Ézéchiel 21
1 Alors la parole de l'Éternel me fut adressée en ces mots:
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
2 Fils de l'homme, tourne ton visage contre Jérusalem, et parle contre les lieux saints, et prophétise contre le pays d'Israël,
“You human, turn toward Jerusalem. Preach about what will happen to the temple [there]. Preach about what will happen to the Israeli people.
3 et dis au pays d'Israël: Ainsi parle l'Éternel: Voici, c'est à toi que j'en veux, et je tirerai mon épée du fourreau et du milieu de toi j'exterminerai justes et impies.
Say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh says: I am opposed to you.
4 Parce que du milieu de toi je veux exterminer justes et impies, c'est pourquoi mon épée sortira de son fourreau pour frapper toute chair, du midi au nord.
[what I will do to you will be as though] [MET] I will pull my sword from its sheath [and strike you]. I will kill everyone, including righteous people and wicked people [DOU]. I will get rid of everyone, from the south to the north.
5 Et toute chair reconnaîtra que c'est moi, l'Éternel, qui aurai tiré mon épée de son fourreau; elle n'y rentrera pas.
Then everyone will know [it is as though] I, Yahweh, have struck people with my sword, and I will not put it back in its sheath again.’
6 Pour toi, fils de l'homme, soupire jusqu'à te rompre les reins, et pousse devant eux des gémissements avec une douleur amère.
Therefore, you human, groan! Groan in front of the Israeli people very sadly and sorrowfully [IDM, DOU].
7 Que s'ils te disent: Pourquoi soupires-tu? réponds: Parce que la nouvelle est venue que [les maux] arrivent, et tous les cœurs seront alarmés, et toutes les mains défaillantes, et tout courage éteint, et tous les genoux fondus en eau: voici, ils arrivent, ils sont là, dit le Seigneur, l'Éternel.
And when they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ tell them, ‘Because of the news that they soon will hear. Everyone will be very fearful [IDM], and their knees will become as weak as [SIM] water. [A great disaster] will soon occur. That is what Yahweh the Lord is promising.’”
8 Et la parole de l'Éternel me fut adressée en ces mots:
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said],
9 Fils de l'homme, prophétise et dis: Ainsi parle l'Éternel. Dis: L'épée! l'épée! elle est aiguisée et fourbie.
“You human, prophesy and say [to them], ‘This is what Yahweh says: I have sharpened my sword and polished it.
10 C'est pour massacrer qu'elle est aiguisée, pour lancer l'éclair qu'elle est fourbie; ou le sceptre de mon fils qui méprise tout autre bois ferait-il le superbe?…
It is sharpened in order that I can [many people with it]; it is polished so that it will flash like lightning. The people of Judah will not [their being punished like this], but they did not repent [I only struck them] with a stick.
11 Et Il l'a donnée à fourbir, pour la prendre en sa main; elle est aiguisée, l'épée, et fourbie, pour être mise dans la main de l'exterminateur.
A sword should be polished, and be grasped [in someone’s hand]. It should be sharpened and polished, ready for someone to use it to kill people.
12 Crie, et gémis, fils de l'homme! car elle frappe mon peuple, tous les princes d'Israël; ils sont abandonnés à l'épée avec mon peuple; aussi frappe-toi les flancs.
[So, ] you human, cry and wail, because I will use my sword to kill my people, including the leaders of Israel. They and all the other people, my people, will be killed by swords, so beat your [to show that you are sad].
13 L'épreuve est faite; eh quoi! lors même que ce sceptre est si dédaigneux, il cessera d'être, dit le Seigneur, l'Éternel.
I am about to test my people, and the kings [MTY] of Judah will not escape being punished. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say.
14 Mais toi, fils de l'homme, prophétise et frappe dans tes deux mains! et que l'épée frappe à doubles, à triples coups; cette épée qui tue, c'est une épée qui tue les Grands, qui les presse de toutes parts.
So, you human, prophesy; clap your [to show that you are very happy about what is going to happen]. My sword will strike them again and again; it is a sword for slaughtering many people, while I attack them from every side.
15 Pour porter l'alarme dans les cœurs et multiplier les morts, j'ai mis l'épée menaçante à toutes leurs portes. Hélas! elle est faite pour lancer l'éclair, elle est aiguisée pour égorger.
In order that people will be very much afraid [IDM] and many people will be killed, I have [soldiers holding] my swords at every [city] gate, ready to slaughter people. Those swords will flash like lightning, as the [soldiers] grasp them to slaughter people.
16 Ramasse-toi! frappe à droite! attention! frappe à gauche, partout où tu feras face!
Their swords [APO] will slash to the right and [then] to the left, whichever way they turn the blades.
17 Moi aussi, je frapperai dans mes deux mains, et j'assouvirai ma fureur; c'est moi, l'Éternel, qui ai parlé.
Then I will clap my [triumphantly]; and [then] I will no longer be angry. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.’”
18 Et la parole de l'Éternel me fut adressée en ces mots:
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
19 Or, fils de l'homme, représente-toi deux chemins par où arrive l'épée du roi de Babel; il faut qu'ils partent tous deux d'un seul et même pays; et imagine un lieu; imagine-le au carrefour des chemins des villes.
