Isaïe 3
1 Car voici, le Seigneur, l’Éternel des armées, ôte de Jérusalem et de Juda le soutien et l’appui, tout soutien de pain et tout soutien d’eau,
The Commander of the armies of angels is about to take away from Jerusalem and [other places in] Judea everything that you depend on— all your food and water.
2 l’homme fort et l’homme de guerre, le juge et le prophète, le devin et l’ancien,
He will take away your heroes and your [other] soldiers, your judges and your prophets, people who do rituals to find out what will happen in the future and the elders,
3 le chef de cinquantaine, et l’homme considéré, et le conseiller, et l’habile ouvrier, et celui qui s’entend aux enchantements.
army officers and [other] officials, advisors and skilled craftsmen and those who perform rituals to predict the future.
4 Et je leur donnerai des jeunes gens pour être leurs princes, et de petits enfants domineront sur eux;
He will appoint boys to be your leaders; your children will rule you.
5 et le peuple sera opprimé, l’homme par l’homme, et chacun par son voisin; le jeune garçon usera d’insolence contre le vieillard, et l’homme de néant contre l’homme honorable.
People will treat each other cruelly: people will fight against their neighbors. Young people will insult older people, and vulgar/dishonorable people will sneer at people who should be honored.
6 Alors, si un homme saisit son frère, dans la maison de son père, [disant]: Tu as un manteau, tu seras notre chef, et cette ruine sera sous ta main,
At that time, someone will grab one of his brothers in his father’s house and say to him, “You have a coat, [which shows that you are respected]. [So] you be our leader! You rule this [city, which is now] a pile of ruins!”
7 il jurera en ce jour-là, disant: Je ne puis être un médecin, et dans ma maison il n’y a pas de pain et il n’y a pas de manteau; vous ne me ferez pas chef du peuple.
[But] his brother will reply, “[No], I cannot help you, [because] I do not have [any extra] food or clothes in this house. [So] do not appoint me to be your leader!”
8 Car Jérusalem bronche, et Juda tombe; parce que leur langue et leurs actions sont contre l’Éternel, pour braver les yeux de sa gloire.
Jerusalem and [the other towns in] Judah will be destroyed, because [everything] that the people do and say there opposes Yahweh, who is powerful and glorious, and they refuse to obey him. They rebel against him.
9 L’aspect de leur visage témoigne contre eux, et ils annoncent leur péché comme Sodome; ils ne le cachent pas. Malheur à leur âme! car ils ont fait venir le mal sur eux-mêmes.
They even show on their faces that [they oppose Yahweh]. They are proud of their sins, like [the people of] Sodom were [long ago]; they do not try to hide their sins. [Because of their sins], terrible things will happen to them, [but] they will bring those disasters on themselves.
10 Dites au juste que le bien [lui arrivera], car ils mangeront le fruit de leurs actions.
[Yahweh told me to] tell the righteous people that good things will happen to them; they will enjoy the blessings that they will receive for their good deeds.
11 Malheur au méchant! [il lui arrivera] du mal, car l’œuvre de ses mains lui sera rendue.
[But] terrible things will happen to wicked people; they will be (paid back/punished) for [the evil things that] [MTY] they have done.
12 Quant à mon peuple, des enfants l’oppriment, et des femmes le gouvernent. Mon peuple! ceux qui te conduisent te fourvoient, et détruisent le chemin de tes sentiers.
[Now], youths [who have become leaders] treat my people cruelly, and women rule over my people. My people, your leaders are misleading you; they are causing you to go down the wrong road [MET].
13 L’Éternel se tient là pour plaider, et il est debout pour juger les peuples.
[It is as though] Yahweh has sat in his place in a courtroom and is ready to judge his people.
14 L’Éternel entrera en jugement avec les anciens de son peuple et avec ses princes, [disant]: Et vous, vous avez brouté la vigne; la dépouille du pauvre est dans vos maisons.
He will stand up to declare why the elders and rulers of his people should be punished: [he says], “The people of Israel are [like] [MET] a vineyard that I planted, but you have ruined it! Your houses are full of things that you have stolen from poor people.
15 Qu’avez-vous à faire de fouler mon peuple, et de broyer la face des pauvres? dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel des armées.
You should stop [RHQ] crushing my people! [It is as though] you are pushing the faces of poor people into the dirt!” [That is what] the Commander of the armies of angels says.
16 Et l’Éternel dit: Parce que les filles de Sion sont hautaines, et qu’elles marchent le cou tendu et les regards pleins de convoitise, et qu’elles marchent allant à petits pas, faisant résonner leurs pieds,
Yahweh says this: “The women of Jerusalem are haughty/proud; they walk around sticking their chins out, and flirting [with men] with their eyes. They walk with tiny steps with bracelets on their ankles that jingle.
17 le Seigneur rendra chauve le sommet de la tête des filles de Sion, et l’Éternel exposera leur nudité.
So I, Yahweh, will cause sores to be on their heads, and I will cause those beautiful women in Jerusalem to become bald.”
18 En ce jour-là, le Seigneur ôtera l’ornement des anneaux de pieds, et les petits soleils, et les petites lunes;
At the time [that Yahweh does that], he will strip away everything that the women of Jerusalem wear to make themselves beautiful—the ornaments on their ankles and their headbands, their crescent necklaces,
19 les pendeloques de perles, et les bracelets, et les voiles;
their earrings and bracelets and veils,
20 les diadèmes, et les chaînettes des pieds, et les ceintures, et les boîtes de senteur, et les amulettes;
their scarves and ankle bracelets and sashes, their perfumes and (charms/little things that they wear thinking that those things will protect them from evil),
21 les bagues, et les anneaux de nez;
their signet rings and nose rings,
22 les vêtements de fête, et les tuniques, et les manteaux, et les bourses;
their nice robes and capes and cloaks and purses,
23 et les miroirs, et les chemises, et les turbans, et les voiles de gaze.
their mirrors and nice linen clothes and shawls.
24 Et il arrivera qu’au lieu de parfum il y aura pourriture; et au lieu de ceinture, une corde; et au lieu de cheveux artistement tressés, une tête chauve; et au lieu d’une robe d’apparat, un sarrau de toile à sac; flétrissure, au lieu de beauté. –
Instead of their having a nice smell from perfume, they will stink; instead of nice sashes, they will have ropes [around their waists because they will be captives]. Instead of having fancy hairdos, they will be bald. Instead of fancy/beautiful robes, they will wear rough sackcloth, and instead of being beautiful, they will be branded.
25 Tes hommes tomberont par l’épée, et tes hommes forts, dans la guerre.
Their husbands will be killed by [their enemies’] swords, and their soldiers [will also die] in battles.
26 Et ses portes se lamenteront et mèneront deuil; et, désolée, elle s’assiéra sur la terre.
People [PRS] will mourn and cry at the gates [of the city]. The city will [be like] [MET] a woman who sits on the ground because everything that she owned is gone.
