Livre d'Isaïe 14

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1 Yahvé aura pitié de Jacob, Israël sera encore son préféré; il les fera reposer dans leur pays. L’étranger se joindra à eux et s’attachera à la maison de Jacob.	1 Her time is drawing near, and her days will not be prolonged. For the Lord will take pity on Jacob, and he will still choose from Israel, and he will cause them to rest upon their own soil. And the new arrival will be joined to them, and he will adhere to the house of Jacob.
2 Des peuples les prendront pour les ramener chez eux, mais, sitôt arrivé à la terre de Yahvé, le peuple d’Israël sera leur maître: eux seront ses esclaves et ses serviteurs. Israël fera prisonniers ceux qui le tenaient captif et dominera ses oppresseurs.	2 And the people will take them, and lead them to their place. And the house of Israel will possess them, in the land of the Lord, as men and women servants. And they will take captive those who had taken them captive. And they will subjugate their oppressors.
3 Le jour où Yahvé t’aura délivré de ta peine, de ton angoisse, et de ce dur esclavage auquel tu étais soumis,	3 And this shall be in that day: when God will have given you rest from your labor, and from your oppression, and from the difficult servitude under which you served before,
4 tu entonneras ce chant contre le roi de Babylone; tu diras: Comment donc a fini le tyran? Comment a cessé l’oppression?”	4 you will accept this parable against the king of Babylon, and you will say: “How is it that the oppressor has ceased, along with his tribute?
5 Yahvé a brisé le fouet des méchants, le bâton des tyrans,	5 The Lord has crushed the staff of the impious, the scepter of despots,
6 celui qui, dans sa colère, frappait les peuples à coups redoublés, et dans sa fureur imposait aux nations sa tyrannie jalouse.	6 which struck the people in wrath with an incurable wound, which subjugated the nations in fury, which persecuted with cruelty.
7 Toute la terre a retrouvé calme et repos, elle éclate en cris de joie.	7 All the earth has become quiet and still; it has been gladdened and has rejoiced.
8 Même les cyprès se réjouissent, avec les cèdres du Liban: “Depuis que tu es mort, disent-ils, nous n’avons plus à craindre le bûcheron.”	8 The evergreens, too, have rejoiced over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying: ‘Since you have slept, no one has ascended who would cut us down.’
9 À l’annonce de ta venue, le séjour des morts s’agite dans ses profondeurs, il réveille pour toi ses fantômes, tous les grands de la terre; il fait lever de leur trône tous les rois des nations.	9 Hell below was stirred up to meet you at your advent; it has awakened the giants for you. All the leaders of the earth have risen from their thrones, all the leaders among the nations.”
10 Tous commencent à parler. Ils disent: “Te voilà toi aussi abattu comme nous; tu es devenu l’un de nous.	10 Everyone will respond and will say to you: “Now you are wounded, just as we were; you have become like us.
11 Ta splendeur et le son de tes harpes sont descendus au séjour des morts. Les vers te servent de lit, la vermine est ta couverture.	11 Your arrogance has been dragged down to Hell. Your body has fallen dead. The moths will be strewn beneath you, and the worms will be your covering.
12 Quoi, tu es tombé du ciel, astre de lumière, fils de l’aurore! Te voilà à terre écrasé, toi qui écrasais les nations.	12 How is it that you have fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, who used to rise like the sun? How is it that you have fallen to the earth, you who wounded the peoples?
13 C’est bien toi qui disais: Je monterai jusqu’au ciel, je placerai mon trône plus haut que les étoiles de Dieu. Je siégerai sur la montagne du Rendez-Vous, aux frontières de l’horizon.	13 And you said in your heart: ‘I will climb up to heaven. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. I will be enthroned upon the mountain of the covenant, on the northern parts.
14 Je monterai par-dessus les nuages et je serai l’égal du Très-Haut.	14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds. I will be like the Most High.’
15 Mais te voici descendu au séjour des morts, au plus profond de la fosse.	15 Yet truly, you shall be dragged down to Hell, into the depths of the pit.
16 Ceux qui t’aperçoivent regardent et s’étonnent: “Est-ce donc là celui qui faisait trembler la terre, qui renversait les royaumes?	16 Those who see you, will lean toward you, and will gaze upon you, saying: ‘Could this be the man who disturbed the earth, who shook kingdoms,
17 Il changeait le monde en désert, il détruisait les villes et jamais n’ouvrait la porte de ses prisons.”	17 who made the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who would not even open a prison for his prisoners?’ ”
18 Tous les rois des nations reposent avec honneur, chacun dans son palais;	18 All the kings of the nations throughout the whole world have slept in glory, each man in his own house.
