Le mont de l’Eternel

Voici le message que Dieu a révélé à Esaïe, fils d’Amots, au sujet de Juda et de Jérusalem.

Dans l’avenir, il adviendra
que le mont ╵sur lequel est le temple ╵de l’Eternel[a]
sera fermement établi ╵au-dessus des montagnes,
et il s’élèvera ╵par-dessus toutes les hauteurs,
et tous les peuples étrangers ╵y afflueront[b].
Oui, de nombreux peuples viendront,
en se disant les uns aux autres :

« Venez, montons ╵au mont de l’Eternel,
au temple du Dieu de Jacob !
Il nous enseignera ╵les voies qu’il a prescrites ;
nous suivrons ses sentiers. »
Car de Sion viendra la Loi,
et de Jérusalem, ╵la Parole de l’Eternel.
Et il sera l’arbitre ╵entre les nations ;
oui, il sera le juge ╵de nombreux peuples.
Martelant leurs épées, ╵ils forgeront des socs ╵pour leurs charrues,
et, de leurs lances, ╵ils feront des faucilles[c].
Plus aucune nation ╵ne brandira l’épée ╵contre une autre nation,
et l’on n’apprendra plus la guerre.
Descendants de Jacob,
venez donc et marchons ╵à la lumière ╵de l’Eternel.

Tu as abandonné ton peuple, ╵la communauté de Jacob,
car il est envahi ╵par les superstitions ╵qui viennent de l’Orient ;
les devins y pullulent ╵autant qu’en Philistie.
On pactise avec l’étranger.
Le pays est rempli ╵d’argent et d’or
et de trésors sans fin.
Il est plein de chevaux,
et ses chars de combat ╵ne peuvent se compter.
Le pays est rempli d’idoles
et les gens se prosternent
devant leurs propres œuvres
fabriquées de leurs mains.
Mais les hommes s’inclineront,
ils seront humiliés.
Ne leur pardonne pas[d] !

10 Réfugiez-vous dans les rochers
et cachez-vous sous terre
à cause des terreurs ╵que l’Eternel provoque,
de l’éclat de sa majesté[e].
11 L’homme au regard hautain ╵devra baisser les yeux,
l’orgueil humain sera brisé,
car en ce jour-là, l’Eternel ╵sera seul honoré.

12 Car l’Eternel, ╵le Seigneur des armées célestes, ╵tient en réserve un jour
où il se dressera ╵contre tous les hautains, ╵les arrogants,
les orgueilleux, ╵pour qu’ils soient abaissés ;
13 contre les cèdres du Liban, ╵qui s’élèvent bien haut,
et contre tous les chênes ╵des plateaux du Basan[f],
14 et contre les hautes montagnes
et contre les collines ╵qui sont altières,
15 contre toutes les tours ╵qui sont très élevées
et toutes les murailles ╵qui sont fortifiées,
16 contre les vaisseaux au long cours[g]
et leurs denrées précieuses[h] :
17 il courbera ╵la fierté des humains
et il abaissera ╵l’orgueil humain.
Car, en ce jour-là, l’Eternel ╵sera seul honoré.
18 Et toutes les idoles ╵disparaîtront ensemble.

19 On se réfugiera ╵dans les cavernes des rochers
et dans les antres de la terre
à cause des terreurs ╵que l’Eternel provoque,
de l’éclat de sa majesté
quand il se lèvera ╵pour terrifier la terre.
20 En ce jour-là,
les hommes jetteront aux taupes
et aux chauves-souris
les idoles d’argent
et les idoles d’or
qu’ils se sont fabriquées ╵pour se prosterner devant elles.
21 Ils se réfugieront ╵dans les cavernes
et dans les fentes des rochers
à cause des terreurs ╵que l’Eternel provoque,
de l’éclat de sa majesté
quand il se lèvera ╵pour terrifier la terre.
22 C’est pourquoi, cessez donc ╵de vous confier en l’homme
dont la vie ne tient qu’à un souffle,
car, quelle est sa valeur ?

Footnotes

  1. 2.2 C’est-à-dire le mont Sion.
  2. 2.2 Les v. 2-4 sont repris en Mi 4.2-4.
  3. 2.4 Voir Jl 4.10.
  4. 2.9 Autre traduction : ne les relève pas.
  5. 2.10 Voir Ap 6.15.
  6. 2.13 Région à l’est du Jourdain et au nord de Galaad, réputée pour ses chênes (Ez 27.6) et ses troupeaux (Ez 39.18).
  7. 2.16 Voir 1 R 10.22 et note.
  8. 2.16 Autre traduction : contre les navires somptueux.

The Mountain of the Lord(A)

This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:(B)

In the last days(C)

the mountain(D) of the Lord’s temple will be established
    as the highest of the mountains;(E)
it will be exalted(F) above the hills,
    and all nations will stream to it.(G)

Many peoples(H) will come and say,

“Come, let us go(I) up to the mountain(J) of the Lord,
    to the temple of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us his ways,
    so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law(K) will go out from Zion,
    the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.(L)
He will judge(M) between the nations
    and will settle disputes(N) for many peoples.
They will beat their swords into plowshares
    and their spears into pruning hooks.(O)
Nation will not take up sword against nation,(P)
    nor will they train for war anymore.

Come, descendants of Jacob,(Q)
    let us walk in the light(R) of the Lord.

