Isaïe 30
1 Malheur, dit l’Éternel, aux enfants rebelles, Qui prennent des résolutions sans moi, Et qui font des alliances sans ma volonté, Pour accumuler péché sur péché!
Yahweh says, “Terrible things will happen to you, my people who rebel against me. You make plans, but what you plan is not what I want. You have made an alliance [with the rulers of Egypt], but you did not ask my Spirit [if that was what you should do]. By doing that, you have increased the number of your sins.
2 Qui descendent en Égypte sans me consulter, Pour se réfugier sous la protection de Pharaon, Et chercher un abri sous l’ombre de l’Égypte!
You went to Egypt [to ask their rulers for help], without asking for my advice. You have trusted in [the army of] the king of Egypt to protect you; you have [trusted in them] [like] people sit in the shade [to protect themselves from the sun] [MET].
3 La protection de Pharaon sera pour vous une honte, Et l’abri sous l’ombre de l’Égypte une ignominie.
[But] the result of your trusting in the king of Egypt is that you will be [disappointed and] disgraced; because of trusting in him, you will be humiliated.
4 Déjà ses princes sont à Tsoan, Et ses envoyés ont atteint Hanès.
Officials/ambassadors [from Judah] have gone to Zoan and Hanes [cities in Egypt to make treaties],
5 Tous seront confus au sujet d’un peuple qui ne leur sera point utile, Ni pour les secourir, ni pour les aider, Mais qui fera leur honte et leur opprobre.
but all those [who trust in the King of Egypt] will be humiliated, because that nation will not be able to help you; the treaty that you have made [requesting help from them] will be useless; instead, the result will be that you will be humiliated and disgraced [DOU].”
6 Sentence des bêtes du midi: A travers une contrée de détresse et d’angoisse, D’où viennent la lionne et le lion, La vipère et le dragon volant, Ils portent à dos d’ânes leurs richesses, Et sur la bosse des chameaux leurs trésors, A un peuple qui ne leur sera point utile.
[I received from Yahweh] this message about the animals in the southern part of Judah: That area is one where [people experience a lot of] troubles and difficulties, an area where there are male and female lions and various kinds of poisonous snakes. Caravans go through that area taking donkeys and camels loaded with valuable goods. [They are taking them] to Egypt to seek for protection [by the army of Egypt], [but] it will be useless.
7 Car le secours de l’Égypte n’est que vanité et néant; C’est pourquoi j’appelle cela du bruit qui n’aboutit à rien.
The promises made by [the king of] Egypt are worthless; therefore I call Egypt ‘the sea monster/dragon that does nothing’.
8 Va maintenant, écris ces choses devant eux sur une table, Et grave-les dans un livre, Afin qu’elles subsistent dans les temps à venir, Éternellement et à perpétuité.
Yahweh told me to write on a scroll a message, in order that it would be a witness [to the people of Judah] that would endure forever.
9 Car c’est un peuple rebelle, Ce sont des enfants menteurs, Des enfants qui ne veulent point écouter la loi de l’Éternel,
[It would remind them] that they are deceitful and always rebelling against Yahweh; they refuse to pay attention to what he tells/teaches them.
10 Qui disent aux voyants: Ne voyez pas! Et aux prophètes: Ne nous prophétisez pas des vérités, Dites-nous des choses flatteuses, Prophétisez des chimères!
They tell the people who see/receive visions [from Yahweh], “Stop seeing visions!” They tell the prophets, “Do not reveal to us what is right! Tell us pleasant things; do not tell us visions about things that are true!
11 Détournez-vous du chemin, Écartez-vous du sentier, Éloignez de notre présence le Saint d’Israël!
Stop doing what you have been doing [DOU]; stop telling us what the Holy One of Israel [says to us]!”
12 C’est pourquoi ainsi parle le Saint d’Israël: Puisque vous rejetez cette parole, Que vous vous confiez dans la violence et dans les détours Et que vous les prenez pour appuis,
Therefore, this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “You have rejected my message, and you are relying on those who oppress and deceive others.
