And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the
voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments
which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on
high above all nations of the earth:
SI TU ÉCOUTES DILIGEMMENT LA VOIX DU SEIGNEUR TON D... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if
thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
TOUTES CES BÉNÉDICTIONS VIENDRONT SUR TOI - leur obéissance
nationale devait être récompensée par une prospérité
extraordinaire et universelle.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the
field.
EN VILLE, ET ... SUR LE TERRAIN - que ce soit en ville ou à la
campagne, que ce soit dans le commerce ou l'agriculture.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_BLESSED SHALL BE THE FRUIT OF THY BODY, AND THE FRUIT OF THY GROUND,
AND THE FRUIT OF THY CATTLE, THE INCREASE OF THY KINE, AND THE FLOCKS
OF THY SHEEP._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
TON PANIER ET TA BOUTIQUE , [ uwmish'artekaa (H4863). Ce mot (cf.
Deutéronome 28:17; Exode 8:3) "store" est rendu "pétrissage auge,"
Exode 12:34. La Septante a: ta engkataleimmata sou-thy choses
réservées.] Certains la prennent pour le sac ou le portefe... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be
when thou goest out.
QUAND TU RENTRES, ET ... QUAND TU SORS - ils devraient avoir des
voyages agréables et prospères quand ils ont besoin de voyager, et
devraient rentrer chez eux dans le bonheur et sécurité.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be
smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and
flee before thee seven ways.
FUYEZ DEVANT VOUS DE SEPT FAÇONS - i: e., dans diverses directions,
comme cela se produit toujours en déroute.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_THE LORD SHALL COMMAND THE BLESSING UPON THEE IN THY STOREHOUSES, AND
IN ALL THAT THOU SETTEST THINE HAND UNTO; AND HE SHALL BLESS THEE IN
THE LAND WHICH THE LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE._
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the
name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.
APPELÉS PAR LE NOM DU SEIGNEUR - i: e., sont vraiment et réellement
Son peuple (Deutéronome 14:1; Deutéronome 26:18).... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy
body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground,
in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
LE SEIGNEUR VOUS RENDRA ABONDANT EN BIENS. Outre les capacités
naturelles de Canaan et la div... [ Continuer la lecture ]
The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give
the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of
thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not
borrow. LE SEIGNEUR VOUS OUVRIRA UN BON TRÉSOR. L'approvisionnement
saisonnier de la première... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou
shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou
hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command
thee this day, to observe and to do them:
LA TÊTE, ET NON LA QUEUE - une forme d'expression orient... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of
the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his
statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall
come upon thee, and overtake thee:
MAIS ... SI TU NE VEUX PAS ÉCOUTER LA VOIX DU SEIGNEUR. Les... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_CURSED SHALT THOU BE IN THE CITY, AND CURSED SHALT THOU BE IN THE
FIELD._
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have
consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
PESTILENCE (cf. 1 Rois 8:37; Amos 4:10) - une épidémie mortelle. Il
n'y a cependant aucune raison de penser que la peste, qui est le grand
fléau moderne de l'Orie... [ Continuer la lecture ]
The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and
with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword,
and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until
thou perish.
UNE CONSOMMATION , [ bashachepet (H7829), de shaachap (H7828),
devenir maig... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth
that is under thee shall be iron.
CIEL ... LAITON ... TERRE ... FER - de fortes figures orientales
utilisées pour décrire les effets d'une sécheresse prolongée. Mais
la langue est limitée à la Judée: "le ciel qui est au-dessus de... [ Continuer la lecture ]
The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven
shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
LA PLUIE DE TA TERRE, POUDRE ET POUSSIÈRE , [ 'aabaaq (H80)] -
légère, impalpable ( Ésaïe 5:21; Ézéchiel 26:10); l'opposé de [
`aapaar (H6083)] poussière épaisse et lourde... [ Continuer la lecture ]
The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou
shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them:
and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
LE SEIGNEUR VOUS FERA ÊTRE ... ENLEVÉ DANS TOUS LES ROYAUMES DE LA
TERRE - (cf. 1 Rois 9:7; Jérémie 24:1... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the
beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.
