Isaïe 22
1 Oracle sur la Vallée de vision. Qu’as-tu donc que tu sois montée tout entière sur les toits,
[I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Jerusalem, about the valley where [Yahweh showed me] this vision. Why is everyone foolishly running up to their [flat] rooftops?
2 cité bruyante, pleine de tumulte, ville joyeuse? Tes morts n’ont pas péri par l’épée, et ne sont pas tombés dans le combat.
Everyone in the city [seems to] be shouting. [There are a lot of] corpses [in the city], [but they] were not killed by [their enemies’] swords. They did not die in battles; [instead, they died from diseases and hunger].
3 Tes chefs ont fui tous ensemble, ils ont été pris sans qu’on ait tiré de l’arc; tous tes citoyens ont été pris ensemble, comme ils fuyaient au loin.
All the leaders of the city fled. [But then] they were captured because they did not have bows [and arrows to defend themselves]. Your [soldiers tried to] flee while the enemy [army] was still far away, but they also were captured.
4 C’est pourquoi j’ai dit: « Détournez de moi vos regards. Que je pleure amèrement! Ne vous empressez pas à me consoler sur la ruine de la fille de mon peuple. »
That is why I said, “Allow me to cry alone; do not try to comfort me [about my people being slaughtered].”
5 Car c’est un jour de confusion, d’écrasement, de perplexité, envoyé par le Seigneur Yahweh des armées, dans la vallée des visions; on démolit la muraille, on entend des cris vers la montagne.
The Commander of the armies of angels has [chosen] a time when there will be a great uproar, [soldiers] marching, and people being terrified in the valley [where I received this] vision. [It will be a time when our city] walls will be battered down and [the people’s] cries [for help] will be heard in the mountains.
6 Élam a pris le carquois, il vient avec des chars et des cavaliers, et Kir a tiré le bouclier de son enveloppe.
The armies from Elam and Kir [in Media] will attack, driving chariots and carrying shields.
7 Tes plus belles vallées sont remplies de chars, et les cavaliers sont postés devant tes portes; on ôte à Juda son voile.
Our beautiful valleys will be filled with [our enemies’] chariots and the men who drive the chariots will stand outside [our city] gates.
8 Et en ce jour-là tu regardes vers l’arsenal du palais de la forêt;
The walls that protect [the cities in] Judah will fall down. You [people of Jerusalem] will run to get the weapons [that are stored in the building called] “the Hall of the Forest”.
9 et les brèches de la cité de David, vous voyez qu’elles sont nombreuses. Et vous avez recueilli les eaux de l’étang inférieur;
You will see that there are many breaks/holes in the walls of Jerusalem. You will store water in the lower pool [in the city].
10 vous avez compté les maisons de Jérusalem, et vous avez démoli les maisons pour réparer les murailles.
You will inspect the houses in Jerusalem, and [some of] them you will tear down to use the stones to repair the [city] wall.
11 Vous avez fait un réservoir entre les deux murs, pour les eaux du vieil étang. Mais vous n’avez pas regardé vers Celui qui a fait cela, et vous n’avez pas vu Celui qui l’a préparé de loin.
Between the walls [of the city] you will build a reservoir to [store] water from the old pool. But you will never request help from the one who made the city; you have never depended on Yahweh, who planned this city long ago.
12 Le Seigneur Yahweh des armées vous appelait, en ce jour-là, à pleurer et à vous lamenter, à raser votre tête et à ceindre le sac.
The Commander of the armies of angels told you to weep and mourn; he told you to shave your heads and to wear rough sackcloth to show that you were sorry for the sins that you had committed.
13 Et voici la fête, la réjouissance; on égorge les bœufs, on tue des brebis, on se gorge de viandes et on boit du vin, « Mangeons, et buvons, car demain nous mourrons! »
But instead of doing that, you were happy and celebrating; you slaughtered cattle and sheep, [in order to cook their] meat and eat it and drink wine. You said, “Let’s eat and drink [all that we want to], because [it is possible that] we will die tomorrow!”
14 Yahweh des armées l’a révélé à mes oreilles: Ce péché ne vous sera pas remis jusqu’à ce que vous mourriez, dit le Seigneur, Yahweh des armées.
[So] the Commander of the armies of angels revealed this to me: “I will never forgive my people for sinning like this!”
15 Ainsi a parlé le Seigneur Yahweh des armées: Va trouver cet intendant, Sobna, le préfet du palais, et dis-lui:
The Commander of the armies of angels said this [to me]: “Go to Shebna, the official who supervises the workers in the palace, and give this message to him:
16 « Qu’as-tu à faire ici, et qui es-tu ici, que tu te creuses ici un sépulcre, toi qui te creuses un sépulcre sur un lieu élevé, qui te tailles dans le roc une demeure?
'[Who do you think you are?] Who gave you the authority to build a beautiful tomb where you will be buried, chiseling it out of the rocky cliff high above this valley?
17 Voici que Yahweh va te lancer d’un bras viril;
You [think that you are] [IRO] a great man, but Yahweh is about to hurl you away. [It will be as though] he will seize you,
18 il va te faire tourner, il te fera rouler avec force, rouler comme une boule, sur une vaste plaine. Là tu mourras, là seront tes chars magnifiques, ô l’opprobre de la maison de ton maître.
and roll/crumple you into a ball and throw you away into a large distant land. You will die [and be buried] there, and your beautiful chariots will stay there [in the hands of your enemies]. And [because of what happens to you], your master, [the king], will be [very] ashamed/disgraced.
19 Je te chasserai de ton poste, Yahweh t’arrachera de ta place. »
Yahweh will force you to quit working in the palace; you will be demoted from your important position.
20 Et il arrivera en ce jour-là: J’appellerai mon serviteur Eliacim, fils d’Helcias,
Then I will summon Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, who has served serve me [well], to replace you.
21 je le revêtirai de ta tunique, et je le ceindrai de ton écharpe; je mettrai ton autorité entre ses mains; et il sera un père pour les habitants de Jérusalem, et pour la maison de Juda.
I will allow him to wear your robe, and to fasten your sash around him, and I will give to him the authority that you had. He will be like [MET] a father to the people of Jerusalem and [all the other] towns in Judah.
22 Je mettrai sur son épaule la clef de la maison de David, il ouvrira, et personne ne fermera; il fermera, et personne n’ouvrira.
I will give to him authority [MTY] over [what happens in] the palace where King David [lived]; when he decides something [MET], no one will be able to oppose it; when he refuses to do something, no one will be able to force him to do it.
23 Je le planterai comme un clou en un lieu solide, et il deviendra un trône de gloire pour la maison de son père.
I will cause his family to be greatly respected, because I will put him firmly in his position [as supervisor of the workers in the palace], like [SIM] a nail that is firmly hammered into a wall.
24 À lui sera suspendue toute la gloire de la maison de son père, les fils et les petits-fils, tous les plus petits vases, depuis la coupe jusqu’aux jarres.
Others will enable him to have much responsibility, with the result that all the members of his family, even the most insignificant ones, will be honored.'”
25 En ce jour-là, — oracle de Yahweh des armées, le clou planté en un lieu solide sera ôté; il sera arraché et tombera, et le fardeau qu’il portait sera détruit; car Yahweh a parlé.
[But] the Commander of the armies of angels also says, “[Shebna is like] [MET] a peg that is firmly fastened to the wall. But there will be a time when I will [remove him from his position]; he will lose his power/influence, and everything that he promoted [MET] will fail. [That will surely happen] because [I], Yahweh, have said it.”
