Isaïe 10
1 Malheur à ceux qui prononcent des ordonnances iniques, Et à ceux qui transcrivent des arrêts injustes,
Terrible things will happen to you judges who are unjust and who make unfair laws.
2 Pour refuser justice aux pauvres, Et ravir leur droit aux malheureux de mon peuple, Pour faire des veuves leur proie, Et des orphelins leur butin!
You refuse to help poor people, and you do not allow them to get the things that they should get. You [allow people to] steal things from widows and do unfair things to orphans.
3 Que ferez-vous au jour du châtiment, Et de la ruine qui du lointain fondra sur vous? Vers qui fuirez-vous, pour avoir du secours, Et où laisserez-vous votre gloire?
When I punish you by sending people from distant lands to cause you to experience disasters, (to whom will you run to get help?/there will be no one who can help you.) [RHQ] Your valuable possessions will certainly [not be safe] [RHQ] anywhere.
4 Les uns seront courbés parmi les captifs, Les autres tomberont parmi les morts. Malgré tout cela, sa colère ne s’apaise point, Et sa main est encore étendue.
You will be able only to stumble along as you are taken away with other prisoners, or [else] your corpses will lie on the ground with others who have been killed. But even after that happens, Yahweh will still be very angry with you. He will still be ready to strike you again with his fist.
5 Malheur à l’Assyrien, verge de ma colère! La verge dans sa main, c’est l’instrument de ma fureur.
[Yahweh says], “Terrible things will happen to Assyria. [It is true that their army] is like a rod/club [DOU] with which I [punish other nations] because I am very angry with those nations [DOU].
6 Je l’ai lâché contre une nation impie, Je l’ai fait marcher contre le peuple de mon courroux, Pour qu’il se livre au pillage et fasse du butin, Pour qu’il le foule aux pieds comme la boue des rues.
[Sometimes] I send the armies of Assyria to attack a godless nation, to fight against [other] people who have caused me to be angry. I send them to capture people and to seize and take away their possessions, and to trample them like [SIM] people walk on mud in the streets.
7 Mais il n’en juge pas ainsi, Et ce n’est pas là la pensée de son cœur; Il ne songe qu’à détruire, Qu’à exterminer les nations en foule.
But the [king of Assyria] does not understand, he does not realize [that he is only like a weapon in my hand]. He wants [only] to destroy people, to get rid of many nations.
8 Car il dit: Mes princes ne sont-ils pas autant de rois?
He says, ‘All of my army commanders will soon be kings [of these nations that I conquer]!
9 N’en a-t-il pas été de Calno comme de Carkemisch? N’en a-t-il pas été de Hamath comme d’Arpad? N’en a-t-il pas été de Samarie comme de Damas?
We destroyed Calno [city] like we destroyed Carchemish [city], We destroyed Hamath [city] like we destroyed Arpad [city]; we destroyed Samaria just like we destroyed Damascus.
10 De même que ma main a atteint les royaumes des idoles, Où il y avait plus d’images qu’à Jérusalem et à Samarie,
We were able to destroy [all] those kingdoms [that were full] of idols, kingdoms whose idols were greater than the idols in Jerusalem and Samaria.
11 Ce que j’ai fait à Samarie et à ses idoles, Ne le ferai-je pas à Jérusalem et à ses images?
So we will defeat Jerusalem and destroy the idols that are there, just like we destroyed Samaria and the idols that were there!’
12 Mais, quand le Seigneur aura accompli toute son œuvre Sur la montagne de Sion et à Jérusalem, Je punirai le roi d’Assyrie pour le fruit de son cœur orgueilleux, Et pour l’arrogance de ses regards hautains.
[But, I, Yahweh, say that] after I [have used Assyria to] finish what I want to do to punish the people in Jerusalem [DOU], I will punish the king of Assyria because he has been very proud and arrogant/boastful [DOU].
13 Car il dit: C’est par la force de ma main que j’ai agi, C’est par ma sagesse, car je suis intelligent; J’ai reculé les limites des peuples, et pillé leurs trésors, Et, comme un héros, j’ai renversé ceux qui siégeaient sur des trônes;
He says, ‘By my own great power [MTY] I have done these things. I have been able to do them because I am very wise and very intelligent. My army removed the barriers [at the borders] of nations and carried away all their valuable things. My army has knocked down their kings like [SIM] a ferocious bull would.
14 J’ai mis la main sur les richesses des peuples, comme sur un nid, Et, comme on ramasse des œufs abandonnés, J’ai ramassé toute la terre: Nul n’a remué l’aile, Ni ouvert le bec, ni poussé un cri.
Like [MET] a farmer reaches into a bird’s nest [to take away the eggs], we have taken away the treasures of other countries [DOU]. The people were not like birds that would flap their wings or chirp loudly [to protest about their eggs being stolen]; the people did not object at all [to their treasures being stolen].’
15 La hache se glorifie-t-elle envers celui qui s’en sert? Ou la scie est-elle arrogante envers celui qui la manie? Comme si la verge faisait mouvoir celui qui la lève, Comme si le bâton soulevait celui qui n’est pas du bois!
[But I, Yahweh, say that] an axe certainly cannot [RHQ] boast about being stronger than the person who uses it, and a saw is not greater than the person who uses it. A rod cannot control the one who holds it [RHQ], and a wooden club cannot lift up a person [RHQ]. [So the king of Assyria should not boast that he has done these things with his own wisdom and strength].
16 C’est pourquoi le Seigneur, le Seigneur des armées, enverra Le dépérissement parmi ses robustes guerriers; Et, sous sa magnificence, éclatera un embrasement, Comme l’embrasement d’un feu.
