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 il arrivera au dernier des jours que la montagne de la maison du Seigneur sera préparée sur le sommet des montagnes, et élevée au-dessus des collines; et des peuples y afflueront.
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 beaucoup de nations se hâteront et diront: Venez, montons à la montagne du Seigneur et à la maison du Dieu de Jacob; et il nous instruira de ses voies, et nous marcherons dans ses sentiers, parce que de Sion sortira la loi, et la parole du Seigneur de Jérusalem.
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 exercera son jugement sur beaucoup de peuples, et il châtiera des nations puissantes jusqu’aux pays lointains, et ils tailleront leurs glaives en socs de charrue et leurs lances en boyaux; une nation ne prendra pas le glaive contre une autre nation, et ils n’apprendront plus à faire la guerre,
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 il n’y aura personne qui les effraye, parce que c’est la bouche du Seigneur qui a parlé.
5 Many [HYP] [of the people of other] nations will worship [IDM] their own gods, but we will worship Yahweh our God always, forever.
Car tous les peuples marcheront chacun au nom de son Dieu; mais nous, nous marcherons au nom du Seigneur Dieu, jusque dans l’éternité 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-là, dit le Seigneur, je rassemblerai celle qui était boiteuse, et je recueillerai celle que j’avais rejetée et celle que j’avais affligée.
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.
Je ferai que celle qui était boiteuse ait des restes, et que celle qui avait été dans la peine devienne une nation puissante; et le Seigneur régnera sur eux, sur la montagne de Sion, depuis ce moment jusqu’à jamais.
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, tour du troupeau, environnée de nuages, fille de Sion, jusqu’à toi viendra, oui elle viendra, la puissance souveraine, l’empire de la fille de 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.
Pourquoi es-tu maintenant tourmentée par le chagrin? Est-ce que tu n’as point de roi, ou ton conseiller a-t-il péri, puisque la douleur t’a saisie comme une femme qui est en travail?
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.
Afflige-toi, et tourmente-toi, fille de Sion, comme une femme en travail, parce que maintenant tu sortiras de la cité, et tu habiteras dans une région étrangère, et tu viendras jusqu’à Babylone; là, tu seras délivrée; là, le Seigneur te rachètera de la main 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 se sont rassemblées contre toi beaucoup de nations, qui disent: Qu’elle soit lapidée, et que notre œil considère 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 eux-mêmes n’ont pas connu les pensées du Seigneur, et ils n’ont pas compris que son dessein était de les assembler comme le foin de l’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.”
Fille de Sion, lève-toi et foule aux pieds tes ennemis; parce que je te poserai une corne de fer, et je te poserai des ongles d’airain, et tu briseras beaucoup de peuples, et tu immoleras au Seigneur leurs rapines, et leur puissance au Seigneur de toute la terre.
