Isaïe 33
1 Malheur à toi qui détruis, et tu n’as pas été détruit, et à toi qui agis perfidement, et on n’a pas agi perfidement envers toi! Quand tu auras fini de détruire, tu seras détruit; quand tu auras complété la perfidie, on agira perfidement envers toi.
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 Éternel, use de grâce envers nous: nous nous sommes attendus à toi. Sois leur bras tous les matins, et notre salut 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 À la voix du tumulte, les peuples s’enfuirent: quand tu t’es élevé, les nations ont été dispersées.
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 Et votre butin sera moissonné, comme moissonnent les locustes; comme se précipitent les sauterelles, on se précipitera sur lui.
[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 L’Éternel est exalté; car il demeure en haut, il a rempli Sion de droiture et de justice;
Yahweh is greater than anyone else, and he lives in heaven, and he will rule justly and righteously in Jerusalem.
6 et il sera la sûreté de tes temps, le trésor du salut, sagesse et connaissance. La crainte de l’Éternel sera votre 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, leurs vaillants hommes crient au-dehors, les messagers de la 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; le passant sur le chemin a cessé. Il a rompu l’alliance, il a méprisé les villes, il n’a égard à personne.
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 mène deuil, il languit; le Liban est honteux, il s’est fané; le Saron est devenu comme un désert, et Basan et le Carmel se dépouillent.
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, dit l’Éternel, je me lèverai; maintenant je serai exalté; maintenant je m’élèverai.
Yahweh says, “Now I will begin to show that I am very powerful [DOU].
11 Vous concevrez l’herbe sèche, vous enfanterez le chaume: votre colère est un feu qui vous consumera.
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 comme la pierre à chaux dans l’ardeur de la fournaise; comme des épines coupées, ils seront consumés 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 Entendez, vous qui êtes loin, ce que j’ai fait; et connaissez ma puissance, vous qui êtes près!
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 peur dans Sion; le tremblement a saisi les impies: Qui de nous séjournera dans le feu consumant? 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 celui qui parle avec droiture, celui qui rejette le gain [acquis] par extorsion, qui secoue ses mains pour ne pas prendre de présent, qui bouche ses oreilles pour ne pas entendre parler de sang et qui ferme ses yeux pour ne pas 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 demeurera en haut: les forteresses des rochers seront sa haute retraite; son pain lui sera donné, ses eaux seront assurées.
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 verront le roi dans sa beauté; ils contempleront le pays lointain.
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 méditera la crainte: Où est l’enregistreur? où est le peseur? où est celui qui compte 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 Tu ne verras plus le peuple audacieux, un peuple au langage trop obscur pour l’entendre, à la langue bégayante qu’on ne comprend pas.
Those arrogant people who spoke a language that we could not understand are no longer here!”
20 Regarde Sion, la cité de nos assemblées solennelles! Tes yeux verront Jérusalem, une demeure tranquille, une tente qui ne sera pas transportée: ses pieux ne seront jamais arrachés, et aucune de ses cordes ne sera rompue;
[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 mais là l’Éternel est pour nous magnifique, – un lieu de fleuves, de larges rivières: il n’y viendra aucun vaisseau à rames, aucun noble navire n’y passera.
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 l’Éternel est notre juge, l’Éternel est notre législateur, l’Éternel est notre roi; lui, 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 n’affermissent pas le pied de leur mât, ils ne déploient pas la voile. On partage alors la proie d’un grand butin, les boiteux pillent les dépouilles;
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 et l’habitant ne dira pas: Je suis malade; l’iniquité du peuple qui demeure là sera pardonnée.
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.
