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Semblables à celles qui enveloppèrent l’Égypte, ces ténèbres ont été si épaisses qu’on pouvait les toucher.
Like that which enveloped Egypt, it has been a darkness that could be felt.
La roche et le bois se recourbèrent et s'étendirent, enveloppèrent le totem et prirent petit à petit la forme d'un élémental.
The rock and wood curved and expanded, picking up the totem as it did so, and began to form the shape of an elemental.
(Apocalypse 19.6) Les anges disparus, la lumière s'évanouit et les ombres nocturnes enveloppèrent à nouveau les collines de Bethléhem.
As the angels disappeared, the light faded away, and the shadows of night once more fell on the hills of Bethlehem.
Quand l’embaumement fut achevé, ils attachèrent un linge autour du visage, enveloppèrent le corps dans un drap de lin et le placèrent respectueusement sur un rayon du caveau.
When the embalming was completed, they tied a napkin about the face, wrapped the body in a linen sheet, and reverently placed it on a shelf in the tomb.
Combien de cœurs purs et bienveillants reflétèrent fidèlement la lumière de ce soleil éternel, combien d’émanations du savoir jaillies de cet Océan de sagesse divine enveloppèrent tous les êtres !
How many were those pure and kindly hearts which faithfully reflected the light of that eternal Sun, and how manifold the emanations of knowledge from that Ocean of divine wisdom which encompassed all beings!
Joseph et Nicodème avaient apporté de grandes quantités de myrrhe et d’aloès, et ils enveloppèrent alors le corps avec des bandelettes saturées de ces solutions.
Joseph and Nicodemus had brought with them large quantities of myrrh and aloes, and they now wrapped the body with bandages saturated with these solutions.
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