Nehemiah 9
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Néhémie 9
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| Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel came together, taking no food and putting haircloth and dust on their bodies. | Le vingt-quatrième jour du même mois, les enfants d`Israël s`assemblèrent, revêtus de sacs et couverts de poussière, pour la célébration d`un jeûne. |
| And the seed of Israel made themselves separate from all the men of other nations, publicly requesting forgiveness for their sins and the wrongdoing of their fathers. | Ceux qui étaient de la race d`Israël, s`étant séparés de tous les étrangers, se présentèrent et confessèrent leurs péchés et les iniquités de leurs pères. |
| And for a fourth part of the day, upright in their places, they were reading from the book of the law of their God; and for a fourth part of the day they were requesting forgiveness and worshipping the Lord their God. | Lorsqu`ils furent placés, on lut dans le livre de la loi de l`Éternel, leur Dieu, pendant un quart de la journée; et pendant un autre quart ils confessèrent leurs péchés et se prosternèrent devant l`Éternel, leur Dieu. |
| Then Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani took their places on the steps of the Levites, crying in a loud voice to the Lord their God. | Josué, Bani, Kadmiel, Schebania, Bunni, Schérébia, Bani et Kenani montèrent sur l`estrade des Lévites et crièrent à haute voix vers l`Éternel, leur Dieu. |
| Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, Get up and give praise to the Lord your God for ever and ever. Praise be to your great name which is lifted up high over all blessing and praise. | Et les Lévites Josué, Kadmiel, Bani, Haschabnia, Schérébia, Hodija, Schebania et Pethachja, dirent: Levez-vous, bénissez l`Éternel, votre Dieu, d`éternité en éternité! Que l`on bénisse ton nom glorieux, qui est au-dessus de toute bénédiction et de toute louange! |
| You are the Lord, even you only; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens with all their armies, the earth and all things in it, the seas and everything in them; and you keep them from destruction: and the armies of heaven are your worshippers. | C`est toi, Éternel, toi seul, qui as fait les cieux, les cieux des cieux et toute leur armée, la terre et tout ce qui est sur elle, les mers et tout ce qu`elles renferment. Tu donnes la vie à toutes ces choses, et l`armée des cieux se prosterne devant toi. |
| You are the Lord, the God, who took Abram and made him yours, guiding him from Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham; | C`est toi, Éternel Dieu, qui as choisi Abram, qui l`as fait sortir d`Ur en Chaldée, et qui lui as donné le nom d`Abraham. |
| You saw that his heart was true to you, and made an agreement with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite and the Girgashite, even to give it to his seed, and you have done what you said; for righteousness is yours: | Tu trouvas son coeur fidèle devant toi, tu fis alliance avec lui, et tu promis de donner à sa postérité le pays des Cananéens, des Héthiens, des Amoréens, des Phéréziens, des Jébusiens et des Guirgasiens. Et tu as tenu ta parole, car tu es juste. |
| And you saw the trouble of our fathers in Egypt, and their cry came to your ears by the Red Sea; | Tu vis l`affliction de nos pères en Égypte, et tu entendis leurs cris vers la mer Rouge. |
| And you did signs and wonders on Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land; for you saw how cruel they were to them. So you got yourself a name as it is today. | Tu opéras des miracles et des prodiges contre Pharaon, contre tous ses serviteurs et contre tout le peuple de son pays, parce que tu savais avec quelle méchanceté ils avaient traité nos pères, et tu fis paraître ta gloire comme elle paraît aujourd`hui. |
| By you the sea was parted before them, so that they went through the sea on dry land; and those who went after them went down into the deep, like a stone into great waters. | Tu fendis la mer devant eux, et ils passèrent à sec au milieu de la mer; mais tu précipitas dans l`abîme, comme une pierre au fond des eaux, ceux qui marchaient à leur poursuite. |
| And you went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light on the way they were to go. | Tu les guidas le jour par une colonne de nuée, et la nuit par une colonne de feu qui les éclairait dans le chemin qu`ils avaient à suivre. |
| And you came down on Mount Sinai, and your voice came to them from heaven, giving them right decisions and true laws, good rules and orders: | Tu descendis sur la montagne de Sinaï, tu leur parlas du haut des cieux, et tu leur donnas des ordonnances justes, des lois de vérité, des préceptes et des commandements excellents. |
| And you gave them word of your holy Sabbath, and gave them orders and rules and a law, by the hand of Moses your servant: | Tu leur fis connaître ton saint sabbat, et tu leur prescrivis par Moïse, ton serviteur, des commandements, des préceptes et une loi. |
