Livre d'Esdra 8

JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Voici, avec leur généalogie, les chefs de famille qui partirent avec moi de Babylone sous le règne duroi Artaxerxès.	1 And so these are the leaders of the families, with their genealogy, of those who ascended with me from Babylon, during the reign of king Artaxerxes.
2 Des fils de Pinhas: Gershom; des fils d'Itamar: Daniyyel; des fils de David: Hattush,	2 From the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. From the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. From the sons of David, Hattush.
3 fils de Shekanya; des fils de Paréosh: Zekarya, avec qui furent enregistrés 150 mâles;	3 From the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Parosh, Zechariah, and one hundred fifty men were numbered with him.
4 des fils de Pahat-Moab: Elyehoénaï, fils de Zerahya, et avec lui 200 mâles;	4 From the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai, the son of Zerahiah, and two hundred men were with him.
5 des fils de Zattu: Shekanya, fils de Yahaziel, et avec lui 300 mâles;	5 From the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel, and three hundred men were with him.
6 des fils de Adîn: Ebed, fils de Yonatân, et avec lui 50 mâles;	6 From the sons of Adin, Ebed, the son of Jonathan, and fifty men were with him.
7 des fils de Elam: Yeshaya, fils d'Atalya, et avec lui 70 mâles;	7 From the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah, the son of Athaliah, and seventy men were with him.
8 des fils de Shephatya: Zebadya, fils de Mikaël, et avec lui 80 mâles;	8 From the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah, the son of Michael, and eighty men were with him.
9 des fils de Yoab: Obadya, fils de Yehiel, et avec lui 218 mâles;	9 From the sons of Joab, Obadiah, the son of Jehiel, and two hundred eighteen men were with him.
10 des fils de Bani: Shelomit, fils de Yosiphya, et avec lui 160 mâles;	10 From the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah, and one hundred sixty men were with him.
11 des fils de Bébaï: Zekarya, fils de Bébaï, et avec lui 28 mâles;	11 From the sons of Bebai, Zechariah, the son of Bebai, and twenty-eight men were with him.
12 des fils de Azgad: Yohanân, fils de Haqqatân, et avec lui 110 mâles;	12 From the sons of Azgad, Johanan, the son of Hakkatan, and one hundred and ten men were with him.
13 des fils d'Adoniqam: les cadets dont voici les noms: Eliphélèt, Yeïel et Shemaya, et avec eux 60mâles;	13 From the sons of Adonikam, who were the last, and these were their names: Eliphelet, and Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and sixty men were with them.
14 et des fils de Bigvaï: Utaï, fils de Zabud, et avec lui 70 mâles.	14 From the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zaccur, and seventy men were with them.
15 Je les rassemblai près de la rivière qui coule vers Ahava. Nous campâmes là trois jours. J'yremarquai des laïcs et des prêtres, mais n'y trouvai aucun lévite.	15 Now I gathered them together at the river that runs down to Ahava, and we stayed there for three days. And I sought among the people and among the priests for the sons of Levi, and I found none there.
16 Alors je dépêchai Eliézer, Ariel, Shemaya, Elnatân, Yarib, Elnatân, Natân, Zekarya et Meshullam,hommes judicieux,	16 And so I sent Eliezer, and Ariel, and Shemaiah, and Elnathan, and Jarib, and another Elnathan, and Nathan, and Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were leaders, and Joiarib and Elnathan, who were wise.
17 et les mandatai auprès d'Iddo, chef en la localité de Kasiphya; je mis en leur bouche les parolesqu'ils devaient adresser à Iddo et à ses frères, fixés dans la localité de Kasiphya: nous fournir des servants pour leTemple de notre Dieu.	17 And I sent them to Iddo, who is first within the place of Casiphia. And I placed in their mouth the words that they should speak to Iddo and his brothers, the temple servants, in the place of Casiphia, so that they would lead to us ministers for the house of our God.
18 Or, grâce à la main bienveillante de notre Dieu, qui était sur nous, ils nous fournirent un hommeavisé, des fils de Mahli, fils de Lévi, fils d'Israël, Shérébya, avec ses fils et frères: dix-huit hommes;	18 And because the good hand of our God was over us, they led to us a very learned man from the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, with Sherebiah, and his sons, and his eighteen brothers,
19 plus Hashabya et avec lui son frère Yeshaya, des fils de Merari, ainsi que leurs fils: vingt hommes.	19 and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah, of the sons of Merari, and his brothers, and his sons, numbering twenty.
20 Et parmi les "donnés" que David et les chefs avaient procurés aux lévites pour les servir: 220"donnés." Tous furent enregistrés nommément.	20 And from the temple servants, whom David, and the leaders had provided for the ministry of the Levites, there were two hundred twenty temple servants. All these were called by their names.
21 Je proclamai là, près de la rivière d'Ahava, un jeûne: il s'agissait de nous humilier devant notre Dieuet de lui demander un heureux voyage pour nous, les personnes à notre charge et tous nos biens.	21 And I proclaimed a fast in that place, beside the river Ahava, so that we might afflict ourselves in the sight of the Lord our God, and so that we might request of him the right way for us, and for our sons, and for all our substance.
