Isaïe 33
1 Malheur à toi qui ravages, et qui n’as pas été ravagé! Qui pilles, et qu’on n’a pas encore pillé! Quand tu auras fini de ravager, tu seras ravagé; Quand tu auras achevé de piller, on te pillera.
Terrible things will happen to you [people of Assyria]! You have destroyed [others], [but] you have not been destroyed [yet]. You have betrayed/deceived [others], [but] you have not been betrayed/deceived [yet]. When you stop destroying [others], others will destroy you. When you stop betraying/deceiving others, [others] betray you.
2 Éternel, aie pitié de nous! Nous espérons en toi. Sois notre aide chaque matin, Et notre délivrance au temps de la détresse!
Yahweh, be kind to us, because we have patiently waited for you [to help us]. Enable us to be strong every day, and rescue us when we have troubles.
3 Quand ta voix retentit, Les peuples fuient; Quand tu te lèves, Les nations se dispersent.
Our enemies run away when they hear your voice. When you stand up and show that you are powerful [IDM], the people of all nations flee.
4 On moissonne votre butin, Comme moissonne la sauterelle; On se précipite dessus, Comme se précipitent les sauterelles.
[And after our enemies have been defeated], we, your people, will take away all our enemies’ possessions like [SIM] caterpillars and locusts strip off all the leaves of plants.
5 L’Éternel est élevé, Car il habite en haut; Il remplit Sion De droiture et de justice.
Yahweh is greater than anyone else, and he lives in heaven, and he will rule justly and righteously in Jerusalem.
6 Tes jours seront en sûreté; La sagesse et l’intelligence sont une source de salut; La crainte de l’Éternel, C’est là le trésor de Sion.
[When that happens], he will enable you to live securely/safely; he will fully protect your possessions, he will enable you to be wise and to know [all that you need to know]; and revering Yahweh will be [like] [MET] a valuable treasure for you.
7 Voici, les héros Poussent des cris au-dehors; Les messagers de paix Pleurent amèrement.
[But now], look, our brave men are crying out in the streets; our ambassadors [have gone to other countries to make peace treaties], [but they will] cry bitterly [because they will not succeed].
8 Les routes sont désertes; On ne passe plus dans les chemins. Il a rompu l’alliance, il méprise les villes, Il n’a de respect pour personne.
No one travels on our roads [DOU]. [The leaders of Assyria] have broken/disregarded their peace treaty [with us]; they despise the people who made those treaties, and they do not respect anyone.
9 Le pays est dans le deuil, dans la tristesse; Le Liban est confus, languissant; Le Saron est comme un désert; Le Basan et le Carmel secouent leur feuillage.
The land [of Judah] is dry and barren. The [cedar trees in] Lebanon are drying up and decaying. The Sharon [Plain along the coast] is now a desert. There are no more leaves on the trees in the Bashan and Carmel [areas].
10 Maintenant je me lèverai, Dit l’Éternel, Maintenant je serai exalté, Maintenant je serai élevé.
Yahweh says, “Now I will begin to show that I am very powerful [DOU].
11 Vous avez conçu du foin, Vous enfanterez de la paille; Votre souffle, C’est un feu qui vous consumera.
You [people of Assyria] make plans that are [as useless as] [MET] chaff and straw. Your breath will become a fire that will burn you up.
12 Les peuples seront Des fournaises de chaux, Des épines coupées Qui brûlent dans le feu.
[Your] people will be burned until only ashes remain [MET] like [SIM] thornbushes are cut down and burned up in a fire.
13 Vous qui êtes loin, écoutez ce que j’ai fait! Et vous qui êtes près, sachez quelle est ma puissance!
You people who live far away and you people who live nearby, pay attention to what I have done and realize that I am [very] powerful.”
14 Les pécheurs sont effrayés dans Sion, Un tremblement saisit les impies: Qui de nous pourra rester auprès d’un feu dévorant? Qui de nous pourra rester auprès de flammes éternelles?
The sinners in Jerusalem will tremble because of being very afraid; godless people will be terrified. [They say], “None of us can [RHQ] remain alive because this fire is burning everything; it is like the fire on Yahweh’s altar that will burn forever!”
15 Celui qui marche dans la justice, Et qui parle selon la droiture, Qui méprise un gain acquis par extorsion, Qui secoue les mains pour ne pas accepter un présent, Qui ferme l’oreille pour ne pas entendre des propos sanguinaires, Et qui se bande les yeux pour ne pas voir le mal,
Those who act honestly and say what is right, those who do not try to become rich by (extortion/forcing people to give them money), those who do not try to get bribes, those who refuse to listen to people who are planning to murder someone, those who do not join others who urge them to do what is wrong,
16 Celui-là habitera dans des lieux élevés; Des rochers fortifiés seront sa retraite; Du pain lui sera donné, De l’eau lui sera assurée.
they are the people who will live safely [MTY]; they will find places to be safe in the caves in the mountains. They will have plenty of food and water.
17 Tes yeux verront le roi dans sa magnificence, Ils contempleront le pays dans toute son étendue.
You [SYN] [people of Judah] will see the king wearing all his beautiful [robes], and you will see that he rules a land that extends far away.
18 Ton cœur se souviendra de la terreur: Où est le secrétaire, où est le trésorier? Où est celui qui inspectait les tours?
When you see that, you will think about when you were previously terrified, [and you will say], “[The officers of Assyria] who counted the tax money that we were forced to pay to them [have disappeared] [RHQ]! Those men who counted our towers [are gone] [RHQ]!
19 Tu ne verras plus le peuple audacieux, Le peuple au langage obscur qu’on n’entend pas, A la langue barbare qu’on ne comprend pas.
Those arrogant people who spoke a language that we could not understand are no longer here!”
20 Regarde Sion, la cité de nos fêtes! Tes yeux verront Jérusalem, séjour tranquille, Tente qui ne sera plus transportée, Dont les pieux ne seront jamais enlevés, Et dont les cordages ne seront point détachés.
[At that time], you will see Zion Hill, the place where we celebrate our festivals; you will see that Jerusalem has become a place that is calm and safe. It will be [secure], [like] [SIM] a tent [that cannot be moved because] its ropes are tight and its stakes are firmly in the ground.
21 C’est là vraiment que l’Éternel est magnifique pour nous: Il nous tient lieu de fleuves, de vastes rivières, Où ne pénètrent point de navires à rames, Et que ne traverse aucun grand vaisseau.
Yahweh will be our mighty God; he will be [like] [SIM] a mighty river that will protect us because [our enemies] will not be able to cross it; no one will be able to row across it and no ships will be able to sail across it.
22 Car l’Éternel est notre juge, L’Éternel est notre législateur, L’Éternel est notre roi: C’est lui qui nous sauve.
Yahweh is our judge; he is the one who gives us laws, and he is our king. He will rescue us.
23 Tes cordages sont relâchés; Ils ne serrent plus le pied du mât et ne tendent plus les voiles. Alors on partage la dépouille d’un immense butin; Les boiteux même prennent part au pillage:
The ropes on our enemies’ boats will hang loose, their masts will not be fastened firmly, and their sails will not be spread out. The treasures that they have seized will be divided [among us, God’s people], and even lame [people among us] will get some.
24 Aucun habitant ne dit: Je suis malade! Le peuple de Jérusalem reçoit le pardon de ses iniquités.
And the people in Jerusalem will no [longer] say, “We are sick,” [because Yahweh] will forgive the sins that have been committed by the people who live there.
