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Ézéchiel 37
Louis Segond
Ézéchiel 37
Louis Segond
37 La main de l'Éternel fut sur moi, et l'Éternel me transporta en esprit, et me déposa dans le milieu d'une vallée remplie d'ossements.
2 Il me fit passer auprès d'eux, tout autour; et voici, ils étaient fort nombreux, à la surface de la vallée, et ils étaient complètement secs.
3 Il me dit: Fils de l'homme, ces os pourront-ils revivre? Je répondis: Seigneur Éternel, tu le sais.
4 Il me dit: Prophétise sur ces os, et dis-leur: Ossements desséchés, écoutez la parole de l'Éternel!
5 Ainsi parle le Seigneur, l'Éternel, à ces os: Voici, je vais faire entrer en vous un esprit, et vous vivrez;
6 je vous donnerai des nerfs, je ferai croître sur vous de la chair, je vous couvrirai de peau, je mettrai en vous un esprit, et vous vivrez. Et vous saurez que je suis l'Éternel.
7 Je prophétisai, selon l'ordre que j'avais reçu. Et comme je prophétisais, il y eut un bruit, et voici, il se fit un mouvement, et les os s'approchèrent les uns des autres.
8 Je regardai, et voici, il leur vint des nerfs, la chair crût, et la peau les couvrit par-dessus; mais il n'y avait point en eux d'esprit.
9 Il me dit: Prophétise, et parle à l'esprit! prophétise, fils de l'homme, et dis à l'esprit: Ainsi parle le Seigneur, l'Éternel: Esprit, viens des quatre vents, souffle sur ces morts, et qu'ils revivent!
10 Je prophétisai, selon l'ordre qu'il m'avait donné. Et l'esprit entra en eux, et ils reprirent vie, et ils se tinrent sur leurs pieds: c'était une armée nombreuse, très nombreuse.
11 Il me dit: Fils de l'homme, ces os, c'est toute la maison d'Israël. Voici, ils disent: Nos os sont desséchés, notre espérance est détruite, nous sommes perdus!
12 Prophétise donc, et dis-leur: Ainsi parle le Seigneur, l'Éternel: Voici, j'ouvrirai vos sépulcres, je vous ferai sortir de vos sépulcres, ô mon peuple, et je vous ramènerai dans le pays d'Israël.
13 Et vous saurez que je suis l'Éternel, lorsque j'ouvrirai vos sépulcres, et que je vous ferai sortir de vos sépulcres, ô mon peuple!
14 Je mettrai mon esprit en vous, et vous vivrez; je vous rétablirai dans votre pays, et vous saurez que moi, l'Éternel, j'ai parlé et agi, dit l'Éternel.
15 La parole de l'Éternel me fut adressée, en ces mots:
16 Et toi, fils de l'homme, prends une pièce de bois, et écris dessus: Pour Juda et pour les enfants d'Israël qui lui sont associés. Prends une autre pièce de bois, et écris dessus: Pour Joseph, bois d'Éphraïm et de toute la maison d'Israël qui lui est associée.
17 Rapproche-les l'une et l'autre pour en former une seule pièce, en sorte qu'elles soient unies dans ta main.
18 Et lorsque les enfants de ton peuple te diront: Ne nous expliqueras-tu pas ce que cela signifie?
19 réponds-leur: Ainsi parle le Seigneur, l'Éternel: Voici, je prendrai le bois de Joseph qui est dans la main d'Éphraïm, et les tribus d'Israël qui lui sont associées; je les joindrai au bois de Juda, et j'en formerai un seul bois, en sorte qu'ils ne soient qu'un dans ma main.
20 Les bois sur lesquels tu écriras seront dans ta main, sous leurs yeux.
21 Et tu leur diras: Ainsi parle le Seigneur, l'Éternel: Voici, je prendrai les enfants d'Israël du milieu des nations où ils sont allés, je les rassemblerai de toutes parts, et je les ramènerai dans leur pays.
22 Je ferai d'eux une seule nation dans le pays, dans les montagnes d'Israël; ils auront tous un même roi, ils ne formeront plus deux nations, et ne seront plus divisés en deux royaumes.
23 Ils ne se souilleront plus par leurs idoles, par leurs abominations, et par toutes leurs transgressions; je les retirerai de tous les lieux qu'ils ont habités et où ils ont péché, et je les purifierai; ils seront mon peuple, et je serai leur Dieu.
24 Mon serviteur David sera leur roi, et ils auront tous un seul pasteur. Ils suivront mes ordonnances, ils observeront mes lois et les mettront en pratique.
25 Ils habiteront le pays que j'ai donné à mon serviteur Jacob, et qu'ont habité vos pères; ils y habiteront, eux, leurs enfants, et les enfants de leurs enfants, à perpétuité; et mon serviteur David sera leur prince pour toujours.