22 Car j'aurais eu honte de réclamer au roi une troupe et des cavaliers pour nous protéger de l'ennemipendant la route; nous avions au contraire déclaré au roi: "La main de notre Dieu s'étend favorablement sur tousceux qui le cherchent; mais sa puissance et sa colère sont sur tous ceux qui l'abandonnent."	22 For I was ashamed to petition the king for assistance and for horsemen, who would defend us from the enemy along the way. For we had said to the king: “The hand of our God is over all those who seek him in goodness. And his authority, and his strength and fury, is over all those who forsake him.”
23 Nous jeûnâmes donc, invoquant notre Dieu à cette intention, et il nous exauça.	23 And so we fasted and begged our God for this; and as a result, we prospered.
24 Je choisis douze des chefs des prêtres, en plus de Shérébya et Hashabya et avec eux dix de leursfrères;	24 And I separated twelve from among the leaders of the priests: Sherebiah, and Hashabiah, and with them ten of their brothers.
25 je leur pesai l'argent, l'or et les ustensiles, les offrandes que le roi, ses conseillers, ses grands et tousles Israélites se trouvant là avaient faites pour le Temple de notre Dieu.	25 And I weighed out to them the silver and the gold, and the vessels consecrated to the house of our God, which had been offered by the king, and by his counselors and his leaders, and by all those of Israel who had been found.
26 Je pesai donc et remis en leurs mains 650 talents d'argent, cent ustensiles d'argent de deux talents,cent talents d'or,	26 And I weighed out to their hands six hundred fifty talents of silver, and one hundred vessels of silver, and one hundred talents of gold,
27 vingt coupes d'or de mille dariques et deux vases d'un beau cuivre brillant, qui étaient précieuxcomme de l'or.	27 and twenty gold bowls which had the weight of one thousand coins, and two vessels of the finest shining brass, as beautiful as gold.
28 Je leur déclarai: "Vous êtes consacrés à Yahvé; ces ustensiles sont sacrés; cet argent et cet or sontvoués à Yahvé, le Dieu de vos pères.	28 And I said to them: “You are the holy ones of the Lord, and the vessels are holy, with the silver and the gold, which has been offered freely to the Lord, the God of our fathers.
29 Veillez-y et gardez-les jusqu'à ce que vous puissiez les peser devant les chefs des prêtres et deslévites et les chefs de familles d'Israël, à Jérusalem, dans les salles du Temple de Yahvé."	29 Watch and guard them, until you weigh them out before the leaders of the priests and the Levites, and the rulers of the families of Israel in Jerusalem, into the treasury of the house of the Lord.”
30 Prêtres et lévites prirent alors en charge l'argent, l'or et les ustensiles ainsi pesés pour les transporterà Jérusalem, au Temple de notre Dieu.	30 Then the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, so that they might carry these to Jerusalem, into the house of our God.
31 Le douze du premier mois, nous quittâmes la rivière d'Ahava pour aller à Jérusalem: la main denotre Dieu était sur nous, et, sur la route, il nous protégea des attaques des ennemis et des pillards.	31 Therefore, we set out from the river Ahava, on the twelfth day of the first month, so that we might travel to Jerusalem. And the hand of our God was over us, and he freed us from the hand of the enemy and of those who lay in ambush along the way.
32 Nous arrivâmes à Jérusalem et y restâmes trois jours au repos.	32 And we arrived at Jerusalem, and we stayed there for three days.
33 Le quatrième jour, l'argent, l'or et les ustensiles furent pesés dans le Temple de notre Dieu et remisentre les mains du prêtre Merémot, fils d'Uriyya, avec qui était Eléazar, fils de Pinhas; auprès d'eux se tenaientles lévites Yozabad, fils de Josué, et Noadya, fils de Binnuï.	33 Then, on the fourth day, the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed out in the house of our God, by the hand of Meremoth, the son of Uriah, the priest; and with him was Eleazar, the son of Phinehas, and with them were the Levites, Jozabad, the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah, the son of Binnui.
34 Nombre et poids, tout y était. On enregistra le poids total. En ce temps-là,	34 This was done according to the number and weight of everything; and every weight was written down at that time.
35 ceux qui revenaient de captivité, les exilés, offrirent des holocaustes au Dieu d'Israël: douzetaureaux pour tout Israël, 96 béliers, 72 agneaux, douze boucs pour le péché: le tout en holocauste à Yahvé.	35 Moreover, those who came from the captivity, the sons of the transmigration, offered holocausts to the God of Israel: twelve calves on behalf of all the people of Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve he-goats for sin. All these were a holocaust to the Lord.
36 Et l'on remit les ordonnances du roi aux satrapes royaux et aux gouverneurs de Transeuphratène,lesquels vinrent en aide au peuple et au Temple de Dieu.	36 Then they gave the edicts of the king to the rulers who served in the sight of the king, and to the governors beyond the river, and they exalted the people and the house of God.