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Isaiah 30
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Isaiah 30
Good News Translation
A Useless Treaty with Egypt
30 The Lord has spoken: “Those who rule Judah are doomed because they rebel against me. They follow plans that I did not make, and sign treaties against my will, piling one sin on another. 2 They go to Egypt for help without asking for my advice. They want Egypt to protect them, so they put their trust in Egypt's king. 3 But the king will be powerless to help them, and Egypt's protection will end in disaster. 4 Although their ambassadors have already arrived at the Egyptian cities of Zoan and Hanes, 5 the people of Judah will regret that they ever trusted that unreliable nation, a nation that fails them when they expect help.”
6 This is God's message about the animals of the southern desert: “The ambassadors travel through dangerous country, where lions live and where there are poisonous snakes and flying dragons. They load their donkeys and camels with expensive gifts for a nation that cannot give them any help. 7 The help that Egypt gives is useless. So I have nicknamed Egypt, ‘The Harmless Dragon.’”
The Disobedient People
8 God told me to write down in a book what the people are like, so that there would be a permanent record of how evil they are. 9 They are always rebelling against God, always lying, always refusing to listen to the Lord's teachings. 10 They tell the prophets to keep quiet. They say, “Don't talk to us about what's right. Tell us what we want to hear. Let us keep our illusions. 11 Get out of our way and stop blocking our path. We don't want to hear about your holy God of Israel.”
12 But this is what the holy God of Israel says: “You ignore what I tell you and rely on violence and deceit. 13 You are guilty. You are like a high wall with a crack running down it; suddenly you will collapse. 14 You will be shattered like a clay pot, so badly broken that there is no piece big enough to pick up hot coals with or to dip water from a cistern.”
15 The Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says to the people, “Come back and quietly trust in me. Then you will be strong and secure.” But you refuse to do it. 16 Instead, you plan to escape from your enemies by riding fast horses. And you are right—escape is what you will have to do! You think your horses are fast enough, but those who pursue you will be faster! 17 A thousand of you will run away when you see one enemy soldier, and five soldiers will be enough to make you all run away. Nothing will be left of your army except a lonely flagpole on the top of a hill. 18 And yet the Lord is waiting to be merciful to you. He is ready to take pity on you because he always does what is right. Happy are those who put their trust in the Lord.
God Will Bless His People
19 You people who live in Jerusalem will not weep any more. The Lord is compassionate, and when you cry to him for help, he will answer you. 20 The Lord will make you go through hard times, but he himself will be there to teach you, and you will not have to search for him any more. 21 If you wander off the road to the right or the left, you will hear his voice behind you saying, “Here is the road. Follow it.” 22 You will take your idols plated with silver and your idols covered with gold, and will throw them away like filth, shouting, “Out of my sight!” 23 Whenever you plant your crops, the Lord will send rain to make them grow and will give you a rich harvest, and your livestock will have plenty of pasture. 24 The oxen and donkeys that plow your fields will eat the finest and best fodder. 25 On the day when the forts of your enemies are captured and their people are killed, streams of water will flow from every mountain and every hill. 26 The moon will be as bright as the sun, and the sun will be seven times brighter than usual, like the light of seven days in one. This will all happen when the Lord bandages and heals the wounds he has given his people.
God Will Punish Assyria
27 The Lord's power and glory can be seen in the distance. Fire and smoke show his anger. He speaks, and his words burn like fire. 28 He sends the wind in front of him like a flood that carries everything away. It sweeps nations to destruction and puts an end to their evil plans. 29 But you, God's people, will be happy and sing as you do on the night of a sacred festival. You will be as happy as those who walk to the music of flutes on their way to the Temple of the Lord, the defender of Israel.
30 The Lord will let everyone hear his majestic voice and feel the force of his anger. There will be flames, cloudbursts, hailstones, and torrents of rain. 31 The Assyrians will be terrified when they hear the Lord's voice and feel the force of his punishment. 32 As the Lord strikes them again and again, his people will keep time with the music of drums and harps. God himself will fight against the Assyrians. 33 Long ago a place was prepared where a huge fire will burn the emperor of Assyria. It is deep and wide, and piled high with wood. The Lord will breathe out a stream of flame to set it on fire.
Ésaïe 30
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Ésaïe 30
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Contre l’alliance avec l’Egypte
L’espérance illusoire
30 Malheur aux fils rebelles,
déclare l’Eternel,
qui forment des projets ╵où je n’ai pas de part,
qui concluent des traités[a] ╵contre ma volonté
pour ajouter ainsi ╵un péché à un autre !
