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 chanterai pour mon bien-aimé le cantique de mon bien-aimé sur sa vigne. Mon ami 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 la défricha; il en ôta les pierres; il la planta de ceps exquis; il bâtit une tour au milieu d'elle, et il y creusa un pressoir. Or il espérait qu'elle produirait des raisins; mais elle a produit des grappes sauvages.
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].
Maintenant donc, habitants de Jérusalem, hommes de Juda, jugez entre moi et 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 encore à faire à ma vigne, que je n'aie pas fait pour elle? Pourquoi, quand j'espérais qu'elle produirait des raisins, a-t-elle produit des grappes sauvages?
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 vais vous apprendre ce que je veux faire à ma vigne: J'enlèverai sa haie et elle sera broutée; je romprai sa clôture, et elle sera foulée.
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.”
Je la réduirai en désert; elle ne sera plus taillée ni bêchée; elle montera en ronces et en épines; je commanderai aux nuées de ne plus faire 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.
Or la vigne de l'Éternel des armées, c'est la maison d'Israël, et les hommes de Juda sont le plant auquel il prenait plaisir. Il en attendait la droiture, et voici des meurtres; la justice, et voici des cris 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 joignent maison à maison, qui ajoutent un champ à l'autre, jusqu'à ce qu'il n'y ait plus d'espace et que vous habitiez 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.
L'Éternel des armées me l'a fait entendre: Si les maisons nombreuses ne sont réduites en désolation, si les maisons grandes et belles ne sont privées 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].”
Même dix arpents de vignes ne produiront qu'un bath, et 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 se lèvent de grand matin pour courir après la boisson forte, et qui bien avant dans la nuit sont 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 sont dans leurs festins; mais ils ne prennent pas garde à l'œuvre de l'Éternel, ils ne voient pas 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 sera emmené captif, faute de connaissance; sa noblesse mourra de faim, son peuple languira 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 Sépulcre s'est élargi; il ouvre sa gueule sans mesure; la magnificence de Jérusalem y descend, sa foule 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.
Les hommes seront abattus, les grands seront humiliés, et les yeux des superbes seront abaissés.
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.
L'Éternel des armées sera glorifié par le jugement, le Dieu saint sera sanctifié par 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].
Les agneaux paîtront comme dans leurs pâturages, et les étrangers dévoreront les champs désolés 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 les cordes du 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 hâte, qu'il accélère son œuvre, afin que nous la voyions! Qu'il s'avance et qu'il vienne, le dessein du Saint d'Israël, et nous le connaîtrons!
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 l'amer doux, et le doux amer!
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 yeux et intelligents à leur propre jugement!
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 forts pour boire le vin, et vaillants pour mêler la boisson forte!
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.
Qui justifient le coupable pour un présent, et ravissent aux justes 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.
Aussi, comme le feu dévore le chaume, et comme la flamme consume l'herbe sèche, leur racine tombera en pourriture et leur fleur s'en ira en poussière; car ils ont rejeté la loi de l'Éternel des armées, ils ont 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.
Aussi la colère de l'Éternel s'embrase contre son peuple. Il étend la main sur lui, il le frappe, et les montagnes en tremblent; leurs cadavres sont comme le fumier au milieu des rues. Malgré tout cela, sa colère ne s'arrête pas, et sa main est toujours 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 élève une bannière vers les peuples éloignés; il siffle pour en appeler un du bout de la terre; et voici, rapide et prompt, il arrive.
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].
Nul n'est fatigué, nul ne chancelle; nul ne sommeille ni ne dort; nul n'a la ceinture de ses reins déliée, ni la courroie de ses souliers rompue.
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.
Ses flèches sont aiguës; tous ses arcs sont tendus; le sabot de ses chevaux ressemble au caillou, et ses roues 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.
Il a le rugissement de la lionne; il rugit comme les lionceaux; il gronde, et saisit la proie; il l'emporte, et nul ne la sauve.
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 jour-là, il grondera contre Juda, comme gronde la mer. Qu'on regarde vers la terre: voici les ténèbres et l'angoisse; la lumière est obscurcie par les nuées.
