Isaïe 13
1 Malheur accablant de Babylone qu’a vu Isaïe, fils d’Amos.
[I], Isaiah, the son of Amoz, received [from Yahweh] this message about Babylon [city]:
2 Sur une montagne couverte de nuages, levez un étendard, haussez la voix, levez la main, et que dans ses portes entrent les chefs.
Lift up a flag on the bare [top of a] hill, to signal [that an army should come to attack Babylon]. Shout to them and wave your hand [to signal to them] that they should march through the city gates into the palaces of the proud [rulers of Babylon]!
3 Moi, j’ai donné mes ordres à mes sanctifiés, et j’ai dans ma colère appelé mes forts qui exultent dans ma gloire.
[Yahweh says], “I have commanded those soldiers to do that; I have summoned the warriors whom I have chosen to punish [the people of Babylon] because of my being very angry with them, and those soldiers will be very proud [when they do that].”
4 La voix d’une multitude sur les montagnes est comme celle de peuples nombreux; voix retentissante de rois, de nations réunies; le Seigneur des armées a commandé à la milice de guerre,
Listen to the noise on the mountains, which is the noise of a huge army marching! It is the noise made by people of many people-groups shouting. The Commander of the armies of angels has summoned this army to gather together.
5 À ceux qui venaient d’une terre lointaine, de l’extrémité du ciel; le Seigneur et les instruments de sa fureur s’avancent pour perdre entièrement toute la terre.
They come from countries that are far away, from the most remote places [IDM] on the earth. They are [like] [SIM] weapons that Yahweh will use [to punish the people with whom] he is very angry, and to destroy the entire country [of Babylonia].
6 Poussez des hurlements, parce qu’est proche le jour du Seigneur; il viendra du Seigneur comme une dévastation.
[You people of Babylon] will scream because you will be terrified, because it will be the time that Yahweh [has determined/chosen], the time for the all-powerful [God] to destroy [your city].
7 À cause de cela toutes les mains seront affaiblies, et tout cœur d’homme se desséchera,
All of your people will be very afraid [DOU], with the result that they will be unable even to lift their arms.
8 Et sera brisé. Des tourments et des douleurs les tiendront; ils souffriront comme une femme en travail; chacun regardera son voisin avec stupeur; leurs visages seront comme des faces brûlées par le feu.
All of you will be terrified. You will have [PRS] severe pains like [SIM] a woman has when she is giving birth to a baby. You will look at each other helplessly, and it will show on your faces that you feel horror.
9 Voici que le jour du Seigneur viendra cruel et plein d’indignation, et de colère et de fureur, pour réduire la terre en solitude, et en exterminer ses pécheurs.
Listen to this: The day that Yahweh has appointed/chosen is near, the day that he will furiously and fiercely [punish you] because he is very angry [with you]. He will cause your land [of Babylonia] to be desolate/barren, and he will destroy [all] the sinners in it.
10 Parce que les étoiles du ciel et leur splendeur ne répandront pas leur lumière; le soleil s’est couvert de ténèbres à son lever; et la lune ne luira pas dans sa lumière;
[When that happens], none of the stars will shine. When the sun rises, it will be dark, and there will be no light from the moon [at night].
11 Et je visiterai les crimes de l’univers, ainsi que l’iniquité des impies, et je ferai cesser l’orgueil des infidèles, et l’arrogance des forts, je l’humilierai.
[Yahweh says], “I will punish [everyone in] the world for the evil things that they do; I will punish the wicked people for the sins that they have committed. I will stop arrogant/proud people from being proud, and I will stop ruthless people from acting cruelly.
12 L’homme de haute condition sera plus précieux que l’or, et l’homme de basse condition plus précieux que l’or le plus pur.
[And because I will cause most people to die], people will be harder to find than gold, harder to find than fine gold from Ophir [in Arabia].
13 De plus, j’ébranlerai le ciel, et la terre sortira de son lieu, et la terre sortira de son lieu, à cause de l’indignation du Seigneur des armées, et à cause du jour de la colère de sa fureur.
I will shake the sky, and the earth will [also] move out of its place. That will happen when [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, punish [wicked people], when [I show them that] I am extremely angry [with them].
14 Et elle sera comme une daine fuyant, et comme une brebis, et il n’y aura personne qui la réunisse; chacun retournera vers son peuple, et les uns après les autres dans leur pays s’enfuiront.
And all [the foreigners in Babylon will run around] like [SIM] deer that are being hunted, like sheep that do not have a shepherd. They will try to find other people from their countries, and [then] they will escape [from Babylon] and return to their own countries.
15 Quiconque sera trouvé sera tué, et quiconque se présentera, tombera sous le glaive.
Anyone who is captured [in Babylon] will be killed by [their enemies’] swords [DOU].
16 Leurs enfants seront écrases sous leurs yeux, leurs maisons seront pillées, et leurs femmes seront violées.
Their little children will be dashed to pieces on the rocks while [their parents] watch; [their enemies] will steal everything valuable from their houses and will rape their wives.
17 Et voilà que moi je susciterai contre eux les Mèdes, qui ne chercheront pas d’argent et qui ne voudront pas d’or.
Look! I am going to incite the people of Media to attack Babylon. The [army of Media] will attack Babylon, even if they are offered [DOU] silver or gold [if they promise to not attack it].
18 Mais de leurs flèches ils tueront les petits enfants, et ils n’auront pas pitié des seins qui allaitent, et les fils, leur œil ne les épargnera pas.
[With] their arrows, the [soldiers of Media] will shoot the young men [of Babylon]; they will not [even] act mercifully [DOU] toward infants or children!”
19 Et cette Babylone, glorieuse parmi les royaumes, illustre orgueil des Chaldéens, sera renversée, comme le Seigneur renversa Sodome et Gomorrhe.
Babylon has been a very beautiful [MTY] city; [all] the people of Babylonia have been very proud of Babylon, [their capital city]; [but] God will destroy Babylon, like [SIM] he destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
20 Elle ne sera jamais habitée; et elle ne sera pas rétablie dans la suite des générations, et l’Arabe n’y dressera pas ses tentes, et les pasteurs n’y reposeront point.
No one will ever live in Babylon again. It will be deserted forever. (Nomads/People who travel from place to place to live) will refuse to set up their tents there; shepherds will not bring their flocks of sheep to rest there.
21 Mais les bêtes sauvages s’y reposeront; et ses maisons seront remplies de dragons; et les autruches y habiteront, les boucs y bondiront.
Instead, animals that live in the desert will be there; jackals/wolves will live in [the ruins of] the houses. Owls (OR, Ostriches) will live in [the ruins], and wild goats will romp/jump around [there].
22 Et les hibous y répondront dans ses édifices, et les sirènes dans ses palais voluptueux.
Hyenas will howl in the [ruined] towers, and jackals/wolves will make their dens in [the ruins of] the palaces that [were previously] very beautiful. The time when [Babylon will be destroyed] is very near; Babylon will not exist much longer.
