Isaïe 16
1 " Envoyez l'agneau du dominateur du pays, de Pétra, à travers le désert, à la montagne de la fille de Sion. "
[The rulers of Moab will say to each other, ] “We must send some [lambs] from Sela [city] as a gift to the ruler of Judah [to persuade him to not allow his army to attack us any more]. We should send them through the desert to the king.
2 Comme des oiseaux fugitifs, comme une nichée que l'on disperse, telles sont les filles de Moab, aux passages de l'Arnon:
The women of Moab will be left alone at the (fords of/places where people can walk across) the Arnon [River]; they will be like [SIM] birds that have been pushed out of their nests.
3 " Conseille-nous, sois notre arbitre; donne-nous l'ombre, comme dans la nuit, au milieu du jour; cache ceux que l'on poursuit, ne trahis point les fugitifs.
They will cry out, ‘Help us! Tell us what we should do! Protect us completely [MET], we who are running away [from our enemies], and do not (betray us/tell our enemies where we are).
4 " Que les fugitifs de Moab demeurent chez toi; sois-leur une retraite contre le dévastateur; car l'invasion a cessé, la dévastation a pris fin, les oppresseurs ont disparu du pays.
Allow [those of us] who are fleeing from Moab to stay with you; hide/protect us from [our enemies who want to] destroy us!’ [Some day] there will be no one to oppress us, and our enemies will stop destroying [our land].
5 Le trône est affermi par la miséricorde, et sur ce trône s'assiéra selon la vérité, dans la tente de David, un juge poursuivant le droit, et zélé pour la justice. " —
Then [Yahweh] will appoint someone to be king who will be [a descendant of King] David. As he rules [MTY], he will be merciful and truthful. He will always do what is fair/just and quickly do what is righteous.”
6 " Nous connaissons l'orgueil de Moab, le très orgueilleux, sa fierté et son orgueil, son arrogance et ses discours mensongers. "
We [people of Judah] have heard about [the people of] Moab; we have heard that they are very proud and conceited [DOU]; they are insolent, but what they proudly say about themselves is not true.
7 Que Moab se lamente donc sur Moab; que tous se lamentent! Sur les gâteaux de raisins de Kir-Haréseth gémissez, tout consternés!
[Some day all the people in] Moab will weep. They will all mourn, because [there will be no more] raisin cakes in Kir-Hareseth [city].
8 Car les champs de Hésebon sont désolés; de la vigne de Sabama, les maîtres des nations ont détruit les treilles elles qui s'étendaient jusqu'à Jazer, allaient se perdre dans le désert, poussaient au loin leurs rejetons, passaient par delà la mer.
The [crops in] the fields at Heshbon [city] will wither, and the vineyards at Sibmah [town] will wither also. The armies of [other] nations will destroy Moab, which is [like] [MET] a beautiful grapevine whose branches spread [north] to Jazer [town] and [east] to the desert. Its branches spread very far [west], to the west side of the [Dead] Sea.
9 C'est pourquoi je pleure, comme pleure Jazer, sur la vigne de Sabama; je vous arrose de mes larmes, Hésebon, Eléalé, car sur vos fruits et sur votre moisson; est venu fondre le cri du pressureur.
So I will weep for Jazer and for the grapevines of Sibmah. I will shed tears for all of you. I will cry because people will no longer shout joyfully, like they usually do when they gather the fruit that ripens in the (summer/hot season) and the other crops that they harvest.
10 La joie et l'allégresse ont disparu des vergers; dans les vignes, plus de chants, plus de cris de joie; le vendangeur ne foule plus le vin dans les cuves; j'ai fait cesser le cri joyeux du pressureur.
People will no longer be glad at harvest time. No one will sing in the vineyards, no one will shout joyfully. No one will tread on grapes [to get grape juice for wine]; there will be nothing to shout about [joyfully].
11 Aussi mes entrailles, au sujet de Moab, frémissent comme une harpe, ainsi que mon cœur au sujet de Kir-Harès.
I cry inwardly for Moab; my groaning is like [SIM] [a sad song played on] a harp. I am sad about Kir-Hareseth.
12 Et l'on verra Moab se fatiguer sur ses hauts-lieux; il entrera dans son sanctuaire pour prier, et il n'obtiendra rien.
[The people of] Moab will go and pray at their sacred shrines, but that will not help them. They will cry out to their gods in their temples, [but] none of them will be able to rescue the people.
13 Tel est l'oracle que Yahweh a prononcé sur Moab depuis un long temps.
Yahweh has already spoken those things about Moab.
14 Et maintenant Yahweh parle et dit: " Dans trois ans, comptés comme les années d'un mercenaire, la gloire de Moab avec sa grande multitude sera avilie, et ce qui en restera sera peu de chose, petit et faible ".
But now he says that exactly three years from now, he will destroy all the things that [the people of] Moab have been proud of. Even though they have a huge number of people in Moab now, only a few people will remain alive, and they will be weak/helpless.
