Isaïe 14
1 Car l’Éternel aura pitié de Jacob, Il choisira encore Israël, Et il les rétablira dans leur pays; Les étrangers se joindront à eux, Et ils s’uniront à la maison de Jacob.
Her time is drawing near, and her days will not be prolonged. For the Lord will take pity on Jacob, and he will still choose from Israel, and he will cause them to rest upon their own soil. And the new arrival will be joined to them, and he will adhere to the house of Jacob.
2 Les peuples les prendront, et les ramèneront à leur demeure, Et la maison d’Israël les possédera dans le pays de l’Éternel, Comme serviteurs et comme servantes; Ils retiendront captifs ceux qui les avaient faits captifs, Et ils domineront sur leurs oppresseurs.
And the people will take them, and lead them to their place. And the house of Israel will possess them, in the land of the Lord, as men and women servants. And they will take captive those who had taken them captive. And they will subjugate their oppressors.
3 Et quand l’Éternel t’aura donné du repos, Après tes fatigues et tes agitations, Et après la dure servitude qui te fut imposée,
And this shall be in that day: when God will have given you rest from your labor, and from your oppression, and from the difficult servitude under which you served before,
4 Alors tu prononceras ce chant sur le roi de Babylone, Et tu diras: Eh quoi! Le tyran n’est plus! L’oppression a cessé!
you will accept this parable against the king of Babylon, and you will say: “How is it that the oppressor has ceased, along with his tribute?
5 L’Éternel a brisé le bâton des méchants, La verge des dominateurs.
The Lord has crushed the staff of the impious, the scepter of despots,
6 Celui qui dans sa fureur frappait les peuples, Par des coups sans relâche, Celui qui dans sa colère subjuguait les nations, Est poursuivi sans ménagement.
which struck the people in wrath with an incurable wound, which subjugated the nations in fury, which persecuted with cruelty.
7 Toute la terre jouit du repos et de la paix; On éclate en chants d’allégresse,
All the earth has become quiet and still; it has been gladdened and has rejoiced.
8 Les cyprès même, les cèdres du Liban, se réjouissent de ta chute: Depuis que tu es tombé, personne ne monte pour nous abattre.
The evergreens, too, have rejoiced over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying: ‘Since you have slept, no one has ascended who would cut us down.’
9 Le séjour des morts s’émeut jusque dans ses profondeurs, Pour t’accueillir à ton arrivée; Il réveille devant toi les ombres, tous les grands de la terre, Il fait lever de leurs trônes tous les rois des nations. (Sheol h7585)
Hell below was stirred up to meet you at your advent; it has awakened the giants for you. All the leaders of the earth have risen from their thrones, all the leaders among the nations.” (Sheol h7585)
10 Tous prennent la parole pour te dire: Toi aussi, tu es sans force comme nous, Tu es devenu semblable à nous!
Everyone will respond and will say to you: “Now you are wounded, just as we were; you have become like us.
11 Ta magnificence est descendue dans le séjour des morts, Avec le son de tes luths; Sous toi est une couche de vers, Et les vers sont ta couverture. (Sheol h7585)
Your arrogance has been dragged down to Hell. Your body has fallen dead. The moths will be strewn beneath you, and the worms will be your covering. (Sheol h7585)
12 Te voilà tombé du ciel, Astre brillant, fils de l’aurore! Tu es abattu à terre, Toi, le vainqueur des nations!
How is it that you have fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, who used to rise like the sun? How is it that you have fallen to the earth, you who wounded the peoples?
13 Tu disais en ton cœur: Je monterai au ciel, J’élèverai mon trône au-dessus des étoiles de Dieu; Je m’assiérai sur la montagne de l’assemblée, A l’extrémité du septentrion;
And you said in your heart: ‘I will climb up to heaven. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. I will be enthroned upon the mountain of the covenant, on the northern parts.
14 Je monterai sur le sommet des nues, Je serai semblable au Très-Haut.
I will ascend above the tops of the clouds. I will be like the Most High.’
15 Mais tu as été précipité dans le séjour des morts, Dans les profondeurs de la fosse. (Sheol h7585)
Yet truly, you shall be dragged down to Hell, into the depths of the pit. (Sheol h7585)
16 Ceux qui te voient fixent sur toi leurs regards, Ils te considèrent attentivement: Est-ce là cet homme qui faisait trembler la terre, Qui ébranlait les royaumes,
Those who see you, will lean toward you, and will gaze upon you, saying: ‘Could this be the man who disturbed the earth, who shook kingdoms,
17 Qui réduisait le monde en désert, Qui ravageait les villes, Et ne relâchait point ses prisonniers?
who made the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who would not even open a prison for his prisoners?’”
