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].
Oracle contre Tyr: Lamentez-vous, vaisseaux de Tarchich, car elle est dévastée: plus de maisons, plus de port d’accès! La nouvelle leur en a été annoncée de Kittim.
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].
Habitants de la côte, soyez muets de stupeur, vous que gorgeaient de richesses les marchands de Sidon, ces hardis navigateurs.
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.
À travers les vastes flots, les grains du Chihor, les moissons du Nil venaient l’approvisionner; 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.”
Sidon, rougis de honte, car ainsi parle la mer, la citadelle de la mer: "Je n’ai point ressenti de douleurs, je n’ai pas enfanté, je n’ai point nourri de jeunes gens ni élevé de jeunes filles."
5 When [the people of] Egypt hear what has happened to Tyre, they will grieve very much.
Tout comme les nouvelles arrivées d’Egypte, les nouvelles venant de Tyr sèment la terreur.
6 Sail to Tarshish [and tell them what happened]; weep, you people who live along the coast.
Emigrez à Tarchich, lamentez-vous, habitants de la côte!
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 cette ville si triomphante à votre gré, contemporaine des jours antiques, que ses pieds portaient au loin pour fonder des demeures?
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 donc a conçu ce dessein contre Tyr, à la riche couronne, dont les trafiquants sont des princes et les marchands des grands 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.
C’Est l’Eternel-Cebaot qui l’a conçu, pour abattre l’orgueil de tout ce faste, pour humilier tous ces grands 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.
Parcours à présent ton territoire, pareille à un fleuve, ô fille de Tarchich: il n’est plus d’obstacle.
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.
L’Eternel a étendu la main sur la mer, il a fait trembler les royaumes; il a décrété contre Canaan la ruine de ses 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.”
Il a dit: "Tu ne continueras plus à triompher; opprimée maintenant, mets-toi en route, vierge, fille de Sidon, passe dans le pays de Kittim: mais là même, point 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.
Voyez ce pays des Chaldéens, ce peuple qui n’était pas jadis, ces nomades du désert qu’Achour a solidement établis: ils ont érigé des tours contre Tyr, ils en ont démoli les palais et fait d’elle une ruine!
14 [So] wail, you [sailors on the] ships of Tarshish, because the harbor [in Tyre where your ships stop] is destroyed!
Lamentez-vous, vaisseaux de Tarchich, car votre citadelle 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:
En ce jour, Tyr tombera en oubli pour soixante-dix ans, juste la durée d’un seul règne. Au bout des soixante-dix ans, il adviendra de Tyr ce que dit la chanson de la courtisane:
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, courtisane oubliée; tâche de bien jouer, multiplie tes chants, pour qu’on se ressouvienne 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].
Donc au bout de soixante-dix ans, l’Eternel pensera à Tyr, et celle-ci reprendra le cours de ses profits impurs et de ses débauches avec tous les royaumes de la terre, qui couvrent la surface du globe.
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.
Mais son gain et ses salaires impurs seront consacrés à l’Eternel; ils ne seront pas entassés ni mis en réserve: les profits de son trafic sont destinés à ceux qui demeurent en présence de l’Eternel, pour qu’ils puissent manger en abondance et se vêtir de façon somptueuse.
