Isaiah 37
1 When King Hezekiah heard what they reported, he tore his clothes and put on clothes made of rough sackcloth [because he was very distressed]. Then he went into the temple of Yahweh [and prayed].
Lorsque le roi Ézéchias l'apprit, il déchira ses vêtements, se couvrit d'un sac et entra dans la maison de l'Éternel.
2 Then he sent Eliakim, Shebna, and the (older/most important) priests, who were also wearing clothes made of rough sackcloth, to talk to me.
Il envoya Eliakim, chef de la maison, Shebna, le scribe, et les anciens des prêtres, couverts de sacs, vers Ésaïe, le prophète, fils d'Amoz.
3 He said to them, “Tell this to Isaiah: ‘King Hezekiah says that this is a day when we are greatly distressed. Other nations are causing us to be insulted and disgraced. We are like [SIM] a woman who is about to give birth to a baby, but she does not have the strength that she needs to do it.
Ils lui dirent: « Ézéchias dit: 'C'est aujourd'hui un jour de détresse, de réprimande et de rejet, car les enfants sont nés, et il n'y a pas de force pour enfanter.
4 [But] perhaps Yahweh our God has heard what the official from Assyria said. Perhaps he knows that his boss, the King of Assyria, sent him to insult the all-powerful God, and that Yahweh will punish the King of Assyria for what he said. And the king requests that you pray for the few of us who are still alive [here in Jerusalem].’”
Il se peut que Yahvé ton Dieu entende les paroles de Rabschaké, que le roi d'Assyrie son maître a envoyé pour défier le Dieu vivant, et qu'il réprouve les paroles que Yahvé ton Dieu a entendues. C'est pourquoi tu dois élever ta prière pour le reste qui est resté. »
5 After those men gave me that message,
Et les serviteurs du roi Ézéchias vinrent auprès d'Ésaïe.
6 I replied, “Tell the King, ‘This is what Yahweh says: “Those messengers from the King of Assyria have said evil things about me. But do not be disturbed by what they said.
Ésaïe leur dit: « Dites à votre maître: 'Yahvé dit: Ne craignez pas les paroles que vous avez entendues, par lesquelles les serviteurs du roi d'Assyrie m'ont blasphémé.
7 Listen to this: I will cause Sennacherib to hear a rumor [that the armies of Babylon are about to attack his country], and that will worry him. So he will return to his own country, and there I will cause him to be assassinated by [men using] swords.”’”
Voici, je vais mettre un esprit en lui et il entendra des nouvelles, et il retournera dans son pays. Je le ferai tomber par l'épée dans son pays. »'"
8 The official from Assyria found out that the King of Assyria [and his army] had captured Lachish [city] and that they were attacking Libnah, [which is a nearby city]. So the official left Jerusalem and went to Libnah [to report to the king what had happened in Jerusalem].
Rabschaké revint donc et trouva le roi d'Assyrie en guerre contre Libna, car il avait appris qu'il était parti de Lakis.
9 Soon after that, King [Sennacherib] received a report that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was leading his army to attack them. So before King Sennacherib left Libnah [with his army to fight against the army from Ethiopia], he sent other messengers to Hezekiah in Jerusalem with a letter. [In the letter he wrote this] to Hezekiah:
Il entendit une nouvelle concernant Tirhakah, roi d'Éthiopie: « Il est sorti pour te combattre. » Lorsqu'il l'apprit, il envoya des messagers à Ézéchias, en disant:
10 “Do not allow your god, on whom you are relying, to deceive you by promising you that Jerusalem will not be captured by my army.
« Tu parleras ainsi à Ézéchias, roi de Juda: « Ne te laisse pas tromper par ton Dieu en qui tu as confiance, en disant: « Jérusalem ne sera pas livrée entre les mains du roi d'Assyrie. »
11 You have certainly heard what the armies of the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries; our armies have destroyed them completely. So, (do you think that you will escape?/do not think that your god will save you!) [RHQ]
Voici, vous avez entendu ce que les rois d'Assyrie ont fait à tous les pays, en les détruisant par interdit. Serez-vous délivrés?
12 Did the gods of the nations that were about to be destroyed by the armies of the previous kings of Assyria rescue them? Did those gods rescue Gozan [region], and Haran and Rezeph [cities in northern Syria], and the people of Eden [region] who were forced to go to Tel-Assar [city]?
Les dieux des nations ont-ils délivré ceux que mes pères ont détruits, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, et les enfants d'Eden qui étaient à Telassar?
