Ezekiel 26
1 Almost twelve [after we had been taken to Babylonia], on the first day of the month, Yahweh gave me another message. He said to me,
La onzième année, le premier du mois, la parole de l'Éternel me fut adressée, en ces termes:
2 “You human, [the people of] Tyre [city] shouted joyfully and said about Jerusalem, ‘[Jerusalem, ] the city from which many traders/merchants went to many nations, is now destroyed. And now people from all over the world will come to us to buy and sell things. Because Jerusalem has now been ruined, we will prosper!’
« Fils d'homme, parce que Tyr a dit de Jérusalem: « Ah! elle est brisée! Celle qui était la porte des peuples m'a été rendue.
3 Therefore, this is what [I, ] Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘I am now the enemy of [you people of] Tyre. I will [the armies of] many nations to come and attack your [city], like the waves of the sea beat against the shores.
C'est pourquoi le Seigneur Yahvé dit: Voici, j'en veux à toi, Tyr, et je ferai monter contre toi de nombreuses nations, comme la mer fait monter ses flots.
4 Their soldiers will destroy the walls around Tyre and tear down its towers. Tyre will become a place where people from many nations steal valuable things, [and then the city will be completely destroyed]. Then they will scrape away the rubble and cause the city to become a bare rock.
Elles détruiront les murs de Tyr, elles abattront ses tours. Je raclerai sa poussière, et je ferai d'elle un rocher nu.
5 Out in the sea, Tyre will become an island where men spread [their fishing] nets to dry them. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh the Lord, have predicted it.
Elle sera un lieu où l'on étendra les filets au milieu de la mer, car j'ai parlé, dit le Seigneur Yahvé. Elle sera le butin des nations.
6 The people in small villages on the coast near Tyre will be killed [their enemies’] swords. Then people will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].’
Ses filles, qui sont aux champs, seront tuées par l'épée. Alors ils sauront que je suis Yahvé.
7 This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, [is going to happen]: ‘From the north, I am going to bring the most powerful king [in the world], King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, [with his army] to attack Tyre. They will bring horses and chariots, and men who ride the horses [and men who drive the chariots]; it will be a huge army.
Car le Seigneur Yahvé dit: « Voici que je vais faire venir du nord sur Tyr Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, roi des rois, avec des chevaux, des chars, des cavaliers, et une armée nombreuse.
8 [In the battles in the small villages] on the coast, their soldiers will kill [many] people with their swords. [Then] they will set up devices to batter the wall around the city of Tyre, and they will build a dirt ramp up to the top of the wall, and they will all hold up shields [to protect themselves from arrows being shot from the ground].
Il tuera par l'épée tes filles dans les champs. Il fera contre toi des retranchements, il élèvera contre toi un monticule, il dressera contre toi le bouclier.
9 The king will direct the soldiers who operate the (rams/things) to batter the walls, and who will use their iron bars to tear down the towers in the wall.
Il dressera ses voitures contre tes murs, et il démolira tes tours avec ses haches.
10 The king will have a huge number of horses, [the stamping of their hooves will result in] the city being covered with dust. [It will be as though] the walls will tremble because of the noise made by the horses, the [supply] wagons, and the chariots when they enter the city where the walls have been broken down.
A cause de l'abondance de ses chevaux, leur poussière te couvrira. Tes murs trembleront au bruit des cavaliers, des chariots et des chars, quand il entrera par tes portes, comme on entre dans une ville ouverte.
11 The horses will trample all of the [of the city] with their hooves. The soldiers will kill the people with their swords; and they will cause your strong pillars to (collapse/fall to the ground).
Il foulera toutes tes rues avec les sabots de ses chevaux. Il tuera ton peuple par l'épée. Les piliers de ta force tomberont à terre.
12 They will take away all the people’s valuable possessions and steal the things that the merchants sell. They will tear down the walls of the houses and destroy their fine houses. Then they will throw into the sea the stones [from the walls] of those houses and the timber and the rubble.
