Isaiah 10
1 Terrible things will happen to you judges who are unjust and who make unfair laws.
Malheur à ceux qui prononcent des sentences iniques, et aux écrivains qui transcrivent l'injustice,
2 You refuse to help poor people, and you do not allow them to get the things that they should get. You [allow people to] steal things from widows and do unfair things to orphans.
pour débouter du jugement les pauvres, et ravir leur droit aux malheureux de mon peuple, pour faire des veuves leur proie, et des orphelins leur pillage!
3 When I punish you by sending people from distant lands to cause you to experience disasters, (to whom will you run to get help?/there will be no one who can help you.) [RHQ] Your valuable possessions will certainly [not be safe] [RHQ] anywhere.
Et que ferez-vous au jour du châtiment et du ravage qui arrive du lointain? Vers qui fuirez-vous pour trouver secours, et où laisserez-vous votre magnificence?
4 You will be able only to stumble along as you are taken away with other prisoners, or [else] your corpses will lie on the ground with others who have been killed. But even after that happens, Yahweh will still be very angry with you. He will still be ready to strike you again with his fist.
Celui qui ne fléchira pas sous le faix parmi les captifs, tombera parmi les morts. Malgré tout cela, sa colère ne cesse pas, et sa main est toujours étendue.
5 [Yahweh says], “Terrible things will happen to Assyria. [It is true that their army] is like a rod/club [DOU] with which I [punish other nations] because I am very angry with those nations [DOU].
Malheur à l'Assyrien! Il est la verge et le bâton de ma colère, et mes vengeances sont entre ses mains.
6 [Sometimes] I send the armies of Assyria to attack a godless nation, to fight against [other] people who have caused me to be angry. I send them to capture people and to seize and take away their possessions, and to trample them like [SIM] people walk on mud in the streets.
Contre une nation sacrilège je l'ai envoyé, et contre le peuple objet de mon courroux je lui ai donné mission, pour faire du pillage et enlever du butin, et pour le fouler aux pieds comme la boue des rues.
7 But the [king of Assyria] does not understand, he does not realize [that he is only like a weapon in my hand]. He wants [only] to destroy people, to get rid of many nations.
Mais telle n'est point son idée, telle n'est point la pensée de son cœur; mais en son âme il veut détruire et exterminer les peuples en foule.
8 He says, ‘All of my army commanders will soon be kings [of these nations that I conquer]!
Car il dit: « Mes princes ne sont-ils pas tous autant de rois?
9 We destroyed Calno [city] like we destroyed Carchemish [city], We destroyed Hamath [city] like we destroyed Arpad [city]; we destroyed Samaria just like we destroyed Damascus.
N'en fut-il pas de Calno comme de Carchemis, de Hamath comme d'Arpad, de Samarie comme de Damas?
10 We were able to destroy [all] those kingdoms [that were full] of idols, kingdoms whose idols were greater than the idols in Jerusalem and Samaria.
De même que ma main a atteint les empires des idoles, dont les images étaient supérieures à celles de Jérusalem et de Samarie,
11 So we will defeat Jerusalem and destroy the idols that are there, just like we destroyed Samaria and the idols that were there!’
ne saurai-je pas traiter Jérusalem et ses images, comme j'ai traité Samarie et ses idoles? »
12 [But, I, Yahweh, say that] after I [have used Assyria to] finish what I want to do to punish the people in Jerusalem [DOU], I will punish the king of Assyria because he has been very proud and arrogant/boastful [DOU].
Mais, quand le Seigneur aura achevé toute son œuvre sur la montagne de Sion et à Jérusalem, je sévirai contre le fruit du cœur orgueilleux du Roi d'Assyrie, et contre l'arrogance de ses yeux hautains.
13 He says, ‘By my own great power [MTY] I have done these things. I have been able to do them because I am very wise and very intelligent. My army removed the barriers [at the borders] of nations and carried away all their valuable things. My army has knocked down their kings like [SIM] a ferocious bull would.
Car il dit: « Par la force de mon bras je l'ai fait, et par ma sagesse, car je suis intelligent; j'ai déplacé les bornes des peuples, et pillé leurs trésors, et comme un héros j'en ai précipité de leurs trônes,
14 Like [MET] a farmer reaches into a bird’s nest [to take away the eggs], we have taken away the treasures of other countries [DOU]. The people were not like birds that would flap their wings or chirp loudly [to protest about their eggs being stolen]; the people did not object at all [to their treasures being stolen].’
et ma main s'empara des biens des peuples, comme d'un nid; comme on ramasse des œufs abandonnés, moi j'ai ramassé toute la terre, et il n'y en eut pas un qui remuât l'aile, et ouvrît la bouche et jetât un cri! »
15 [But I, Yahweh, say that] an axe certainly cannot [RHQ] boast about being stronger than the person who uses it, and a saw is not greater than the person who uses it. A rod cannot control the one who holds it [RHQ], and a wooden club cannot lift up a person [RHQ]. [So the king of Assyria should not boast that he has done these things with his own wisdom and strength].
La cognée est-elle insolente envers le bûcheron qui se sert d'elle, et la scie, superbe envers celui qui la manie, comme si la verge faisait mouvoir celui qui la lève, comme si le bâton soulevait le bras?
16 And [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, will send a plague among the proud soldiers of Assyria; it will be like [MET] a fire that will kill them and get rid of their glory/wealth.