13 What happened to the King of Hamath and the King of Arpad? What happened to the kings of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah [cities]? [Did their gods rescue them] [RHQ]?”
Où est le roi de Hamath, et le roi d'Arpad, et le roi de la ville de Sépharvaïm, de Héna et d'Ivva? ».
14 Hezekiah received the letter that the messengers gave him, and he read it. Then he went up to the temple and spread out the letter in front of Yahweh.
Ézéchias reçut la lettre de la main des messagers et la lut. Puis Ézéchias monta à la maison de l'Éternel et la déploya devant l'Éternel.
15 And [then] Hezekiah prayed this:
Ézéchias pria Yahvé en disant:
16 “O Yahweh, Commander of the armies of angels, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, you are seated on your throne above the statues of the creatures with wings, [above the Sacred Chest]. Only you are [truly] God. You rule all the kingdoms on this earth. You are the one who created everything on the earth and in the sky.
« Yahvé des armées, le Dieu d'Israël, qui trône entre les chérubins, tu es le Dieu, toi seul, de tous les royaumes de la terre. Tu as fait le ciel et la terre.
17 [So], Yahweh, [please] listen to what I am saying, and look at [what is happening]! And listen to what Sennacherib has said to insult you, the all-powerful God!
Tourne ton oreille, Yahvé, et écoute. Ouvre tes yeux, Yahvé, et regarde. Écoute toutes les paroles de Sennacherib, qui a envoyé défier le Dieu vivant.
18 Yahweh, it is true that [the armies of] the kings of Assyria have completely destroyed many nations and ruined their land.
En vérité, Yahvé, les rois d'Assyrie ont détruit tous les pays et leurs terres,
19 And they have thrown all the idols of those nations into fires and burned them. But they were not [really] gods. They were only idols made of wood and stone, [and that is why they were destroyed easily].
et ils ont jeté leurs dieux au feu; car ce n'étaient pas des dieux, mais l'ouvrage de mains d'hommes, du bois et de la pierre; c'est pourquoi ils les ont détruits.
20 So now, Yahweh our God, [please] rescue us from the power [MTY] of [the King of Assyria], in order that [the people in] all the kingdoms of the world will know that you, Yahweh, are the only one who is [truly] God.”
Maintenant, Yahvé notre Dieu, sauve-nous de sa main, afin que tous les royaumes de la terre sachent que tu es Yahvé, toi seul. »
21 Then I sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what Yahweh, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, says: Because you prayed about what King Sennacherib of Assyria [said],
Alors Ésaïe, fils d'Amoz, envoya à Ézéchias, en disant: « Yahvé, le Dieu d'Israël, dit: « Parce que tu m'as prié contre Sennacherib, roi d'Assyrie,
22 this is what I say to him: ‘The people of Jerusalem despise you and make fun of you. They will wag/shake their heads to mock you while you flee from here.
voici la parole que Yahvé a prononcée à son sujet: La fille vierge de Sion t'a méprisé et s'est moquée de toi. La fille de Jérusalem a secoué la tête devant toi.
23 Whom do you think you have been despising and ridiculing? Whom do you think you were shouting at? Whom do you think you were looking at [very] proudly/arrogantly? [It was I], the Holy One whom the Israelis worship!
Qui as-tu défié et blasphémé? Contre qui as-tu élevé ta voix et levé tes yeux en haut? Contre le Saint d'Israël.
24 The messengers whom you sent made fun of me. You said, “With my many chariots I have gone to the highest mountains, [even] to the highest mountains in Lebanon. We have cut down its tallest cedar [trees] and its nicest pine/cypress [trees]. We have been to the most distant/remote peaks and to its densest forests.
Par tes serviteurs, tu as défié l'Éternel, et tu as dit: « Avec la multitude de mes chars, je suis monté jusqu'à la hauteur des montagnes, jusqu'au fond du Liban. J'abattrai ses grands cèdres et ses beaux cyprès. J'entrerai dans ses hauteurs les plus lointaines, dans la forêt de son champ fertile.
25 We have dug wells [in many countries] and drunk water [from them]. And by marching through [MTY] the streams of Egypt, we dried them all up [HYP]!”
J'ai creusé et bu de l'eau, et de la plante de mes pieds j'assécherai tous les fleuves d'Égypte. »
26 [But I, Yahweh, reply], “Have you never heard that long ago I determined [those things]; I planned them long ago, and now I have been causing those things to occur. I planned that your army would destroy cities and cause them to become piles of rubble.
