Isaïe 14
1 Car l'Éternel aura compassion de Jacob; il choisira encore Israël; il les rétablira dans leur terre; les étrangers se joindront à eux, et s'attacheront à la maison de Jacob.
Her time is drawing near, and her days will not be prolonged. For the Lord will take pity on Jacob, and he will still choose from Israel, and he will cause them to rest upon their own soil. And the new arrival will be joined to them, and he will adhere to the house of Jacob.
2 Les peuples les prendront et les ramèneront dans leur pays; et la maison d'Israël les possédera, sur la terre de l'Éternel, comme serviteurs et comme servantes. Ils mèneront captifs ceux qui les menaient captifs, et ils domineront sur leurs exacteurs.
And the people will take them, and lead them to their place. And the house of Israel will possess them, in the land of the Lord, as men and women servants. And they will take captive those who had taken them captive. And they will subjugate their oppressors.
3 Et le jour où l'Éternel t'aura fait reposer de ton travail et de ton tourment, et de la dure servitude sous laquelle on t'avait asservi,
And this shall be in that day: when God will have given you rest from your labor, and from your oppression, and from the difficult servitude under which you served before,
4 Tu commenceras ce chant sur le roi de Babylone, et tu diras: Comment a fini le tyran, comment a fini l'oppression?
you will accept this parable against the king of Babylon, and you will say: “How is it that the oppressor has ceased, along with his tribute?
5 L'Éternel a brisé le bâton des méchants, la verge des dominateurs!
The Lord has crushed the staff of the impious, the scepter of despots,
6 Celui qui frappait les peuples avec fureur, de coups incessants, qui gouvernait les peuples avec colère, est poursuivi sans ménagement!
which struck the people in wrath with an incurable wound, which subjugated the nations in fury, which persecuted with cruelty.
7 Toute la terre est en repos, elle est tranquille; on éclate en cris de joie.
All the earth has become quiet and still; it has been gladdened and has rejoiced.
8 Les cyprès aussi, les cèdres du Liban, se réjouissent à ton sujet. Depuis que tu es gisant, disent-ils, personne ne monte plus pour nous abattre.
The evergreens, too, have rejoiced over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying: ‘Since you have slept, no one has ascended who would cut us down.’
9 Le Sépulcre profond s'émeut devant toi, pour venir à ta rencontre. Il réveille devant toi les trépassés, tous les puissants de la terre; il fait lever de leurs trônes tous les rois des nations. (Sheol h7585)
Hell below was stirred up to meet you at your advent; it has awakened the giants for you. All the leaders of the earth have risen from their thrones, all the leaders among the nations.” (Sheol h7585)
10 Tous ils prennent la parole, et te disent: Toi aussi, te voilà sans force comme nous! Tu es devenu semblable à nous!
Everyone will respond and will say to you: “Now you are wounded, just as we were; you have become like us.
11 Ta magnificence est descendue au Sépulcre, avec le son de tes lyres. Tu es couché sur une couche de vers, et la corruption est ta couverture! (Sheol h7585)
Your arrogance has been dragged down to Hell. Your body has fallen dead. The moths will be strewn beneath you, and the worms will be your covering. (Sheol h7585)
12 Comment es-tu tombé du ciel, astre brillant (Lucifer), fils de l'aurore? Comment as-tu été abattu à terre, toi qui foulais les nations?
How is it that you have fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, who used to rise like the sun? How is it that you have fallen to the earth, you who wounded the peoples?
13 Tu disais en ton cœur: Je monterai aux cieux, j'élèverai mon trône par-dessus les étoiles de Dieu; je siégerai sur la montagne de l'assemblée, aux régions lointaines de l'Aquilon.
And you said in your heart: ‘I will climb up to heaven. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. I will be enthroned upon the mountain of the covenant, on the northern parts.
14 Je monterai sur les hauteurs des nues, je serai semblable au Très-Haut.
I will ascend above the tops of the clouds. I will be like the Most High.’
Yet truly, you shall be dragged down to Hell, into the depths of the pit. (Sheol h7585)
16 Ceux qui te voient fixent leurs yeux sur toi; ils te considèrent: Est-ce là cet homme qui faisait trembler la terre, qui ébranlait les royaumes,
Those who see you, will lean toward you, and will gaze upon you, saying: ‘Could this be the man who disturbed the earth, who shook kingdoms,
17 Qui changeait le monde en désert, qui détruisait les villes et ne relâchait pas ses prisonniers?
who made the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who would not even open a prison for his prisoners?’”
