Isaiah 35
1 [Some day, it will be as though] the desert [and other very] dry areas are glad [DOU]; the desert will rejoice and flowers will blossom. Like crocuses/daffodils,
Le désert et la terre aride se réjouiront; le lieu stérile sera dans l’allégresse, et fleurira comme la rose;
2 the desert will produce flowers abundantly; [it will be as though] everything is rejoicing and singing! The deserts will become as beautiful as [SIM] [the trees in] Lebanon, as fertile [SIM] as the plains of the Sharon and Carmel [areas]. [There] people will see the glory of Yahweh; they will see that he is magnificent.
il fleurira abondamment, et il sera dans l’allégresse, oui, dans l’allégresse, et il exultera. La gloire du Liban lui sera donnée, la magnificence du Carmel et du Saron; ils verront la gloire de l’Éternel, la magnificence de notre Dieu.
3 [So], encourage those who are tired and weak.
Fortifiez les mains lassées, et affermissez les genoux qui chancellent.
4 Say to those who are afraid, “Be strong and do not be afraid, because our God is going to come to get revenge [on his enemies]; he will (pay them back/punish them) for what they have done, and he will rescue you.”
Dites à ceux qui ont le cœur timide: Soyez forts, ne craignez pas; voici votre Dieu: la vengeance vient, la rétribution de Dieu! Lui-même viendra, et vous sauvera.
5 When he does that, [he will enable] blind people to see and [enable] deaf people to hear.
Alors les yeux des aveugles s’ouvriront, et les oreilles des sourds seront ouvertes.
6 Lame people will leap like deer, and those who have been unable to speak will sing joyfully. Water will gush out [from springs] in the desert; streams will flow in the desert.
Alors le boiteux sautera comme le cerf, et la langue du muet chantera de joie. Car des eaux jailliront dans le désert, et des rivières dans le lieu stérile;
7 The very dry ground will become a pool of water, and springs will provide water for the dry land. Grass and reeds and papyrus will grow in places where the jackals/wolves lived previously.
et le mirage deviendra un étang, et la terre aride, des sources d’eau; dans l’habitation des chacals où ils couchaient, il y aura un parc à roseaux et à joncs.
8 And there will be a highway through that land; it will be called ‘the Holy Highway’. People who are not acceptable to God will not walk on that road; it will be only for those who conduct their lives as God wants them to; foolish people will become lost while walking on that road.
Et il y aura là une grande route et un chemin, et il sera appelé le chemin de la sainteté: l’impur n’y passera pas, mais il sera pour ceux-là. Ceux qui vont [ce] chemin, même les insensés, ne s’égareront pas.
9 There will not be any lions there or any other dangerous animals along that road. Only those who have been freed [from being slaves in Babylonia] will walk on it.
Il n’y aura pas là de lion, et une bête qui déchire n’y montera pas [et] n’y sera pas trouvée; mais les rachetés y marcheront.
10 Those whom Yahweh has freed will return to Jerusalem; they will sing as they enter the city; they will be extremely joyful [MET, PRS] forever. No longer will they be sad or mourn; they will be [completely] joyful [DOU].
Et ceux que l’Éternel a délivrés retourneront et viendront à Sion avec des chants de triomphe; et une joie éternelle sera sur leur tête; ils obtiendront l’allégresse et la joie, et le chagrin et le gémissement s’enfuiront.
