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 on la ravage, Ar-Moab périt! La nuit même où on la ravage, Kir-Moab périt!
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 à la maison des dieux et à Dibon, sur les hauts lieux, pour pleurer. Moab se lamente sur Nébo et sur Médéba; 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.
On est ceint de sacs dans ses rues; sur ses toits et dans ses places, chacun 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 se lamentent, leur voix est entendue jusqu'à Jahats; aussi les guerriers de Moab jettent des cris; son âme est tremblante.
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 courent jusqu'à Tsoar, jusqu'à Églath-Shélishija. Car on monte en pleurant la montée de Luchith; car on fait retentir le cri de la ruine au chemin de Horonajim.
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.
Même les eaux de Nimrim ne sont que désolation; le gazon est desséché, l'herbe a disparu, il n'y a plus de verdure.
7 The people will pick up their possessions and carry them across Willows Brook.
Aussi l'épargne qu'ils avaient faite, ce qu'ils avaient mis en réserve, ils l'emportent au 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.
Et les cris font le tour des frontières de Moab; ses gémissements vont jusqu'à Églaïm; ses gémissements vont jusqu'à Béer-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.
Et les eaux de Dimon sont pleines de sang; et j'enverrai sur Dimon un surcroît de maux: les lions contre les réchappés de Moab, et contre ce qui reste du pays.
