Deutéronome 32
1 Cieux! Prêtez l’oreille, et je parlerai; Terre! Écoute les paroles de ma bouche.
“Listen to me, [all you who are in the] heavens, and [all you who are on the] earth, listen to what I say [MTY].
2 Que mes instructions se répandent comme la pluie, Que ma parole tombe comme la rosée, Comme des ondées sur la verdure, Comme des gouttes d’eau sur l’herbe!
I wish/desire that my teaching will fall on you like rain drops or be like dew on the ground, and be like a gentle rain on the young plants, like showers on the grass.
3 Car je proclamerai le nom de l’Éternel. Rendez gloire à notre Dieu!
I will praise Yahweh [MTY]. And [all you people should] tell others that our God is very great.
4 Il est le rocher; ses œuvres sont parfaites, Car toutes ses voies sont justes; C’est un Dieu fidèle et sans iniquité, Il est juste et droit.
He is like a rock [MET] [under which we are protected]; [everything] that he does is perfect and completely just/fair [DOU]. He always does what he says that he will do; he never does anything that is wrong.
5 S’ils se sont corrompus, à lui n’est point la faute; La honte est à ses enfants, Race fausse et perverse.
“But [you Israeli people] have been very unfaithful to him; because of your sins, you no longer [deserve to] be his children. You are extremely wicked and deceitful [DOU].
6 Est-ce l’Éternel que vous en rendrez responsable, Peuple insensé et dépourvu de sagesse? N’est-il pas ton père, ton créateur? N’est-ce pas lui qui t’a formé, et qui t’a affermi?
You foolish and senseless [DOU] people, (is this the way that you should repay Yahweh [for all that he has done for you]?/this is certainly not the way that you should repay Yahweh [for all that he has done for you].) [RHQ] He is your father; he created you [RHQ]; he caused you to become a nation.
7 Rappelle à ton souvenir les anciens jours, Passe en revue les années, génération par génération, Interroge ton père, et il te l’apprendra, Tes vieillards, et ils te le diront.
“Think about [what happened] long ago; consider what happened to your ancestors. Ask your parents, and they will inform you; ask the older people, and they will tell you.
8 Quand le Très-Haut donna un héritage aux nations, Quand il sépara les enfants des hommes, Il fixa les limites des peuples D’après le nombre des enfants d’Israël,
When God, who is greater than any other god, long ago divided the people into groups, he assigned to the nations their land. He determined where each people-group should live and (assigned to/chose for) each people-group a god/angel.
9 Car la portion de l’Éternel, c’est son peuple, Jacob est la part de son héritage.
But Yahweh decided that we would be his people; he chose [us, the descendants of] Jacob, to belong to him.
10 Il l’a trouvé dans une contrée déserte, Dans une solitude aux effroyables hurlements; Il l’a entouré, il en a pris soin, Il l’a gardé comme la prunelle de son œil,
“He saw [our ancestors] when they were in a desert, wandering in a land (that was desolate/where no people lived). He protected them and took care of them, as every person takes good care of his own eyes. [SIM, IDM]
11 Pareil à l’aigle qui éveille sa couvée, Voltige sur ses petits, Déploie ses ailes, les prend, Les porte sur ses plumes.
[Yahweh protected his people] just like an eagle encourages its babies [to fly] and flutters over them [MET], spreading its wings and catching them [if they start to fall].
12 L’Éternel seul a conduit son peuple, Et il n’y avait avec lui aucun dieu étranger.
Yahweh was the only one who led them; no other foreign god helped him.
13 Il l’a fait monter sur les hauteurs du pays, Et Israël a mangé les fruits des champs; Il lui a fait sucer le miel du rocher, L’huile qui sort du rocher le plus dur,
“[After they entered the land that Yahweh promised to give to them], Yahweh enabled them to rule the hilly areas; they ate the crops that grew in the fields. They found honey in the rocks, and their olive trees [MTY] grew [even] in stony ground.
14 La crème des vaches et le lait des brebis, Avec la graisse des agneaux, Des béliers de Basan et des boucs, Avec la fleur du froment; Et tu as bu le sang du raisin, le vin.
The cows gave them plenty of curds/yogurt, the goats gave them plenty of milk, they had well-fed sheep and cattle, they had very good wheat, and they made delicious wine from their grapes.
15 Israël est devenu gras, et il a regimbé; Tu es devenu gras, épais et replet! Et il a abandonné Dieu, son créateur, Il a méprisé le rocher de son salut,
“The Israeli people became rich and prosperous, but then they rebelled against God; they abandoned him, the one who created them, the one who powerfully saves them.
16 Ils ont excité sa jalousie par des dieux étrangers, Ils l’ont irrité par des abominations;
So he abandoned them because they started to worship other/strange gods. Because of their worshiping disgusting idols, he became angry.
17 Ils ont sacrifié à des idoles qui ne sont pas Dieu, A des dieux qu’ils ne connaissaient point, Nouveaux, venus depuis peu, Et que vos pères n’avaient pas craints.
They offered sacrifices to gods who were [really] demons, gods that their ancestors had never known; they offered sacrifices to gods that they had recently found out about, gods whom your ancestors had never revered.