Ils pilleront tes richesses et feront une proie de tes marchandises. Ils abattront tes murs et détruiront tes maisons de plaisance. Ils déposeront tes pierres, ton bois et ta poussière au milieu des eaux.
13 No longer will you sing noisy songs, and people will not play their harps any more.
Je ferai cesser le bruit de vos chants. On n'entendra plus le son de tes harpes.
14 The enemy soldiers will cause the city to become a bare rock and [only] a place where men spread [their fishing] nets. And the city will never be rebuilt. [Those things will surely happen] because [I], Yahweh the Lord, have [that they will happen].’
Je ferai de toi un rocher nu. Tu seras un lieu où l'on étendra les filets. On ne te bâtira plus, car c'est moi, Yahvé, qui ai parlé, dit le Seigneur Yahvé.
15 This is [also] what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say about [the people of] Tyre: ‘When the wounded [people in Tyre] groan and many people are slaughtered and the city is destroyed, [it will surely be as though] [RHQ] the areas along the coast will tremble.
Le Seigneur Yahvé dit à Tyr: « Les îles ne trembleront-elles pas au bruit de ta chute, quand les blessés gémiront, quand le carnage sera fait en toi?
16 Then all the kings [in the cities] along the coast will step down from their thrones and lay aside their robes and their embroidered clothes. They will be terrified, and they will sit on the ground, trembling. They will be appalled because of what has happened to the city of Tyre.
Alors tous les princes de la mer descendront de leurs trônes, ils déposeront leurs robes, ils se dépouilleront de leurs vêtements brodés. Ils se revêtiront de tremblements. Ils s'assiéront à terre, ils trembleront à chaque instant, et ils seront stupéfaits de toi.
17 Then they will sing a sad song about the city, and they will sing this: “The famous city [APO], in which many [who sailed on] the seas lived, is now destroyed! The people of that city had great power [because they had many ships that sailed] on the seas; they caused all the people who lived near them to be terrified.
Ils se lamenteront sur toi, et te diront, « Comment vous êtes détruits, qui étaient habités par des hommes de la mer, la ville renommée, qui était fort dans la mer, elle et ses habitants, qui a fait régner la terreur sur tous ceux qui vivaient là! »
18 Now on the day when that city is destroyed, [it is as though the people in] the areas along the coast tremble and the [the people on the] islands in the sea are terrified because of that city being ruined.”’
Maintenant, les îles trembleront au jour de ta chute. Oui, les îles qui sont dans la mer seront consternées par votre départ.
19 This is also what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘When I cause the city [of Tyre] to become desolate/empty, like [other] cities in which people no [longer] live, and when I cause the huge waves of the sea to cover it,
Car le Seigneur Yahvé dit: « Quand je ferai de toi une ville déserte, comme les villes qui ne sont pas habitées, quand je ferai monter sur toi l'abîme et que les grandes eaux te couvriront,
20 then I will bring the people of that city down to be with those who have gone down to where the dead people are, people who lived long ago. I will cause them to remain in the place below the earth that is like old/ancient ruins, with those who have gone down to that pit [previously], and they will never return to the earth, to where people are alive.
je te ferai descendre avec ceux qui descendent dans la fosse, vers les peuples d'autrefois, et je te ferai habiter dans les bas-fonds de la terre, dans les lieux déserts d'autrefois, avec ceux qui descendent dans la fosse, afin que tu ne sois pas habitée; et je mettrai la gloire dans le pays des vivants.
21 I will cause them to die in a horrible way (OR, people will be very afraid because of what happens to that city), and that will be the end of (them/their lives). People will search for that city but it will no longer exist. [That is what I, ] Yahweh the Lord, declare [will happen].’”
Je ferai de toi une terreur, et tu n'auras plus d'existence. On te cherchera, mais on ne te retrouvera jamais, dit le Seigneur Yahvé. »