VOTRE CARCASSE SERA DE LA VIANDE POUR ... LES BÊTES DE LA TERRE. [
uwlbehemat (H929) haa'aarets (H776), désigne généralement tout
animal apprivoisé; mais dans un style élev... [ Continuer la lecture ]
The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the
emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not
be healed.
LE RATÉ DE L'ÉGYPTE , [ shªchiyn (H7822)] - une ulcération
enflammée. Il semble avoir été très répandu en Égypte, et d'un
caractère extrêmement malin, de... [ Continuer la lecture ]
The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and
astonishment of heart:
FOLIE, CÉCITÉ ET ÉTONNEMENT DU CŒUR - ils "seraient déconcertés
et paralysés de terreur devant l'étendue de leurs calamités.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness,
and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only
oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
TU TÂTONNERAS À MIDI - une description générale de l'incertitude
douloureuse dans laquelle ils vivraient.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_THOU SHALT BETROTH A WIFE, AND ANOTHER MAN SHALL LIE WITH HER: THOU
SHALT BUILD AN HOUSE, AND THOU SHALT NOT DWELL THEREIN: THOU SHALT
PLANT A VINEYARD, AND SHALT NOT GATHER THE GRAPES THEREOF._
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and
thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day
long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.
TES FILS ET TES FILLES SERONT DONNÉS À UN AUTRE PEUPLE. Puisque
l'ancienne génération était condamnée à mourir dan... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_THE FRUIT OF THY LAND, AND ALL THY LABOURS, SHALL A NATION WHICH THOU
KNOWEST NOT EAT UP; AND THOU SHALT BE ONLY OPPRESSED AND CRUSHED
ALWAY:_
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore
botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of
thy head.
LE SEIGNEUR TE FRAPPERA AUX GENOUX ET AUX JAMBES, AVEC UN BÂTON
DOULOUREUX , [ shªchiyn (H7822) ra`
(H7451)] - une lèpre ulcéreuse maligne, qui a... [ Continuer la lecture ]
The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over
thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and
there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
LE SEIGNEUR T'AMÈNERA, TOI ET TON ROI. Cela montre à quel point la
calamité nationale serait étendue, même l... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among
all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
TU DEVIENDRAS UN ÉTONNEMENT, UN PROVERBE ET UN MOT PARMI TOUTES LES
NATIONS - d'autres personnes devraient s'émerveiller de leurs grandes
et prolongées calamités. Nul doute qu'ils... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but
little in; for the locust shall consume it.
TU EMPORTERAS BEAUCOUP DE SEMENCES DANS LE CHAMP, ET TU N'EN
RÉCOLTERAS QUE PEU. Ceci est vérifié par le produit de la terre,
pas seulement dans le voisinage immédiat de Jérusalem, mai... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink
of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
TU PLANTERAS DES VIGNES ... MAIS TU NE BOIRAS NI DU VIN, NI NE
RAMASSERAS LES RAISINS; CAR LES VERS LES MANGERONT. La vigne, à tous
les stades de sa croissance, es... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt
not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.
TU AURAS DES OLIVIERS SUR TOUTES TES CÔTES ... La Syrie, en
particulier cette partie de celle-ci qu'habitaient les Israélites,
était le pays natal de l'oli... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them;
for they shall go into captivity.
TU ENGENDRERAS DES FILS ET DES FILLES, MAIS TU N'EN JOUIRAS PAS. Tous
les enfants juifs de Géorgie sont la propriété des puissances
géorgiennes (Joseph Wolff).... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_ALL THY TREES AND FRUIT OF THY LAND SHALL THE LOCUST CONSUME._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high;
and thou shalt come down very low.
