Isaïe 15
1 Oracle sur Moab. Oui, dans la nuit où elle a été saccagée, Ar-Moab a été ruinée! Dans la nuit où elle a été saccagée, Kir-Moab a été ruinée!
[I received] this message [from Yahweh] about the Moab [people-group]: In one night [two of your important cities], Ar and Kir, will be destroyed.
2 On monte au temple de Chamos et à Dibon, aux hauts-lieux, pour pleurer; sur Nebo et Médéba, Moab se lamente, Toute tête est rasée, toute barbe est coupée.
The people of Dibon, [your capital city, ] will go to their temple to mourn/weep; they will go to [their shrines] on the hilltops to weep. They will wail because of [what happened to] Nebo and Medeba [towns in the south]; they will all shave the hair of their heads, and the men will cut off their beards [to show that they are grieving].
3 Dans ses rues, ils se revêtent de sacs; sur ses toits et sur ses places publiques; tous poussent des hurlements, fondent en larmes.
In the streets people will wear rough sackcloth, and on their [flat] rooftops and in the [city] plazas everyone will wail, with tears streaming down their faces.
4 Hésebon et Eléalé jettent des cris; on entend leur voix jusqu’à Jahas. C’est pourquoi les guerriers de Moab se lamentent, et son âme est tremblante.
[The people of] Heshbon [city] and Elealeh [towns in the north of Moab] will cry out; people as far away as Jahaz [town in the south] will hear them wailing. Therefore the soldiers of Moab will tremble and cry out and they will be very afraid [IDM].
5 Mon cœur gémit sur Moab; ses défenseurs sont déjà à Ségor, à Eglath-Schelischiah. Oui, la montée de Luhith, on la gravit en pleurant; et sur le chemin de Horonaïm, on pousse des cris de détresse.
I feel very sorry for [the people of] Moab; they will flee to Zoar and Eglath-Shelishiyah [towns in the far south]. They will cry as they walk up to Luhith [town]. All along the road to Horonaim [town] people will mourn because their country has been destroyed.
6 Car les eaux de Nimrim sont taries, l’herbe est desséchée, le gazon est détruit, il n’y a plus de verdure.
The water in Nimrim [Valley] will have dried up. The grass there will be withered; the green plants will [all] be gone, and there will be nothing left that is green.
7 Ce qu’ils ont pu sauver et leurs provisions, ils les transportent au delà du torrent des Saules.
The people will pick up their possessions and carry them across Willows Brook.
8 Car les cris ont fait le tour du territoire de Moab; ses hurlements retentissent jusqu’à Eglaïm, ses hurlements jusqu’à Béer-Élim;
Throughout the country of Moab, [people] will be crying; people as far away as Eglaim [in the south] and Beer-Elim [in the north] will hear them wailing.
9 car les eaux de Dimon sont pleines de sang. Car je ferai venir sur Dimon un surcroît de malheur, un lion aux réchappés de Moab, à ce qui sera resté dans le pays.
The stream near Dimon will become red from the blood [of people who have been killed], but I will cause the people of Moab to experience even more [trouble]: Lions will attack those who [are trying to] escape from Moab and will [also] attack the people who remain in that country.
