Isaiah 15
1 [I received] this message [from Yahweh] about the Moab [people-group]: In one night [two of your important cities], Ar and Kir, will be destroyed.
Oracle sur Moab. Oui, dans la nuit où elle a été saccagée, Ar-Moab a été ruinée! Dans la nuit où elle a été saccagée, Kir-Moab a été ruinée!
2 The people of Dibon, [your capital city, ] will go to their temple to mourn/weep; they will go to [their shrines] on the hilltops to weep. They will wail because of [what happened to] Nebo and Medeba [towns in the south]; they will all shave the hair of their heads, and the men will cut off their beards [to show that they are grieving].
On monte au temple de Chamos et à Dibon, aux hauts-lieux, pour pleurer; sur Nebo et Médéba, Moab se lamente, Toute tête est rasée, toute barbe est coupée.
3 In the streets people will wear rough sackcloth, and on their [flat] rooftops and in the [city] plazas everyone will wail, with tears streaming down their faces.
Dans ses rues, ils se revêtent de sacs; sur ses toits et sur ses places publiques; tous poussent des hurlements, fondent en larmes.
4 [The people of] Heshbon [city] and Elealeh [towns in the north of Moab] will cry out; people as far away as Jahaz [town in the south] will hear them wailing. Therefore the soldiers of Moab will tremble and cry out and they will be very afraid [IDM].
Hésebon et Eléalé jettent des cris; on entend leur voix jusqu’à Jahas. C’est pourquoi les guerriers de Moab se lamentent, et son âme est tremblante.
5 I feel very sorry for [the people of] Moab; they will flee to Zoar and Eglath-Shelishiyah [towns in the far south]. They will cry as they walk up to Luhith [town]. All along the road to Horonaim [town] people will mourn because their country has been destroyed.
Mon cœur gémit sur Moab; ses défenseurs sont déjà à Ségor, à Eglath-Schelischiah. Oui, la montée de Luhith, on la gravit en pleurant; et sur le chemin de Horonaïm, on pousse des cris de détresse.
6 The water in Nimrim [Valley] will have dried up. The grass there will be withered; the green plants will [all] be gone, and there will be nothing left that is green.
Car les eaux de Nimrim sont taries, l’herbe est desséchée, le gazon est détruit, il n’y a plus de verdure.
7 The people will pick up their possessions and carry them across Willows Brook.
Ce qu’ils ont pu sauver et leurs provisions, ils les transportent au delà du torrent des Saules.
8 Throughout the country of Moab, [people] will be crying; people as far away as Eglaim [in the south] and Beer-Elim [in the north] will hear them wailing.
Car les cris ont fait le tour du territoire de Moab; ses hurlements retentissent jusqu’à Eglaïm, ses hurlements jusqu’à Béer-Élim;
9 The stream near Dimon will become red from the blood [of people who have been killed], but I will cause the people of Moab to experience even more [trouble]: Lions will attack those who [are trying to] escape from Moab and will [also] attack the people who remain in that country.
car les eaux de Dimon sont pleines de sang. Car je ferai venir sur Dimon un surcroît de malheur, un lion aux réchappés de Moab, à ce qui sera resté dans le pays.
