decree

For Yahweh had decreed that the good counsel of Ahitophel be defeated, so that he might bring evil upon Absalom.
Yahweh avait décidé de rendre vain le bon conseil d'Achitophel, afin que Yahweh amenât le malheur sur Absalom.
Although the Government had decreed that each ministry should allocate 5 per cent of its resources for gender mainstreaming, the ministries often did not comply.
Le Gouvernement a décidé que chaque ministère doit consacrer 5 % de ses ressources à la généralisation d'une perspective antisexiste, mais les ministères souvent n'obtempèrent pas.
The judge had decreed that the public administration did not have a monopoly on providing public services and that an association was also entitled to do so.
Le juge administratif a décidé que l'administration publique n'a pas le monopole de la prestation des services publics et qu'une association pouvait les offrir.
Initially the new pillars on the right were rebuilt, preserving the shape and features of the original ones, but without the defect that had decreed the collapse of the basilica.
Initialement, les nouveaux piliers de droite ont été reconstruits en préservant la forme et les caractéristiques des originaux, mais sans le défaut qui avait décrété l'effondrement de la basilique.
In another restaurant in London, of a rather higher status, I was told recently that crêpes suzettes could no longer be served because Brussels had decreed that flames were dangerous and therefore crêpes suzettes were no longer on the menu.
Dans un autre restaurant d'une catégorie supérieure à Londres, j'ai récemment appris que l'on ne pouvait plus servir de crêpes Suzette parce que Bruxelles avait décrété que les flammes étaient dangereuses. C'est pourquoi il n'y avait plus de crêpes Suzette au menu.
For is a king of flesh and blood had decreed that he do something more painful than this, he could not hesitate in its performance.
Pour un roi de chair et de sang, il avait décrété que faire quelque chose de plus douloureux que cela, il ne pouvait pas hésiter à ses performances.
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