Isaiah 10
1 Terrible things will happen to you judges who are unjust and who make unfair laws.
Malheur à ceux qui rendent des arrêts iniques, et aux scribes qui écrivent des sentences injustes,
2 You refuse to help poor people, and you do not allow them to get the things that they should get. You [allow people to] steal things from widows and do unfair things to orphans.
écartant du tribunal les faibles, et dépouillant de leur droit les affligés de mon peuple, faisant des veuves leur proie, et pillant les orphelins!
3 When I punish you by sending people from distant lands to cause you to experience disasters, (to whom will you run to get help?/there will be no one who can help you.) [RHQ] Your valuable possessions will certainly [not be safe] [RHQ] anywhere.
Que ferez-vous au jour de la visite, et dans la catastrophe qui viendra de loin? Vers qui fuirez-vous pour avoir du secours, et où déposerez-vous vos trésors?
4 You will be able only to stumble along as you are taken away with other prisoners, or [else] your corpses will lie on the ground with others who have been killed. But even after that happens, Yahweh will still be very angry with you. He will still be ready to strike you again with his fist.
Il ne reste qu'à se courber parmi les captifs, ou à tomber parmi les tués. Avec tout cela, sa colère ne s'est point détournée, et sa main reste étendue.
5 [Yahweh says], “Terrible things will happen to Assyria. [It is true that their army] is like a rod/club [DOU] with which I [punish other nations] because I am very angry with those nations [DOU].
Malheur à Assur, verge de ma colère! Le bâton qui est dans sa main est l'instrument de ma fureur;
6 [Sometimes] I send the armies of Assyria to attack a godless nation, to fight against [other] people who have caused me to be angry. I send them to capture people and to seize and take away their possessions, and to trample them like [SIM] people walk on mud in the streets.
je l'envoie contre une nation impie, je lui donne mes ordres contre le peuple de mon courroux, pour le mettre au pillage et faire du butin, et le fouler au pied comme la boue des rues.
7 But the [king of Assyria] does not understand, he does not realize [that he is only like a weapon in my hand]. He wants [only] to destroy people, to get rid of many nations.
Mais lui, ce n'est pas ainsi qu'il l'entend, et telle n'est pas la pensée de son cœur; car il ne songe qu'à détruire, et à exterminer des nations, non en petit nombre.
8 He says, ‘All of my army commanders will soon be kings [of these nations that I conquer]!
Il dit: " Mes princes ne sont-ils pas tous des rois?
9 We destroyed Calno [city] like we destroyed Carchemish [city], We destroyed Hamath [city] like we destroyed Arpad [city]; we destroyed Samaria just like we destroyed Damascus.
N'en a-t-il pas été de Calno comme de Carchémis, et de Hamath comme d'Arphad, et de Samarie comme de Damas?
10 We were able to destroy [all] those kingdoms [that were full] of idols, kingdoms whose idols were greater than the idols in Jerusalem and Samaria.
Comme ma main a atteint les royaumes des divinités impuissantes, dont les idoles l'emportaient sur celles de Jérusalem et de Samarie; comme j'ai fait à Samarie et à ses dieux,
11 So we will defeat Jerusalem and destroy the idols that are there, just like we destroyed Samaria and the idols that were there!’
ne ferai-je pas de même à Jérusalem et à ses images? "
12 [But, I, Yahweh, say that] after I [have used Assyria to] finish what I want to do to punish the people in Jerusalem [DOU], I will punish the king of Assyria because he has been very proud and arrogant/boastful [DOU].
Mais il arrivera: Quand le Seigneur aura accompli toute son œuvre, sur la montagne de Sion et à Jérusalem: " Je visiterai le fruit du cœur hautain du roi d'Assyrie, et l'arrogance de ses regards altiers. "
13 He says, ‘By my own great power [MTY] I have done these things. I have been able to do them because I am very wise and very intelligent. My army removed the barriers [at the borders] of nations and carried away all their valuable things. My army has knocked down their kings like [SIM] a ferocious bull would.
Car il a dit: " Par la force de ma main j'ai fait cela, et par ma sagesse, car je suis intelligent! J'ai déplacé les bornes des peuples, j'ai pillé leurs trésors, et, comme un héros, j'ai renversé du trône ceux qui y étaient assis.
14 Like [MET] a farmer reaches into a bird’s nest [to take away the eggs], we have taken away the treasures of other countries [DOU]. The people were not like birds that would flap their wings or chirp loudly [to protest about their eggs being stolen]; the people did not object at all [to their treasures being stolen].’
Ma main a saisi, comme un nid, les richesses des peuples, et, comme on ramasse des œufs abandonnés, j'ai ramassé toute la terre, sans que nul ait remué l'aile, ouvert le bec ou poussé un cri! " —
15 [But I, Yahweh, say that] an axe certainly cannot [RHQ] boast about being stronger than the person who uses it, and a saw is not greater than the person who uses it. A rod cannot control the one who holds it [RHQ], and a wooden club cannot lift up a person [RHQ]. [So the king of Assyria should not boast that he has done these things with his own wisdom and strength].
La hache se glorifie-t-elle contre la main qui la brandit, la scie s'élève-t'elle contre celui qui la meut? Comme si la verge faisait mouvoir celui qui la lève, comme si le bâton soulevait ce qui n'est pas du bois!
16 And [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, will send a plague among the proud soldiers of Assyria; it will be like [MET] a fire that will kill them and get rid of their glory/wealth.
