Michée 4

1 II arrivera à la fin des temps que la montagne de la maison du Seigneur sera affermie sur la cime des montagnes et se dressera au-dessus des collines, et toutes les nations y afflueront.

Yahweh [says that] some day his temple will be on top of a mountain, and that mountain will be the most important [MET] one on the earth; it will be [as though it is] higher than all the hills, and huge groups of people from all over the world will come there [to worship].

2 Et nombre de peuples iront en disant: "Or ça, gravissons la montagne de l’Eternel pour gagner la maison du Dieu de Jacob, afin qu’il nous enseigne ses voies et que nous puissions suivre ses sentiers, car c’est de Sion que sort la doctrine et de Jérusalem la parole du Seigneur."

[People from] many nations will say [to each other], “Let’s go to the mountain where Yahweh is, to the temple where we can worship the God whom Jacob [worshiped]. There God will teach us how he wants us to conduct our lives, and we will do what he wants us to do.” Zion [Hill] is the place where he will teach [people]; and [people will go] out from Jerusalem [to tell others] his messages.

3 Il sera un arbitre parmi les nations et le précepteur de peuples puissants, s’étendant au loin; ceux-ci alors de leurs glaives forgeront des socs de charrue et de leurs lances des serpettes; un peuple ne tirera plus l’épée contre un autre peuple, et l’on n’apprendra plus l’art de la guerre.

Yahweh will settle disputes between many people, and he will [also] settle disputes between powerful nations that are far away. Then people will hammer their swords to cause them to become plow blades, and [hammer] their spears to cause them to become pruning knives. [Armies of] nations will no [longer] fight against [armies of other] nations, and they will no longer train [men how to fight] in wars.

4 Et chacun demeurera sous sa vigne et sous son figuier, sans que personne vienne l’inquiéter, car c’est la bouche de l’Eternel-Cebaot qui le déclare.

Everyone will sit [peacefully] under his own grapevines, and under his own fig trees; no one will cause them to be afraid. [That is what will surely happen] because the Commander of the armies of angels has said it.

5 En attendant, que les autres peuples marchent chacun au nom de son dieu, nous, nous marcherons au nom de l’Eternel, notre Dieu, toujours et toujours!

Many [HYP] [of the people of other] nations will worship [IDM] their own gods, but we will worship Yahweh our God always, forever.

6 En ce jour, dit l’Eternel, je recueillerai les brebis boiteuses, je rassemblerai celles qui étaient pourchassées et celles que j’avais traitées avec rigueur.

Yahweh says, “There will soon be a time when I will gather the people whom I have punished, who have been (exiled/forced to go to other countries), all those whom [I have caused to] suffer much.

7 J’Établirai celles qui étaient boiteuses comme un reste durable et celles qui étaient repoussées au loin comme un peuple puissant, et l’Eternel règnera sur elles dans la montagne de Sion, dès lors et à jamais.

My people who did not die while they were exiled will become a strong nation [again]. Then [I], Yahweh, will be their king, and I will rule from Jerusalem forever.

8 Et toi, tour d’observation des troupeaux, colline fortifiée de la fille de Sion, à toi reviendra et aboutira la domination primitive, la royauté de la fille de Jérusalem.

As for you people of Jerusalem [MET], you who [guard all of my people] like [MET] [a shepherd guards his sheep] from a tower, you [who live on] Zion [Hill], will have great power again. You people who live in Jerusalem will again rule like you did previously.

9 Pourquoi maintenant pousses-tu ces cris? N’Y a-t-il point de roi dans ton sein? Ton guide a-t-il péri, que l’angoisse t’étreigne comme une femme qui enfante?

[So] why [RHQ] are you wailing now? Is it because you have no king? Have all your wise people died? You are groaning loudly like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby.

10 Tords-toi et gémis, fille de Sion, comme une femme dans les douleurs, car l’heure est venue pour toi d’abandonner la cité, de camper en plein champ et d’aller jusqu’à Babylone. Là t’attend le salut, là l’Eternel te libérera de la main de tes ennemis.

[Well], you people of Jerusalem should writhe and groan like [SIM] a woman who is having birth pains, because now you must leave this city, and [while you are traveling], you will set up tents in open fields [at night]; you will go to [live in] Babylon. [But while you are] there, [I], Yahweh, will rescue you; I will free you from the power/control [MTY] of your enemies.

11 Et alors se rassembleront contre toi des peuples nombreux, disant: "Elle est déshonorée! Que nos yeux se repaissent de la vue de Sion!"

Now [the armies of] many nations have gathered to attack you. They are saying, ‘Jerusalem must be destroyed! We want to see this city [when it becomes ruins]!’

12 Or, ils ne connaissent point les pensées de l’Eternel, ils ne comprennent point son dessein, qui est de les réunir comme les gerbes dans l’aire.

But they do not know what [I], Yahweh, think, and they do not understand what I plan: I will gather them [and punish them] like [SIM] [farmers] thresh grain on the ground.

13 Debout et foule les, fille de Sion! Car je te donnerai des cornes de fer et des sabots d’airain, pour que tu puisses broyer de nombreuses nations et dévouer leurs rapines à l’Eternel, leurs richesses au Maître de toute la terre.

So, you people of Jerusalem, rise up and punish [MET] [the nations who oppose you]. I will cause you [to be very strong], [as if] [MET] you had horns made of iron, [as if] [MET] you had hoofs made of bronze; and you will crush many nations. And [then you will take] from your enemies the valuable things that they have taken [from other countries], and you will dedicate those things to [me, the one who is] the Lord of all [the people on] the earth.”