Habakkuk 2
1 [After I said that, I said to myself, ] “I will climb up into my watchtower, and stand there at my guard post. I will wait there to find out what Yahweh will say, what he will reply to what I have complained about.”
Je veux me tenir à mon poste d’observation, je veux me placer sur le fort du guetteur pour regarder au loin et voir ce que Dieu me dira et ce que je pourrai répliquer au sujet de ma récrimination.
2 Then Yahweh replied to me, “Write plainly on tablets [what I am revealing to you in] this vision, [and then read it to a messenger] in order that he can run with it [to tell it to] other people.
Le Seigneur me répondit et dit: "Mets par écrit la vision, grave-la distinctement sur les tablettes, afin qu’on puisse la lire couramment.
3 In this vision [I will be talking about things that will happen] in the future. Now is not the time when those things will happen, but they certainly will happen, and when they occur, they will occur quickly, and they will not be delayed. Now you [want those things to happen immediately, but] they are not happening. But wait patiently for them [to happen]!
Car encore que cette vision ne doive s’accomplir qu’au temps fixé, elle se hâte vers son terme, et elle ne mentira pas; si elle diffère, attends-la avec confiance, car certes elle se réalisera sans trop tarder.
4 Think about the proud [people of Babylonia]! They are certainly not doing what is righteous. But people who are righteous will live because they faithfully [do what I want them to do].
Vois! elle est enflée d’orgueil, son âme; elle n’a aucune droiture, mais le juste vivra par sa ferme loyauté!
5 If people [trust in their wealth], they will deceive themselves, and proud people are never able to rest. [It is as though] the greedy people [of Babylonia open their mouths] as wide as the place where dead people are, and they never have enough, like [the place where] dead people go never has enough dead people [PRS]. The [armies of Babylonia] conquer many nations for themselves, and capture all their people. (Sheol h7585)
En vérité, comme le vin est perfide, ainsi l’homme arrogant qui ne demeure point en repos; qui ouvre une bouche large comme le Cheol et, comme la mort, n’est jamais rassasié. Autour de lui, il agglomère tous les peuples, il rassemble toutes les nations. (Sheol h7585)
6 But [soon] all those [whom they have captured] will ridicule [the soldiers from Babylonia]! They will make fun of them, saying, ‘Terrible things will happen to you who have stolen things [from other countries]! You got many things by forcing people to give them to you. [But you certainly will not keep those things] for a long time [RHQ]!’
Eh bien! ceux-ci, tous ensemble, ne feront-ils pas des satires contre lui, des épigrammes et des énigmes piquantes à son adresse? On dira: "Malheur à qui accapare le bien d’autrui! (Jusques à quand?) Malheur à qui accumule sur sa tête le poids de gages usuraires!
7 Suddenly those whom you (oppressed/treated cruelly) will cause you to tremble, and they will take away all the things that you have stolen from them.
Ah! Ne se lèveront-ils pas soudain, tes créanciers! Ne se réveilleront-ils pas, tes bourreaux? A ton tour, tu seras leur proie!
8 You stole things from the people of many nations. You murdered [MTY] people of many people-groups, and you destroyed their land and their cities. So those who are still alive will steal valuable things from you.
Car de même que tu as dépouillé, toi, des peuples nombreux, toutes les autres nations te dépouilleront à cause du sang humain que tu as versé, des cruautés qu’ont subies les pays, les cités et ceux qui les habitent.
9 Terrible things will happen to you [people of Babylonia] who build big houses with money that you got by forcing others to give it to you. You are proud and you think that your houses will be safe because you have built them in places where you can easily defend them.
Malheur à qui amasse pour sa maison un bien mal acquis, et rêve d’établir son nid sur les hauteurs, pour échapper aux coups de l’adversité!
10 But because you have destroyed others, you have caused your family [MTY] to be shamed/disgraced, and you yourselves will be killed.
Tu as décrété la honte de ta maison! En fauchant des peuples nombreux, tu t’es condamné toi-même.
11 [It is as though] the stones in the walls [of your houses] cry out to accuse you, and [it is as though] the beams [in your ceilings] also say the same things.
Oui, la pierre dans le mur crie contre toi, et le chevron, dans la charpente, lui donne la réplique.
12 Terrible things will happen to you [people of Babylonia] who kill people [MTY] in order to build cities, cities that you build by using money that you have gotten by committing crimes.
Malheur à qui bâtit une ville avec le sang, et fonde une cité sur l’iniquité!
13 But the Commander of the armies of angels has [RHQ] declared that everything that is built by people who do things like that [will be destroyed by] fire; they will have worked hard uselessly.
Ah! voici, cela émane de l’Eternel-Cebaot: que les peuples travaillent pour le feu et les nations s’exténuent au profit du néant!
14 But [in contrast], like [SIM] the oceans are filled with water, the earth will be filled with [people who] know that Yahweh is very great.
Car la terre sera pleine de la connaissance de la gloire de Dieu, comme l’eau abonde dans le lit des mers.
15 Terrible things will happen to you [people of Babylonia] who cause people who live in nearby countries to become drunk. You force them to drink a lot of wine from wineskins [until they are drunk and then they walk around] naked, in order that you can see that.
Malheur à toi qui forces tes semblables à boire, qui leur verses des rasades de vin et provoques leur ivresse, pour pouvoir contempler leur nudité!
16 But you are the ones who [soon] will be disgraced instead of being honored. [It will be as though you are forced to] drink [a lot of wine] in order that you will also stagger [around, drunk]. You will drink the wine [that symbolizes that Yahweh will punish you], and he will cause you to be disgraced instead of being greatly respected [any more].
Tu seras gorgé, toi, de plus d’ignominie que d’honneur. A ton tour de boire et de dévoiler ta honte! Le calice de la droite de l’Eternel va passer à toi: ce sera un amas d’infamie recouvrant ta gloire.
17 You did violent [PRS] things to [the people in] Lebanon, and you killed the wild animals [there], but you will be punished severely for doing that. You have killed [MTY] many people and you have destroyed their lands and their cities.
Oui, tu seras enveloppé par la violence des hôtes du Liban et terrifié par la férocité des fauves à cause du sang humain que tu as versé, des cruautés qu’ont subies les pays, les cités et ceux qui les habitent.
18 [You people of Babylonia need to know that your] idols are completely [RHQ] useless, because it is people who made them. Statues that have been carved or made in a mold deceive you. Those who trust in idols are trusting in things that they themselves created, things that cannot speak!
Quel profit attendre de l’image sculptée par l’artisan? De la statue de fonte, de ces guides mensongers? Comment leur auteur peut-il assez mettre sa confiance en eux pour fabriquer des dieux muets?
19 Terrible things will happen to you who say to lifeless idols that are made of wood, ‘Wake up!’ Idols certainly cannot [RHQ] tell you what you should do; they [look nice/beautiful because] they are covered with silver and gold, but they are not alive.
Malheur à celui qui dit à un morceau de bois: "Eveille-toi!" à la pierre inerte: "Lève-toi!" Sont-ce là des guides? Vois! L’Idole est plaquée d’or et d’argent, mais aucun souffle n’est en elle!
20 But Yahweh is in his holy temple; everyone on the earth should be silent in his presence.”
Quant à l’Eternel, il trône dans son saint Palais: que toute la terre fasse silence devant lui!"
