Livre d'Isaïe 24

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1 Voici que Yahvé déchire la terre, il la défonce; il en bouleverse la face et disperse ses habitants.	1 Behold, the Lord will lay waste to the earth, and he will strip it, and he will afflict its surface, and he will scatter its inhabitants.
2 Tous ont le même sort, le peuple et le prêtre, l’esclave et le maître, la servante et la maîtresse, l’acheteur et le vendeur, celui qui emprunte et celui qui prête, le débiteur et le créancier.	2 And this shall be: as with the people, so with the priest; and as with the servant, so with his master; as with the handmaid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor.
3 La terre est toute défoncée, la terre est toute dévastée: Yahvé a parlé.	3 The earth will be utterly devastated and utterly plundered. For the Lord has spoken this word.
4 La terre est en deuil, l’univers est usé, le ciel est usé, tout comme la terre.	4 The earth mourned, and slipped away, and languished. The world slipped away; the loftiness of the people of the earth was weakened.
5 La terre a été souillée par ses habitants, ils ont violé la Loi, faussé les règles et rejeté l’Alliance perpétuelle.	5 And the earth was corrupted by its inhabitants. For they have transgressed the laws, they have changed the ordinance, they have dissipated the everlasting covenant.
6 C’est pourquoi la malédiction a dévoré la terre: on a fait payer ceux qui l’habitaient. Les habitants de la terre ont été consumés, et peu nombreux sont ceux qui restent.	6 Because of this, a curse will devour the earth, and its inhabitants will sin. And for this reason, its caretakers will become crazed, and few men will be left behind.
7 (Le vin nouveau est en deuil, la vigne se fane, les cœurs joyeux se lamentent.	7 The vintage has mourned. The vine has languished. All those who were rejoicing in their hearts have groaned.
8 La joie des tambourins s’est tue, c’en est fini du bruit des fêtes et le chant de la guitare s’est éteint.	8 The gladness of the drums has ceased. The sound of rejoicing has quieted. The sweetness of stringed instruments has been silenced.
9 Plus de vin, plus de chansons, même la liqueur semble amère.	9 They will not drink wine with a song. The drink will be bitter to those who drink it.
10 La ville du désordre est en ruines, ses maisons restent fermées.	10 The city of vanity has been worn away. Every house has been closed up; no one enters.
11 On crie dans la rue: plus de vin! la joie s’est envolée, les fêtes ont disparu du pays.	11 There will be a clamor for wine in the streets. All rejoicing has been abandoned. The gladness of the earth has been carried away.
12 Ce ne sont plus que ruines dans la ville, la Place est restée sans vie, saccagée.)	12 Solitude is what remains in the city, and calamity will overwhelm its gates.
13 Ils sont sur cette terre, là où étaient les peuples, comme les olives après la cueillette, comme les petites grappes après la vendange.	13 For so shall it be in the midst of the earth, in the midst of the people: it is as if the few remaining olives are being shaken from the olive tree, and it is like a few clusters of grapes, when the grape harvest has already ended.
14 Ceux-là élèvent la voix, et ce sont des cris de joie, du rivage de la mer ils acclament Yahvé!	14 These few shall lift up their voice and give praise. When the Lord will have been glorified, they will make a joyful noise from the sea.
15 Voici qu’on rend gloire à Yahvé aux îles d’Occident: “Îles, chantez le Nom de Yahvé, le Dieu d’Israël!”	15 Because of this, glorify the Lord in doctrine: the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea.
16 Nous avons entendu des chants, du plus loin du monde. “Gloire au Juste!” Or moi, je disais: “Je suis perdu, tout est perdu!” Mais non: malheur à ceux qui trahissent!	16 From the ends of the earth, we have heard the praises of the glory of the Just One. And I said: “My secret is for myself! My secret is for myself! Woe to me! Those who would betray us have betrayed us, and they have betrayed us with the betrayal of transgression.”
17 La terreur, le piège et le filet t’attendent, habitant de la terre!	17 Dread, and the pit, and the snare are over you, O inhabitant of the earth!
18 Qui fuit la terreur tombera dans le piège, qui remonte du piège sera pris au filet. Les écluses d’en haut se sont ouvertes, et les bases de la terre ont tremblé.	18 And this shall be: whoever will flee from the voice of dread will fall into the pit. And whoever will extricate himself from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the floodgates from above have been opened, and the foundations of the earth will be shaken.
19 La terre part en morceaux, la terre se fissure; la terre est chavirée.	19 The earth will be utterly broken! The earth will be utterly crushed! The earth will be utterly shaken!
20 Comme un ivrogne, elle titube en tout sens, comme une cabane elle se balance. C’est qu’elle porte le poids de sa faute, elle tombe pour ne plus se relever.	20 The earth will stagger greatly, like a drunken man, and will be carried away, like the tent of a single night. And its iniquity will be heavy upon it, and it will fall and not rise up again.
21 Yahvé, ce jour-là, demandera des comptes aux puissances du ciel, dans les hauteurs, et sur la terre, aux rois de la terre.	21 And this shall be: in that day, the Lord will visit upon the armies of the sky above, and upon the kings of the earth who are on the ground.
22 Ils seront rassemblés, envoyés prisonniers à la fosse, enfermés dans la prison; après de longs jours ils recevront leur sentence.	22 And they will be gathered together like the gathering of one bundle into a pit. And they will be enclosed in that place, as in a prison. And after many days, they will be visited.
23 La lune rougira, le soleil ne saura où se cacher car Yahvé Sabaot sera roi sur la montagne de Sion, à Jérusalem, et sa Gloire sera là devant ses Anciens.	23 And the moon will be ashamed, and the sun will be confounded, when the Lord of hosts will reign on mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and when he will have been glorified in the sight of his elders.