L'ÉTRANGER QUI EST EN TOI PASSERA AU-DESSUS DE TOI TRÈS HAUT. Cela
s'est accompli dans l'histoire ultérieure d'Israël; comme cela
apparaît, par exemple, dans la prospérité de "l'étranger" (Juge... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_MOREOVER ALL THESE CURSES SHALL COME UPON THEE, AND SHALL PURSUE
THEE, AND OVERTAKE THEE, TILL THOU BE DESTROYED; BECAUSE THOU
HEARKENEDST NOT UNTO THE VOICE OF THE LORD THY GOD, TO KEEP HIS
COMMANDMENTS AND HIS STATUTES WHICH HE COMMANDED THEE:_
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send
against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want
of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he
have destroyed thee.
DANS LA FAIM, LA SOIF ... ET LE MANQUE DE TOUT - (cf. Amos 4:6 - Am... [ Continuer la lecture ]
The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of
the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou
shalt not understand;
LE SEIGNEUR AMÈNERA UNE NATION CONTRE TOI DE LOIN. Les prédictions
de ce verset et des suivants se réfèrent généralement à
l'invasion des... [ Continuer la lecture ]
A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of
the old, nor shew favour to the young:
UNE NATION AU VISAGE FÉROCE - une description juste des Romains, qui
n'étaient pas seulement audacieux et inflexibles, mais impitoyables
et implacables, épargnants, comme Josèphe le note e... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land,
until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn,
wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep,
until he have destroyed thee.
IL MANGERA LE FRUIT DE TON BÉTAIL ... Les ravages d'une armé... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced
walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and
he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which
the LORD thy God hath given thee.
IL T'ASSIÉGERA ... JUSQU'À CE QUE TES HAUTS MURS CLÔ... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons
and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the
siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress
thee:
TU MANGERAS LE FRUIT DE TON PROPRE CORPS - (voir les notes à 2 Rois
6:29; Lamentat... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_SO THAT THE MAN THAT IS TENDER AMONG YOU, AND VERY DELICATE, HIS EYE
SHALL BE EVIL TOWARD HIS BROTHER, AND TOWARD THE WIFE OF HIS BOSOM,
AND TOWARD THE REMNANT OF HIS CHILDREN WHICH HE SHALL LEAVE:_
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and
toward her children which she And toward her young one that cometh out
from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear:
for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege
and straitness, wherewi... [ Continuer la lecture ]
If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are
written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful
name, THE LORD THY GOD;
AFIN QUE TU PUISSES CRAINDRE CE NOM GLORIEUX ET EFFRAYANT. Cela
aurait été mieux ici, et dans de nombreux autres passages, si nos
traduc... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_THEN THE LORD WILL MAKE THY PLAGUES WONDERFUL, AND THE PLAGUES OF THY
SEED, EVEN GREAT PLAGUES, AND OF LONG CONTINUANCE, AND SORE
SICKNESSES, AND OF LONG CONTINUANCE._
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of
heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the
LORD thy God.
IL NE VOUS RESTERA QU'UN PETIT NOMBRE. Malgré la population
foisonnante de l'ancienne Judée, il n'y a depuis la destruction de
Jérusalem qu'un r... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do
you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to
destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from
off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
VOUS SEREZ ARRACHÉS DE LA TERRE. Hadrien a... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of
the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods,
which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
LE SEIGNEUR TE DISPERSERA PARMI TOUS LES PEUPLES. Il n'y a peut-être
pas un pays au monde... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the
sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a
trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
PARMI CES NATIONS, TU NE TROUVERAS AUCUNE FACILITÉ, NI LA PLANTE DE
TON PIED N'AURA DE REPOS. La phraséolo... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND THY LIFE SHALL HANG IN DOUBT BEFORE THEE; AND THOU SHALT FEAR DAY
AND NIGHT, AND SHALT HAVE NONE ASSURANCE OF THY LIFE:_
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even
thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart
wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou
shalt see.
DANS LA MATINÉE, TU DIRAS: DIEU SERAIT-IL ÉGAL! Ces mots
présentent une image... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way
whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there
ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no
man shall buy you.
LE SEIGNEUR VOUS RAMÈNERA EN EGYPTE AVEC DES NAVIRES.
L'accomplissem... [ Continuer la lecture ]