18 Tous les rois des nations, oui, tous, Reposent avec honneur, chacun dans son tombeau.
All the kings of the nations throughout the whole world have slept in glory, each man in his own house.
19 Mais toi, tu as été jeté loin de ton sépulcre, Comme un rameau qu’on dédaigne, Comme une dépouille de gens tués à coups d’épée, Et précipités sur les pierres d’une fosse, Comme un cadavre foulé aux pieds.
But you have been rejected from your grave, like a useless polluted plant, and you have been bound up with those who were slain by the sword, and who descended to the bottom of the pit, like a rotting carcass.
20 Tu n’es pas réuni à eux dans le sépulcre, Car tu as détruit ton pays, tu as fait périr ton peuple: On ne parlera plus jamais de la race des méchants.
You will not be associated with them, even in the grave. For you have destroyed your own land; you have slain your own people. The offspring of the wicked ones will not be called upon for eternity.
21 Préparez le massacre des fils, A cause de l’iniquité de leurs pères! Qu’ils ne se relèvent pas pour conquérir la terre, Et remplir le monde d’ennemis!
Prepare his sons for the slaughter, according to the iniquity of their fathers. They will not rise up, nor inherit the earth, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
22 Je me lèverai contre eux, Dit l’Éternel des armées; J’anéantirai le nom et la trace de Babylone, Ses descendants et sa postérité, dit l’Éternel.
But I will rise up against them, says the Lord of hosts. And I will perish the name of Babylon and its remnants: both the plant and its progeny, says the Lord.
23 J’en ferai le gîte du hérisson et un marécage, Et je la balaierai avec le balai de la destruction, Dit l’Éternel des armées.
And I will appoint it as a possession for the hedgehog, with swamps of water. And I will sweep it out and wear it away with a brush, says the Lord of hosts.
24 L’Éternel des armées l’a juré, en disant: Oui, ce que j’ai décidé arrivera, Ce que j’ai résolu s’accomplira.
The Lord of hosts has sworn, saying: Surely, just as I have considered it, so shall it be, and in the same manner as I have drawn it through my mind,
25 Je briserai l’Assyrien dans mon pays, Je le foulerai aux pieds sur mes montagnes; Et son joug leur sera ôté, Et son fardeau sera ôté de leurs épaules.
so shall it occur. So shall I crush the Assyrian in my land, and I will trample him upon my mountains, and his yoke will be taken away from them, and his burden will be removed from their shoulder.
26 Voilà la résolution prise contre toute la terre, Voilà la main étendue sur toutes les nations.
This is the plan that I have decided, concerning the entire earth, and this is the hand which is extended over all the nations.
27 L’Éternel des armées a pris cette résolution: qui s’y opposera? Sa main est étendue: qui la détournera?
For the Lord of hosts has decreed it, and who is able to weaken it? And his hand is extended, so who can avert it?
28 L’année de la mort du roi Achaz, cet oracle fut prononcé:
In the year in which king Ahaz died, this burden was given:
29 Ne te réjouis pas, pays des Philistins, De ce que la verge qui te frappait est brisée! Car de la racine du serpent sortira un basilic, Et son fruit sera un dragon volant.
You should not rejoice, all you of Philistia, that the rod of him who struck you has been crushed. For from the root of the serpent will go forth a king snake, and his offspring will engulf that which flies.
30 Alors les plus pauvres pourront paître, Et les malheureux reposer en sécurité; Mais je ferai mourir ta racine par la faim, Et ce qui restera de toi sera tué.
And the firstborn of the poor will be pastured, and the poor will rest in faithfulness. And I will cause your root to pass away by famine, and I will put to death your remnant.
31 Porte, gémis! Ville, lamente-toi! Tremble, pays tout entier des Philistins! Car du nord vient une fumée, Et les rangs de l’ennemi sont serrés.
Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! All of Philistia has been prostrated. For a smoke will arrive from the north, and there is no one who will escape his army.
32 Et que répondra-t-on aux envoyés du peuple? Que l’Éternel a fondé Sion, Et que les malheureux de son peuple y trouvent un refuge.
And what will be the response to this news among the nations? It will be that the Lord has established Zion, and that the poor of his people will hope in him.
