Isaiah 52
1 Awake! awake! put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful robes, O Jerusalem, the holy town: for from now there will never again come into you the unclean and those without circumcision.
Réveille-toi, réveille-toi, revêts-toi de ta force, Sion! Revêts-toi de tes vêtements de parure, Jérusalem, ville sainte! car l’incirconcis et l’impur n’entreront plus en toi.
2 Make yourself clean from the dust; up! and take the seat of your power, O Jerusalem: the bands of your neck are loose, O prisoned daughter of Zion.
Secoue de toi la poussière, lève-toi, assieds-toi, Jérusalem; délivre-toi des chaînes de ton cou, captive, fille de Sion!
3 For the Lord says, You were given for nothing, and you will be made free without price.
Car ainsi dit l’Éternel: Vous vous êtes vendus pour rien, et vous serez rachetés sans argent.
4 For the Lord God says, My people went down at first into Egypt, to get a place for themselves there: and the Assyrian put a cruel yoke on them without cause.
Car ainsi dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel: Mon peuple est descendu en Égypte, au commencement, pour y séjourner, et l’Assyrie l’a opprimé sans cause:
5 Now then, what have I here? says the Lord, for my people are taken away without cause; they are made waste and give cries of sorrow, says the Lord, and all the day the nations put shame on my name.
et maintenant, qu’ai-je [à faire] ici, dit l’Éternel, que mon peuple ait été enlevé gratuitement? Ceux qui dominent sur lui le font hurler, dit l’Éternel, et mon nom est continuellement blasphémé tout le jour.
6 For this cause I will make my name clear to my people; in that day they will be certain that it is my word which comes to them; see, here am I.
C’est pourquoi mon peuple connaîtra mon nom; c’est pourquoi, en ce jour-là, [il connaîtra] que c’est moi-même, qui dis: Me voici!
7 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who comes with good news, who gives word of peace, saying that salvation is near; who says to Zion, Your God is ruling!
Combien sont beaux sur les montagnes les pieds de celui qui apporte de bonnes nouvelles, qui annonce la paix, qui apporte des nouvelles de bonheur, qui annonce le salut, qui dit à Sion: Ton Dieu règne!
8 The voice of your watchmen! their voices are loud in song together; for they will see him, eye to eye, when the Lord comes back to Zion.
La voix de tes sentinelles! – elles élèvent la voix, elles exultent ensemble avec chant de triomphe; car elles verront face à face, quand l’Éternel restaurera Sion.
9 Give sounds of joy, make melody together, waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord has given comfort to his people, he has taken up the cause of Jerusalem.
Éclatez de joie, exultez ensemble, lieux déserts de Jérusalem; car l’Éternel console son peuple; il a racheté Jérusalem.
10 The Lord has let his holy arm be seen by the eyes of all nations; and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
L’Éternel a mis à nu le bras de sa sainteté aux yeux de toutes les nations; et tous les bouts de la terre verront le salut de notre Dieu.
11 Away! away! go out from there, touching no unclean thing; go out from among her; be clean, you who take up the vessels of the Lord.
– Partez, partez; sortez de là; ne touchez pas à ce qui est impur! Sortez du milieu d’elle, soyez purs, vous qui portez les vases de l’Éternel!
12 For you will not go out suddenly, and you will not go in flight: for the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will come after you to keep you.
Car vous ne sortirez pas avec précipitation et vous n’irez pas comme des fugitifs; car l’Éternel ira devant vous, et le Dieu d’Israël sera votre arrière-garde.
13 See, my servant will do well in his undertakings, he will be honoured, and lifted up, and be very high.
Voici, mon serviteur agira sagement; il sera exalté et élevé, et [placé] très haut.
14 As peoples were surprised at him, And his face was not beautiful, so as to be desired: his face was so changed by disease as to be unlike that of a man, and his form was no longer that of the sons of men.
Comme beaucoup ont été stupéfaits en te voyant, – tellement son visage était défait plus que celui d’aucun homme, et sa forme, plus que celle d’aucun fils d’homme, –
15 So will nations give him honour; kings will keep quiet because of him: for what had not been made clear to them they will see; and they will give their minds to what had not come to their ears.
ainsi il fera tressaillir d’étonnement beaucoup de nations; des rois fermeront leur bouche en le voyant; car ils verront ce qui ne leur avait pas été raconté, et ils considéreront ce qu’ils n’avaient pas entendu.
