Livre des Nombres 16

JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Coré, fils de Yiçhar, fils de Qehat, fils de Lévi, Datân et Abiram, fils d'Eliab, et On, fils de Pélèt(Eliab et Pélèt étaient fils de Ruben) furent orgueilleux;	1 And behold Core the son of Isaar, the son of Caath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiron the sons of Eliab, and Hon the son of Pheleth of the children of Ruben,
2 ils se dressèrent contre Moïse, ainsi que 250 des Israélites, princes de la communauté, considérésdans les solennités, hommes de renom.	2 Rose lap against Moses, and with them two hundred and fifty others of the children of Israel, leading men of the synagogue, and who in the time of assembly were called by name.
3 Ils s'attroupèrent alors contre Moïse et Aaron en leur disant: "Vous passez la mesure! C'est toutela communauté, ce sont tous ses membres qui sont consacrés, et Yahvé est au milieu d'eux. Pourquoi vousélevez-vous au-dessus de la communauté de Yahvé?"	3 And when they had stood up against Moses and Aaron, they said: Let it be enough for you, that all the multitude consisteth of holy ones, and the Lord is among them: Why lift you up yourselves above the people of the Lord?
4 Moïse, l'ayant entendu, tomba face contre terre.	4 When Moses heard this, he fell flat on his face:
5 Puis il dit à Coré et à tout son groupe: "Demain matin, Yahvé fera connaître qui est à lui, qui estl'homme consacré qu'il laissera approcher de lui. Celui qu'il fera approcher de lui, c'est celui-là qu'il choisit.	5 And speaking to Core and all the multitude, he said: In the morning the Lord will make known who belong to him, and the holy he will join to himself: and whom he shall choose, they shall approach to him.
6 Voici ce que vous ferez: prenez les encensoirs de Coré et de tout son groupe,	6 Do this therefore: Take every man of you your censers, thou Core, and all thy company.
7 mettez-y du feu et, demain, déposez dessus de l'encens devant Yahvé. Celui que choisira Yahvé,c'est lui l'homme consacré. Vous passez la mesure, fils de Lévi!"	7 And putting fire in them to morrow, put incense upon it before the Lord: and whomsoever he shall choose, the same shall be holy: you take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.
8 Moïse dit à Coré: "Ecoutez donc, fils de Lévi!	8 And he said again to Core: Hear ye sons of Levi.
9 Est-ce trop peu pour vous que le Dieu d'Israël vous ait distingués de la communauté d'Israël, vousappelant auprès de lui pour faire le service de la Demeure de Yahvé, vous plaçant en face de cette communautéquand vous officiez pour elle?	9 Is it a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath spared you from all the people, and joined you to himself, that you should serve him in the service of the tabernacle, and should stand before the congregation of the people, and should minister to him?
10 Il t'a appelé auprès de lui, toi et avec toi tous tes frères les Lévites, et vous voulez en plus êtreprêtres!	10 Did he therefore make thee and all thy brethren the sons of Levi to approach unto him, that you should challenge to yourselves the priesthood also,
11 C'est donc contre Yahvé que vous vous êtes ligués, toi et ton groupe: qu'est donc Aaron, pourque vous murmuriez contre lui?"	11 And that all thy company should stand against the Lord ? for what is Aaron that you murmur against him?
12 Moïse envoya appeler Datân et Abiram, fils d'Eliab. Ils répondirent: "Nous ne viendrons pas.	12 Then Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiron the sons of Eliab. But they answered: We will not come.
13 N'est-ce pas assez de nous avoir fait quitter une terre qui ruisselle de lait et de miel pour nousfaire mourir en ce désert, que tu veuilles encore t'ériger en prince sur nous?	13 Is it a small matter to thee, that thou hast brought us out of a land that flowed with milk and honey, to kill us in the desert, except thou rule also like a lord over us?
14 Ah! ce n'est pas une terre qui ruisselle de lait et de miel où tu nous as conduits, et tu ne nous aspas donné en héritage champs et vergers! Penses-tu rendre ces gens aveugles? Nous ne viendrons pas."	14 Thou best brought us indeed into a land that floweth with rivers of milk and honey, and hast given us possessions of fields and vineyards; wilt thou also pull out our eyes? We will not come.
15 Moïse entra dans une violente colère, et il dit à Yahvé: "Ne prends pas garde à leur oblation. Jene leur ai pas pris un âne, et je n'ai fait de tort à aucun d'eux."	15 Moses therefore being very angry, raid to the Lord: Respect not their sacrifices: thou knowest that I have not taken of them so much as a young ass at any time, nor have injured any of them.
16 Moïse dit à Coré: "Toi et tout ton groupe, venez demain vous mettre en présence de Yahvé, toiet eux, ainsi qu'Aaron.	16 And he said to Core: Do thou and thy congregation stand apart before the Lord to morrow, and Aaron apart.
17 Que chacun prenne son encensoir, y mette de l'encens, et que chacun apporte son encensoirdevant Yahvé -- 250 encensoirs. Toi et Aaron aussi, apportez chacun votre encensoir."	17 Take every one of you censers, and put incense upon them, offering to the Lord two hundred and fifty censers: let Aaron also hold his censer.
18 Chacun prit son encensoir, y mit du feu et déposa de l'encens par-dessus. Puis ils se tinrent àl'entrée de la Tente du Rendez-vous, ainsi que Moïse et Aaron.	18 When they had done this, Moses and Aaron standing,
19 Coré rassembla en face de ces derniers toute la communauté à l'entrée de la Tente du Rendez-vous, et la gloire de Yahvé apparut à toute la communauté.	19 And had drawn up all the multitude against them to the door of the tabernacle, the glory of the Lord appeared to them all.
