Isaiah 33

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	JERUSALEM
1 Woe to you who plunder! Will you yourselves not also be plundered? And woe to you who despise! Will you yourselves not also be despised? When you will have completed your plundering, you will be plundered. When, out of fatigue, you will have ceased acting with contempt, you will be treated with contempt.	1 Malheur à toi qui détruis et n'es pas détruit, qui es traître alors qu'on ne te trahit pas; quand tu aurasfini de détruire, tu seras détruit, quand tu auras terminé tes trahisons, on te trahira.
2 O Lord, take pity on us. For we have waited for you. Be our arm in the morning and our salvation in the time of tribulation.	2 Yahvé, fais-nous grâce, en toi nous espérons. Sois notre bras chaque matin, et aussi notre salut autemps de la détresse.
3 From the voice of the Angel, the people fled. And from your exultation, the nations were scattered.	3 Au bruit du tumulte les peuples s'enfuient, lorsque tu te lèves les nations se dispersent.
4 And your spoils will be gathered together, just as the locusts are collected when the ditches have become filled with them.	4 On amasse chez vous le butin comme amasse le criquet, on se rue sur lui comme une ruée desauterelles.
5 The Lord has been magnified, because he has lived on high. He has filled Zion with judgment and justice.	5 Yahvé est exalté car il trône là-haut, il comble Sion de droit et de justice.
6 And there will be faith in your times: the riches of salvation, wisdom and knowledge. For the fear of the Lord is his treasure.	6 Et ce sera la sécurité pour tes jours: sagesse et connaissance sont les richesses qui sauvent, la craintede Yahvé, tel est son trésor.
7 Behold, outside, those who see will cry out. The Angels of peace will weep bitterly.	7 Voici qu'Ariel pousse des cris dans les rues, les messagers de paix pleurent amèrement.
8 The roads have become desolate. Travelers have ceased along the paths. The covenant has been nullified. He has tossed aside cities. He has disregarded men.	8 Les routes sont désolées, plus de passants sur les chemins, on a rompu l'alliance, méprisé les témoins,on n'a tenu compte de personne.
9 The earth has mourned and languished. Lebanon has been confounded and desecrated. And Sharon has become like a desert. And Bashan and Carmel have been struck together.	9 Endeuillée, la terre languit. Couvert de honte, le Liban se dessèche, Saron est devenue comme lasteppe, Bashân et le Carmel frémissent.
10 “Now, I will rise up!” says the Lord. “Now I will be exalted! Now I will lift myself up!”	10 Maintenant je me lève, dit Yahvé, maintenant je me dresse, maintenant je m'élève.
11 You will conceive heat. You will give birth to stubble. Your own spirit will devour you like fire.	11 Vous concevez du foin, vous enfantez de la paille, mon souffle, comme un feu, vous dévorera.
12 And the people will be like the ashes from a fire. They will be consumed by fire like a bundle of thorns.	12 Les peuples seront consumés comme par la chaux, épines coupées, ils seront brûlés au feu.
13 “You who are far away, listen to what I have done! And you who are near, acknowledge my strength!”	13 Ecoutez, vous qui êtes loin, ce que j'ai fait, sachez, vous qui êtes proches, quelle est ma puissance.
14 The sinners in Zion are terrified; trembling has taken hold of the hypocrites. Who among you is able to live with a devouring fire? Who among you will live with an everlasting flame?	14 Les pécheurs ont été terrifiés à Sion, un tremblement a saisi les impies. Qui de nous tiendra devantun feu dévorant? Qui de nous tiendra devant des brasiers éternels?
15 The one who walks in justice and speaks the truth, who casts out avarice with oppression and shakes all bribes from his hands, who blocks his ears so that he may not listen to blood, and closes his eyes so that he may not see evil.	15 Celui qui se conduit avec justice et parle loyalement, qui refuse un gain extorqué et repousse de lamain le pot-de-vin, qui se bouche les oreilles pour ne pas entendre les propos sanguinaires, et ferme les yeuxpour ne pas voir le mal,
16 Such a one will live on high; the fortification of rocks will be his lofty place. Bread has been given to him; his waters are reliable.	16 celui-là habitera dans les hauteurs, les roches escarpées seront son refuge, on lui donnera du pain,l'eau ne lui manquera pas.
17 His eyes will see the king in his elegance; they will discern the land from far away.	17 Tes yeux contempleront le roi dans sa beauté, ils verront un pays qui s'étend au loin.
18 Your heart will meditate on fear. Where are the learned? Where are those who ponder the words of the law? Where are the teachers of little ones?	18 Ton coeur méditera ses frayeurs: "Où est celui qui comptait? Où est celui qui pesait? Où est celui quicomptait les tours?"
19 You will not look upon a shameless people, a people of exalted words. For you are not able to understand the dissertation of a tongue in which there is no wisdom.	19 Tu ne verras plus le peuple insolent, le peuple au langage incompréhensible, à la langue barbare etdénuée de sens.
20 Look with favor upon Zion, the city of our solemnity. Your eyes will behold Jerusalem: an opulent habitation, a tabernacle that can never be taken away. Its stakes will not be taken away forever, nor will any of its cords be broken.	20 Contemple Sion, cité de nos fêtes, que tes yeux voient Jérusalem, résidence sûre, tente qu'on nedéplacera pas, dont on n'arrachera jamais les piquets, dont les cordes ne seront jamais rompues.
21 For only in that place has our Lord been magnified. It is a place of rivers, very broad and open. No ship with oars will cross through it, nor will the great Greek ship pass through it.	21 Mais c'est là que Yahvé nous montre sa puissance, comme un lieu de fleuves et de canaux très largesoù ne vogueront pas les bateaux à rame, que ne traverseront pas les grands vaisseaux.
22 For the Lord is our judge. The Lord is our lawgiver. The Lord is our king. He himself will save us.	22 (Car Yahvé nous juge et Yahvé nous régente, Yahvé est notre roi, c'est lui notre sauveur.)
23 Your ropes have become loose, and they will not prevail. Your mast will be such that you will not be able to unfurl a flag. Then the spoils of much plunder will be divided. The lame will seize the spoils.	23 Tes cordages ont lâché, ils ne maintiennent plus le mât, ils ne hissent plus le signal. Alors on s'estpartagé un énorme butin, les boiteux se sont livrés au pillage.
24 He who is nearby will not say: “I am too weak.” The people who live in it will have their iniquity taken away from them.	24 Aucun habitant ne dira plus: "Je suis malade", le peuple qui y demeure verra sa faute remise.