18 Tu as abandonné le rocher qui t’a fait naître, Et tu as oublié le Dieu qui t’a engendré.
They forgot [the true] God, the one who protects them [MET], the one who created them and caused them to live.
19 L’Éternel l’a vu, et il a été irrité, Indigné contre ses fils et ses filles.
“When Yahweh saw that [they had abandoned him], he became angry, so he rejected [the Israeli people, who are like] his sons and daughters.
20 Il a dit: Je leur cacherai ma face, Je verrai quelle sera leur fin; Car c’est une race perverse, Ce sont des enfants infidèles.
He said, ‘They are very wicked/stubborn people, very unfaithful; so I will no longer help them, and then I will watch and see what happens to them.
21 Ils ont excité ma jalousie par ce qui n’est point Dieu, Ils m’ont irrité par leurs vaines idoles; Et moi, j’exciterai leur jalousie par ce qui n’est point un peuple, Je les irriterai par une nation insensée.
They made me very angry because of their worshiping idols, which are not really gods; they have caused me to be [jealous [MET] because I want them to worship only me]. So now, in order to cause them to become jealous, I will send [to attack them an army of] a nation of worthless and foolish people.
22 Car le feu de ma colère s’est allumé, Et il brûlera jusqu’au fond du séjour des morts; Il dévorera la terre et ses produits, Il embrasera les fondements des montagnes. (Sheol h7585)
I will be very angry, and I will destroy them like a fire that will burn on the earth and all the way down to the place where dead people are [MET]; that fire will destroy the earth and everything that grows on it, and it will even burn what is down under the mountains. (Sheol h7585)
23 J’accumulerai sur eux les maux, J’épuiserai mes traits contre eux.
I will cause them to experience many disasters; [they will feel as though] [MET] I am shooting all my arrows at them.
24 Ils seront desséchés par la faim, consumés par la fièvre Et par des maladies violentes; J’enverrai parmi eux la dent des bêtes féroces Et le venin des serpents.
They will die because of being hungry and because of having hot fevers and because of terrible diseases; I will send wild animals to attack [MTY] them, and poisonous snakes to bite [MTY] them.
25 Au-dehors, on périra par l’épée, Et au-dedans, par d’effrayantes calamités: Il en sera du jeune homme comme de la jeune fille, De l’enfant à la mamelle comme du vieillard.
Outside [their houses, their enemies] will kill them [MTY] with swords, and in their homes, [their enemies will cause] them to be terrified. Their enemies will kill young men and young women, and they will kill infants and old people with gray hair.
26 Je voudrais dire: Je les emporterai d’un souffle, Je ferai disparaître leur mémoire d’entre les hommes!
I wanted to scatter the Israeli people to distant countries in order that no one would ever remember them.
27 Mais je crains les insultes de l’ennemi, Je crains que leurs adversaires ne se méprennent, Et qu’ils ne disent: Notre main a été puissante, Et ce n’est pas l’Éternel qui a fait toutes ces choses.
But [if I did that], their enemies would wrongly boast that they were the ones who had [gotten rid of my people]; they would say, “We [SYN] are the ones who defeated them; it was not Yahweh who has done all these things.”’
28 C’est une nation qui a perdu le bon sens, Et il n’y a point en eux d’intelligence.
You Israelis are a nation of people who do not have any sense. None of you is wise.
29 S’ils étaient sages, voici ce qu’ils comprendraient, Et ils penseraient à ce qui leur arrivera.
If you were wise, you would understand [why you would be punished]; you would have realized what was going to happen to you.
30 Comment un seul en poursuivrait-il mille, Et deux en mettraient-ils dix mille en fuite, Si leur Rocher ne les avait vendus, Si l’Éternel ne les avait livrés?
[You would have realized] why 1,000 [of your soldiers] would be defeated by only one [of the enemy soldiers], and why two of your enemies would chase away 10,000 [Israeli soldiers]. [You would realize that this would happen] only if God, the one who always defended you [MET], had allowed your enemies to defeat you, because he had abandoned you.
31 Car leur rocher n’est pas comme notre Rocher, Nos ennemis en sont juges.
Your enemies know that their gods are not powerful like Yahweh, our God, [so their gods could not have defeated us Israelis].
32 Mais leur vigne est du plant de Sodome Et du terroir de Gomorrhe; Leurs raisins sont des raisins empoisonnés, Leurs grappes sont amères;
Your enemies are like [MET] grapevines planted near [the ruins of] Sodom and Gomorrah [cities]; the grapes from those vines are bitter and poisonous;
33 Leur vin, c’est le venin des serpents, C’est le poison cruel des aspics.
the wine [from those grapes] is like the poison of snakes [DOU].
34 Cela n’est-il pas caché près de moi, Scellé dans mes trésors?
[“Yahweh says], ‘I know [RHQ] [what I have planned to do to the Israeli people and to their enemies], and those plans are so secure [that it as though he locked them up] [MET].
35 A moi la vengeance et la rétribution, Quand leur pied chancellera! Car le jour de leur malheur est proche, Et ce qui les attend ne tardera pas.
