1 But in the last days it will come about that the mountain of the Lord's house will be placed on the top of the mountains, and be lifted up over the hills; and peoples will be flowing to it.

2 And a number of nations will go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will give us knowledge of his ways and we will be guided by his word: for from Zion the law will go out, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

3 And he will be judge between great peoples, and strong nations far away will be ruled by his decisions; their swords will be hammered into plough-blades and their spears into vine-knives: nations will no longer be lifting up their swords against one another, and knowledge of war will have gone for ever.

4 But every man will be seated under his vine and under his fig-tree, and no one will be a cause of fear to them: for the mouth of the Lord of armies has said it.

5 For all the peoples will be walking, every one in the name of his god, and we will be walking in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.

6 In that day, says the Lord, I will get together her who goes with uncertain steps, I will get together her who has been sent away, and her on whom I have sent evil;

7 And I will make her whose steps were uncertain a small band, and her who was feeble a strong nation: and the Lord will be their King in Mount Zion from now and for ever.

8 And you, O tower of the flock, Ophel of the daughter of Zion, to you it will come, even the earlier authority, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.

9 Now why are you crying so loudly? is there no king in you? has destruction come on your wise helper? so that pains have taken you like the pains of a woman in childbirth:

10 Be in pain, make sounds of grief, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in childbirth: for now you will go out of the town, living in the open country, and will come even to Babylon; there you will have salvation; there the Lord will make you free from the hands of your haters.

11 And now a number of nations have come together against you, and they say, Let her be made unclean and let our eyes see the fate of Zion.

12 But they have no knowledge of the thoughts of the Lord, their minds are not able to see his purpose: for he has got them together like stems of grain to the crushing-floor.

13 Up! and let the grain be crushed, O daughter of Zion, for I will make your horn iron and your feet brass, and a number of peoples will be broken by you, and you will give up their increase to the Lord and their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

14 \5:1\Now you will give yourselves deep wounds for grief; they will put up a wall round us: they will give the judge of Israel a blow on the face with a rod.

1 Mais il arrivera, aux derniers jours, que la montagne de la maison de l'Éternel sera établie au-dessus des montagnes, et elle s'élèvera par-dessus les collines, et les peuples y afflueront.

2 Et des nations nombreuses iront, et diront: Venez et montons à la montagne de l'Éternel, à la maison du Dieu de Jacob; il nous instruira de ses voies, et nous marcherons dans ses sentiers! Car la loi sortira de Sion, et la Parole de l’Éternel, de Jérusalem.

3 Il jugera entre des peuples nombreux, et sera l'arbitre de nations puissantes, jusqu'aux pays lointains; ils forgeront de leurs épées des hoyaux, et de leurs lances, des serpes; une nation ne lèvera plus l'épée contre l'autre, et on n'apprendra plus la guerre.

4 Mais chacun habitera sous sa vigne et sous son figuier, sans que personne les épouvante; car la bouche de l'Éternel des armées a parlé.

5 Quand tous les peuples marchent chacun au nom de son dieu, nous, nous marcherons au nom de l'Éternel notre Dieu, à toujours et à perpétuité!

6 En ce jour-là, dit l'Éternel, je rassemblerai les boiteux, je recueillerai ceux qui étaient chassés, ceux que j'avais maltraités;

7 Et je ferai de ceux qui boitent un reste, et de ceux qui ont été éloignés une nation puissante; et l'Éternel régnera sur eux, à la montagne de Sion, dès lors et à toujours.

8 Et toi, tour du troupeau, colline de la fille de Sion, jusqu'à toi viendra, à toi arrivera l'ancienne domination; la royauté sera à la fille de Jérusalem.

9 Pourquoi maintenant pousses-tu des cris? N'y a-t-il pas de roi au milieu de toi, ou ton conseiller a-t-il péri, pour que la douleur t'ait saisie comme celle qui enfante?

10 Sois en travail et crie, fille de Sion, comme celle qui enfante! Car maintenant tu sortiras de la ville, et tu demeureras aux champs, et tu iras jusqu'à Babylone. Là tu seras délivrée; là, l'Éternel te rachètera de la main de tes ennemis.

12 Mais elles ne connaissent pas les pensées de l'Éternel, et elles ne comprennent pas son dessein; car il les a rassemblées comme des gerbes dans l'aire.

13 Lève-toi et foule, fille de Sion! Car je te ferai une corne de fer et des ongles d'airain, et tu broieras des peuples nombreux, et je vouerai comme un interdit leur butin à l'Éternel, et leurs richesses au Seigneur de toute la terre.