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 me tiendrai à mon poste et j’arrêterai mes pas sur la fortification, et je regarderai attentivement, afin que je voie ce qui me sera dit, et ce que je répondrai à celui qui m’interpellera.
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 le Seigneur me répondit et dit: Écris la vision, et expose-la sur des tablettes, afin que ne s’arrête pas celui qui la lira;
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]!
Parce que l’accomplissement de la vision est encore éloigné, mais il paraîtra à la fin, et il ne trompera pas, s’il met un certain délai, attends-le; car il va venir, et il ne tardera 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 que celui qui est incrédule n’aura pas en lui une âme droite; mais le juste vivra de sa foi.
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)
Et comme le vin trompe celui qui en boit, ainsi en sera-t-il de l’homme superbe, et il ne sera pas honoré; lui qui a dilaté son (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]!’
Est-ce que tous ceux-ci ne le prendront pas pour un sujet de parabole, et pour le mot de leurs énigmes sur lui, et ne dira-t-on pas: Malheur à celui qui multiplie des biens qui ne sont pas à lui? jusques à quand accumulera-t-il contre lui-même une boue épaisse?
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.
Est-ce qu’ils ne se lèveront pas soudain, ceux qui doivent te mordre; et ne se réveilleront-ils pas, ceux qui doivent te déchirer, et ne seras-tu pas 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 as dépouillé beaucoup de nations, ils te dépouilleront toi-même, tous ceux qui seront restés des peuples, à cause du sang d’homme que tu as versé, et de l’iniquité que tu as commise sur le pays, la cité et tous ceux qui habitent en elle.
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 ramasse les fruits d’une avarice criminelle pour sa maison, afin que son nid soit sur un lieu élevé, et qui pense échapper à la main 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 as formé pour ta maison des desseins qui ont été sa confusion, tu as mis en pièces beaucoup de peuples, et ton âme a péché.
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.
Parce que la pierre du milieu de la muraille criera; et le bois qui forme les jointures des édifices répondra.
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 celui qui bâtit une cité dans le sang, et qui fonde une ville 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.
Est-ce que toutes ces choses ne viennent pas du Seigneur des armées? car des peuples travailleront pour un grand feu, et des nations pour le néant, et périront.
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.
Parce que la terre, afin qu’on connaisse la gloire du Seigneur, sera remplie d’ennemis, comme le lit de la mer est couvert par les eaux.
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 celui qui donne à boire à son ami en mettant son fiel dans la coupe et en l’enivrant, afin de regarder 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 as été rempli d’ignominie au lieu de gloire; bois, toi aussi, et sois frappé d’assoupissement; le calice de la droite du Seigneur t’environnera, et un vomissement d’ignominie viendra sur 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.
Parce que l’iniquité commise sur le Liban te couvrira, et le ravage exercé sur les animaux les épouvantera à cause du sang les hommes versé, et de l’iniquité commise sur le pays et la cité, et tous ceux qui habitent en elle.
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!
À quoi sert une image taillée au ciseau, que son auteur a faite ainsi qu’une statue jetée en fonte et une image fausse? Car l’auteur a espéré assez dans son œuvre pour faire des simulacres 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 au bois: Réveille-toi, à la pierre silencieuse: Lève-toi; est-ce qu’elle-même pourra l’instruire? Voici qu’elle est couverte d’or et d’argent; et il n’y a aucune vie dans ses entrailles.
20 But Yahweh is in his holy temple; everyone on the earth should be silent in his presence.”
Mais le Seigneur est dans son temple saint; que devant sa face toute la terre soit en silence.