C'est pourquoi le Seigneur Yahweh des armées, enverra le dépérissement sur ses robustes guerriers, et sous sa magnificence s'embrasera un feu, comme le feu d'un incendie.
17 [I], Yahweh, who am like [MET] a light for the people of Israel, will be the fire; [I], the Holy One, will be like a flame. [The soldiers of Assyria are like] [MET] thorns and briers, and I will burn them up in one night.
La lumière d'Israël sera un feu, et son Saint, une flamme, qui consumera et dévorera ses épines et ses ronces, en un seul jour.
18 There are glorious forests and fertile farmlands in Assyria, but I will completely destroy them; they will be like [SIM] a [very] sick person who shrivels up and then dies.
Et la gloire de sa forêt et de son verger, il l'anéantira de l'âme au corps; ce sera comme un malade qui meurt de consomption.
19 There will be very few trees left in those forests; even a child will be able to count them.”
Le reste des arbres de sa forêt pourra être compté; un enfant les inscrirait.
20 In the future there will be only a few people left in Israel; not many descendants of Jacob will still be alive. [But] they will no longer rely on [the king of Assyria], [the king of the nation] that tried to destroy them. Instead, they will faithfully/sincerely trust in Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel.
Et il arrivera en ce jour-là: Le reste d'Israël et les réchappés de la maison de Jacob ne continueront pas de s'appuyer sur celui qui les frappait, mais ils s'appuieront sur Yahweh, le Saint d'Israël, avec fidélité.
21 Those Israelis will return to their mighty God.
Un reste reviendra, un reste de Jacob, vers le Dieu fort.
22 [Now], the people of Israel are as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, but only a few of them will return [from the countries to which they were exiled]. Yahweh has decided to destroy [most of the Israelis] and that is what [he must do because he is completely] just/righteous.
Car, quand ton peuple, ô Israël, serait comme le sable de la mer, c'est un reste qui reviendra; la destruction est résolue, elle fera déborder la justice.
23 [Yes, ] the Commander of the armies of angels has [already] decided to destroy the entire land [of Israel].
Car la destruction qu'il a décrétée, le Seigneur Yahweh des armées l'accomplira dans tout le pays.
24 This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “My people in Jerusalem, do not be afraid of the army of Assyria when they beat you with rods and clubs, like the men of Egypt did [to your ancestors long ago].
C'est pourquoi ainsi parle le Seigneur Yahweh des armées: " Ne crains rien d'Assur, ô mon peuple, qui habite Sion, quand il te frappera de la verge, et qu'il lèvera sur toi le bâton, comme autrefois l'Egypte.
25 Soon I will no longer be angry with you, and [then] I will be angry with the people of Assyria and destroy them!”
Car, encore bien peu de temps, et mon courroux cessera, et ma colère se tournera contre eux pour les détruire.
26 The Commander of the armies of angels will whip them. He will do to them like he did when he helped Gideon [and his 300 soldiers] to defeat the [army of the] Midian people-group, and like he did when he showed his mighty power [MTY] [by causing the army of Egypt to drown] in the [Red] Sea.
Et Yahweh des armées lèvera contre eux le fouet, comme il frappa Madian au rocher d'Oreb, et comme son bâton fut sur la mer; et il le lèvera, comme autrefois en Egypte.
27 Some day, Yahweh will cause the army of Assyria to stop oppressing you, [his people]; he will end your suffering and your being slaves of the people of Assyria [MET]; he will take away the load that you people of Judah have been carrying, and cause things to go well for you.
Et il arrivera en ce jour-là: Le fardeau d'Assur sera ôté de ton épaule, et son joug de dessus ton cou, et ta vigueur fera éclater le joug.
28 [The army of Assyria will enter northern Judah] near Aiath [town], they will go through Migron [town] and store their supplies at Micmash [town north of Jerusalem].
Il est venu à Ajath, il a passé à Magron, il laisse son bagage à Machmas.
29 They will cross through a mountain pass and set up their tents at Geba [town]. [People in] Ramah [town] will tremble [because of being afraid]. [The people of] Gibeah [town], where King Saul [was born], will [all] run away.
Ils ont passé le défilé; ils ont campé la nuit à Gaba; Rama est dans l'épouvante; Gabaa de Saül prend la fuite.
30 You people of Gallim [town] will cry out [for help]. You will shout to [the people of] Laish [city near Jerusalem] to warn them! [The people of] Anathoth [town] will suffer a lot.
Pousse des cris de détresse, fille de Gallim! Prête l'oreille, Laïs! Pauvre Anathoth!
31 [The people of] Madmenah [town north of Jerusalem will all] be running away, and [the people of] Gebim [town close to Jerusalem] will be trying to hide.
Medména se disperse, les habitants de Gabim sont en fuite.
32 The soldiers of Assyria will stop at Nob [city outside Jerusalem]. They will shake their fists [as they threaten the people] on Zion Hill in Jerusalem.
Encore un jour et il sera à Nobé; il lèvera sa main contre la montagne de la fille de Sion, contre la colline de Jérusalem!...
33 But listen to this! The Commander of the armies of angels with his great power will destroy [MET] the mighty army of Assyria. [It is as though they are] a huge tree [MET] that he will cut down.
Voici que le Seigneur, Yahweh des armées, abat avec fracas la ramure des arbres; les plus hauts sont coupés, les plus élevés sont jetés par terre.
34 He will destroy the [soldiers of Assyria] like men use big axes to cut down the tall trees in the forests of Lebanon.
Les fourrés de la forêt sont taillés avec le fer, et le Liban tombe sous les coups d'un Puissant.