20 Yahvé parla à Moïse et à Aaron. Il dit:	20 And the Lord speaking to Moses and Aaron, said:
21 "Séparez-vous de cette communauté, je vais la détruire en un instant."	21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may presently destroy them.
22 Ils tombèrent la face contre terre et s'écrièrent: "O Dieu, Dieu des esprits qui animent toutechair, vas-tu t'irriter contre toute la communauté quand un seul pèche?"	22 They fell flat on their face, and said: O most mighty, the God of the spirits of all flesh, for one man's sin shall thy wrath rage against all?
23 Yahvé parla à Moïse et dit:	23 And the Lord said to Moses:
24 Parle à cette communauté et dis: "Eloignez-vous de la demeure de Coré."	24 Command the whole people to separate themselves from the tents of Core and Dathan and Abiron.
25 Moïse se leva et s'en vint auprès de Datân et Abiram; les anciens d'Israël le suivirent.	25 And Moses arose, and went to Dathan and Abiron: and the ancients of Israel following him,
26 Il parla à la communauté et dit: "De grâce, écartez-vous des tentes de ces hommes pervers, et netouchez à rien de ce qui leur appartient, de peur que tous leurs péchés ne vous emportent."	26 He said to the multitude: Depart from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be involved in their sins.
27 Ils s'écartèrent des alentours de la maison de Coré. Datân et Abiram étaient sortis et setrouvaient à l'entrée de leurs tentes, avec leurs femmes, leurs fils et leurs jeunes enfants.	27 And when they were departed from their tents round about, Dathan and Abiron coming out stood in the entry of their pavilions with their wives and children, and all the people.
28 Moïse dit: "A ceci vous saurez que c'est Yahvé qui m'a envoyé pour accomplir toutes cesoeuvres, et que je ne les fais pas de mon propre chef:	28 And Moses said: By this you shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all things that you see, and that I have not forged them of my own head:
29 si ces gens meurent de mort naturelle, atteints par la sentence commune à tous les hommes, c'estque Yahvé ne m'a pas envoyé.	29 If these men die the common death of men, and if they be visited with a plague, wherewith others also are wont to be visited, the Lord did not send me.
30 Mais si Yahvé fait quelque chose d'inouï, si la terre ouvre sa bouche et les engloutit, eux et toutce qui leur appartient, et qu'ils descendent vivants au shéol, vous saurez que ces gens ont rejeté Yahvé."	30 But if the Lord do a new thing, and the earth opening her mouth swallow them down, and all things that belong to them, and they go down alive into hell, you shall know that they have blasphemed the Lord.
31 Comme il achevait de prononcer toutes ces paroles, le sol se fendit sous leurs pieds,	31 And immediately as he had made an end of speaking, the earth broke asunder under their feet:
32 la terre ouvrit sa bouche et les engloutit, eux et leurs familles, ainsi que tous les hommes deCoré et tous ses biens.	32 And opening her mouth, devoured them with their tents and all their substance.
33 Ils descendirent vivants au shéol, eux et tout ce qui leur appartenait. La terre les recouvrit et ilsdisparurent du milieu de l'assemblée.	33 And they went down alive into hell the ground closing upon them, and they perished from among the people.
34 A leurs cris, tous les Israélites qui se trouvaient autour d'eux s'enfuirent. Car ils se disaient:"Que la terre ne nous engloutisse pas!"	34 But all Israel, that was standing round about, fled at the cry of them that were perishing: saying: Lest perhaps the earth swallow us up also.
35 Un feu jaillit de Yahvé, qui consuma les 250 hommes porteurs d'encens.	35 And a fire coming out from the Lord, destroyed the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.
	36 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
	37 Command Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest to take up the censers that lie in the burning, and to scatter the fire of one side and the other: because they are sanctified
	38 In the deaths of the sinners: and let him beat them into plates, and fasten them to the altar, because incense hath been offered in them to the Lord, and they are sanctified, that the children of Israel may see them for a sign and a memorial.
	39 Then Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, wherein they had offered, whom the burning fire had devoured, and beat them into plates, fastening them to the altar:
	40 That the children of Israel might have for the time to come wherewith they should be admonished, that no stranger or any one that is not of seed of Aaron should come near to offer incense to the Lord, lest he should suffer as Core suffered, and all his congregation, according as the Lord spoke to Moses.
	41 The following day all the multitude of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying: You have killed the people of the Lord.
	42 And when there arose a sedition, and the tumult increased,
	43 Moses and Aaron fled to the tabernacle of the covenant. And when the were gone into it, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.
	44 And the Lord said to Moses:
	45 Get you out from the midst of this multitude, this moment will I destroy them. And as they were lying on the ground,
	46 Moses said to Aaron: Take the censer, and putting fire in it from the altar, put incense upon it, and go quickly to the people to pray for them: for already wrath is gone out from the Lord, and the plague rageth.
	47 When Aaron had done this, and had run to the midst of the multitude which the burning fire was now destroying, he offered the incense:
	48 And standing between the dead and the living, he prayed for the people, and the plague ceased.
	49 And the number of them that were slain was fourteen thousand and seven hundred men, besides them that had perished in the sedition of Core.
	50 And Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the tabernacle of the covenant after the destruction was over.