Isaiah 33
1 Terrible things will happen to you [people of Assyria]! You have destroyed [others], [but] you have not been destroyed [yet]. You have betrayed/deceived [others], [but] you have not been betrayed/deceived [yet]. When you stop destroying [others], others will destroy you. When you stop betraying/deceiving others, [others] betray you.
Malheur à toi, dévastateur! Ne seras-tu pas dévasté? Artisan de violences, n’essuieras-tu pas la violence? Lorsque tu auras achevé tes ruines, tu seras ruiné; quand tu auras mis un terme à tes violences, d’autres te violenteront à ton tour.
2 Yahweh, be kind to us, because we have patiently waited for you [to help us]. Enable us to be strong every day, and rescue us when we have troubles.
Seigneur, sois-nous propice! Nous espérons en toi. Que ton bras les défende chaque matin! Viens surtout à notre aide à l’heure de la détresse.
3 Our enemies run away when they hear your voice. When you stand up and show that you are powerful [IDM], the people of all nations flee.
Au bruit du tumulte, les peuples prennent la fuite; devant ta sublime grandeur, les nations se dispersent.
4 [And after our enemies have been defeated], we, your people, will take away all our enemies’ possessions like [SIM] caterpillars and locusts strip off all the leaves of plants.
On raflera votre butin comme raflent les sauterelles, on se ruera sur lui comme se ruent les locustes.
5 Yahweh is greater than anyone else, and he lives in heaven, and he will rule justly and righteously in Jerusalem.
Sublime est le Seigneur: il réside dans les hauteurs, il remplit Sion de justice et de droiture.
6 [When that happens], he will enable you to live securely/safely; he will fully protect your possessions, he will enable you to be wise and to know [all that you need to know]; and revering Yahweh will be [like] [MET] a valuable treasure for you.
Ta vie sera entourée de sécurité: sagesse et connaissance constituent un trésor de salut, la crainte de Dieu, voilà sa richesse.
7 [But now], look, our brave men are crying out in the streets; our ambassadors [have gone to other countries to make peace treaties], [but they will] cry bitterly [because they will not succeed].
Voilà les braves guerriers qui se lamentent dans les rues; les messagers de paix pleurent amèrement
8 No one travels on our roads [DOU]. [The leaders of Assyria] have broken/disregarded their peace treaty [with us]; they despise the people who made those treaties, and they do not respect anyone.
Les chaussées sont désolées, plus de passants sur les routes! Il a rompu le pacte! Il montre son dédain pour les villes, n’a aucun égard pour les hommes.
9 The land [of Judah] is dry and barren. The [cedar trees in] Lebanon are drying up and decaying. The Sharon [Plain along the coast] is now a desert. There are no more leaves on the trees in the Bashan and Carmel [areas].
Le pays est en deuil et languit, le Liban, couvert de honte, se dessèche, le Saron a l’aspect de la plaine stérile, le Basan et le Carmel sont dépouillés.
10 Yahweh says, “Now I will begin to show that I am very powerful [DOU].
"Maintenant, je me lève, dit le Seigneur, maintenant je me redresse, maintenant je me manifeste dans ma grandeur!"
11 You [people of Assyria] make plans that are [as useless as] [MET] chaff and straw. Your breath will become a fire that will burn you up.
Vous avez conçu du chaume, vous enfanterez de la paille: votre souffle est un feu qui vous dévorera.
12 [Your] people will be burned until only ashes remain [MET] like [SIM] thornbushes are cut down and burned up in a fire.
Les peuples seront de la chaux en combustion, des épines coupées, que le feu réduit en cendres.
13 You people who live far away and you people who live nearby, pay attention to what I have done and realize that I am [very] powerful.”
Ecoutez, vous qui êtes loin, ce que j’ai fait, et vous qui êtes près, connaissez mes exploits!
14 The sinners in Jerusalem will tremble because of being very afraid; godless people will be terrified. [They say], “None of us can [RHQ] remain alive because this fire is burning everything; it is like the fire on Yahweh’s altar that will burn forever!”
Les méchants sont terrifiés à Sion, l’épouvante a saisi les malfaiteurs: "Qui de nous peut demeurer près d’un feu dévorant? Qui de nous peut rester dans le voisinage d’un éternel brasier?
15 Those who act honestly and say what is right, those who do not try to become rich by (extortion/forcing people to give them money), those who do not try to get bribes, those who refuse to listen to people who are planning to murder someone, those who do not join others who urge them to do what is wrong,
Celui qui marche dans la justice, parle avec droiture, refuse le profit de la violence, secoue la main pour repousser les dons, bouche ses oreilles aux propos sanguinaires, ferme les yeux pour ne pas se complaire au mal.
16 they are the people who will live safely [MTY]; they will find places to be safe in the caves in the mountains. They will have plenty of food and water.
Celui-là habitera dans les hauteurs, des forts bâtis sur les rochers seront sa protection; son pain lui est garanti, sa ration d’eau est assurée.
17 You [SYN] [people of Judah] will see the king wearing all his beautiful [robes], and you will see that he rules a land that extends far away.
Tes yeux contempleront le roi dans sa beauté, verront un pays aux lointains horizons.
18 When you see that, you will think about when you were previously terrified, [and you will say], “[The officers of Assyria] who counted the tax money that we were forced to pay to them [have disappeared] [RHQ]! Those men who counted our towers [are gone] [RHQ]!
Ton cœur méditera sur les craintes passées: "Où est le greffier? Où est le collecteur d’impôts? Où est celui qui notait les tours?"
19 Those arrogant people who spoke a language that we could not understand are no longer here!”
Tu ne verras plus le peuple barbare, le peuple au parler obscur qu’on ne peut comprendre, à la langue balbutiante, inintelligible.
20 [At that time], you will see Zion Hill, the place where we celebrate our festivals; you will see that Jerusalem has become a place that is calm and safe. It will be [secure], [like] [SIM] a tent [that cannot be moved because] its ropes are tight and its stakes are firmly in the ground.
Mais tu verras Sion, la cité de nos réunions de fête; tes yeux contempleront Jérusalem, résidence paisible, tente qui ne sera point déplacée, dont les chevilles ne bougeront jamais et les cordages ne se rompront pas.
21 Yahweh will be our mighty God; he will be [like] [SIM] a mighty river that will protect us because [our enemies] will not be able to cross it; no one will be able to row across it and no ships will be able to sail across it.
Car là l’Eternel manifeste sa puissance en notre faveur, comme si nous habitions un lieu entouré de fleuves, de larges rivières que ne sillonne aucune barque à rameurs, que ne traverse aucun fier navire.
22 Yahweh is our judge; he is the one who gives us laws, and he is our king. He will rescue us.
Oui, l’Eternel est notre juge, l’Eternel est notre législateur, l’Eternel est notre roi, à lui nous devons le salut.
23 The ropes on our enemies’ boats will hang loose, their masts will not be fastened firmly, and their sails will not be spread out. The treasures that they have seized will be divided [among us, God’s people], and even lame [people among us] will get some.
Tes cordages sont relâchés, ils ne peuvent consolider le pied de leur mât, ni déployer les voiles. Aussi de riches dépouilles sont distribuées comme butin; les boiteux mêmes prennent part au pillage.
24 And the people in Jerusalem will no [longer] say, “We are sick,” [because Yahweh] will forgive the sins that have been committed by the people who live there.
Et aucun habitant ne pourra dire: "J’Ai éprouvé du mal." Le peuple qui réside à Jérusalem a obtenu le pardon de ses péchés.
