Isaiah 42
1 [Yahweh says, “I want you people to know about] my servant, whom I encourage. I have chosen him, and I am pleased with him. I have given him my Spirit, and he will make certain that all the people-groups do what is right/just.
Voici mon serviteur, celui que je soutiendrai, mon élu, en qui mon âme prend plaisir. J'ai mis sur lui mon Esprit; il manifestera la justice aux nations.
2 He will not [show his power by] shouting [DOU] or by talking very loudly.
Il ne criera point; il n'élèvera point sa voix, et ne la fera point entendre dans les rues.
3 He will not get rid of [anyone who is weak like] [MET] a smashed reed, and he will not [end the life of anyone who is helpless like] [MET] someone would extinguish a dimly burning wick [of an oil lamp]. He will faithfully/continually make sure that judges decide cases justly.
Il ne brisera pas le roseau cassé, et n'éteindra pas le lumignon qui fume encore; il manifestera la justice avec vérité.
4 He will not become exhausted or discouraged all during the time that he is causing things to be done justly throughout the earth. Even [people living on the islands in] [MTY] the oceans will confidently wait for [him to teach them] his laws.”
Il ne se ralentira ni ne se précipitera point, jusqu'à ce qu'il ait établi la justice sur la terre; et les îles espéreront en sa loi.
5 Yahweh our God created the sky and spread it out. He also created the earth and everything on it. He gives breath to all the people on the earth; he causes them to live [DOU]. [And he is the one who says to his special servant],
Ainsi a dit le Dieu, l'Éternel, qui a créé les cieux et les a déployés, qui a étendu la terre avec tout ce qu'elle produit; qui donne la respiration au peuple qui est sur elle, et le souffle à ceux qui y marchent:
6 “I, Yahweh, have chosen you to show people that I always act righteously/fairly. I will grasp your hand and protect you, and I will present you to [my Israeli] people to be the one who will put into effect my agreement with them. [You will be like] a light to the [other] nations.
Moi, l'Éternel, je t'ai appelé dans la justice; je te prendrai par la main, je te garderai; je te donnerai pour alliance au peuple, et pour lumière aux nations,
7 You will enable blind [IDM] people to see, you will free those who are in prison (OR, who are bound [by the guilt of their sins]) [MET] and release those who are in dark dungeons.
Pour ouvrir les yeux des aveugles, pour faire sortir de prison le captif, et du cachot ceux qui habitent dans les ténèbres.
8 I am Yahweh; that is my name. I will not allow anyone else to receive the honor that only I deserve. And I will not allow idols to be praised like only I should be praised.
Je suis l'Éternel; tel est mon nom, je ne donnerai point ma gloire à un autre, ni ma louange aux idoles.
9 Everything that I have prophesied has happened, and now I will tell about other things that will happen. I will tell you things that will happen before they happen.”
Voici, les premières choses sont arrivées, et j'en annonce de nouvelles; je vous les fais entendre avant qu'elles arrivent.
10 Sing a new song to Yahweh! Sing to praise him throughout the world! All you people who sail across the oceans, and all you creatures that live in the oceans, and all you people who live on islands far away, sing!
Chantez à l'Éternel un cantique nouveau! Chantez sa louange de l'extrémité de la terre, vous qui voguez sur la mer, et tout ce qui y est, les îles et leurs habitants!
11 You people who live in towns in the desert, sing loudly! You people who live in the Kedar [area in the north of Arabia], you rejoice also! You people in Sela [city in Edom], you also should sing joyfully; shout [to praise him] from the tops of your mountains!
Que le désert et ses villes élèvent la voix, et les tentes qu'habite Kédar! Que les habitants des rochers chantent de joie! Que du sommet des montagnes on pousse des cris!
12 Even people who live on distant islands should honor Yahweh and sing to praise him.
Qu'ils rendent gloire à l'Éternel, et publient sa louange dans les îles!
13 [It will be as though] Yahweh will march out like [SIM] a mighty soldier; he will show that he is very angry. He will shout a battle-cry, and [then] he will defeat all his enemies.
L'Éternel sortira comme un héros; il réveillera son ardeur comme un homme de guerre; il poussera des cris terribles; il déploiera sa force sur ses ennemis.
