Isaïe 23
1 Le fardeau de Tyr. Hurlez, navires de Tarsis! Car elle est dévastée, il n'y a plus de maison, plus d'entrée. C'est du pays de Kittim qu'il leur est révélé.
[I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Tyre [city]: You [sailors on] [APO] ships from Tarshish, weep, because [the harbor of] Tyre and all the houses [in the city] have been destroyed. The reports that you heard in Cyprus [island] about Tyre [are true].
2 Soyez tranquilles, habitants de la côte, vous que les marchands de Sidon, qui passent par la mer, ont rassasiés.
You people who live along the coast [near Tyre], and merchants of Sidon [city], mourn silently. Your sailors went across the seas [to many places like Tyre].
3 Sur les grandes eaux, la semence du Shihor, la récolte du Nil, était son revenu. Elle était le marché des nations.
They sailed across deep seas to buy grain in Egypt and [other] crops that are grown along the Nile [River]. Tyre became the city where people from [all] nations bought and sold goods.
4 Honte à toi, Sidon! Car la mer a parlé, la forteresse de la mer, en disant: « Je n'ai pas enfanté, je n'ai pas accouché, je n'ai pas nourri de jeunes gens, je n'ai pas élevé de vierges. »
But now you people in Sidon should be ashamed, because [you trusted in Tyre], which has been a strong fortress [on an island] in the sea. [Tyre is like a woman who is saying], “[Now it is as though] I have not given birth to [any] children, or raised [any] sons or daughters.”
5 Quand la nouvelle arrivera en Égypte, elle sera dans l'angoisse à la nouvelle de Tyr.
When [the people of] Egypt hear what has happened to Tyre, they will grieve very much.
6 Passez à Tarsis! Gémissez, habitants de la côte!
Sail to Tarshish [and tell them what happened]; weep, you people who live along the coast.
7 Est-ce là votre ville joyeuse, Dont l'antiquité est ancienne, Et dont les pieds l'ont portée au loin pour voyager?
[The people in] the very old city [of Tyre] were [RHQ] previously joyful. Traders [PRS] from Tyre established colonies in many distant nations.
8 Qui a projeté cela contre Tyr, la dispensatrice de couronnes, dont les marchands sont des princes, dont les négociants sont les hommes d'honneur de la terre?
People from Tyre appointed kings [over other places]; their traders were wealthy; they were [as powerful and wealthy as] [MET] kings. [So], who [RHQ] caused the people of Tyre to experience this disaster?
9 L'Éternel des armées l'a projeté, pour souiller l'orgueil de toute gloire, pour mépriser tous les hommes d'honneur de la terre.
It was the Commander of the armies of angels who did it; he did it in order to cause [you people in] Tyre not to be proud any more, to humiliate you men who are honored all over the world.
10 Passe par ton pays comme le Nil, fille de Tarsis. Il n'y a plus de frein.
You people of Tarshish, you must grow crops in your land [instead of trading]; spread out over your land like [SIM] the Nile [River] spreads over the land [of Egypt] when it floods, because there is no harbor [in Tyre for your ships] now.
11 Il a étendu sa main sur la mer. Il a fait trembler les royaumes. Yahvé a ordonné la destruction des forteresses de Canaan.
[It is as though] Yahweh stretched out his hand over the sea and shook the kingdoms of the earth. He commanded that in Phoenicia/Canaan all its fortresses must be destroyed.
12 Il a dit: « Tu ne te réjouiras plus, vierge opprimée, fille de Sidon. Lève-toi, passe à Kittim. Là aussi tu n'auras pas de repos. »
He said to the people of Sidon, “You will never rejoice again, because you will be crushed; even if you flee to Cyprus [island], you will not escape destruction.”
13 Voici le pays des Chaldéens. Ce peuple n'existait pas. Les Assyriens l'ont fondé pour ceux qui habitent dans le désert. Ils ont érigé leurs tours. Ils ont renversé ses palais. Ils en ont fait une ruine.
Think about what happened in Babylonia: the people who were in that land have disappeared. [The armies of] Assyria have caused that land to become a place where wild animals from the desert live. The Assyrians built dirt ramps to the top of the walls [of the city of Babylon]; [then they entered the city and] tore down the palaces and caused the city to become [a heap of] rubble.
14 Hurlez, navires de Tarsis, car votre forteresse est détruite!
[So] wail, you [sailors on the] ships of Tarshish, because the harbor [in Tyre where your ships stop] is destroyed!
15 En ce jour-là, Tyr sera oubliée pendant soixante-dix ans, selon les jours d'un seul roi. Au bout de soixante-dix ans, il en sera pour Tyr comme dans le chant de la prostituée.
For seventy years, which is as long as kings usually live, people will forget about Tyre. [But then it will be rebuilt]. What will happen there will be like what happened to a prostitute in this song:
16 Prends une harpe, parcours la ville, prostituée oubliée. Fais des mélodies douces. Chantez beaucoup de chansons, afin qu'on se souvienne de vous.
“You harlot, whom people had forgotten, play your harp well, and sing many songs, in order that people will remember you again.”
17 Au bout de soixante-dix ans, l'Éternel visitera Tyr. Elle retournera à son salaire et se prostituera avec tous les royaumes du monde sur la surface de la terre.
[It is true that] after seventy years Yahweh will restore Tyre. Their merchants will again earn a lot of money by buying things from and selling things to many [other] nations [HYP].
18 Sa marchandise et son salaire seront saints pour Yahvé. On n'en fera ni des trésors ni des réserves, car sa marchandise sera pour ceux qui habitent devant Yahvé, pour manger à leur faim et pour se vêtir durablement.
[But] their profits will be given to Yahweh. [The merchants] will not hoard their money; instead, they will give it to Yahweh’s priests in order that they [can] buy food and nice clothes.
