Nombres 12
1 Or Marie et Aaron parlèrent contre Moïse à cause de sa femme l’Éthiopienne,
[Moses’/My older sister] Miriam and [his/my older brother] Aaron were saying this: “Is Moses the only one to whom Yahweh has spoken messages to tell to us [RHQ]? Does Yahweh not speak messages to us two also?” [They told people that] they were saying that because Moses/I had married a woman who was a descendant of the Cush people-group, [but they were really saying that because they (were jealous/did not want Moses/me to be the only leader of the Israeli people)]. But Yahweh heard what they were saying.
2 Et dirent: Est-ce par le seul Moïse qu’a parlé le Seigneur? Ne nous a-t-il pas également parlé? Ce qu’ayant entendu le Seigneur,
3 (Car Moïse était l’homme le plus doux de tous les hommes qui demeuraient sur la terre)
[The truth was that] Moses/I was very humble. He/I was more humble than anyone else on the earth [and Moses/I had not appointed himself/myself to be their leader].
4 Il dit aussitôt à Moïse, à Aaron et à Marie: Sortez, vous trois seulement, pour aller au tabernacle d’alliance. Et lorsqu’ils furent sortis,
So immediately Yahweh spoke to Moses/me and to Aaron and Miriam. He said, “All three of you must go and stand at the Sacred Tent.” So they/we did that.
5 Le Seigneur descendit dans une colonne de nuée, et se tint à l’entrée du tabernacle, appelant Aaron et Marie. Lorsqu’ils furent venus,
Then Yahweh descended to the entrance of the tent in a cloud [that resembled a huge white] pillar. He told Aaron and Miriam to step forward, so they did.
6 Il leur dit: Ecoutez mes paroles: Si quelqu’un parmi vous est prophète du Seigneur, je lui apparaîtrai dans la vision, ou je lui parlerai en songe.
Then he said to them, “Listen to me! When a prophet is among you, I [usually] reveal myself to him by allowing him to see visions, and I speak to him in dreams.
7 Mais tel n’est pas mon serviteur Moïse, qui est très fidèle dans toute ma maison;
But that is not the way I speak to my servant Moses. I trust that he will lead my people [well].
8 Car c’est bouche à bouche que je lui parle, et c’est clairement et non en énigmes et en figures qu’il voit le Seigneur. Pourquoi donc n’avez-vous pas craint de décrier mon serviteur Moïse?
So I talk to him face-to-face. I speak to him (clearly/using words that he will understand easily), not using parables. He has even seen what I look like. So you should be afraid to criticize my servant Moses!”
9 Et, irrité contre eux, il s’en alla.
Yahweh was very angry with Miriam and Aaron, and he left.
10 La nuée aussi qui était sur le tabernacle se retira: et voilà que Marie parut blanche de lèpre comme la neige. Or Aaron l’ayant regardée, et l’ayant vue couverte de lèpre,
When the cloud rose up from the Sacred Tent, Aaron looked at Miriam, and he saw that her skin was [as white] as snow, because she now had leprosy.
11 Dit à Moïse: Je vous conjure, mon seigneur, ne nous imposez point un péché que nous avons commis follement;
Aaron said to Moses/me, “My master, please do not punish us for this sin that we have foolishly committed.
12 Que celle-ci ne devienne pas comme morte, et comme l’avorton qui est rejeté du sein de sa mère; voilà que déjà la moitié de sa chair a été dévorée par la lèpre.
Do not allow Miriam to be like a baby that is already dead when it is born, whose flesh is already half decayed!”
13 Moïse donc cria au Seigneur, disant: Dieu, je vous conjure, guérissez-la.
So Moses/I cried out to Yahweh, saying, “God, I plead with you to heal her!”
14 Le Seigneur lui répondit: Si son père eût craché sur sa face, n’eût-elle pas dû être au moins pendant sept jours couverte de honte? Qu’elle soit séparée durant sept jours hors du camp, et après cela elle sera rappelée.
But Yahweh replied, “If her father had [rebuked her for doing something wrong by] spitting in her face, she would have been ashamed for seven days. [She should be ashamed because of what she has done]. So send her outside the camp for seven days. Then [she will not have leprosy any more, and] she may return to the camp.”
15 C’est pourquoi Marie fut exclue du camp durant sept jours; et le peuple ne sortit pas de ce lieu, jusqu’à ce que Marie fut rappelée.
So they sent her outside the camp for seven days. (The people/We) did not move [to another location] until she returned.
16 Après cela le peuple partit d’Haséroth, et planta ses tentes dans le désert de Pharan.
But after [she returned], they/we left Hazeroth and moved [north] in the Paran Desert and set up their/our tents there.
