Zacharie 3

1 Et le Seigneur me montra le grand-prêtre Jésus qui était debout devant l’ange du Seigneur, et Satan était à sa droite, afin de s’opposer à lui.

Then [Yahweh] showed me Joshua, the Supreme Priest, [who was] standing in front of the angel that Yahweh had sent. And Satan was standing at Joshua’s right side, [ready] to accuse him.

2 Et le Seigneur dit à Satan: Que le Seigneur te réprime, ô Satan; et qu’il te réprime, le Seigneur qui a choisi Jérusalem; n’est-ce pas là ce tison retiré du feu?

But Yahweh said to Satan, “Satan, I am rebuking you! I [am the one] who has chosen Jerusalem [to be my special city, and I] am rebuking you! This [man, Joshua], [has been brought back from Babylonia]; he is surely [like] [MET, RHQ] a burning stick that has been snatched from a fire.”

3 Et Jésus était revêtu d’habits sales; et il se tenait devant la face de l’ange,

Joshua was wearing filthy clothes while he was standing in front of the angel.

4 Qui répondit, et s’adressa à ceux qui se tenaient devant lui, disant: Otez-lui ses vêtements sales. Et il lui dit: Voilà que j’ai ôté de toi ton iniquité, et que je t’ai revêtu d’habits de rechange.

The angel said to those [other angels] who were standing in front of him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” [After they did that, ] the angel said to Joshua, “Look! I have taken away [the guilt of] your sins, and I will put beautiful clothes on you.”

5 Et il dit: Posez une tiare propre sur sa tête. Et ils mirent une tiare propre sur sa tête, et le revêtirent d’habits; et l’ange du Seigneur se tenait debout.

Then I said to them, “Put a clean turban on his head!” So they put a clean turban on his head and put [new] on him, while the angel sent by Yahweh was standing there.

6 Et l’ange du Seigneur faisait cette déclaration à Jésus, disant:

Then the angel said [this] to Joshua:

7 Voici ce que dit le Seigneur des armées: Si tu marches dans mes voies, et si tu observes ce que j’ai commandé d’observer, toi aussi tu gouverneras ma maison, et tu garderas mes parvis, et je te donnerai, afin qu’ils marchent avec toi, quelques-uns de ceux qui assistent ici.

“The Commander of the armies of angels says that if you do what I want you to do [IDM], and obey my instructions, you will (be in charge of/have authority over) [what is done in] my temple and its courtyard. And I will allow you to speak at any time to the angels who are standing near to me.

8 Ecoute, Jésus, grand-prêtre, toi et tes amis qui habitent auprès de toi, parce qu’ils sont les figures de l’avenir: car voici que moi, JE FERAI VENIR MON SERVITEUR ORIENT.

Joshua, [you are] the Supreme Priest, and your (associates/fellow priests) are sitting in front of you. They symbolize/represent things that will happen in the future. [Some day] I am going to bring someone who will work for me, someone who will be called the Branch.

9 Parce que voici la pierre que j’ai mise devant Jésus; sur cette seule pierre sont sept yeux; voici que moi, je la graverai avec le ciseau, dit le Seigneur des armées; et j’ôterai l’iniquité de cette terre en un seul jour.

Look at the stone that I have put in front of Joshua. There are seven sides on the stone. I will engrave a message on that stone, and in one day I will remove the guilt of [all the people of] this country.

10 En ce jour-là, dit le Seigneur des armées, un homme appellera son ami sous une vigne et sous un figuier.

At that time, each of you will invite his friends [to come and sit] under his grapevine and under his fig tree. [That is what] the Commander of the armies of angels declares.”