Isaïe 33
1 Malheur à toi, dévastateur, qui n'es pas dévasté; pillard, que l'on n'a pas encore pillé! Quand tu auras fini de dévaster, tu seras dévasté; quand tu auras achevé de piller, on te pillera.
Terrible things will happen to you [people of Assyria]! You have destroyed [others], [but] you have not been destroyed [yet]. You have betrayed/deceived [others], [but] you have not been betrayed/deceived [yet]. When you stop destroying [others], others will destroy you. When you stop betraying/deceiving others, [others] betray you.
2 Yahweh, ayez pitié de nous! C'est en vous que nous espérons; soyez leur bras chaque matin, et notre délivrance au temps de la détresse.
Yahweh, be kind to us, because we have patiently waited for you [to help us]. Enable us to be strong every day, and rescue us when we have troubles.
3 Au bruit de votre tonnerre, les peuples fuient; quand vous vous levez, les nations se dispersent.
Our enemies run away when they hear your voice. When you stand up and show that you are powerful [IDM], the people of all nations flee.
4 Votre butin est ramassé comme ramasse la sauterelle; on se précipite dessus comme un essaim de sauterelles.
[And after our enemies have been defeated], we, your people, will take away all our enemies’ possessions like [SIM] caterpillars and locusts strip off all the leaves of plants.
5 Yahweh est élevé, car il habite là-haut; il remplit Sion d'équité et de justice.
Yahweh is greater than anyone else, and he lives in heaven, and he will rule justly and righteously in Jerusalem.
6 Tes jours sont assurés; tu auras en abondance le salut, la sagesse et la connaissance; la crainte de Yahweh, c'est là ton trésor.
[When that happens], he will enable you to live securely/safely; he will fully protect your possessions, he will enable you to be wise and to know [all that you need to know]; and revering Yahweh will be [like] [MET] a valuable treasure for you.
7 Voici que leurs héros poussent des cris dans les rues, que les messagers de paix pleurent amèrement.
[But now], look, our brave men are crying out in the streets; our ambassadors [have gone to other countries to make peace treaties], [but they will] cry bitterly [because they will not succeed].
8 Les routes sont désertes; il n'y a plus de passants sur les chemins. Il a rompu le traité et méprisé les villes, il ne respecte pas les hommes.
No one travels on our roads [DOU]. [The leaders of Assyria] have broken/disregarded their peace treaty [with us]; they despise the people who made those treaties, and they do not respect anyone.
9 Le pays est en deuil et languit; le Liban est confus et flétri, Saron est devenu comme l'Arabah, Basan et le Carmel secouent leur feuillage.
The land [of Judah] is dry and barren. The [cedar trees in] Lebanon are drying up and decaying. The Sharon [Plain along the coast] is now a desert. There are no more leaves on the trees in the Bashan and Carmel [areas].
10 Maintenant je me lèverai, dit Yahweh, maintenant je me dresserai, maintenant je m'exhausserai.
Yahweh says, “Now I will begin to show that I am very powerful [DOU].
11 Vous avez conçu de la paille, et vous enfanterez du chaume, votre souffle est le feu qui vous dévorera.
You [people of Assyria] make plans that are [as useless as] [MET] chaff and straw. Your breath will become a fire that will burn you up.
12 Et les peuples seront des fournaises à chaux, des épines coupées qui brûlent dans le feu.
[Your] people will be burned until only ashes remain [MET] like [SIM] thornbushes are cut down and burned up in a fire.
13 Vous qui êtes loin, écoutez ce que j'ai fait, et vous qui êtes près, connaissez ma puissance!
You people who live far away and you people who live nearby, pay attention to what I have done and realize that I am [very] powerful.”
14 Les pécheurs ont tremblé en Sion, et l'effroi a saisi les impies: " Qui de nous séjournera dans le feu dévorant? Qui de nous séjournera dans les flammes éternelles? "
The sinners in Jerusalem will tremble because of being very afraid; godless people will be terrified. [They say], “None of us can [RHQ] remain alive because this fire is burning everything; it is like the fire on Yahweh’s altar that will burn forever!”
15 Celui qui marche dans la justice et qui parle avec droiture; qui rejette les gains extorqués, qui secoue ses mains pour ne pas prendre de présent; qui ferme son oreille aux propos sanguinaires, et se voile les yeux pour ne point voir le mal:
Those who act honestly and say what is right, those who do not try to become rich by (extortion/forcing people to give them money), those who do not try to get bribes, those who refuse to listen to people who are planning to murder someone, those who do not join others who urge them to do what is wrong,
16 celui-là habitera dans des lieux élevés; la forteresse bâtie sur le rocher est sa retraite; son pain lui sera donné et ses eaux ne tariront jamais.
they are the people who will live safely [MTY]; they will find places to be safe in the caves in the mountains. They will have plenty of food and water.
17 Tes yeux contempleront le roi dans sa beauté; ils verront une terre ouverte au loin.
You [SYN] [people of Judah] will see the king wearing all his beautiful [robes], and you will see that he rules a land that extends far away.
18 Ton cœur se rappellera ses terreurs: " Où est le scribe? où l'exacteur qui tenait la balance? Où l'officier qui comptait les tours? "
When you see that, you will think about when you were previously terrified, [and you will say], “[The officers of Assyria] who counted the tax money that we were forced to pay to them [have disappeared] [RHQ]! Those men who counted our towers [are gone] [RHQ]!
19 Le peuple insolent, tu ne le verras plus, le peuple au langage obscur et qu'on n'entend pas, qui balbutie une langue inintelligible.
Those arrogant people who spoke a language that we could not understand are no longer here!”
20 Regarde Sion, la cité de nos fêtes; que tes yeux voient Jérusalem, séjour heureux, tente qui ne sera point transportée, dont les pieux ne seront jamais arrachés, et dont aucun cordage ne sera enlevé.
[At that time], you will see Zion Hill, the place where we celebrate our festivals; you will see that Jerusalem has become a place that is calm and safe. It will be [secure], [like] [SIM] a tent [that cannot be moved because] its ropes are tight and its stakes are firmly in the ground.
21 Là vraiment, Yahweh dans sa majesté réside pour nous; là sont des fleuves et des larges canaux, où ne se risquera aucune barque à rames, où aucun puissant navire ne pénétrera jamais.
Yahweh will be our mighty God; he will be [like] [SIM] a mighty river that will protect us because [our enemies] will not be able to cross it; no one will be able to row across it and no ships will be able to sail across it.
22 Car Yahweh est notre juge, Yahweh est notre législateur, Yahweh est notre roi; c'est lui qui nous sauvera.
Yahweh is our judge; he is the one who gives us laws, and he is our king. He will rescue us.
23 Tes cordages sont relâchés; ils ne maintiennent plus le mât sur sa base, et ne tiennent plus le pavillon déployé. Alors on partage les dépouilles d'un riche butin; les boiteux mêmes prennent part au pillage.
The ropes on our enemies’ boats will hang loose, their masts will not be fastened firmly, and their sails will not be spread out. The treasures that they have seized will be divided [among us, God’s people], and even lame [people among us] will get some.
24 Aucun habitant ne dit: " Je suis malade! " Le peuple qui demeure en Sion a reçu le pardon de son iniquité.
And the people in Jerusalem will no [longer] say, “We are sick,” [because Yahweh] will forgive the sins that have been committed by the people who live there.
