Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to
possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and
fenced up to heaven, CE JOUR - signifie cette fois. Les Israélites
avaient atteint 40 ans auparavant les limites de la terre promise,
mais ils furent obligés, à leu... [ Continuer la lecture ]
A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou
knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the
children of Anak!
ANAKIMS ... DONT VOUS AVEZ ENTENDU PARLER. La devise de ce dicton
familier du temps de Moïse justifie la déduction, qui est étayée
par d'autres rai... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_UNDERSTAND THEREFORE THIS DAY, THAT THE LORD THY GOD IS HE WHICH
GOETH OVER BEFORE THEE; AS A CONSUMING FIRE HE SHALL DESTROY THEM, AND
HE SHALL BRING THEM DOWN BEFORE THY FACE: SO SHALT THOU DRIVE THEM
OUT, AND DESTROY THEM QUICKLY, AS THE LORD HATH SAID UNTO THEE._
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Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast
them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath
brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these
nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.
NE PARLEZ PAS ... EN DISANT: POUR M... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_NOT FOR THY RIGHTEOUSNESS, OR FOR THE UPRIGHTNESS OF THINE HEART,
DOST THOU GO TO POSSESS THEIR LAND: BUT FOR THE WICKEDNESS OF THESE
NATIONS THE LORD THY GOD DOTH DRIVE THEM OUT FROM BEFORE THEE, AND
THAT HE MAY PERFORM THE WORD WHICH THE LORD SWARE UNTO THY FATHERS,
ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB._
N... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to
wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of
the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been
rebellious against the LORD.
SOUVENEZ-VOUS ... COMMENT VOUS AVEZ PROVOQUÉ LE SEIGNEUR. Pour
déloger... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was
angry with you to have destroyed you.
AUSSI DANS HOREB - plutôt, «même dans Horeb», où on aurait pu
s'attendre à ce qu'ils agissent autrement.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_WHEN I WAS GONE UP INTO THE MOUNT TO RECEIVE THE TABLES OF STONE,
EVEN THE TABLES OF THE COVENANT WHICH THE LORD MADE WITH YOU, THEN I
ABODE IN THE MOUNT FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS, I NEITHER DID EAT
BREAD NOR DRINK WATER:_
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And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence;
for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have
corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way
which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.
LÈVE-TOI, DESCENDS TOI ... CAR TON PEU... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_FURTHERMORE THE LORD SPAKE UNTO ME, SAYING, I HAVE SEEN THIS PEOPLE,
AND, BEHOLD, IT IS A STIFFNECKED PEOPLE:_
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And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and
brake them before your eyes.
J'AI PRIS LES DEUX TABLES ... ET LES BRISER SOUS VOS YEUX - pas dans
le feu d'une passion intempérante, mais dans une juste indignation;
du zèle pour justifier l'honneur immaculé de Dieu et, par la
sug... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and
forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all
your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD,
to provoke him to anger.
JE SUIS TOMBÉ DEVANT LE SEIGNEUR. La réaction soudaine et
doulou... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_FOR I WAS AFRAID OF THE ANGER AND HOT DISPLEASURE, WHEREWITH THE LORD
WAS WROTH AGAINST YOU TO DESTROY YOU. BUT THE LORD HEARKENED UNTO ME
AT THAT TIME ALSO._
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And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I
prayed for Aaron also the same time.
LE SEIGNEUR ÉTAIT TRÈS EN COLÈRE CONTRE AARON DE L'AVOIR DÉTRUIT.
En se laissant submerger par la vague de clameurs populaires, il est
devenu un partisan de la culpabilité d'idolâtrie, et aur... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with
fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as
small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that
descended out of the mount.
J'AI PRIS VOTRE PÉCHÉ - i: e., le fruit de votre péché. J'en ai
jeté... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND AT TABERAH, AND AT MASSAH, AND AT KIBROTH-HATTA'AVAH, YE PROVOKED
THE LORD TO WRATH._
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Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I
fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy
you.
AINSI JE SUIS TOMBÉ DEVANT LE SEIGNEUR ... COMME JE SUIS TOMBÉ AU
DÉBUT. Après l'énumération de divers actes de rébellion, il avait
mentionné le déclenchemen... [ Continuer la lecture ]