Isaïe 10
1 Malheur à ceux qui établissent des lois iniques, et qui écrivant, ont écrit l’injustice;
Terrible things will happen to you judges who are unjust and who make unfair laws.
2 Afin d’opprimer le pauvre dans le jugement, et de faire violence à la cause des faibles de mon peuple; afin que les veuves soient leur proie, et qu’ils pillent les orphelins!
You refuse to help poor people, and you do not allow them to get the things that they should get. You [allow people to] steal things from widows and do unfair things to orphans.
3 Que ferez-vous au jour de la visite et de la calamité, venant de loin? De qui solliciterez-vous le secours, et où abandonnerez-vous votre gloire,
When I punish you by sending people from distant lands to cause you to experience disasters, (to whom will you run to get help?/there will be no one who can help you.) [RHQ] Your valuable possessions will certainly [not be safe] [RHQ] anywhere.
4 Pour n’être point courbés sous la chaîne, et ne point tomber avec les tués? Après toutes ces choses sa fureur n’a pas été détournée, mais sa main est encore étendue.
You will be able only to stumble along as you are taken away with other prisoners, or [else] your corpses will lie on the ground with others who have been killed. But even after that happens, Yahweh will still be very angry with you. He will still be ready to strike you again with his fist.
5 Malheur à Assur! la verge et le bâton de ma fureur, c’est lui; dans sa main est mon indignation.
[Yahweh says], “Terrible things will happen to Assyria. [It is true that their army] is like a rod/club [DOU] with which I [punish other nations] because I am very angry with those nations [DOU].
6 Je l’enverrai vers une nation trompeuse, je lui donnerai des ordres contre le peuple de ma fureur, afin qu’il emporte des dépouilles, et qu’il enlève du butin, et qu’il le foule aux pieds comme la boue des places publiques.
[Sometimes] I send the armies of Assyria to attack a godless nation, to fight against [other] people who have caused me to be angry. I send them to capture people and to seize and take away their possessions, and to trample them like [SIM] people walk on mud in the streets.
7 Mais lui-même ne pensera pas ainsi, et son cœur n’aura pas un pareil sentiment; mais son cœur sera porté à la destruction et à la ruine totale d’un grand nombre de nations.
But the [king of Assyria] does not understand, he does not realize [that he is only like a weapon in my hand]. He wants [only] to destroy people, to get rid of many nations.
8 Car il dira:
He says, ‘All of my army commanders will soon be kings [of these nations that I conquer]!
9 Est-ce que mes princes ne sont pas autant de rois? Est-ce que Calano n’est pas comme Charcamis; et Emath comme Arphad? est-ce que Samarie n’est pas comme Damas?
We destroyed Calno [city] like we destroyed Carchemish [city], We destroyed Hamath [city] like we destroyed Arpad [city]; we destroyed Samaria just like we destroyed Damascus.
10 De même que ma main a atteint les royaumes des idoles, de même aussi j’atteindrai les simulacres de Jérusalem et de Samarie.
We were able to destroy [all] those kingdoms [that were full] of idols, kingdoms whose idols were greater than the idols in Jerusalem and Samaria.
11 Est-ce que comme j’ai fait à Samarie et à ses idoles, je ne ferai pas à Jérusalem et à ses simulacres?
So we will defeat Jerusalem and destroy the idols that are there, just like we destroyed Samaria and the idols that were there!’
12 Et il arrivera que, lorsque le Seigneur aura accompli toutes ses œuvres sur la montagne de Sion et dans Jérusalem, je visiterai le fruit du cœur arrogant du roi d’Assur, et la fierté de ses yeux altiers.
[But, I, Yahweh, say that] after I [have used Assyria to] finish what I want to do to punish the people in Jerusalem [DOU], I will punish the king of Assyria because he has been very proud and arrogant/boastful [DOU].
13 Car il a dit: Par la force de ma main j’ai fait, par ma sagesse j’ai compris; et j’ai arraché les limites des peuples, et j’ai spolié les princes, et comme puissant j’ai fait descendre ceux qui étaient assis sur un trône élevé.
He says, ‘By my own great power [MTY] I have done these things. I have been able to do them because I am very wise and very intelligent. My army removed the barriers [at the borders] of nations and carried away all their valuable things. My army has knocked down their kings like [SIM] a ferocious bull would.
14 Et ma main a atteint comme un nid la puissance des nations; et de même qu’on recueille des œufs qui ont été abandonnés, de même moi j’ai réuni toute la terre; et il ne s’est trouvé personne qui remuât l’aile et ouvrit la bouche, et fit entendre le moindre cri.
Like [MET] a farmer reaches into a bird’s nest [to take away the eggs], we have taken away the treasures of other countries [DOU]. The people were not like birds that would flap their wings or chirp loudly [to protest about their eggs being stolen]; the people did not object at all [to their treasures being stolen].’
15 Est-ce que la hache se glorifiera contre celui qui s’en sert pour fendre? ou la scie s’élèvera-t-elle contre celui par qui elle est mise en mouvement? C’est comme si la verge s’élevait contre celui qui la lève; et comme si le bâton se glorifiait, lui qui est absolument du bois.
[But I, Yahweh, say that] an axe certainly cannot [RHQ] boast about being stronger than the person who uses it, and a saw is not greater than the person who uses it. A rod cannot control the one who holds it [RHQ], and a wooden club cannot lift up a person [RHQ]. [So the king of Assyria should not boast that he has done these things with his own wisdom and strength].
16 À cause de cela le dominateur. Seigneur des armées, enverra la maigreur au milieu de ses gras: et au-dessous de sa gloire s’allumera et s’enflammera comme un brasier ardent.
