Isaïe 5
1 Je veux chanter pour mon ami le chant de mon ami sur sa vigne. Mon ami avait une vigne sur un coteau fertile.
[Now] I will sing a song about my dear friend, and about his vineyard. The vineyard was on a very fertile hillside.
2 Et il la défonça, et en ôta les pierres, et y mit un plant généreux, et bâtit une tour au milieu d'elle, et y creusa aussi un pressoir; et il espérait qu'elle donnerait de bons raisins, mais elle a donné des fruits sauvages.
My friend plowed the ground and cleared away the stones. Then he planted very good grapevines on that ground. In the middle of the vineyard, he built a watchtower, and he dug a (winepress/pit for squeezing the grapes). Then he waited [each year] to harvest some good grapes, but the vines produced [only] sour grapes.
3 Et maintenant, habitants de Jérusalem et hommes de Juda, soyez juges entre moi et ma vigne!
Now [this is what Yahweh says]: “You people of Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah, I [am like the friend, and you are like] my vineyard; [so] you judge which of us [has done what is right].
4 Qu'y avait-il encore à faire pour ma vigne, que je n'aie fait pour elle? D'où vient, quand j'en espérais de bons raisins, qu'elle a produit des fruits sauvages? –
What more could I have done for you than what I have already done? I expected you to be doing good deeds [MET], so it is disgusting that [RHQ] you were [doing only evil things] like the vineyard that produced only sour grapes!
5 Et maintenant, je vous annonce ce que je vais faire à ma vigne: enlever sa clôture, pour qu'elle soit broutée; abattre son mur, pour qu'elle soit foulée;
[So], I will now tell you what I will do to [Judah, the place that is like] my vineyard. I will cut down the hedges, and they will be destroyed. I will tear down the walls [of the cities] and allow [wild animals] to trample the land.
6 et je la ruinerai, et elle ne sera ni taillée, ni sarclée, pour qu'elle monte en ronces et en épines, et aux nuages je défendrai d'y laisser descendre la pluie.
I will cause it to become a wasteland where the vines are not pruned and the ground is not hoed. It will be a place where briers and thorns [DOU] grow. And I will command that no rain will fall on it.”
7 Mais la vigne de l'Éternel des armées, c'est la maison d'Israël; et les hommes de Juda, son plant favori; Il en attendait des mœurs justes, et voici, il y a des meurtres; de l'innocence, et voici, l'on y crie vengeance.
The nation of Israel is [like] [MET] the vineyard of the Commander of the armies of angels. The people of Judah are [like] the garden that was pleasing to him. He expected you to be doing what is just/fair, but instead, [what he saw was people] murdering [MTY] others. [He expected that you would be doing] righteous deeds, but instead, he heard cries from people who were being [attacked] violently.
8 Malheur à ceux qui ajoutent maison à maison, joignent champ à champ, jusqu'à ne plus laisser de terrain, et à être seuls établis dans le pays!
Terrible things will happen to you who continually [illegally] acquire houses and fields. You force one family after another to leave their homes until you are the only ones [HYP] [still] living in the land.
9 A mes oreilles l'Éternel des armées le dit: Oui, leurs maisons nombreuses seront dévastées, et ces grandes et belles maisons, vides d'habitants!
[But] I heard the Commander of the armies of angels solemnly declare this: “[Some day], many of those huge houses will be empty/deserted; no one will be living in those beautiful mansions.
10 Car dix arpents de vignes rendront un bath, et un homer de semences rendra un épha.
The vines on ten acres of land will not produce enough grapes to make (six gallons/22 liters) [of juice/wine], and ten baskets of seed will produce only one basket [of grain].”
11 Malheur à ceux qui, debout dès le matin, courent après la cervoise, et veillent bien avant dans la nuit, échauffés par le vin!
Terrible things will happen to those who get up early [each] morning to begin drinking alcoholic drinks, and who stay awake until late at night [drinking a lot of wine] until they are completely drunk.
12 Et le luth, et la harpe, la cymbale et la flûte, et le vin entrent dans leurs festins; mais à l'œuvre de l'Éternel ils n'ont point égard, et ne considèrent point l'ouvrage de ses mains.
They have [big parties and provide lots of] wine. At their parties, there are [people playing] harps and lyres and tambourines and flutes, but they never think about what Yahweh does or appreciate what he has created.
13 Aussi mon peuple marche à la captivité sans s'en douter; et sa noblesse va sentir la faim, et sa multitude brûler de soif.
So, my people will be (exiled/taken to other countries) [far away] because they do not know [about me]. Those who are [now very important and] honored will starve, and the other people will die from thirst.
14 Aussi l'Enfer ouvre une bouche avide et une gueule béante sans mesure; et leur magnificence, et leur pompe, et leur tumulte, et toutes leurs joies y tombent. (Sheol h7585)
[It is as though] [PRS] the place where the dead people are is eagerly looking for more Israeli people, opening its mouth to swallow them, and a huge number of people will be thrown into that place, including their leaders as well as a noisy crowd of people who enjoy living in Jerusalem. (Sheol h7585)
15 Alors l'homme sera abaissé et le personnage humilié, et les regards des superbes abaissés,
[Yahweh] will get rid of a huge number of people; and he will humble [many more] people who [now] are proud/arrogant.
