Esaïe 10
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Isaiah 10
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| Malheur à ceux qui prononcent des ordonnances iniques, Et à ceux qui transcrivent des arrêts injustes, | Cursed are those who make evil decisions, and the writers who make the records of their cruel acts: |
| Pour refuser justice aux pauvres, Et ravir leur droit aux malheureux de mon peuple, Pour faire des veuves leur proie, Et des orphelins leur butin! | Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father. |
| Que ferez-vous au jour du châtiment, Et de la ruine qui du lointain fondra sur vous? Vers qui fuirez-vous, pour avoir du secours, Et où laisserez-vous votre gloire? | And what will you do in the day of punishment, and in the destruction which is coming from far? to whom will you go for help, and what will become of your glory? |
| Les uns seront courbés parmi les captifs, Les autres tomberont parmi les morts. Malgré tout cela, sa colère ne s`apaise point, Et sa main est encore étendue. | ... For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. |
| Malheur à l`Assyrien, verge de ma colère! La verge dans sa main, c`est l`instrument de ma fureur. | Ho! Assyrian, the rod of my wrath, the instrument of my punishment! |
| Je l`ai lâché contre une nation impie, Je l`ai fait marcher contre le peuple de mon courroux, Pour qu`il se livre au pillage et fasse du butin, Pour qu`il le foule aux pieds comme la boue des rues. | I will send him against a nation of wrongdoers, and against the people of my wrath I will give him orders, to take their wealth in war, crushing them down like the dust in the streets. |
| Mais il n`en juge pas ainsi, Et ce n`est pas là la pensée de son coeur; Il ne songe qu`à détruire, Qu`à exterminer les nations en foule. | But this is not what is in his mind, and this is not his design; but his purpose is destruction, and the cutting off of more and more nations. |
| Car il dit: Mes princes ne sont-ils pas autant de rois? | For he says, Are not all my captains kings? |
| N`en a-t-il pas été de Calno comme de Carkemisch? N`en a-t-il pas été de Hamath comme d`Arpad? N`en a-t-il pas été de Samarie comme de Damas? | Will not the fate of Calno be like that of Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? |
| De même que ma main a atteint les royaumes des idoles, Où il y avait plus d`images qu`à Jérusalem et à Samarie, | As my hand has come on the kingdoms of the images, whose pictured images were more in number than those of Jerusalem and Samaria; |
| Ce que j`ai fait à Samarie et à ses idoles, Ne le ferai-je pas à Jérusalem et à ses images? | So, as I have done to Samaria and her images, I will do to Jerusalem and her images. |
| Mais, quand le Seigneur aura accompli toute son oeuvre Sur la montagne de Sion et à Jérusalem, Je punirai le roi d`Assyrie pour le fruit de son coeur orgueilleux, Et pour l`arrogance de ses regards hautains. | For this cause it will be that, when the purpose of the Lord against Mount Zion and Jerusalem is complete, I will send punishment on the pride of the heart of the king of Assyria, and on the glory of his uplifted eyes. |
| Car il dit: C`est par la force de ma main que j`ai agi, C`est par ma sagesse, car je suis intelligent; J`ai reculé les limites des peuples, et pillé leurs trésors, Et, comme un héros, j`ai renversé ceux qui siégeaient sur des trônes; | For he has said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my knowledge, for I am wise: and I have taken away the limits of the peoples' lands, and the stores of their wealth have become mine; and I have made towns low in the dust, sending destruction on those living in them; |
| J`ai mis la main sur les richesses des peuples, comme sur un nid, Et, comme on ramasse des oeufs abandonnés, J`ai ramassé toute la terre: Nul n`a remué l`aile, Ni ouvert le bec, ni poussé un cri. - | And I have put my hands on the wealth of the peoples, as on the place where a bird has put her eggs; and as a man may take the eggs from which a bird has gone, so I have taken all the earth for myself: and not a wing was moved, and not a mouth gave out a sound. |
| La hache se glorifie-t-elle envers celui qui s`en sert? Ou la scie est-elle arrogante envers celui qui la manie? Comme si la verge faisait mouvoir celui qui la lève, Comme si le bâton soulevait celui qui n`est pas du bois! | Will the axe say high-sounding words against him who is using it, or the blade be full of pride against him who is cutting with it? As if a rod had the power of shaking him who is using it, or as if a stick might take up him who is not wood. |