18 Tous les rois des nations, oui tous, reposent avec gloire, chacun dans sa demeure.
All the kings of the nations throughout the whole world have slept in glory, each man in his own house.
19 Mais toi, tu es jeté loin de ta sépulture, comme un rejeton de rebut; tu es recouvert des corps morts, percés par l'épée, qu'on jette sous les pierres d'une fosse; tu es comme un cadavre foulé aux pieds!
But you have been rejected from your grave, like a useless polluted plant, and you have been bound up with those who were slain by the sword, and who descended to the bottom of the pit, like a rotting carcass.
20 Tu ne seras pas réuni à eux dans la tombe; car tu as ravagé ta terre, tu as tué ton peuple. La race des méchants ne sera plus nommée à jamais!
You will not be associated with them, even in the grave. For you have destroyed your own land; you have slain your own people. The offspring of the wicked ones will not be called upon for eternity.
21 Préparez le massacre pour les fils, à cause de l'iniquité de leurs pères. Qu'ils ne se lèvent plus pour posséder la terre, et couvrir de villes la face du monde!
Prepare his sons for the slaughter, according to the iniquity of their fathers. They will not rise up, nor inherit the earth, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
22 Je m'élèverai contre eux, dit l'Éternel des armées; et je retrancherai de Babylone son nom et son reste, le fils et le petit-fils, dit l'Éternel.
But I will rise up against them, says the Lord of hosts. And I will perish the name of Babylon and its remnants: both the plant and its progeny, says the Lord.
23 J'en ferai la tanière du hérisson; j'en ferai un marécage; je la balaierai avec le balai de la destruction, dit l'Éternel des armées.
And I will appoint it as a possession for the hedgehog, with swamps of water. And I will sweep it out and wear it away with a brush, says the Lord of hosts.
24 L'Éternel des armées l'a juré, disant: Certainement, la chose arrivera comme je l'ai projetée, et ce que j'ai résolu, s'accomplira:
The Lord of hosts has sworn, saying: Surely, just as I have considered it, so shall it be, and in the same manner as I have drawn it through my mind,
25 De briser Assur dans ma terre, et de le fouler aux pieds sur mes montagnes; son joug sera ôté de dessus mon peuple, et son fardeau de dessus leurs épaules.
so shall it occur. So shall I crush the Assyrian in my land, and I will trample him upon my mountains, and his yoke will be taken away from them, and his burden will be removed from their shoulder.
26 C'est là le dessein arrêté contre toute la terre, c'est là la main étendue sur toutes les nations.
This is the plan that I have decided, concerning the entire earth, and this is the hand which is extended over all the nations.
27 Car l'Éternel des armées a formé ce dessein: qui l'empêchera? C'est sa main qui est étendue: qui la détournera
For the Lord of hosts has decreed it, and who is able to weaken it? And his hand is extended, so who can avert it?
28 L'année de la mort du roi Achaz, cet oracle fut prononcé:
In the year in which king Ahaz died, this burden was given:
29 Ne te réjouis point, terre des Philistins, de ce que la verge qui te frappait a été brisée; car de la race du serpent naîtra un basilic, et le fruit en sera un dragon volant.
You should not rejoice, all you of Philistia, that the rod of him who struck you has been crushed. For from the root of the serpent will go forth a king snake, and his offspring will engulf that which flies.
30 Alors les plus pauvres seront repus, et les misérables reposeront en sécurité; mais je ferai mourir de faim ta postérité, et on tuera ce qui sera resté de toi.
And the firstborn of the poor will be pastured, and the poor will rest in faithfulness. And I will cause your root to pass away by famine, and I will put to death your remnant.
31 Porte, gémis! Ville, lamente-toi! Terre des Philistins, sois toute dans l'épouvante! Car du nord vient une fumée, une troupe où nul combattant ne quitte son rang.
Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! All of Philistia has been prostrated. For a smoke will arrive from the north, and there is no one who will escape his army.
32 Et que répondre aux envoyés de cette nation? Que l'Éternel a fondé Sion, et qu'en elle les affligés de son peuple auront leur refuge.
And what will be the response to this news among the nations? It will be that the Lord has established Zion, and that the poor of his people will hope in him.
