Isaïe 23
1 Prophétie sur Tyr. Gémissez, navires de Tarsis, car elle est détruite! Plus de maisons! On n'y entre plus! La nouvelle leur en vient du pays de Kittim.
[I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Tyre [city]: You [sailors on] [APO] ships from Tarshish, weep, because [the harbor of] Tyre and all the houses [in the city] have been destroyed. The reports that you heard in Cyprus [island] about Tyre [are true].
2 Soyez stupéfaits, habitants de la côte, toi qui étais remplie par les marchands de Sidon, qui parcourent la mer!
You people who live along the coast [near Tyre], and merchants of Sidon [city], mourn silently. Your sailors went across the seas [to many places like Tyre].
3 A travers les grandes eaux, les grains du Shichor, les moissons du Nil, étaient son revenu; elle était le marché des nations.
They sailed across deep seas to buy grain in Egypt and [other] crops that are grown along the Nile [River]. Tyre became the city where people from [all] nations bought and sold goods.
4 Sois honteuse, ô Sidon! Car la mer, la forteresse de la mer, a parlé ainsi: Je n'ai point été en travail, je n'ai point enfanté, je n'ai point nourri de jeunes gens, ni élevé de jeunes filles.
But now you people in Sidon should be ashamed, because [you trusted in Tyre], which has been a strong fortress [on an island] in the sea. [Tyre is like a woman who is saying], “[Now it is as though] I have not given birth to [any] children, or raised [any] sons or daughters.”
5 Quand la nouvelle parviendra en Égypte, ils trembleront aux nouvelles de Tyr.
When [the people of] Egypt hear what has happened to Tyre, they will grieve very much.
6 Passez à Tarsis; gémissez, habitants du rivage!
Sail to Tarshish [and tell them what happened]; weep, you people who live along the coast.
7 Est-ce là votre joyeuse cité, dont l'origine remonte au jours anciens? Ses pieds la portent au loin pour habiter en étrangère!
[The people in] the very old city [of Tyre] were [RHQ] previously joyful. Traders [PRS] from Tyre established colonies in many distant nations.
8 Qui a résolu ces choses contre Tyr, la distributrice de couronnes, dont les marchands étaient des princes, dont les trafiquants étaient les grands de la terre?
People from Tyre appointed kings [over other places]; their traders were wealthy; they were [as powerful and wealthy as] [MET] kings. [So], who [RHQ] caused the people of Tyre to experience this disaster?
9 L'Éternel des armées l'a résolu, pour abaisser toute gloire orgueilleuse, pour humilier tous les grands de la terre.
It was the Commander of the armies of angels who did it; he did it in order to cause [you people in] Tyre not to be proud any more, to humiliate you men who are honored all over the world.
10 Parcours ton pays, pareille au fleuve, fille de Tarsis; plus de liens qui te retiennent!
You people of Tarshish, you must grow crops in your land [instead of trading]; spread out over your land like [SIM] the Nile [River] spreads over the land [of Egypt] when it floods, because there is no harbor [in Tyre for your ships] now.
11 L'Éternel a étendu sa main sur la mer, il a fait trembler les royaumes. Il a donné ordre contre Canaan, pour détruire ses forteresses.
[It is as though] Yahweh stretched out his hand over the sea and shook the kingdoms of the earth. He commanded that in Phoenicia/Canaan all its fortresses must be destroyed.
12 Il a dit: Tu ne continueras plus à te réjouir, fille de Sidon, vierge déshonorée! Lève-toi, passe au pays de Kittim; là même, tu n'auras point de repos.
He said to the people of Sidon, “You will never rejoice again, because you will be crushed; even if you flee to Cyprus [island], you will not escape destruction.”
13 Vois le pays des Caldéens, peuple qui naguère n'était pas: Assur assigna ce pays aux habitants du désert. Ils dressent leurs tours, ils détruisent les palais de Tyr, ils la mettent en ruines.
Think about what happened in Babylonia: the people who were in that land have disappeared. [The armies of] Assyria have caused that land to become a place where wild animals from the desert live. The Assyrians built dirt ramps to the top of the walls [of the city of Babylon]; [then they entered the city and] tore down the palaces and caused the city to become [a heap of] rubble.
14 Gémissez, navires de Tarsis! Car votre forteresse est détruite.
[So] wail, you [sailors on the] ships of Tarshish, because the harbor [in Tyre where your ships stop] is destroyed!
15 En ce temps-là, Tyr sera mise en oubli soixante-dix ans, le temps de la vie d'un roi. Au bout de soixante-dix ans, il en sera de Tyr comme de la courtisane dont parle la chanson:
For seventy years, which is as long as kings usually live, people will forget about Tyre. [But then it will be rebuilt]. What will happen there will be like what happened to a prostitute in this song:
16 “Prends la harpe, fais le tour de la ville, courtisane oubliée! Touche bien les cordes; multiplie les chants; afin qu'on se souvienne de toi! “
“You harlot, whom people had forgotten, play your harp well, and sing many songs, in order that people will remember you again.”
17 Et au bout de soixante-dix ans, l'Éternel visitera Tyr; elle retournera à ses gains impurs, elle se prostituera sur la face du monde avec tous les royaumes de la terre.
[It is true that] after seventy years Yahweh will restore Tyre. Their merchants will again earn a lot of money by buying things from and selling things to many [other] nations [HYP].
18 Mais ses profits et ses gains impurs seront consacrés à l'Éternel: il n'en sera rien accumulé, ni réservé. Car ses profits seront à ceux qui habitent devant la face de l'Éternel, pour les nourrir abondamment et les vêtir avec magnificence.
[But] their profits will be given to Yahweh. [The merchants] will not hoard their money; instead, they will give it to Yahweh’s priests in order that they [can] buy food and nice clothes.
