Livre de Zacharie 9

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1 Prophétie. Yahvé s’est établi dans Hadrak et à Damas; voici que la source d’Aram appartient à Yahvé aussi bien que toutes les tribus d’Israël.	1 The burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach and its respite in Damascus. For the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is of the Lord.
2 De même Hamat qui est à côté, ainsi que Tyr et Sidon qui mènent si bien leurs affaires.	2 Hamath also is at its limits, and Tyre and Sidon. For, of course, they have assumed themselves to be exceedingly wise.
3 Tyr s’est construit une forteresse, elle y a amassé l’argent comme la poussière, et l’or fin autant que la boue des rues.	3 And Tyre has built herself a fortress, and she has piled together silver, as if it were soil, and gold, as if it were the mud of the streets.
4 Mais maintenant le Seigneur va s’en emparer; il jettera son rempart à la mer et le feu la dévorera.	4 Behold, the Lord will possess her, and he will strike her strength in the sea, and she will be devoured by fire.
5 En voyant cela Ashkélon prendra peur et Gaza tremblera de tous ses membres. Ékron perdra toute assurance; le roi de Gaza disparaîtra et Ashkélon sera privée d’habitants.	5 Ashkelon will see and be afraid. Both Gaza and he will be very sorrowful, as well as Ekron, because her hope has been confounded. And the king will pass away from Gaza, and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
6 Un étranger habitera dans Ashdod et je détruirai l’orgueil des Philistins.	6 And the divider will sit in Ashdod, and I will scatter the arrogance of the Philistines.
7 J’arracherai de leur bouche la viande saignante, et d’entre leurs dents leurs ordures. Les survivants des Philistins deviendront pour notre Dieu comme un clan de Juda; Ékron sera traitée comme une ville jébusite.	7 And I will take away his blood from his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth, and yet he will be left for our God, and he will be like a governor in Judah, and Ekron will be like a Jebusite.
8 Je camperai comme un gardien tout autour de ma maison, surveillant les allées et venues; plus personne ne les opprimera, car maintenant j’ai vu leur oppression.	8 And I will encircle my house with those who serve me in war, going and returning, and the exactor will no longer pass over them. For now I have seen with my eyes.
9 Réjouis-toi, fille de Sion, lance des cris joyeux, fille de Jérusalem, car voici que ton roi vient à toi. Il t’apporte justice et victoire, il est humble, monté sur un âne, sur un ânon, petit d’une ânesse.	9 Rejoice well, daughter of Zion, shout for joy, daughter of Jerusalem. Behold, your King will come to you: the Just One, the Savior. He is poor and riding upon a donkey, and upon a colt, the son of a donkey.
10 Il détruira les chars d’Éphraïm et les chevaux de Jérusalem; on pourra alors briser l’arc de guerre, car il imposera sa paix aux nations. Son empire s’étendra de la mer à la mer, depuis l’Euphrate jusqu’aux confins du monde.	10 And I will scatter the four-horse chariot out of Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be destroyed. And he will speak peace to the Gentiles, and his power will be from sea to sea, and from the rivers even to the end of the earth.
11 À cause de ton alliance scellée par le sang, je ferai sortir de la citerne les captifs.	11 You, likewise, by the blood of your testimony, have sent forth your prisoners from the pit, in which there is no water.
12 À toi, fille de Sion, reviendront les captifs qui attendent; aujourd’hui même je le déclare: vous recevrez en retour double bénédiction.	12 Turn back to the fortress, prisoners of hope. Today, I also announce that I will repay you double,
13 Voici que je fais de Juda mon arc, et d’Éphraïm ma flèche; je lance tes fils, Sion, contre les habitants des îles, je ferai de toi comme l’épée d’un héros.	13 because I have stretched out Judah for myself, like a bow; I have filled Ephraim. And I will raise up your sons, Zion, above your sons, Greece. And I will set you as the sword of the strength.
14 Yahvé se lèvera au-dessus d’eux, sa flèche partira comme l’éclair, le Seigneur Yahvé sonnera de la trompette et s’avancera au milieu de l’ouragan du midi.	14 And the Lord God will be seen over them, and his arrow will go forth like lightning. And the Lord God will sound the trumpet, and he will go forth into the whirlwind of the South.
15 Yahvé Sabaot sera leur bouclier; ils vaincront et piétineront les méchants, ils boiront leur sang comme du vin, ils s’en rempliront comme la coupe des sacrifices, comme les cornes de l’autel.	15 The Lord of hosts will protect them. And they will devour and subdue with the stones of the sling. And, when drinking, they will become inebriated, as if with wine, and they will be filled like bowls and like the horns of the altar.
16 Yahvé les sauvera; il sauvera ce peuple qui est son troupeau( ).	16 And in that day, the Lord their God will save them as the flock of his people. For holy stones will be lifted up over his land.
17 Les voilà forts, les voilà beaux! Le blé donnera fière allure aux garçons et le vin nouveau aux vierges.	17 For what is his goodness and what is his beauty, other than grain among the elect and wine springing forth virgins?