Isaiah 13
1 [I], Isaiah, the son of Amoz, received [from Yahweh] this message about Babylon [city]:
Prophétie sur Babylone, révélée à Ésaïe, fils d'Amots.
2 Lift up a flag on the bare [top of a] hill, to signal [that an army should come to attack Babylon]. Shout to them and wave your hand [to signal to them] that they should march through the city gates into the palaces of the proud [rulers of Babylon]!
Dressez l'étendard sur la montagne découverte! Élevez la voix pour les appeler, faites signe avec la main, et qu'ils entrent par les portes des princes!
3 [Yahweh says], “I have commanded those soldiers to do that; I have summoned the warriors whom I have chosen to punish [the people of Babylon] because of my being very angry with them, and those soldiers will be very proud [when they do that].”
Moi, j'ai donné l'ordre à ceux qui me sont consacrés; j'ai appelé, pour exécuter ma colère, mes hommes vaillants, ceux qui se réjouissent de ma grandeur.
4 Listen to the noise on the mountains, which is the noise of a huge army marching! It is the noise made by people of many people-groups shouting. The Commander of the armies of angels has summoned this army to gather together.
On entend sur les montagnes un bruit tel que celui d'un peuple nombreux; un bruit tumultueux de royaumes, de nations assemblées; l'Éternel des armées fait la revue de l'armée pour le combat.
5 They come from countries that are far away, from the most remote places [IDM] on the earth. They are [like] [SIM] weapons that Yahweh will use [to punish the people with whom] he is very angry, and to destroy the entire country [of Babylonia].
D'un pays éloigné, de l'extrémité des cieux, l'Éternel vient avec les instruments de son courroux, pour dévaster tout le pays.
6 [You people of Babylon] will scream because you will be terrified, because it will be the time that Yahweh [has determined/chosen], the time for the all-powerful [God] to destroy [your city].
Gémissez, car la journée de l'Éternel est proche; elle vient comme un ravage fait par le Tout-Puissant.
7 All of your people will be very afraid [DOU], with the result that they will be unable even to lift their arms.
Aussi toutes les mains deviennent lâches, et tout cœur d'homme se fond.
8 All of you will be terrified. You will have [PRS] severe pains like [SIM] a woman has when she is giving birth to a baby. You will look at each other helplessly, and it will show on your faces that you feel horror.
Ils sont dans l'épouvante, saisis de douleurs et d'angoisses. Ils souffrent comme une femme en travail; ils se regardent l'un l'autre avec stupeur; leurs visages ont la pâleur de la flamme.
9 Listen to this: The day that Yahweh has appointed/chosen is near, the day that he will furiously and fiercely [punish you] because he is very angry [with you]. He will cause your land [of Babylonia] to be desolate/barren, and he will destroy [all] the sinners in it.
Voici, le jour de l'Éternel arrive, jour cruel, jour de fureur et d'ardente colère, qui réduira le pays en désolation et en exterminera les pécheurs.
10 [When that happens], none of the stars will shine. When the sun rises, it will be dark, and there will be no light from the moon [at night].
Car les étoiles du ciel et leurs astres ne feront pas briller leur lumière; le soleil s'obscurcira dès son lever, et la lune ne fera point luire sa clarté.
11 [Yahweh says], “I will punish [everyone in] the world for the evil things that they do; I will punish the wicked people for the sins that they have committed. I will stop arrogant/proud people from being proud, and I will stop ruthless people from acting cruelly.
Et je punirai la terre de sa malice, et les méchants de leur iniquité; je mettrai fin à l'orgueil des superbes, et j'abattrai l'insolence des oppresseurs.
12 [And because I will cause most people to die], people will be harder to find than gold, harder to find than fine gold from Ophir [in Arabia].
Je rendrai les hommes plus rares que l'or fin, et les humains plus que l'or d'Ophir.
13 I will shake the sky, and the earth will [also] move out of its place. That will happen when [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, punish [wicked people], when [I show them that] I am extremely angry [with them].
Aussi je ferai trembler les cieux, et la terre sera ébranlée de sa place, par la colère de l'Éternel des armées, au jour de l'ardeur de son courroux.
14 And all [the foreigners in Babylon will run around] like [SIM] deer that are being hunted, like sheep that do not have a shepherd. They will try to find other people from their countries, and [then] they will escape [from Babylon] and return to their own countries.
Alors, comme une gazelle effarouchée, comme un troupeau que nul ne rassemble, chacun tournera visage vers son peuple, chacun fuira vers son pays.
15 Anyone who is captured [in Babylon] will be killed by [their enemies’] swords [DOU].
Ceux qu'on trouvera, seront transpercés; ceux qu'on saisira, tomberont par l'épée.
16 Their little children will be dashed to pieces on the rocks while [their parents] watch; [their enemies] will steal everything valuable from their houses and will rape their wives.
Leurs enfants seront écrasés sous leurs yeux, leurs maisons seront pillées, leurs femmes seront déshonorées.
17 Look! I am going to incite the people of Media to attack Babylon. The [army of Media] will attack Babylon, even if they are offered [DOU] silver or gold [if they promise to not attack it].
Voici, je vais susciter contre eux les Mèdes, qui n'estiment pas l'argent, et qui ne prennent point de plaisir à l'or.
18 [With] their arrows, the [soldiers of Media] will shoot the young men [of Babylon]; they will not [even] act mercifully [DOU] toward infants or children!”
De leurs arcs ils abattent les jeunes gens; ils sont sans pitié pour le fruit du sein maternel; leur œil n'épargne point les enfants.
19 Babylon has been a very beautiful [MTY] city; [all] the people of Babylonia have been very proud of Babylon, [their capital city]; [but] God will destroy Babylon, like [SIM] he destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
Et Babylone, l'ornement des empires, la parure et l'orgueil des Caldéens, sera comme Sodome et Gomorrhe, que Dieu détruisit.
20 No one will ever live in Babylon again. It will be deserted forever. (Nomads/People who travel from place to place to live) will refuse to set up their tents there; shepherds will not bring their flocks of sheep to rest there.
Elle ne sera plus jamais habitée, on n'y demeurera plus d'âge en âge; l'Arabe n'y dressera point sa tente, les bergers n'y feront plus reposer leurs troupeaux.
21 Instead, animals that live in the desert will be there; jackals/wolves will live in [the ruins of] the houses. Owls (OR, Ostriches) will live in [the ruins], and wild goats will romp/jump around [there].
Mais les animaux du désert y auront leur gîte, et ses maisons seront pleines de hiboux; les autruches y feront leur demeure, et les boucs y sauteront.
22 Hyenas will howl in the [ruined] towers, and jackals/wolves will make their dens in [the ruins of] the palaces that [were previously] very beautiful. The time when [Babylon will be destroyed] is very near; Babylon will not exist much longer.
Les hyènes s'entre-répondront dans ses palais, et les chacals dans ses maisons de plaisance. Et son heure est près de venir, et ses jours ne seront plus prolongés.
