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Domenica, 28 aprile 2024 - San Luigi Maria Grignion da Montfort ( Letture di oggi)

Livre d'Ézéchiel 33


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JERUSALEMCATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 La parole de Yahvé me fut adressée en ces termes:1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 Fils d'homme, parle aux fils de ton peuple. Tu leur diras: Quand je fais venir l'épée contre unpays, les gens de ce pays prennent parmi eux un homme et le placent comme guetteur;2 “Son of man, speak to the sons of your people, and you shall say to them: Concerning the land, when I will have led the sword over it: if the people of the land take a man, one of their least, and appoint him over themselves as a watchman,
3 s'il voit l'épée venir contre le pays, il sonne du cor pour avertir le peuple.3 and if he sees the sword approaching over the land, and he sounds the trumpet, and he announces to the people,
4 Si quelqu'un entend le son du cor mais n'en tient pas compte, et que l'épée survient et le fait périr,le sang de cet homme retombera sur sa propre tête.4 then, having heard the sound of the trumpet, whoever he is, if he also does not take care of himself, and the sword arrives and takes him: his blood will be upon his own head.
5 Il a entendu le son du cor sans en tenir compte: son sang retombera sur lui. Mais celui qui en atenu compte, sa vie est sauve.5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and he did not take care of himself, so his blood will be upon him. But if he guards himself, he will save his own life.
6 Mais si le guetteur a vu venir l'épée et n'a pas sonné du cor, si bien que le peuple n'a pas été averti,et que l'épée survienne et fasse chez eux une victime, celle-ci périra victime de sa faute, mais je demanderaicompte de son sang au guetteur.6 And if the watchman sees the sword approaching, and he does not sound the trumpet, and so the people do not guard themselves, and the sword arrives and takes some of their lives, certainly these have been taken due to their own iniquity. But I will attribute their blood to the hand of the watchman.
7 Toi aussi, fils d'homme, je t'ai fait guetteur pour la maison d'Israël. Lorsque tu entendras uneparole de ma bouche, tu les avertiras de ma part.7 And as for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore, having heard the word from my mouth, you shall announce it to them from me.
8 Si je dis au méchant: "Méchant, tu vas mourir", et que tu ne parles pas pour avertir le méchantd'abandonner sa conduite, lui, le méchant, mourra de sa faute, mais c'est à toi que je demanderai compte de sonsang.8 When I say to the impious, ‘O impious man, you will die a death,’ if you have not spoken so that the impious man will keep himself from his way, then that impious man will die in his iniquity. But I will attribute his blood to your hand.
9 Si au contraire tu as averti le méchant d'abandonner sa conduite pour se convertir et qu'il ne s'estpas converti, il mourra, lui, à cause de son péché, mais toi, tu auras sauvé ta vie.9 But if you have announced to the impious man, so that he may be converted from his ways, and he has not converted from his way, then he will die in his iniquity. Yet you will have freed your own soul.
10 Et toi, fils d'homme, dis à la maison d'Israël: Vous répétez ces paroles: "Nos crimes et nospéchés pèsent sur nous; c'est à cause d'eux que nous dépérissons. Comment pourrions-nous vivre?"10 You, therefore, O son of man, say to the house of Israel: You have spoken in this way, saying: ‘Our iniquities and our sins are upon us, and we waste away in them. So then, how would we be able to live?’
11 Dis-leur: "Par ma vie, oracle du Seigneur Yahvé, je ne prends pas plaisir à la mort du méchant,mais à la conversion du méchant qui change de conduite pour avoir la vie. Convertissez-vous, revenez de votrevoie mauvaise. Pourquoi mourir, maison d'Israël?"11 Say to them: As I live, says the Lord God, I do not desire the death of the impious, but that the impious should convert from his way and live. Be converted, be converted from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?
12 Et toi, fils d'homme, dis aux enfants de ton peuple: La justice du juste ne le sauvera pas au jourde son crime, et la méchanceté du méchant ne le fera pas succomber au jour où il reviendra de sa méchanceté. Lejuste ne peut pas vivre en vertu de sa justice au jour de son péché.12 And as for you then, son of man, say to the sons of your people: The justice of the just man will not deliver him, on whatever day he will have sinned. And the impiety of the impius man will not harm him, on whatever day he will have been converted from his impiety. And the just man will not be able to live by his justice, on whatever day he will have sinned.
13 Si je dis au juste: "Tu vivras", mais que lui, se confiant dans sa justice, commette le mal, on nese souviendra plus de toute sa justice, mais c'est de tout le mal qu'il a commis qu'il mourra.13 Even now, if I say to the just man that he shall certainly live, and so, with confidence in his justice, he commits iniquity, all his justices will be delivered into oblivion, and by his iniquity, which he has done, by this he shall die.
14 Mais si je dis au méchant: "Tu mourras", et qu'il revienne de ses péchés et pratique le droit et lajustice,14 And if I say to the impious man, ‘You shall certainly die,’ and yet he repents from his sin, and he does judgment and justice,
15 s'il rend le gage, restitue ce qu'il a volé, observe les lois qui donnent la vie sans plus faire le mal:il vivra, il ne mourra pas.15 and if that impious man returns the collateral, and repays what he has taken by force, and if he walks in the commandments of life, and does not do anything unjust, then he shall certainly live, and he shall not die.
