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. Gémissez, navires de Tarsis! car elle est détruite: plus de maisons! personne n'y entre: la nouvelle leur en vient du pays de Cittim.
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].
Frissonnez, habitants de la côte que remplissaient les marchands de Sidon, qui parcourent les mers!
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.
Sur les vastes eaux flottait le blé du fleuve noir, les moissons du Nil, 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.”
Sois honteuse, Sidon! car la mer, le fort de la mer, tient ce langage: « Je n'eus point les douleurs, et n'enfantai point, je ne nourris point de jeunes hommes et n'élevai point de vierges. »
5 When [the people of] Egypt hear what has happened to Tyre, they will grieve very much.
Quand la nouvelle en viendra en Egypte, ils trembleront aux nouvelles de Tyr.
6 Sail to Tarshish [and tell them what happened]; weep, you people who live along the coast.
Passez à Tarsis, gémissez, 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 votre ville joyeuse, dont l'origine remontait à l'antiquité? Ses pieds la mènent demeurer au loin comme 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 porté cet arrêt contre Tyr, la distributrice des couronnes, dont les marchands étaient des princes, et les trafiquants les notables 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 porté cet arrêt, pour profaner toute grandeur brillante, et couvrir de mépris tous les notables 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 librement ton pays, pareille au Nil, fille de Tarsis! Il n'y a plus de chaînes!
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 étendit sa main sur la mer, ébranla les royaumes; l'Éternel commanda à Canaan de détruire ses forts, et
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 dit: Désormais tu ne te réjouiras plus, vierge déshonorée, fille de Sidon! Lève-toi! passe chez les Cittiens! là non plus nul 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 [naguère] n'était pas; l'Assyrien assigna ce pays aux habitants du désert: ils élèvent leurs vedettes, détruisent ses palais et les mettent en ruines.
14 [So] wail, you [sailors on the] ships of Tarshish, because the harbor [in Tyre where your ships stop] is destroyed!
Gémissez, navires de Tarsis, car votre boulevard est détruit.
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 en ce temps-là Tyr sera oubliée soixante-dix ans, le temps de la vie d'un roi; mais au bout de soixante-dix ans, il en arrivera à Tyr selon 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 le luth, parcours la ville, courtisane oubliée, tire de beaux sons de la lyre, redouble tes chants, pour 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 au bout de soixante-dix ans, l'Éternel jettera les yeux sur Tyr, et ses gains impurs lui reviendront, et elle aura commerce avec tous les royaumes du monde sur la face de la terre.
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 ses profits et ses gains impurs seront consacrés à l'Éternel; ils ne seront ni accumulés ni mis en réserve, mais ses profits seront la part de ceux qui habitent devant l'Éternel, pour les nourrir abondamment, et pour les vêtir avec magnificence.
