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 qui ravages et qui n'as pas été ravagé, qui pilles et n'as pas été pillé! Quand tu auras fini de ravager, tu seras ravagé; quand tu auras achevé de piller, on te pillera.
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.
Éternel, aie pitié de nous! Nous nous attendons à toi. Sois le bras de ceux-ci dès le matin, et notre délivrance au temps 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 ont pris la fuite; quand tu t'es élevé, les nations se sont dispersées.
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.
Votre butin sera ramassé comme ramasse la sauterelle; on se précipitera dessus, comme la sauterelle se précipite.
5 Yahweh is greater than anyone else, and he lives in heaven, and he will rule justly and righteously in Jerusalem.
L'Éternel va être exalté, lui qui habite les lieux élevés. Il remplira Sion de justice et d'équité.
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.
Et la sécurité de tes jours, l'assurance du salut seront la sagesse et la connaissance; la crainte de l'Éternel sera ton trésor.
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].
Voici, leurs hérauts crient 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 routes sont désertes; on ne passe plus sur les chemins; il a rompu l'alliance, il méprise les villes!
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].
Il ne fait aucun cas des hommes. La terre est dans le deuil et languit. Le Liban est confus et dépérit; Saron est devenu comme une lande; Bassan et Carmel perdent leur feuillage.
10 Yahweh says, “Now I will begin to show that I am very powerful [DOU].
Maintenant je me lèverai, dit l'Éternel; maintenant je serai exalté, maintenant je serai haut élevé!
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 concevrez de la balle, vous enfanterez du chaume. Votre souffle vous dévorera comme un feu.
12 [Your] people will be burned until only ashes remain [MET] like [SIM] thornbushes are cut down and burned up in a fire.
Et les peuples seront comme des fournaises de chaux, des épines coupées, qu'on brûle au feu.
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.”
Vous qui êtes loin, écoutez ce que j'ai fait; et vous qui êtes près, connaissez ma force.
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 pécheurs sont effrayés dans Sion; le tremblement saisit les impies: “Qui de nous pourra subsister devant le feu dévorant? qui de nous pourra subsister devant les flammes éternelles? “
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, et qui parle avec droiture; qui rejette le gain acquis par extorsion, qui secoue ses mains pour ne point prendre de présent; qui bouche ses oreilles pour ne point entendre des paroles de sang, et ferme ses yeux pour ne point voir le 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 des lieux élevés; des forteresses de rochers seront sa retraite; son pain lui sera donné, ses eaux ne manqueront point.
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; ils verront la terre éloignée.
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 se rappellera ses terreurs: “Où est celui qui écrivait? où est celui qui pesait les tributs? où est celui qui comptait 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 fier, le peuple au langage obscur, qu'on n'entend pas, à la langue bégayante, qu'on ne comprend pas.
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.
Regarde Sion, la ville de nos fêtes solennelles! Que tes yeux contemplent Jérusalem, habitation tranquille, tente qui ne sera point transportée, dont les pieux ne seront jamais arrachés, et dont aucun cordage ne sera rompu.
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 c'est là que l'Éternel se montre puissant pour nous; il nous tient lieu de fleuves, de larges rivières, où les vaisseaux à rames ne passent point et que les grands vaisseaux ne traversent point.
22 Yahweh is our judge; he is the one who gives us laws, and he is our king. He will rescue us.
Car l'Éternel est notre juge, l'Éternel est notre législateur, l'Éternel est notre roi; c'est lui qui nous sauvera.
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 pourront maintenir leur mât, ni tendre la voile. Alors on partagera les dépouilles d'un grand butin; les boiteux même prendront 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.
Aucun de ceux qui y demeurent ne dira: Je suis malade! Le peuple qui habite Jérusalem a reçu le pardon de son péché.