And [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, will send a plague among the proud soldiers of Assyria; it will be like [MET] a fire that will kill them and get rid of their glory/wealth.
17 Et la lumière d’Israël sera le feu, et son Saint la flamme; et les épines et les ronces d’Assur s’embraseront et seront dévorées dans un seul jour.
[I], Yahweh, who am like [MET] a light for the people of Israel, will be the fire; [I], the Holy One, will be like a flame. [The soldiers of Assyria are like] [MET] thorns and briers, and I will burn them up in one night.
18 Et la gloire de sa forêt et de son Carmel, depuis l’âme jusqu’à la chair, sera {consumée; et Assur de frayeur s’enfuira.
There are glorious forests and fertile farmlands in Assyria, but I will completely destroy them; they will be like [SIM] a [very] sick person who shrivels up and then dies.
19 Et les restes des arbres de sa forêt, à cause de leur petit nombre, se compteront aisément, et un enfant pourra les enregistrer.
There will be very few trees left in those forests; even a child will be able to count them.”
20 Et il arrivera en ce jour-là que le reste d’Israël et ceux qui auront échappé de la maison de Jacob, ne s’appuieront plus sur celui qui les frappe, mais ils s’appuieront avec sincérité sur le Seigneur, le saint d’Israël.
In the future there will be only a few people left in Israel; not many descendants of Jacob will still be alive. [But] they will no longer rely on [the king of Assyria], [the king of the nation] that tried to destroy them. Instead, they will faithfully/sincerely trust in Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel.
21 Les restes se convertiront (les restes de Jacob, dis-je) au Dieu fort.
Those Israelis will return to their mighty God.
22 Car lors-même que ton peuple, ô Israël, serait comme le sable de la mer, les restes seulement se convertiront; ces restes, réduits à un petit nombre, abonderont en justice.
[Now], the people of Israel are as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, but only a few of them will return [from the countries to which they were exiled]. Yahweh has decided to destroy [most of the Israelis] and that is what [he must do because he is completely] just/righteous.
23 Car le Seigneur Dieu des armées fera une destruction et un retranchement au milieu de toute la terre.
[Yes, ] the Commander of the armies of angels has [already] decided to destroy the entire land [of Israel].
24 À cause de cela, voici ce que dit le Seigneur Dieu des armées: Mon peuple, habitant de Sion, ne crains pas Assur; avec la verge il te frappera, et il lèvera son bâton sur toi, dans la voie de l’Egypte,
This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “My people in Jerusalem, do not be afraid of the army of Assyria when they beat you with rods and clubs, like the men of Egypt did [to your ancestors long ago].
25 Car encore un peu, et un moment, et mon indignation et ma fureur seront à leur comble à cause de leur crime.
Soon I will no longer be angry with you, and [then] I will be angry with the people of Assyria and destroy them!”
26 Et le Seigneur des armées lèvera sur lui le fouet, comme il frappa Madian à la pierre d’Oreb, et sa verge sur la mer, et il la lèvera dans la voie de l’Egypte.
The Commander of the armies of angels will whip them. He will do to them like he did when he helped Gideon [and his 300 soldiers] to defeat the [army of the] Midian people-group, and like he did when he showed his mighty power [MTY] [by causing the army of Egypt to drown] in the [Red] Sea.
27 Et il arrivera en ce jour-là, que le fardeau d’Assur sera ôté de ton épaule, et son joug de ton cou; et le joug pourrira à cause de l’huile.
Some day, Yahweh will cause the army of Assyria to stop oppressing you, [his people]; he will end your suffering and your being slaves of the people of Assyria [MET]; he will take away the load that you people of Judah have been carrying, and cause things to go well for you.
28 Il viendra à Aïath, il passera par Magron; à Machmas il déposera ses bagages.
[The army of Assyria will enter northern Judah] near Aiath [town], they will go through Migron [town] and store their supplies at Micmash [town north of Jerusalem].
29 Ils ont passé en courant Gaba, notre campement; Rama a été frappé de stupeur, Gabaath de Saül a pris la fuite.
They will cross through a mountain pass and set up their tents at Geba [town]. [People in] Ramah [town] will tremble [because of being afraid]. [The people of] Gibeah [town], where King Saul [was born], will [all] run away.
30 Fais retentir la voix, fille de Gallim: sois attentive, Laïsa et toi aussi, pauvre Anathoth.
You people of Gallim [town] will cry out [for help]. You will shout to [the people of] Laish [city near Jerusalem] to warn them! [The people of] Anathoth [town] will suffer a lot.
31 Médéména a émigré: habitants de Gabim, rassurez-vous.
[The people of] Madmenah [town north of Jerusalem will all] be running away, and [the people of] Gebim [town close to Jerusalem] will be trying to hide.
32 Il est encore jour pour s’arrêter à Nobé; il agitera sa main contre la montagne de la fille de Sion, et la colline de Jérusalem.
The soldiers of Assyria will stop at Nob [city outside Jerusalem]. They will shake their fists [as they threaten the people] on Zion Hill in Jerusalem.
33 Voici que le dominateur, Seigneur des armées, brisera la petite bouteille par la terreur; et les plus élevés par la taille seront coupés par le bas, et les grands seront humiliés.
But listen to this! The Commander of the armies of angels with his great power will destroy [MET] the mighty army of Assyria. [It is as though they are] a huge tree [MET] that he will cut down.
34 Et les parties épaisses de la forêt seront abattues, et le Liban avec ses hauts cèdres tombera.
He will destroy the [soldiers of Assyria] like men use big axes to cut down the tall trees in the forests of Lebanon.
