Isaïe 10
1 Malheur à vous qui rendez des ordonnances iniques, et à vous scribes, qui transcrivez des sentences perverses,
Cursed are those who make evil decisions, and the writers who make the records of their cruel acts:
2 refusant justice aux indigents, frustrant de leur droit les pauvres de mon peuple, considérant les veuves comme leur proie et dépouillant les orphelins!
Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.
3 Et que ferez-vous au jour de la revendication, du désastre qui s’avance de loin? Chez qui chercherez-vous un refuge, un secours, et où mettrez-vous en sûreté vos splendeurs?
And what will you do in the day of punishment, and in the destruction which is coming from far? to whom will you go for help, and what will become of your glory?
4 Vous ne réussirez qu’à vous accroupir parmi les captifs, qu’à tomber parmi les morts… Malgré tout cela sa colère ne s’apaise point, et sa main reste étendue.
... For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
5 Malheur à Achour, instrument de ma colère, aux mains de qui mon courroux est un bâton vengeur!
Ho! Assyrian, the rod of my wrath, the instrument of my punishment!
6 Je le déchaîne contre une nation perverse, je lui donne pouvoir sur un peuple, objet de ma réprobation, pour y exercer le pillage, prendre ses dépouilles, et le fouler aux pieds comme la fange des rues.
I will send him against a nation of wrongdoers, and against the people of my wrath I will give him orders, to take their wealth in war, crushing them down like the dust in the streets.
7 Mais lui ne l’entend pas ainsi, son cœur ne pense pas de la sorte: semer des ruines, voilà son dessein, et exterminer des peuples en grand nombre.
But this is not what is in his mind, and this is not his design; but his purpose is destruction, and the cutting off of more and more nations.
8 C’Est qu’il dit: "Mes seigneurs ne sont-ils pas autant de rois?
For he says, Are not all my captains kings?
9 Kalno n’est-il pas tel que Karkemich, Hamat tel qu’Arpad, Samarie telle que Damas?
Will not the fate of Calno be like that of Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
10 Puisque ma main a frappé ces fragiles royaumes, possédant plus d’images sculptées que Jérusalem et Samarie,
As my hand has come on the kingdoms of the images, whose pictured images were more in number than those of Jerusalem and Samaria;
11 certes, comme j’ai traité Samarie et ses divinités, ainsi je traiterai Jérusalem et ses statues."
So, as I have done to Samaria and her images, I will do to Jerusalem and her images.
12 Or, quand le Seigneur aura achevé toute son œuvre contre la montagne de Sion et Jérusalem, il demandera compte au roi d’Assyrie des inspirations de son cœur arrogant et de sa morgue superbe,
For this cause it will be that, when the purpose of the Lord against Mount Zion and Jerusalem is complete, I will send punishment on the pride of the heart of the king of Assyria, and on the glory of his uplifted eyes.
13 parce qu’il disait: "C’Est en vertu de ma propre force que j’ai agi et grâce à ma sagesse, car je suis intelligent; voilà comme j’ai déplacé les frontières des peuples, pillé leurs trésors et précipité à terre ceux qui trônaient.
For he has said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my knowledge, for I am wise: and I have taken away the limits of the peoples' lands, and the stores of their wealth have become mine; and I have made towns low in the dust, sending destruction on those living in them;
14 Ma main s’est abattue sur les richesses des nations comme sur un nid, et, comme on ramasse des œufs abandonnés, j’ai ramassé toute la terre, sans qu’aucune aile eût bougé, sans qu’aucun bec s’ouvrit pour émettre un sifflement."
And I have put my hands on the wealth of the peoples, as on the place where a bird has put her eggs; and as a man may take the eggs from which a bird has gone, so I have taken all the earth for myself: and not a wing was moved, and not a mouth gave out a sound.
15 La cognée s’élève-t-elle contre celui qui la brandit? La scie fait-elle la glorieuse contre celui qui la manie? C’Est comme si le bâton voulait diriger la main qui le lève, comme si la verge prétendait mouvoir le bras qui la tient.
Will the axe say high-sounding words against him who is using it, or the blade be full of pride against him who is cutting with it? As if a rod had the power of shaking him who is using it, or as if a stick might take up him who is not wood.
16 C’Est pourquoi le Seigneur, l’Eternel-Cebaot enverra la consomption parmi ses robustes légions, et sous ses splendeurs flambera un brasier, pareil à un feu ardent.
For this cause the Lord, the Lord of armies, will make his fat become wasted; and in his inner parts a fire will be lighted like a burning flame.
