Isaiah 38
1 About that time, Hezekiah became [very] ill and was close to dying. [So] I went to see him. And I gave him this message: “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You should tell the people in your palace what you want them to do after you die, because you will not recover from this illness. You are going to die’”
En ce temps-là Ézéchias fut malade à mourir. Alors Ésaïe le prophète, fils d'Amots, vint auprès de lui, et lui dit: Ainsi parle l'Éternel: Donne tes ordres à ta maison, car tu vas mourir et tu ne vivras plus!
2 Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed this:
Alors Ézéchias tourna son visage contre la paroi, et fit sa prière à l'Éternel, et il dit:
3 “Yahweh, do not forget that I have always served you very faithfully, and I have done things that pleased you!” Then Hezekiah [started to] cry loudly.
Ah! Éternel! souviens-toi-donc que j'ai marché devant toi avec fidélité et avec l'intégrité du cœur, et que j'ai fait ce qui est bien à tes yeux. Et Ézéchias pleura beaucoup.
4 [I left his room, but] Yahweh gave me this message:
Alors la parole de l'Éternel fut adressée à Ésaïe en ces mots:
5 “Go [back] to Hezekiah and tell him that this is what I, the God to whom your ancestor King David belonged, say: ‘I have heard what you prayed, and I have seen you crying. So listen: I will enable you to live 15 years more.
Va, et dis à Ézéchias: Ainsi parle l'Éternel, Dieu de David ton père: J'ai entendu ta prière, j'ai vu tes larmes; voici, j'ajoute à tes jours encore quinze années;
6 And, I will rescue you and this city from the power [MTY] of the King of Assyria. I will defend this city.
et je te sauverai, ainsi que cette ville, de la main du roi d'Assyrie, et je protégerai cette ville.
7 And this is what I will do to prove that I will do what I have just now promised. I will cause the shadow of the sun to move ten steps backward on the sundial that was built by King Ahaz.’”
Et que ceci te soit un signe de par l'Éternel que l'Éternel fera ce qu'il a dit:
8 So the shadow of the sun on the sundial moved backward ten steps.
Voici, je ferai rétrograder, de dix degrés en arrière, l'ombre des degrés descendue sur les degrés d'Achaz par l'effet du soleil. – Et le soleil rétrograda de dix degrés dont il était descendu sur les degrés d'Achaz.
9 When King Hezekiah was almost well again, he wrote this:
Hymne d'Ézéchias, Roi de Juda, quand ayant été malade il guérit de sa maladie.
10 I thought to myself, “Is it necessary for me to die and go to the place where the dead people are during this time of my life when I am still strong? Is Yahweh going to rob me of the remaining years that I [should live]?” (Sheol h7585)
« Je disais: Quand mes jours sont tranquilles, je descends donc aux portes des Enfers, privé du reste de ma vie! (Sheol h7585)
11 I said, “I will not see Yahweh [again] in this world where people are alive. I will not see my friends again, or be with others who [now] are alive in this world.
Je disais: Je ne verrai plus l'Éternel, l'Éternel sur la terre des vivants, je ne verrai plus les hommes, désormais réuni aux habitants du séjour silencieux:
12 [It is as if] my life has been taken away like [SIM] a tent [whose pegs] have been pulled up by a shepherd and taken away. My time to live has been cut short, like a piece of cloth that a weaver [cuts and] rolls up [after he has finished weaving a cloth].” Suddenly, [it seemed that] my life was ending.
ma loge est enlevée et emportée loin de moi comme la tente du berger, je tranche ma vie comme un tisserand, des lisses Il me détache, du jour à la nuit tu en finis avec moi!
13 I waited patiently all during the night, but [my pain was as though] [MET] I was being torn apart by lions. [It seemed that] my life was finished.
J'attendis jusqu'au matin; pareil au lion, Il brisa tous mes os; du jour à la nuit tu en finis avec moi!
14 [I was delirious, and] I chirped like a swift or a swallow, and moaned like a dove. My eyes became tired looking up [toward heaven] for help. I cried out, Lord, help me, [because] I am distressed!’
Comme l'hirondelle ou la grue je gémissais, je me lamentais comme la tourterelle, mes yeux s'épuisaient à regarder en haut: « Éternel, je suis dans l'angoisse, sauve-moi!…
15 But there was really nothing [RHQ] that I could say and ask him to reply to me, because it was Yahweh who sent this illness. [So now] I will live humbly during my [remaining] years because I am very anguished.
Que dirai-je? Il m'a promis, et Il a exécuté. Humblement je marcherai durant toutes mes années, après ce tourment de mon âme.
16 Yahweh, the sufferings (OR, the promises) that you give are good, [because] what you do and what you say bring [new] life and health to us. And you restore/heal me and allow me [to continue] to live!
Seigneur, c'est par là qu'on vit! c'est tout cela qui fait la vie de mon esprit; tu me fortifieras! et accorde-moi la vie!
17 Truly, my suffering was good for me; you loved me, and as a result you have rescued me from dying and have also forgiven all my sins.
Voici, en salut mes tourments sont changés! dans ton amour tu tiras mon âme de la fosse du néant, car tu jetas derrière toi tous mes péchés.
18 Dead people [MTY] cannot praise you; they cannot sing to praise you. Those who have descended to their graves cannot confidently expect you to faithfully [do things for them]. (Sheol h7585)
Car l'Enfer ne te loue pas, la mort ne te célèbre pas, les hommes descendus dans la fosse n'espèrent pas dans ta fidélité. (Sheol h7585)
19 Only people who are still alive, like I am, can praise you. Fathers tell their children how you are faithful, [and if I remain alive, I will do the same thing].
C'est le vivant, le vivant qui te loue, comme moi en ce jour; le père aux enfants redit ta fidélité.
20 [I know that] Yahweh will fully heal me, [so] I will sing to praise him while others praise him playing musical instruments; I will do that every day of my life, in the temple of Yahweh.”
L'Éternel me sauve, et nous ferons résonner les cordes de nos lyres tous les jours de notre vie dans la maison de l'Éternel. »
21 I had [previously] said to Hezekiah’s servants, “Prepare an ointment from [mashed] figs, and spread it on his boil, and then he will recover.” [So they did that, and Hezekiah recovered].
Et Ésaïe dit qu'on apportât un gâteau de figues, et qu'on les appliquât pressées sur la plaie, pour qu'il guérît.
22 And Hezekiah had [previously] asked, “What will Yahweh do to prove that I will [recover and be able to] go to his temple?”
Et Ézéchias dit: A quel signe saurai-je que je monterai à la maison de l'Éternel?
