Livre d'Ézéchiel 3

BIBLES DES PEUPLES	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Il me dit: “Fils d’homme, mange ce que je te présente, mange-le, puis va parler à la maison d’Israël.”	1 And he said to me: “Son of man, eat whatever you will find; eat this scroll, and, going forth, speak to the sons of Israel.”
2 J’ouvris la bouche et il me fit manger ce rouleau.	2 And I opened my mouth, and he fed me that scroll.
3 Il me dit encore: “Fils d’homme, mange et remplis ton ventre avec ce rouleau que je te donne.” Je le mangeai donc, et dans ma bouche il était doux comme du miel.	3 And he said to me: “Son of man, your stomach shall eat, and your interior shall be filled with this scroll, which I am giving to you.” And I ate it, and in my mouth it became as sweet as honey.
4 Il me dit: “Fils d’homme, va vers la maison d’Israël et dis-leur mes paroles.	4 And he said to me: “Son of man, go to the house of Israel, and you shall speak my words to them.
5 Tu n’es pas envoyé vers un peuple étranger dont la langue te serait difficile, mais vers la maison d’Israël.	5 For you will be sent, not to a people of profound words or of an unknown language, but to the house of Israel,
6 Si je t’envoyais vers des foules étrangères au parler obscur et à la langue difficile, dont tu ne comprends pas le langage, ils pourraient bien t’écouter.	6 and not to many peoples of profound words or of an unknown language, whose words you would not be able to understand. But if you were sent to them, they would listen to you.
7 Mais la maison d’Israël ne voudra pas t’écouter, car elle ne veut pas m’écouter; ils ont tous la tête dure et le cœur obstiné.	7 Yet the house of Israel is not willing to listen to you. For they are not willing to listen to me. Certainly, the entire house of Israel has a brazen forehead and a hardened heart.
8 Aussi ai-je rendu ta face aussi dure que la leur, et ton front aussi dur que leur front.	8 Behold, I have made your face stronger than their faces, and your forehead harder than their foreheads.
9 Je fais de ton front un diamant, plus dur que le rocher: tu ne les craindras pas, tu n’auras pas peur d’eux, car ils ne sont qu’une race de rebelles.”	9 I have made your face like hardened iron and like flint. You should not fear them, and you should not have dread before their face. For they are a provoking house.”
10 Il me dit: “Fils d’homme, reçois dans ton cœur, écoute de tes oreilles, toutes mes paroles que je vais te dire;	10 And he said to me: “Son of man, listen with your ears, and take into your heart, all my words, which I am speaking to you.
11 puis va, rends-toi chez les déportés, chez les gens de ton peuple. Tu leur parleras et tu leur diras: Ainsi parle Yahvé…! qu’ils écoutent ou n’écoutent pas.”	11 And go forth and enter to those of the transmigration, to the sons of your people. And you shall speak to them. And you shall say to them: ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ Perhaps it may be that they will listen and be quieted.”
12 Alors l’esprit m’enleva tandis que j’entendais derrière moi une acclamation formidable: “Bénie soit la Gloire de Yahvé, de son Lieu Saint elle rayonne!”	12 And the Spirit took me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great commotion, saying, “Blessed is the glory of the Lord from his place,”
13 J’entendis les ailes des êtres qui battaient l’une contre l’autre, j’entendis aussi le bruit des roues: ce fut un énorme vacarme.	13 and the voice of the wings of the living creatures striking against one another, and the voice of the wheels following the living creatures, and the voice of a great commotion.
14 L’esprit m’avait enlevé, il m’avait emporté. Je restai plein d’amertume, l’esprit fiévreux, car la main de Yahvé pesait fortement sur moi.	14 Then the Spirit lifted me and took me away. And I went forth in bitterness, with the indignation of my spirit. For the hand of the Lord was with me, strengthening me.
15 Lorsque j’arrivai à Tel-Aviv, chez les déportés installés sur les bords du fleuve Kébar, je restai sept jours comme hébété au milieu d’eux.	15 And I went to those of the transmigration, to the stockpile of new crops, to those who were living beside the river Chebar. And I sat where they were sitting. And I remained there for seven days, while mourning in their midst.
