Isaiah 10
1 Terrible things will happen to you judges who are unjust and who make unfair laws.
Malheur à ceux qui décrètent des décrets d'iniquité, et qui écrivent pour ordonner la violence;
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 refuser justice aux pauvres, et pour ravir le droit aux malheureux de mon peuple; pour faire des veuves leur butin, et pour 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.
Que ferez-vous au jour de la visitation, quand la ruine viendra de loin? Vers qui fuirez-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.
Ceux qui ne seront pas courbés parmi les captifs, tomberont parmi les morts. Malgré tout cela, sa colère ne s'arrête pas, et sa main est toujours 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, et qui a dans sa main le bâton de 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'envoie contre une nation impie; je lui donne mission contre le peuple de mon courroux, pour piller et pour dépouiller, pour le fouler 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 tel n'est pas son dessein, telle n'est pas la pensée de son cœur. Mais son cœur pense à déchirer, à exterminer des peuples en grand nombre.
8 He says, ‘All of my army commanders will soon be kings [of these nations that I conquer]!
Car il dit: Mes princes ne sont-ils pas autant de rois? N'en fut-il pas de Calno comme de Carkémish?
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 fut-il pas de Hamath comme d'Arpad? N'en fut-il pas 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.
Si ma main a atteint les royaumes des idoles, dont les images valaient mieux 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 statues, comme 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].
Mais, quand le Seigneur aura accompli toute son œuvre dans la montagne de Sion et à Jérusalem, je visiterai le fruit du cœur orgueilleux du roi d'Assur, et l'arrogance de ses yeux hautains.
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 dit: Je l'ai fait par la force de ma main et par ma sagesse; car je suis intelligent. J'ai déplacé les bornes des peuples, et j'ai pillé ce qu'ils avaient de plus précieux; et, comme un héros, j'ai fait descendre des rois de leurs 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].’
Ma main a trouvé la richesse des peuples, comme on trouve un nid; comme on ramasse des œufs abandonnés, j'ai ramassé, moi, toute la terre; et nul n'a remué l'aile, ni ouvert le bec, ni 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 cognée se glorifiera-t-elle contre celui qui s'en sert? Ou la scie s'élèvera-t-elle au-dessus de celui qui la fait mouvoir? Comme si la verge faisait mouvoir ceux qui la lèvent, comme si le bâton soulevait le bras!
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, le Seigneur des armées, enverra le dépérissement sur ses hommes robustes, et, au milieu de sa magnificence, s'allumera un embrase-ment, tel qu'un embrasement 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 deviendra un feu, et son Saint une flamme, qui 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.
Qui consumera, de fond en comble, la gloire de sa forêt et de son verger. Il en sera comme d'un malade qui s'en va.
19 There will be very few trees left in those forests; even a child will be able to count them.”
Alors le reste des arbres de la forêt sera facile à compter, et un enfant les mettrait par écrit.
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-là, le reste d'Israël et les réchappés de la maison de Jacob ne continueront plus à s'appuyer sur celui qui les frappait; mais ils s'appuieront en vérité sur l'Éternel, le Saint d'Israël.
21 Those Israelis will return to their mighty God.
Le reste reviendra, le reste 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, ô Israël, quand ton peuple serait comme le sable de la mer, un reste seulement reviendra à lui. La destruction est résolue; elle fera couler à flots 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 résolue, le Seigneur, l'Éternel des armées, va l'exécuter 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 dit le Seigneur, l'Éternel des armées: Mon peuple qui habites en Sion, ne crains point Assur, qui te frappe de la verge et lève sur toi son bâton, à la façon 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 un peu de temps, et l'indignation prendra fin, et ma colère viendra 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.
Alors l'Éternel des armées lèvera le fouet contre lui, comme il frappa Madian au rocher d'Oreb; son bâton sera étendu sur la mer, et il le lèvera comme il fit en 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.
En ce jour-là, son fardeau sera ôté de dessus ton épaule, et son joug de dessus ton cou; et la graisse 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 marche sur Ajjath: il passe à Migron, il laisse à Micmash son bagage.
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 passent le défilé; ils prennent leur gîte à Guéba; Rama tremble; Guibath-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.
Pousse des cris aigus, fille de Gallim! Tends l'oreille vers Laïs, malheureuse 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 s'enfuit; les habitants de Guébim cherchent un abri.
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 ce jour d'arrêt à Nob, et 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, le Seigneur, l'Éternel des armées, ébranchera les rameaux avec force; les grands arbres seront coupés, et les troncs élevés seront abattus.
34 He will destroy the [soldiers of Assyria] like men use big axes to cut down the tall trees in the forests of Lebanon.
Il frappera avec le fer les halliers de la forêt, et le Liban tombera sous le Tout-Puissant!
