Isaiah 15
1 [I received] this message [from Yahweh] about the Moab [people-group]: In one night [two of your important cities], Ar and Kir, will be destroyed.
Oracle sur Moab. La nuit même où elle est ravagée, Ar-Moab est détruite! La nuit même où elle est ravagée, Kir-Moab est détruite!…
2 The people of Dibon, [your capital city, ] will go to their temple to mourn/weep; they will go to [their shrines] on the hilltops to weep. They will wail because of [what happened to] Nebo and Medeba [towns in the south]; they will all shave the hair of their heads, and the men will cut off their beards [to show that they are grieving].
On monte au temple et à Dibon, Sur les hauts lieux, pour pleurer; Moab est en lamentations, sur Nebo et sur Médeba: Toutes les têtes sont rasées, Toutes les barbes sont coupées.
3 In the streets people will wear rough sackcloth, and on their [flat] rooftops and in the [city] plazas everyone will wail, with tears streaming down their faces.
Dans les rues, ils sont couverts de sacs; Sur les toits et dans les places, Tout gémit et fond en larmes.
4 [The people of] Heshbon [city] and Elealeh [towns in the north of Moab] will cry out; people as far away as Jahaz [town in the south] will hear them wailing. Therefore the soldiers of Moab will tremble and cry out and they will be very afraid [IDM].
Hesbon et Élealé poussent des cris, On entend leur voix jusqu’à Jahats; Même les guerriers de Moab se lamentent, Ils ont l’effroi dans l’âme.
5 I feel very sorry for [the people of] Moab; they will flee to Zoar and Eglath-Shelishiyah [towns in the far south]. They will cry as they walk up to Luhith [town]. All along the road to Horonaim [town] people will mourn because their country has been destroyed.
Mon cœur gémit sur Moab, Dont les fugitifs se sauvent jusqu’à Tsoar, Jusqu’à Églath-Schelischija; Car ils font, en pleurant, la montée de Luchith, Et ils jettent des cris de détresse sur le chemin de Choronaïm;
6 The water in Nimrim [Valley] will have dried up. The grass there will be withered; the green plants will [all] be gone, and there will be nothing left that is green.
Car les eaux de Nimrim sont ravagées, L’herbe est desséchée, le gazon est détruit, La verdure a disparu.
7 The people will pick up their possessions and carry them across Willows Brook.
C’est pourquoi ils ramassent ce qui leur reste, Et ils transportent leurs biens au-delà du torrent des saules.
8 Throughout the country of Moab, [people] will be crying; people as far away as Eglaim [in the south] and Beer-Elim [in the north] will hear them wailing.
Car les cris environnent les frontières de Moab; Ses lamentations retentissent jusqu’à Églaïm, Ses lamentations retentissent jusqu’à Beer-Élim.
9 The stream near Dimon will become red from the blood [of people who have been killed], but I will cause the people of Moab to experience even more [trouble]: Lions will attack those who [are trying to] escape from Moab and will [also] attack the people who remain in that country.
Les eaux de Dimon sont pleines de sang, Et j’enverrai sur Dimon de nouveaux malheurs, Un lion contre les réchappés de Moab, Contre le reste du pays.