“You human, [a map], and on it mark two roads for the King of Babylonia to march [along with his army, carrying] their swords. When they depart from their country, they will come to a sign post where the road divides.
20 Trace l'un des chemins, de telle sorte que l'épée arrive à Rabbah des enfants d'Ammon, et l'autre en Juda, à Jérusalem, la ville forte.
[If they continue on the one road, ] they will attack [city], the capital of the Ammon people-group. [If they continue on the other road, ] they will come to Judah and to Jerusalem, [a city] with walls around it.
21 Car le roi de Babel s'arrête à la croix des chemins, au carrefour de deux routes, pour tirer un présage; il remue les flèches, interroge les Téraphims, examine le foie de la victime.
[When the army of] Babylonia comes to where the road divides, [they will stop], and the king will perform magic rituals [to decide which road to go on]. He will throw arrows; [then] consult his [about which road to go on], and he will (examine/look at) the [of a sheep].
22 De sa droite il a tiré le présage: c'est Jérusalem! pour dresser les béliers, commander le massacre, élever la voix jusqu'au cri de guerre, dresser les béliers contre les portes, tasser une terrasse, bâtir des tours.
With his right hand he will pick up the arrow marked ‘Jerusalem’. He will [command his soldiers to go to Jerusalem. When they arrive there, they] will set up (rams/devices to [down the walls], ) and [then] the king will give the command for them to slaughter [the people]. They will shout [a battle-cry], and they will set up the rams against the [city] gates. They will build a dirt ramp [against the walls around the city], and set up things to bash those walls.
23 Mais ils n'y voient qu'un présage trompeur; ils font serments sur serments, mais il se rappelle leur crime; en sorte qu'ils seront pris.
The [in Jerusalem] who had promised [to be loyal to the King of Babylonia will think that those rituals must be wrong. They will think that his army should not be attacking them]. But he will remind them of the sins [MTY] that they had committed, [his army] will capture them.
24 Aussi, ainsi parle le Seigneur, l'Éternel: Puisque vous faites ressouvenir de votre crime, vos méfaits étant tellement manifestes qu'ils paraissent dans toutes vos actions, parce que vous faites ressouvenir de vous, vous serez saisis par sa main.
Therefore, [tell the Israeli people that] this is what Yahweh the Lord says: ‘You people have allowed everyone to see that you are openly [against the King of Babylonia], and by doing that you have shown that everything that you do is sinful. Therefore you will be captured and [to Babylonia].’
25 Et toi, profane sacrilège, Prince d'Israël dont le jour arrive au moment de ton crime, cause de ta fin!
Also, say, ‘You very wicked [DOU] king of Israel, it is your [to die]. It is the time for you to be punished.’
26 ainsi parle le Seigneur, l'Éternel: Ôte ton diadème, et enlève ta couronne; elle n'est plus elle-même; ce qui est humble sera élevé, et ce qui est élevé sera humilié:
And this is what Yahweh the Lord says [to you soldiers from Babylonia]: ‘Take off [the king’s] turban and his crown, because now things will be different than they were [before]. [in Jerusalem] who had no authority will now be given authority, and those who had authority will have their authority taken from them.
27 en pièces, en pièces, en pièces je la mettrai; elle aussi cessera d'être jusqu'à la venue de celui à qui appartient le jugement et à qui je le remets.
[Jerusalem] will be completely ruined. I will cause it to be ruined, and it will not be rebuilt/restored until the king to whom the city truly belongs comes; I will give it to [to rule it].’”
28 Et toi, fils de l'homme, prophétise et dis: Ainsi prononce le Seigneur, l'Éternel, sur les enfants d'Ammon et sur leurs outrages, et dis: L'épée, l'épée est tirée, fourbie, pour massacrer, afin de dévorer et de lancer l'éclair,
“And, you human, prophesy and say [this]: 'This is what Yahweh the Lord says about the Ammon people-group, and about what they have said to insult [Israel]: [“The King of Babylon says, ] ‘[My soldiers have] swords’ [APO]; they have pulled out those swords to slaughter many people. They have polished them in order to kill people, and to make those swords flash like lightning.
29 pendant qu'on te fait de vaines prédictions, qu'on te donne des présages menteurs, afin de te joindre aux corps décollés des impies déjà morts dont le jour arrive au moment du crime, cause de leur fin.
[Your prophets] have given you false visions about [what will happen to] you, and they have given you messages that are not true. So swords will strike the necks of those wicked people; it is time for them to be killed; it is the day when they will be [for their sins].
30 Remets ton épée dans le fourreau! Dans le lieu même où tu fus formé, dans le pays de ta naissance,
You must put your swords back in their sheaths [because the days for you to slaughter your enemies are ended]. I will judge those people in the country where they were born.
31 je veux te juger et répandre ma colère sur toi, souffler contre toi le feu de mon courroux, et te livrer au bras d'hommes furieux, destructeurs experts.
I will pour out my punishment [MTY] on them. Because I am very angry with them, my breath on them will scorch them [like] fire [MET]. I will allow brutal men to capture them, men who are experts in killing people.
32 Du feu tu seras la proie, ton sang coulera au sein du pays, ta mémoire périra, car c'est moi, l'Éternel, qui ai parlé.
You will be [like] fuel [MET] [that is burned] in a fire. Your blood will be shed in your own land. No one will remember you any more. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.” '”