And [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, will send a plague among the proud soldiers of Assyria; it will be like [MET] a fire that will kill them and get rid of their glory/wealth.
17 La lumière d’Israël deviendra un feu, Et son Saint une flamme, Qui consumera et dévorera ses épines et ses ronces, En un seul jour;
[I], Yahweh, who am like [MET] a light for the people of Israel, will be the fire; [I], the Holy One, will be like a flame. [The soldiers of Assyria are like] [MET] thorns and briers, and I will burn them up in one night.
18 Qui consumera, corps et âme, La magnificence de sa forêt et de ses campagnes. Il en sera comme d’un malade, qui tombe en défaillance.
There are glorious forests and fertile farmlands in Assyria, but I will completely destroy them; they will be like [SIM] a [very] sick person who shrivels up and then dies.
19 Le reste des arbres de sa forêt pourra être compté, Et un enfant en écrirait le nombre.
There will be very few trees left in those forests; even a child will be able to count them.”
20 En ce jour-là, Le reste d’Israël et les réchappés de la maison de Jacob, Cesseront de s’appuyer sur celui qui les frappait; Ils s’appuieront avec confiance sur l’Éternel, le Saint d’Israël.
In the future there will be only a few people left in Israel; not many descendants of Jacob will still be alive. [But] they will no longer rely on [the king of Assyria], [the king of the nation] that tried to destroy them. Instead, they will faithfully/sincerely trust in Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel.
21 Le reste reviendra, le reste de Jacob, Au Dieu puissant.
Those Israelis will return to their mighty God.
22 Quand ton peuple, ô Israël, serait comme le sable de la mer, Un reste seulement reviendra; La destruction est résolue, elle fera déborder la justice.
[Now], the people of Israel are as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, but only a few of them will return [from the countries to which they were exiled]. Yahweh has decided to destroy [most of the Israelis] and that is what [he must do because he is completely] just/righteous.
23 Et cette destruction qui a été résolue, Le Seigneur, l’Éternel des armées, l’accomplira dans tout le pays.
[Yes, ] the Commander of the armies of angels has [already] decided to destroy the entire land [of Israel].
24 Cependant, ainsi parle le Seigneur, l’Éternel des armées: O mon peuple, qui habites en Sion, ne crains pas l’Assyrien! Il te frappe de la verge, Et il lève son bâton sur toi, comme faisaient les Égyptiens.
This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “My people in Jerusalem, do not be afraid of the army of Assyria when they beat you with rods and clubs, like the men of Egypt did [to your ancestors long ago].
25 Mais, encore un peu de temps, Et le châtiment cessera, Puis ma colère se tournera contre lui pour l’anéantir.
Soon I will no longer be angry with you, and [then] I will be angry with the people of Assyria and destroy them!”
26 L’Éternel des armées agitera le fouet contre lui, Comme il frappa Madian au rocher d’Oreb; Et, de même qu’il leva son bâton sur la mer, Il le lèvera encore, comme en Égypte.
The Commander of the armies of angels will whip them. He will do to them like he did when he helped Gideon [and his 300 soldiers] to defeat the [army of the] Midian people-group, and like he did when he showed his mighty power [MTY] [by causing the army of Egypt to drown] in the [Red] Sea.
27 En ce jour, son fardeau sera ôté de dessus ton épaule, Et son joug de dessus ton cou; Et la graisse fera éclater le joug.
Some day, Yahweh will cause the army of Assyria to stop oppressing you, [his people]; he will end your suffering and your being slaves of the people of Assyria [MET]; he will take away the load that you people of Judah have been carrying, and cause things to go well for you.
28 Il marche sur Ajjath, traverse Migron, Laisse ses bagages à Micmasch.
[The army of Assyria will enter northern Judah] near Aiath [town], they will go through Migron [town] and store their supplies at Micmash [town north of Jerusalem].
29 Ils passent le défilé, Ils couchent à Guéba; Rama tremble, Guibea de Saül prend la fuite.
They will cross through a mountain pass and set up their tents at Geba [town]. [People in] Ramah [town] will tremble [because of being afraid]. [The people of] Gibeah [town], where King Saul [was born], will [all] run away.
30 Fais éclater ta voix, fille de Gallim! Prends garde, Laïs! Malheur à toi, Anathoth!
You people of Gallim [town] will cry out [for help]. You will shout to [the people of] Laish [city near Jerusalem] to warn them! [The people of] Anathoth [town] will suffer a lot.
31 Madména se disperse, Les habitants de Guébim sont en fuite.
[The people of] Madmenah [town north of Jerusalem will all] be running away, and [the people of] Gebim [town close to Jerusalem] will be trying to hide.
32 Encore un jour de halte à Nob, Et il menace de sa main la montagne de la fille de Sion, La colline de Jérusalem.
The soldiers of Assyria will stop at Nob [city outside Jerusalem]. They will shake their fists [as they threaten the people] on Zion Hill in Jerusalem.
33 Voici, le Seigneur, l’Éternel des armées, Brise les rameaux avec violence: Les plus grands sont coupés, Les plus élevés sont abattus.
But listen to this! The Commander of the armies of angels with his great power will destroy [MET] the mighty army of Assyria. [It is as though they are] a huge tree [MET] that he will cut down.
34 Il renverse avec le fer les taillis de la forêt, Et le Liban tombe sous le Puissant.
He will destroy the [soldiers of Assyria] like men use big axes to cut down the tall trees in the forests of Lebanon.
