Isaïe 5
1 Je veux chanter à mon bien-aimé le cantique de mon ami sur sa vigne: Mon ami avait une vigne sur un coteau au sol gras.
[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 bêcha, il en ôta les pierres, il y planta des ceps de choix, il bâtit une tour au milieu, il y tailla aussi une cuve, et il compta qu’elle produirait des raisins; or, elle produisit du verjus.
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 gens de Juda, soyez juges 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 Que devais-je faire encore à ma vigne que je n’aie fait? Pourquoi, alors que j’espérais qu’elle produirait des raisins, n’a-t-elle produit que du verjus?
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 Eh bien, je vais vous dire ce que je compte faire à ma vigne: j’ôterai sa clôture pour qu’elle soit broutée, je démolirai son mur, pour qu’elle soit 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 J’En ferai une ruine; elle ne sera plus ni taillée, ni sarclée; les ronces et les épines y pousseront, et je ferai défense aux nuages de répandre de la 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’Eternel-Cebaot, c’est la maison d’Israël, et Juda est sa-plantation favorite. Il attendait de la justice, et ce n’est que désordre; de la droiture, et ce n’est que cris de détresse.
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 vous qui annexez maison à maison, qui ajoutez champ à champ, sans laisser un coin de libre, et prétendez vous implanter seuls dans le 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 L’Eternel-Cebaot a dit à mes oreilles: "Je le jure, de nombreuses maisons sont vouées à la dévastation! Grandes et belles aujourd’hui, les voilà sans 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 Dix arpents de vignes ne donnent plus qu’un bath, et un homer de semence ne produit plus qu’un êpha.
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 lèvent de bon matin pour courir aux liqueurs fortes et s’attardent dans la nuit, échauffés 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 qui mêlent la harpe et la lyre, le tambourin, la flûte et le vin à leurs repas, et ne font pas attention à l’œuvre de l’Eternel, n’ont pas d’yeux pour le travail 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 pour cela que mon peuple ira en exil, faute d’intelligence, que ses nobles seront la proie de la faim, que ses masses seront dévorées par la 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 pour cela que le Cheol élargira son sein et ouvrira une bouche sans mesure, que s’y engouffreront tout cet éclat, cette richesse et cette foule bruyante et joyeuse. (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 Ainsi l’homme sera déprimé et le mortel humilié, et les yeux des orgueilleux 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’Eternel-Cebaot sera haut par le jugement, et le Dieu saint sera sanctifié par la 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 alors les brebis paîtront partout comme dans leur pâturage, et les troupeaux errants dévoreront les riches possessions devenues des ruines.
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 le châtiment avec les câbles du mal, et le péché comme avec les traits d’une voiture;
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 dépêche, qu’il se hâte d’accomplir son œuvre, pour que nous voyions; que le dessein du Saint d’Israël s’exécute promptement, pour que nous sachions!"
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 changent les ténèbres en lumière et la lumière en ténèbres, qui changent l’amer en doux et le doux en 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 suivant leur opinion!
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 vaillants pour boire du vin et des gens de bravoure 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 innocentent le méchant pour un cadeau et refusent aux justes la justice qui leur est due!
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 Aussi, de même qu’une langue de feu dévore le chaume, de même que l’herbe sèche disparaît dans la flamme, ainsi leur racine sera réduite en pourriture, et leur fleur sera emportée comme la poussière car ils ont repoussé la loi de l’Eternel-Cebaot et méprisé 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 Voilà pourquoi la colère de l’Eternel s’enflamme contre son peuple; II étend sa main sur lui et le frappe, les montagnes tremblent, les cadavres sont couchés comme des tas d’immondices dans les rues. Malgré cela, son courroux ne s’apaise point, et sa main reste toujours 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 élève un signal pour convoquer de loin les nations, et il les siffle de l’extrémité de la terre, et les voilà qui s’empressent de venir d’un pas rapide.
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 Dans leurs rangs, personne ne connaît la fatigue ni la faiblesse; nul ne dort ni ne sommeille, ni ne dénoue la ceinture de ses reins, ni ne délace la courroie de ses sandales.
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 Leurs flèches sont aiguisées, leurs arcs toujours bandés, les sabots de leurs chevaux semblent du granit, et les roues de leurs chars sont comme l’ouragan.
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 Leur hurlement est celui de la lionne; ils rugissent comme les lionceaux, qui grondent, saisissent la proie, l’emportent, sans que personne puisse la leur arracher.
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 ce jour-là, il y aura un grondement contre Juda comme celui de la mer. On regardera le pays, et on n’y verra que ténèbres et détresse; le soleil lui-même sera voilé par de sombres nuages.
[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.
