Isaïe 30
1 Malheur aux enfants rebelles, — oracle de Yahweh, qui font des projets, mais sans moi; qui contractent des pactes, mais sans mon esprit, accumulant péché sur péché.
Yahweh says, “Terrible things will happen to you, my people who rebel against me. You make plans, but what you plan is not what I want. You have made an alliance [with the rulers of Egypt], but you did not ask my Spirit [if that was what you should do]. By doing that, you have increased the number of your sins.
2 Ils descendent sur le chemin de l’Égypte, sans avoir consulté ma bouche, pour se réfugier sous la protection de Pharaon et pour s’abriter à l’ombre de l’Égypte!
You went to Egypt [to ask their rulers for help], without asking for my advice. You have trusted in [the army of] the king of Egypt to protect you; you have [trusted in them] [like] people sit in the shade [to protect themselves from the sun] [MET].
3 La protection de Pharaon sera pour vous une honte; et le refuge à l’ombre de l’Égypte, une confusion.
[But] the result of your trusting in the king of Egypt is that you will be [disappointed and] disgraced; because of trusting in him, you will be humiliated.
4 Déjà les princes de Juda sont à Tanis, et ses envoyés se sont avancés jusqu’à Hanés;
Officials/ambassadors [from Judah] have gone to Zoan and Hanes [cities in Egypt to make treaties],
5 tous sont confus à cause d’un peuple qui ne leur sert de rien, qui ne leur donne ni aide ni secours, mais seulement confusion et ignominie. —
but all those [who trust in the King of Egypt] will be humiliated, because that nation will not be able to help you; the treaty that you have made [requesting help from them] will be useless; instead, the result will be that you will be humiliated and disgraced [DOU].”
6 Oracle des bêtes du négéb: A travers une contrée de détresse et d’angoisse, d’où sortent le lion et la lionne, la vipère et le dragon volant, ils portent leurs richesses sur le dos des ânes, et leurs trésors sur la bosse des chameaux, à un peuple qui ne sert à rien.
[I received from Yahweh] this message about the animals in the southern part of Judah: That area is one where [people experience a lot of] troubles and difficulties, an area where there are male and female lions and various kinds of poisonous snakes. Caravans go through that area taking donkeys and camels loaded with valuable goods. [They are taking them] to Egypt to seek for protection [by the army of Egypt], [but] it will be useless.
7 Le secours de l’Égypte sera vanité et néant, c’est pourquoi je la nomme: « La superbe qui reste assise. »
The promises made by [the king of] Egypt are worthless; therefore I call Egypt ‘the sea monster/dragon that does nothing’.
8 Va maintenant, grave cela sur une tablette en leur présence, et écris-le dans un livre, afin que ce soit, pour les jours à venir, un témoignage à perpétuité.
Yahweh told me to write on a scroll a message, in order that it would be a witness [to the people of Judah] that would endure forever.
9 Car c’est un peuple de rébellion, ce sont des enfants infidèles, des enfants qui refusent d’écouter la loi de Yahweh.
[It would remind them] that they are deceitful and always rebelling against Yahweh; they refuse to pay attention to what he tells/teaches them.
10 Ils disent aux voyants: « Ne voyez point; » et aux prophètes: « Ne nous prophétisez pas la vérité; dites-nous des choses agréables, prophétisez des illusions!
They tell the people who see/receive visions [from Yahweh], “Stop seeing visions!” They tell the prophets, “Do not reveal to us what is right! Tell us pleasant things; do not tell us visions about things that are true!
11 Ecartez-vous de la voie, détournez-vous du chemin; ôtez de devant nos yeux le Saint d’Israël! » —
Stop doing what you have been doing [DOU]; stop telling us what the Holy One of Israel [says to us]!”
12 C’est pourquoi ainsi parle le Saint d’Israël: Puisque vous méprisez cette parole et que vous vous confiez dans la violence et l’artifice, et que vous en faites votre appui,
Therefore, this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “You have rejected my message, and you are relying on those who oppress and deceive others.
