Isaiah 5
1 [Now] I will sing a song about my dear friend, and about his vineyard. The vineyard was on a very fertile hillside.
Je vais chanter pour mon bien-aimé le chant de mon bien-aimé au sujet de sa vigne. Mon bien-aimé avait une vigne, sur un coteau fertile.
2 My friend plowed the ground and cleared away the stones. Then he planted very good grapevines on that ground. In the middle of the vineyard, he built a watchtower, and he dug a (winepress/pit for squeezing the grapes). Then he waited [each year] to harvest some good grapes, but the vines produced [only] sour grapes.
Il en remua le sol, il en ôta les pierres, il la planta de ceps exquis. Il bâtit une tour au milieu, et il y creusa aussi un pressoir. Il attendait qu'elle donnât des raisins, mais elle donna du verjus. —
3 Now [this is what Yahweh says]: “You people of Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah, I [am like the friend, and you are like] my vineyard; [so] you judge which of us [has done what is right].
" Et maintenant, habitants de Jérusalem et hommes de Juda, jugez, je vous prie, entre moi et entre ma vigne!
4 What more could I have done for you than what I have already done? I expected you to be doing good deeds [MET], so it is disgusting that [RHQ] you were [doing only evil things] like the vineyard that produced only sour grapes!
Qu'y avait-il à faire de plus à ma vigne, que je n'aie pas fait pour elle? Pourquoi, ai-je attendu qu'elle donnât des raisins, et n'a-t-elle donné que du verjus?
5 [So], I will now tell you what I will do to [Judah, the place that is like] my vineyard. I will cut down the hedges, and they will be destroyed. I will tear down the walls [of the cities] and allow [wild animals] to trample the land.
" Et maintenant, je vous ferai connaître ce que je vais faire à ma vigne: j'arracherai sa haie, et elle sera broutée; j'abattrai sa clôture, et elle sera foulée aux pieds.
6 I will cause it to become a wasteland where the vines are not pruned and the ground is not hoed. It will be a place where briers and thorns [DOU] grow. And I will command that no rain will fall on it.”
J'en ferai un désert; et elle ne sera plus taillée, ni cultivée; les ronces et les épines y croîtront, et je commanderai aux nuées de ne plus laisser tomber la pluie sur elle. " —
7 The nation of Israel is [like] [MET] the vineyard of the Commander of the armies of angels. The people of Judah are [like] the garden that was pleasing to him. He expected you to be doing what is just/fair, but instead, [what he saw was people] murdering [MTY] others. [He expected that you would be doing] righteous deeds, but instead, he heard cries from people who were being [attacked] violently.
Car la vigne de Yahweh des armées, c'est la maison d'Israël, et les hommes de Juda sont le plant qu'il chérissait; il en attendait la droiture, voici du sang versé; la justice, et voici le cri de détresse.
8 Terrible things will happen to you who continually [illegally] acquire houses and fields. You force one family after another to leave their homes until you are the only ones [HYP] [still] living in the land.
Malheur à ceux qui ajoutent maison à maison, qui joignent champ à champ, jusqu'à ce qu'il n'y ait plus d'espace, et qu'ils habitent seuls au milieu du pays!
9 [But] I heard the Commander of the armies of angels solemnly declare this: “[Some day], many of those huge houses will be empty/deserted; no one will be living in those beautiful mansions.
Yahweh des armées a dit cette parole à mes oreilles: Oui, ces nombreuses maisons seront désertes; grandes et belles, elles n'auront plus d'habitants.
10 The vines on ten acres of land will not produce enough grapes to make (six gallons/22 liters) [of juice/wine], and ten baskets of seed will produce only one basket [of grain].”
Car dix arpents de vignes ne produiront qu'un bath, un homer de semence ne produira qu'un épha.
11 Terrible things will happen to those who get up early [each] morning to begin drinking alcoholic drinks, and who stay awake until late at night [drinking a lot of wine] until they are completely drunk.
Malheur à ceux qui courent dès le matin après les boissons enivrantes, et qui, le soir, prolongent leur orgie, échauffés par le vin!
12 They have [big parties and provide lots of] wine. At their parties, there are [people playing] harps and lyres and tambourines and flutes, but they never think about what Yahweh does or appreciate what he has created.
La harpe et le luth, le tambourin, la flûte et le vin, voilà leurs festins; mais ils ne prennent point garde à l'œuvre de Yahweh, et ils ne voient point l'ouvrage de ses mains.
13 So, my people will be (exiled/taken to other countries) [far away] because they do not know [about me]. Those who are [now very important and] honored will starve, and the other people will die from thirst.
C'est pourquoi mon peuple s'en ira en exil sans s'en douter; sa noblesse deviendra une troupe affamée, et sa multitude séchera de soif.
14 [It is as though] [PRS] the place where the dead people are is eagerly looking for more Israeli people, opening its mouth to swallow them, and a huge number of people will be thrown into that place, including their leaders as well as a noisy crowd of people who enjoy living in Jerusalem. (Sheol h7585)
C'est pourquoi le schéol se dilate, et ouvre sa bouche sans mesure; elle y descend, la magnificence de Sion, avec sa multitude bruyante et joyeuse. (Sheol h7585)
15 [Yahweh] will get rid of a huge number of people; and he will humble [many more] people who [now] are proud/arrogant.
