Isaiah 23
1 [I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Tyre [city]: You [sailors on] [APO] ships from Tarshish, weep, because [the harbor of] Tyre and all the houses [in the city] have been destroyed. The reports that you heard in Cyprus [island] about Tyre [are true].
L’oracle sur Tyr. Hurlez, navires de Tarsis, car elle est dévastée, de sorte qu’il n’y a pas de maisons, personne qui entre. Du pays de Kittim cela leur est révélé.
2 You people who live along the coast [near Tyre], and merchants of Sidon [city], mourn silently. Your sailors went across the seas [to many places like Tyre].
Tenez-vous en silence, habitants de l’île! Les marchands de Sidon qui passent par la mer t’ont remplie!
3 They sailed across deep seas to buy grain in Egypt and [other] crops that are grown along the Nile [River]. Tyre became the city where people from [all] nations bought and sold goods.
Et sur de grandes eaux la semence du Shikhor, la moisson du Nil, était son revenu; et elle était le marché des nations.
4 But now you people in Sidon should be ashamed, because [you trusted in Tyre], which has been a strong fortress [on an island] in the sea. [Tyre is like a woman who is saying], “[Now it is as though] I have not given birth to [any] children, or raised [any] sons or daughters.”
Aie honte, Sidon, car la mer a parlé, la force de la mer, disant: Je n’ai pas été en travail d’enfant, je n’ai pas enfanté, et je n’ai pas nourri de jeunes hommes, ni élevé de vierges. –
5 When [the people of] Egypt hear what has happened to Tyre, they will grieve very much.
Quand la rumeur est arrivée en Égypte, ils ont été dans l’angoisse à [l’ouïe des] nouvelles de Tyr.
6 Sail to Tarshish [and tell them what happened]; weep, you people who live along the coast.
Traversez vers Tarsis, hurlez, vous, les habitants de l’île!
7 [The people in] the very old city [of Tyre] were [RHQ] previously joyful. Traders [PRS] from Tyre established colonies in many distant nations.
Est-ce là votre [ville] joyeuse, qui avait son origine dès les jours d’autrefois? Ses pieds la porteront pour demeurer au loin en étrangère.
8 People from Tyre appointed kings [over other places]; their traders were wealthy; they were [as powerful and wealthy as] [MET] kings. [So], who [RHQ] caused the people of Tyre to experience this disaster?
Qui a pris ce conseil à l’égard de Tyr, distributrice de couronnes, dont les négociants étaient des princes, dont les marchands étaient les nobles de la terre?
9 It was the Commander of the armies of angels who did it; he did it in order to cause [you people in] Tyre not to be proud any more, to humiliate you men who are honored all over the world.
L’Éternel des armées a pris ce conseil, pour profaner l’orgueil de toute gloire, pour réduire à néant tous les nobles de la terre.
10 You people of Tarshish, you must grow crops in your land [instead of trading]; spread out over your land like [SIM] the Nile [River] spreads over the land [of Egypt] when it floods, because there is no harbor [in Tyre for your ships] now.
Répands-toi sur ton pays comme le Nil, fille de Tarsis; il n’y a plus rien qui retienne!
11 [It is as though] Yahweh stretched out his hand over the sea and shook the kingdoms of the earth. He commanded that in Phoenicia/Canaan all its fortresses must be destroyed.
Il a étendu sa main sur la mer; il a fait trembler les royaumes. L’Éternel a commandé contre Canaan, d’en détruire les forteresses,
12 He said to the people of Sidon, “You will never rejoice again, because you will be crushed; even if you flee to Cyprus [island], you will not escape destruction.”
et il a dit: Tu ne t’égaieras plus, vierge opprimée, fille de Sidon! Lève-toi, passe à Kittim; là encore il n’y aura pas de repos pour toi.
13 Think about what happened in Babylonia: the people who were in that land have disappeared. [The armies of] Assyria have caused that land to become a place where wild animals from the desert live. The Assyrians built dirt ramps to the top of the walls [of the city of Babylon]; [then they entered the city and] tore down the palaces and caused the city to become [a heap of] rubble.
Vois le pays des Chaldéens: ce peuple n’existait pas; Assur l’a fondé pour les habitants des déserts: ils ont élevé leurs tours, ils ont renversé ses palais; il en a fait des ruines.
14 [So] wail, you [sailors on the] ships of Tarshish, because the harbor [in Tyre where your ships stop] is destroyed!
Hurlez, navires de Tarsis, car votre forteresse est détruite.
15 For seventy years, which is as long as kings usually live, people will forget about Tyre. [But then it will be rebuilt]. What will happen there will be like what happened to a prostitute in this song:
Et il arrivera, en ce jour-là, que Tyr sera oubliée 70 ans, selon les jours d’un roi. Au bout de 70 ans, ce sera pour Tyr comme la chanson d’une prostituée.
16 “You harlot, whom people had forgotten, play your harp well, and sing many songs, in order that people will remember you again.”
Prends la harpe, fais le tour de la ville, prostituée oubliée! Touche habilement les cordes, multiplie tes chansons, afin qu’on se souvienne de toi.
17 [It is true that] after seventy years Yahweh will restore Tyre. Their merchants will again earn a lot of money by buying things from and selling things to many [other] nations [HYP].
Et il arrivera qu’au bout de 70 ans, l’Éternel visitera Tyr; et elle reviendra à ses présents et se prostituera avec tous les royaumes de la terre, sur la face du sol.
18 [But] their profits will be given to Yahweh. [The merchants] will not hoard their money; instead, they will give it to Yahweh’s priests in order that they [can] buy food and nice clothes.
Et ses marchandises et les présents qu’on lui fera seront saints, [consacrés] à l’Éternel; ils ne seront pas accumulés et ils ne seront pas amassés; car sa marchandise sera pour ceux qui demeurent devant l’Éternel, afin qu’ils mangent et soient rassasiés, et afin qu’ils aient des vêtements magnifiques.
