Isaïe 5
1 Je chanterai à mon bien-aimé un cantique de mon bien-aimé, sur sa vigne: Mon bien-aimé avait une vigne sur un coteau fertile.
[Now] I will sing a song about my dear friend, and about his vineyard. The vineyard was on a very fertile hillside.
2 Et il la fossoya et en ôta les pierres, et la planta de ceps exquis; et il bâtit une tour au milieu d’elle, et y tailla aussi un pressoir; et il s’attendait à ce qu’elle produirait de bons raisins, et elle produisit des raisins sauvages.
My friend plowed the ground and cleared away the stones. Then he planted very good grapevines on that ground. In the middle of the vineyard, he built a watchtower, and he dug a (winepress/pit for squeezing the grapes). Then he waited [each year] to harvest some good grapes, but the vines produced [only] sour grapes.
3 – Et maintenant, habitants de Jérusalem et hommes de Juda, jugez, je vous prie, entre moi et ma vigne.
Now [this is what Yahweh says]: “You people of Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah, I [am like the friend, and you are like] my vineyard; [so] you judge which of us [has done what is right].
4 Qu’y avait-il encore à faire pour ma vigne, que je n’aie pas fait pour elle? Pourquoi, quand j’espérais qu’elle produirait de bons raisins, a-t-elle produit des raisins sauvages?
What more could I have done for you than what I have already done? I expected you to be doing good deeds [MET], so it is disgusting that [RHQ] you were [doing only evil things] like the vineyard that produced only sour grapes!
5 Et maintenant je vous apprendrai ce que je ferai à ma vigne: j’ôterai sa haie, et elle sera broutée; j’abattrai sa clôture, et elle sera foulée aux pieds;
[So], I will now tell you what I will do to [Judah, the place that is like] my vineyard. I will cut down the hedges, and they will be destroyed. I will tear down the walls [of the cities] and allow [wild animals] to trample the land.
6 et je la réduirai en désert; elle ne sera pas taillée, et elle ne sera pas sarclée, et les ronces et les épines monteront; et je commanderai aux nuées qu’elles ne laissent pas tomber de pluie sur elle.
I will cause it to become a wasteland where the vines are not pruned and the ground is not hoed. It will be a place where briers and thorns [DOU] grow. And I will command that no rain will fall on it.”
7 Car la vigne de l’Éternel des armées est la maison d’Israël, et les hommes de Juda sont la plante de ses délices. Et il s’attendait au juste jugement, et voici l’effusion de sang, – à la justice, et voici un cri!
The nation of Israel is [like] [MET] the vineyard of the Commander of the armies of angels. The people of Judah are [like] the garden that was pleasing to him. He expected you to be doing what is just/fair, but instead, [what he saw was people] murdering [MTY] others. [He expected that you would be doing] righteous deeds, but instead, he heard cries from people who were being [attacked] violently.
8 Malheur à ceux qui ajoutent maison à maison, qui joignent champ à champ, jusqu’à ce qu’il n’y ait plus de place et que vous habitiez seuls au milieu du pays.
Terrible things will happen to you who continually [illegally] acquire houses and fields. You force one family after another to leave their homes until you are the only ones [HYP] [still] living in the land.
9 À mes oreilles, l’Éternel des armées [a dit]: Si beaucoup de maisons ne sont désolées, [si] de grandes et belles [maisons ne sont] vides d’habitants!
[But] I heard the Commander of the armies of angels solemnly declare this: “[Some day], many of those huge houses will be empty/deserted; no one will be living in those beautiful mansions.
10 Car dix arpents de vigne ne produiront qu’un bath, et un khomer de semence produira un épha.
The vines on ten acres of land will not produce enough grapes to make (six gallons/22 liters) [of juice/wine], and ten baskets of seed will produce only one basket [of grain].”
11 Malheur à ceux qui, se levant de bonne heure, courent après la boisson, [et] qui, s’attardant jusqu’à la tombée de la nuit, sont enflammés par le vin.
Terrible things will happen to those who get up early [each] morning to begin drinking alcoholic drinks, and who stay awake until late at night [drinking a lot of wine] until they are completely drunk.
12 Et la harpe et le luth, le tambourin et la flûte, et le vin, [abondent dans] leurs festins; et ils ne regardent pas l’œuvre de l’Éternel, et ils ne voient pas l’opération de ses mains.
They have [big parties and provide lots of] wine. At their parties, there are [people playing] harps and lyres and tambourines and flutes, but they never think about what Yahweh does or appreciate what he has created.
13 C’est pourquoi mon peuple est allé en captivité, parce qu’il n’a pas de connaissance; et ses grands meurent de faim, et sa multitude est asséchée de soif.
So, my people will be (exiled/taken to other countries) [far away] because they do not know [about me]. Those who are [now very important and] honored will starve, and the other people will die from thirst.
14 C’est pourquoi le shéol élargit son désir et ouvre sa bouche sans mesure; et la magnificence de Jérusalem y descendra, et sa multitude, et son tumulte, et sa joie; (Sheol h7585)
[It is as though] [PRS] the place where the dead people are is eagerly looking for more Israeli people, opening its mouth to swallow them, and a huge number of people will be thrown into that place, including their leaders as well as a noisy crowd of people who enjoy living in Jerusalem. (Sheol h7585)
15 et l’homme du peuple se courbera, et le grand sera abaissé; et les yeux des hautains seront abaissés;
[Yahweh] will get rid of a huge number of people; and he will humble [many more] people who [now] are proud/arrogant.
