Isaïe 14
1 Certes, l’Eternel aura pitié de Jacob, et il fera encore d’Israël son élu; il les rétablira sur leur sol. L’Étranger, alors, se ralliera à eux et s’annexera à la maison de Jacob.
[But] Yahweh will act mercifully toward the Israeli people; he will choose [the people of] Israel [to be his people again], and he will allow them to [return here and] live in their own land again. Then people from [many] other countries will come here and unite with the Israeli people.
2 Les peuples viendront les prendre pour les ramener en leur pays, et la maison d’Israël les possédera comme esclaves et comme servantes sur la terre du Seigneur. Ainsi ils retiendront captifs ceux qui les avaient faits captifs et auront la haute main sur leurs oppresseurs.
People of other nations will help them to return to their [own] land, and those who come from other countries will (work for/become the servants of) the Israeli people. Those who captured people of Israel will be captured by Israeli soldiers, and the people of Israel will rule over the people who [previously] oppressed them.
3 Le jour où l’Eternel aura assuré ton repos, après tes épreuves, tes tourments et la dure servitude qui te fut imposée,
Some day Yahweh will free you [Israeli people] from suffering and trouble and from being afraid, and from being cruelly treated as slaves [MTY].
4 tu entonneras le chant que voici sur le roi de Babylone: "Comment a disparu l’oppresseur, cessé la tyrannie!
When that happens, you will make fun of the King of Babylon by saying this: “You treated us cruelly, but that has ended! Your insolently causing others to suffer is finished!
5 L’Eternel a brisé le bâton des méchants, le sceptre des despotes,
You evil ruler, Yahweh will get rid of your power, and you will oppress people no longer!
6 qui frappait avec fureur les peuples de coups sans trêve, accablait avec rage les nations de persécutions sans merci.
You attacked people many times because you were very angry with them, and you subdued/conquered [other] nations by causing them to suffer endlessly.
7 La terre entière a maintenant retrouvé le calme et la paix: on éclate en cris d’allégresse.
[But soon] everything will be quiet and peaceful on the earth. Everyone [PRS] will sing [again]!
8 Même les cyprès et les cèdres du Liban se réjouissent de ta chute: "Depuis que tu es à terre, le bûcheron ne monte plus contre nous."
[It will be as though] even the trees in the forests will joyfully sing this song, the cyprus/pine [trees] and the cedar [trees] in Lebanon will sing it: ‘You (have been overthrown/are no longer a ruler), and now no one comes to get rid of us [MET].’
9 Le Cheol, dans ses profondeurs, s’est ému à ton approche, il a réveillé pour toi les ombres, ceux qui furent jadis les puissants de la terre, il a fait lever de leurs trônes les rois des nations. (Sheol h7585)
The dead people are [PRS] are eagerly waiting for you to come to the place where they are. The spirits of the world leaders will be delighted to welcome you; those who were kings of many nations [before they died] will stand up [to welcome you]. (Sheol h7585)
10 Tous ensemble prennent la parole et te disent: "Te voilà donc aussi frappé comme nous! Te voilà donc pareil à nous!"
They will all shout to you [together], ‘Now you are as weak as we are!’
11 Ton faste est descendu dans le Cheol, avec tes harpes retentissantes; sous toi la vermine forme ta couche et les vers te servent de couverture. (Sheol h7585)
You were very proud and powerful, [but all] that ended when you died, along with the sounds of harps [being played in your palace]. [Now in your grave] maggots will be under you [like a sheet] [MET], and worms will cover you [like a blanket] [MET]. (Sheol h7585)
12 Comme tu es tombé du ciel, astre brillant, fils de l’aurore! Comme tu as été renversé jusqu’à terre, dompteur des nations!
You have [disappeared from the earth like] [MET] a star which has fallen from the sky; you [were very well-known] [like] [MET] the morning star [which is seen by everyone]; you destroyed [many] nations, but now you have been destroyed.
13 Tu disais en ton cœur: "Je monterai au ciel; au-dessus des étoiles de Dieu, j’érigerai mon trône; je m’assiérai sur la montagne du rendez-vous (des dieux), dans les profondeurs du Nord.
You [proudly] said to yourself, ‘I will ascend to heaven, to my throne above God’s stars. I will rule on the mountain where [the gods] gather together, far in the north.
14 Je monterai sur les hauteurs des nuées, je serai l’égal du Très-Haut."
I will ascend above the clouds and become like the highest/greatest god!’
15 Mais non, c’est dans le Cheol que tu es précipité, dans les profondeurs du gouffre. (Sheol h7585)
[But you were not able to do that]; instead, you were carried down to your grave, and you went to the place where the dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
16 Ceux qui te voient te fixent de leur regard et, pensifs, se disent: "Est-ce là cet homme qui faisait trembler la terre, chanceler les empires,
The [other dead] people there stare at you; they wonder what happened to you. [They say], ‘Is this the man who caused the earth to shake and caused the [people in many] kingdoms to tremble?
17 qui changeait le monde en désert, renversait les villes et jamais n’ouvrait à ses captifs la porte des cachots?"