13 Ce crime sera pour vous Comme une partie crevassée qui menace ruine Et fait saillie dans un mur élevé, Dont l’écroulement arrive tout à coup, en un instant:
Therefore, the result of your sin [of rejecting me] will be that you will [suddenly experience disasters]; what will happen to you will be like [SIM] a cracked wall that suddenly collapses [DOU].
14 Il se brise comme se brise un vase de terre, Que l’on casse sans ménagement, Et dont les débris ne laissent pas un morceau Pour prendre du feu au foyer, Ou pour puiser de l’eau à la citerne.
You will be smashed like a clay jar is smashed [when it is dropped], and it shatters completely, with the result that there is not one piece big enough to carry some coals from a stove or to carry a little bit of water from a well.”
15 Car ainsi a parlé le Seigneur, l’Éternel, le Saint d’Israël: C’est dans la tranquillité et le repos que sera votre salut, C’est dans le calme et la confiance que sera votre force. Mais vous ne l’avez pas voulu!
Yahweh, [our] God, the Holy One of Israel, [also] says this: “You will be rescued [from your enemies only] if you repent and trust [in what I will do for you]; you will be strong [only] if you quit worrying and trust in me. But you do not want [to do that].
16 Vous avez dit: Non! Nous prendrons la course à cheval! C’est pourquoi vous fuirez à la course. Nous monterons des coursiers légers! C’est pourquoi ceux qui vous poursuivront seront légers.
You said, ‘No, we will escape on horses [that the army of Egypt will give us]!’ So, you will [try to] flee. You said, ‘We will [escape from the army of Assyria] by riding on swift horses!’ [But] those who pursue you will [also ride] swiftly.
17 Mille fuiront à la menace d’un seul, Et, à la menace de cinq, vous fuirez, Jusqu’à ce que vous restiez Comme un signal au sommet de la montagne, Comme un étendard sur la colline.
[As a result], 1,000 [of you] will flee when [only] one of them pursues you! When only five [of their soldiers] threaten [to kill you], [all of] will flee. [Only a few of] you will be left, like [SIM] a [single] flagpole on top of a mountain with one signal flag on the pole.”
18 Cependant l’Éternel désire vous faire grâce, Et il se lèvera pour vous faire miséricorde; Car l’Éternel est un Dieu juste: Heureux tous ceux qui espèrent en lui!
[But] wants to be kind to you; he desires to show you that he is merciful. [Do not forget that] Yahweh is a God who acts justly; he is pleased with those who patiently trust in him.
19 Oui, peuple de Sion, habitant de Jérusalem, Tu ne pleureras plus! Il te fera grâce, quand tu crieras; Dès qu’il aura entendu, il t’exaucera.
You people who live in Jerusalem [DOU], [some day] you will not cry any more. Yahweh will be kind to you when you call out to him for help. He will answer/help you as soon as he hears you call.
20 Le Seigneur vous donnera du pain dans l’angoisse, Et de l’eau dans la détresse; Ceux qui t’instruisent ne se cacheront plus, Mais tes yeux verront ceux qui t’instruisent.
Although [now] Yahweh has caused you to [daily] experience [MET] great troubles and suffer much, [he], your teacher, will not hide himself from you. He [SYN] will teach you many things clearly.
21 Tes oreilles entendront derrière toi la voix qui dira: Voici le chemin, marchez-y! Car vous iriez à droite, ou vous iriez à gauche.
And you will hear him speak to you to guide you. [Right] behind you he will say, “This is the road on which you should walk; walk on this road!”
22 Vous tiendrez pour souillés l’argent qui recouvre vos idoles, Et l’or dont elles sont revêtues; Tu en disperseras les débris comme une impureté: Hors d’ici! Leur diras-tu.
When that happens, you will destroy [all] your idols that are covered with silver or gold. You will throw them away like you throw away a filthy rag, and you will say to them, “We do not need you any more!”
23 Alors il répandra la pluie sur la semence que tu auras mise en terre, Et le pain que produira la terre sera savoureux et nourrissant; En ce même temps, tes troupeaux paîtront dans de vastes pâturages.
[If you do that], Yahweh will bless you by giving you good rain at the time that you plant your crops. You will have good harvests, and plenty of pasture with grass for your cattle to eat.