13 à cause de cela, cette iniquité sera pour vous comme une lézarde qui menace ruine et fait saillie sur un mur élevé, dont soudain, en un instant, l’écroulement se produit.
Therefore, the result of your sin [of rejecting me] will be that you will [suddenly experience disasters]; what will happen to you will be like [SIM] a cracked wall that suddenly collapses [DOU].
14 Il se brise comme se brise un vase d’argile, que l’on fracasse sans pitié, sans que l’on trouve dans ses débris un morceau, pour prendre du feu au brasier, ou puiser de l’eau à la citerne.
You will be smashed like a clay jar is smashed [when it is dropped], and it shatters completely, with the result that there is not one piece big enough to carry some coals from a stove or to carry a little bit of water from a well.”
15 Car ainsi a parlé le Seigneur Yahweh, le Saint d’Israël: Par la conversion et une paisible attente vous seriez sauvés; dans le repos et la confiance serait votre force. Mais vous ne l’avez pas voulu
Yahweh, [our] God, the Holy One of Israel, [also] says this: “You will be rescued [from your enemies only] if you repent and trust [in what I will do for you]; you will be strong [only] if you quit worrying and trust in me. But you do not want [to do that].
16 et vous avez dit: « Non! Mais nous fuirons sur des chevaux! » — eh bien, vous fuirez — « Nous volerons sur des coursiers! » — eh bien, ceux qui vous poursuivront seront plus rapides!
You said, ‘No, we will escape on horses [that the army of Egypt will give us]!’ So, you will [try to] flee. You said, ‘We will [escape from the army of Assyria] by riding on swift horses!’ [But] those who pursue you will [also ride] swiftly.
17 Mille à la menace d’un seul, et à la menace de cinq, vous fuirez, jusqu’à ce que vous ne soyez plus qu’un reste, semblable à un mât sur le sommet de la montagne, à un signal sur la colline.
[As a result], 1,000 [of you] will flee when [only] one of them pursues you! When only five [of their soldiers] threaten [to kill you], [all of] will flee. [Only a few of] you will be left, like [SIM] a [single] flagpole on top of a mountain with one signal flag on the pole.”
18 C’est pourquoi Yahweh attend pour vous faire grâce, c’est pourquoi il se lèvera pour vous faire miséricorde; car Yahweh est un Dieu juste. Heureux tous ceux qui espèrent en lui!
[But] wants to be kind to you; he desires to show you that he is merciful. [Do not forget that] Yahweh is a God who acts justly; he is pleased with those who patiently trust in him.
19 Car, ô peuple qui habite en Sion, à Jérusalem, tu ne pleureras désormais plus. A ton premier cri, il te fera grâce; dès qu’il t’aura entendu, il t’exaucera.
You people who live in Jerusalem [DOU], [some day] you will not cry any more. Yahweh will be kind to you when you call out to him for help. He will answer/help you as soon as he hears you call.
20 Le Seigneur vous donnera le pain de l’angoisse et l’eau de la détresse; et ceux qui t’instruisent ne se cacheront plus et tes yeux verront ceux qui t’instruisent;
Although [now] Yahweh has caused you to [daily] experience [MET] great troubles and suffer much, [he], your teacher, will not hide himself from you. He [SYN] will teach you many things clearly.
21 et tes oreilles entendront derrière toi la voix qui dira: « Voici le chemin, suivez-le! » quand vous vous détournerez à droite ou à gauche.
And you will hear him speak to you to guide you. [Right] behind you he will say, “This is the road on which you should walk; walk on this road!”
22 Vous traiterez comme impurs l’argent qui recouvre vos idoles, et l’or qui revêt vos statues; vous les rejetterez comme une chose souillée: « Hors d’ici! » leur direz-vous.
When that happens, you will destroy [all] your idols that are covered with silver or gold. You will throw them away like you throw away a filthy rag, and you will say to them, “We do not need you any more!”
23 Le Seigneur enverra ses ondées sur la semence que tu auras semée en terre, et le pain que donnera la terre sera délicieux et abondant; tes troupeaux en ce jour-là paîtront dans de vastes pâturages;
[If you do that], Yahweh will bless you by giving you good rain at the time that you plant your crops. You will have good harvests, and plenty of pasture with grass for your cattle to eat.