16 et l'Éternel des armées sera élevé par ses jugements, et le Dieu saint sanctifié par sa justice.
But the Commander of the armies of angels will be exalted/praised because of his acting justly. God will show that he is holy by doing righteous/just deeds.
17 Alors des brebis paîtront comme dans leur pâturage, et des étrangers dévoreront les champs désolés des riches.
Then lambs and fat sheep will [be able to] find good grass to eat, [even] among the ruins [of the houses of rich people].
18 Malheur à ceux qui tirent à eux le crime avec les cordes du vice, et le péché comme avec les traits d'un chariot!
Some people constantly tell lies, and [it is as though] they are dragging behind them the wrong things that they have done. Terrible things will happen to them!
19 qui disent: « Qu'il hâte, qu'il accélère son œuvre, afin que nous voyions! qu'il arrive, qu'il s'exécute le décret du Saint d'Israël, pour que nous sachions! »
They [make fun of God and] say [to him, ] “Go ahead, do something [to punish us]! We want to see what you will do. You, the Holy One of Israel, should do what you are planning to do, because we want to know what it is.”
20 Malheur à ceux qui appellent le mal bien et le bien mal, qui changent l'obscurité en lumière et la lumière en obscurité, qui changent l'amertume en douceur et la douceur en amertume!
Terrible things will happen to those who say that evil is good, and that good is evil, that darkness is light and that light is darkness, that what is bitter is sweet and what is sweet is bitter.
21 Malheur à ceux qui sont sages à leurs yeux, et qui se croient sensés!
Terrible things will happen to those who think that they are wise and that they (are very clever/know everything).
22 Malheur aux héroïques buveurs de vin, et aux hommes braves pour mêler la cervoise,
Terrible things will happen to those who [think that] [IRO] they are great/heroes because they are able to drink [lots of] wine, and boast about being able to mix good alcoholic drinks.
23 qui pour un présent renvoient l'impie absous, et frustrent le juste de son droit!
If people offer them bribes in order that they will enable wicked people not to be punished, they accept those bribes, and they cause people who are innocent to be punished.
24 Aussi, comme la langue du feu dévore le chaume, et comme l'herbe sèche s'affaisse dans les flammes, de même leur racine sera comme une vermoulure, et leur fleur s'élèvera comme une poussière; car ils méprisent la loi de l'Éternel des armées, et dédaignent la parole du Saint d'Israël.
Therefore, just like [SIM] fires burn up stubble and dry grass shrivels up and quickly burns in flames, [it will be as though] those people have roots that will rot and have flowers that will wither. [That will happen] because they rejected the laws of the Commander of the armies of angels; they have despised the messages of the Holy One of Israel.
25 Aussi la colère de l'Éternel s'allume contre son peuple, et Il étend sa main contre lui et les frappe; et les montagnes en tremblent, et leurs cadavres comme le fumier jonchent les rues. Cependant sa colère ne se ralentit pas, et sa main est toujours étendue.
That is why Yahweh is [extremely] angry [with his people]; [it is as though] his hand is raised [and he is ready to smash them]. [When he does that], the mountains will shake, and the corpses of people will be scattered in the streets like [SIM] manure. But even when that happens, Yahweh will still be very angry; he will be ready to punish his people [MET] again.
26 Et Il dresse un étendard pour appeler les peuples lointains, et Il en siffle un des bouts de la terre; et voici, prompt et rapide, il arrive;
Yahweh will send a signal to summon [armies of] nations far away; [it is as though] he will whistle [to summon those soldiers who are] in very remote places on the earth. They will come very swiftly [DOU] [to Jerusalem].
27 personne n'y est las, personne n'y chancelle; il ne dort ni ne sommeille, et la ceinture de ses reins ne se détache point, et les courroies de sa chaussure ne se rompent point.
They will not get tired or stumble. They will not [stop to] rest or to sleep. None of their belts will be loose, and none of them will have sandals with broken straps, [so they will all be ready to fight in battles].
28 Ses traits sont acérés et tous ses arcs bandés; le sabot de ses chevaux est comparable au caillou, et ses roues à l'ouragan.
Their arrows will be sharp, and their bows will be ready [to shoot those arrows in a battle]. [Because their horses pull the chariots fast], sparks will shoot out from their hooves, and the wheels of the chariots will spin like a whirlwind.
29 Son rugissement est celui de la lionne; il rugit comme les jeunes lions, il gronde et saisit sa proie et l'emporte, et personne ne la sauve;
They will roar like [very strong] lions [DOU] that growl and [then] pounce on the animals they want to kill and carry them off, and no one is able to rescue them.
30 et en ce jour contre lui il grondera comme gronde la mer. Et si on regarde la terre, voici, ce sont des ténèbres, angoisse et lumière, puis ténèbres dans son ciel.
[Similarly, your enemies] will roar when they see the people they are about to kill, like [SIM] the sea roars. [On that day], if someone looks across the land, he will see [only people who are in] darkness and distressed; [it will be as though] even the sunlight is hidden by dark clouds.
