Isaiah 14
1 [But] Yahweh will act mercifully toward the Israeli people; he will choose [the people of] Israel [to be his people again], and he will allow them to [return here and] live in their own land again. Then people from [many] other countries will come here and unite with the Israeli people.
Car Yahvé aura pitié de Jacob, il choisira encore Israël et le fixera dans son pays. L'étranger se joindra à eux, et ils s'uniront à la maison de Jacob.
2 People of other nations will help them to return to their [own] land, and those who come from other countries will (work for/become the servants of) the Israeli people. Those who captured people of Israel will be captured by Israeli soldiers, and the people of Israel will rule over the people who [previously] oppressed them.
Les peuples les prendront, et les amèneront dans leur lieu. La maison d'Israël les possédera dans le pays de Yahvé comme serviteurs et comme servantes. Ils emmèneront en captivité ceux dont ils étaient captifs, et ils domineront sur leurs oppresseurs.
3 Some day Yahweh will free you [Israeli people] from suffering and trouble and from being afraid, and from being cruelly treated as slaves [MTY].
Le jour où Yahvé vous donnera le repos de vos peines, de votre détresse et du dur service auquel vous avez été astreints,
4 When that happens, you will make fun of the King of Babylon by saying this: “You treated us cruelly, but that has ended! Your insolently causing others to suffer is finished!
vous reprendrez cette parabole contre le roi de Babylone, et vous direz: « Comme l'oppresseur a disparu! La ville d'or a disparu! »
5 You evil ruler, Yahweh will get rid of your power, and you will oppress people no longer!
Yahvé a brisé le bâton des méchants, le sceptre des dominateurs,
6 You attacked people many times because you were very angry with them, and you subdued/conquered [other] nations by causing them to suffer endlessly.
qui frappaient sans cesse les peuples dans la colère, qui dominaient les nations avec fureur, par une persécution que personne ne retenait.
7 [But soon] everything will be quiet and peaceful on the earth. Everyone [PRS] will sing [again]!
Toute la terre est en repos, elle est tranquille. On éclate en chants.
8 [It will be as though] even the trees in the forests will joyfully sing this song, the cyprus/pine [trees] and the cedar [trees] in Lebanon will sing it: ‘You (have been overthrown/are no longer a ruler), and now no one comes to get rid of us [MET].’
Oui, les cyprès se réjouissent avec toi, avec les cèdres du Liban, en disant: « Depuis que tu es humilié, aucun bûcheron ne s'est dressé contre nous. »
9 The dead people are [PRS] are eagerly waiting for you to come to the place where they are. The spirits of the world leaders will be delighted to welcome you; those who were kings of many nations [before they died] will stand up [to welcome you]. (Sheol h7585)
Le séjour des morts d'en bas s'est déplacé pour toi, afin de te rencontrer à ton arrivée. Il réveille pour toi les esprits défunts, tous les princes de la terre. Il a fait lever de leurs trônes tous les rois des nations. (Sheol h7585)
10 They will all shout to you [together], ‘Now you are as weak as we are!’
Tous répondront et te demanderont: « Es-tu devenu aussi faible que nous? Es-tu devenu comme nous? »
11 You were very proud and powerful, [but all] that ended when you died, along with the sounds of harps [being played in your palace]. [Now in your grave] maggots will be under you [like a sheet] [MET], and worms will cover you [like a blanket] [MET]. (Sheol h7585)
Ton faste est descendu au séjour des morts, avec le son de tes instruments à cordes. Les asticots se répandent sous toi, et les vers te couvrent. (Sheol h7585)
12 You have [disappeared from the earth like] [MET] a star which has fallen from the sky; you [were very well-known] [like] [MET] the morning star [which is seen by everyone]; you destroyed [many] nations, but now you have been destroyed.
Comme tu es tombé du ciel, resplendissant, fils de l'aurore! Comme tu es tombé à terre, toi qui as humilié les nations!
13 You [proudly] said to yourself, ‘I will ascend to heaven, to my throne above God’s stars. I will rule on the mountain where [the gods] gather together, far in the north.
Tu disais en ton cœur: « Je monterai au ciel! J'élèverai mon trône au-dessus des étoiles de Dieu! Je m'assiérai sur la montagne de l'assemblée, à l'extrême nord!
14 I will ascend above the clouds and become like the highest/greatest god!’
Je monterai au-dessus des hauteurs des nuages. Je me rendrai semblable au Très-Haut! »
15 [But you were not able to do that]; instead, you were carried down to your grave, and you went to the place where the dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
Mais on te fera descendre au séjour des morts, au fond de la fosse. (Sheol h7585)
16 The [other dead] people there stare at you; they wonder what happened to you. [They say], ‘Is this the man who caused the earth to shake and caused the [people in many] kingdoms to tremble?
Ceux qui te verront te regarderont fixement. Ils te considéreront en disant: « Est-ce là l'homme qui a fait trembler la terre, qui a ébranlé les royaumes,
17 Is this the man who [tried to] cause the world to become a desert, who conquered its cities and did not allow the people whom he captured to return to their homes?’
qui a rendu le monde comme un désert et a renversé ses villes, qui n'a pas relâché ses prisonniers dans leur maison? ».
