Isaiah 16
1 [The rulers of Moab will say to each other, ] “We must send some [lambs] from Sela [city] as a gift to the ruler of Judah [to persuade him to not allow his army to attack us any more]. We should send them through the desert to the king.
Envoyez l’agneau [du] dominateur du pays, – du rocher vers le désert – à la montagne de la fille de Sion.
2 The women of Moab will be left alone at the (fords of/places where people can walk across) the Arnon [River]; they will be like [SIM] birds that have been pushed out of their nests.
Et comme un oiseau fugitif, une nichée chassée, ainsi seront les filles de Moab, aux gués de l’Arnon.
3 They will cry out, ‘Help us! Tell us what we should do! Protect us completely [MET], we who are running away [from our enemies], and do not (betray us/tell our enemies where we are).
Donne conseil, fais ce qui est juste; rends ton ombre comme la nuit, en plein midi: cache les exilés, ne découvre pas le fugitif.
4 Allow [those of us] who are fleeing from Moab to stay with you; hide/protect us from [our enemies who want to] destroy us!’ [Some day] there will be no one to oppress us, and our enemies will stop destroying [our land].
Que mes exilés séjournent avec toi, Moab! Sois-leur une retraite de devant le destructeur. Car l’oppresseur ne sera plus, la dévastation finira; celui qui foule disparaîtra du pays.
5 Then [Yahweh] will appoint someone to be king who will be [a descendant of King] David. As he rules [MTY], he will be merciful and truthful. He will always do what is fair/just and quickly do what is righteous.”
Et un trône sera établi par la bonté; et il y en aura un qui y siégera dans la vérité, dans la tente de David, jugeant, et recherchant la droiture, et hâtant la justice.
6 We [people of Judah] have heard about [the people of] Moab; we have heard that they are very proud and conceited [DOU]; they are insolent, but what they proudly say about themselves is not true.
Nous avons entendu l’orgueil de Moab, le très hautain, sa fierté, et son orgueil, et sa rage; ses vanteries ne sont que vanité.
7 [Some day all the people in] Moab will weep. They will all mourn, because [there will be no more] raisin cakes in Kir-Hareseth [city].
C’est pourquoi Moab hurlera sur Moab; tout entier il hurlera! Vous gémirez sur les fondations de Kir-Haréseth, tout affligés.
8 The [crops in] the fields at Heshbon [city] will wither, and the vineyards at Sibmah [town] will wither also. The armies of [other] nations will destroy Moab, which is [like] [MET] a beautiful grapevine whose branches spread [north] to Jazer [town] and [east] to the desert. Its branches spread very far [west], to the west side of the [Dead] Sea.
Car les campagnes de Hesbon languiront, – la vigne de Sibma. Les maîtres des nations ont abîmé ses ceps exquis: ils s’étendaient jusqu’à Jahzer, ils erraient dans le désert; ses provins s’étendaient et dépassaient la mer.
9 So I will weep for Jazer and for the grapevines of Sibmah. I will shed tears for all of you. I will cry because people will no longer shout joyfully, like they usually do when they gather the fruit that ripens in the (summer/hot season) and the other crops that they harvest.
C’est pourquoi je pleurerai des pleurs de Jahzer la vigne de Sibma; je vous arroserai de mes larmes, Hesbon et Elhalé, car un cri est tombé sur votre récolte et sur votre moisson.
10 People will no longer be glad at harvest time. No one will sing in the vineyards, no one will shout joyfully. No one will tread on grapes [to get grape juice for wine]; there will be nothing to shout about [joyfully].
Et la joie et l’allégresse ont disparu des champs fertiles, et dans les vignes on ne chante pas, on ne pousse pas des cris de joie; celui qui foulait ne foule plus le vin dans les pressoirs: j’ai fait cesser le cri [du pressoir].
11 I cry inwardly for Moab; my groaning is like [SIM] [a sad song played on] a harp. I am sad about Kir-Hareseth.
C’est pourquoi mes entrailles mènent un bruit sourd au sujet de Moab, comme une harpe, et mon cœur, au sujet de Kir-Hérès.
12 [The people of] Moab will go and pray at their sacred shrines, but that will not help them. They will cry out to their gods in their temples, [but] none of them will be able to rescue the people.
Et il arrivera que, quand Moab se présentera, se fatiguera sur le haut lieu, et entrera dans son sanctuaire pour prier, il ne prévaudra pas.
13 Yahweh has already spoken those things about Moab.
Telle est la parole que l’Éternel a prononcée jadis sur Moab.
14 But now he says that exactly three years from now, he will destroy all the things that [the people of] Moab have been proud of. Even though they have a huge number of people in Moab now, only a few people will remain alive, and they will be weak/helpless.
Et maintenant l’Éternel a parlé, disant: Dans trois ans, comme les années d’un mercenaire, la gloire de Moab sera réduite à rien avec toute sa grande multitude; et le reste sera petit, amoindri, peu de chose.
