Psaumes 79
1 Psaume d’Asaph. Ô Dieu! les nations sont entrées dans ton héritage; elles ont profané ton saint temple; elles ont mis Jérusalem en monceaux de pierres.
God, other people-groups have invaded your land. They have (desecrated your temple/caused your temple to be unfit for worship), and they have destroyed all the buildings in Jerusalem.
2 Elles ont donné les cadavres de tes serviteurs en pâture aux oiseaux des cieux, la chair de tes saints aux bêtes de la terre;
[Instead of burying] the corpses of your people [whom they killed], they allowed vultures and wild animals to eat the flesh of those corpses,
3 Elles ont versé leur sang comme de l’eau tout autour de Jérusalem, et il n’y a eu personne pour les enterrer.
When they killed your people, your people’s blood flowed like water through [the streets of] Jerusalem, and there was [almost] no one [HYP] left to bury their corpses.
4 Nous avons été en opprobre à nos voisins, en risée et en raillerie auprès de nos alentours.
The people-groups that live in countries that surround our land insult us; they laugh at us and deride/belittle us.
5 Jusques à quand, ô Éternel? Seras-tu en colère à toujours? Ta jalousie brûlera-t-elle comme le feu?
Yahweh, how long [will this continue]? Will you be angry with us forever? Will your being angry [destroy us like] a burning fire [destroys things]?
6 Verse ta fureur sur les nations qui ne t’ont pas connu, et sur les royaumes qui n’invoquent pas ton nom;
[Instead of being angry with us], be angry with the people-groups that do not know/worship you! Be angry with kingdoms whose people do not pray to you,
7 Car on a dévoré Jacob, et on a dévasté sa demeure.
because they have killed Israeli people and they have ruined your country.
8 Ne te souviens pas contre nous des iniquités anciennes; que tes compassions viennent en hâte au-devant de nous, car nous sommes devenus fort misérables.
Do not punish us because of the sins that our ancestors committed! Be merciful to us now/quickly, because we are very discouraged.
9 Aide-nous, ô Dieu de notre salut! à cause de la gloire de ton nom; et délivre-nous, et pardonne nos péchés, à cause de ton nom.
God, you have saved/rescued [us many times], [so] help us [now]; rescue us and forgive us for having sinned in order that other people will honor you [MTY].
10 Pourquoi les nations diraient-elles: Où est leur Dieu? Qu’elle soit connue parmi les nations, devant nos yeux, la vengeance du sang de tes serviteurs qui a été versé.
It is not right that [RHQ] other people-groups say [about us], “If their God [is very powerful], (surely he should help them/why does he not [help them])?” Allow us to see you punishing the people of other nations in return for their shedding our blood; they have killed many of us, your people.
11 Que le gémissement du prisonnier vienne devant toi; selon la grandeur de ton bras garantis ceux qui sont voués à la mort;
Listen to your people groaning while they are in prison, and by your great power free those whom our enemies say that they will certainly execute.
12 Et rends à nos voisins sept fois dans leur sein l’opprobre qu’ils ont jeté sur toi, Seigneur!
In return for their having [often] insulted you, punish them seven times as much!
13 Mais nous, ton peuple et le troupeau de ta pâture, nous te célébrerons à toujours; de génération en génération nous raconterons ta louange.
After you do that, we, whom you [take care of like a shepherd takes care of] his sheep, will continue praising you; we will continue to praise you forever [HYP].
