Isaiah 14

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	JERUSALEM
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.	1 Oui, Yahvé aura pitié de Jacob, il choisira de nouveau Israël. Il les réinstallera sur leur sol. L'étrangerse joindra à eux pour s'associer à la maison de Jacob.
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.	2 Des peuples les prendront et les ramèneront chez eux. La maison d'Israël les assujettira sur le sol deYahvé, pour en faire des esclaves et des servantes. Ils asserviront ceux qui les avaient asservis, ils maîtriserontleurs oppresseurs.
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,	3 Et il arrivera qu'au jour où Yahvé te soulagera de ta souffrance, de tes tourments et de la dureservitude à laquelle tu étais asservi,
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?	4 tu entonneras cette satire sur le roi de Babylone, et tu diras: Comment a fini le tyran, a fini sonarrogance?
5 The Lord has crushed the staff of the impious, the scepter of despots,	5 Yahvé a brisé le bâton des méchants, le sceptre des souverains,
6 which struck the people in wrath with an incurable wound, which subjugated the nations in fury, which persecuted with cruelty.	6 lui qui rouait de coups les peuples, avec emportement et sans relâche, qui maîtrisait avec colère lesnations, les pourchassant sans répit.
7 All the earth has become quiet and still; it has been gladdened and has rejoiced.	7 Toute la terre repose dans le calme, on pousse des cris de joie.
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.’	8 Les cyprès même se réjouissent à ton sujet, et les cèdres du Liban: "Depuis que tu t'es couché, on nemonte plus pour nous abattre!"
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.”	9 En bas, le shéol a tressailli à ton sujet pour venir à ta rencontre, il a réveillé pour toi les ombres, tousles potentats de la terre, il a fait lever de leur trône tous les rois des nations.
10 Everyone will respond and will say to you: “Now you are wounded, just as we were; you have become like us.	10 Tous prennent la parole pour te dire: "Toi aussi, tu es déchu comme nous, devenu semblable à nous.
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.	11 Ton faste a été précipité au shéol, avec la musique de tes cithares. Sous toi s'est formé un matelas devermine, les larves te recouvrent.
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?	12 Comment es-tu tombé du ciel, étoile du matin, fils de l'aurore? As-tu été jeté à terre, vainqueur desnations?
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.	13 Toi qui avais dit dans ton coeur: J'escaladerai les cieux, au-dessus des étoiles de Dieu j'élèverai montrône, je siégerai sur la montagne de l'Assemblée, aux confins du septentrion.
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds. I will be like the Most High.’	14 Je monterai au sommet des nuages, je m'égalerai au Très-Haut.
15 Yet truly, you shall be dragged down to Hell, into the depths of the pit.	15 Mais tu as été précipité au shéol, dans les profondeurs de l'abîme."
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,	16 Ceux qui t'aperçoivent te considèrent, ils fixent leur regard sur toi. "Est-ce bien l'homme qui faisaittrembler la terre, qui ébranlait les royaumes?
17 who made the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who would not even open a prison for his prisoners?’ ”	17 Il a réduit le monde en désert, rasé les villes, il ne renvoyait pas chez eux les prisonniers.
18 All the kings of the nations throughout the whole world have slept in glory, each man in his own house.	18 Tous les rois des nations, tous, reposent avec honneur, chacun chez soi.
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.	19 Toi, on t'a jeté hors de ton sépulcre, comme un rameau dégoûtant, au milieu de gens massacrés,transpercés par l'épée, jetés sur les pierres de la fosse, comme une charogne foulée aux pieds.
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.	20 Tu ne leur seras pas uni dans la tombe, car tu as ruiné ton pays, fait périr ton peuple. Plus jamais onne prononcera le nom de la race des méchants.
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.	21 Préparez le massacre de ses fils pour la faute de leur père. Qu'ils ne se lèvent plus pour conquérir laterre et couvrir de villes la face du monde."
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.	22 Je me lèverai contre eux, oracle de Yahvé Sabaot, et je retrancherai de Babylone le nom et le reste,descendance et postérité, oracle de Yahvé.
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.	23 J'en ferai un repaire de hérissons, un marécage. Je la balaierai avec le balai de la destruction. Oraclede Yahvé Sabaot.
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,	24 Yahvé Sabaot l'a juré: Oui! Comme j'ai projeté, cela se fera, comme j'ai décidé, cela se réalisera:
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.	25 Je briserai Assur dans mon pays, je le piétinerai sur mes montagnes. Et son joug glissera de sur eux,son fardeau glissera de son épaule.
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.	26 Telle est la décision prise contre toute la terre, telle est la main étendue sur toutes les nations.
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?	27 Quand Yahvé Sabaot a décidé, qui l'arrêtera, et sa main levée, qui la fera revenir?
28 In the year in which king Ahaz died, this burden was given:	28 L'année de la mort d'Achaz, cet oracle fut prononcé:
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.	29 Ne te réjouis pas, Philistie tout entière, de ce qu'est brisé le bâton qui te frappait. Car de la souche duserpent sortira une vipère, et son fruit sera un dragon volant.
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.	30 Car les premiers-nés des pauvres auront leur pâture, et les malheureux reposeront en sécurité, tandisque je ferai mourir de faim ta souche, et que je tuerai ce qui reste de toi.
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.	31 Hurle, porte! Crie, ville! Chancelle, Philistie tout entière! Car du nord vient une fumée, et personnene déserte ses bataillons.
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.	32 Que répondra-t-on aux messagers de cette nation? Que Yahvé a fondé Sion, et que là se réfugierontles pauvres de son peuple.