Isaiah 10
1 Terrible things will happen to you judges who are unjust and who make unfair laws.
Malheur à vous qui rendez des ordonnances iniques, et à vous scribes, qui transcrivez des sentences perverses,
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.
refusant justice aux indigents, frustrant de leur droit les pauvres de mon peuple, considérant les veuves comme leur proie et dépouillant 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 revendication, du désastre qui s’avance de loin? Chez qui chercherez-vous un refuge, un secours, et où mettrez-vous en sûreté vos splendeurs?
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.
Vous ne réussirez qu’à vous accroupir parmi les captifs, qu’à tomber parmi les morts… Malgré tout cela sa colère ne s’apaise point, 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 Achour, instrument de ma colère, aux mains de qui mon courroux est un bâton vengeur!
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 le déchaîne contre une nation perverse, je lui donne pouvoir sur un peuple, objet de ma réprobation, pour y exercer le pillage, prendre ses dépouilles, et le fouler aux pieds comme la fange 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 ne l’entend pas ainsi, son cœur ne pense pas de la sorte: semer des ruines, voilà son dessein, et exterminer des peuples en grand nombre.
8 He says, ‘All of my army commanders will soon be kings [of these nations that I conquer]!
C’Est qu’il dit: "Mes seigneurs ne sont-ils pas autant de 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.
Kalno n’est-il pas tel que Karkemich, Hamat tel qu’Arpad, Samarie telle que 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.
Puisque ma main a frappé ces fragiles royaumes, possédant plus d’images sculptées que Jérusalem et 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!’
certes, comme j’ai traité Samarie et ses divinités, ainsi je traiterai Jérusalem et ses statues."
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].
Or, quand le Seigneur aura achevé toute son œuvre contre la montagne de Sion et Jérusalem, il demandera compte au roi d’Assyrie des inspirations de son cœur arrogant et de sa morgue superbe,
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.
parce qu’il disait: "C’Est en vertu de ma propre force que j’ai agi et grâce à ma sagesse, car je suis intelligent; voilà comme j’ai déplacé les frontières des peuples, pillé leurs trésors et précipité à terre ceux qui trônaient.
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 s’est abattue sur les richesses des nations comme sur un nid, et, comme on ramasse des œufs abandonnés, j’ai ramassé toute la terre, sans qu’aucune aile eût bougé, sans qu’aucun bec s’ouvrit pour émettre un sifflement."
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 s’élève-t-elle contre celui qui la brandit? La scie fait-elle la glorieuse contre celui qui la manie? C’Est comme si le bâton voulait diriger la main qui le lève, comme si la verge prétendait mouvoir le bras qui la tient.
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’Eternel-Cebaot enverra la consomption parmi ses robustes légions, et sous ses splendeurs flambera un brasier, pareil à un feu ardent.
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, brûlant, dévorant jusqu’à ses épines et ses ronces, en un 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.
anéantissant de fond en comble la parure de sa forêt et de son verger, comme la consomption qui mine un malade.
19 There will be very few trees left in those forests; even a child will be able to count them.”
Les arbres de sa forêt, sauvés de la ruine, seront faciles à compter: un enfant pourra les noter.
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.
En ce jour, le reste d’Israël et les débris de la maison de Jacob ne demanderont plus un appui à celui qui les frappait, ils s’appuieront, en sincérité, sur l’Eternel, le Saint d’Israël.
21 Those Israelis will return to their mighty God.
Un reste, un reste de Jacob, retournera vers le Dieu puissant.
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.
Oui, ton peuple, ô Israël, fût-il comme le sable de la mer, il n’y aura plus qu’un reste pour s’amender: la destruction est résolue, elle se précipite à bon droit.
23 [Yes, ] the Commander of the armies of angels has [already] decided to destroy the entire land [of Israel].
C’Est un arrêt de destruction que le Seigneur, Dieu-Cebaot, est en train d’exécuter sur la surface de toute la terre.
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].
Voici donc ce que dit le Seigneur, Dieu-Cebaot: "N’Aie pas peur, ô mon peuple qui habites Sion, de cet Achour qui te frappe avec la verge et lève le bâton sur toi, à la façon de 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 un court délai, et ma colère aura disparu, et mon courroux s’attachera à les perdre.
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.
L’Eternel-Cebaot agitera le fouet contre Achour, de même qu’il frappa Madian au rocher d’Oreb; il brandira son bâton au-dessus de la mer, à la façon dont il traita l’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.
En ce jour, son fardeau glissera de tes épaules et son joug de ta nuque: ce joug se rompra sous l’effort de la graisse.
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].
Les voilà arrivés à Ayyat; ils ont passé à Migrôn, confié leurs bagages à Mikhmach;
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 franchissent le défilé: "Ce soir, disent-ils, nous coucherons à Ghêba"; Rama tremble, Ghibea de Saül est en 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.
Fais retentir ta voix, fille de Gallîm, prête l’oreille du côté de Laïch, pauvre Anatot!
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.
Madmèna lâche pied, les habitants de Ghébim 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 une halte aujourd’hui à Nob!" De là ils étendent la main vers la montagne de la fille de Sion, vers 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.
Mais le Seigneur, l’Eternel-Cebaot, abat violemment ces belles branches, et ces arbres géants sont jetés bas, et ces superbes sont humiliées.
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 les massifs de cette forêt sont attaqués par le fer, et ce Liban tombera avec fracas.
