Isaïe 27
1 En ce jour-là l'Eternel punira de sa dure et grande et forte épée, le Léviathan, le serpent traversant; le Léviathan, dis-je serpent tortu, et il tuera la baleine qui [est] dans la mer.
At that time, Yahweh will punish Leviathan, the swift-moving monster/dragon, that coiling serpent that lives in the sea. Yahweh will kill it with his sharp, huge, and powerful sword.
2 En ce jour-là chantez, vous entre-répondant l'un à l'autre, touchant la vigne [fertile] en vin rouge.
At that time, [Yahweh will say], “You [Israeli people, who are like] [MET] a fruitful vineyard, must sing!
3 C'est moi l'Eternel qui la garde, je l'arroserai de moment en moment, je la garderai nuit et jour, afin que personne ne lui fasse du mal.
I will [protect you] [like a farmer] [MET] waters his crops carefully [in order that they will grow well]. I will guard you day and night, in order that no one harms you.
4 Il n'y a point de fureur en moi; qui m'opposera des ronces et des épines pour les combattre? je marcherai sur elles, je les brûlerai toutes ensemble.
I am no [longer] angry [with my people]; [if any of your enemies try to injure you like briers and thorns injure people] [MET], I will attack them [in battles]; I will get rid of them completely,
5 Ou forcerait-il ma force? Qu'il fasse la paix avec moi, qu'il fasse la paix avec moi.
unless they request me to protect them; I strongly invite them to make peace with me [DOU]!”
6 Il fera ci-après que Jacob prendra racine; Israël boutonnera, et s'épanouira; et ils rempliront de fruit le dessus de la terre habitable.
There will be a time when the (descendants of Jacob/Israeli people) will [prosper like] a plant that has good roots; they will be like [MET] trees that bud and blossom and bear a lot of fruit; [what they do will bless] all the people in the world.
7 L'aurait-il frappé de la même plaie dont il frappe celui qui l'a frappé? et aurait-il été tué comme ont été tués ceux qu'il a tués?
[But now I ask], has Yahweh punished us Israelis like he punished our enemies? Has he punished us as much as he punished them?
8 Tu plaideras avec elle modérément, quand tu la renverras; [même quand] il ferait retentir son vent rude, au jour du vent d'Orient.
[No, he has not done that], [but] he punished us Israeli people and (exiled us/forced us to leave our country); we were taken away from our land as though [SIM] we were struck by a windstorm from the east.
9 C'est pourquoi l'expiation de l'iniquité de Jacob sera faite par ce moyen, et ceci en sera le fruit entier, que son péché sera ôté; quand il aura mis toutes les pierres de l'autel comme des pierres de plâtre menuisées, et lorsque les bocages, et les tabernacles ne seront plus debout.
Yahweh did that in order to punish us for our sins, and remove our guilt. As a result [of our being exiled], all the altars to other gods [in Israel] will be demolished, and we will be forgiven for the sins that we have committed. There will be no more poles for worshiping the goddess Asherah, or altars for burning incense to other gods; they will all be torn down.
10 Car la ville munie sera désolée, le logement agréable sera abandonné et délaissé comme un désert, le veau y paîtra, il y gîtera, et il broutera les branches qui y seront.
The cities that have strong walls around them will be empty; like the desert, they will have no one living in them. The houses will be abandoned, and the streets will be full of weeds. Calves will eat grass there and lie down there; they will chew up all the leaves on the trees.
11 Quand son branchage sera sec il sera brisé, et les femmes y venant en allumeront du feu; car ce n'est pas un peuple intelligent, c'est pourquoi celui qui l'a fait n'aura point pitié de lui, et celui qui l'a formé ne lui fera point de grâce.
[The Israeli people are like] [MET] dry branches on a tree; women break them off and use them to make fires [under their cooking pots]. Our Israeli people do not have any sense; so Yahweh, who created them, will not act mercifully toward them or be kind to them.
12 Il arrivera donc en ce jour-là, que l'Eternel secouera depuis le cours du fleuve, jusqu'au torrent d'Egypte; mais vous serez glanés un à un, ô enfants d'Israël.
[However], there will be a time when Yahweh will gather them together [again; he will separate them from the people who have conquered them, like people] separate wheat from chaff. He will bring them [back to Israel], one by one, from [the land between] the Euphrates River [in the northeast] and the brook at the border of Egypt [in the southwest].
13 Et il arrivera en ce jour-là, qu'on sonnera du grand cor, et ceux qui s'étaient perdus au pays d'Assyrie, et ceux qui avaient été chassés au pays d'Egypte, reviendront, et se prosterneront devant l'Eternel, en la sainte montagne, à Jérusalem.
At that time, a trumpet will be blown very loudly. And those who were exiled to Assyria and Egypt and who almost died there will return to Jerusalem, to worship Yahweh on [Zion], his holy hill.