Is this the man who [tried to] cause the world to become a desert, who conquered its cities and did not allow the people whom he captured to return to their homes?’
18 Tous les rois des nations sont couchés avec honneur, chacun dans son mausolée;
All the kings of the earth [who have died] were greatly honored when they were buried,
19 mais toi, tu as été expulsé de ta tombe tel qu’un rejeton maudit; sous un linceul de morts, percés par le glaive et descendus dans les pierres du sépulcre, tu es pareil, toi, à une charogne piétinée.
but your [corpse will] not be buried; it will be thrown away like [SIM] a worthless branch [of a tree]. Your corpse will be under a heap of other corpses of soldiers that were killed by [their enemies’] swords, and [their corpses] were not buried; you will be with those who have gone down to the stony ground in a big pit.
20 Tu ne partageras pas avec eux les honneurs de la sépulture, car tu as perdu ton pays, assassiné ton peuple. La race des méchants ne doit pas avoir de nom dans l’éternité.
Your [corpse] will not be buried because you have destroyed your nation and have caused your people to be killed. The descendants of wicked people [like you] will never be honored again.
21 Préparez le champ de carnage pour ses fils, à cause des iniquités de leurs pères, de peur qu’ils ne se lèvent pour reconquérir le monde, et que la terre ne soit de nouveau remplie de violences,
[People will say], ‘Slaughter this man’s children because of the sins that their ancestors committed! Do not allow them to become rulers and conquer [all the nations in] the world, and fill the world with the cities [that they rule]!’”
22 "Oui, je me lèverai contre eux, dit l’Eternel-Cebaot et, de Babylone je détruirai le nom et la trace, tout descendant, toute postérité, dit le Seigneur;
[This is what] the Commander of the armies of angels says: “I [myself] will cause Babylon to be conquered. I will get rid of Babylon and its people and their descendants.
23 j’en ferai le domaine du hérisson, le réceptacle des eaux, je le balaierai du balai de la destruction," dit l’Eternel-Cebaot.
I will cause Babylon to be a place where owls live, a place full of swamps; I will get rid of it completely [as though] [MET] I were sweeping it with a broom. [That is what I], the Commander of the armies of angels, say.”
24 L’Eternel-Cebaot a prononcé ce serment: "Certes, ce que j’ai résolu arrivera, ce que j’ai décrété s’accomplira.
The Commander of the armies of angels has [also] solemnly promised this: “The things that I have planned will surely happen [DOU].
25 Je briserai Achour en ma terre, je le broierai sur mes montagnes; son joug disparaîtra de dessus les hommes, et son fardeau cessera de peser sur leurs épaules.
[When the army of] Assyria is in my land [of Israel], I will crush them. [It will be as though] I will trample them on my mountains. My people will no longer be the slaves [MET] of the people of Assyria; [it will be as though] [MET] I will take away the burdens that are on their shoulders.
26 Voilà le décret préparé contre toute la terre, voilà la main étendue sur toutes les nations.
I have a plan for everyone on the earth, a plan to show my power [MTY] to punish all the nations.
27 Oui, quand l’Eternel-Cebaot a décrété, qui peut faire obstacle? Sa main étendue, qui peut la ramener?"
[I], the Commander of the armies of angels, have spoken, and no one can [RHQ] change my mind. When I raise my fist [to strike Assyria], no one [RHQ] will be able to stop me [from doing that].”
28 L’Année de la mort du roi Achaz fut prononcé cet oracle:
I received this message [from Yahweh] during the year that King Ahaz died:
29 "Terre des Philistins, ne te réjouis pas sans mesure de ce qu’elle soit brisée, la verge qui te frappait; car de la racine d’un serpent sortira un basilic, et son fruit sera un dragon volant.
You people of Philistia, do not rejoice that the enemy army [MET] that attacked you has been defeated and that their king is dead. He was [as dangerous as] [MET] a snake, but there will be another king, who will be more [dangerous] than a cobra; he will be [like] [MET] a quick-moving poisonous snake.
30 Tandis que les élus des malheureux se nourriront et les humbles gîteront en sécurité, je ferai mourir de faim ta race; et ceux des tiens qui survivront, on les égorgera.
Those of my people who are very poor will take care of their flocks of sheep, and the needy people will lie down safely, but I will cause you people [of Philistia] who are still alive [DOU] to die from famine.
31 Lamente-toi, porte, crie ta plainte, cité! Tu es toute défaillante, terre des Philistins: c’est qu’une fumée s’avance du Nord. Personne ne reste en arrière dans ses légions assemblées.
[So], you people of Philistia, wail at the gates of your cities! You should be extremely afraid, because [a very powerful army] will come from the north [to attack you]; [their chariots will stir up the dust like] [MET] a cloud of smoke. Each of their soldiers is ready to fight.
32 Et quelle réponse sera faite aux députés des nations? C’Est que l’Eternel a fondé Sion et que les humbles de son peuple y trouvent un abri!"
If messengers [from Philistia] come to us [Israeli people], this is what we must [RHQ] tell them: “Yahweh has established Jerusalem, [not Philistia], and his people who are oppressed will be safe inside [the walls of] Jerusalem.”