17 La Lumière d’Israël sera un feu et son Saint une flamme, brûlant, dévorant jusqu’à ses épines et ses ronces, en un jour,
And the light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: wasting and burning up his thorns in one day.
18 anéantissant de fond en comble la parure de sa forêt et de son verger, comme la consomption qui mine un malade.
And he will put an end to the glory of his woods and of his planted fields, soul and body together; and it will be as when a man is wasted by disease.
19 Les arbres de sa forêt, sauvés de la ruine, seront faciles à compter: un enfant pourra les noter.
And the rest of the trees of his wood will be small in number, so that a child may put them down in writing.
20 En ce jour, le reste d’Israël et les débris de la maison de Jacob ne demanderont plus un appui à celui qui les frappait, ils s’appuieront, en sincérité, sur l’Eternel, le Saint d’Israël.
And it will be in that day that the rest of Israel, and those of Jacob who have come safely through these troubles, will no longer go for help to him whose rod was on their back, but their faith will be in the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
21 Un reste, un reste de Jacob, retournera vers le Dieu puissant.
The rest, even the rest of Jacob, will come back to the Strong God.
22 Oui, ton peuple, ô Israël, fût-il comme le sable de la mer, il n’y aura plus qu’un reste pour s’amender: la destruction est résolue, elle se précipite à bon droit.
For though your people, O Israel, are as the sand of the sea, only a small number will come back: for the destruction is fixed, overflowing in righteousness.
23 C’Est un arrêt de destruction que le Seigneur, Dieu-Cebaot, est en train d’exécuter sur la surface de toute la terre.
For the Lord, the Lord of armies, is about to make destruction complete in all the land.
24 Voici donc ce que dit le Seigneur, Dieu-Cebaot: "N’Aie pas peur, ô mon peuple qui habites Sion, de cet Achour qui te frappe avec la verge et lève le bâton sur toi, à la façon de l’Egypte.
For this cause the Lord, the Lord of armies, says, O my people living in Zion, have no fear of the Assyrian, even if his rod comes on your back, and his stick is lifted up as in Egypt.
25 Car, encore un court délai, et ma colère aura disparu, et mon courroux s’attachera à les perdre.
For in a very short time my passion will be over, and my wrath will be turned to their destruction.
26 L’Eternel-Cebaot agitera le fouet contre Achour, de même qu’il frappa Madian au rocher d’Oreb; il brandira son bâton au-dessus de la mer, à la façon dont il traita l’Egypte.
And the Lord of armies will be shaking a whip against him, as when he overcame Midian at the rock of Oreb: and his rod will be lifted up against them as it was against the Egyptians.
27 En ce jour, son fardeau glissera de tes épaules et son joug de ta nuque: ce joug se rompra sous l’effort de la graisse.
And in that day the weight which he put on your back will be taken away, and his yoke broken from off your neck.
28 Les voilà arrivés à Ayyat; ils ont passé à Migrôn, confié leurs bagages à Mikhmach;
He has gone up from Pene-Rimmon, he has come to Aiath; he has gone past Migron, at Michmash he puts his forces in order.
29 ils franchissent le défilé: "Ce soir, disent-ils, nous coucherons à Ghêba"; Rama tremble, Ghibea de Saül est en fuite.
They have gone across the mountain; Geba will be our resting-place tonight, they say: Ramah is shaking with fear; Gibeah of Saul has gone in flight.
30 Fais retentir ta voix, fille de Gallîm, prête l’oreille du côté de Laïch, pauvre Anatot!
Give a loud cry, daughter of Gallim; let Laishah give ear; let Anathoth give answer to her.
31 Madmèna lâche pied, les habitants de Ghébim se sauvent.
Madmenah has gone; the men of Gebim are putting their goods in a safe place.
32 "Encore une halte aujourd’hui à Nob!" De là ils étendent la main vers la montagne de la fille de Sion, vers la colline de Jérusalem.
This very day he is stopping at Nob; he is shaking his hand against the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
33 Mais le Seigneur, l’Eternel-Cebaot, abat violemment ces belles branches, et ces arbres géants sont jetés bas, et ces superbes sont humiliées.
See, the Lord, the Lord of armies, is cutting off his branches with a great noise, and his strong ones are falling and his high ones are coming down.
34 Et les massifs de cette forêt sont attaqués par le fer, et ce Liban tombera avec fracas.
And he is cutting down the thick places of the wood with an axe, and Lebanon with its tall trees is coming down.
