Isaïe 13
1 Le fardeau de Babylone, que vit Ésaïe, fils d'Amoz.
[I], Isaiah, the son of Amoz, received [from Yahweh] this message about Babylon [city]:
2 Dressez une bannière sur la montagne nue! Élève ta voix vers eux! Agite ta main, afin qu'ils entrent dans les portes des nobles.
Lift up a flag on the bare [top of a] hill, to signal [that an army should come to attack Babylon]. Shout to them and wave your hand [to signal to them] that they should march through the city gates into the palaces of the proud [rulers of Babylon]!
3 J'ai donné des ordres à mes consacrés, J'ai appelé mes vaillants hommes pour ma colère, Même mes fiers exaltés.
[Yahweh says], “I have commanded those soldiers to do that; I have summoned the warriors whom I have chosen to punish [the people of Babylon] because of my being very angry with them, and those soldiers will be very proud [when they do that].”
4 Le bruit d'une multitude est dans les montagnes, comme celui d'un grand peuple; le bruit d'un tumulte des royaumes des nations rassemblées! L'Éternel des armées rassemble l'armée pour la bataille.
Listen to the noise on the mountains, which is the noise of a huge army marching! It is the noise made by people of many people-groups shouting. The Commander of the armies of angels has summoned this army to gather together.
5 Ils viennent d'un pays lointain, de l'extrémité des cieux, Yahvé, avec les armes de sa colère, pour détruire tout le pays.
They come from countries that are far away, from the most remote places [IDM] on the earth. They are [like] [SIM] weapons that Yahweh will use [to punish the people with whom] he is very angry, and to destroy the entire country [of Babylonia].
6 Gémissez, car le jour de l'Éternel est proche! Il viendra comme une destruction de la part du Tout-Puissant.
[You people of Babylon] will scream because you will be terrified, because it will be the time that Yahweh [has determined/chosen], the time for the all-powerful [God] to destroy [your city].
7 C'est pourquoi toutes les mains seront affaiblies, et le cœur de chacun se fondra.
All of your people will be very afraid [DOU], with the result that they will be unable even to lift their arms.
8 Ils seront consternés. Des angoisses et des douleurs les saisiront. Ils souffriront comme une femme en travail. Ils se regarderont avec étonnement les uns les autres. Leurs visages seront des visages de flamme.
All of you will be terrified. You will have [PRS] severe pains like [SIM] a woman has when she is giving birth to a baby. You will look at each other helplessly, and it will show on your faces that you feel horror.
9 Voici, le jour de l'Éternel arrive, jour cruel, jour de colère et de fureur, pour réduire le pays en désert, et en exterminer les pécheurs.
Listen to this: The day that Yahweh has appointed/chosen is near, the day that he will furiously and fiercely [punish you] because he is very angry [with you]. He will cause your land [of Babylonia] to be desolate/barren, and he will destroy [all] the sinners in it.
10 Car les étoiles du ciel et ses constellations ne donneront plus leur lumière. Le soleil s'obscurcira en s'éteignant, et la lune ne fera pas briller sa lumière.
[When that happens], none of the stars will shine. When the sun rises, it will be dark, and there will be no light from the moon [at night].
11 Je punirai le monde pour sa méchanceté, et les méchants pour leur iniquité. Je ferai cesser l'arrogance des orgueilleux, et j'humilierai l'arrogance des terribles.
[Yahweh says], “I will punish [everyone in] the world for the evil things that they do; I will punish the wicked people for the sins that they have committed. I will stop arrogant/proud people from being proud, and I will stop ruthless people from acting cruelly.
12 Je rendrai les hommes plus rares que l'or fin, les hommes plus rares que l'or pur d'Ophir.
[And because I will cause most people to die], people will be harder to find than gold, harder to find than fine gold from Ophir [in Arabia].
13 C'est pourquoi je ferai trembler les cieux, et la terre sera secouée de sa place, dans la colère de l'Éternel des armées et au jour de son ardente fureur.
I will shake the sky, and the earth will [also] move out of its place. That will happen when [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, punish [wicked people], when [I show them that] I am extremely angry [with them].
14 Il arrivera que, comme une gazelle en chasse et comme des brebis que personne ne rassemble, ils se tourneront chacun vers son propre peuple, et fuiront chacun dans son pays.
And all [the foreigners in Babylon will run around] like [SIM] deer that are being hunted, like sheep that do not have a shepherd. They will try to find other people from their countries, and [then] they will escape [from Babylon] and return to their own countries.
15 Tous ceux qui seront trouvés seront transpercés. Tous ceux qui seront capturés tomberont par l'épée.
Anyone who is captured [in Babylon] will be killed by [their enemies’] swords [DOU].
16 Leurs enfants aussi seront mis en pièces sous leurs yeux. Leurs maisons seront saccagées, et leurs femmes violées.
Their little children will be dashed to pieces on the rocks while [their parents] watch; [their enemies] will steal everything valuable from their houses and will rape their wives.
17 Voici, je vais exciter contre eux les Mèdes, qui n'apprécieront pas l'argent, et quant à l'or, ils n'y prendront pas plaisir.
Look! I am going to incite the people of Media to attack Babylon. The [army of Media] will attack Babylon, even if they are offered [DOU] silver or gold [if they promise to not attack it].
18 Leurs arcs mettront en pièces les jeunes gens, et ils n'auront pas pitié du fruit des entrailles. Leurs yeux n'épargneront pas les enfants.
[With] their arrows, the [soldiers of Media] will shoot the young men [of Babylon]; they will not [even] act mercifully [DOU] toward infants or children!”
19 Babylone, la gloire des royaumes, la beauté de l'orgueil des Chaldéens, sera comme lorsque Dieu renversa Sodome et Gomorrhe.
Babylon has been a very beautiful [MTY] city; [all] the people of Babylonia have been very proud of Babylon, [their capital city]; [but] God will destroy Babylon, like [SIM] he destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
20 Elle ne sera jamais habitée, et on ne l'habitera pas de génération en génération. L'Arabe n'y dressera pas sa tente, et les bergers n'y feront pas reposer leurs troupeaux.
No one will ever live in Babylon again. It will be deserted forever. (Nomads/People who travel from place to place to live) will refuse to set up their tents there; shepherds will not bring their flocks of sheep to rest there.
21 Mais les bêtes sauvages du désert y coucheront, et leurs maisons seront remplies de chacals. Les autruches y habiteront, et les chèvres sauvages s'y ébattront.
Instead, animals that live in the desert will be there; jackals/wolves will live in [the ruins of] the houses. Owls (OR, Ostriches) will live in [the ruins], and wild goats will romp/jump around [there].
22 Les hyènes crieront dans leurs forteresses, et les chacals dans les palais agréables. Son temps est proche, et ses jours ne se prolongeront pas.
Hyenas will howl in the [ruined] towers, and jackals/wolves will make their dens in [the ruins of] the palaces that [were previously] very beautiful. The time when [Babylon will be destroyed] is very near; Babylon will not exist much longer.
