Isaiah 26
1 Some day, [people in] Judah will sing this song: Our city [of Jerusalem] is strong! Yahweh protects our city; He is like [MET] a wall that surrounds it.
En ce jour-là, on chantera ce cantique dans la terre de Juda: Nous avons une ville forte! Il fait de son salut le mur et l’avant-mur,
2 Open the gates of the city for people who are righteous; allow people who faithfully [obey Yahweh] to enter the city.
Ouvrez les portes, laissez entrer la nation juste, qui garde la vérité.
3 Yahweh, those who trust in you, those who firmly resolve to never doubt you, you will enable them to feel perfectly peaceful.
Au cœur constant vous assurez la paix, la paix, parce qu’il se confie en vous.
4 [So] always trust in Yahweh, because Yahweh, [our God], is forever [like] [MET] a huge rock [under which we are sheltered/protected/safe].
Confiez-vous en Yahweh à jamais; car Yahweh est le rocher des siècles.
5 He humbles proud people and destroys cities whose people are arrogant. He causes those cities to collapse into the dust/dirt.
Il a humilié ceux qui habitaient les hauteurs; il a abaissé la ville superbe, il l’a abaissée jusqu’à terre, et lui a fait toucher la poussière.
6 [When that happens], poor and oppressed people will trample on the ruins.
Elle est foulée aux pieds, sous les pieds des humbles, les pas des malheureux.
7 [But as for] righteous people, Yahweh, you do what is right; [it is as though] you cause the paths where they walk to be level and smooth.
Le sentier du juste est uni; elle est droite la voie que vous aplanissez au juste.
8 Yahweh, by obeying your laws we show that we trust you to help us; and what we desire is that you will be honored/praised/exalted.
Oui, sur le sentier de vos jugements, nous vous attendions, ô Yahweh; votre nom et votre souvenir étaient le désir de nos âmes.
9 [All] through the night I [SYN] desire to know you better, and each morning I still want to be with you. [Only] when you come to judge [and punish] people who live on the earth will they learn to do what is right.
Mon âme vous a désiré pendant la nuit, et au dedans de moi mon esprit vous cherchait; car, lorsque vos jugements s’exercent sur la terre, les habitants du monde apprennent la justice.
10 [But] your acting kindly toward wicked people does not cause them to do what is good. [Even] in places where people do what is right, the wicked people continue to do what is evil, and they do not realize that you, Yahweh, are great.
Si l’on fait grâce au méchant, il n’apprend pas la justice; dans le pays de la droiture, il agit en pervers, et il ne voit pas la majesté de Yahweh.
11 Yahweh, [it is as though] your fist is raised up [ready to strike them], but they do not realize that. Show them that you are very eager to help your people. If your enemies would realize that, they would be ashamed; allow your fire to burn them up [because they are] your enemies.
Yahweh, votre main est levée; ils ne la voient point. Ils verront votre zèle pour votre peuple, et seront confus; le feu fait pour vos adversaires les dévorera.
12 Yahweh, [we desire that] you will allow things to go well for us; everything that we have done is what you have enabled us to do.
Yahweh, vous nous assurerez la paix, car toute notre œuvre, c’est vous qui l’avez faite pour nous.
13 Yahweh, our God, others have ruled over us, but you [MTY] are the only one whom we honor.
Yahweh, notre Dieu, d’autres maîtres que vous ont dominé sur nous; grâce à vous seul, nous pouvons célébrer votre nom.
14 Those who ruled us are [now] gone; they are dead; their spirits have left this earth, and they will not become alive [again]. You punished those rulers and got rid of them, and people do not even remember them any more.
Les morts, ne vivront plus, les ombres ne ressusciteront point. Vous les avez visités et exterminés, et vous avez anéanti d’eux tout souvenir.
15 Yahweh, you have enabled our nation to become great; we are more in [now], and we have more land, [so we] thank/praise you.
Vous avez accrû la nation, Yahweh, vous avez accrû la nation et manifesté votre gloire; vous avez reculé les limites du pays.
16 Yahweh, when we were distressed, we asked you [to help us]; when you disciplined/punished us, we were able only to whisper when we prayed to you.
Yahweh, dans la détresse ils vous ont recherché; ils ont exhalé leur plainte quand vous les frappiez.
17 Like pregnant women writhe and cry out when they are giving birth, we suffered very much, too.
Comme une femme enceinte, prête à enfanter, se tord et crie dans ses douleurs, ainsi nous étions devant votre face, Yahweh.
18 We had severe pain, but nothing good resulted [MET] from it. We have not rescued our people [from being conquered by our enemies], and we have not given birth to children [who will rule the world correctly] (OR, not defeated the armies [that have attacked other nations].
Nous avons conçu dans la douleur et enfanté du vent; nous n’avons pas donné le salut à la terre, et il n’est pas né d’habitants du monde.
19 But Yahweh’s people who have died will become alive [again], their corpses will become alive! Those whose bodies lie in graves will rise and shout joyfully! His light will be [like] dew that falls on his people who have died, who are [now] in the place where the dead people are, [and will cause them to become alive again].
Vos morts vivront; mes cadavres ressusciteront; Réveillez-vous et chantez, vous qui êtes couchés dans la poussière car votre rosée, Seigneur, est une rosée de lumière, et la terre rendra au jour les trépassés.
20 But now, my people/fellow-citizens, go home and lock your doors! Hide for a short time, until [Yahweh] is no longer angry.
Va, mon peuple, entre dans tes chambres, et ferme tes portes sur toi; cache-toi pour quelques instants; jusqu’à ce que la colère ait passé.
21 Listen to this: Yahweh will come from heaven to punish [all] the people on the earth for the sins that they have committed. People will be able to see [PRS] the (blood of those/the people) who have been murdered; their murderers will no longer be able to hide.
Car voici que Yahweh sort de sa demeure, pour visiter l’iniquité des habitants de la terre, et la terre découvrira le sang qu’elle a bu, et ne cachera plus ses tués.
