Isaïe 14
1 Le moment arrive, et il ne tardera point, où le Seigneur aura pitié de Jacob, où Israël sera encore son élu; alors ils reposeront dans leur terre, et l'étranger viendra se joindre à eux, et s'unira 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 Et les Gentils se les adjoindront et ils les introduiront dans leur pays; et les enfants d'Israël auront leur héritage, et y multiplieront leurs serviteurs et leurs servantes; et ceux qui les avaient tenus captifs seront leurs captifs à leur tour, et ceux qui les avaient dominés seront dominés par eux.
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 Et voici ce qui arrivera en ce jour: le Seigneur apaisera ta douleur, et ton humiliation, et la dure servitude à laquelle ils t'avaient assujetti.
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 Et tu composeras cette lamentation sur le roi de Babylone: Comment est mort cet exacteur? Comment est mort ce maître impitoyable?
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 Le Seigneur a brisé le joug des impies, le joug des dominateurs.
You evil ruler, Yahweh will get rid of your power, and you will oppress people no longer!
6 Il a frappé avec colère cette nation d'une plaie incurable, puis il l'a renversée dans sa colère et ne l'a point épargnée.
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 Et toute la terre s'est reposée avec confiance et a poussé des cris de joie;
[But soon] everything will be quiet and peaceful on the earth. Everyone [PRS] will sing [again]!
8 Et les arbres du Liban se sont réjouis de ta chute; et le cèdre du Liban, depuis que tu es mort, dit: Celui qui nous abattait ne monte plus ici!
[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 L'enfer en ses abîmes s'est troublé à ton approche; et ils se sont levés ensemble contre toi, tous les géants, jadis princes de la terre, qui faisaient descendre de leurs trônes tous 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 Ils te parleront tous et te diront: Te voilà pris comme nous, et te voilà l'un des nôtres!
They will all shout to you [together], ‘Now you are as weak as we are!’
11 Ta gloire et ta longue prospérité sont descendues aux enfers; la pourriture est ta couche, les vers ta 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 Comment est tombée des cieux l'étoile du matin qui se levait dès l'aurore? Comment a été brisé contre terre celui qui commandait à toutes les 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 dans ton cœur: Je monterai au ciel; je placerai mon trône au- dessus des astres; je m'assoirai sur une haute montagne, sur ces hautes montagnes qui s'étendent vers l'aquilon.
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 au-dessus des nuages; je serai semblable au Très-Haut.
I will ascend above the clouds and become like the highest/greatest god!’
[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 t'ont vu seront étonnés de ta chute, et ils diront: Voilà cet homme qui exaspérait la terre, qui ébranlait les rois;
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 avait fait de toute la terre une solitude, qui en détruisait les cités, et qui ne délivrait pas ceux qu'il avait faits captifs.
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 se sont endormis dans la mort, tous avec honneur et dans leurs palais.
All the kings of the earth [who have died] were greatly honored when they were buried,
19 Mais toi, tu seras jeté dans les montagnes, comme un cadavre impur, avec une multitude de morts percés du glaive et descendus aux enfers. Comme un manteau souillé de sang ne peut être pur,
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 Ainsi tu seras impur; et parce que tu as désolé ma terre et tué mon peuple, toi, semence perverse, tu ne subsisteras pas longtemps!
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 Prépare tes enfants pour qu'on les égorge en punition du péché de leur père; qu'ils ne se relèvent pas, qu'ils n'héritent pas de leur royaume, qu'ils ne remplissent pas la terre du bruit de leurs batailles.
[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 Et je m'élèverai contre eux, dit le Seigneur des armées, et je détruirai leur nom, leurs restes et leur race. Voilà ce que 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 Et je ferai de là Babylonie un désert, une demeure pour les hérissons; et je la réduirai au néant; et j'en ferai pour la perdre un abîme de fange.
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 Or voici ce que dit le Seigneur des armées: Comme j'ai dit, il sera fait; ce que j'ai résolu 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 détruirai les Assyriens sur ma terre et sur mes montagnes; et ils seront foulés aux pieds; et mon peuple sera délivré de leur joug, et leur gloire à eux sera enlevée de 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 dessein que le Seigneur a décrété sur toute la terre, et voilà sa main levée 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 Et ce que le Dieu saint a décrété, qui pourra s'y opposer? Sa main levée, qui la détournera?
[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 C'est l'année où mourut le roi Achaz que cette parole a été prédite:
I received this message [from Yahweh] during the year that King Ahaz died:
29 Ne vous réjouissez pas, ô Philistins, de ce que le joug de celui qui vous frappait a été brisé; car d'une race de serpents sortira une famille d'aspics, et de cette famille sortiront des serpents ailés.
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 Et les pauvres seront nourris par le Seigneur; les pauvres se reposeront en paix; tandis qu'il fera mourir de faim ta race, et détruira tes restes.
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 Poussez des cris de douleur, portes des cités; que vos villes, ô Philistins, jettent des cris d'épouvante; car de l'aquilon vient un tourbillon de fumée, et nul ne peut y échapper.
[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 que répondront les rois des nations? Que le Seigneur a fondé Sion, et que, par lui, les humbles de son peuple seront sauvés.
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.”