2 Ils s’en vont en Egypte ╵sans m’avoir consulté
pour se mettre en sécurité ╵auprès du pharaon
et pour chercher refuge ╵à l’ombre de l’Egypte !
3 Le refuge du pharaon ╵sera sujet de honte,
l’abri que vous cherchez ╵à l’ombre de l’Egypte ╵vous plongera ╵dans une grande confusion.
4 Oui, vos ministres ╵sont déjà à Tsoân
et vos ambassadeurs ╵parviennent à Hanès[b].
5 Mais tous seront honteux ╵à cause de ce peuple :
il ne leur sera d’aucune aide,
d’aucun secours, ╵d’aucune utilité,
mais il fera leur honte ╵et leur fera perdre la face.
6 Oracle au sujet des bêtes du Néguev :
A travers un pays ╵de détresse et d’angoisse,
dans le pays du lion, ╵oui, du lion rugissant,
dans le pays de la vipère ╵et du serpent volant,
ils portent leurs richesses ╵sur l’échine des ânes,
et leurs trésors ╵sur le dos des chameaux
en cadeau à un peuple ╵qui ne peut rien pour eux.
7 Le secours de l’Egypte ╵est vain et illusoire,
c’est pourquoi je l’appelle :
« Rahav, l’Agitée au repos[c] ».
Un peuple rebelle
8 Viens maintenant, grave cela
en leur présence sur une tablette,
inscris-le sur un document
afin que cela serve de témoin ╵pour les jours à venir,
et à toujours,
9 car c’est un peuple révolté,
ce sont des fils trompeurs
et qui refusent d’écouter ╵la Loi de l’Eternel,
10 qui disent aux prophètes : ╵« Ne prophétisez pas »,
et à ceux qui ont des révélations : ╵« Cessez de nous servir ╵des révélations vraies !
Annoncez-nous ╵des choses agréables,
que vos révélations ╵nous bercent d’illusions !
11 Sortez des bons chemins,
quittez les sentiers droits,
cessez de nous importuner ╵avec le Saint, Dieu d’Israël. »
12 Par conséquent, ╵voici ce que déclare ╵le Dieu saint d’Israël :
Puisque vous méprisez ╵cet avertissement
et que vous vous confiez ╵à la violence et aux intrigues,
que vous comptez dessus,
13 à cause de cela, ╵ce péché deviendra pour vous
comme une brèche ╵dans un mur élevé :
un renflement y apparaît
et puis, soudain, ╵le voilà qui s’écroule,
14 et qui se brise ╵comme se brise ╵un vase de potier
que l’on fracasse ╵sans nul ménagement,
dans les débris duquel ╵on ne trouverait pas
un tesson assez grand ╵pour ramasser des braises
ou pour puiser ╵de l’eau à la citerne.
Calme et confiance
15 Car ainsi parle le Seigneur, ╵l’Eternel, le Saint d’Israël :
C’est si vous revenez à moi, ╵si vous restez tranquilles, ╵que vous serez sauvés,
c’est dans le calme et la confiance ╵que sera votre force !
Mais vous ne l’avez pas voulu
16 et vous avez dit : « Non, ╵nous fuirons à cheval ! »
Eh bien : Oui, vous fuirez !
Vous avez ajouté : ╵« Nous irons sur des chars rapides ! »
Eh bien ! Vos poursuivants ╵seront rapides, eux aussi !
17 Et mille hommes se sentiront ╵menacés par un seul,
cinq soldats suffiront, ╵pour vous mettre en déroute.
Il ne subsistera ╵que quelques rescapés
qui seront comme un mât ╵en haut d’une montagne
ou comme une bannière ╵au sommet d’un coteau.
18 Et pourtant, l’Eternel attend ╵le moment de vous faire grâce
et il se lèvera ╵pour vous manifester ╵sa compassion,
car l’Eternel est un Dieu juste.
Heureux tous ceux ╵qui se confient en lui !
Dieu fera grâce
19 O peuple de Sion habitant à Jérusalem[d], tu ne pleureras plus ! Car Dieu te fera grâce quand tu crieras et, lorsqu’il t’entendra, il répondra à ton appel. 20 Car le Seigneur te donnera du pain dans la détresse et de l’eau dans l’angoisse. Oui, celui qui t’enseigne ne se dérobera plus, tu verras de tes yeux le maître qui t’instruit. 21 Alors tu entendras dire derrière toi : C’est ici le chemin : suis-le, là, va à droite… là, va à gauche…
22 Tu tiendras pour impur le placage d’argent recouvrant tes idoles, le revêtement d’or qui orne tes statues : tu les rejetteras comme une chose souillée, tu diras : Hors d’ici !
