Isaiah 22
1 [I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Jerusalem, about the valley where [Yahweh showed me] this vision. Why is everyone foolishly running up to their [flat] rooftops?
Oracle contre la vallée des visions. Que t'arrive-t-il donc, que tous tes habitants sont montés sur les toits,
2 Everyone in the city [seems to] be shouting. [There are a lot of] corpses [in the city], [but they] were not killed by [their enemies’] swords. They did not die in battles; [instead, they died from diseases and hunger].
ville pleine de tumulte, cité bruyante et joyeuse? Tes morts ne seront pas percés par l'épée, ni tués dans le combat.
3 All the leaders of the city fled. [But then] they were captured because they did not have bows [and arrows to defend themselves]. Your [soldiers tried to] flee while the enemy [army] was still far away, but they also were captured.
Tous tes généraux fuient ensemble, sont pris par les archers, tous ceux qui se trouvent en ton sein sont pris à la fois, ils fuient au loin.
4 That is why I said, “Allow me to cry alone; do not try to comfort me [about my people being slaughtered].”
Aussi dis-je: Détournez les yeux de moi; j'ai à pleurer amèrement: n'insistez pas pour me consoler de la ruine de la fille de mon peuple!
5 The Commander of the armies of angels has [chosen] a time when there will be a great uproar, [soldiers] marching, and people being terrified in the valley [where I received this] vision. [It will be a time when our city] walls will be battered down and [the people’s] cries [for help] will be heard in the mountains.
Car c'est une journée de commotion et d'écrasement et de confusion que tient le Seigneur, l'Éternel des armées, dans la vallée des visions; on sape les murs, et les cris de détresse vont frapper les montagnes.
6 The armies from Elam and Kir [in Media] will attack, driving chariots and carrying shields.
Elam porte le carquois sur des chars pleins d'hommes et de cavaliers, et Kir tire le bouclier du fourreau.
7 Our beautiful valleys will be filled with [our enemies’] chariots and the men who drive the chariots will stand outside [our city] gates.
Et tes plus belles vallées sont remplies de chars, et les cavaliers prennent position entre tes portes.
8 The walls that protect [the cities in] Judah will fall down. You [people of Jerusalem] will run to get the weapons [that are stored in the building called] “the Hall of the Forest”.
Et le voile de Juda est levé, et en ce jour tu portes tes regards vers les munitions de la maison de cèdre.
9 You will see that there are many breaks/holes in the walls of Jerusalem. You will store water in the lower pool [in the city].
Et vous apercevez les brèches de la ville de David, qui sont nombreuses, et vous recueillez les eaux de l'étang inférieur;
10 You will inspect the houses in Jerusalem, and [some of] them you will tear down to use the stones to repair the [city] wall.
et vous comptez les maisons de Jérusalem, et vous en abattez pour fortifier les murs,
11 Between the walls [of the city] you will build a reservoir to [store] water from the old pool. But you will never request help from the one who made the city; you have never depended on Yahweh, who planned this city long ago.
et vous faites un réservoir entre les deux murs pour les eaux de l'antique étang. Mais vous ne regardez pas vers l'auteur de ces choses, et ne tournez pas les yeux vers Celui qui de loin en a formé le plan.
12 The Commander of the armies of angels told you to weep and mourn; he told you to shave your heads and to wear rough sackcloth to show that you were sorry for the sins that you had committed.
Et en ce jour le Seigneur, l'Éternel des armées, vous convie à pleurer, à gémir, à couper vos cheveux et à ceindre le cilice.
13 But instead of doing that, you were happy and celebrating; you slaughtered cattle and sheep, [in order to cook their] meat and eat it and drink wine. You said, “Let’s eat and drink [all that we want to], because [it is possible that] we will die tomorrow!”
Mais voici, plaisir et joie; on tue des taureaux, on égorge des brebis, on mange de la chair, et on boit du vin: « Mangeons et buvons, car demain nous mourrons! »
14 [So] the Commander of the armies of angels revealed this to me: “I will never forgive my people for sinning like this!”
Cependant l'Éternel des armées s'est révélé à mes oreilles: Non, ce crime ne sera pas expié que vous ne soyez morts, dit le Seigneur, l'Éternel des armées.
15 The Commander of the armies of angels said this [to me]: “Go to Shebna, the official who supervises the workers in the palace, and give this message to him:
Ainsi parle le Seigneur, l'Éternel des armées: Va, rends-toi vers ce courtisan, vers Sebna préposé au palais!
16 '[Who do you think you are?] Who gave you the authority to build a beautiful tomb where you will be buried, chiseling it out of the rocky cliff high above this valley?
« Qu'as-tu à faire ici? et qui as-tu ici, que tu te creuses ici un tombeau, creusant un tombeau sur la hauteur, te taillant dans le roc une demeure?
17 You [think that you are] [IRO] a great man, but Yahweh is about to hurl you away. [It will be as though] he will seize you,
Voici, l'Éternel te jettera bas d'un coup vigoureux, et te saisira;
18 and roll/crumple you into a ball and throw you away into a large distant land. You will die [and be buried] there, and your beautiful chariots will stay there [in the hands of your enemies]. And [because of what happens to you], your master, [the king], will be [very] ashamed/disgraced.
Il te fera rouler, rouler, comme une balle sur une terre vaste et spacieuse; là tu mourras, et là seront tes chars magnifiques, toi l'opprobre de la maison de ton maître.
19 Yahweh will force you to quit working in the palace; you will be demoted from your important position.
Et je te culbuterai de ton poste, et Il te débusquera de ta place. »
20 Then I will summon Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, who has served serve me [well], to replace you.
Et en ce jour même j'adresserai vocation à mon serviteur Eliacim, fils de Hilkia;
21 I will allow him to wear your robe, and to fasten your sash around him, and I will give to him the authority that you had. He will be like [MET] a father to the people of Jerusalem and [all the other] towns in Judah.
et je le revêtirai de ton manteau et le ceindrai de ta ceinture, et je mettrai ton pouvoir en sa main, et il sera un père pour les habitants de Jérusalem et pour la maison de Juda.
22 I will give to him authority [MTY] over [what happens in] the palace where King David [lived]; when he decides something [MET], no one will be able to oppose it; when he refuses to do something, no one will be able to force him to do it.
Et je mettrai la clef de la maison de David sur son épaule, et il ouvrira, et personne ne fermera; il fermera, et personne n'ouvrira.
23 I will cause his family to be greatly respected, because I will put him firmly in his position [as supervisor of the workers in the palace], like [SIM] a nail that is firmly hammered into a wall.
Et je l'enfoncerai comme un clou en lieu sûr, et il sera un trône glorieux pour la maison de son père;
24 Others will enable him to have much responsibility, with the result that all the members of his family, even the most insignificant ones, will be honored.'”
et il sera le soutien de tout ce qui est la gloire de la maison de son père, des rejetons et des surgeons, de tous les petits vases depuis les bassins jusqu'à toutes les coupes.
25 [But] the Commander of the armies of angels also says, “[Shebna is like] [MET] a peg that is firmly fastened to the wall. But there will be a time when I will [remove him from his position]; he will lose his power/influence, and everything that he promoted [MET] will fail. [That will surely happen] because [I], Yahweh, have said it.”
En ce même jour, dit l'Éternel des armées, sera ôté le clou enfoncé en lieu sûr; il sera abattu et tombera, et le fardeau qu'il portait croulera, car l'Éternel l'a prononcé.
