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.
Malheur accablant de Moab. Parce que pendant la nuit Ar a été dévastée, Moab s’est tu; parce que pendant la nuit a été détruit le mur, Moab s’est tu.
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].
La maison et Dibon sont montées sur les hauts lieux pour pleurer sur Nabo et sur Médaba; Moab a poussé des hurlements; sur toutes les têtes sera la calvitie, et toute barbe sera rasée.
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 ont été vêtus de sacs; sur ses toits tout hurlement est descendu dans le pleur.
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].
Hésébon et Eléalé crieront; jusqu’à Jasa leur voix a été entendue; à cause de cela les vaillant de Moab hurleront; et son âme hurlera pour elle-même.
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 pour Moab criera; ses verrous se feront entendre jusqu’à Ségor, génisse de trois ans; car par la montée de Luith ils monteront en pleurant, et dans la voix d’Oronaïm ils élèveront le cri d’une douleur déchirante.
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 Nemrim deviendront un désert, parce que l’herbe s’est desséchée, que le bourgeon a manqué et que toute verdure a péri.
7 The people will pick up their possessions and carry them across Willows Brook.
Selon la grandeur de leurs œuvres, tel sera leur châtiment; au torrent des saules on les conduira.
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.
Parce que le cri parcourra la frontière de Moab; jusqu’à Gallim ira son hurlement, jusqu’au Puits d’Elim son cri.
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.
Parce que les eaux de Dibon ont été remplies de sang; car j’enverrai sur Dibon un surcroît de châtiment; à ceux qui fuiront de Moab et aux restes de cette terre, un lion.