Le mortel sera humilié, l'homme sera abaissé, et les yeux des superbes seront abattus.
16 But the Commander of the armies of angels will be exalted/praised because of his acting justly. God will show that he is holy by doing righteous/just deeds.
Et Yahweh des armées apparaîtra grand dans le jugement, et le Dieu saint apparaîtra saint dans la justice.
17 Then lambs and fat sheep will [be able to] find good grass to eat, [even] among the ruins [of the houses of rich people].
Des brebis paîtront comme sur leur pâturage, et des étrangers dévoreront les champs dévastés des riches.
18 Some people constantly tell lies, and [it is as though] they are dragging behind them the wrong things that they have done. Terrible things will happen to them!
Malheur à ceux qui tirent l'iniquité avec des cordes de mensonge, et le péché comme avec les traits d'un chariot!
19 They [make fun of God and] say [to him, ] “Go ahead, do something [to punish us]! We want to see what you will do. You, the Holy One of Israel, should do what you are planning to do, because we want to know what it is.”
Qui disent: " Qu'il se dépêche, qu'il hâte son œuvre, afin que nous la voyions! Qu'il s'approche et s'exécute, le décret du Saint d'Israël, et que nous sachions!... "
20 Terrible things will happen to those who say that evil is good, and that good is evil, that darkness is light and that light is darkness, that what is bitter is sweet and what is sweet is bitter.
Malheur à ceux qui appellent le mal bien, et le bien mal, qui font des ténèbres la lumière, et de la lumière les ténèbres, qui font ce qui est doux amer, et ce qui est amer doux!
21 Terrible things will happen to those who think that they are wise and that they (are very clever/know everything).
Malheur à ceux qui sont sages à leurs propres yeux, et intelligents à leur propre sens!
22 Terrible things will happen to those who [think that] [IRO] they are great/heroes because they are able to drink [lots of] wine, and boast about being able to mix good alcoholic drinks.
Malheur à ceux qui sont des héros pour boire le vin, et des vaillants pour mêler les liqueurs fortes!
23 If people offer them bribes in order that they will enable wicked people not to be punished, they accept those bribes, and they cause people who are innocent to be punished.
A ceux qui justifient le méchant pour un présent, et qui privent les justes de leur droit!
24 Therefore, just like [SIM] fires burn up stubble and dry grass shrivels up and quickly burns in flames, [it will be as though] those people have roots that will rot and have flowers that will wither. [That will happen] because they rejected the laws of the Commander of the armies of angels; they have despised the messages of the Holy One of Israel.
C'est pourquoi, comme la langue du feu dévore le chaume, et comme l'herbe sèche s'abîme dans la flamme, leur racine sera semblable à la pourriture, et leur fleur sera emportée comme la poussière; car ils ont rejeté la loi de Yahweh des armées, et méprisé la parole du Saint d'Israël.
25 That is why Yahweh is [extremely] angry [with his people]; [it is as though] his hand is raised [and he is ready to smash them]. [When he does that], the mountains will shake, and the corpses of people will be scattered in the streets like [SIM] manure. But even when that happens, Yahweh will still be very angry; he will be ready to punish his people [MET] again.
C'est pourquoi la colère de Yahweh s'est embrasée contre son peuple; il a étendu la main contre lui, et il l'a frappé; les montagnes sont ébranlées; leurs cadavres gisent au milieu des chemins, comme de l'ordure. Avec tout cela, sa colère ne s'est pas détournée, et sa main reste étendue.
26 Yahweh will send a signal to summon [armies of] nations far away; [it is as though] he will whistle [to summon those soldiers who are] in very remote places on the earth. They will come very swiftly [DOU] [to Jerusalem].
Il dresse une bannière pour les nations éloignées; il les siffle des extrémités de la terre. Et voici qu'ils arrivent, prompts et légers.
27 They will not get tired or stumble. They will not [stop to] rest or to sleep. None of their belts will be loose, and none of them will have sandals with broken straps, [so they will all be ready to fight in battles].
Il n'y en a pas un qui soit las et qui chancelle, pas un qui sommeille ou qui dorme; à aucun la ceinture de ses reins ne se détache, ni la courroie de ses sandales ne se rompt.
28 Their arrows will be sharp, and their bows will be ready [to shoot those arrows in a battle]. [Because their horses pull the chariots fast], sparks will shoot out from their hooves, and the wheels of the chariots will spin like a whirlwind.
Leurs flèches sont aiguisées, leurs arcs sont tous tendus; les sabots de leurs chevaux sont durs comme le caillou, les roues de leurs chars pareilles à l'ouragan.
29 They will roar like [very strong] lions [DOU] that growl and [then] pounce on the animals they want to kill and carry them off, and no one is able to rescue them.
Leur rugissement est celui du lion; ils rugissent comme le lionceau: il gronde et saisit sa proie; il l'emporte et personne ne la lui arrache.
30 [Similarly, your enemies] will roar when they see the people they are about to kill, like [SIM] the sea roars. [On that day], if someone looks across the land, he will see [only people who are in] darkness and distressed; [it will be as though] even the sunlight is hidden by dark clouds.
En ce temps-là, il y aura sur le peuple un grondement, semblable au grondement de la mer. On regardera le pays, et voilà les ténèbres! Angoisse et lumière! Puis la nuit s'étend sur le ciel du pays.
