Obadiah 1
1 This is a message that Yahweh our God gave to me, Obadiah, about the Edom [people-group]. Yahweh our God has told me this about [the people of] Edom: “I, Yahweh, have sent a messenger to other nations, telling them to prepare to go and attack Edom.”
La vision d'Abdias. Voici ce que dit le Seigneur Yahvé au sujet d'Édom. Nous avons entendu des nouvelles de Yahvé, et un ambassadeur est envoyé parmi les nations, disant: « Levez-vous, et levons-nous contre elle dans la bataille.
2 And Yahweh says this to the people of Edom: “I will soon cause you to become the weakest and most despised nation [on the earth].
Voici, je t'ai rendu petit parmi les nations. Tu es grandement méprisée.
3 Your [capital city] is high in the rocky cliffs, and you are very proud; you think that you are safe from being attacked by your enemies [RHQ], but you [IDM] have deceived yourselves.
L'orgueil de ton cœur t'a trompé, toi qui habites dans les fentes du rocher, dont la demeure est élevée, et qui dis en son cœur: Qui me fera descendre à terre?
4 And I tell you that even if [you had wings and] could fly higher than eagles fly, and if you could make your homes among the stars, I would bring you [crashing] down from there.
Tu as beau monter comme l'aigle, et ton nid est placé parmi les étoiles, je t'en ferai descendre, dit Yahvé.
5 When thieves break into someone’s house during the night, they certainly [RHQ] steal only the things that they want. And people who pick grapes always [RHQ] leave a few grapes on the vines. But your country will be completely destroyed!
« Si des voleurs venaient chez toi, si des brigands de nuit - oh, quel désastre t'attend - ne voleraient-ils pas seulement jusqu'à ce qu'ils en aient assez? Si des vendangeurs venaient chez toi, ne laisseraient-ils pas des raisins à glaner?
6 Everything that is valuable will be taken away. [Your enemies] will find and take away even the valuable things that you have hidden.
Comme Esaü sera mis à sac! Comme on cherche ses trésors cachés!
7 All (your allies/nations who promised to help you) will turn against you, and they will force you to leave your country/land. Those with whom you have peace now will trick/deceive you and defeat you. Those who eat meals with you now are planning to trap you, and [then they will say to you], ‘You are not [RHQ] as clever [as you thought you were]!’
Tous les hommes de ton alliance t'ont conduit sur ton chemin, jusqu'à la frontière. Les hommes qui étaient en paix avec toi t'ont trompé, et ont prévalu contre toi. Les amis qui mangent ton pain te tendent un piège. Il n'y a pas d'intelligence en lui. »
8 I, Yahweh, declare that at the time that I destroy Edom, I will punish the men who live in those cliffs who [thought that they] were wise.
« Ne détruirai-je pas en ce jour-là, dit Yahvé, les sages d'Édom et l'intelligence de la montagne d'Ésaü?
9 The soldiers from Teman [town] will become terrified; all you people who are descendants of Esau will be (wiped out/killed).
Tes vaillants hommes, Teman, seront consternés, au point que tous seront retranchés de la montagne d'Ésaü par le massacre.
10 You acted cruel in a cruel way toward your relatives who are descendants of Jacob, [the twin brother of your ancestor Esau]. So now you will be disgraced forever; you will be completely destroyed.
A cause de la violence faite à ton frère Jacob, la honte te couvrira, et tu seras retranché pour toujours.
11 Foreigners entered the gates of Jerusalem and (cast lots/threw small stones that were marked) to decide what valuable things they would take away; but you were as bad as those foreigners, because you just stood there [and did not help the Israelis].
Le jour où tu t'es tenu à l'écart, le jour où des étrangers ont emporté ses biens, où des étrangers sont entrés dans ses portes et ont tiré au sort Jérusalem, toi aussi tu as été comme l'un d'eux.
12 You should not have (gloated/been happy) about the disaster that the Israelis were experiencing. You should not have been happy when their towns were ruined. You should not have made fun [of them] when they were suffering.
Mais ne méprise pas ton frère au jour de son malheur, et ne te réjouis pas des fils de Juda au jour de leur ruine. Ne t'enorgueillis pas au jour de la détresse.
13 They are my people, so you should not have entered their [city] gates when they were experiencing those disasters and you should not have laughed at them. And you should not have taken away their [valuable] possessions.
N'entre pas dans la porte de mon peuple au jour de son malheur. Ne méprise pas leur détresse au jour de leur calamité, et ne t'empare pas de leurs biens au jour de leur calamité.
14 You should not have stood at crossroads to catch those who were [trying to] escape. You should not have [captured them and] put them into the hands of [their enemies] when they were experiencing those disasters.”
Ne te tiens pas aux carrefours pour couper la route à ceux qui s'échappent. Ne livre pas ceux d'entre eux qui restent au jour de la détresse.
15 “There will soon be the time when I, Yahweh, will judge [and punish] all the nations. And you [people of Edom] will experience the same [disasters] that you caused [others to experience]. The same evil things that you have done to others will happen to you.
Car le jour de Yahvé est proche de toutes les nations! Ce que vous avez fait, il vous sera fait. Tes actes retomberont sur ta propre tête.
16 [My people in Jerusalem have been punished] because I was very angry with them. [It is as though] [MET] they drank [a cup of very bitter liquid] on Zion, my sacred hill. But [I] will punish [MET] all the other nations even more severely, and cause them to disappear completely.
Car, comme vous avez bu sur ma montagne sainte, toutes les nations boiront sans cesse. Oui, elles boiront, elles avaleront, et elles seront comme si elles n'avaient pas été.
17 But some [people in Jerusalem will escape], and Jerusalem will become a very holy/sacred place. Then the descendants of Jacob will [conquer and] possess again the land that truly belongs to them.
Mais sur la montagne de Sion, il y aura ceux qui échapperont, et elle sera sainte. La maison de Jacob possédera ses biens.
18 The descendants [MTY] of Jacob and his son Joseph will be like [MET] a fire, and the people [MTY] of Edom will be like [MET] stubble that will be completely burned in that fire. Not one person will remain alive. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.”
La maison de Jacob sera un feu, la maison de Joseph une flamme, et la maison d'Ésaü un chaume. Ils brûleront au milieu d'eux et les dévoreront. Il ne restera rien à la maison d'Ésaü. » En effet, Yahvé a parlé.
19 The Israeli people [who live] in the southern desert are the ones who will capture Edom. And those [who live in] the western foothills will capture the Phoenicia [region] and the areas of Ephraim and Samaria. And people of the tribe of Benjamin will conquer the Gilead [region].
Ceux du Sud posséderont la montagne d'Ésaü, et ceux de la plaine, les Philistins. Ils posséderont le champ d'Ephraïm et le champ de Samarie. Benjamin possédera Galaad.
20 Those who were (exiled in/forced to go to) [Babylon] will [return to their land] [and] capture the Phoenicia [region] as far north as Zarephath [on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea]. People of Jerusalem who were captured and taken to Sardis, [the capital city of the Lydia region], will capture the towns in the southern desert.
Les captifs de cette armée des enfants d'Israël, qui sont chez les Cananéens, posséderont jusqu'à Zarephath; et les captifs de Jérusalem, qui sont à Sépharad, posséderont les villes du Néguev.
21 The army of Jerusalem will attack Edom and conquer it, and Yahweh will be their king.
Des sauveurs monteront sur la montagne de Sion pour juger les montagnes d'Ésaü, et le royaume sera à Yahvé.
