Isaïe 14
1 Car l’Éternel aura compassion de Jacob et choisira encore Israël, et les établira en repos sur leur terre; et l’étranger se joindra à eux, et sera ajouté à la maison de Jacob.
[But] Yahweh will act mercifully toward the Israeli people; he will choose [the people of] Israel [to be his people again], and he will allow them to [return here and] live in their own land again. Then people from [many] other countries will come here and unite with the Israeli people.
2 Et les peuples les prendront et les feront venir en leur lieu, et la maison d’Israël les possédera, sur la terre de l’Éternel, pour serviteurs et pour servantes: et ils mèneront captifs ceux qui les tenaient captifs, et ils domineront sur leurs oppresseurs.
People of other nations will help them to return to their [own] land, and those who come from other countries will (work for/become the servants of) the Israeli people. Those who captured people of Israel will be captured by Israeli soldiers, and the people of Israel will rule over the people who [previously] oppressed them.
3 Et il arrivera, au jour où l’Éternel te donnera du repos de ton labeur et de ton trouble et du dur service auquel on t’a asservi,
Some day Yahweh will free you [Israeli people] from suffering and trouble and from being afraid, and from being cruelly treated as slaves [MTY].
4 que tu prononceras ce cantique sentencieux sur le roi de Babylone, et tu diras: Comment l’oppresseur a-t-il cessé? comment l’exactrice a-t-elle cessé?
When that happens, you will make fun of the King of Babylon by saying this: “You treated us cruelly, but that has ended! Your insolently causing others to suffer is finished!
5 L’Éternel a brisé le bâton des méchants, le sceptre des dominateurs.
You evil ruler, Yahweh will get rid of your power, and you will oppress people no longer!
6 Celui qui, dans sa fureur, frappait de coups les peuples, sans relâche, dominant les nations dans sa colère, est poursuivi sans trêve.
You attacked people many times because you were very angry with them, and you subdued/conquered [other] nations by causing them to suffer endlessly.
7 Toute la terre est en repos [et] tranquille; elle éclate en chants de triomphe.
[But soon] everything will be quiet and peaceful on the earth. Everyone [PRS] will sing [again]!
8 Les cyprès aussi se réjouissent de toi, les cèdres du Liban: Depuis que tu es tombé, l’abatteur n’est plus monté contre nous!
[It will be as though] even the trees in the forests will joyfully sing this song, the cyprus/pine [trees] and the cedar [trees] in Lebanon will sing it: ‘You (have been overthrown/are no longer a ruler), and now no one comes to get rid of us [MET].’
9 – Le shéol d’en bas s’émeut pour toi, te rencontrant à ta venue, réveillant pour toi les trépassés, tous les boucs de la terre, faisant lever de leurs trônes tous les rois des nations. (Sheol h7585)
The dead people are [PRS] are eagerly waiting for you to come to the place where they are. The spirits of the world leaders will be delighted to welcome you; those who were kings of many nations [before they died] will stand up [to welcome you]. (Sheol h7585)
10 Tous, ils prendront la parole et te diront: Toi aussi, tu as été rendu faible, comme nous; tu es devenu semblable à nous.
They will all shout to you [together], ‘Now you are as weak as we are!’
11 – Ton orgueil est descendu dans le shéol, le son de tes luths. Les vers sont étendus sous toi, et les larves sont ta couverture. (Sheol h7585)
You were very proud and powerful, [but all] that ended when you died, along with the sounds of harps [being played in your palace]. [Now in your grave] maggots will be under you [like a sheet] [MET], and worms will cover you [like a blanket] [MET]. (Sheol h7585)
12 Comment es-tu tombé des cieux, astre brillant, fils de l’aurore? Tu es abattu jusqu’à terre, toi qui subjuguais les nations!
You have [disappeared from the earth like] [MET] a star which has fallen from the sky; you [were very well-known] [like] [MET] the morning star [which is seen by everyone]; you destroyed [many] nations, but now you have been destroyed.
13 Et toi, tu as dit dans ton cœur: Je monterai aux cieux, j’élèverai mon trône au-dessus des étoiles de Dieu, et je m’assiérai sur la montagne de l’assignation, au fond du nord.
You [proudly] said to yourself, ‘I will ascend to heaven, to my throne above God’s stars. I will rule on the mountain where [the gods] gather together, far in the north.
14 Je monterai sur les hauteurs des nues, je serai semblable au Très-haut.
I will ascend above the clouds and become like the highest/greatest god!’
[But you were not able to do that]; instead, you were carried down to your grave, and you went to the place where the dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
16 Ceux qui te voient fixent leurs regards sur toi, ils te considèrent, [disant]: Est-ce ici l’homme qui a fait trembler la terre, qui ébranlait les royaumes,
The [other dead] people there stare at you; they wonder what happened to you. [They say], ‘Is this the man who caused the earth to shake and caused the [people in many] kingdoms to tremble?
17 qui a fait du monde un désert, et qui ruinait ses villes? Ses prisonniers, il ne les renvoyait pas chez eux.
