Isaïe 22
1 L’oracle touchant la vallée de vision. Qu’as-tu donc que tu sois tout entière montée 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 toi qui étais pleine de mouvement, ville bruyante, cité joyeuse? Tes tués ne sont pas tués par l’épée et ne sont pas morts à la guerre;
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 tous tes chefs se sont enfuis ensemble: ils sont faits prisonniers sans l’arc; tous les tiens qui sont trouvés sont faits prisonniers ensemble; 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-vous de moi, que je pleure amèrement! Ne vous pressez pas de me consoler au sujet de 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 trouble et d’écrasement et de consternation [de la part] du Seigneur, l’Éternel des armées, dans la vallée de vision; on renverse la muraille, et des cris [retentissent] 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 porte le carquois, avec des chars d’hommes [et] des cavaliers; et Kir découvre le bouclier.
The armies from Elam and Kir [in Media] will attack, driving chariots and carrying shields.
7 Et il arrivera que les meilleures de tes vallées seront remplies de chars, et la cavalerie s’établira à la porte.
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 il ôte la couverture de Juda. Et tu as regardé en ce jour-là vers l’arsenal de la maison 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 vous avez vu les brèches de la ville de David, qu’elles sont nombreuses; et vous avez rassemblé 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 et vous avez compté les maisons de Jérusalem; et vous avez démoli les maisons pour fortifier la muraille;
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 et vous avez fait un réservoir entre les murs, pour les eaux du vieil étang; mais vous n’avez pas regardé vers celui qui a fait [cela], ni tourné vos regards vers celui qui l’a formé dès longtemps.
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 Et le Seigneur, l’Éternel des armées, appela en ce jour-là à pleurer et à se lamenter, et à se raser les cheveux, 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, l’allégresse et la joie! On tue des bœufs et on égorge des moutons, on mange de la chair 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 Et il a été révélé dans mes oreilles de par l’Éternel des armées: Si [jamais] cette iniquité vous est pardonnée, jusqu’à ce que vous mouriez, dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel 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 dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel des armées: Va, entre auprès de cet intendant, auprès de Shebna, qui est [établi] sur la maison:
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 ici, et qui as-tu ici, que tu te creuses un sépulcre ici, [comme] qui creuse son sépulcre sur la hauteur, et se taille dans le rocher une habitation?
'[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, l’Éternel te jettera loin avec force, et te couvrira entièrement.
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 T’enroulant en pelote, il te roulera comme une boule dans un pays spacieux. Là tu mourras, et là seront les chars de ta gloire, ô opprobre de la maison de ton Seigneur!
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 Et je te chasserai de ta place, et te renverserai de ta position.
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, que j’appellerai mon serviteur Éliakim, fils de Hilkija;
Then I will summon Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, who has served serve me [well], to replace you.
21 et je le revêtirai de ta tunique, et je le fortifierai avec ta ceinture, et je mettrai ton intendance en sa main; et il sera pour père aux habitants de Jérusalem et à 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 Et je mettrai la clé de la maison de David sur son épaule; et il ouvrira, et personne ne fermera; et 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 Et je le fixerai comme un clou dans un lieu sûr, et il sera 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 et on suspendra sur lui toute la gloire de la maison de son père: les descendants et les rejetons, tous les petits vases, tant les coupes que toutes les amphores.
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, dit l’Éternel des armées, le clou fixé en un lieu sûr sera ôté, et sera brisé et tombera; et le fardeau qui y est [suspendu] sera coupé, car l’Éternel 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.”
