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, on chantera cet hymne dans le pays de Juda: "Nous avons une ville pour nous protéger, murs et remparts assurent notre salut.
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, pour que puisse entrer un peuple juste, gardien de la loyauté."
3 Yahweh, those who trust in you, those who firmly resolve to never doubt you, you will enable them to feel perfectly peaceful.
Celui qui a le cœur ferme, tu le préserves; à lui la paix, la paix, 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].
Mettez votre confiance en Dieu toujours et toujours, car en l’Eternel vous avez un roc immuable.
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 trônaient haut; la cité altière, il l’a abaissée, abaissée jusqu’à terre, couchée—dans la poussière.
6 [When that happens], poor and oppressed people will trample on the ruins.
Les pieds la foulent, les pieds de l’humble, le talon des faibles.
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.
La voie du juste est droiture; ô Dieu intègre, 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, Seigneur, sur la voie de tes jugements nous espérons en toi; le désir de notre âme va à ton nom et à 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.
De tout mon être, j’aspire à toi durant la nuit, de toute la puissance de l’esprit qui est en moi, je te recherche le matin; car lorsque tes jugements éclatent ici-bas, les habitants du globe 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.
Que le méchant soit traité avec bienveillance, il n’apprend pas, lui, la justice; au pays de la droiture il poursuit ses méfaits et ne considère pas la majesté de l’Eternel.
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.
Ta main s’est dressée, ô Seigneur, ils ne l’ont pas aperçue. Puissent-ils, pour leur confusion, voir ton zèle pour ce peuple! Puisse le feu dévorer tes adversaires!
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.
Fonde la paix parmi nous, Eternel, puisque aussi bien tous les fruits de notre action sont ton œuvre,
13 Yahweh, our God, others have ruled over us, but you [MTY] are the only one whom we honor.
Dieu éternel, des maîtres autres que toi ont dominé sur nous, mais grâce à toi, c’est ton nom seul que nous invoquons,
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 revivent point, les ombres ne se relèvent pas; voilà pourquoi tu as sévi contre eux, tu les as détruits et effacé 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.
Mais tu as grandi, ô Seigneur, ce peuple, tu as grandi ce peuple, dont tu es honoré, et élargi toutes les limites de son 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.
Eternel, dans la détresse ils pensaient à toi et se répandaient en prières silencieuses, quand ton châtiment les atteignait.
17 Like pregnant women writhe and cry out when they are giving birth, we suffered very much, too.
Comme une femme enceinte, sur le point d’accoucher, se tord, jette des cris dans ses douleurs, ainsi nous étions à cause de toi.
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 en travail, mais nous n’avons enfanté que du vent. Nul secours n’a été apporté au pays, nul homme n’a été mis au 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].
Puissent donc tes morts revenir à la vie et les cadavres des miens ressusciter! Réveillez-vous et entonnez des cantiques, vous qui dormez dans la poussière! Oui, pareille à la rosée du matin est ta rosée: grâce à elle, la terre laisse échapper ses ombres.
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, retire-toi dans tes demeures, et ferme les portes derrière toi; cache-toi un court instant, jusqu’à ce que la bourrasque 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 l’Eternel qui sort de sa résidence, pour faire expier leurs méfaits aux habitants du pays: la terre va mettre au jour le sang qui l’a baignée, et elle ne dérobera plus aux regards les victimes qu’elle a reçues.
