Isaïe 23
1 Vision sur Tyr. Poussez des cris de douleur, vaisseaux de Carthage; car elle a péri, et ses matelots ne reviendront plus de la terre des Citiens; elle a été emmenée captive.
[I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Tyre [city]: You [sailors on] [APO] ships from Tarshish, weep, because [the harbor of] Tyre and all the houses [in the city] have been destroyed. The reports that you heard in Cyprus [island] about Tyre [are true].
2 A qui sont-ils devenus semblables ces habitants de l'île, ces trafiquants de Phénicie, qui traversaient la mer
You people who live along the coast [near Tyre], and merchants of Sidon [city], mourn silently. Your sailors went across the seas [to many places like Tyre].
3 Sur les grandes eaux, cette race de marchands? Comme une moisson qu'on emporte, ainsi ils trafiquaient des nations.
They sailed across deep seas to buy grain in Egypt and [other] crops that are grown along the Nile [River]. Tyre became the city where people from [all] nations bought and sold goods.
4 Rougis, Sidon, a dit la mer; et la force de la mer a dit: Je n'ai point enfanté, je n'ai point mis au monde, je n'ai point nourri de fils, je n'ai point élevé de vierges.
But now you people in Sidon should be ashamed, because [you trusted in Tyre], which has been a strong fortress [on an island] in the sea. [Tyre is like a woman who is saying], “[Now it is as though] I have not given birth to [any] children, or raised [any] sons or daughters.”
5 Or quand l'Égypte apprendra ces choses, elle sera saisie de douleur à cause de Tyr.
When [the people of] Egypt hear what has happened to Tyre, they will grieve very much.
6 Allez à Carthage, poussez des cris de douleur, vous qui habitez cette île.
Sail to Tarshish [and tell them what happened]; weep, you people who live along the coast.
7 N'est-ce pas elle qui faisait votre orgueil depuis les premiers temps, avant d'avoir été livrée?
[The people in] the very old city [of Tyre] were [RHQ] previously joyful. Traders [PRS] from Tyre established colonies in many distant nations.
8 Qui a résolu ces choses contre Tyr? Comment est-elle amoindrie? comment est-elle sans force? Ses marchands étaient renommés, c'étaient les princes de la terre.
People from Tyre appointed kings [over other places]; their traders were wealthy; they were [as powerful and wealthy as] [MET] kings. [So], who [RHQ] caused the people of Tyre to experience this disaster?
9 Le Seigneur a résolu d'abattre l'orgueil de tous ces glorieux, et d'humilier leur superbe sur la terre.
It was the Commander of the armies of angels who did it; he did it in order to cause [you people in] Tyre not to be proud any more, to humiliate you men who are honored all over the world.
10 Travaille maintenant à la terre; car il ne vient plus chez toi de vaisseaux de Carthage.
You people of Tarshish, you must grow crops in your land [instead of trading]; spread out over your land like [SIM] the Nile [River] spreads over the land [of Egypt] when it floods, because there is no harbor [in Tyre for your ships] now.
11 Ta main ne prévaut plus sur la mer, cette main qui irritait les rois. Le Seigneur Dieu des armées a donné un ordre contre Chanaan pour que sa force fût détruite.
[It is as though] Yahweh stretched out his hand over the sea and shook the kingdoms of the earth. He commanded that in Phoenicia/Canaan all its fortresses must be destroyed.
12 Et l'on dira: Vous ne continuerez plus à outrager et à maltraiter la fille de Sidon. Et quand tu t'en iras chez les Citiens, tu n'y trouveras plus le repos,
He said to the people of Sidon, “You will never rejoice again, because you will be crushed; even if you flee to Cyprus [island], you will not escape destruction.”
13 Ni dans la terre des Chaldéens; elle aussi a été désolée par les Assyriens, car son rempart est tombé.
Think about what happened in Babylonia: the people who were in that land have disappeared. [The armies of] Assyria have caused that land to become a place where wild animals from the desert live. The Assyrians built dirt ramps to the top of the walls [of the city of Babylon]; [then they entered the city and] tore down the palaces and caused the city to become [a heap of] rubble.
14 Poussez des cris de douleur, vaisseaux de Carthage, parce que votre force a péri.
[So] wail, you [sailors on the] ships of Tarshish, because the harbor [in Tyre where your ships stop] is destroyed!
15 Et il arrivera ce jour-là que Tyr sera abandonnée durant soixante-dix ans, le temps que vit un homme, le temps que vit un roi; et après ces soixante-dix ans, Tyr chantera comme une courtisane.
For seventy years, which is as long as kings usually live, people will forget about Tyre. [But then it will be rebuilt]. What will happen there will be like what happened to a prostitute in this song:
16 Prends la cithare, cours à l'aventure, ville prostituée, livrée à l'oubli; joue bien, chante beaucoup; pour qu'on se souvienne de toi.
“You harlot, whom people had forgotten, play your harp well, and sing many songs, in order that people will remember you again.”
17 Et après ces soixante-dix ans le Seigneur visitera Tyr, et il la rétablira comme autrefois, et elle sera un marché pour tous les royaumes qui couvrent la face de la terre;
[It is true that] after seventy years Yahweh will restore Tyre. Their merchants will again earn a lot of money by buying things from and selling things to many [other] nations [HYP].
18 Et son commerce et ses revenus seront consacrés au Seigneur; et ce n'est point pour eux qu'ils amasseront, mais pour ceux qui résident devant le Seigneur; et tous ses gains seront employés à manger et à boire, et à se rassasier dans des banquets commémoratifs devant le Seigneur.
[But] their profits will be given to Yahweh. [The merchants] will not hoard their money; instead, they will give it to Yahweh’s priests in order that they [can] buy food and nice clothes.