| And you gave them bread from heaven when they were in need, and made water come out of the rock for their drink, and gave them orders to go in and take for their heritage the land which your hand had been lifted up to give them. | Tu leur donnas, du haut des cieux, du pain quand ils avaient faim, et tu fis sortir de l`eau du rocher quand ils avaient soif. Et tu leur dis d`entrer en possession du pays que tu avais juré de leur donner. |
| But they and our fathers, in their pride, made their necks stiff, and gave no attention to your orders, | Mais nos pères se livrèrent à l`orgueil et raidirent leur cou. Ils n`écoutèrent point tes commandements, |
| And would not do them, and gave no thought to the wonders you had done among them; but made their necks stiff, and turning away from you, made a captain over themselves to take them back to their prison in Egypt: but you are a God of forgiveness, full of grace and pity, slow to wrath and great in mercy, and you did not give them up. | ils refusèrent d`obéir, et ils mirent en oubli les merveilles que tu avais faites en leur faveur. Ils raidirent leur cou; et, dans leur rébellion, ils se donnèrent un chef pour retourner à leur servitude. Mais toi, tu es un Dieu prêt à pardonner, compatissant et miséricordieux, lent à la colère et riche en bonté, et tu ne les abandonnas pas, |
| Even when they had made for themselves an ox of metal, and said, This is your God who took you up out of Egypt, and had done so much to make you angry; | même quand ils se firent un veau en fonte et dirent: Voici ton Dieu qui t`a fait sortir d`Égypte, et qu`ils se livrèrent envers toi à de grands outrages. |
| Even then, in your great mercy, you did not give them up in the waste land: the pillar of cloud still went before them by day, guiding them on their way, and the pillar of fire by night, to give them light, and make clear the way they were to go. | Dans ton immense miséricorde, tu ne les abandonnas pas au désert, et la colonne de nuée ne cessa point de les guider le jour dans leur chemin, ni la colonne de feu de les éclairer la nuit dans le chemin qu`ils avaient à suivre. |
| And you gave your good spirit to be their teacher, and did not keep back your manna from their mouths, and gave them water when they had need of it. | Tu leur donnas ton bon esprit pour les rendre sages, tu ne refusas point ta manne à leur bouche, et tu leur fournis de l`eau pour leur soif. |
| Truly, for forty years you were their support in the waste land, and they were in need of nothing; their clothing did not get old or their feet become tired. | Pendant quarante ans, tu pourvus à leur entretien dans le désert, et ils ne manquèrent de rien, leurs vêtements ne s`usèrent point, et leurs pieds ne s`enflèrent point. |
| And you gave them kingdoms and peoples, making distribution to them in every part of the land: so they took for their heritage the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og, king of Bashan. | Tu leur livras des royaumes et des peuples, dont tu partageas entre eux les contrées, et ils possédèrent le pays de Sihon, roi de Hesbon, et le pays d`Og, roi de Basan. |
| And you made their children as great in number as the stars of heaven, and took them into the land, of which you had said to their fathers that they were to go in and take it for themselves. | Tu multiplias leurs fils comme les étoiles des cieux, et tu les fis entrer dans le pays dont tu avais dit à leurs pères qu`ils prendraient possession. |
| So the children went in and took the land, and you overcame before them the people of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them up into their hands, with their kings and the people of the land, so that they might do with them whatever it was their pleasure to do. | Et leurs fils entrèrent et prirent possession du pays; tu humilias devant eux les habitants du pays, les Cananéens, et tu les livras entre leurs mains, avec leurs rois et les peuples du pays, pour qu`ils les traitassent à leur gré. |
| And they took walled towns and a fat land, and became the owners of houses full of all good things, water-holes cut in the rock, vine-gardens and olive-gardens and a wealth of fruit-trees: so they had food enough and became fat, and had joy in the good you gave them. | Ils devinrent maîtres de villes fortifiées et de terres fertiles; ils possédèrent des maisons remplies de toutes sortes de biens, des citernes creusées, des vignes, des oliviers, et des arbres fruitiers en abondance; ils mangèrent, ils se rassasièrent, ils s`engraissèrent, et ils vécurent dans les délices par ta grande bonté. |
| But they were hard-hearted, and went against your authority, turning their backs on your law, and putting to death your prophets, who gave witness against them with the purpose of turning them back again to you, and they did much to make you angry. | Néanmoins, ils se soulevèrent et se révoltèrent contre toi. Ils jetèrent ta loi derrière leur dos, ils tuèrent tes prophètes qui les conjuraient de revenir à toi, et ils se livrèrent envers toi à de grands outrages. |
