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].
Et il arriva qu'aussitôt que le Roi Ezéchias eut entendu ces choses, il déchira ses vêtements, et se couvrit d'un sac; et entra dans la maison de l'Eternel.
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.
Puis il envoya Eliakim Maître d'hôtel, et Sebna le Secrétaire, et les anciens d'entre les Sacrificateurs, couverts de sacs, vers Esaïe le Prophète fils d'Amots.
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.
Et ils lui dirent; ainsi a dit Ezéchias; ce jour-ci est le jour d'angoisse, et de répréhension, et de blasphème; car les enfants sont venus jusqu'à l'ouverture de la matrice, mais il n'y a point 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].’”
Peut-être que l'Eternel ton Dieu aura entendu les paroles de Rabsaké, lequel le Roi des Assyriens son maître a envoyé pour blasphémer le Dieu vivant, et lui faire outrage, selon les paroles que l'Eternel ton Dieu a ouïes; fais donc requête pour le reste qui se trouve encore.
5 After those men gave me that message,
Les serviteurs donc du Roi Ezéchias vinrent vers Esaïe.
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.
Et Esaïe leur dit; vous direz ainsi à votre maître; ainsi a dit l'Eternel; ne crains point pour les paroles que tu as entendues, par lesquelles les serviteurs du Roi des Assyriens 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 m'en vais mettre en lui un tel esprit, qu'ayant entendu un certain bruit, il retournera en son pays, et 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].
Or quand Rabsaké s'en fut retourné, il alla trouver le Roi des Assyriens, qui battait Libna; car [Rabsaké] avait appris qu'il était parti de Lachis.
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:
[Le Roi] donc [des Assyriens] ouït dire touchant Tirhaka Roi d'Ethiopie; il est sorti pour te combattre; ce qu'ayant entendu, il envoya des messagers vers Ezéchias, en leur 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.
Vous parlerez ainsi à Ezéchias Roi de Juda, disant; que ton Dieu auquel tu te confies, ne t'abuse point, en disant; Jérusalem ne sera point livrée en la main du Roi des Assyriens.
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]
Voilà, tu as entendu ce que les Rois des Assyriens ont fait à tous les pays, en les détruisant entièrement; et tu échapperais?
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 que mes ancêtres ont détruites, [savoir] de Gozan, de Charan, de Retseph, et des enfants d'Héden, qui sont en Phélasar, les ont-ils délivrées?
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 Sépharvajim, Hénah et Hivah?
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.
Et quand Ezéchias eut reçu les Lettres de la main des messagers, et les eut lues, il monta en la maison de l'Eternel, et Ezéchias les déploya devant l'Eternel.
15 And [then] Hezekiah prayed this:
Puis Ezéchias fit sa prière à l'Eternel, [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.
O Eternel des armées! Dieu d'Israël! qui es assis entre les Chérubins; toi seul es le Dieu de tous les royaumes de la terre; tu as fait les cieux 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!
O Eternel! incline ton oreille, et écoute; ô Eternel! ouvre tes yeux, et regarde, et écoute toutes les paroles de Sanchérib, lesquelles il m'a envoyé dire pour blasphémer 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.
Il est bien vrai, ô Eternel! que les Rois des Assyriens ont détruit tous les pays, et leurs contrées;
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 qu'ils ont jeté au feu leurs dieux; car ce n'étaient point des dieux; mais un ouvrage de main d'homme, 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 donc, ô Eternel notre Dieu! délivre-nous de la main de [Sanchérib], afin que tous les Royaumes de la terre sachent que toi seul es l'Eternel.
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 Esaïe fils d'Amots envoya vers Ezéchias, pour lui dire; ainsi a dit l'Eternel, le Dieu d'Israël; quant à ce dont tu m'as requis touchant Sanchérib Roi des Assyriens;
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.
C'est ici la parole que l'Eternel a prononcée contre lui. La vierge fille de Sion, t'a méprisé, et s'est moquée de toi; la fille de Jérusalem a branlé la tête après 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 outragé et blasphémé? contre qui as-tu élevé ta voix, et levé tes yeux en haut? c'est 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.
Tu as outragé le Seigneur par le moyen de tes serviteurs, et tu as dit; je suis monté avec la multitude de mes chariots sur le haut des montagnes, aux côtés du Liban, je couperai les plus hauts cèdres, et les plus beaux sapins qui y soient, et j'entrerai jusques en son plus haut bout, et en la forêt de son Carmel.
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 [des sources], et j'en ai bu les eaux; et j'ai tari de la plante de mes pieds tous les ruisseaux des forteresses.
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'as-tu pas entendu que déjà dès longtemps j'ai fait cette ville, et que d'ancienneté je l'ai ainsi formée? et maintenant l'aurais-je conservée pour être réduite en désolation, et les villes munies, en monceaux 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.
Or leurs habitants étant dénués de force ont été épouvantés et confus, et sont devenus [comme] l'herbe des champs; et l'herbe verte, [comme] le foin des toits, qui [est] sec avant qu'il soit monté en tuyau.
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 ton repaire, ta sortie, et ton entrée, et comment tu es furieux 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 es furieux contre moi, et que ton insolence est montée à mes oreilles, je mettrai ma boucle en tes narines, et mon mors en ta bouche, et je te ferai retourner 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.
Et ceci te sera pour signe, [ô Ezéchias], c'est qu'on mangera cette année ce qui viendra de soi-même aux champs; et en la seconde année, ce qui croîtra encore sans semer; mais la troisième année, vous sèmerez et vous moissonnerez; vous planterez des vignes, et vous en mangerez le fruit.
31 And [you] people who are still [here] in Judah, will be strong and prosper again [MET].
Et ce qui est réchappé, et demeuré de reste dans la maison de Juda, étendra sa racine par-dessous, et elle produira son fruit par-dessus.
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 il sortira de Jérusalem quelques restes, et de la montagne de Sion quelques réchappés, la jalousie de l'Eternel des armées fera 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 ainsi a dit l'Eternel touchant le Roi des Assyriens; il n'entrera point en cette ville, et il n'y jettera aucune flèche, il ne se présentera point contr'elle avec le bouclier, et il ne dressera point de terrasse contr'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 par lequel il est venu, et il n'entrera point en cette ville, dit l'Eternel.
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 garantirai cette ville, afin de la délivrer pour l'amour de moi, et pour l'amour de David mon serviteur.
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.
Un Ange donc de l'Eternel sortit, et tua cent quatre-vingt-cinq mille [hommes] au camp des Assyriens; et quand on fut levé de bon matin, voilà c'étaient tous des corps morts.
37 Then King Sennacherib left and returned home to Nineveh [in Assyria], and stayed there.
Et Sanchérib Roi des Assyriens partit de là, il s'en alla, et s'en retourna, et se tint à Ninive.
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.
Et il arriva qu'étant prosterné dans la maison de Nisroc son Dieu, Adrammélec et Saréetser ses fils le tuèrent avec l'épée; puis ils se sauvèrent au pays d'Ararat, et Esarhaddon son fils régna en sa place.