16 On ne se souviendra plus de tous les péchés qu'il a commis: il a observé le droit et la justice, ilvivra.16 None of his sins, which he has committed, will be imputed to him. He has done judgment and justice, so he shall certainly live.
17 Les fils de ton peuple disent: "La manière d'agir du Seigneur n'est pas juste." C'est votre manièred'agir qui n'est pas juste.17 And the sons of your people have said, ‘The way of the Lord is not a fair balance,’ even while their own way is unjust.
18 Lorsque le juste se détourne de sa justice pour commettre le mal, il meurt pour cela.18 For when the just man will have withdraw from his justice, and committed iniquities, he shall die by these.
19 Et lorsque le méchant se détourne de sa méchanceté et pratique le droit et la justice, c'est à causede cela qu'il vit.19 And when the impious man will have withdrawn from his impiety, and have done judgment and justice, he shall live by these.
20 Et vous dites: "La manière d'agir du Seigneur n'est pas juste!" Je vous jugerai chacun selon votreconduite, maison d'Israël!20 And yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ But I shall judge each one of you according to his own ways, O house of Israel.”
21 La douzième année, le cinq du dixième mois de notre captivité, le rescapé arriva vers moi deJérusalem et m'annonça: "La ville est prise."21 And it happened that, in the twelfth year of our transmigration, in the tenth month, on the fifth of the month, one who had fled from Jerusalem arrived saying, “The city has been laid waste.”
22 Or la main de Yahvé avait été sur moi, la veille au soir, avant que n'arrivât le rescapé, et ilm'ouvrit la bouche quand celui-ci arriva vers moi, le matin; ma bouche s'ouvrit et je ne fus plus muet.22 But the hand of the Lord had been upon me in the evening, before the one who had fled arrived. And he opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning. And since my mouth had been opened, I was no longer silent.
23 Alors la parole de Yahvé me fut adressée en ces termes:23 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
24 Fils d'homme, ceux qui habitent ces ruines, sur le sol d'Israël, parlent ainsi: "Abraham était seullorsqu'il a été mis en possession de ce pays. Nous qui sommes nombreux, c'est à nous que le pays est donné enpatrimoine."24 “Son of man, as for those who live in these ruinous ways on the soil of Israel, when speaking, they say: ‘Abraham was one man, and he possessed the land as an inheritance. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession.’
25 Eh bien! dis-leur: Ainsi parle le Seigneur Yahvé. Vous mangez le sang, vous levez les yeux versvos ordures, vous répandez le sang, et vous posséderiez le pays?25 Therefore, you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: You who eat even the blood, and who lift up your eyes to your uncleannesses, and who shed blood: will you possess the land as an inheritance?
26 Vous vous appuyez sur vos épées, vous commettez l'abomination, chacun souille la femme deson prochain, et vous posséderiez le pays?26 You stood by your swords, you committed abominations, and each one has defiled his neighbor’s wife. And will you possess the land as an inheritance?
27 Tu leur diras ceci: Ainsi parle le Seigneur Yahvé: Par ma vie, je le jure, ceux qui sont dans lesruines tomberont par l'épée, celui qui est en rase campagne, je le livrerai aux bêtes pour en être dévoré, et ceuxqui sont dans les lieux escarpés et dans les cavernes mourront de la peste.27 You shall say these things to them: So says the Lord God: As I live, those who live in ruinous ways will fall by the sword. And whoever is in the field will be delivered over to wild beasts to be devoured. But those who are in fortresses and in caves will die of the pestilence.
28 Je ferai du pays une solitude désolée, et l'orgueil de sa force prendra fin. Les montagnes d'Israëlseront dévastées et nul n'y passera plus.28 And I will make the land into a wilderness and a desert. And its arrogant strength will fail. And the mountains of Israel will be desolate; for there will be no one who crosses through them.
29 Et l'on saura que je suis Yahvé, lorsque je ferai du pays une solitude désolée à cause de toutes lesabominations qu'ils ont commises.29 And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have make their land desolate and deserted, because of all their abominations, which they have worked.
30 Et toi, fils d'homme, les fils de ton peuple s'entretiennent de toi le long des murs et aux portesdes maisons. Ils se disent l'un à l'autre, chacun à son voisin: "Venez donc écouter quelle parole arrive de la partde Yahvé."30 And as for you, O son of man: the sons of your people speak about you beside the walls and in the doorways of houses. And they speak to one another, each man to his neighbor, saying: ‘Come, and let us hear what may be the word going forth from the Lord.’
31 Et ils viennent vers toi en foule, mon peuple s'assied devant toi, écoute tes paroles, mais ne lesmet pas en pratique. Ce qu'ils mettent en pratique, c'est le mensonge qui est dans leur bouche, et leur coeurs'attache au gain malhonnête.31 And they come to you, as if the people were entering, and my people sit before you. And they listen to your words, but they do not do them. For they turn them into a song for their mouth, but their heart pursues their own avarice.
32 Voici, tu es pour eux comme un chant d'amour, agréablement chanté, bien accompagné demusique. Ils écoutent tes paroles, mais nul ne les met en pratique.32 And you are to them like a verse set to music, which is sung with a sweet and pleasing voice. And they hear your words, but they do not do them.
33 Lorsque cela arrivera - et voici que cela arrive - ils sauront qu'il y avait un prophète parmi eux.33 And when what has been predicted occurs, for behold it is approaching, then they shall know that a prophet was among them.”