26 Je traiterai avec eux une alliance de paix, et il y aura une alliance éternelle avec eux; je les établirai, je les multiplierai, et je placerai mon sanctuaire au milieu d'eux pour toujours.
27 Ma demeure sera parmi eux; je serai leur Dieu, et ils seront mon peuple.
28 Et les nations sauront que je suis l'Éternel, qui sanctifie Israël, lorsque mon sanctuaire sera pour toujours au milieu d'eux.
Ezekiel 37
1599 Geneva Bible
Ezekiel 37
1599 Geneva Bible
37 He prophesieth the bringing again of the people, being in captivity. 16 He showeth the union of the ten tribes with the two.
1 The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the Spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the [a]field, which was full of [b]bones:
2 And he led me round about by them, and behold, they were very many in the open field, and lo, they were very dry.
3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest.
4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.
5 Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones, Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live.
6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and make flesh grow upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, that ye may live, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold, there was a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews, and the flesh grew upon them, and above the skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.
9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind: prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God, Come from the four [c]winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
10 So I prophesied as he had commanded me: and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is gone, and we are clean cut off.
12 Therefore prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your sepulchers, and bring you into the land of Israel,
13 And ye shall know that I am the Lord, [d]when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your sepulchers,
14 And shall put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then ye shall know that I the Lord have spoken it, and performed it, saith the Lord.
15 ¶ The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,
16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee a piece of wood, and write upon it, Unto Judah, and to the children of Israel his companions: then take [e]another piece of wood, and write upon it, Unto Joseph the tree of Ephraim, and to all the house of Israel his companions,
17 And thou shalt join them one to another into one tree, and they shall be as one in thine hand.
18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not show us what thou meanest by these?
19 Thou shalt answer them, Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will take the tree [f]of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him even with the tree of Judah, and make them one tree, and they shall be one in mine hand.
20 And the pieces of wood whereon thou writest, shall be in thine hand, in their sight.
21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land.
22 And I will make them one people in the land, upon the mountains of Israel, (A)and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two peoples, neither be divided anymore henceforth into two kingdoms.
23 Neither shall they be polluted anymore with their idols, nor with their abominations, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwelling places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
24 And David my (B)servant shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
25 And they shall dwell in the [g]land, that I have given unto Jacob my servant, where your fathers have dwelt, and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their sons, and their sons’ sons forever, and my servant David shall be their prince forever.
26 Moreover, I will make a (C)covenant of peace with them: it shall be an everlasting covenant with them, and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary among them forevermore.
27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
28 Thus the heathen shall know, that I the Lord do sanctify Israel, when my Sanctuary shall be among them forevermore.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 37:1 Or, valley.
- Ezekiel 37:1 He showeth by a great miracle that God hath power, and also will deliver his people from their captivity, inasmuch as he is able to give life to the dead bones, and bodies, and raise them up again.
- Ezekiel 37:9 Signifying, all parts whereas the Israelites were scattered: that is, the faithful shall be brought to the same unity of spirit and doctrine, wheresoever they are scattered through the world.
- Ezekiel 37:13 That is, when I have brought you out of those places, and towns where you are captives.
- Ezekiel 37:16 Which signifieth the joining together of the two houses, of Israel, and Judah.
- Ezekiel 37:19 That is, the house of Israel.
- Ezekiel 37:25 Meaning, that the elect by Christ shall dwell in the heaven by Jerusalem, which is meant by the land of Canaan.
Ezekiel 37
Good News Translation
Ezekiel 37
Good News Translation
The Valley of Dry Bones
37 I felt the powerful presence of the Lord, and his spirit took me and set me down in a valley where the ground was covered with bones. 2 He led me all around the valley, and I could see that there were very many bones and that they were very dry. 3 He said to me, “Mortal man, can these bones come back to life?”
I replied, “Sovereign Lord, only you can answer that!”
4 He said, “Prophesy to the bones. Tell these dry bones to listen to the word of the Lord. 5 Tell them that I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying to them: I am going to put breath into you and bring you back to life. 6 I will give you sinews and muscles, and cover you with skin. I will put breath into you and bring you back to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.”
7 So I prophesied as I had been told. While I was speaking, I heard a rattling noise, and the bones began to join together. 8 While I watched, the bones were covered with sinews and muscles, and then with skin. But there was no breath in the bodies.
9 God said to me, “Mortal man, prophesy to the wind.[a] Tell the wind that the Sovereign Lord commands it to come from every direction, to breathe into these dead bodies, and to bring them back to life.”
10 (A)So I prophesied as I had been told. Breath entered the bodies, and they came to life and stood up. There were enough of them to form an army.