24 et les bœufs et les ânes, qui travaillent la terre, mangeront un fourrage savoureux vanné avec la pelle et le van.
After the wind [blows away the chaff], the oxen and donkeys that [pull the plow to] plow your ground will have good grain to eat.
25 Et sur toute haute montagne, et sur toute colline élevée, il y aura des ruisseaux, des courants d’eau, au jour du grand carnage quand les tours tomberont.
At that time, when [your enemies] have been slaughtered and their towers have (collapsed/been destroyed), there will be streams flowing down every hill and mountain [in Judah].
26 La lumière de la lune sera comme la lumière du soleil, et la lumière du soleil sera sept fois plus grande, comme la lumière de sept jours, au jour où Yahweh bandera la blessure de son peuple, et guérira les plaies dont il l’avait frappé.
The moon will seem to shine as brightly as the sun, and the sun will seem to shine seven times as brightly as previously. That is what it will be like when Yahweh causes [the suffering of] his people [to cease; it will be as though] [MET] he will be putting bandages on their wounds and healing them.
27 Voici que le nom de Yahweh vient de loin, sa colère brûle, et l’ardeur en est accablante; ses lèvres respirent la fureur, et sa langue est comme un feu dévorant.
[It is as though] we see Yahweh coming from far away; he is extremely angry, and there are thick clouds of smoke around him. By what he says [MTY] he shows that he is angry; what he says is like [SIM] a devastating/destructive fire.
28 Son souffle est comme un torrent débordé, qui monte jusqu’au cou, pour cribler les nations avec le crible de la destruction, et mettre un frein d’égarement aux mâchoires des peuples.
His breath is like [SIM] a flood that covers [his enemies] up to their necks. He will separate [MET] the nations in order to destroy [some of them]; [it is as though] he will put hooks in their mouths and take them away.
29 Alors vous entonnerez des cantiques comme dans la nuit où l’on célèbre la fête, et vous aurez le cœur joyeux, comme celui qui monte au son de la flûte, pour aller à la montagne de Yahweh, vers le rocher d’Israël.
But [his people] will sing joyfully like they sing during the nights when they celebrate a holy festival. They will be very joyful, like [SIM] [a large group of his people] are joyful when they go up to Zion Hill in Jerusalem, along with men playing flutes [when they are all going there to worship Yahweh]. He is [like] [MET] a huge rock under which [we] Israeli people [are safe].
30 Yahweh fera éclater la majesté de sa voix, et il fera voir son bras qui s’abaisse, dans l’ardeur de sa colère, et la flamme d’un feu dévorant, dans la tempête, l’averse et les pierres de grêle.
And Yahweh will enable [us] to hear him speaking powerfully/majestically. He will show us that he [SYN] is very powerful. [We] will see him [SYN] smash [his enemies]. Being very angry, he will descend with a big rainstorm and thunder and hail [to punish them].
31 Et Assur tremblera à la voix de Yahweh; il frappera de sa verge,
[The soldiers of] Assyria will be terrified when they hear the voice of Yahweh and when he strikes them with his rod.
32 et, à chaque fois que passera la verge fatale, que Yahweh abaissera sur lui, on fera retentir les tambourins et les harpes, et il combattra contre lui à coups redoublés.
And while Yahweh strikes them to punish them, [his people] will [celebrate by] playing tambourines and harps. [It will be as though] Yahweh will lift up his powerful hand/arm and defeat the Assyrian army in battle.
33 Car Topheth est dès longtemps préparé; lui aussi est prêt pour le roi; le Seigneur l’a fait large et profond; il y a sur son bûcher du feu et du bois en abondance; le souffle de Yahweh, comme un torrent de soufre, l’embrase.
[The valley of] Topheth [outside Jerusalem] has been prepared for a long time; it is ready for the king [of Assyria]; the (funeral pyre/pile of wood) [for burning his body] is wide and high, and [it will be as though] Yahweh will light the fire with his breath, which will come out like a stream of burning sulfur.
