Michée 4
1 Il arrivera à la fin des jours, que la Montagne de la maison de Yahweh sera établie au sommet des montagnes, et élevée au-dessus des collines. Et sur elle les nations afflueront.
Yahweh [says that] some day his temple will be on top of a mountain, and that mountain will be the most important [MET] one on the earth; it will be [as though it is] higher than all the hills, and huge groups of people from all over the world will come there [to worship].
2 Et des peuples nombreux viendront et diront: « Venez, montons à la montagne de Yahweh, et à la maison du Dieu de Jacob; il nous instruira de ses voies, et nous marcherons dans ses sentiers. » Car de Sion sortira la loi, et de Jérusalem la parole de Yahweh.
[People from] many nations will say [to each other], “Let’s go to the mountain where Yahweh is, to the temple where we can worship the God whom Jacob [worshiped]. There God will teach us how he wants us to conduct our lives, and we will do what he wants us to do.” Zion [Hill] is the place where he will teach [people]; and [people will go] out from Jerusalem [to tell others] his messages.
3 Il sera l’arbitre de nations nombreuses, et le juge de peuples puissants, jusqu’au loin. Ils forgeront leurs épées en socs de charrue, et leurs lances en faucilles; une nation ne lèvera plus l’épée contre l’autre, et l’on n’apprendra plus la guerre.
Yahweh will settle disputes between many people, and he will [also] settle disputes between powerful nations that are far away. Then people will hammer their swords to cause them to become plow blades, and [hammer] their spears to cause them to become pruning knives. [Armies of] nations will no [longer] fight against [armies of other] nations, and they will no longer train [men how to fight] in wars.
4 Ils resteront assis chacun sous sa vigne, et sous son figuier, sans qu’il y ait personne pour les troubler; car la bouche de Yahweh des armées a parlé.
Everyone will sit [peacefully] under his own grapevines, and under his own fig trees; no one will cause them to be afraid. [That is what will surely happen] because the Commander of the armies of angels has said it.
5 Car tous les peuples marchent chacun au nom de son dieu; et nous, nous marchons au nom de Yahweh notre Dieu, toujours et à jamais.
Many [HYP] [of the people of other] nations will worship [IDM] their own gods, but we will worship Yahweh our God always, forever.
6 En ce jour-là, — oracle de Yahweh, je recueillerai celles qui boitent, je rassemblerai celles qui étaient dispersées, et auxquelles j’avais fait du mal.
Yahweh says, “There will soon be a time when I will gather the people whom I have punished, who have been (exiled/forced to go to other countries), all those whom [I have caused to] suffer much.
7 Et je ferai de celles qui boitent un reste, et de celles qui sont éloignées une nation puissante. Et Yahweh régnera sur eux, sur la montagne de Sion, dès lors et à jamais.
My people who did not die while they were exiled will become a strong nation [again]. Then [I], Yahweh, will be their king, and I will rule from Jerusalem forever.
8 Et toi, tour du troupeau, colline de la fille de Sion, elle viendra jusqu’à toi, elle te reviendra, l’ancienne domination, la royauté qui appartient à la fille de Jérusalem.
As for you people of Jerusalem [MET], you who [guard all of my people] like [MET] [a shepherd guards his sheep] from a tower, you [who live on] Zion [Hill], will have great power again. You people who live in Jerusalem will again rule like you did previously.
9 Pourquoi maintenant pousses-tu des cris? N’y a-t-il plus, de roi en toi, et ton conseiller a-t-il péri, pour que la douleur t’ait saisie comme une femme qui enfante?
[So] why [RHQ] are you wailing now? Is it because you have no king? Have all your wise people died? You are groaning loudly like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby.
10 Sois dans les douleurs et les efforts, fille de Sion, comme celle qui enfante! Car maintenant tu vas sortir de la ville; et demeurer dans les champs, et tu iras jusqu’à Babylone; là tu seras délivrée; là Yahweh te rachètera, de la main de tes ennemis.
[Well], you people of Jerusalem should writhe and groan like [SIM] a woman who is having birth pains, because now you must leave this city, and [while you are traveling], you will set up tents in open fields [at night]; you will go to [live in] Babylon. [But while you are] there, [I], Yahweh, will rescue you; I will free you from the power/control [MTY] of your enemies.
11 Et maintenant, contre toi se sont rassemblées des nations nombreuses; elles disent: « Qu’elle soit profanée, et que nos yeux contemplent Sion! »
Now [the armies of] many nations have gathered to attack you. They are saying, ‘Jerusalem must be destroyed! We want to see this city [when it becomes ruins]!’
12 Mais elles ne connaissent pas les pensées de Yahweh, et elles ne comprennent pas ses desseins: savoir qu’il les a rassemblées comme des gerbes sur l’aire.
But they do not know what [I], Yahweh, think, and they do not understand what I plan: I will gather them [and punish them] like [SIM] [farmers] thresh grain on the ground.
13 Lève-toi et foule, fille de Sion! Car je ferai que ta corne soit de fer, et je ferai que tes sabots soient d’airain; et tu broieras des peuples nombreux; et je consacrerai leurs gains à Yahweh, et leurs richesses au Seigneur de toute la terre.
So, you people of Jerusalem, rise up and punish [MET] [the nations who oppose you]. I will cause you [to be very strong], [as if] [MET] you had horns made of iron, [as if] [MET] you had hoofs made of bronze; and you will crush many nations. And [then you will take] from your enemies the valuable things that they have taken [from other countries], and you will dedicate those things to [me, the one who is] the Lord of all [the people on] the earth.”
