Ezekiel 33
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Ezéchiel 33
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| And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, | La parole de l`Éternel me fut adressée, en ces mots: |
| Son of man, give a word to the children of your people, and say to them, When I make the sword come on a land, if the people of the land take a man from among their number and make him their watchman: | Fils de l`homme, parle aux enfants de ton peuple, et dis-leur: Lorsque je fais venir l`épée sur un pays, et que le peuple du pays prend dans son sein un homme et l`établit comme sentinelle, - |
| If, when he sees the sword coming on the land, by sounding the horn he gives the people news of their danger; | si cet homme voit venir l`épée sur le pays, sonne de la trompette, et avertit le peuple; |
| Then anyone who, hearing the sound of the horn, does not take note of it, will himself be responsible for his death, if the sword comes and takes him away. | et si celui qui entend le son de la trompette ne se laisse pas avertir, et que l`épée vienne le surprendre, son sang sera sur sa tête. |
| On hearing the sound of the horn, he did not take note; his blood will be on him; for if he had taken note his life would have been safe. | Il a entendu le son de la trompette, et il ne s`est pas laissé avertir, son sang sera sur lui; s`il se laisse avertir, il sauvera son âme. |
| But if the watchman sees the sword coming, and does not give a note on the horn, and the people have no word of the danger, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them; he will be taken away in his sin, but I will make the watchman responsible for his blood. | Si la sentinelle voit venir l`épée, et ne sonne pas de la trompette; si le peuple n`est pas averti, et que l`épée vienne enlever à quelqu`un la vie, celui-ci périra à cause de son iniquité, mais je redemanderai son sang à la sentinelle. |
| So you, son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel; and you are to give ear to the word of my mouth and give them news from me of their danger. | Et toi, fils de l`homme, je t`ai établi comme sentinelle sur la maison d`Israël. Tu dois écouter la parole qui sort de ma bouche, et les avertir de ma part. |
| When I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly overtake you; and you say nothing to make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his way; death will overtake that evil man in his evil-doing, but I will make you responsible for his blood. | Quand je dis au méchant: Méchant, tu mourras! si tu ne parles pas pour détourner le méchant de sa voie, ce méchant mourra dans son iniquité, et je te redemanderai son sang. |
| But if you make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his way for the purpose of turning him from it, and he is not turned from his way, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, but your life will be safe. | Mais si tu avertis le méchant pour le détourner de sa voie, et qu`il ne s`en détourne pas, il mourra dans son iniquité, et toi tu sauveras ton âme. |
| And you, son of man, say to the children of Israel, You say, Our wrongdoing and our sins are on us and we are wasting away in them; how then may we have life? | Et toi, fils de l`homme, dis à la maison d`Israël: Vous dites: Nos transgressions et nos péchés sont sur nous, et c`est à cause d`eux que nous sommes frappés de langueur; comment pourrions-nous vivre? |
| Say to them, By my life, says the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the evil-doer; it is more pleasing to me if he is turned from his way and has life: be turned, be turned from your evil ways; why are you looking for death, O children of Israel? | Dis-leur: je suis vivant! dit le Seigneur, l`Éternel, ce que je désire, ce n`est pas que le méchant meure, c`est qu`il change de conduite et qu`il vive. Revenez, revenez de votre mauvaise voie; et pourquoi mourriez-vous, maison d`Israël? |
| And you, son of man, say to the children of your people, The righteousness of the upright man will not make him safe in the day when he does wrong; and the evil-doing of the evil man will not be the cause of his fall in the day when he is turned from his evil-doing; and the upright man will not have life because of his righteousness in the day when he does evil. | Et toi, fils de l`homme, dis aux enfants de ton peuple: La justice du juste ne le sauvera pas au jour de sa transgression; et le méchant ne tombera pas par sa méchanceté le jour où il s`en détournera, de même que le juste ne pourra pas vivre par sa justice au jour de sa transgression. |
| When I say to the upright that life will certainly be his; if he puts his faith in his righteousness and does evil, not one of his upright acts will be kept in memory; but in the evil he has done, death will overtake him. | Lorsque je dis au juste qu`il vivra, -s`il se confie dans sa justice et commet l`iniquité, toute sa justice sera oubliée, et il mourra à cause de l`iniquité qu`il a commise. |
| And when I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly be your fate; if he is turned from his sin and does what is ordered and right; | Lorsque je dis au méchant: Tu mourras! -s`il revient de son péché et pratique la droiture et la justice, |
| If the evil-doer lets one who is in his debt have back what is his, and gives back what he had taken by force, and is guided by the rules of life, doing no evil; life will certainly be his, death will not overtake him. | s`il rend le gage, s`il restitue ce qu`il a ravi, s`il suit les préceptes qui donnent la vie, sans commettre l`iniquité, il vivra, il ne mourra pas. |