| C`est pourquoi le Seigneur, le Seigneur des armées, enverra Le dépérissement parmi ses robustes guerriers; Et, sous sa magnificence, éclatera un embrasement, Comme l`embrasement d`un feu. | For this cause the Lord, the Lord of armies, will make his fat become wasted; and in his inner parts a fire will be lighted like a burning flame. |
| La lumière d`Israël deviendra un feu, Et son Saint une flamme, Qui consumera et dévorera ses épines et ses ronces, En un seul jour; | And the light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: wasting and burning up his thorns in one day. |
| Qui consumera, corps et âme, La magnificence de sa forêt et de ses campagnes. Il en sera comme d`un malade, qui tombe en défaillance. | And he will put an end to the glory of his woods and of his planted fields, soul and body together; and it will be as when a man is wasted by disease. |
| Le reste des arbres de sa forêt pourra être compté, Et un enfant en écrirait le nombre. | And the rest of the trees of his wood will be small in number, so that a child may put them down in writing. |
| En ce jour-là, Le reste d`Israël et les réchappés de la maison de Jacob, Cesseront de s`appuyer sur celui qui les frappait; Ils s`appuieront avec confiance sur l`Éternel, le Saint d`Israël. | And it will be in that day that the rest of Israel, and those of Jacob who have come safely through these troubles, will no longer go for help to him whose rod was on their back, but their faith will be in the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. |
| Le reste reviendra, le reste de Jacob, Au Dieu puissant. | The rest, even the rest of Jacob, will come back to the Strong God. |
| Quand ton peuple, ô Israël, serait comme le sable de la mer, Un reste seulement reviendra; La destruction est résolue, elle fera déborder la justice. | For though your people, O Israel, are as the sand of the sea, only a small number will come back: for the destruction is fixed, overflowing in righteousness. |
| Et cette destruction qui a été résolue, Le Seigneur, l`Éternel des armées, l`accomplira dans tout le pays. | For the Lord, the Lord of armies, is about to make destruction complete in all the land. |
| Cependant, ainsi parle le Seigneur, l`Éternel des armées: O mon peuple, qui habites en Sion, ne crains pas l`Assyrien! Il te frappe de la verge, Et il lève son bâton sur toi, comme faisaient les Égyptiens. | For this cause the Lord, the Lord of armies, says, O my people living in Zion, have no fear of the Assyrian, even if his rod comes on your back, and his stick is lifted up as in Egypt. |
| Mais, encore un peu de temps, Et le châtiment cessera, Puis ma colère se tournera contre lui pour l`anéantir. | For in a very short time my passion will be over, and my wrath will be turned to their destruction. |
| L`Éternel des armées agitera le fouet contre lui, Comme il frappa Madian au rocher d`Oreb; Et, de même qu`il leva son bâton sur la mer, Il le lèvera encore, comme en Égypte. | And the Lord of armies will be shaking a whip against him, as when he overcame Midian at the rock of Oreb: and his rod will be lifted up against them as it was against the Egyptians. |
| En ce jour, son fardeau sera ôté de dessus ton épaule, Et son joug de dessus ton cou; Et la graisse fera éclater le joug. | And in that day the weight which he put on your back will be taken away, and his yoke broken from off your neck. |
| Il marche sur Ajjath, traverse Migron, Laisse ses bagages à Micmasch. | He has gone up from Pene-Rimmon, he has come to Aiath; he has gone past Migron, at Michmash he puts his forces in order. |
| Ils passent le défilé, Ils couchent à Guéba; Rama tremble, Guibea de Saül prend la fuite. | They have gone across the mountain; Geba will be our resting-place tonight, they say: Ramah is shaking with fear; Gibeah of Saul has gone in flight. |
| Fais éclater ta voix, fille de Gallim! Prends garde, Laïs! malheur à toi, Anathoth! | Give a loud cry, daughter of Gallim; let Laishah give ear; let Anathoth give answer to her. |
| Madména se disperse, Les habitants de Guébim sont en fuite. | Madmenah has gone; the men of Gebim are putting their goods in a safe place. |
| Encore un jour de halte à Nob, Et il menace de sa main la montagne de la fille de Sion, La colline de Jérusalem. | This very day he is stopping at Nob; he is shaking his hand against the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. |
| Voici, le Seigneur, l`Éternel des armées, Brise les rameaux avec violence: Les plus grands sont coupés, Les plus élevés sont abattus. | See, the Lord, the Lord of armies, is cutting off his branches with a great noise, and his strong ones are falling and his high ones are coming down. |
| Il renverse avec le fer les taillis de la forêt, Et le Liban tombe sous le Puissant. | And he is cutting down the thick places of the wood with an axe, and Lebanon with its tall trees is coming down. |