Is this the man who [tried to] cause the world to become a desert, who conquered its cities and did not allow the people whom he captured to return to their homes?’
18 – Tous les rois des nations, eux tous, reposent dans leur gloire, chacun dans sa maison;
All the kings of the earth [who have died] were greatly honored when they were buried,
19 mais toi, tu as été jeté hors de ton sépulcre comme une branche qui fait horreur, recouvert de tués, percés par l’épée, descendus jusqu’aux pierres d’une fosse, … comme un cadavre foulé aux pieds.
but your [corpse will] not be buried; it will be thrown away like [SIM] a worthless branch [of a tree]. Your corpse will be under a heap of other corpses of soldiers that were killed by [their enemies’] swords, and [their corpses] were not buried; you will be with those who have gone down to the stony ground in a big pit.
20 Tu ne seras pas réuni avec eux dans le sépulcre; car tu as ruiné ton pays, tu as tué ton peuple. De la race des méchants il ne sera jamais fait mention.
Your [corpse] will not be buried because you have destroyed your nation and have caused your people to be killed. The descendants of wicked people [like you] will never be honored again.
21 Préparez la tuerie pour ses fils, à cause de l’iniquité de leurs pères; qu’ils ne se lèvent pas, ni ne possèdent la terre, ni ne remplissent de villes la face du monde!
[People will say], ‘Slaughter this man’s children because of the sins that their ancestors committed! Do not allow them to become rulers and conquer [all the nations in] the world, and fill the world with the cities [that they rule]!’”
22 Je me lèverai contre eux, dit l’Éternel des armées, et je retrancherai de Babylone le nom et le reste, enfants et postérité, dit l’Éternel;
[This is what] the Commander of the armies of angels says: “I [myself] will cause Babylon to be conquered. I will get rid of Babylon and its people and their descendants.
23 et j’en ferai une possession du butor, et des mares d’eau; et je la balaierai avec le balai de la destruction, dit l’Éternel des armées.
I will cause Babylon to be a place where owls live, a place full of swamps; I will get rid of it completely [as though] [MET] I were sweeping it with a broom. [That is what I], the Commander of the armies of angels, say.”
24 L’Éternel des armées a juré, disant: Pour certain, comme j’ai pensé, ainsi il arrivera, et, comme j’ai pris conseil, la chose s’accomplira,
The Commander of the armies of angels has [also] solemnly promised this: “The things that I have planned will surely happen [DOU].
25 de briser l’Assyrien dans mon pays; et je le foulerai aux pieds sur mes montagnes; et son joug sera ôté de dessus eux, et son fardeau sera ôté de dessus leurs épaules.
[When the army of] Assyria is in my land [of Israel], I will crush them. [It will be as though] I will trample them on my mountains. My people will no longer be the slaves [MET] of the people of Assyria; [it will be as though] [MET] I will take away the burdens that are on their shoulders.
26 C’est là le conseil qui est arrêté contre toute la terre, et c’est là la main qui est étendue sur toutes les nations.
I have a plan for everyone on the earth, a plan to show my power [MTY] to punish all the nations.
27 Car l’Éternel des armées a pris [ce] conseil, et qui l’annulera? Et sa main est étendue, et qui la [lui] fera retirer?
[I], the Commander of the armies of angels, have spoken, and no one can [RHQ] change my mind. When I raise my fist [to strike Assyria], no one [RHQ] will be able to stop me [from doing that].”
28 L’année de la mort du roi Achaz, fut [prononcé] cet oracle:
I received this message [from Yahweh] during the year that King Ahaz died:
29 Ne te réjouis pas, Philistie tout entière, de ce que la verge qui t’a frappée est brisée; car de la racine du serpent sortira une vipère, et son fruit sera un serpent brûlant qui vole;
You people of Philistia, do not rejoice that the enemy army [MET] that attacked you has been defeated and that their king is dead. He was [as dangerous as] [MET] a snake, but there will be another king, who will be more [dangerous] than a cobra; he will be [like] [MET] a quick-moving poisonous snake.
30 et les premiers-nés des misérables paîtront, et les pauvres se coucheront en assurance; mais je ferai mourir de faim ta racine, et tes restes, on les tuera.
Those of my people who are very poor will take care of their flocks of sheep, and the needy people will lie down safely, but I will cause you people [of Philistia] who are still alive [DOU] to die from famine.
31 Hurle, porte! Ville, pousse des cris! Sois dissoute, Philistie tout entière! car une fumée vient du nord, et nul ne reste à l’écart dans ses rassemblements de troupes.
[So], you people of Philistia, wail at the gates of your cities! You should be extremely afraid, because [a very powerful army] will come from the north [to attack you]; [their chariots will stir up the dust like] [MET] a cloud of smoke. Each of their soldiers is ready to fight.
32 Et que répondra-t-on aux messagers des nations? Que l’Éternel a fondé Sion, et que les pauvres de son peuple y trouvent un refuge.
If messengers [from Philistia] come to us [Israeli people], this is what we must [RHQ] tell them: “Yahweh has established Jerusalem, [not Philistia], and his people who are oppressed will be safe inside [the walls of] Jerusalem.”