| Not one of the sins which he has done will be kept in mind against him: he has done what is ordered and right, life will certainly be his. | Tous les péchés qu`il a commis seront oubliés; il pratique la droiture et la justice, il vivra. |
| But the children of your people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: when it is they whose way is not equal. | Les enfants de ton peuple disent: La voie du Seigneur n`est pas droite. C`est leur voie qui n`est pas droite. |
| When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him in it. | Si le juste se détourne de sa justice et commet l`iniquité, il mourra à cause de cela. |
| And when the evil man, turning away from his evil-doing, does what is ordered and right, he will get life by it. | Si le méchant revient de sa méchanceté et pratique la droiture et la justice, il vivra à cause de cela. |
| And still you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O children of Israel, I will be your judge, giving to everyone the reward of his ways. | Vous dites: La voie du Seigneur n`est pas droite. Je vous jugerai chacun selon ses voies, maison d`Israël! |
| Now in the twelfth year after we had been taken away prisoners, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, one who had got away in flight from Jerusalem came to me, saying, The town has been taken. | La douzième année, le cinquième jour du dixième mois de notre captivité, un homme qui s`était échappé de Jérusalem vint à moi et dit: La ville a été prise! |
| Now the hand of the Lord had been on me in the evening, before the man who had got away came to me; and he made my mouth open, ready for his coming to me in the morning; and my mouth was open and I was no longer without voice. | La main de l`Éternel avait été sur moi le soir avant l`arrivée du fugitif, et l`Éternel m`avait ouvert la bouche lorsqu`il vint auprès de moi le matin. Ma bouche était ouverte, et je n`étais plus muet. |
| And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, | Alors la parole de l`Éternel me fut adressée, en ces mots: |
| Son of man, those who are living in these waste places in the land of Israel say, Abraham was but one, and he had land for his heritage: but we are a great number; the land is given to us for our heritage. | Fils de l`homme, ceux qui habitent ces ruines dans le pays d`Israël disent: Abraham était seul, et il a hérité le pays; à nous qui sommes nombreux, le pays est donné en possession. |
| For this cause say to them, This is what the Lord has said: You take your meat with the blood, your eyes are lifted up to your images, and you are takers of life: are you to have the land for your heritage? | C`est pourquoi dis-leur: Ainsi parle le Seigneur, l`Éternel: Vous mangez vos aliments avec du sang, vous levez les yeux vers vos idoles, vous répandez le sang. Et vous posséderiez le pays! |
| You put your faith in your swords, you do disgusting things, everyone takes his neighbour's wife: are you to have the land for your heritage? | Vous vous appuyez sur votre épée, vous commettez des abominations, chacun de vous déshonore la femme de son prochain. Et vous posséderiez le pays! |
| This is what you are to say to them: The Lord has said, By my life, truly, those who are in the waste places will be put to the sword, and him who is in the open field I will give to the beasts for their food, and those who are in the strong places and in holes in the rocks will come to their death by disease. | Dis-leur: Ainsi parle le Seigneur, l`Éternel: Je suis vivant! Ceux qui sont parmi les ruines tomberont par l`épée; ceux qui sont dans les champs, j`en ferai la pâture des bêtes; et ceux qui sont dans les forts et dans les cavernes mourront par la peste. |
| And I will make the land a waste and a cause of wonder, and the pride of her strength will come to an end; and the mountains of Israel will be made waste so that no one will go through. | Je réduirai le pays en solitude et en désert; l`orgueil de sa force prendra fin, les montagnes d`Israël seront désolées, personne n`y passera. |
| Then they will be certain that I am the Lord, when I have made the land a waste and a cause of wonder, because of all the disgusting things which they have done, | Et ils sauront que je suis l`Éternel, quand je réduirai le pays en solitude et en désert, à cause de toutes les abominations qu`ils ont commises. |
| And as for you, son of man, the children of your people are talking together about you by the walls and in the doorways of the houses, saying to one another, Come now, give ear to the word which comes from the Lord. | Et toi, fils de l`homme, les enfants de ton peuple s`entretiennent de toi près des murs et aux portes des maisons, et ils se disent l`un à l`autre, chacun à son frère: Venez donc, et écoutez quelle est la parole qui est procédée de l`Éternel! |
| And they come to you as my people come, and are seated before you as my people, hearing your words but doing them not: for deceit is in their mouth and their heart goes after profit for themselves. | Et ils se rendent en foule auprès de toi, et mon peuple s`assied devant toi; ils écoutent tes paroles, mais ils ne les mettent point en pratique, car leur bouche en fait un sujet de moquerie, et leur coeur se livre à la cupidité. |
| And truly you are to them like a love song by one who has a very pleasing voice and is an expert player on an instrument: for they give ear to your words but do them not. | Voici, tu es pour eux comme un chanteur agréable, possédant une belle voix, et habile dans la musique. Ils écoutent tes paroles, mais ils ne les mettent point en pratique. |
| And when this comes about (see, it is coming), then it will be clear to them that a prophet has been among them. | Quand ces choses arriveront, -et voici, elles arrivent! -ils sauront qu`il y avait un prophète au milieu d`eux. |
