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 sera chanté ce cantique dans le pays de Juda: Nous avons une ville forte: il a mis le salut pour murailles et pour remparts.
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, et qu’elle entre, la nation juste qui garde la fidélité!
3 Yahweh, those who trust in you, those who firmly resolve to never doubt you, you will enable them to feel perfectly peaceful.
Tu garderas dans une paix parfaite l’esprit qui s’appuie [sur toi], car il se confie en toi.
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 l’Éternel, à tout jamais; car en Jah, Jéhovah, 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.
Car il abat ceux qui habitent en haut; il abaisse la ville haut élevée, il l’abaisse jusqu’en terre, il la fait descendre jusque dans la poussière:
6 [When that happens], poor and oppressed people will trample on the ruins.
le pied la foulera, les pieds des affligés, les pas des misérables.
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 chemin du juste est la droiture. Toi qui es droit, tu aplanis le sentier du 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, dans le chemin de tes jugements, ô Éternel, nous t’avons attendu; le désir de notre âme est après ton nom et après ton souvenir.
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 te désire de nuit; oui, mon esprit, au-dedans de moi, te cherche diligemment; car, lorsque tes jugements sont 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 use de grâce envers le méchant, il n’apprend pas la justice; dans le pays de la droiture il fait le mal, et il ne voit pas la majesté de l’Éternel.
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.
Ô Éternel, ta main est élevée, mais ils ne voient point; [mais] ils verront [ta] jalousie pour le peuple et seront honteux. Oui, le feu [qui attend] tes 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.
Éternel, tu établiras la paix pour nous; car aussi toutes nos œuvres, tu les as opérées pour nous.
13 Yahweh, our God, others have ruled over us, but you [MTY] are the only one whom we honor.
Éternel, notre Dieu, d’autres seigneurs que toi ont dominé sur nous: par toi seul nous ferons mention de ton 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 pas, les trépassés ne se relèveront pas; car tu les as visités, et tu les as exterminés, et tu as détruit toute mémoire d’eux.
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.
Tu as augmenté la nation, ô Éternel; tu as augmenté la nation; tu as été glorifié: tu l’avais éloignée jusqu’à tous les bouts de la terre.
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.
Éternel, dans la détresse ils t’ont cherché; ils ont épanché [leur] prière à voix basse, lorsque tu les as châtiés.
17 Like pregnant women writhe and cry out when they are giving birth, we suffered very much, too.
Comme une femme enceinte, près d’enfanter, est dans les douleurs [et] crie dans ses peines, ainsi nous avons été devant toi, ô Éternel:
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, nous avons été dans les douleurs, nous avons comme enfanté du vent; nous n’avons pas opéré le salut du pays, et les habitants du monde ne sont pas tombés…
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].
Tes morts vivront, mes corps morts se relèveront. Réveillez-vous et exultez avec chant de triomphe, vous qui habitez dans la poussière; car ta rosée est la rosée de l’aurore, et la terre jettera dehors 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.
Viens, mon peuple, entre dans tes chambres et ferme tes portes sur toi; cache-toi pour un petit moment, jusqu’à ce que l’indignation soit passée.
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, l’Éternel sort de son lieu pour visiter l’iniquité des habitants de la terre sur eux, et la terre révélera son sang, et ne cachera plus ses tués.
