et vous foulerez les impies, car ils seront une cendre sous la plante de vos pieds, au jour que je prépare, dit l'Éternel des armées.
At the time when I judge people, you will tread on wicked people as though [SIM] they were the dirt under your feet. [That is what I], the Commander of the armies of angels, promise.
4 Souvenez-vous de la loi de Moïse, mon serviteur, que je lui prescrivis en Horeb pour tout Israël, des ordonnances et des statuts.
Be sure to obey the laws that I gave to Moses, who served me [well]. [Obey all] the commandments and regulations that I gave him on Sinai [Mountain], for all [you people of] Israel [to obey.]
5 Voici, je vous enverrai Élie, le prophète, avant que vienne le jour de l'Éternel, jour grand et redoutable.
Listen [to this: Some day] I will send to you the prophet Elijah. [He will arrive] before the great and dreadful/terrible day when [I], Yahweh, [will judge and punish people].
6 Et il ramènera le cœur des pères vers les enfants, et le cœur des enfants vers leurs pères, afin que je ne vienne pas, et ne frappe pas le pays d'interdit.
Because of what he [preaches], parents and their children will [love] each other [again] [IDM]. If that does not happen, I will come and curse your country [and destroy it].”