16 et l’Éternel des armées sera élevé en jugement, et le Dieu saint sera sanctifié en justice.
But the Commander of the armies of angels will be exalted/praised because of his acting justly. God will show that he is holy by doing righteous/just deeds.
17 Et les agneaux paîtront comme dans leur pâturage, et les étrangers dévoreront les lieux désolés des [hommes] gras.
Then lambs and fat sheep will [be able to] find good grass to eat, [even] among the ruins [of the houses of rich people].
18 Malheur à ceux qui tirent l’iniquité avec des cordes de vanité, et le péché comme avec des cordes de chariot,
Some people constantly tell lies, and [it is as though] they are dragging behind them the wrong things that they have done. Terrible things will happen to them!
19 qui disent: Qu’il se hâte, qu’il accélère son œuvre, afin que nous la voyions; et que le conseil du Saint d’Israël s’approche, et vienne, et que nous le connaissions.
They [make fun of God and] say [to him, ] “Go ahead, do something [to punish us]! We want to see what you will do. You, the Holy One of Israel, should do what you are planning to do, because we want to know what it is.”
20 Malheur à ceux qui appellent le mal bien, et le bien mal, qui mettent les ténèbres pour la lumière, et la lumière pour les ténèbres, qui mettent l’amer pour le doux, et le doux pour l’amer.
Terrible things will happen to those who say that evil is good, and that good is evil, that darkness is light and that light is darkness, that what is bitter is sweet and what is sweet is bitter.
21 Malheur à ceux qui sont sages à leurs propres yeux, et intelligents à leur propre estime!
Terrible things will happen to those who think that they are wise and that they (are very clever/know everything).
22 Malheur à ceux qui sont forts pour boire du vin, et hommes vaillants pour mêler les boissons fortes;
Terrible things will happen to those who [think that] [IRO] they are great/heroes because they are able to drink [lots of] wine, and boast about being able to mix good alcoholic drinks.
23 qui justifient le méchant pour un présent, et qui ôtent aux justes leur justice!
If people offer them bribes in order that they will enable wicked people not to be punished, they accept those bribes, and they cause people who are innocent to be punished.
24 C’est pourquoi, comme une langue de feu dévore le chaume, et comme l’herbe sèche s’affaisse dans la flamme, leur racine sera comme la pourriture, et leur fleur montera comme la poussière; car ils ont méprisé la loi de l’Éternel des armées, et ont rejeté avec dédain la parole du Saint d’Israël.
Therefore, just like [SIM] fires burn up stubble and dry grass shrivels up and quickly burns in flames, [it will be as though] those people have roots that will rot and have flowers that will wither. [That will happen] because they rejected the laws of the Commander of the armies of angels; they have despised the messages of the Holy One of Israel.
25 C’est pourquoi la colère de l’Éternel s’est embrasée contre son peuple; et il a étendu sa main sur lui, et l’a frappé; et les montagnes ont été ébranlées; et leurs cadavres sont devenus comme des ordures au milieu des rues. Pour tout cela, sa colère ne s’est pas détournée, et sa main est encore étendue.
That is why Yahweh is [extremely] angry [with his people]; [it is as though] his hand is raised [and he is ready to smash them]. [When he does that], the mountains will shake, and the corpses of people will be scattered in the streets like [SIM] manure. But even when that happens, Yahweh will still be very angry; he will be ready to punish his people [MET] again.
26 Et il élèvera un étendard devant les nations lointaines: et il en sifflera une des bouts de la terre; et voici, elle viendra, rapide [et] légère.
Yahweh will send a signal to summon [armies of] nations far away; [it is as though] he will whistle [to summon those soldiers who are] in very remote places on the earth. They will come very swiftly [DOU] [to Jerusalem].
27 En elle, nul qui soit las ou qui bronche; nul ne sommeille, nul ne dort; nul n’a la ceinture de ses reins déliée, ou la courroie de sa chaussure arrachée.
They will not get tired or stumble. They will not [stop to] rest or to sleep. None of their belts will be loose, and none of them will have sandals with broken straps, [so they will all be ready to fight in battles].
28 Ses flèches sont aiguës, et tous ses arcs tendus; les sabots de ses chevaux sont comme le caillou, et ses roues comme le tourbillon.
Their arrows will be sharp, and their bows will be ready [to shoot those arrows in a battle]. [Because their horses pull the chariots fast], sparks will shoot out from their hooves, and the wheels of the chariots will spin like a whirlwind.
29 Son rugissement est comme celui d’une lionne; elle rugit comme les jeunes lions; elle gronde, et saisit la proie et l’emporte, et il n’y a personne qui délivre;
They will roar like [very strong] lions [DOU] that growl and [then] pounce on the animals they want to kill and carry them off, and no one is able to rescue them.
30 et elle mugira sur elle, en ce jour-là, comme mugit la mer; et on regardera sur la terre, et voici les ténèbres [et] la détresse: la lumière est obscurcie dans son ciel.
[Similarly, your enemies] will roar when they see the people they are about to kill, like [SIM] the sea roars. [On that day], if someone looks across the land, he will see [only people who are in] darkness and distressed; [it will be as though] even the sunlight is hidden by dark clouds.
