Psaumes 80
1 Jusqu'à la Fin, chant en répons; témoignage d'Asaph, Psaume au sujet de l'Assyrien. Ô pasteur d'Israël sois attentif, toi qui conduis Joseph comme un troupeau de brebis. Ô toi qui es assis sur les chérubins, apparais.
[Yahweh], you [who lead us like] a shepherd leads his flock [of sheep], listen to us Israeli people. You sit on your throne [in the Very Holy Place in the temple], above the [carvings of] winged creatures.
2 Devant Ephraïm, et Benjamin et Manassé; réveille ta puissance, et viens pour nous secourir.
Show yourself to [the people of the tribes of] Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh! Show us that you are powerful and come and rescue us!
3 Dieu, convertis-nous et montre-nous ta face et nous serons sauvés.
God, cause our nation to be strong like it was before; be kind to us [IDM] in order that we may be saved [from our enemies.]
4 Seigneur, Dieu des armées, jusques à quand seras-tu courroucé de la prière de ton serviteur?
Yahweh, you who are the commander of the armies of heaven, how long will you be angry with us, your people, when we pray to you?
5 Nous donneras-tu à manger un pain de larmes, et nous feras-tu boire des larmes à pleine mesure?
[It is as though] the only food and drink that you have given us is a cup full of our tears!
6 Tu nous as mis en contradiction avec nos voisins, et nos ennemis se sont moqués de nous.
You have allowed the people-groups that surround us to fight with [each other to decide which part of our land each of them will take]; our enemies laugh at us.
7 Seigneur, Dieu des armées, convertis-nous et montre-nous ta face, et nous serons sauvés.
God, commander of the armies of heaven, cause our nation to be strong like it was before! Be kind to us in order that we may be saved!
8 Tu as transplanté une vigne de l'Égypte; tu as chassé les Gentils, et tu l'as plantée sur leur terre.
[Our ancestors were like] a grapevine [MET] that you brought out of Egypt; you expelled the other people-groups [from this land], and you put your people in their land.
9 Tu as fait un chemin devant elle; tu as fait germer ses racines, et la terre en a été remplie.
[Like people] clear ground to plant a grapevine [MET], [you cleared out the people who were living in this land for us to live in it]. [Like] the roots of a grapevine go deep down into the ground and spread [MET], [you enabled our ancestors to prosper and start living in towns all over this land].
10 Son ombre a couvert les montagnes, et ses arbustes ont surpassé les cèdres de Dieu.
[Like huge] grapevines cover the hills with their shade and their branches are taller than big cedar [trees] [MET, HYP],
11 Elle a étendu des ceps jusqu'à la mer et des surgeons jusqu'au fleuve.
[your people ruled all of Canaan], from the [Mediterranean] Sea [in the west] to the [Euphrates] River [in the east].
12 Pourquoi donc as-tu détruit sa clôture, si bien que tous ceux qui passent sur la voie la vendangent?
So why have you abandoned us and [allowed our enemies to] tear down our walls [RHQ]? [You are like] someone who tears down the fences [around his vineyard], with the result that all [the people] who pass by [can] steal the grapes,
13 Le sanglier de la forêt l'a dévastée, et une bête solitaire y est venue paître.
and wild pigs [can] trample [the vines], and wild animals [can also] eat [the grapes].
14 Dieu des armées, viens à nous; regarde du ciel; et vois; et visite cette vigne.
You who are the commander of the armies of heaven, (turn to/stop abandoning) us! Look down from heaven and see [what is happening to] us! Come and rescue [us who are like] [MET] your grapevine,
15 Et restaure-la, elle que ta droite a plantée; aie la main sur le fils de l'homme, que pour toi-même tu as confirmé.
who are [like] the young vine that you [SYN] planted and caused to grow!
16 Elle a été brûlée par le feu et arrachée; et à cause du blâme de ta face, ton peuple périra.
Our enemies have torn down and burned everything in our land; look at them angrily and get rid of them!
17 Que ta main soit sur l'homme de ta droite et sur le fils de l'homme, que toi-même tu as confirmé.
But strengthen [us] people whom you have chosen [IDM], [us] Israeli people whom you [previously] caused to be very strong.
18 Et nous ne nous éloignerons point de toi; tu nous vivifieras; et nous invoquerons ton nom.
When you do that, we will never turn away from you again; (revive us/cause us to be again like we were previously), and [then] we will praise/worship you.
19 Seigneur, Dieu des armées, convertis-nous et montre-nous ta face, et nous serons sauvés.
Yahweh, commander of the armies of heaven, restore us; be kind to us in order that we may be rescued [from our enemies]!