19 mais toi, on t’a jeté sans sépulture, comme une ordure méprisable, un cadavre piétiné, recouvert des victimes de l’épée.	19 But you have been rejected from your grave, like a useless polluted plant, and you have been bound up with those who were slain by the sword, and who descended to the bottom of the pit, like a rotting carcass.
20 Tu ne rejoindras pas, chez les morts, ceux qui ont eu droit aux funérailles, car tu as détruit ton pays, tu as massacré ton peuple; jamais plus on ne parlera de la race des malfaisants.	20 You will not be associated with them, even in the grave. For you have destroyed your own land; you have slain your own people. The offspring of the wicked ones will not be called upon for eternity.
21 Préparez le massacre des fils pour venger les crimes de leurs pères. Que plus jamais ils ne se lèvent pour conquérir la terre, pour couvrir le monde de leurs cités.”	21 Prepare his sons for the slaughter, according to the iniquity of their fathers. They will not rise up, nor inherit the earth, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
22 “Je veux m’en prendre à eux - parole de Yahvé Sabaot. J’arracherai de Babylone le nom et le reste, ses enfants et tous ses descendants - parole de Yahvé.	22 But I will rise up against them, says the Lord of hosts. And I will perish the name of Babylon and its remnants: both the plant and its progeny, says the Lord.
23 Je la donne en héritage aux hérissons et j’en fais une mare d’eau; je la balaie: c’est un balayage par le vide - parole de Yahvé Sabaot.”	23 And I will appoint it as a possession for the hedgehog, with swamps of water. And I will sweep it out and wear it away with a brush, says the Lord of hosts.
24 Yahvé Sabaot l’a juré: “Tout sera comme je l’ai conçu et voulu. Les choses se réaliseront.	24 The Lord of hosts has sworn, saying: Surely, just as I have considered it, so shall it be, and in the same manner as I have drawn it through my mind,
25 Je briserai l’Assyrie dans mon pays, je l’écraserai sur mes montagnes. Son joug ne pèsera plus sur mon peuple, son fardeau sera enlevé de leurs épaules.	25 so shall it occur. So shall I crush the Assyrian in my land, and I will trample him upon my mountains, and his yoke will be taken away from them, and his burden will be removed from their shoulder.
26 Telle est la décision que j’ai prise contre toute la terre, c’est ainsi que je frapperai toutes les nations.	26 This is the plan that I have decided, concerning the entire earth, and this is the hand which is extended over all the nations.
27 Si Yahvé Sabaot l’a décidé, qui l’en empêcherait? S’il a levé la main, qui la détournerait?	27 For the Lord of hosts has decreed it, and who is able to weaken it? And his hand is extended, so who can avert it?
28 L’année de la mort du roi Akaz, Isaïe prononça cette parole:	28 In the year in which king Ahaz died, this burden was given:
29 Ne te réjouis pas si vite, Philistie! Le fouet qui te frappait s’est brisé, mais de la racine du serpent sortira une vipère, et son fruit sera un dragon ailé.	29 You should not rejoice, all you of Philistia, that the rod of him who struck you has been crushed. For from the root of the serpent will go forth a king snake, and his offspring will engulf that which flies.
30 Quand mes pauvres trouveront leur nourriture, et que les malheureux dormiront en sécurité, je ferai mourir de faim ta descendance et je tuerai ce qui restera de toi.	30 And the firstborn of the poor will be pastured, and the poor will rest in faithfulness. And I will cause your root to pass away by famine, and I will put to death your remnant.
31 Hurlez, à la municipalité, et que toute la ville pousse des cris! Te voilà sans forces, terre des Philistins: du nord s’élève une fumée, ils viennent! et nul d’entre eux ne s’écarte de ses rangs.	31 Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! All of Philistia has been prostrated. For a smoke will arrive from the north, and there is no one who will escape his army.
32 Que répondra-t-on aux messagers de ce peuple? Que Yahvé a fondé Sion, et que les pauvres de son peuple y sont en sûreté.	32 And what will be the response to this news among the nations? It will be that the Lord has established Zion, and that the poor of his people will hope in him.