The Day of the Lord

You, Lord, have abandoned(S) your people,
    the descendants of Jacob.(T)
They are full of superstitions from the East;
    they practice divination(U) like the Philistines(V)
    and embrace(W) pagan customs.(X)
Their land is full of silver and gold;(Y)
    there is no end to their treasures.(Z)
Their land is full of horses;(AA)
    there is no end to their chariots.(AB)
Their land is full of idols;(AC)
    they bow down(AD) to the work of their hands,(AE)
    to what their fingers(AF) have made.
So people will be brought low(AG)
    and everyone humbled(AH)
    do not forgive them.[a](AI)

10 Go into the rocks, hide(AJ) in the ground
    from the fearful presence of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty!(AK)
11 The eyes of the arrogant(AL) will be humbled(AM)
    and human pride(AN) brought low;(AO)
the Lord alone will be exalted(AP) in that day.(AQ)

12 The Lord Almighty has a day(AR) in store
    for all the proud(AS) and lofty,(AT)
for all that is exalted(AU)
    (and they will be humbled),(AV)
13 for all the cedars of Lebanon,(AW) tall and lofty,(AX)
    and all the oaks of Bashan,(AY)
14 for all the towering mountains
    and all the high hills,(AZ)
15 for every lofty tower(BA)
    and every fortified wall,(BB)
16 for every trading ship[b](BC)
    and every stately vessel.
17 The arrogance of man will be brought low(BD)
    and human pride humbled;(BE)
the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,(BF)
18     and the idols(BG) will totally disappear.(BH)

19 People will flee to caves(BI) in the rocks
    and to holes in the ground(BJ)
from the fearful presence(BK) of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,(BL)
    when he rises to shake the earth.(BM)
20 In that day(BN) people will throw away
    to the moles and bats(BO)
their idols of silver and idols of gold,(BP)
    which they made to worship.(BQ)
21 They will flee to caverns in the rocks(BR)
    and to the overhanging crags
from the fearful presence of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,(BS)
    when he rises(BT) to shake the earth.(BU)

22 Stop trusting in mere humans,(BV)
    who have but a breath(BW) in their nostrils.
    Why hold them in esteem?(BX)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 2:9 Or not raise them up
  2. Isaiah 2:16 Hebrew every ship of Tarshish

The Future House of God(A)

The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

Now (B)it shall come to pass (C)in the latter days
(D)That the mountain of the Lord’s house
Shall be established on the top of the mountains,
And shall be exalted above the hills;
And all nations shall flow to it.
Many people shall come and say,
(E)“Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
To the house of the God of Jacob;
He will teach us His ways,
And we shall walk in His paths.”
(F)For out of Zion shall go forth the law,
And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
He shall judge between the nations,
And rebuke many people;
They shall beat their swords into plowshares,
And their spears into pruning [a]hooks;
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
Neither shall they learn war anymore.

The Day of the Lord

O house of Jacob, come and let us (G)walk
In the light of the Lord.

For You have forsaken Your people, the house of Jacob,
Because they are filled (H)with eastern ways;
They are (I)soothsayers like the Philistines,
(J)And they [b]are pleased with the children of foreigners.
(K)Their land is also full of silver and gold,
And there is no end to their treasures;
Their land is also full of horses,
And there is no end to their chariots.
(L)Their land is also full of idols;
They worship the work of their own hands,
That which their own fingers have made.
People bow down,
And each man humbles himself;
Therefore do not forgive them.

10 (M)Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust,
From the terror of the Lord
And the glory of His majesty.
11 The [c]lofty looks of man shall be (N)humbled,
The haughtiness of men shall be bowed down,
And the Lord alone shall be exalted (O)in that day.

12 For the day of the Lord of hosts
Shall come upon everything proud and lofty,
Upon everything lifted up—
And it shall be brought low—
13 Upon all (P)the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up,
And upon all the oaks of Bashan;
14 (Q)Upon all the high mountains,
And upon all the hills that are lifted up;
15 Upon every high tower,
And upon every fortified wall;
16 (R)Upon all the ships of Tarshish,
And upon all the beautiful sloops.
17 The [d]loftiness of man shall be bowed down,
And the haughtiness of men shall be brought low;
The Lord alone will be exalted in that day,
18 But the idols [e]He shall utterly abolish.

19 They shall go into the (S)holes of the rocks,
And into the caves of the [f]earth,
(T)From the terror of the Lord
And the glory of His majesty,
When He arises (U)to shake the earth mightily.

20 In that day a man will cast away his idols of silver
And his idols of gold,
Which they made, each for himself to worship,
To the moles and bats,
21 To go into the clefts of the rocks,
And into the crags of the rugged rocks,
From the terror of the Lord
And the glory of His majesty,
When He arises to shake the earth mightily.

22 (V)Sever[g] yourselves from such a man,
Whose (W)breath is in his nostrils;
For [h]of what account is he?

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 2:4 knives
  2. Isaiah 2:6 Or clap, shake hands to make bargains with the children
  3. Isaiah 2:11 proud
  4. Isaiah 2:17 pride
  5. Isaiah 2:18 Or shall utterly vanish
  6. Isaiah 2:19 Lit. dust
  7. Isaiah 2:22 Lit. Cease yourselves from the man
  8. Isaiah 2:22 Lit. in what is he to be esteemed