Isaïe 23
1 L’oracle sur Tyr. Hurlez, navires de Tarsis, car elle est dévastée, de sorte qu’il n’y a pas de maisons, personne qui entre. Du pays de Kittim cela leur est révélé.
[I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Tyre [city]: You [sailors on] [APO] ships from Tarshish, weep, because [the harbor of] Tyre and all the houses [in the city] have been destroyed. The reports that you heard in Cyprus [island] about Tyre [are true].
2 Tenez-vous en silence, habitants de l’île! Les marchands de Sidon qui passent par la mer t’ont remplie!
You people who live along the coast [near Tyre], and merchants of Sidon [city], mourn silently. Your sailors went across the seas [to many places like Tyre].
3 Et sur de grandes eaux la semence du Shikhor, la moisson du Nil, était son revenu; et elle était le marché des nations.
They sailed across deep seas to buy grain in Egypt and [other] crops that are grown along the Nile [River]. Tyre became the city where people from [all] nations bought and sold goods.
4 Aie honte, Sidon, car la mer a parlé, la force de la mer, disant: Je n’ai pas été en travail d’enfant, je n’ai pas enfanté, et je n’ai pas nourri de jeunes hommes, ni élevé de vierges. –
But now you people in Sidon should be ashamed, because [you trusted in Tyre], which has been a strong fortress [on an island] in the sea. [Tyre is like a woman who is saying], “[Now it is as though] I have not given birth to [any] children, or raised [any] sons or daughters.”
5 Quand la rumeur est arrivée en Égypte, ils ont été dans l’angoisse à [l’ouïe des] nouvelles de Tyr.
When [the people of] Egypt hear what has happened to Tyre, they will grieve very much.
6 Traversez vers Tarsis, hurlez, vous, les habitants de l’île!
Sail to Tarshish [and tell them what happened]; weep, you people who live along the coast.
7 Est-ce là votre [ville] joyeuse, qui avait son origine dès les jours d’autrefois? Ses pieds la porteront pour demeurer au loin en étrangère.
[The people in] the very old city [of Tyre] were [RHQ] previously joyful. Traders [PRS] from Tyre established colonies in many distant nations.
8 Qui a pris ce conseil à l’égard de Tyr, distributrice de couronnes, dont les négociants étaient des princes, dont les marchands étaient les nobles de la terre?
People from Tyre appointed kings [over other places]; their traders were wealthy; they were [as powerful and wealthy as] [MET] kings. [So], who [RHQ] caused the people of Tyre to experience this disaster?
9 L’Éternel des armées a pris ce conseil, pour profaner l’orgueil de toute gloire, pour réduire à néant tous les nobles de la terre.
It was the Commander of the armies of angels who did it; he did it in order to cause [you people in] Tyre not to be proud any more, to humiliate you men who are honored all over the world.
10 Répands-toi sur ton pays comme le Nil, fille de Tarsis; il n’y a plus rien qui retienne!
You people of Tarshish, you must grow crops in your land [instead of trading]; spread out over your land like [SIM] the Nile [River] spreads over the land [of Egypt] when it floods, because there is no harbor [in Tyre for your ships] now.
11 Il a étendu sa main sur la mer; il a fait trembler les royaumes. L’Éternel a commandé contre Canaan, d’en détruire les forteresses,
[It is as though] Yahweh stretched out his hand over the sea and shook the kingdoms of the earth. He commanded that in Phoenicia/Canaan all its fortresses must be destroyed.
12 et il a dit: Tu ne t’égaieras plus, vierge opprimée, fille de Sidon! Lève-toi, passe à Kittim; là encore il n’y aura pas de repos pour toi.
He said to the people of Sidon, “You will never rejoice again, because you will be crushed; even if you flee to Cyprus [island], you will not escape destruction.”
13 Vois le pays des Chaldéens: ce peuple n’existait pas; Assur l’a fondé pour les habitants des déserts: ils ont élevé leurs tours, ils ont renversé ses palais; il en a fait des ruines.
Think about what happened in Babylonia: the people who were in that land have disappeared. [The armies of] Assyria have caused that land to become a place where wild animals from the desert live. The Assyrians built dirt ramps to the top of the walls [of the city of Babylon]; [then they entered the city and] tore down the palaces and caused the city to become [a heap of] rubble.
14 Hurlez, navires de Tarsis, car votre forteresse est détruite.
[So] wail, you [sailors on the] ships of Tarshish, because the harbor [in Tyre where your ships stop] is destroyed!
15 Et il arrivera, en ce jour-là, que Tyr sera oubliée 70 ans, selon les jours d’un roi. Au bout de 70 ans, ce sera pour Tyr comme la chanson d’une prostituée.
For seventy years, which is as long as kings usually live, people will forget about Tyre. [But then it will be rebuilt]. What will happen there will be like what happened to a prostitute in this song:
16 Prends la harpe, fais le tour de la ville, prostituée oubliée! Touche habilement les cordes, multiplie tes chansons, afin qu’on se souvienne de toi.
“You harlot, whom people had forgotten, play your harp well, and sing many songs, in order that people will remember you again.”
17 Et il arrivera qu’au bout de 70 ans, l’Éternel visitera Tyr; et elle reviendra à ses présents et se prostituera avec tous les royaumes de la terre, sur la face du sol.
[It is true that] after seventy years Yahweh will restore Tyre. Their merchants will again earn a lot of money by buying things from and selling things to many [other] nations [HYP].
18 Et ses marchandises et les présents qu’on lui fera seront saints, [consacrés] à l’Éternel; ils ne seront pas accumulés et ils ne seront pas amassés; car sa marchandise sera pour ceux qui demeurent devant l’Éternel, afin qu’ils mangent et soient rassasiés, et afin qu’ils aient des vêtements magnifiques.
[But] their profits will be given to Yahweh. [The merchants] will not hoard their money; instead, they will give it to Yahweh’s priests in order that they [can] buy food and nice clothes.
