Nehemiah 6
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Néhémie 6
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| Now when word was given to Sanballat and Tobiah and to Geshem the Arabian and to the rest of our haters, that I had done the building of the wall and that there were no more broken places in it (though even then I had not put up the doors in the doorways); | Je n`avais pas encore posé les battants des portes, lorsque Sanballat, Tobija, Guéschem, l`Arabe, et nos autres ennemis apprirent que j`avais rebâti la muraille et qu`il n`y restait plus de brèche. |
| Sanballat and Geshem sent to me saying, Come, let us have a meeting in one of the little towns in the lowland of Ono. But their purpose was to do me evil. | Alors Sanballat et Guéschem m`envoyèrent dire: Viens, et ayons ensemble une entrevue dans les villages de la vallée d`Ono. Ils avaient médité de me faire du mal. |
| And I sent men to them saying, I am doing a great work, so that it is not possible for me to come down: is the work to be stopped while I go away from it and come down to you? | Je leur envoyai des messagers avec cette réponse: J`ai un grand ouvrage à exécuter, et je ne puis descendre; le travail serait interrompu pendant que je quitterais pour aller vers vous. |
| And four times they sent to me in this way, and I sent them the same answer. | Ils m`adressèrent quatre fois la même demande, et je leur fis la même réponse. |
| Then Sanballat sent his servant to me a fifth time with an open letter in his hand; | Sanballat m`envoya ce message une cinquième fois par son serviteur, qui tenait à la main une lettre ouverte. |
| And in it these words were recorded: It is said among the nations, and Geshem says so, that you and the Jews are hoping to make yourselves free from the king's authority; and that this is why you are building the wall: and they say that it is your purpose to be their king; | Il y était écrit: Le bruit se répand parmi les nations et Gaschmu affirme que toi et les Juifs vous pensez à vous révolter, et que c`est dans ce but que tu rebâtis la muraille. Tu vas, dit-on, devenir leur roi, |
| And that you have prophets preaching about you in Jerusalem, and saying, There is a king in Judah: now an account of these things will be sent to the king. So come now, and let us have a discussion. | tu as même établi des prophètes pour te proclamer à Jérusalem roi de Juda. Et maintenant ces choses arriveront à la connaissance du roi. Viens donc, et consultons-nous ensemble. |
| Then I sent to him, saying, No such things as you say are being done, they are only a fiction you have made up yourself. | Je fis répondre à Sanballat: Ce que tu dis là n`est pas; c`est toi qui l`inventes! |
| For they were hoping to put fear in us, saying, Their hands will become feeble and give up the work so that it may not get done. But now, O God, make my hands strong. | Tous ces gens voulaient nous effrayer, et ils se disaient: Ils perdront courage, et l`oeuvre ne se fera pas. Maintenant, ô Dieu, fortifie-moi! |
| And I went to the house of Shemaiah, the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us have a meeting in the house of God, inside the Temple, and let the doors be shut: for they will come to put you to death; truly, in the night they will come to put you to death. | Je me rendis chez Schemaeja, fils de Delaja, fils de Mehétabeel. Il s`était enfermé, et il dit: Allons ensemble dans la maison de Dieu, au milieu du temple, et fermons les portes du temple; car ils viennent pour te tuer, et c`est pendant la nuit qu`ils viendront pour te tuer. |
| And I said, Am I the sort of man to go in flight? what man, in my position, would go into the Temple to keep himself safe? I will not go in. | Je répondis: Un homme comme moi prendre la fuite! Et quel homme tel que moi pourrait entrer dans le temple et vivre? Je n`entrerai point. |
| Then it became clear to me that God had not sent him: he had given this word of a prophet against me himself: and Tobiah and Sanballat had given him money to do so. | Et je reconnus que ce n`était pas Dieu qui l`envoyait. Mais il prophétisa ainsi sur moi parce que Sanballat et Tobija lui avaient donné de l`argent. |
| For this reason they had given him money, in order that I might be overcome by fear and do what he said and do wrong, and so they would have reason to say evil about me and put shame on me. | En le gagnant ainsi, ils espéraient que j`aurais peur, et que je suivrais ses avis et commettrais un péché; et ils auraient profité de cette atteinte à ma réputation pour me couvrir d`opprobre. |
| Keep in mind, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat and what they did, and Noadiah, the woman prophet, and the rest of the prophets whose purpose was to put fear into me. | Souviens-toi, ô mon Dieu, de Tobija et de Sanballat, et de leurs oeuvres! Souviens-toi aussi de Noadia, la prophétesse, et des autres prophètes qui cherchaient à m`effrayer! |
| So the wall was complete on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days. | La muraille fut achevée le vingt-cinquième jour du mois d`Élul, en cinquante-deux jours. |
| And when our haters had news of this, all the nations round about us were full of fear and were greatly shamed, for they saw that this work had been done by our God. | Lorsque tous nos ennemis l`apprirent, toutes les nations qui étaient autour de nous furent dans la crainte; elles éprouvèrent une grande humiliation, et reconnurent que l`oeuvre s`était accomplie par la volonté de notre Dieu. |
| And further, in those days the chiefs of Judah sent a number of letters to Tobiah, and his letters came to them. | Dans ce temps-là, il y avait aussi des grands de Juda qui adressaient fréquemment des lettres à Tobija et qui en recevaient de lui. |
| For in Judah there were a number of people who had made an agreement by oath with him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah, the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken as his wife the daughter of Meshullam, the son of Berechiah. | Car plusieurs en Juda étaient liés à lui par serment, parce qu`il était gendre de Schecania, fils d`Arach, et que son fils Jochanan avait pris la fille de Meschullam, fils de Bérékia. |
| And they said much before me of the good he had done, and gave him accounts of my words. And Tobiah sent letters with the purpose of causing me fear. | Ils disaient même du bien de lui en ma présence, et ils lui rapportaient mes paroles. Tobija envoyait des lettres pour m`effrayer. |