| And so you gave them up into the hands of their haters who were cruel to them: and in the time of their trouble, when they made their prayer to you, you gave ear to them from heaven; and in your great mercy gave them saviours, who made them free from the hands of their haters. | Alors tu les abandonnas entre les mains de leurs ennemis, qui les opprimèrent. Mais, au temps de leur détresse, ils crièrent à toi; et toi, tu les entendis du haut des cieux, et, dans ta grande miséricorde, tu leur donnas des libérateurs qui les sauvèrent de la main de leurs ennemis. |
| But when they had rest, they did evil again before you: so you gave them into the hands of their haters, who had rule over them: but when they came back and made their prayer to you, you gave ear to them from heaven; again and again, in your mercy, you gave them salvation; | Quand ils eurent du repos, ils recommencèrent à faire le mal devant toi. Alors tu les abandonnas entre les mains de leurs ennemis, qui les dominèrent. Mais, de nouveau, ils crièrent à toi; et toi, tu les entendis du haut des cieux, et, dans ta grande miséricorde, tu les délivras maintes fois. |
| And gave witness against them so that you might make them come back again to your law: but their hearts were lifted up, and they gave no attention to your orders and went against your decisions (which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him), and turning their backs on you, made their necks stiff and did not give ear. | Tu les conjuras de revenir à ta loi; et ils persévérèrent dans l`orgueil, ils n`écoutèrent point tes commandements, ils péchèrent contre tes ordonnances, qui font vivre celui qui les met en pratique, ils eurent une épaule rebelle, ils raidirent leur cou, et ils n`obéirent point. |
| Year after year you put up with them, and gave witness against them by your spirit through your prophets: still they did not give ear: and so you gave them up into the hands of the peoples of the lands. | Tu les supportas de nombreuses années, tu leur donnas des avertissements par ton esprit, par tes prophètes; et ils ne prêtèrent point l`oreille. Alors tu les livras entre les mains des peuples étrangers. |
| Even then, in your great mercy, you did not put an end to them completely, or give them up; for you are a God of grace and mercy. | Mais, dans ta grande miséricorde, tu ne les anéantis pas, et tu ne les abandonnas pas, car tu es un Dieu compatissant et miséricordieux. |
| And now, our God, the great, the strong, the God who is to be feared, who keeps faith and mercy, let not all this trouble seem small to you, which has come on us, and on our kings and our rulers and on our priests and our prophets and our fathers and on all your people from the time of the kings of Assyria till this day. | Et maintenant, ô notre Dieu, Dieu grand, puissant et redoutable, toi qui gardes ton alliance et qui exerces la miséricorde, ne regarde pas comme peu de chose toutes les souffrances que nous avons éprouvées, nous, nos rois, nos chefs, nos sacrificateurs, nos prophètes, nos pères et tout ton peuple, depuis le temps des rois d`Assyrie jusqu`à ce jour. |
| But still, you have been in the right in everything which has come on us; you have been true to us, but we have done evil: | Tu as été juste dans tout ce qui nous est arrivé, car tu t`es montré fidèle, et nous avons fait le mal. |
| And our kings, our rulers, our priests, and our fathers have not kept your law or given attention to your orders and your witness, with which you gave witness against them. | Nos rois, nos chefs, nos sacrificateurs et nos pères n`ont point observé ta loi, et ils n`ont été attentifs ni à tes commandements ni aux avertissements que tu leur adressais. |
| For they have not been your servants in their kingdom, and in all the good things you gave them, and in the great and fat land you gave them, and they have not been turned away from their evil-doing. | Pendant qu`ils étaient les maîtres, au milieu des bienfaits nombreux que tu leur accordais, dans le pays vaste et fertile que tu leur avais livré, ils ne t`ont point servi et ils ne se sont point détournés de leurs oeuvres mauvaises. |
| Now, today, we are servants, and as for the land which you gave to our fathers, so that the produce of it and the good might be theirs, see, we are servants in it: | Et aujourd`hui, nous voici esclaves! Nous voici esclaves sur la terre que tu as donnée à nos pères, pour qu`ils jouissent de ses fruits et de ses biens! |
| And it gives much increase to the kings whom you have put over us because of our sins: and they have power over our bodies and over our cattle at their pleasure, and we are in great trouble. | Elle multiplie ses produits pour les rois auxquels tu nous as assujettis, à cause de nos péchés; ils dominent à leur gré sur nos corps et sur notre bétail, et nous sommes dans une grande angoisse! |
| And because of all this we are making an agreement in good faith, and putting it in writing; and our rulers, our Levites, and our priests are putting their names to it. | Pour tout cela, nous contractâmes une alliance, que nous mîmes par écrit; et nos chefs, nos Lévites et nos sacrificateurs y apposèrent leur sceau. |