I am the one who will get revenge and pay those enemies back for what they have done [to my people], at the right time for them to be punished [IDM]; they will soon experience disasters, and I will punish/destroy them quickly.’
36 L’Éternel jugera son peuple; Mais il aura pitié de ses serviteurs, En voyant que leur force est épuisée, Et qu’il n’y a plus ni esclave ni homme libre.
“But Yahweh will see that you who are truly his people, who (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong), and he will be merciful to you. And he will see that you are helpless, and that there are very few of you, slaves or free people, who are still alive.
37 Il dira: Où sont leurs dieux, Le rocher qui leur servait de refuge,
Then Yahweh will ask his people, ‘Where are the gods that you thought would protect you [MET]?
38 Ces dieux qui mangeaient la graisse de leurs victimes, Qui buvaient le vin de leurs libations? Qu’ils se lèvent, qu’ils vous secourent, Qu’ils vous couvrent de leur protection!
You gave to those gods the best parts of the animals that you sacrificed, and you poured out wine for them to drink. So, they should begin to help you; they should be the ones who will protect you!
39 Sachez donc que c’est moi qui suis Dieu, Et qu’il n’y a point de dieu près de moi; Je fais vivre et je fais mourir, Je blesse et je guéris, Et personne ne délivre de ma main.
“But now you will realize that I, only I, am God; there is no other god who is [a real] god. I am the one who can kill people and who can cause people to live; I can wound people, and I can heal people, and there is no one who can prevent me from doing those things.
40 Car je lève ma main vers le ciel, Et je dis: Je vis Éternellement!
I raise my hand toward heaven and solemnly declare that just as sure as I live forever,
41 Si j’aiguise l’éclair de mon épée Et si ma main saisit la justice, Je me vengerai de mes adversaires Et je punirai ceux qui me haïssent;
that when I sharpen my sword, as I [SYN] prepare to punish people, I will get revenge on my enemies; I will pay back those who hate me.
42 Mon épée dévorera leur chair, Et j’enivrerai mes flèches de sang, Du sang des blessés et des captifs, De la tête des chefs de l’ennemi.
I will kill all [of my enemies] with a sword; it will be as though I had arrows that will be covered with their blood. I will kill [MTY] all those whom I capture and cut off their leaders’ heads.’
43 Nations, chantez les louanges de son peuple! Car l’Éternel venge le sang de ses serviteurs, Il se venge de ses adversaires, Et il fait l’expiation pour son pays, pour son peuple.
“You people of all nations, you as well as his people should praise Yahweh, because Yahweh gets revenge on those who kill the people who serve him; and he cleanses his people’s land which has become defiled because of their sins.”
44 Moïse vint et prononça toutes les paroles de ce cantique en présence du peuple; Josué, fils de Nun, était avec lui.
Joshua and Moses/I recited the words of that song while the Israeli people were listening.
45 Lorsque Moïse eut achevé de prononcer toutes ces paroles devant tout Israël,
When they/we finished reciting to the Israeli people the words of this song,
46 il leur dit: Prenez à cœur toutes les paroles que je vous conjure aujourd’hui de recommander à vos enfants, afin qu’ils observent et mettent en pratique toutes les paroles de cette loi.
Moses/I said, “Never forget all these commands that I have been giving you today. Teach these laws to your children, in order that they will faithfully obey all of them.
47 Car ce n’est pas une chose sans importance pour vous; c’est votre vie, et c’est par là que vous prolongerez vos jours dans le pays dont vous aurez la possession, après avoir passé le Jourdain.
These instructions are very important [LIT]. If [you obey] them, you will live a long time in the land that you are about to cross the Jordan [River] to occupy.”
48 Ce même jour, l’Éternel parla à Moïse, et dit:
On that same day, Yahweh said to Moses/me,
49 Monte sur cette montagne d’Abarim, sur le mont Nebo, au pays de Moab, vis-à-vis de Jéricho; et regarde le pays de Canaan que je donne en propriété aux enfants d’Israël.
“Go to the Abarim Mountain range [here] in the Moab region, across from Jericho. Climb Nebo Mountain, and look [toward the west] to see Canaan land, the land that I am about to give to the Israeli people.
50 Tu mourras sur la montagne où tu vas monter, et tu seras recueilli auprès de ton peuple, comme Aaron, ton frère, est mort sur la montagne de Hor et a été recueilli auprès de son peuple,
You will die on that mountain [EUP, DOU], like your [older] brother Aaron died on Hor Mountain.
51 parce que vous avez péché contre moi au milieu des enfants d’Israël, près des eaux de Meriba, à Kadès, dans le désert de Tsin, et que vous ne m’avez point sanctifié au milieu des enfants d’Israël.
You will die because both of you disobeyed me in the presence of the Israeli people, when you all were at Meribah Springs near Kadesh [town] in the Zin Desert. You did not honor and respect me in the presence of the Israeli people in the way that I deserve because I am God.
52 Tu verras le pays devant toi; mais tu n’entreras point dans le pays que je donne aux enfants d’Israël.
[When you are on that mountain where I told you to go], you will see in the distance in front of you the land that I am about to give to the Israeli people, but you will not enter it.”
