Isaiah 34

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	BIBLES DES PEUPLES
1 O nations and peoples: draw near, and listen, and pay attention! Let the earth and its fullness hear, the entire world and all its offspring.	1 Approchez-vous, nations, pour entendre, et vous peuples, soyez attentifs! Que le monde et ses habitants, que tout ce qui vit sur terre écoute!
2 For the indignation of the Lord is over all the nations, and his fury is over all their armies. He has put them to death, and he has given them over to slaughter.	2 Oui, la colère de Yahvé gronde contre les nations, et sa fureur contre toute leur armée. Il leur a jeté la malédiction et les a livrées au massacre.
3 Their slain will be cast out, and from their carcasses a foul odor will rise up. The mountains will languish because of their blood.	3 Les morts sont restés à la rue: on sent la puanteur de leurs cadavres, les montagnes ruissellent de sang,
4 And the entire army of the heavens will languish, and the heavens will be folded like a book. And their entire army will fall away, as a leaf falls from the vine or from the fig tree.	4 l’armée entière des astres se défait, les cieux sont roulés comme un livre; leur armée tombe, comme font les feuilles de la vigne, comme tombent celles du figuier.
5 “For my sword in heaven has been inebriated. Behold, it will descend upon Idumea, and upon the people of my slaughter, unto judgment.”	5 “Mon épée s’est enivrée dans les cieux, et maintenant elle descend pour châtier Édom, le peuple voué à l’anathème.”
6 The sword of the Lord has been filled with blood. It has been thickened by the blood of lambs and he-goats, by the innermost blood of rams. For the victim of the Lord is in Bozrah, and a great slaughter is in the land of Edom.	6 L’épée de Yahvé s’est remplie de sang, elle ruisselle de graisse, du sang des agneaux et des boucs, de la graisse des rognons de bélier. Yahvé invite aujourd’hui à Bosra pour un sacrifice, c’est le grand massacre du pays d’Édom.
7 And the single-horned beasts will descend with them, and the bulls along with the mighty. Their land will be inebriated by blood, and their ground by the fat of their lazy ones.	7 Aujourd’hui tombent les taureaux de leur peuple, leurs bœufs et leurs veaux gras, et la terre ruisselle de sang, la poussière du sol est imprégnée de graisse;
8 For this is the day of the vengeance of the Lord, the year of retribution for the judgment of Zion.	8 c’est un jour de vengeance pour Yahvé, c’est l’année de revanche dans les luttes de Sion.
9 And its torrents will be turned into tar, and its soil into sulfur. And its land will become burning tar.	9 Leurs torrents se changent en résine, la poussière devient du soufre, leur terre est changée en bitume.
10 Night and day, it will not be extinguished; its smoke will rise up without ceasing. From generation to generation it will remain desolate. No one will pass through it, forever and ever.	10 Ce pays brûlera nuit et jour, et sa fumée montera éternellement. Il sera aride à jamais, nul n’y passera.
11 The pelican and the hedgehog will possess it. And the ibis and the raven will live in it. And a measuring line will be extended over it, so that it may be reduced to nothing, and a plumb line, unto desolation.	11 Le pélican et le hérisson l’habiteront, la chouette et le corbeau y feront leur nid; le Seigneur tirera le cordeau pour la niveler et son niveau ne laissera que le vide.
12 Its nobles will not be in that place. Instead, they will call upon the king, and all its leaders will be as nothing.	12 Les boucs y habiteront. Il n’y aura plus de chefs pour élire un roi, car ses princes ne seront plus.
13 And thorns and nettles will rise up in its houses, and the thistle in its fortified places. And it will be the lair of serpents and the pasture of ostriches.	13 Les épines pousseront dans ses palais, les ronces et les chardons dans ses forteresses. Ce sera le repaire des chacals et le domaine des autruches.
14 And demons and monsters will meet, and the hairy ones will cry out to one another. There, the ogress has lain down and found rest for herself.	14 Les chats sauvages y rencontreront les chacals, et les démons à tête de bouc se répondront l’un à l’autre. Lilit, le mauvais génie des nuits, y aura son gîte pour y prendre son repos.
15 In that place, the hedgehog has kept its den, and has raised its young, and has dug around them, and has kept them warm in its shadow. In that place, the birds of prey have joined together, one to another.	15 Le serpent y fera son nid et pondra ses œufs, dans l’ombre il les couvera et les fera éclore. Les vautours s’y rassembleront et seront entre eux.
16 Search and read diligently in the book of the Lord. Not one of them was lacking; not one has sought for the other. For what has proceeded from my mouth, he has commanded, and his very Spirit has gathered them.	16 Cherchez donc dans le livre de Yahvé et lisez: Pas un d’eux ne manquera, car c’est sa bouche qui a donné l’ordre et son esprit les rassemblera.
17 And he has cast lots over them. And his hand has distributed this to them by measure. They will possess it, even unto eternity. From generation to generation, they will dwell in it.	17 Il tirera au sort, pour chacun d’eux, sa part; de sa main, il partagera le pays au cordeau, et ils le possèderont pour toujours, ils l’habiteront de génération en génération.