C'est pourquoi le Seigneur, le Seigneur des armées, parmi ses guerriers bien nourris enverra le dépérissement, et au milieu de sa magnificence s'allumera un incendie, comme un incendie de feu,
17 [I], Yahweh, who am like [MET] a light for the people of Israel, will be the fire; [I], the Holy One, will be like a flame. [The soldiers of Assyria are like] [MET] thorns and briers, and I will burn them up in one night.
et la Lumière d'Israël deviendra un feu, et son Saint, une flamme qui embrasera et dévorera ses ronces et ses épines en un jour.
18 There are glorious forests and fertile farmlands in Assyria, but I will completely destroy them; they will be like [SIM] a [very] sick person who shrivels up and then dies.
Et il détruira la magnificence de sa forêt et de ses campagnes, corps et âme, et il en sera comme d'un malade qui dépérit,
19 There will be very few trees left in those forests; even a child will be able to count them.”
et le reste des arbres de sa forêt pourra être compté, et un enfant en écrirait le nombre.
20 In the future there will be only a few people left in Israel; not many descendants of Jacob will still be alive. [But] they will no longer rely on [the king of Assyria], [the king of the nation] that tried to destroy them. Instead, they will faithfully/sincerely trust in Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel.
Et en ce jour-là, le reste d'Israël et les survivants de la maison de Jacob cesseront de prendre pour appui leur oppresseur, et ils s'appuieront sur l'Éternel, le Saint d'Israël, avec confiance.
21 Those Israelis will return to their mighty God.
Le reste reviendra, le reste de Jacob, au Dieu tout-puissant.
22 [Now], the people of Israel are as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, but only a few of them will return [from the countries to which they were exiled]. Yahweh has decided to destroy [most of the Israelis] and that is what [he must do because he is completely] just/righteous.
Car ton peuple, ô Israël, fût-il comme le sable de la mer, un reste [seulement] reviendra à lui; l'extermination est décidée, qui amènera les flots de la justice.
23 [Yes, ] the Commander of the armies of angels has [already] decided to destroy the entire land [of Israel].
Car le Seigneur, l'Éternel des armées, exécutera la destruction et le décret dans le sein de tout le pays.
24 This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “My people in Jerusalem, do not be afraid of the army of Assyria when they beat you with rods and clubs, like the men of Egypt did [to your ancestors long ago].
C'est pourquoi, ainsi parle le Seigneur, l'Éternel des armées: O mon peuple, qui habites en Sion, ne crains point l'Assyrien! De la verge il t'a battu, et il a levé son bâton sur toi à l'instar de l'Egypte.
25 Soon I will no longer be angry with you, and [then] I will be angry with the people of Assyria and destroy them!”
Car, encore quelque temps, et le courroux cessera, et ma colère entreprendra leur ruine.
26 The Commander of the armies of angels will whip them. He will do to them like he did when he helped Gideon [and his 300 soldiers] to defeat the [army of the] Midian people-group, and like he did when he showed his mighty power [MTY] [by causing the army of Egypt to drown] in the [Red] Sea.
Alors l'Éternel des armées brandira sur lui le fouet, comme Il battit Madian au rocher d'Horeb, et comme de son bâton Il frappa la mer; et Il le lèvera ainsi qu'en Egypte.
27 Some day, Yahweh will cause the army of Assyria to stop oppressing you, [his people]; he will end your suffering and your being slaves of the people of Assyria [MET]; he will take away the load that you people of Judah have been carrying, and cause things to go well for you.
Et en ce jour-là son fardeau sera ôté de ton épaule, et son joug de ton col; et la graisse fera sauter le joug.
28 [The army of Assyria will enter northern Judah] near Aiath [town], they will go through Migron [town] and store their supplies at Micmash [town north of Jerusalem].
Il arrive à Ajath, traverse Migron, à Michmas il laisse ses bagages;
29 They will cross through a mountain pass and set up their tents at Geba [town]. [People in] Ramah [town] will tremble [because of being afraid]. [The people of] Gibeah [town], where King Saul [was born], will [all] run away.
ils passent le défilé; Géba est l'étape où ils couchent; Rama tremble; Gibea, ville de Saül, est en fuite.
30 You people of Gallim [town] will cry out [for help]. You will shout to [the people of] Laish [city near Jerusalem] to warn them! [The people of] Anathoth [town] will suffer a lot.
Pousse des cris aigus, fille de Gallim! prête l'oreille du côté de Laïs, pauvre Anathoth!
31 [The people of] Madmenah [town north of Jerusalem will all] be running away, and [the people of] Gebim [town close to Jerusalem] will be trying to hide.
Madmène est en fuite, et les habitants de Gébim fugitifs.
32 The soldiers of Assyria will stop at Nob [city outside Jerusalem]. They will shake their fists [as they threaten the people] on Zion Hill in Jerusalem.
Encore ce jour d'arrêt à Nob, et il agite sa main contre la montagne de la fille de Sion, la colline de Jérusalem.
33 But listen to this! The Commander of the armies of angels with his great power will destroy [MET] the mighty army of Assyria. [It is as though they are] a huge tree [MET] that he will cut down.
Et voici, le Seigneur, l'Éternel des armées, abat les rameaux avec épouvante; et ceux qui s'élèvent en hauteur sont coupés, et les superbes humiliés;
34 He will destroy the [soldiers of Assyria] like men use big axes to cut down the tall trees in the forests of Lebanon.
et l'épaisseur de la forêt est frappée avec le fer, et le Liban succombe sous le Puissant.
