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 dans mon donjon et me placer sur la tour et observer pour voir ce qu'il me dira et ce que je répliquerai en sus de mon grief.
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.
Et l'Éternel me répondit et dit: Écris la vision et la grave sur des tables, afin que couramment on la lise.
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 la vision a trait à un temps à venir, mais elle aspire au but, et ne mentira pas; si elle tarde, attends-la, car elle arrivera, elle n'y manquera pas.
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].
Voici, son âme s'est enflée, elle n'est pas droite en lui, mais le juste par sa foi vivra.
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)
Oui, le vin est insolent, l'homme qu'il enorgueillit n'a point de repos; pareil à l'Enfer, il ouvre une large bouche, et il est comme la mort, et insatiable, et il s'empare de tous les peuples et accapare 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]!’
Toutes ne diront-elles pas sur lui une chanson et des railleries et des sarcasmes, parlant ainsi: Malheur à qui accumulait ce qui n'était pas à lui! jusques à quand?… et à qui se chargeait d'emprunts à gages!
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.
Ne se lèveront-ils pas soudain, tes créanciers, et ne s'éveilleront-ils pas, tes oppresseurs? Et 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.
Parce que tu pillas des peuples nombreux, tous les autres peuples te pilleront, à cause du meurtre des hommes et de l'outrage fait au pays, aux villes et à tous leurs habitants.
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 fait un gain inique pour sa maison, afin de placer son nid sur la hauteur pour se dérober au bras du malheur!
10 But because you have destroyed others, you have caused your family [MTY] to be shamed/disgraced, and you yourselves will be killed.
Tu décidas l'opprobre de ta maison, la destruction des peuples nombreux, et tu as péché contre 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.
Car de la muraille la pierre crie, et de la charpente la poutre lui répond.
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 ville avec 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.
Voici, n'est-ce pas de par l'Éternel des armées que les peuples se fatiguent pour un feu, et les nations se peinent pour le 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 se remplira de la connaissance de la gloire de l'Éternel, de même que les eaux recouvrent la mer.
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 qui fait boire son prochain! à toi qui lui verses le feu de ton vin et l'enivres pour voir sa 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 rassasié d'opprobre au lieu de gloire; bois aussi toi-même et découvre ton prépuce! qu'elle arrive à toi la coupe de la droite de l'Éternel, et que l'ignominie couvre 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.
Car la violence faite au Liban retombera sur toi, ainsi que la ruine des bêtes qu'elle épouvanta, à cause du meurtre des hommes et de la violence faite au pays, à la ville et a tous ses habitants.
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!
A quoi sert l'idole, pour que le sculpteur la taille? la statue et le docteur de mensonges, pour que le sculpteur se confie en sa sculpture en faisant des idoles muettes?
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 qui dit au bois: « Éveille-toi! » « Lève-toi! » à la pierre muette, « qu'elle enseigne! » Voici, elle est plaquée d'or et d'argent, et il n'y a point d'esprit au dedans d'elle.
20 But Yahweh is in his holy temple; everyone on the earth should be silent in his presence.”
Mais l'Éternel est dans son temple saint! Que toute la terre se taise devant lui!
