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 Yahweh aura pitié de Jacob, et il choisira encore Israël; il les rétablira dans leur pays; les étrangers s’adjoindront à eux, et s’attacheront 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 ramèneront chez eux, et la maison d’Israël se les appropriera, sur la terre de Yahweh, comme serviteurs et comme servantes; ils feront captifs ceux qui les avaient faits 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].
Et au jour où Yahweh te fera reposer de ton labeur, de tes anxiétés, et de la dure servitude qu’on t’avait imposée,
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!
tu entonneras cette satire contre le roi de Babylone, et tu diras: Comment a fini le tyran, a cessé l’oppression?
5 You evil ruler, Yahweh will get rid of your power, and you will oppress people no longer!
Yahweh a brisé le talon 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.
Il frappait avec fureur les peuples, de coups sans relâche; dans sa colère, il tenait les nations sous le joug par une persécution sans répit.
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, elle éclate en cris d’allégresse.
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].’
Les Cyprès mêmes se réjouissent de ta chute, avec les cèdres du Liban: « Depuis que tu es couché là, personne ne monte plus pour nous abattre! »
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 schéol dans ses profondeurs s’émeut à ton sujet, pour venir à ta rencontre; il réveille pour toi les ombres, tous les monarques de la terre; il 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, ils prennent la parole pour te dire: « Toi aussi, tu es déchu comme nous, et te voilà semblable à 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 schéol, avec le son de tes harpes; sous toi sont répandus les vers, et la vermine est ta couverture! (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.
Comment es-tu tombé du ciel, astre brillant, fils de l’aurore? Comment es-tu renversé par terre, toi, le destructeur des 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.
Toi qui disais en ton cœur: « Je monterai dans les cieux; au-dessus des étoiles de Dieu, j’élèverai mon trône; je m’assiérai sur la montagne de l’assemblée, dans les profondeurs du septentrion;
14 I will ascend above the clouds and become like the highest/greatest god!’
je monterai sur les sommets des nues, je serai 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)
Et te voilà descendu au schéol, dans les profondeurs de l’abîme! (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 voient fixent sur toi leurs regards, ils te considèrent avec attention: « Est-ce là l’homme qui troublait la terre, qui ébranlait 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 faisait du monde un désert, détruisait les villes, et ne laissait pas ses captifs revenir chez eux?
18 All the kings of the earth [who have died] were greatly honored when they were buried,
Tous les rois des nations, tous, reposent avec honneur, 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, on t’a jeté loin de ton sépulcre, comme un rameau qu’on méprise, couvert de morts, égorgés par l’épée, et précipités dans les flancs rocheux de l’abîme; comme un cadavre qu’on foule 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 seras pas avec eux dans la tombe car tu as ruiné ton pays, tu as fait périr ton peuple! On ne nommera plus jamais la race des méchants.
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 à ses fils un massacre, pour le crime de leurs pères. Qu’ils ne se relèvent pas pour conquérir la terre, qu’ils ne couvrent pas de villes la face 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, — oracle de Yahweh des armées, — et j’anéantirai de Babylone le nom et le reste, la race et le rejeton, — oracle de Yahweh.
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.”
Et j’en ferai un nid de hérissons, et un étang d’eaux, et je la balaierai avec le balai de la destruction, — oracle de Yahweh 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].
Yahweh des armées a juré en disant: « Oui, le dessein qui est arrêté s’accomplira, et ce que j’ai décidé se réalisera.
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 Assur dans ma terre, et je le foulerai sur mes montagnes. Alors son joug sera ôté de dessus eux, et son fardeau sera enlevé de leurs épaules.
26 I have a plan for everyone on the earth, a plan to show my power [MTY] to punish all the nations.
C’est là le dessein qui est arrêté contre toute la terre, et c’est là la main qui est étendue contre 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 Yahweh des armées a décidé, et qui l’empêcherait? Sa main est étendue, et qui la détournerait? »
28 I received this message [from Yahweh] during the year that King Ahaz died:
L’année de la mort du roi Achaz, cet oracle fut prononcé:
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 livre pas à la joie, Philistie tout entière, de ce que la verge qui te frappait a été brisée; car de la race du serpent sortira un basilic, et son fruit sera un dragon volant.
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.
Alors les plus pauvres trouveront leur pâture, et les malheureux reposeront en sécurité; mais je ferai périr ta race par la faim, et ce qui restera de toi sera exterminé. —
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, ô porte! Pousse des cris, ô ville! Pâme-toi de frayeur, Philistie tout entière! Car du septentrion vient une fumée, et nul ne se débande dans ses bataillons.
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 répondra-t-on aux envoyés de la nation? Que Yahweh a fondé Sion, et que les affligés de son peuple y trouvent un refuge.
