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.
Moab périra pendant la nuit; c'est la nuit que périront les murs de Moab.
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].
Affligez-vous sur vous-mêmes; car Dibon, où était votre autel, périra. Montez-y pour pleurer sur Nabau, ville des Moabites. Poussez des cris de douleur; là toutes les têtes sont chauves, là tous les bras sont coupés;
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 les rues ceignez-vous de cilices, pleurez sur les terrasses, sur les places et dans les faubourgs; gémissez tous et pleurez.
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].
Ésebon et Éléalé ont jeté des cris, et jusqu'à Jassa leur clameur a été entendue; c'est pourquoi les reins de Moab crient, et son âme va s'instruire.
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.
Moab crie en son cœur jusqu'à Ségor; comme une génisse de trois ans sur la montée de Luith, ainsi vers toi, vaine idole, ils monteront pleurant par la voie d'Aroniim; ils crieront misère et désolation.
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.
L'eau de Nemrim sera tarie, et son gazon sèchera, et l'herbe n'y verdira plus.
7 The people will pick up their possessions and carry them across Willows Brook.
Est-ce que Moab s'attend à être sauvé? Je conduirai les Arabes dans sa vallée, et ils la prendront.
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.
Les cris de Moab retentissent jusqu'à ses frontières, et celles mêmes d'Agalim et ses hurlements vont jusqu'au puits d'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.
L'eau de Dimon sera pleine de sang; car je conduirai les Arabes sur Dimon, et j'anéantirai la semence de Moab, Ariel et les restes d'Adama.
