< Micah 4 >

1 Yahweh [says that] some day his temple will be on top of a mountain, and that mountain will be the most important [MET] one on the earth; it will be [as though it is] higher than all the hills, and huge groups of people from all over the world will come there [to worship].
Et voici ce qui arrivera: au dernier jour, la montagne du Seigneur apparaîtra; on la verra au-dessus des cimes des monts; elle s'élèvera plus haut que les collines. Et les peuples auront hâte de s'en approcher;
2 [People from] many nations will say [to each other], “Let’s go to the mountain where Yahweh is, to the temple where we can worship the God whom Jacob [worshiped]. There God will teach us how he wants us to conduct our lives, and we will do what he wants us to do.” Zion [Hill] is the place where he will teach [people]; and [people will go] out from Jerusalem [to tell others] his messages.
et les gentils viendront en grand nombre, et diront: Venons, montons sur la montagne du Seigneur, et au temple du Dieu de Jacob. On nous en montrera le chemin, et nous cheminerons en ses entiers; car de Sion sortira la loi, et de Jérusalem la parole du Seigneur.
3 Yahweh will settle disputes between many people, and he will [also] settle disputes between powerful nations that are far away. Then people will hammer their swords to cause them to become plow blades, and [hammer] their spears to cause them to become pruning knives. [Armies of] nations will no [longer] fight against [armies of other] nations, and they will no longer train [men how to fight] in wars.
Et Il jugera entre beaucoup de peuples, et Il châtiera, même au loin, des nations puissantes; et chez elles on forgera les glaives pour en faire des socs de charrues, et des javelines pour en faire des faux; de nation à nation, on ne s'attaquera plus par l'épée, on n'apprendra plus à combattre.
4 Everyone will sit [peacefully] under his own grapevines, and under his own fig trees; no one will cause them to be afraid. [That is what will surely happen] because the Commander of the armies of angels has said it.
Et chacun se reposera sous sa vigne et sous son figuier; et nul ne leur inspirera de crainte, parce que le Seigneur tout-puissant l'a dit de Sa bouche.
5 Many [HYP] [of the people of other] nations will worship [IDM] their own gods, but we will worship Yahweh our God always, forever.
Tous les peuples alors suivront chacun sa voie; mais nous, nous marcherons au Nom du Seigneur, notre Dieu, dans tous les siècles et au delà.
6 Yahweh says, “There will soon be a time when I will gather the people whom I have punished, who have been (exiled/forced to go to other countries), all those whom [I have caused to] suffer much.
En ce jour, dit le Seigneur, Je réunirai celle qui a le cœur contrit et celle que J'ai repoussée, et J'accueillerai ceux que J'avais chassés;
7 My people who did not die while they were exiled will become a strong nation [again]. Then [I], Yahweh, will be their king, and I will rule from Jerusalem forever.
et Je mettrai en réserve celle qui a eu le cœur contrit; et Je ferai une nation puissante de celle que J'avais repoussée; et le Seigneur régnera sur elles en la montagne de Sion, depuis ce moment jusqu'à la fin des siècles.
8 As for you people of Jerusalem [MET], you who [guard all of my people] like [MET] [a shepherd guards his sheep] from a tower, you [who live on] Zion [Hill], will have great power again. You people who live in Jerusalem will again rule like you did previously.
Et toi, vieille tour du troupeau, Sion Ma fille, la principauté te reviendra et rentrera dans tes murs; et le premier royaume de Babylone reviendra à Ma fille Jérusalem.
9 [So] why [RHQ] are you wailing now? Is it because you have no king? Have all your wise people died? You are groaning loudly like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby.
Et maintenant pourquoi as-tu connu le malheur? N'avais-tu pas un roi? Ou ta raison avait-elle péri pour que tu aies senti les douleurs de l'enfantement?
10 [Well], you people of Jerusalem should writhe and groan like [SIM] a woman who is having birth pains, because now you must leave this city, and [while you are traveling], you will set up tents in open fields [at night]; you will go to [live in] Babylon. [But while you are] there, [I], Yahweh, will rescue you; I will free you from the power/control [MTY] of your enemies.
Souffre et prends courage, et approche, Sion, ma fille; souffre comme une femme qui enfante; car bientôt tu sortiras de tes murs, tu dresseras tes tentes dans la plaine, et tu iras jusqu'à Babylone; puis le Seigneur ton Dieu t'en délivrera, et Il te tirera des mains de tes ennemis.
11 Now [the armies of] many nations have gathered to attack you. They are saying, ‘Jerusalem must be destroyed! We want to see this city [when it becomes ruins]!’
Et maintenant, contre toi maintes nations se sont rassemblées, elles disaient: Réjouissons-nous, et que nos yeux surveillent Sion!
12 But they do not know what [I], Yahweh, think, and they do not understand what I plan: I will gather them [and punish them] like [SIM] [farmers] thresh grain on the ground.
Mais elles ne savaient pas la pensée du Seigneur; elles n'avaient point compris Ses conseils; car Il les avait rassemblées comme des gerbes dans une aire.
13 So, you people of Jerusalem, rise up and punish [MET] [the nations who oppose you]. I will cause you [to be very strong], [as if] [MET] you had horns made of iron, [as if] [MET] you had hoofs made of bronze; and you will crush many nations. And [then you will take] from your enemies the valuable things that they have taken [from other countries], and you will dedicate those things to [me, the one who is] the Lord of all [the people on] the earth.”
Lève-toi, Sion, Ma fille, tombe sur elles comme le fléau; Je te donnerai des cornes de fer; Je te couvrirai d'armes d'airain, et tu briseras maintes nations, et tu consacreras leurs grains nombreux au Seigneur, et leurs richesses au Seigneur de toute la terre.

< Micah 4 >