Isaïe 14
1 Car l'Eternel aura pitié de Jacob, et élira encore Israël, et il les rétablira dans leur terre, et les étrangers se joindront à eux, et s'attacheront à la maison de Jacob.
[But] Yahweh will act mercifully toward the Israeli people; he will choose [the people of] Israel [to be his people again], and he will allow them to [return here and] live in their own land again. Then people from [many] other countries will come here and unite with the Israeli people.
2 Et les peuples les prendront, et les mèneront en leur lieu, et la maison d'Israël les possédera en droit d'héritage sur la terre de l'Eternel, comme des serviteurs et des servantes; ils tiendront captifs ceux qui les avaient tenus captifs, et ils domineront sur leurs exacteurs.
People of other nations will help them to return to their [own] land, and those who come from other countries will (work for/become the servants of) the Israeli people. Those who captured people of Israel will be captured by Israeli soldiers, and the people of Israel will rule over the people who [previously] oppressed them.
3 Et il arrivera qu'au jour que l'Eternel fera cesser ton travail, ton tourment, et la dure servitude sous laquelle on t'aura asservi.
Some day Yahweh will free you [Israeli people] from suffering and trouble and from being afraid, and from being cruelly treated as slaves [MTY].
4 Tu te moqueras ainsi du Roi de Babylone, et tu diras; comment se repose l'exacteur? [comment] se repose celle qui était si avide de richesses?
When that happens, you will make fun of the King of Babylon by saying this: “You treated us cruelly, but that has ended! Your insolently causing others to suffer is finished!
5 L'Eternel a rompu le bâton des méchants, et la verge des dominateurs.
You evil ruler, Yahweh will get rid of your power, and you will oppress people no longer!
6 Celui qui frappait avec fureur les peuples de coups que l'on ne pouvait point détourner, qui dominait sur les nations avec colère, est poursuivi sans qu'il s'en puisse garantir.
You attacked people many times because you were very angry with them, and you subdued/conquered [other] nations by causing them to suffer endlessly.
7 Toute la terre a été mise en repos et en tranquillité; on a éclaté en chant de triomphe, à gorge déployée.
[But soon] everything will be quiet and peaceful on the earth. Everyone [PRS] will sing [again]!
8 Même les sapins et les cèdres du Liban se sont réjouis de toi, [en disant]; Depuis que tu es endormi, personne n'est monté pour nous tailler.
[It will be as though] even the trees in the forests will joyfully sing this song, the cyprus/pine [trees] and the cedar [trees] in Lebanon will sing it: ‘You (have been overthrown/are no longer a ruler), and now no one comes to get rid of us [MET].’
9 Le sépulcre profond s'est ému à cause de toi, pour aller au-devant de toi à ta venue, il a réveillé à cause de toi les trépassés, et a fait lever de leurs sièges tous les principaux de la terre, tous les Rois des nations. (Sheol h7585)
The dead people are [PRS] are eagerly waiting for you to come to the place where they are. The spirits of the world leaders will be delighted to welcome you; those who were kings of many nations [before they died] will stand up [to welcome you]. (Sheol h7585)
10 Eux tous prendront la parole, et te diront; tu as été aussi affaibli que nous; tu as été rendu semblable à nous;
They will all shout to you [together], ‘Now you are as weak as we are!’
11 On a fait descendre ta hauteur au sépulcre, avec le bruit de tes musettes; tu es couché sur une couche de vers, et la vermine est ce qui te couvre. (Sheol h7585)
You were very proud and powerful, [but all] that ended when you died, along with the sounds of harps [being played in your palace]. [Now in your grave] maggots will be under you [like a sheet] [MET], and worms will cover you [like a blanket] [MET]. (Sheol h7585)
12 Comment es-tu tombée des cieux, Etoile du matin, fille de l'aube du jour? toi qui foulais les nations, tu es abattue jusques en terre.
You have [disappeared from the earth like] [MET] a star which has fallen from the sky; you [were very well-known] [like] [MET] the morning star [which is seen by everyone]; you destroyed [many] nations, but now you have been destroyed.
13 Tu disais en ton cœur; Je monterai aux cieux, je placerai mon trône au-dessus des étoiles du [Dieu] Fort; je serai assis en la montagne d'assignation, aux côtés d'Aquilon;
You [proudly] said to yourself, ‘I will ascend to heaven, to my throne above God’s stars. I will rule on the mountain where [the gods] gather together, far in the north.
14 Je monterai au-dessus des hauts lieux des nuées; je serai semblable au Souverain.
I will ascend above the clouds and become like the highest/greatest god!’
[But you were not able to do that]; instead, you were carried down to your grave, and you went to the place where the dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
16 Ceux qui te verront te regarderont et te considéreront, [en disant]; N'est-ce pas ici ce personnage qui faisait trembler la terre, qui ébranlait les Royaumes.
The [other dead] people there stare at you; they wonder what happened to you. [They say], ‘Is this the man who caused the earth to shake and caused the [people in many] kingdoms to tremble?
17 Qui a réduit le monde habitable comme en un désert, et qui a détruit ses villes, et n'a point relâché ses prisonniers [pour les renvoyer] en leur maison?
Is this the man who [tried to] cause the world to become a desert, who conquered its cities and did not allow the people whom he captured to return to their homes?’
