Isaïe 34
1 Approchez, nations, pour entendre! Peuples, soyez attentifs! Que la terre écoute, elle et ce qui la remplit, Le monde et tout ce qu’il produit!
You people of all nations, come near and listen and pay careful attention. I want the world and everything that is in it to hear what I say.
2 Car la colère de l’Éternel va fondre sur toutes les nations, Et sa fureur sur toute leur armée: Il les voue à l’extermination, Il les livre au carnage.
Yahweh is angry with [the people of] all nations; he is (furious/very angry) with all their armies. He has decided that they must be destroyed, and he will slaughter them.
3 Leurs morts sont jetés, Leurs cadavres exhalent la puanteur, Et les montagnes se fondent dans leur sang.
Their corpses will not be buried, and [as a result] their corpses will stink, and their blood will [fill the streams that] flow down the mountains.
4 Toute l’armée des cieux se dissout; Les cieux sont roulés comme un livre, Et toute leur armée tombe, Comme tombe la feuille de la vigne, Comme tombe celle du figuier.
The sky will disappear like [SIM] a scroll that is rolled up [and thrown away]. Stars will fall [from the sky] like [SIM] [withered] leaves fall from grapevines, [or] like [SIM] shriveled figs fall from fig trees.
5 Mon épée s’est enivrée dans les cieux; Voici, elle va descendre sur Édom, Sur le peuple que j’ai voué à l’extermination, pour le châtier.
When Yahweh has finished his work of destroying objects in the sky, he will punish [the people of] Edom, that people-group that he has said must be destroyed/exterminated.
6 L’épée de l’Éternel est pleine de sang, couverte de graisse, Du sang des agneaux et des boucs, De la graisse des reins des béliers; Car il y a des victimes de l’Éternel à Botsra, Et un grand carnage dans le pays d’Édom,
[It is as though] Yahweh has a sword that is covered with blood and fat— the blood of lambs and goats and the fat of the kidneys of rams to be sacrificed. [It is as though] Yahweh will offer a sacrifice in [the city of] Bozrah [and kill many people] in other cities in Edom.
7 Les buffles tombent avec eux, Et les bœufs avec les taureaux; La terre s’abreuve de sang, Et le sol est imprégné de graisse.
[Even] wild oxen will be killed, as well as young calves and big bulls. The ground will be soaked with blood, and the dirt will be covered with the fat of those animals.
8 Car c’est un jour de vengeance pour l’Éternel, Une année de représailles pour la cause de Sion.
That will be the time when Yahweh gets revenge for what those people did to the people of Judah.
9 Les torrents d’Édom seront changés en poix, Et sa poussière en soufre; Et sa terre sera comme de la poix qui brûle.
The streams in Edom will be full of burning pitch/tar, and the ground will be covered with burning sulfur.
10 Elle ne s’éteindra ni jour ni nuit, La fumée s’en élèvera éternellement; D’âge en âge elle sera désolée, A tout jamais personne n’y passera.
Yahweh will never finish punishing Edom with fire; the smoke will rise forever. No one will ever live in that land, and no one will [even] travel through it.
11 Le pélican et le hérisson la posséderont, La chouette et le corbeau l’habiteront. On y étendra le cordeau de la désolation, Et le niveau de la destruction.
Ravens and various kinds of owls and small animals will live there. Yahweh will measure that land carefully: He will measure it to [to decide where] to cause chaos and destruction.
12 Il n’y aura plus de grands pour proclamer un roi, Tous ses princes seront anéantis.
There will be no princes; the people who have authority will have no kingdom to rule.
13 Les épines croîtront dans ses palais, Les ronces et les chardons dans ses forteresses. Ce sera la demeure des chacals, Le repaire des autruches;
The deserted palaces and fortified buildings will be full of thorns and thistles. The ruins will be a place for jackals/wolves and owls to live.
14 Les animaux du désert y rencontreront les chiens sauvages, Et les boucs s’y appelleront les uns les autres; Là le spectre de la nuit aura sa demeure, Et trouvera son lieu de repos;
Animals that live in the desert and hyenas/wolves will be there, and wild goats will bleat/call to each other. There will also be creatures/animals that [roam around] at night.
15 Là le serpent fera son nid, déposera ses œufs, Les couvera, et recueillera ses petits à son ombre; Là se rassembleront tous les vautours.
Owls will make their nests there and lay their eggs in the nests; and when the eggs hatch, the mother birds will cover them [with their wings]. There will also be falcons/hawks there, each with its mate.
16 Consultez le livre de l’Éternel, et lisez! Aucun d’eux ne fera défaut, Ni l’un ni l’autre ne manqueront; Car sa bouche l’a ordonné. C’est son esprit qui les rassemblera.
If you read what is written in the book that contains messages from Yahweh, you will find out what he will do [in Edom]. All of those animals and birds will be there, and each one will have a mate, because that is what Yahweh has promised, and his Spirit will cause them [all] to gather [there].
17 Il a jeté pour eux le sort, Et sa main leur a partagé cette terre au cordeau, Ils la posséderont toujours, Ils l’habiteront d’âge en âge.
He has decided what parts of the land [of Edom] each will live in, and those are the places where each bird or animal will live. Their descendants will possess those areas forever, throughout all generations.
