Isaiah 16
1 [The rulers of Moab will say to each other, ] “We must send some [lambs] from Sela [city] as a gift to the ruler of Judah [to persuade him to not allow his army to attack us any more]. We should send them through the desert to the king.
Envoyez les agneaux du chef du pays de Séla par le désert à la montagne de la fille de Sion!
2 The women of Moab will be left alone at the (fords of/places where people can walk across) the Arnon [River]; they will be like [SIM] birds that have been pushed out of their nests.
Car les filles de Moab, les riverains de l'Arnon, seront telles qu'un oiseau fugitif, qu'une couvée effarouchée.
3 They will cry out, ‘Help us! Tell us what we should do! Protect us completely [MET], we who are running away [from our enemies], and do not (betray us/tell our enemies where we are).
« Donnez conseil, intercédez! abrite-nous de ton ombre comme de la nuit, dans le milieu du jour; cache des bannis, ne trahis pas le fugitif!
4 Allow [those of us] who are fleeing from Moab to stay with you; hide/protect us from [our enemies who want to] destroy us!’ [Some day] there will be no one to oppress us, and our enemies will stop destroying [our land].
Que mes bannis, les bannis de Moab, puissent séjourner chez toi! sois pour eux un asile contre le dévastateur! car l'oppression aura une fin, le ravage cessera, l'oppresseur se retirera du pays.
5 Then [Yahweh] will appoint someone to be king who will be [a descendant of King] David. As he rules [MTY], he will be merciful and truthful. He will always do what is fair/just and quickly do what is righteous.”
Ainsi la bonté affermira le trône, où siégera fidèlement dans la tente de David un juge attaché aux lois, versé dans la justice. » –
6 We [people of Judah] have heard about [the people of] Moab; we have heard that they are very proud and conceited [DOU]; they are insolent, but what they proudly say about themselves is not true.
« Nous savons quel est l'orgueil de Moab orgueilleux à l'excès, sa hauteur et son orgueil, et son insolence, et son vain parler. »
7 [Some day all the people in] Moab will weep. They will all mourn, because [there will be no more] raisin cakes in Kir-Hareseth [city].
Aussi, que Moab gémisse sur Moab! que tous gémissent! sur les ruines de Kir-Charéseth lamentez-vous, tout abattus!
8 The [crops in] the fields at Heshbon [city] will wither, and the vineyards at Sibmah [town] will wither also. The armies of [other] nations will destroy Moab, which is [like] [MET] a beautiful grapevine whose branches spread [north] to Jazer [town] and [east] to the desert. Its branches spread very far [west], to the west side of the [Dead] Sea.
car les campagnes de Hesbon languissent, elle languit la vigne de Sibma dont les nobles ceps enivraient les maîtres des nations, atteignaient à Jaëser, erraient dans le désert; dont les pampres s'étendaient, traversaient la mer.
9 So I will weep for Jazer and for the grapevines of Sibmah. I will shed tears for all of you. I will cry because people will no longer shout joyfully, like they usually do when they gather the fruit that ripens in the (summer/hot season) and the other crops that they harvest.
Aussi je pleure, comme Jaëser pleure la vigne de Sibma; je t'arrose de mes larmes, Hesbon et Élealé, parce que l'alarme fond sur ta vendange et sur tes récoltes.
10 People will no longer be glad at harvest time. No one will sing in the vineyards, no one will shout joyfully. No one will tread on grapes [to get grape juice for wine]; there will be nothing to shout about [joyfully].
La joie et l'allégresse est chassée des vergers, et dans les vignes plus de gais chants! plus de cris éclatants! plus de pressureur qui foule le vin dans les cuves! j'ai fait cesser les chansons.
11 I cry inwardly for Moab; my groaning is like [SIM] [a sad song played on] a harp. I am sad about Kir-Hareseth.
Aussi ma poitrine soupire sur Moab, comme le luth, et mon cœur sur Kir-Charès.
12 [The people of] Moab will go and pray at their sacred shrines, but that will not help them. They will cry out to their gods in their temples, [but] none of them will be able to rescue the people.
Et que Moab se présente, se fatigue sur les hauts lieux, et entre dans son sanctuaire pour prier! il n'obtiendra rien.
13 Yahweh has already spoken those things about Moab.
Telle est la parole qu'a prononcée jadis l'Éternel sur Moab.
14 But now he says that exactly three years from now, he will destroy all the things that [the people of] Moab have been proud of. Even though they have a huge number of people in Moab now, only a few people will remain alive, and they will be weak/helpless.
Mais maintenant l'Éternel parle et dit: Dans trois ans, comme des années de mercenaires, la gloire de Moab tombera dans le mépris avec toute cette grande multitude, et le reste en sera très petit, bien peu considérable.