18 Tous les Rois des nations sont morts avec gloire, chacun dans sa maison;
All the kings of the earth [who have died] were greatly honored when they were buried,
19 Mais tu as été jeté loin de ton sépulcre, comme un rejeton pourri, [comme] un habillement de gens tués, transpercés avec l'épée, qui sont descendus parmi les pierres d'une fosse, comme une charogne foulée aux pieds.
but your [corpse will] not be buried; it will be thrown away like [SIM] a worthless branch [of a tree]. Your corpse will be under a heap of other corpses of soldiers that were killed by [their enemies’] swords, and [their corpses] were not buried; you will be with those who have gone down to the stony ground in a big pit.
20 Tu ne seras point rangé comme eux dans le sépulcre; car tu as ravagé ta terre; tu as tué ton peuple; la race des malins ne sera point renommée à toujours.
Your [corpse] will not be buried because you have destroyed your nation and have caused your people to be killed. The descendants of wicked people [like you] will never be honored again.
21 Préparez la tuerie pour ses enfants, à cause de l'iniquité de leurs pères; afin qu'ils ne se relèvent point, et qu'ils n'héritent point la terre, et ne remplissent point de villes le dessus de la terre habitable.
[People will say], ‘Slaughter this man’s children because of the sins that their ancestors committed! Do not allow them to become rulers and conquer [all the nations in] the world, and fill the world with the cities [that they rule]!’”
22 Je m'élèverai contre eux, dit l'Eternel des armées, et je retrancherai à Babylone le nom, et le reste [qu'elle a], le fils et le petit-fils, dit l'Eternel.
[This is what] the Commander of the armies of angels says: “I [myself] will cause Babylon to be conquered. I will get rid of Babylon and its people and their descendants.
23 Et je la réduirai en habitation de butors, et en marais d'eaux, et je la balayerai d'un balai de destruction, dit l'Eternel des armées.
I will cause Babylon to be a place where owls live, a place full of swamps; I will get rid of it completely [as though] [MET] I were sweeping it with a broom. [That is what I], the Commander of the armies of angels, say.”
24 L'Eternel des armées a juré, en disant; S'il n'est fait ainsi que je l'ai pensé, même comme je l'ai arrêté dans mon conseil, il tiendra;
The Commander of the armies of angels has [also] solemnly promised this: “The things that I have planned will surely happen [DOU].
25 C'est que je froisserai le Roi d'Assyrie dans ma terre, je le foulerai sur mes montagnes; et son joug sera ôté de dessus eux, et son fardeau sera ôté de dessus leurs épaules.
[When the army of] Assyria is in my land [of Israel], I will crush them. [It will be as though] I will trample them on my mountains. My people will no longer be the slaves [MET] of the people of Assyria; [it will be as though] [MET] I will take away the burdens that are on their shoulders.
26 C'est là le conseil qui a été arrêté contre toute la terre, et c'est là la main étendue sur toutes les nations.
I have a plan for everyone on the earth, a plan to show my power [MTY] to punish all the nations.
27 Car l'Eternel des armées l'a arrêté en son conseil; et qui l'empêcherait? et sa main est étendue; et qui la détournerait?
[I], the Commander of the armies of angels, have spoken, and no one can [RHQ] change my mind. When I raise my fist [to strike Assyria], no one [RHQ] will be able to stop me [from doing that].”
28 L'année en laquelle mourut le Roi Achaz, cette charge-ci fut [mise en avant].
I received this message [from Yahweh] during the year that King Ahaz died:
29 Toi, toute la contrée des Philistins, ne te réjouis point de ce que la verge de celui qui te frappait a été brisée; car de la racine du serpent sortira un basilic, et son fruit sera un serpent brûlant qui vole.
You people of Philistia, do not rejoice that the enemy army [MET] that attacked you has been defeated and that their king is dead. He was [as dangerous as] [MET] a snake, but there will be another king, who will be more [dangerous] than a cobra; he will be [like] [MET] a quick-moving poisonous snake.
30 Les plus misérables seront repus, et les pauvres reposeront en assurance, mais je ferai mourir de faim ta racine, et on tuera ce qui sera resté en toi.
Those of my people who are very poor will take care of their flocks of sheep, and the needy people will lie down safely, but I will cause you people [of Philistia] who are still alive [DOU] to die from famine.
31 Toi porte, hurle; toi ville, crie; toi tout le pays des Philistins, sois [comme] une chose qui s'écoule; car une fumée viendra de l'Aquilon, et il ne restera pas un seul homme dans ses habitations.
[So], you people of Philistia, wail at the gates of your cities! You should be extremely afraid, because [a very powerful army] will come from the north [to attack you]; [their chariots will stir up the dust like] [MET] a cloud of smoke. Each of their soldiers is ready to fight.
32 Et que répondra-t-on aux Ambassadeurs de [cette] nation? [On répondra] que l'Eternel a fondé Sion; et que les affligés de son peuple se retireront vers elle.
If messengers [from Philistia] come to us [Israeli people], this is what we must [RHQ] tell them: “Yahweh has established Jerusalem, [not Philistia], and his people who are oppressed will be safe inside [the walls of] Jerusalem.”