18 All the kings of the earth [who have died] were greatly honored when they were buried,
Tous les rois des nations dorment dans la gloire, chacun dans sa maison.
19 but your [corpse will] not be buried; it will be thrown away like [SIM] a worthless branch [of a tree]. Your corpse will be under a heap of other corpses of soldiers that were killed by [their enemies’] swords, and [their corpses] were not buried; you will be with those who have gone down to the stony ground in a big pit.
Mais toi, tu es rejeté de ton sépulcre comme un rameau abominable, tu es revêtu des morts que l'épée transperce, qui descendent vers les pierres de la fosse, comme un cadavre foulé aux pieds.
20 Your [corpse] will not be buried because you have destroyed your nation and have caused your people to be killed. The descendants of wicked people [like you] will never be honored again.
Tu ne les rejoindras pas dans la sépulture, car tu as détruit ton pays. Tu as tué ton peuple. La descendance des méchants ne sera pas nommée à jamais.
21 [People will say], ‘Slaughter this man’s children because of the sins that their ancestors committed! Do not allow them to become rulers and conquer [all the nations in] the world, and fill the world with the cities [that they rule]!’”
Préparez l'abattage de ses enfants à cause de l'iniquité de leurs pères, afin qu'ils ne se lèvent pas pour posséder la terre, et remplir de villes la surface du monde.
22 [This is what] the Commander of the armies of angels says: “I [myself] will cause Babylon to be conquered. I will get rid of Babylon and its people and their descendants.
« Je me lèverai contre eux », dit Yahvé des armées, « et j'exterminerai de Babylone le nom et le reste, le fils et le fils du fils », dit Yahvé.
23 I will cause Babylon to be a place where owls live, a place full of swamps; I will get rid of it completely [as though] [MET] I were sweeping it with a broom. [That is what I], the Commander of the armies of angels, say.”
« J'en ferai aussi un territoire pour le porc-épic, et des mares d'eau. Je la balaierai avec le balai de la destruction », dit Yahvé des armées.
24 The Commander of the armies of angels has [also] solemnly promised this: “The things that I have planned will surely happen [DOU].
L'Éternel des armées l'a juré, en disant: Il arrivera ce que j'ai pensé, et ce que j'ai voulu, ce qui arrivera.
25 [When the army of] Assyria is in my land [of Israel], I will crush them. [It will be as though] I will trample them on my mountains. My people will no longer be the slaves [MET] of the people of Assyria; [it will be as though] [MET] I will take away the burdens that are on their shoulders.
Je briserai l'Assyrien dans mon pays, et je le foulerai aux pieds sur mes montagnes. Alors son joug les quittera, et son fardeau quittera leurs épaules.
26 I have a plan for everyone on the earth, a plan to show my power [MTY] to punish all the nations.
Tel est le plan qui est arrêté pour toute la terre. C'est la main qui s'étend sur toutes les nations.
27 [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, have spoken, and no one can [RHQ] change my mind. When I raise my fist [to strike Assyria], no one [RHQ] will be able to stop me [from doing that].”
Car l'Éternel des armées a fait un plan, et qui pourra l'arrêter? Sa main est étendue, et qui pourra la faire reculer? ».
28 I received this message [from Yahweh] during the year that King Ahaz died:
Cette charge était l'année de la mort du roi Achaz.
29 You people of Philistia, do not rejoice that the enemy army [MET] that attacked you has been defeated and that their king is dead. He was [as dangerous as] [MET] a snake, but there will be another king, who will be more [dangerous] than a cobra; he will be [like] [MET] a quick-moving poisonous snake.
Ne te réjouis pas, Philistie, toi toute, parce que la verge qui te frappait est brisée; car de la racine du serpent sortira une vipère, et son fruit sera un serpent volant ardent.
30 Those of my people who are very poor will take care of their flocks of sheep, and the needy people will lie down safely, but I will cause you people [of Philistia] who are still alive [DOU] to die from famine.
Les premiers-nés des pauvres mangeront, et les indigents se coucheront en sécurité; mais je tuerai ta racine par la famine, et ton reste sera tué.
31 [So], you people of Philistia, wail at the gates of your cities! You should be extremely afraid, because [a very powerful army] will come from the north [to attack you]; [their chariots will stir up the dust like] [MET] a cloud of smoke. Each of their soldiers is ready to fight.
Hurle, porte! Pleure, ville! Tu es fondue, Philistia, toi toute entière; car la fumée sort du nord, et il n'y a pas de traînard dans ses rangs.
32 If messengers [from Philistia] come to us [Israeli people], this is what we must [RHQ] tell them: “Yahweh has established Jerusalem, [not Philistia], and his people who are oppressed will be safe inside [the walls of] Jerusalem.”
Que répondront-ils aux messagers de la nation? Que Yahvé a fondé Sion, et qu'en elle se réfugieront les malheureux de son peuple.