14 [He will say], “I have remained silent [DOU] for a long time; I have restrained myself [from doing what I need to do]. But now, like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby, I will cry out and gasp and pant.
Je me suis tu dès longtemps, j'ai gardé le silence, je me suis contenu; mais je crierai comme celle qui enfante, je serai haletant et je respirerai à la fois.
15 I will level off the hills and mountains, and I will cause all the plants and trees to dry up. I will cause the rivers to become small streams, and little islands will appear in them, and I will cause all the pools to become dry.
Je dévasterai montagnes et coteaux, et je dessécherai toute leur verdure; je changerai les fleuves en terre ferme, et je dessécherai les étangs.
16 [My people who have been taken to Babylonia are like] [MET] blind people, [but] I will lead them along a road on which they have not walked before, on a road that they have not seen before. They have felt [very helpless, as though] they were walking in the darkness, but I will take away that darkness and I will make smooth the road that is in front of them. Those are the things that I will do for them; I will not abandon them.
Je ferai marcher les aveugles par un chemin qu'ils ne connaissent pas; je les conduirai par des sentiers inconnus; je changerai devant eux les ténèbres en lumière, et les lieux montueux en plaine. Je leur ferai cela, et ne les abandonnerai point.
17 But those who trust in carved idols, and say to images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be completely humiliated/disgraced.”
Mais ils reculeront et seront couverts de honte, ceux qui se fient aux images taillées, qui disent aux idoles de fonte: Vous êtes nos dieux!
18 You [Israeli people who have acted toward God like] deaf [people], listen [to what Yahweh says]! “You [who have been like] [MET] blind [people], look!
Sourds, écoutez; et vous, aveugles, regardez et voyez!
19 No people are [RHQ] as blind as my people, who [should have been] serving me. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] deaf people as [the Israelis, who should have been] my messengers. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] blind people as those whom I chose to serve me.
Qui est aveugle sinon mon serviteur, et sourd comme le messager que j'envoie? Qui est aveugle comme celui qui fut comblé de biens, aveugle comme le serviteur de l'Éternel?
20 You see and know what are the right things to do, but you do not do them. You hear [what I say to you], but you do not pay attention.”
Tu as vu beaucoup de choses, mais tu n'y as pas pris garde; vous avez les oreilles ouvertes, et vous n'entendez rien.
21 Because Yahweh is righteous, he has honored his glorious laws.
L'Éternel s'est plu, à cause de sa justice, à donner une loi grande et magnifique.
22 But [the armies of Babylon have destroyed Jerusalem] and have completely (plundered/taken away) [DOU] all the valuable things, and they have captured Yahweh’s people and taken them away and put them in prison. They have been captured easily, because there was no one to protect them; there was no one to say that they should be allowed to return home.
Et cependant, c'est un peuple pillé et dépouillé; on les a tous enchaînés dans des fosses et enfouis dans des prisons; ils sont livrés en proie, et nul ne les délivre; ils sont dépouillés, et nul ne dit: Rends-le nous!
23 Who among you will listen carefully to these things? Who will pay attention from now on?
Qui parmi vous prêtera l'oreille à ceci, pour écouter et pour entendre à l'avenir?
24 Who allowed the valuable possessions of the people of Israel to be stolen [RHQ, DOU]? It was Yahweh, because he is he one against whom we had sinned; we did not conduct our lives like he wanted us to, and we did not obey his laws.
Qui a livré Jacob en proie, et Israël à ceux qui l'ont pillé? N'est-ce pas l'Éternel, contre qui nous avons péché, dont ils n'ont pas voulu suivre les voies, dont ils n'ont point écouté la loi?
25 Therefore, he was extremely angry with us, and he caused our soldiers to be destroyed in battles. [It was as though] [MET] he lit a fire around us, but we did not understand [what he was trying to tell us]. [His being angry with us was like] a fire that would burn us up, but we did not pay attention [IDM].
Aussi a-t-il répandu sur Israël l'ardeur de sa colère, la violence de la guerre; elle l'a embrasé de toutes parts, et il n'a point compris; elle l'a consumé, et il n'y a point fait attention.