23 Et Dieu accordera la pluie à la semence que tu mettras en terre. Aussi, la nourriture que produira la terre sera très riche et savoureuse, et ton bétail, en ce temps-là, paîtra dans de vastes prairies. 24 Les bœufs comme les ânes qui labourent ton sol se nourriront de fourrage salé que l’on aura vanné à la fourche et au van. 25 Au jour du grand massacre où les tours fortes tomberont, il y aura partout sur les hautes montagnes, sur toute colline élevée, des cours d’eau abondants. 26 La lune brillera du même éclat que le soleil, et la lumière du soleil sera sept fois plus vive. Elle sera pareille à la lumière de sept jours au jour où l’Eternel pansera les plaies de son peuple, où il guérira les blessures entraînées par les coups qu’il a reçus.
Correction et salut
27 L’Eternel en personne ╵va venir d’un pays lointain,
sa colère est ardente,
oui, c’est un nuage oppressant[e].
Quand il parle, ses lèvres ╵sont chargées de courroux
et sa langue est pareille ╵à un feu qui consume.
28 Son souffle est comme un torrent qui déborde
et dont l’eau atteint jusqu’au cou.
Il va passer les peuples ╵au crible destructeur
et mettre à leurs mâchoires
un mors d’égarement.
29 Cependant, parmi vous ╵retentiront des chants
comme en la nuit de fête[f],
et vous vous réjouirez
comme celui qui monte ╵au son des flûtes,
au mont de l’Eternel
et vers le rocher d’Israël.
30 L’Eternel fera retentir ╵sa voix majestueuse
et l’on verra son bras s’abattre
dans le déchaînement de sa colère
et dans l’embrasement ╵de son feu qui consume,
du sein de la tornade, ╵de la tempête et de la grêle.
31 Alors Assur sera terrorisée
en entendant la voix ╵de l’Eternel
lorsqu’il le frappera ╵de son bâton.
32 Et à chaque coup de bâton ╵que l’Eternel lui administrera
afin de le châtier,
on fera retentir ╵les tambourins, les lyres.
Et l’Eternel lui-même ╵combattra contre lui ╵par des coups redoublés.
33 Déjà, depuis longtemps, ╵le bûcher est dressé,
il est prêt aussi pour le roi[g],
il est profond et large,
le bois est empilé ╵en quantité, ╵le feu est prêt
et le souffle de l’Eternel ╵comme un torrent de soufre ╵l’embrasera.
Footnotes
- 30.1 Il s’agit d’un projet d’alliance avec l’Egypte.
- 30.4 Tsoân: voir 19.11 et note. Hanès était située plus au sud et à l’ouest.
- 30.7 L’Agitée se dit en hébreu rahav. Esaïe joue ici avec le mot Rahav, nom d’un monstre mythique de la mer, qui est parfois donné à l’Egypte dans l’Ancien Testament (voir Ps 87.4 et la note ; 89.11 ; Es 51.9).
- 30.19 D’après l’ancienne version grecque et la version syriaque. Le texte hébreu traditionnel a : un peuple habitera à Sion, à Jérusalem.
- 30.27 Autre traduction : et écrasante.
- 30.29 Peut-être la Pâque, à laquelle il est fait allusion en 31.5. D’autres pensent à la fête des Cabanes.
- 30.33 Pour le roi d’Assyrie.
Isaiah 30
New International Version
Isaiah 30
New International Version
Woe to the Obstinate Nation
30 “Woe(A) to the obstinate children,”(B)
declares the Lord,
“to those who carry out plans that are not mine,
forming an alliance,(C) but not by my Spirit,
heaping sin upon sin;
2 who go down to Egypt(D)
without consulting(E) me;
who look for help to Pharaoh’s protection,(F)
to Egypt’s shade for refuge.(G)
3 But Pharaoh’s protection will be to your shame,
Egypt’s shade(H) will bring you disgrace.(I)
4 Though they have officials in Zoan(J)
and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,
5 everyone will be put to shame
because of a people(K) useless(L) to them,
who bring neither help(M) nor advantage,
but only shame and disgrace.(N)”
6 A prophecy(O) concerning the animals of the Negev:(P)
Through a land of hardship and distress,(Q)
of lions(R) and lionesses,
of adders and darting snakes,(S)
the envoys carry their riches on donkeys’(T) backs,
their treasures(U) on the humps of camels,
to that unprofitable nation,
7 to Egypt, whose help is utterly useless.(V)
Therefore I call her
Rahab(W) the Do-Nothing.
