Isaïe 13
1 Oracle contre Babylone, que prononça Isaïe, fils d’Amoc.
[I], Isaiah, the son of Amoz, received [from Yahweh] this message about Babylon [city]:
2 Sur une montagne dénudée élevez un étendard, appelez-les à grands cris, faites signe de la main, qu’ils franchissent les portes des triomphateurs!
Lift up a flag on the bare [top of a] hill, to signal [that an army should come to attack Babylon]. Shout to them and wave your hand [to signal to them] that they should march through the city gates into the palaces of the proud [rulers of Babylon]!
3 J’Ai commandé ma troupe sainte, j’ai appelé, pour servir ma colère, mes guerriers, champions enthousiastes de ma grandeur.
[Yahweh says], “I have commanded those soldiers to do that; I have summoned the warriors whom I have chosen to punish [the people of Babylon] because of my being very angry with them, and those soldiers will be very proud [when they do that].”
4 Une bruyante rumeur éclate sur les montagnes, on dirait la rumeur d’un peuple immense. C’Est le bruit tumultueux d’empires, de nations rassemblées: I’Eternel-Cebaot passe en revue l’armée du combat.
Listen to the noise on the mountains, which is the noise of a huge army marching! It is the noise made by people of many people-groups shouting. The Commander of the armies of angels has summoned this army to gather together.
5 ils arrivent d’une terre lointaine, des confins du ciel, l’Eternel et les instruments de sa fureur, pour ravager toute la terre.
They come from countries that are far away, from the most remote places [IDM] on the earth. They are [like] [SIM] weapons that Yahweh will use [to punish the people with whom] he is very angry, and to destroy the entire country [of Babylonia].
6 Lamentez-vous, car le jour du Seigneur est proche; c’est comme un fléau déchaîné par le Tout-Puissant.
[You people of Babylon] will scream because you will be terrified, because it will be the time that Yahweh [has determined/chosen], the time for the all-powerful [God] to destroy [your city].
7 Aussi toutes les mains sont défaillantes, tout cœur d’homme se liquéfie.
All of your people will be very afraid [DOU], with the result that they will be unable even to lift their arms.
8 lls sont frappés d’épouvante les maux, les douleurs s’emparent d’eux; ils se tordent comme une femme en travail, ils se regardent l’un l’autre avec stupeur, leur visage est comme en feu.
All of you will be terrified. You will have [PRS] severe pains like [SIM] a woman has when she is giving birth to a baby. You will look at each other helplessly, and it will show on your faces that you feel horror.
9 Oui, il arrive implacable, le jour du Seigneur, jour d’emportement et de violente colère, qui réduira la terre en solitude et en exterminera les criminels.
Listen to this: The day that Yahweh has appointed/chosen is near, the day that he will furiously and fiercely [punish you] because he is very angry [with you]. He will cause your land [of Babylonia] to be desolate/barren, and he will destroy [all] the sinners in it.
10 Les étoiles du ciel et ses constellations ne feront plus briller leur lumière, le soleil sera obscurci dès son lever, la lune ne jettera plus de clarté.
[When that happens], none of the stars will shine. When the sun rises, it will be dark, and there will be no light from the moon [at night].
11 Car je vais punir le globe de ses méfaits et les méchants de leur crime; je vais faire cesser l’orgueil des insolents, humilier l’arrogance des puissants.
[Yahweh says], “I will punish [everyone in] the world for the evil things that they do; I will punish the wicked people for the sins that they have committed. I will stop arrogant/proud people from being proud, and I will stop ruthless people from acting cruelly.
12 Je rendrai les hommes plus rares que l’or pur, les mortels que le métal fin d’Ophir.
[And because I will cause most people to die], people will be harder to find than gold, harder to find than fine gold from Ophir [in Arabia].
13 Pour cela, je ferai trembler les cieux, et la terre sera ébranlée sur ses bases, par le courroux de l’Eternel-Cebaot, le jour où éclatera sa colère.
I will shake the sky, and the earth will [also] move out of its place. That will happen when [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, punish [wicked people], when [I show them that] I am extremely angry [with them].
14 On sera alors comme le cerf pourchassé, comme un troupeau que personne ne rassemble. Chacun se dirigera vers son peuple, chacun fuira dans son pays.
And all [the foreigners in Babylon will run around] like [SIM] deer that are being hunted, like sheep that do not have a shepherd. They will try to find other people from their countries, and [then] they will escape [from Babylon] and return to their own countries.
15 Quiconque y sera découvert sera poignardé, quiconque s’y laissera prendre tombera par le glaive.
Anyone who is captured [in Babylon] will be killed by [their enemies’] swords [DOU].
16 Leurs nourrissons seront écrasés sous leurs yeux, leurs maisons pillées, leurs femmes violées.
Their little children will be dashed to pieces on the rocks while [their parents] watch; [their enemies] will steal everything valuable from their houses and will rape their wives.
17 Voici que j’excite contre eux les Mèdes, qui n’estiment point l’argent et ne font aucun cas de l’or.
Look! I am going to incite the people of Media to attack Babylon. The [army of Media] will attack Babylon, even if they are offered [DOU] silver or gold [if they promise to not attack it].
18 De leurs arcs ils abattront les jeunes gens; ils seront sans pitié pour le fruit des entrailles, sans miséricorde pour les enfants.
[With] their arrows, the [soldiers of Media] will shoot the young men [of Babylon]; they will not [even] act mercifully [DOU] toward infants or children!”
19 Et Babylone, la perle des royaumes, la gloire, l’orgueil des Chaldéens sera, comme Sodome et Gomorrhe, bouleversée par l’Eternel.
Babylon has been a very beautiful [MTY] city; [all] the people of Babylonia have been very proud of Babylon, [their capital city]; [but] God will destroy Babylon, like [SIM] he destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
20 Elle ne sera plus jamais habitée, et ne servira plus de résidence jusqu’à la fin des générations; l’Arabe n’y dressera pas sa tente, les pâtres n’y feront pas reposer leurs troupeaux.
No one will ever live in Babylon again. It will be deserted forever. (Nomads/People who travel from place to place to live) will refuse to set up their tents there; shepherds will not bring their flocks of sheep to rest there.
21 Mais les bêtes sauvages y auront leur gîte, ses maisons seront pleines de hiboux; les autruches y éliront domicile et les boucs y prendront leurs ébats.
Instead, animals that live in the desert will be there; jackals/wolves will live in [the ruins of] the houses. Owls (OR, Ostriches) will live in [the ruins], and wild goats will romp/jump around [there].
22 Les chiens sauvages hurleront dans ses palais et les chacals dans ses châteaux de plaisance. Le temps de sa fin avance rapidement, ses jours ne se prolongeront pas.
Hyenas will howl in the [ruined] towers, and jackals/wolves will make their dens in [the ruins of] the palaces that [were previously] very beautiful. The time when [Babylon will be destroyed] is very near; Babylon will not exist much longer.
