Isaïe 15
1 Oracle contre Moab. Oui, de nuit Ar-Moab est saccagée, détruite: oui, de nuit Kir-Moab est saccagée, détruite.
[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.
2 On monte au temple, et Dibon en pleurs se rend sur les hauts lieux; sur Nebo et sur Médeba Moab gémit; toutes les têtes sont rasées, toutes les barbes coupées.
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].
3 Dans ses rues on ceint le cilice; sur ses toits et dans ses places tout gémit, fond en larmes.
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.
4 Hesbon et Élealé se lamentent, jusqu'à Jahats leurs cris se font entendre; c'est pourquoi les braves de Moab crient; il a l'âme attristée.
[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].
5 Mon cœur gémit sur Moab, dont les fugitifs s'en vont jusqu'à Tsoar, jusqu'à Églath-Schelischia, car on monte en pleurant la pente de Luchith, car le long du chemin de Choronaïm ils élèvent des cris déchirants;
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.
6 car les eaux de Nimrim sont désolées, car le gazon est séché et l'herbe disparue; il n'y a plus de verdure.
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.
7 Aussi transportent-ils au-delà du torrent du désert l'épargne qu'ils ont faite, et leurs trésors.
The people will pick up their possessions and carry them across Willows Brook.
8 Car des cris font le tour des frontières de Moab; ses gémissements [retentissent] jusqu'à Eglaïm, ses gémissements jusqu'à Beer-Elim.
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.
9 Car les eaux de Dimon sont pleines de sang; car j'infligerai à Dimon de nouveaux malheurs; contre les réchappés de Moab j'enverrai un lion, contre ceux qui seront demeurés dans le pays.
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.