24 Les bœufs et les ânes, qui labourent la terre, Mangeront un fourrage salé, Qu’on aura vanné avec la pelle et le van.
After the wind [blows away the chaff], the oxen and donkeys that [pull the plow to] plow your ground will have good grain to eat.
25 Sur toute haute montagne et sur toute colline élevée, Il y aura des ruisseaux, des courants d’eau, Au jour du grand carnage, A la chute des tours.
At that time, when [your enemies] have been slaughtered and their towers have (collapsed/been destroyed), there will be streams flowing down every hill and mountain [in Judah].
26 La lumière de la lune sera comme la lumière du soleil, Et la lumière du soleil sera sept fois plus grande (Comme la lumière de sept jours), Lorsque l’Éternel bandera la blessure de son peuple, Et qu’il guérira la plaie de ses coups.
The moon will seem to shine as brightly as the sun, and the sun will seem to shine seven times as brightly as previously. That is what it will be like when Yahweh causes [the suffering of] his people [to cease; it will be as though] [MET] he will be putting bandages on their wounds and healing them.
27 Voici, le nom de l’Éternel vient de loin; Sa colère est ardente, c’est un violent incendie; Ses lèvres sont pleines de fureur, Et sa langue est comme un feu dévorant;
[It is as though] we see Yahweh coming from far away; he is extremely angry, and there are thick clouds of smoke around him. By what he says [MTY] he shows that he is angry; what he says is like [SIM] a devastating/destructive fire.
28 Son souffle est comme un torrent débordé qui atteint jusqu’au cou, Pour cribler les nations avec le crible de la destruction, Et comme un mors trompeur Entre les mâchoires des peuples.
His breath is like [SIM] a flood that covers [his enemies] up to their necks. He will separate [MET] the nations in order to destroy [some of them]; [it is as though] he will put hooks in their mouths and take them away.
29 Vous chanterez comme la nuit où l’on célèbre la fête, Vous aurez le cœur joyeux comme celui qui marche au son de la flûte, Pour aller à la montagne de l’Éternel, vers le rocher d’Israël.
But [his people] will sing joyfully like they sing during the nights when they celebrate a holy festival. They will be very joyful, like [SIM] [a large group of his people] are joyful when they go up to Zion Hill in Jerusalem, along with men playing flutes [when they are all going there to worship Yahweh]. He is [like] [MET] a huge rock under which [we] Israeli people [are safe].
30 Et l’Éternel fera retentir sa voix majestueuse, Il montrera son bras prêt à frapper, Dans l’ardeur de sa colère, Au milieu de la flamme d’un feu dévorant, De l’inondation, de la tempête et des pierres de grêle.
And Yahweh will enable [us] to hear him speaking powerfully/majestically. He will show us that he [SYN] is very powerful. [We] will see him [SYN] smash [his enemies]. Being very angry, he will descend with a big rainstorm and thunder and hail [to punish them].
31 A la voix de l’Éternel, l’Assyrien tremblera; L’Éternel le frappera de sa verge.
[The soldiers of] Assyria will be terrified when they hear the voice of Yahweh and when he strikes them with his rod.
32 A chaque coup de la verge qui lui est destinée, Et que l’Éternel fera tomber sur lui, On entendra les tambourins et les harpes; L’Éternel combattra contre lui à main levée.
And while Yahweh strikes them to punish them, [his people] will [celebrate by] playing tambourines and harps. [It will be as though] Yahweh will lift up his powerful hand/arm and defeat the Assyrian army in battle.
33 Depuis longtemps un bûcher est préparé, Il est préparé pour le roi, Il est profond, il est vaste; Son bûcher, c’est du feu et du bois en abondance; Le souffle de l’Éternel l’enflamme, comme un torrent de soufre.
[The valley of] Topheth [outside Jerusalem] has been prepared for a long time; it is ready for the king [of Assyria]; the (funeral pyre/pile of wood) [for burning his body] is wide and high, and [it will be as though] Yahweh will light the fire with his breath, which will come out like a stream of burning sulfur.
