Isaiah 27
1 At that time, Yahweh will punish Leviathan, the swift-moving monster/dragon, that coiling serpent that lives in the sea. Yahweh will kill it with his sharp, huge, and powerful sword.
En ce jour-là, Yahweh visitera de son épée dure, grande et forte, Léviathan, le serpent agile, Léviathan, le serpent tortueux, et il tuera le monstre qui est dans la mer.
2 At that time, [Yahweh will say], “You [Israeli people, who are like] [MET] a fruitful vineyard, must sing!
En ce jour-là on dira: " Une vigne au vin généreux, chantez-la!
3 I will [protect you] [like a farmer] [MET] waters his crops carefully [in order that they will grow well]. I will guard you day and night, in order that no one harms you.
C'est moi, Yahweh, qui la garde; je l'arrose en tout temps; de peur qu'on y pénètre, nuit et jour je la garde; je n'ai plus de colère.
4 I am no [longer] angry [with my people]; [if any of your enemies try to injure you like briers and thorns injure people] [MET], I will attack them [in battles]; I will get rid of them completely,
Qui me donnera des ronces, et des épines à combattre? Je marcherai contre elles, je les brûlerai toutes.
5 unless they request me to protect them; I strongly invite them to make peace with me [DOU]!”
Ou bien, qu'on s'attache à ma protection, qu'on fasse la paix avec moi, qu'avec moi on fasse la paix!
6 There will be a time when the (descendants of Jacob/Israeli people) will [prosper like] a plant that has good roots; they will be like [MET] trees that bud and blossom and bear a lot of fruit; [what they do will bless] all the people in the world.
Dans les jours à venir, Jacob poussera des racines, Israël donnera des fleurs et des rejetons, et il remplira de ses fruits la face du monde.
7 [But now I ask], has Yahweh punished us Israelis like he punished our enemies? Has he punished us as much as he punished them?
L'a-t-il frappé comme il a frappé ceux qui le frappaient? L'a-t-il tué comme furent tués ceux qu'il avait tués?
8 [No, he has not done that], [but] he punished us Israeli people and (exiled us/forced us to leave our country); we were taken away from our land as though [SIM] we were struck by a windstorm from the east.
Avec mesure, par l'exil vous le châtiez! Il l'a chassé d'un souffle impérieux, en un jour de vent d'Orient.
9 Yahweh did that in order to punish us for our sins, and remove our guilt. As a result [of our being exiled], all the altars to other gods [in Israel] will be demolished, and we will be forgiven for the sins that we have committed. There will be no more poles for worshiping the goddess Asherah, or altars for burning incense to other gods; they will all be torn down.
Ainsi donc sera expiée l'iniquité de Jacob, et voici tout le fruit du pardon de son péché: Quand il aura mis les pierres des autels en poudre, comme des pierres à chaux, les aschérahs et les images du Soleil ne se relèveront plus.
10 The cities that have strong walls around them will be empty; like the desert, they will have no one living in them. The houses will be abandoned, and the streets will be full of weeds. Calves will eat grass there and lie down there; they will chew up all the leaves on the trees.
Car la ville forte est devenue une solitude, une demeure délaissée et abandonnée, comme le désert; là paissent les veaux; ils s'y couchent et broutent les rameaux.
11 [The Israeli people are like] [MET] dry branches on a tree; women break them off and use them to make fires [under their cooking pots]. Our Israeli people do not have any sense; so Yahweh, who created them, will not act mercifully toward them or be kind to them.
Quand les branches sont sèches, on les brise; des femmes viennent et les brûlent. Car ce n'est pas un peuple sage; c'est pourquoi celui qui l'a fait n'en aura point pitié, et celui qui l'a formé ne lui fera pas grâce.
12 [However], there will be a time when Yahweh will gather them together [again; he will separate them from the people who have conquered them, like people] separate wheat from chaff. He will bring them [back to Israel], one by one, from [the land between] the Euphrates River [in the northeast] and the brook at the border of Egypt [in the southwest].
Et il arrivera en ce jour-là, que Yahweh secouera le blé depuis le cours du Fleuve jusqu'au torrent d'Egypte, et vous serez recueillis un à un, enfants d'Israël.
13 At that time, a trumpet will be blown very loudly. And those who were exiled to Assyria and Egypt and who almost died there will return to Jerusalem, to worship Yahweh on [Zion], his holy hill.
Et il arrivera, en ce jour-là, que sonnera la grande trompette, et ceux qui étaient perdus au pays d'Assur, et ceux qui étaient bannis au pays d'Egypte, reviendront et se prosterneront devant Yahweh, sur la sainte montagne, à Jérusalem.
