Isaïe 22
1 Oracle sur la vallée des visions. Qu’as-tu donc, que tout ton peuple monte sur les toits?
[I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Jerusalem, about the valley where [Yahweh showed me] this vision. Why is everyone foolishly running up to their [flat] rooftops?
2 Ville bruyante, pleine de tumulte, Cité joyeuse! Tes morts ne périront pas par l’épée, Ils ne mourront pas en combattant.
Everyone in the city [seems to] be shouting. [There are a lot of] corpses [in the city], [but they] were not killed by [their enemies’] swords. They did not die in battles; [instead, they died from diseases and hunger].
3 Tous tes chefs fuient ensemble, Ils sont faits prisonniers par les archers; Tous tes habitants deviennent à la fois captifs, Tandis qu’ils prennent au loin la fuite.
All the leaders of the city fled. [But then] they were captured because they did not have bows [and arrows to defend themselves]. Your [soldiers tried to] flee while the enemy [army] was still far away, but they also were captured.
4 C’est pourquoi je dis: Détournez de moi les regards, Laissez-moi pleurer amèrement; N’insistez pas pour me consoler Du désastre de la fille de mon peuple.
That is why I said, “Allow me to cry alone; do not try to comfort me [about my people being slaughtered].”
5 Car c’est un jour de trouble, d’écrasement et de confusion, Envoyé par le Seigneur, l’Éternel des armées, Dans la vallée des visions. On démolit les murailles, Et les cris de détresse retentissent vers la montagne.
The Commander of the armies of angels has [chosen] a time when there will be a great uproar, [soldiers] marching, and people being terrified in the valley [where I received this] vision. [It will be a time when our city] walls will be battered down and [the people’s] cries [for help] will be heard in the mountains.
6 Élam porte le carquois; Des chars de combattants, des cavaliers, s’avancent; Kir met à nu le bouclier.
The armies from Elam and Kir [in Media] will attack, driving chariots and carrying shields.
7 Tes plus belles vallées sont remplies de chars, Et les cavaliers se rangent en bataille à tes portes.
Our beautiful valleys will be filled with [our enemies’] chariots and the men who drive the chariots will stand outside [our city] gates.
8 Les derniers retranchements de Juda sont forcés, Et en ce jour tu visites les armures de la maison de la forêt.
The walls that protect [the cities in] Judah will fall down. You [people of Jerusalem] will run to get the weapons [that are stored in the building called] “the Hall of the Forest”.
9 Vous regardez les brèches nombreuses faites à la ville de David, Et vous retenez les eaux de l’étang inférieur.
You will see that there are many breaks/holes in the walls of Jerusalem. You will store water in the lower pool [in the city].
10 Vous comptez les maisons de Jérusalem, Et vous les abattez, pour fortifier la muraille.
You will inspect the houses in Jerusalem, and [some of] them you will tear down to use the stones to repair the [city] wall.
11 Vous faites un réservoir entre les deux murs, Pour les eaux de l’ancien étang. Mais vous ne regardez pas vers celui qui a voulu ces choses, Vous ne voyez pas celui qui les a préparées de loin.
Between the walls [of the city] you will build a reservoir to [store] water from the old pool. But you will never request help from the one who made the city; you have never depended on Yahweh, who planned this city long ago.
12 Le Seigneur, l’Éternel des armées, vous appelle en ce jour A pleurer et à vous frapper la poitrine, A vous raser la tête et à ceindre le sac.
The Commander of the armies of angels told you to weep and mourn; he told you to shave your heads and to wear rough sackcloth to show that you were sorry for the sins that you had committed.
13 Et voici de la gaîté et de la joie! On égorge des bœufs et l’on tue des brebis, On mange de la viande et l’on boit du vin: Mangeons et buvons, car demain nous mourrons!
But instead of doing that, you were happy and celebrating; you slaughtered cattle and sheep, [in order to cook their] meat and eat it and drink wine. You said, “Let’s eat and drink [all that we want to], because [it is possible that] we will die tomorrow!”
14 L’Éternel des armées me l’a révélé: Non, ce crime ne vous sera point pardonné que vous ne soyez morts, Dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel des armées.
[So] the Commander of the armies of angels revealed this to me: “I will never forgive my people for sinning like this!”
15 Ainsi parle le Seigneur, l’Éternel des armées: Va vers ce courtisan, Vers Schebna, gouverneur du palais:
The Commander of the armies of angels said this [to me]: “Go to Shebna, the official who supervises the workers in the palace, and give this message to him:
16 Qu’y a-t-il à toi ici, et qui as-tu ici, Que tu creuses ici un sépulcre? Il se creuse un sépulcre sur la hauteur, Il se taille une demeure dans le roc!
'[Who do you think you are?] Who gave you the authority to build a beautiful tomb where you will be buried, chiseling it out of the rocky cliff high above this valley?
17 Voici, l’Éternel te lancera d’un jet vigoureux; Il t’enveloppera comme une pelote,
You [think that you are] [IRO] a great man, but Yahweh is about to hurl you away. [It will be as though] he will seize you,
18 Il te fera rouler, rouler comme une balle, Sur une terre spacieuse; Là tu mourras, là seront tes chars magnifiques, O toi, l’opprobre de la maison de ton maître!
and roll/crumple you into a ball and throw you away into a large distant land. You will die [and be buried] there, and your beautiful chariots will stay there [in the hands of your enemies]. And [because of what happens to you], your master, [the king], will be [very] ashamed/disgraced.
19 Je te chasserai de ton poste, L’Éternel t’arrachera de ta place.
Yahweh will force you to quit working in the palace; you will be demoted from your important position.
20 En ce jour-là, J’appellerai mon serviteur Éliakim, fils de Hilkija;
Then I will summon Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, who has served serve me [well], to replace you.
21 Je le revêtirai de ta tunique, je le ceindrai de ta ceinture, Et je remettrai ton pouvoir entre ses mains; Il sera un père pour les habitants de Jérusalem Et pour la maison de Juda.
I will allow him to wear your robe, and to fasten your sash around him, and I will give to him the authority that you had. He will be like [MET] a father to the people of Jerusalem and [all the other] towns in Judah.
22 Je mettrai sur son épaule la clé de la maison de David: Quand il ouvrira, nul ne fermera; Quand il fermera, nul n’ouvrira.
I will give to him authority [MTY] over [what happens in] the palace where King David [lived]; when he decides something [MET], no one will be able to oppose it; when he refuses to do something, no one will be able to force him to do it.
23 Je l’enfoncerai comme un clou dans un lieu sûr, Et il sera un siège de gloire pour la maison de son père.
I will cause his family to be greatly respected, because I will put him firmly in his position [as supervisor of the workers in the palace], like [SIM] a nail that is firmly hammered into a wall.
24 Il sera le soutien de toute la gloire de la maison de son père, Des rejetons nobles et ignobles, De tous les petits ustensiles, Des bassins comme des vases.
Others will enable him to have much responsibility, with the result that all the members of his family, even the most insignificant ones, will be honored.'”
25 En ce jour, dit l’Éternel des armées, Le clou enfoncé dans un lieu sûr sera enlevé, Il sera abattu et tombera, Et le fardeau qui était sur lui sera détruit, Car l’Éternel a parlé.
[But] the Commander of the armies of angels also says, “[Shebna is like] [MET] a peg that is firmly fastened to the wall. But there will be a time when I will [remove him from his position]; he will lose his power/influence, and everything that he promoted [MET] will fail. [That will surely happen] because [I], Yahweh, have said it.”