16 Au bout de sept jours une parole de Yahvé me fut adressée:	16 Then, when seven days had passed, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
17 “Fils d’homme, je t’ai placé comme un guetteur pour la maison d’Israël: si tu entends une parole qui sort de ma bouche, aussitôt tu les avertiras de ma part.	17 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. And so, you shall listen to the word from my mouth, and you shall announce it to them from me.
18 Si je dis au méchant: Tu vas mourir! et si toi tu ne l’avertis pas, si tu ne parles pas de façon que ce méchant revienne de sa mauvaise conduite et ainsi sauve sa vie, ce méchant mourra à cause de sa faute, mais je te demanderai compte de son sang.	18 If, when I say to the impious man, ‘You shall certainly die,’ you do not announce it to him, and you do not speak so that he may turn aside from his impious way and live, then the same impious man will die in his iniquity. But I will attribute his blood to your hand.
19 Par contre, si tu avertis le méchant et qu’il ne veut pas renoncer à sa méchanceté et à sa mauvaise conduite, lui mourra à cause de sa faute, mais toi tu auras sauvé ta vie.	19 But if you announce it to the impious man, and he is not converted from his impiety and from his impious way, then indeed he will die in his iniquity. But you will have delivered your own soul.
20 “Si le juste cesse de faire le bien et commet l’injustice, je mettrai une pierre devant lui pour le faire tomber et il mourra. Si tu ne l’as pas averti, il mourra à cause de son péché, on oubliera les bonnes actions qu’il avait faites, mais à toi je te demanderai compte de son sang.	20 Moreover, if the just man turns aside from his justice and commits iniquity, I will place a stumbling block before him. He shall die, because you have not announced to him. He shall die in his sin, and his justices that he did shall not be remembered. Yet truly, I will attribute his blood to your hand.
21 Par contre, si tu avertis le juste pour qu’il ne pèche pas et qu’il reste sans pécher, il vivra grâce à ton avertissement, et toi tu auras sauvé ta vie.”	21 But if you announce to the just man, so that the just man may not sin, and he does not sin, then he shall certainly live, because you have announced to him. And you will have delivered your own soul.”
22 La main de Yahvé fut sur moi et il me dit: “Lève-toi, sors vers la vallée; là je te parlerai.”	22 And the hand of the Lord was over me. And he said to me: “Rise up, and go out to the plain, and there I will speak with you.”
23 Alors je me lève et je sors vers la vallée. Là je vois la Gloire de Yahvé: elle se tient là, tout comme lorsque j’ai vu la Gloire sur les bords du fleuve Kébar. Aussitôt je tombe sur ma face.	23 And I rose up, and I went out to the plain. And behold, the glory of the Lord was standing there, like the glory that I saw beside the river Chebar. And I fell upon my face.
24 Voici que l’esprit entre en moi et me fait tenir sur mes jambes; et Lui me parle et me dit: “Va, enferme-toi dans ta maison.	24 And the Spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet. And he spoke to me, and he said to me: “Enter and enclose yourself in the midst of your house.
25 Regarde, fils d’homme, comme on te met des liens, on te ligote; tu ne pourras plus sortir pour partager avec eux.	25 And as for you, son of man, behold: they shall put chains upon you and bind you with them. And you shall not go out from their midst.
26 Je fais que ta langue se colle à ton palais: te voilà muet et tu cesses de leur faire des reproches parce qu’ils sont une race de rebelles.	26 And I will cause your tongue to adhere to the roof of your mouth. And you will be mute, not like a man who reproaches. For they are a provoking house.
27 Mais plus tard je te parlerai, je t’ouvrirai la bouche et tu leur diras: Voici ce que dit Yahvé! écoute celui qui veut écouter, et celui qui ne veut pas, qu’il n’écoute pas, puisque c’est une race de rebelles.”	27 But when I will speak to you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them: ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ Whoever is listening, let him hear. And whoever is quieted, let him be quieted. For they are a provoking house.”