Isaiah 11

1 And there will come a rod out of the broken tree of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will give fruit.

Et il sortira un rejeton de la racine de Jessé, et de cette racine une fleur naîtra;

2 And the spirit of the Lord will be resting on him, the spirit of wisdom and good sense, the spirit of wise guiding and strength, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;

Et sur lui reposera l'Esprit de Dieu, l'esprit de sagesse et d'intelligence, l'esprit de conseil et de force, l'esprit de science et de piété;

3 And he will not be guided in his judging by what he sees, or give decisions by the hearing of his ears:

L'esprit de crainte du Seigneur le remplira. Il ne jugera pas selon la gloire; il ne condamnera point selon la rumeur commune.

4 But he will do right in the cause of the poor, and give wise decisions for those in the land who are in need; and the rod of his mouth will come down on the cruel, and with the breath of his lips he will put an end to the evil-doer.

Mais il rendra justice aux humbles, et il relèvera les humbles de la terre; il frappera la terre d'une parole de sa bouche, et d'un souffle de ses lèvres il détruira les impies.

5 And righteousness will be the cord of his robe, and good faith the band round his breast.

Il se ceindra les reins de justice, et il revêtira ses flancs de vérité.

6 And the wolf will be living with the lamb, and the leopard will take his rest with the young goat; and the lion will take grass for food like the ox; and the young lion will go with the young ones of the herd; and a little child will be their guide.

Et le loup broutera avec l'agneau; et la panthère se reposera avec la chèvre; et le bœuf, le taureau et le lion brouteront ensemble; et un petit enfant les conduira.

7 And the cow and the bear will be friends while their young ones are sleeping together.

Ensemble brouteront l'ours et la génisse, ensemble seront leurs petits; et le lion se nourrira de paille comme le bœuf;

8 And the child at the breast will be playing by the hole of the snake, and the older child will put his hand on the bright eye of the poison-snake.

Et l'enfant au berceau mettra sa main dans les trous des aspics, dans le nid même de leurs petits.

9 There will be no cause of pain or destruction in all my holy mountain: for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the sea is covered by the waters.

Et ils ne lui feront aucun mal, et ils ne pourront nuire à aucun des miens sur ma montagne sainte; car l'univers est plein de la connaissance du Seigneur, comme les eaux couvrent la mer.

10 And in that day, the eyes of the nations will be turned to the root of Jesse which will be lifted up as the flag of the peoples; and his resting-place will be glory.

Et en ce jour apparaîtra la racine de Jessé et celui qui s'élèvera pour régner sur les nations, et les nations espèreront en lui, et sa mort fera sa gloire.

11 And in that day the hand of the Lord will be stretched out the second time to get back the rest of his people, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the sea-lands.

Et en ce jour le Seigneur montrera encore sa main, et il montrera son zèle pour les restes de son peuple, échappés aux Assyriens, à l'Égypte, à Babylone, aux Éthiopiens, aux Élamites, aux peuples du Levant et aux Arabes.

12 And he will put up a flag as a sign to the nations, and he will get together those of Israel who had been sent away, and the wandering ones of Judah, from the four ends of the earth.

Et il élèvera son étendard sur les nations, et il rassemblera les égarés d'Israël, les dispersés de Juda, et il les réunira des quatre ailes de la terre.

13 And the envy of Ephraim will be gone, and those who make trouble for Judah will come to an end: Ephraim will have no more envy of Judah, and there will be an end of Judah's hate for Ephraim.

Et la jalousie d'Éphraïm sera détruite, et les ennemis de Juda périront; Éphraïm ne portera plus envie à Juda, et Juda n'affligera plus Éphraïm.

14 And they will be united in attacking the Philistines on the west, and together they will take the goods of the children of the east: their hand will be on Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon will be under their rule.

Ils voleront sur les eaux dans les barques des Philistins; ils se feront une proie des peuples de la mer, de ceux de l'Orient et de l'Idumée, et d'abord ils mettront la main sur Moab; mais les fils d'Ammon seront les premiers soumis.

15 And the Lord will make the tongue of the Egyptian sea completely dry; and with his burning wind his hand will be stretched out over the River, and it will be parted into seven streams, so that men may go over it with dry feet.

Et le Seigneur désolera la mer d'Égypte, et au milieu d'une violente tempête il fera tomber son bras sur le fleuve, et il en frappera les sept bouches, de sorte qu'on les traversera avec des sandales.

16 And there will be a highway for the rest of his people from Assyria; as there was for Israel in the day when he came up out of the land of Egypt.

Et ce sera un passage pour mon peuple resté en Égypte, et il arrivera à Israël comme au temps où il sortit de la terre d'Égypte.