Abdias 1
1 Vision d’Abdias. Ainsi a dit le Seigneur Yahweh à Edom: — Nous avons reçu de Yahweh un message, et un héraut a été envoyé parmi les nations: « Debout! Levons-nous contre lui pour combattre! » —
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.”
2 Voici que je t’ai rendu petit parmi les nations, tu es l’objet du plus grand mépris.
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].
3 La fierté de ton cœur t’a égaré! Lui qui habite dans des creux de rochers, dont les hauteurs sont la demeure, il dit dans son cœur: « Qui me fera descendre à terre? »
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.
4 Quand tu t’élèverais aussi haut que l’aigle, que tu placerais ton aire parmi les étoiles, je t’en ferais descendre, — oracle de Yahweh.
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.
5 Si des voleurs étaient entrés chez toi, des pillards de nuit, — comme te voilà dévasté! — n’auraient-ils pas emporté que ce qui leur suffisait? Si des vendangeurs étaient entrés chez toi, n’auraient-ils rien laissé à grappiller?
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!
6 Comme Esaü a été fouillé, comme On a cherché ses trésors cachés!
Everything that is valuable will be taken away. [Your enemies] will find and take away even the valuable things that you have hidden.
7 Ils t’ont chassé jusqu’à la frontière, tous tes alliés; ils t’ont joué, ils ont prévalu sur toi, ceux qui jouissaient de ton amitié; ceux qui mangeaient ton pain ont mis un piège sous tes pas. Il n’y a pas en lui d’intelligence!
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]!’
8 Est-ce qu’en ce jour-là, — oracle de Yahweh, je n’ôterai pas d’Edom les sages, et de la montagne d’Esaü l’intelligence?
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.
9 Tes guerriers, ô Théman, seront dans l’épouvante, afin que tout homme soit retranché de la montagne d’Esaü.
The soldiers from Teman [town] will become terrified; all you people who are descendants of Esau will be (wiped out/killed).
10 A cause du massacre, à cause de la violence contre ton frère Jacob, la honte te couvrira, et tu seras retranché à jamais.
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.
11 Au jour où tu te tenais en face de lui, au jour où des ennemis emmenaient son armée, et où des étrangers pénétraient dans ses portes, et jetaient le sort sur Jérusalem, toi aussi, tu étais comme l’un d’eux!
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].
12 Ne repais pas ta vue du jour de ton frère, au jour de son infortune; ne te réjouis pas au sujet des enfants de Juda, au jour de leur ruine; et ne profère pas d’insolentes paroles, au jour de la détresse.
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.
13 N’entre pas dans la porte de mon peuple; au jour de leur calamité; ne repais pas ta vue, toi aussi, de son malheur, au jour de sa calamité; et n’étends pas ta main sur ses richesses, au jour de sa calamité.
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.
14 Ne te tiens pas au carrefour des chemins, pour massacrer ses fuyards; ne livre pas ses réchappés, au jour de la détresse.
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.”
15 Car il est proche le jour de Yahweh, pour toutes les nations; comme tu as fait, il te sera fait; ton œuvre retombera sur ta tête.
“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.
16 Car, de même que vous avez bu sur ma sainte montagne, toutes les nations boiront continuellement; elles boiront, elles avaleront, et elles seront comme n’ayant pas été.
[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.
17 Mais sur la montagne de Sion il y aura des réchappés; elle sera un lieu saint, et la maison de Jacob rentrera dans ses possessions.
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.
18 La maison de Jacob sera un feu, la maison de Joseph une flamme, et la maison d’Esaü sera réduite à être du chaume. Celles-là l’allumeront et le dévoreront, et il n’y aura pas de survivant pour la maison d’Esaü; car Yahweh a parlé.
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.”
19 Ceux du négéb posséderont la montagne d’Esaü et ceux de la sephélah le pays des Philistins; ils posséderont le territoire d’Ephraïm, et le territoire de Samarie; et ceux de Benjamin posséderont Galaad.
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].
20 Les captifs de cette armée des enfants d’Israël posséderont le pays des Chananéens jusqu’à Sarepta. Et les captifs de Jérusalem qui sont à Sépharad posséderont les villes du négéb.
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.
21 Et des libérateurs monteront à la montagne de Sion, pour juger la montagne d’Esaü; et à Yahweh sera l’empire.
The army of Jerusalem will attack Edom and conquer it, and Yahweh will be their king.
