Isaiah 10
1 Terrible things will happen to you judges who are unjust and who make unfair laws.
Malheur à ceux qui rendent des décrets d’iniquité, et à ceux qui écrivent des arrêts d’oppression,
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.
pour empêcher que justice ne soit faite aux pauvres, et pour ravir leur droit aux affligés de mon peuple; pour faire des veuves leur proie et piller 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.
Et que ferez-vous au jour de la visitation et de la destruction qui vient de loin? Vers qui vous enfuirez-vous pour avoir du secours, et où laisserez-vous votre gloire?
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 sous les prisonniers; et ils tomberont sous ceux qui sont massacrés. Pour tout cela, sa colère ne s’est pas détournée, et sa main est encore 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].
Ha! l’Assyrie, verge de ma colère! Et le bâton qui est dans leur main, c’est mon indignation!
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’enverrai contre une nation profane; et je lui donnerai un mandat contre le peuple de ma fureur, pour [le] butiner et [le] piller, et pour le fouler aux pieds 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 n’en juge pas ainsi, et son cœur ne pense pas ainsi; car il a au cœur de dévaster et de retrancher des nations, pas en petit nombre.
8 He says, ‘All of my army commanders will soon be kings [of these nations that I conquer]!
Car il a 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.
Calno n’est-elle pas comme Carkemish? Hamath n’est-elle pas comme Arpad? Samarie n’est-elle pas comme 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 trouvé les royaumes des idoles (et leurs images étaient plus que celles de Jérusalem et de Samarie),
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 à Jérusalem et à ses images ainsi que j’ai fait à Samarie et à ses idoles?
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].
Et il arrivera que, quand le Seigneur aura achevé toute son œuvre contre la montagne de Sion et contre Jérusalem, je visiterai le fruit de l’arrogance du cœur du roi d’Assyrie et la gloire de la fierté de ses yeux.
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 je l’ai fait, et par ma sagesse, car je suis intelligent; et j’ai ôté les bornes des peuples, et j’ai pillé leurs trésors, et comme un [homme] puissant j’ai fait descendre ceux qui étaient assis [sur des trônes].
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].’
Et ma main a trouvé comme un nid les richesses des peuples; et, comme on ramasse des œufs délaissés, moi, j’ai ramassé toute la terre, et il n’y en a pas eu un qui ait remué l’aile, ni ouvert le bec, ni crié.
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 cognée se glorifiera-t-elle contre celui qui s’en sert? La scie s’élèvera-t-elle contre celui qui la manie? Comme si la verge faisait mouvoir ceux qui la lèvent, comme si le bâton levait celui 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, l’Éternel des armées, enverra la maigreur parmi ses [hommes] gras, et, sous sa gloire, allumera un incendie comme un incendie de feu.
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.
Et la lumière d’Israël sera un feu, et son Saint, une flamme; et il brûlera 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 il consumera la gloire de sa forêt et de son champ fertile, depuis l’âme jusqu’à la chair; et il en sera comme d’un malade qui va dépérissant.
19 There will be very few trees left in those forests; even a child will be able to count them.”
Et le reste des arbres de sa forêt sera un petit nombre, et 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, que le résidu d’Israël et les réchappés de la maison de Jacob ne s’appuieront plus sur celui qui les a frappés; mais ils s’appuieront sur l’Éternel, le Saint d’Israël, en vérité.
21 Those Israelis will return to their mighty God.
Le résidu reviendra, le résidu de Jacob, au 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 ton peuple Israël serait-il comme le sable de la mer, un résidu [seulement] reviendra; la consomption décrétée débordera en justice.
23 [Yes, ] the Commander of the armies of angels has [already] decided to destroy the entire land [of Israel].
Car le Seigneur, l’Éternel des armées, accomplit au milieu de toute la terre une consomption, et une [consomption] décrétée.
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 dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel des armées: Mon peuple, qui habites en Sion, ne crains pas l’Assyrien! Il te frappera avec une verge et lèvera son bâton sur toi à la manière de l’Égypte;
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 très peu de temps, et l’indignation sera accomplie, et ma colère, dans leur destruction.
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 l’Éternel des armées suscitera contre lui un fouet, comme Madian a été frappé au rocher d’Oreb; et son bâton [sera] sur la mer, et il le lèvera à la manière de l’Égypte.
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, que son fardeau sera ôté de dessus ton épaule, et son joug de dessus ton cou; et le joug sera détruit à cause de l’onction…
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 arrivé à Aïath, il a traversé Migron, il a déposé ses bagages à Micmash.
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 dressé leur camp à Guéba. Rama tremble, Guibha de Saül a pris 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, fille de Gallim! Fais attention, 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.
Madména est en fuite, les habitants de Guébim se sauvent.
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 d’arrêt à Nob; il menace de sa main la montagne de la fille de Sion, 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, le Seigneur, l’Éternel des armées, abat les hautes branches avec violence, et ceux qui sont grands de stature seront coupés, et ceux qui sont élevés seront abaissés;
34 He will destroy the [soldiers of Assyria] like men use big axes to cut down the tall trees in the forests of Lebanon.
et il éclaircira avec le fer les épais taillis de la forêt, et le Liban tombera par un puissant.
