¹ Car voici, en ces jours, en ce temps-là, Quand je ramènerai les captifs de Juda et de Jérusalem,

² Je rassemblerai toutes les nations, Et je les ferai descendre dans la vallée de Josaphat; Là, j'entrerai en jugement avec elles, Au sujet de mon peuple, d'Israël, mon héritage, Qu'elles ont dispersé parmi les nations, Et au sujet de mon pays qu'elles se sont partagé.

³ Ils ont tiré mon peuple au sort; Ils ont donné le jeune garçon pour une prostituée, Ils ont vendu la jeune fille pour du vin, et ils ont bu.

⁴ Que me voulez-vous, Tyr et Sidon, Et vous tous, districts des Philistins? Voulez-vous tirer vengeance de moi? Si vous voulez vous venger, Je ferai bien vite retomber votre vengeance sur vos têtes.

⁵ Vous avez pris mon argent mon or; Et ce que j'avais de plus précieux et de plus beau, Vous l'avez emporté dans vos temples.

⁶ Vous avez vendu les enfants de Juda et de Jérusalem aux enfants de Javan, Afin de les éloigner de leur territoire.

⁷ Voici, je les ferai revenir du lieu où vous les avez vendus, Et je ferai retomber votre vengeance sur vos têtes.

⁸ Je vendrai vos fils et vos filles aux enfants de Juda, Et ils les vendront aux Sabéens, nation lointaine; Car l'Eternel a parlé.

⁹ Publiez ces choses parmi les nations! Préparez la guerre! Réveillez les héros! Qu'ils s'approchent, qu'ils montent, Tous les hommes de guerre!

¹⁰ De vos hoyaux forgez des épées, Et de vos serpes des lances! Que le faible dise: Je suis fort!

¹¹ Hâtez-vous et venez, vous toutes, nations d'alentour, Et rassemblez-vous! Là, ô Eternel, fais descendre tes héros!

¹² Que les nations se réveillent, et qu'elles montent Vers la vallée de Josaphat! Car là je siégerai pour juger toutes les nations d'alentour.

¹³ Saisissez la faucille, Car la moisson est mûre! Venez, foulez, Car le pressoir est plein, Les cuves regorgent! Car grande est leur méchanceté,

¹⁴ C'est une multitude, une multitude, Dans la vallée du jugement; Car le jour de l'Eternel est proche, Dans la vallée du jugement.

¹⁵ Le soleil et la lune s'obscurcissent, Et les étoiles retirent leur éclat.

¹⁶ De Sion l'Eternel rugit, De Jérusalem il fait entendre sa voix; Les cieux et la terre sont ébranlés. Mais l'Eternel est un refuge pour son peuple, Un abri pour les enfants d'Israël.

¹⁷ Et vous saurez que je suis l'Eternel, votre Dieu, Résidant à Sion, ma sainte montagne. Jérusalem sera sainte, Et les étrangers n'y passeront plus.

¹⁸ En ce temps-là, le moût ruissellera des montagnes, Le lait coulera des collines, Et il y aura de l'eau dans tous les torrents de Juda; Une source sortira aussi de la maison de l'Eternel, Et arrosera la vallée de Sittim.

¹⁹ L'Egypte sera dévastée, Edom sera réduit en désert, A cause des violences contre les enfants de Juda, Dont ils ont répandu le sang innocent dans leur pays.

²⁰ Mais Juda sera toujours habité, Et Jérusalem, de génération en génération.

²¹ Je vengerai leur sang que je n'ai point encore vengé, Et L'Eternel résidera dans Sion.

¹ Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

² For by this, the elders obtained testimony.

³ By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.

⁴ By faith, Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks.

⁵ By faith, Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn't see death, and he was not found, because God translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God.

⁶ Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

⁷ By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

⁸ By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.

⁹ By faith, he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.

¹⁰ For he looked for the city which has the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

¹¹ By faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised.

¹² Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead.

¹³ These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

¹⁴ For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own.

¹⁵ If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return.

¹⁶ But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

¹⁷ By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son;

¹⁸ even he to whom it was said, "In Isaac will your seed be called;"

¹⁹ concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.

²⁰ By faith, Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come.

²¹ By faith, Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.

²² By faith, Joseph, when his end was near, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel; and gave instructions concerning his bones.

²³ By faith, Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.

²⁴ By faith, Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,

²⁵ choosing rather to share ill treatment with God's people, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time;

²⁶ accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward.

²⁷ By faith, he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

²⁸ By faith, he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.

²⁹ By faith, they passed through the Red Sea as on dry land. When the Egyptians tried to do so, they were swallowed up.

³⁰ By faith, the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been encircled for seven days.

³¹ By faith, Rahab the prostitute, didn't perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies in peace.

³² What more shall I say? For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets;

³³ who, through faith subdued kingdoms, worked out righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

³⁴ quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, grew mighty in war, and caused foreign armies to flee.

³⁵ Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.

³⁶ Others were tried by mocking and scourging, yes, moreover by bonds and imprisonment.

³⁷ They were stoned. They were sawn apart. They were tempted. They were slain with the sword. They went around in sheep skins and in goat skins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated

³⁸ (of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.

³⁹ These all, having had testimony given to them through their faith, didn't receive the promise,

⁴⁰ God having provided some better thing concerning us, so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.