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 même jour, l'Éternel châtiera avec sa dure, grande et forte épée le léviathan, serpent fuyard, et le léviathan, serpent tortueux, et tuera le dragon de la mer.
2 At that time, [Yahweh will say], “You [Israeli people, who are like] [MET] a fruitful vineyard, must sing!
En ce même jour, chantez ainsi sur la vigne:
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.
« Moi, l'Éternel, je suis son gardien, je l'arrose en tout temps, contre les attaques nuit et jour je la garderai.
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,
Je suis sans colère! Qu'on m'oppose des ronces et des épines! en combattant je fondrai sur eux et les consumerai en entier;
5 unless they request me to protect them; I strongly invite them to make peace with me [DOU]!”
à moins qu'ils ne saisissent mon appui, et ne fassent leur paix avec moi, ne fassent leur paix avec moi. »
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.
A l'avenir Jacob poussera des racines, et Israël des bourgeons et des fleurs, et de leurs fruits ils rempliront le 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?
Frappa-t-Il [Israël] des coups dont Il frappa ceux qui l'ont frappé? ou fut-il égorgé comme furent égorgés ceux qui l'ont égorgé?
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.
Ce fut modérément, en le répudiant, que tu le punis, qu'il fut emporté par ton souffle violent au jour du 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.
C'est aussi par là que fut expié le crime de Jacob; et c'est là justement le fruit de l'abandon qu'il fit de son péché, quand Il rendit toutes les pierres des autels pareilles à des pierres calcinées, concassées, pour qu'il ne s'élève plus d'aschères ni de colonnes solaires.
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 cité [jadis] forte est dévastée; c'est un séjour abandonné et désolé comme le désert, le veau y pâture, il s'y couche et broute ses 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 ses branches sèchent, elles sont brisées, des femmes viennent et y mettent le feu. Car il ne fut pas un peuple sage; aussi son créateur n'eut pas pitié de lui, et son formateur ne lui fut pas propice.
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].
Mais en ce même jour, l'Éternel secouera des fruits depuis les flots du Fleuve jusqu'au torrent d'Egypte, et vous serez ramassés 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 en ce même jour la grande trompette sonnera, et ceux qui étaient perdus au pays d'Assyrie et bannis au pays d'Egypte, viendront et adoreront l'Éternel sur la montagne sainte à Jérusalem.