« N'avez-vous pas entendu que je l'ai fait dès longtemps, que je l'ai formé dans les temps anciens? Maintenant, j'ai fait en sorte que ce soit à toi de détruire les villes fortifiées, en les transformant en tas de ruines.
27 The people in those cities have no power, and as a result they are dismayed and discouraged. They are [as frail as] [MET] grass and plants in the fields, as frail as grass that grows on the roofs of houses and is scorched by the hot east wind.
Aussi leurs habitants avaient-ils peu de force. Ils étaient consternés et confus. Ils étaient comme l'herbe des champs, comme l'herbe verte, comme l'herbe des toits, et comme un champ qui n'a pas encore poussé.
28 [But] I know [everything about you]; I know when you are [in your house and] when you go outside; I also know that you are (raging/speaking very angrily) against me.
Mais je sais que tu t'assieds, que tu sors, que tu entres, et que tu te déchaînes contre moi.
29 [So], because you have raged against me and because I have heard you speak very proudly/arrogantly, [it will be as though] I will put a hook in your nose and I will put an iron (bit/metal bar) in your mouth [in order that I can lead you where I want you to go], and I will force you to return [to your own country], on the same road on which you came [here, without conquering Jerusalem].”’
Parce que tu t'es déchaîné contre moi, et que ton arrogance est montée jusqu'à mes oreilles, je mettrai mon crochet à ton nez et ma bride à tes lèvres, et je te ferai revenir par le chemin par lequel tu es venu.
30 [Then I said to Hezekiah], ‘This will prove to you [that what I said will happen]: “This year, you(pl) will eat [only the crops] that grow by themselves, and next year the same thing will happen. But in the third year you will plant [crops] and harvest them; you will take care of your vineyards and eat the grapes.
"'Voici le signe qui vous sera donné: Vous mangerez cette année ce qui pousse de lui-même, et la seconde année ce qui en jaillit; la troisième année, vous sèmerez et moissonnerez, vous planterez des vignes et vous mangerez leurs fruits.
31 And [you] people who are still [here] in Judah, will be strong and prosper again [MET].
Le reste qui s'est échappé de la maison de Juda reprendra racine en bas, et portera du fruit en haut.
32 A small number of my people will survive, and they will spread out from Jerusalem [DOU].” That will happen because [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, am desiring very much to accomplish it.’
Car un reste sortira de Jérusalem, et des survivants s'échapperont de la montagne de Sion. C'est le zèle de Yahvé des armées qui accomplira cela ».
33 And this is what [I], Yahweh, say about the King of Assyria: ‘His [armies] will not enter Jerusalem; they will not [even] shoot arrows into it. His soldiers will not [march outside] the city gates holding their shields, and they will not build high mounds of dirt against the walls of the city [to enable them to attack the city].
« C'est pourquoi Yahvé dit à propos du roi d'Assyrie: 'Il ne viendra pas dans cette ville, il n'y décochera pas de flèche, il ne s'avancera pas devant elle avec un bouclier et il ne dressera pas de butte contre elle.
34 And their king will return [to his own country] on the same road on which he came [here]. He will not enter this city!’ [That will happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!
Il s'en retournera par le chemin qu'il a pris, et il ne viendra pas dans cette ville, dit l'Éternel.
35 For the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised King David, who served me [well], I will defend this city and prevent it from being destroyed.”
Car je défendrai cette ville pour la sauver, à cause de moi et à cause de mon serviteur David. »
36 [That night], an angel from Yahweh went out to where the army of Assyria had set up their tents and killed 185,000 of their soldiers. When [the rest of the soldiers] woke up the next morning, they saw that there were corpses everywhere.
Alors l'ange de Yahvé sortit et frappa cent quatre-vingt-cinq mille hommes dans le camp des Assyriens. Quand les hommes se levèrent de bon matin, voici, c'étaient tous des cadavres.
37 Then King Sennacherib left and returned home to Nineveh [in Assyria], and stayed there.
Alors Sennacherib, roi d'Assyrie, partit, s'en alla, retourna à Ninive et y resta.
38 [One day], when he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his two sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him with their swords. Then they escaped and went to the Ararat [region northwest of Nineveh]. And another of Sennacherib’s sons, Esarhaddon, became the King of Assyria.
Comme il se prosternait dans la maison de Nisroch, son dieu, Adrammelech et Sharezer, ses fils, le frappèrent de l'épée, et ils s'enfuirent au pays d'Ararat. Esar Haddon, son fils, régna à sa place.
