Néhémie 5:8 Commentaire : Rashi

וָאֹמְרָ֣ה לָהֶ֗ם אֲנַ֣חְנוּ קָ֠נִינוּ אֶת־אַחֵ֨ינוּ הַיְּהוּדִ֜ים הַנִּמְכָּרִ֤ים לַגּוֹיִם֙ כְּדֵ֣י בָ֔נוּ וְגַם־אַתֶּ֛ם תִּמְכְּר֥וּ אֶת־אֲחֵיכֶ֖ם וְנִמְכְּרוּ־לָ֑נוּ וַֽיַּחֲרִ֔ישׁוּ וְלֹ֥א מָצְא֖וּ דָּבָֽר׃ (ס)

Là, je leur dis: "Nous, nous avons racheté nos frères, les Judéens, qui étaient vendus aux Gentils, autant que cela était en notre pouvoir; et vous, vous voudriez vendre vos frères, et c’est à nous qu’ils seraient vendus!" Ils se turent, ne trouvant rien à répliquer.

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And I said to them And so I said to them: We already bought our Jewish brethren who were in captivity from the heathens to whom they were sold.

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with as much as we could afford with as much money as was in our hands.

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and you too And you too will sell to the heathens your brethren who are subjected to you as slaves?

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and they will be sold to us And the result will be that they will be sold to us by the heathens (and if so, why should you sell them, since we will be compelled to redeem them? This is found in certain editions).

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and they remained silent They were silent and ashamed, and they did not know what to answer.