11 God said to me, “Mortal man, the people of Israel are like these bones. They say that they are dried up, without any hope and with no future. 12 So prophesy to my people Israel and tell them that I, the Sovereign Lord, am going to open their graves. I am going to take them out and bring them back to the land of Israel. 13 When I open the graves where my people are buried and bring them out, they will know that I am the Lord. 14 I will put my breath in them, bring them back to life, and let them live in their own land. Then they will know that I am the Lord. I have promised that I would do this—and I will. I, the Lord, have spoken.”
Judah and Israel in One Kingdom
15 The Lord spoke to me again. 16 “Mortal man,” he said, “take a wooden stick and write on it the words, ‘The kingdom of Judah.’ Then take another stick and write on it the words, ‘The kingdom of Israel.’ 17 Then hold the two sticks end to end in your hand so that they look like one stick. 18 When your people ask you to tell them what this means, 19 tell them that I, the Sovereign Lord, am going to take the stick representing Israel and put it with the one that represents Judah. Out of the two I will make one stick and hold it in my hand.
20 “Hold in your hand the two sticks and let the people see them. 21 Then tell them that I, the Sovereign Lord, am going to take all my people out of the nations where they have gone, gather them together, and bring them back to their own land. 22 I will unite them into one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. They will have one king to rule over them, and they will no longer be divided into two nations or split into two kingdoms. 23 They will not defile themselves with disgusting idols any more or corrupt themselves with sin. I will free them from all the ways in which they sin and betray me. I will purify them; they will be my people, and I will be their God. 24 (B)A king like my servant David will be their king. They will all be united under one ruler and will obey my laws faithfully. 25 They will live on the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where their ancestors lived. They will live there forever, and so will their children and all their descendants. A king like my servant David will rule them forever. 26 I will make a covenant with them that guarantees their security forever. I will establish them and increase their population, and will see to it that my Temple stands forever in their land. 27 (C)I will live there with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people. 28 When I place my Temple there to be among them forever, then the nations will know that I, the Lord, have chosen Israel to be my own people.”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 37:9 wind; or spirit. The same Hebrew word may mean wind, or spirit, or breath.
Ezekiel 37
New International Version
Ezekiel 37
New International Version
The Valley of Dry Bones
37 The hand of the Lord was on me,(A) and he brought me out by the Spirit(B) of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley;(C) it was full of bones.(D) 2 He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. 3 He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?”
I said, “Sovereign Lord, you alone know.(E)”
4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!(F) 5 This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath[a] enter you, and you will come to life.(G) 6 I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.(H)’”
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. 8 I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.
9 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath;(I) prophesy, son of man, and say to it, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Come, breath, from the four winds(J) and breathe into these slain, that they may live.’” 10 So I prophesied as he commanded(K) me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army.(L)
11 Then he said to me: “Son of man, these bones are the people of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.’(M) 12 Therefore prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: My people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel.(N) 13 Then you, my people, will know that I am the Lord,(O) when I open your graves and bring you up from them.(P) 14 I will put my Spirit(Q) in you and you will live, and I will settle(R) you in your own land. Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken, and I have done it, declares the Lord.(S)’”
One Nation Under One King
15 The word of the Lord came to me: 16 “Son of man, take a stick of wood and write on it, ‘Belonging to Judah and the Israelites(T) associated with him.(U)’ Then take another stick of wood, and write on it, ‘Belonging to Joseph (that is, to Ephraim) and all the Israelites associated with him.’ 17 Join them together into one stick so that they will become one in your hand.(V)
18 “When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you tell us what you mean by this?’(W) 19 say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am going to take the stick of Joseph—which is in Ephraim’s hand—and of the Israelite tribes associated with him, and join it to Judah’s stick. I will make them into a single stick of wood, and they will become one in my hand.’(X) 20 Hold before their eyes the sticks you have written on 21 and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them back into their own land.(Y) 22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel.(Z) There will be one king over all of them and they will never again be two nations or be divided into two kingdoms.(AA) 23 They will no longer defile(AB) themselves with their idols and vile images or with any of their offenses, for I will save them from all their sinful backsliding,[b](AC) and I will cleanse them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.(AD)
24 “‘My servant David(AE) will be king(AF) over them, and they will all have one shepherd.(AG) They will follow my laws and be careful to keep my decrees.(AH) 25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived.(AI) They and their children and their children’s children will live there forever,(AJ) and David my servant will be their prince forever.(AK) 26 I will make a covenant of peace(AL) with them; it will be an everlasting covenant.(AM) I will establish them and increase their numbers,(AN) and I will put my sanctuary among them(AO) forever.(AP) 27 My dwelling place(AQ) will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.(AR) 28 Then the nations will know that I the Lord make Israel holy,(AS) when my sanctuary is among them forever.(AT)’”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 37:5 The Hebrew for this word can also mean wind or spirit (see verses 6-14).
- Ezekiel 37:23 Many Hebrew manuscripts (see also Septuagint); most Hebrew manuscripts all their dwelling places where they sinned
Louis Segond (LSG)
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