8 Go now, write it on a tablet(X) for them,
inscribe it on a scroll,(Y)
that for the days to come
it may be an everlasting witness.(Z)
9 For these are rebellious(AA) people, deceitful(AB) children,
children unwilling to listen to the Lord’s instruction.(AC)
10 They say to the seers,(AD)
“See no more visions(AE)!”
and to the prophets,
“Give us no more visions of what is right!
Tell us pleasant things,(AF)
prophesy illusions.(AG)
11 Leave this way,(AH)
get off this path,
and stop confronting(AI) us
with the Holy One(AJ) of Israel!”
12 Therefore this is what the Holy One(AK) of Israel says:
“Because you have rejected this message,(AL)
relied on oppression(AM)
and depended on deceit,
13 this sin will become for you
like a high wall,(AN) cracked and bulging,
that collapses(AO) suddenly,(AP) in an instant.
14 It will break in pieces like pottery,(AQ)
shattered so mercilessly
that among its pieces not a fragment will be found
for taking coals from a hearth
or scooping water out of a cistern.”
15 This is what the Sovereign(AR) Lord, the Holy One(AS) of Israel, says:
“In repentance and rest(AT) is your salvation,
in quietness and trust(AU) is your strength,
but you would have none of it.(AV)
16 You said, ‘No, we will flee(AW) on horses.’(AX)
Therefore you will flee!
You said, ‘We will ride off on swift horses.’
Therefore your pursuers will be swift!
17 A thousand will flee
at the threat of one;
at the threat of five(AY)
you will all flee(AZ) away,
till you are left(BA)
like a flagstaff on a mountaintop,
like a banner(BB) on a hill.”
18 Yet the Lord longs(BC) to be gracious to you;
therefore he will rise up to show you compassion.(BD)
For the Lord is a God of justice.(BE)
Blessed are all who wait for him!(BF)
19 People of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more.(BG) How gracious he will be when you cry for help!(BH) As soon as he hears, he will answer(BI) you. 20 Although the Lord gives you the bread(BJ) of adversity and the water of affliction, your teachers(BK) will be hidden(BL) no more; with your own eyes you will see them. 21 Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice(BM) behind you, saying, “This is the way;(BN) walk in it.” 22 Then you will desecrate your idols(BO) overlaid with silver and your images covered with gold;(BP) you will throw them away like a menstrual(BQ) cloth and say to them, “Away with you!(BR)”
23 He will also send you rain(BS) for the seed you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the land will be rich(BT) and plentiful.(BU) In that day(BV) your cattle will graze in broad meadows.(BW) 24 The oxen(BX) and donkeys that work the soil will eat fodder(BY) and mash, spread out with fork(BZ) and shovel. 25 In the day of great slaughter,(CA) when the towers(CB) fall, streams of water will flow(CC) on every high mountain and every lofty hill. 26 The moon will shine like the sun,(CD) and the sunlight will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven full days, when the Lord binds up the bruises of his people and heals(CE) the wounds he inflicted.
27 See, the Name(CF) of the Lord comes from afar,
with burning anger(CG) and dense clouds of smoke;
his lips are full of wrath,(CH)
and his tongue is a consuming fire.(CI)
28 His breath(CJ) is like a rushing torrent,(CK)
rising up to the neck.(CL)
He shakes the nations in the sieve(CM) of destruction;
he places in the jaws of the peoples
a bit(CN) that leads them astray.
29 And you will sing
as on the night you celebrate a holy festival;(CO)
your hearts will rejoice(CP)
as when people playing pipes(CQ) go up
to the mountain(CR) of the Lord,
to the Rock(CS) of Israel.
30 The Lord will cause people to hear his majestic voice(CT)
and will make them see his arm(CU) coming down
with raging anger(CV) and consuming fire,(CW)
with cloudburst, thunderstorm(CX) and hail.(CY)
31 The voice of the Lord will shatter Assyria;(CZ)
with his rod he will strike(DA) them down.
32 Every stroke the Lord lays on them
with his punishing club(DB)
will be to the music of timbrels(DC) and harps,
as he fights them in battle with the blows of his arm.(DD)
33 Topheth(DE) has long been prepared;
it has been made ready for the king.
Its fire pit has been made deep and wide,
with an abundance of fire and wood;
the breath(DF) of the Lord,
like a stream of burning sulfur,(DG)
sets it ablaze.(DH)
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