Ezekiel 3
1 And he said to me, Son of man, take this roll for your food, and go and say my words to the children of Israel.
Et il me dit: "Fils de l’homme, mange ce que tu trouves là, mange ce rouleau et va parler à la maison d’Israël."
2 And, on my opening my mouth, he made me take the roll as food.
J’Ouvris la bouche, et il me fit manger ce rouleau.
3 And he said to me, Son of man, let your stomach make a meal of it and let your inside be full of this roll which I am giving you. Then I took it, and it was sweet as honey in my mouth.
Et il me dit: "Fils de l’homme, tu nourriras ton ventre' et rempliras tes entrailles de ce rouleau que je te donne"; je le mangeai et il devint dans ma bouche aussi doux que du miel.
4 And he said to me, Son of man, go now to the children of Israel, and say my words to them.
Il me dit encore: "Fils de l’homme, debout! Va auprès de la maison d’Israël et communique-leur mes paroles.
5 For you are not sent to a people whose talk is strange and whose language is hard, but to the children of Israel;
Car ce n’est pas comme à un peuple à l’idiome obscur et à la langue lourde que tu es envoyé à la maison d’Israël.
6 Not to a number of peoples whose talk is strange and whose language is hard and whose words are not clear to you. Truly, if I sent you to them they would give ear to you.
Ce n’est pas à des peuples nombreux au langage obscur et à la langue lourde, dont tu ne comprends pas les paroles; si à ceux-là je t’envoyais, eux, ils t’écouteraient.
7 But the children of Israel will not give ear to you; for they have no mind to give ear to me: for all the children of Israel have a hard brow and a stiff heart.
Mais la maison d’Israël ne consentira pas à t’écouter, car ils ne veulent pas m’écouter; car la maison d’Israël tout entière a le front rétif et le coeur endurci.
8 See, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your brow hard against their brows.
Voici que je rendrai ton visage résolu en face de leurs visages et ton front résolu en face de leur front.
9 Like a diamond harder than rock I have made your brow: have no fear of them and do not be overcome by their looks, for they are an uncontrolled people.
Comme le diamant plus dur que le roc, je ferai ton front. Tu n’auras pas peur d’eux, tu ne trembleras pas à cause d’eux, parce qu’ils sont une maison de rébellion.
10 Then he said to me, Son of man, take into your heart all my words which I am about to say to you, and let your ears be open to them.
Et il me dit: "Fils de l’homme, toutes les paroles que je te dirai, accueille-les dans ton coeur et écoute-les de tes oreilles.
11 And go now to those who have been taken away as prisoners, to the children of your people, and say to them, This is what the Lord has said; if they give ear or if they do not.
Et va-t-en trouver les exilés, les fils de ton peuple, et tu: leur diras: "Ainsi a parlé le Seigneur Dieu," soit qu’ils écoutent, soit qu’ils refusent."
12 Then I was lifted up by the wind, and at my back the sound of a great rushing came to my ears when the glory of the Lord was lifted up from his place.
Et l’esprit m’emporta et j’entendis derrière moi le bruit d’un grand tumulte: "Bénie soit la gloire de l’Eternel en son lieu!"
13 And there was the sound of the wings of the living beings touching one another, and the sound of the wheels at their side, the sound of a great rushing.
Et le bruit des ailes des Haïot qui se joignaient l’une l’autre et le bruit des roues vis-à-vis d’elles et le bruit d’un grand tumulte.
14 And the wind, lifting me up, took me away: and I went in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of the Lord was strong on me.
Et l’esprit m’éleva en l’air et m’emporta, et je m’en allai, triste, dans l’exaltation de mon esprit, et la main du Seigneur pesait sur moi fortement.
15 Then I came to those who had been taken away as prisoners, who were at Telabib by the river Chebar, and I was seated among them full of wonder for seven days.
