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 les agneaux du souverain du pays, de Séla, dans 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.
Comme des oiseaux volant çà et là, comme une nichée effarouchée, ainsi seront les filles de Moab aux passages 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).
Prenez conseil, intercédez. Étends en plein jour ton ombre, pareille à la nuit; cache les bannis, ne décèle pas les fugitifs!
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 les bannis de Moab séjournent chez toi! Sois pour eux une retraite devant le dévastateur! Car l'oppression a cessé, la dévastation a pris fin; ceux qui foulaient le pays ont disparu.
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.”
Car un trône sera établi par la clémence; et sur ce trône siégera avec fidélité, dans la tente de David, un juge ami du droit, prompt à faire 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 peuple très orgueilleux, sa fierté, son orgueil et son insolence, et son vain parler.
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].
Que Moab gémisse donc sur Moab; que tout y gémisse! Sur les ruines de Kir-Haréseth, lamentez-vous, tout abattus!
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 champs de Hesbon et le vignoble de Sibma languissent; les maîtres des nations ont brisé ses meilleurs ceps, qui s'étendaient jusqu'à Jaezer, qui erraient dans le désert, et dont les jets allaient se répandre à travers 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.
Aussi je pleure sur le vignoble de Sibma, comme sur Jaezer; je vous arrose de mes larmes, Hesbon et Élealé! Parce que le cri de guerre fond sur vos fruits et sur vos moissons.
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].
La joie et l'allégresse ont disparu des vergers; dans les vignes plus de chants, plus de cris de joie; plus de vendangeur qui foule le vin dans les cuves! J'ai fait cesser les cris joyeux.
11 I cry inwardly for Moab; my groaning is like [SIM] [a sad song played on] a harp. I am sad about Kir-Hareseth.
Aussi ma poitrine soupire sur Moab comme une harpe, et mon cœur sur 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 quand Moab se présentera et se fatiguera sur les hauts lieux, quand il entrera au sanctuaire pour prier, il ne pourra rien obtenir.
13 Yahweh has already spoken those things about Moab.
Telle est la parole que l'Éternel a prononcée dès longtemps 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, tels que sont les ans d'un mercenaire, la gloire de Moab tombera dans le mépris, avec toute cette grande multitude; et ce qui en restera sera très petit, et peu considérable.
