Isaïe 25
1 Eternel, tu [es] mon Dieu, je t'exalterai, je célébrerai ton nom, car tu as fait des choses merveilleuses; les conseils pris dès longtemps [se sont trouvés être] la fermeté même.
Yahweh, you are my God; I will honor you and praise you [MTY]. You do wonderful things; you said long ago that you would do those things, and now you have done them like you said that you would.
2 Car tu as fait de la ville un monceau de pierres, et de la forte cité une ruine; le palais des étrangers qui était dans la ville, ne sera jamais rebâti.
[Sometimes] you have caused cities to become heaps of rubble, cities that had strong walls around them. You have caused palaces in foreign countries to disappear; they will never be rebuilt.
3 Et à cause de cela le peuple fort te glorifiera, la ville des nations redoutables te révérera.
Therefore, people in powerful nations will declare that you are very great, and people in nations [whose leaders are] ruthless/cruel will revere you.
4 Parce que tu as été la force du chétif, la force du misérable en sa détresse, le refuge contre le débordement, l'ombrage contre le hâle; car le souffle des terribles est comme un débordement [qui abattrait] une muraille.
Yahweh, you are [like] [SIM] a strong tower where poor people can (find refuge/be safe), a place where needy people can go when they are distressed. [You are like] [MET] a place where people can find refuge in a storm and where they can be shaded from the hot sun. Ruthless/Cruel [people] oppress us; they are like [SIM] a storm beating against a wall,
5 Tu rabaisseras la tempête éclatante des étrangers, comme le hâle [est rabaissé] dans un pays sec, le hâle, [dis-je, ] par l'ombre d'une nuée; le branchage des terribles sera abattu.
and like [SIM] [the intense] heat in the desert. [But] you cause the roaring of people in foreign nations to cease. Like the air cools when a cloud comes overhead, you stop ruthless/cruel [people] from singing songs boasting about their being very great.
6 Et l'Eternel des armées fera à tous les peuples en cette montagne un banquet de choses grasses, un banquet de vins étant sur leur mère, [un banquet, dis-je, ] de choses grasses et mœlleuses, et de vins étant sur leur mère, bien purifiés.
Here in Jerusalem, the Commander of the armies of angels will prepare a wonderful feast for all the people [of the world]. It will be a banquet with plenty of good meat and fine well-aged [DOU] wine.
7 Et il enlèvera en cette montagne l'enveloppe redoublée qu'on voit sur tous les peuples, et la couverture qui est étendue sur toutes les nations.
[People here are] sad; their being sad is [like] a dark cloud that hangs over them, like they experience when someone dies. But Yahweh will enable them to quit being sad.
8 Il détruira la mort par sa victoire; et le Seigneur l'Eternel essuiera les larmes de dessus tout visage, et il ôtera l'opprobre de son peuple de dessus toute la terre; car l'Eternel a parlé.
He will get rid of death forever! Yahweh our God will cause people to no longer mourn because someone has died. And he will stop other people insulting and making fun of his land and [us] his people. [That will surely happen because] Yahweh has said it!
9 Et l'on dira en ce jour-là; voici, c'est ici notre Dieu; nous l'avons attendu, aussi nous sauvera-t-il; c'est ici l'Eternel; nous l'avons attendu; nous nous égayerons, et nous réjouirons de son salut.
At that time, [people] will proclaim, “Yahweh is our God! We trusted in him, and he rescued us! Yahweh, in whom we trusted, has done it; we should rejoice because of his saving/rescuing [us]!”
10 Car la main de l'Eternel reposera sur cette montagne; mais Moab sera foulé sous lui, comme on foule la paille pour en faire du fumier.
Yahweh [MTY] will protect and bless Jerusalem. [But] he will crush [the people in the land of] Moab; they will be like [SIM] straw that is trampled in the manure [and left to rot].
11 Et il étendra ses mains au travers de lui, comme celui qui nage les étend pour nager, et il rabaissera sa fierté, se faisant ouverture avec ses mains.
Yahweh will push down the people of Moab like [SIM] a swimmer pushes [the water] with his hands. He will cause them to cease being proud, and he will show that all the things that they have done are worthless.
12 Et il abaissera la forteresse des plus hautes retraites de tes murailles, il les renversera, il les jettera à terre, et les réduira en poussière.
The high walls [around the cities] in Moab will be torn down; they will be demolished and fall into the dust/dirt.