Et j’allai vers les exilés à Tel-Abib, vers ceux qui demeurent près du fleuve de Kebar, et là où ils étaient assis, je demeurai pendant sept jours, affligé, au milieu d’eux.
16 And at the end of seven days, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Il advint au bout de sept jours que la parole du Seigneur me fut adressée en ces termes:
17 Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel: so give ear to the word of my mouth, and give them word from me of their danger.
"Fils de l’homme, je t’ai placé en sentinelle sur la maison d’Israël, tu écouteras ce que ma bouche dira, et tu les admonesteras de ma part.
18 When I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly be your fate; and you give him no word of it and say nothing to make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his evil way, so that he may be safe; that same evil man will come to death in his evil-doing; but I will make you responsible for his blood.
Quand je dirai à l’impie: "Oui, tu mourras!" si tu ne l’as pas averti, si tu n’as pas parlé afin de détourner par tes exhortations le méchant de sa mauvaise voie et de sauver sa vie, le méchant mourra dans son iniquité, mais de son sang, je te demanderai compte.
19 But if you give the evil-doer word of his danger, and he is not turned from his sin or from his evil way, death will overtake him in his evil-doing; but your life will be safe.
Mais si toi, tu avertis le méchant et qu’il ne revienne pas de son iniquité et de sa voie mauvaise, lui mourra dans son péché, et toi, tu auras la vie sauve.
20 Again, when an upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, and I put a cause of falling in his way, death will overtake him: because you have given him no word of his danger, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, and there will be no memory of the upright acts which he has done; but I will make you responsible for his blood.
Et quand le juste se sera détourné de sa vertu pour faire le mal, je mettrai un obstacle devant lui et il mourra parce que tu ne l’auras pas averti, il mourra dans son péché et les actes de vertu qu’il a accomplis ne seront pas mentionnés, mais de son sang, je te demanderai compte.
21 But if you say to the upright man that he is not to do evil, he will certainly keep his life because he took note of your word; and your life will be safe.
Mais que si toi tu avertis le juste pour que le juste ne pèche pas, et qu’en effet, il ne pèche pas, certes, il vivra, pour avoir été mis en garde, et toi, tu auras la vie sauve."
22 And the hand of the Lord was on me there; and he said, Get up and go out into the valley and there I will have talk with you.
Et la main du Seigneur fut sur moi en ce lieu et il me dit: "Lève-toi, sors vers la plaine et là je te parlerai"
23 Then I got up and went out into the valley; and I saw the glory of the Lord resting there as I had seen it by the river Chebar; and I went down on my face.
Et je me levai et je sortis vers la plaine, et voici que là se tenait la gloire de l’Eternel, comme la gloire que j’avais vue sur le fleuve de Kebar, et je tombai sur ma face.
24 Then the spirit came into me and put me on my feet; and he had talk with me and said to me, Go and keep yourself shut up inside your house.
Et l’esprit vint en moi et me fit dresser sur mes pieds, et Dieu me parla et me dit: "Viens, enferme-toi dans ta maison.
25 But see, O son of man, I will put bands on you, prisoning you in them, and you will not go out among them:
Et toi, fils de l’homme, voici qu’ils mettront sur toi des cordes avec lesquelles ils te lieront et tu ne sortiras pas parmi eux.
26 And I will make your tongue fixed to the roof of your mouth, so that you have no voice and may not make protests to them: for they are an uncontrolled people.
Et j’attacherai ta langue à ton palais, tu deviendras muet, et tu ne leur seras pas un sermonneur, car ils sont une maison de rébellion.
27 But when I have talk with you I will make your mouth open, and you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Let the hearer give ear; and as for him who will not, let him keep his ears shut: for they are an uncontrolled people.
Mais quand je te parlerai, j’ouvrirai ta bouche et tu leur diras: "Ainsi parle le Seigneur Dieu: Ecoute qui veut écouter, refuse d’entendre qui veut refuser! Car ils sont une maison de rébellion!"
