Isaiah 43
1 But now, you people of Israel, listen to Yahweh, the one who established your nation. The one who caused you to become a nation [DOU] says this: “Do not be afraid, because I previously rescued you. I enabled you to have a personal relationship with me [MTY], and you belong to me.
Mais maintenant, ainsi dit l’Éternel, qui t’a créé, ô Jacob, et qui t’a formé, ô Israël: Ne crains point, car je t’ai racheté; je t’ai appelé par ton nom, tu es à moi.
2 When you [experience dangerous situations], and [you feel like] [MET] you are crossing deep rivers, I will be with you. When you have very big troubles/difficulties, you will [LIT] be able to endure them. When [people try to kill you like they tried to kill Daniel’s three friends by] throwing them in a fire, you will not [die, just like Daniel’s three friends were not] burned up,
Quand tu passeras par les eaux, je serai avec toi, et par les rivières, elles ne te submergeront pas; quand tu marcheras dans le feu, tu ne seras pas brûlé, et la flamme ne te consumera pas.
3 because I am Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, the one who rescues you. I will enable [the army of the emperor of Persia] to conquer Egypt instead of conquering you; similarly I will enable them to conquer Ethiopia, and Seba [in Arabia], in order that you can be saved.
Car moi, je suis l’Éternel, ton Dieu, le Saint d’Israël, ton sauveur. J’ai donné l’Égypte pour ta rançon, Cush et Seba pour toi.
4 I will cause other countries to be conquered, instead of your country; I will trade them for you, in order that you will not be killed, because you are very precious [DOU] to me and because I love you.
Depuis que tu es devenu précieux à mes yeux, tu as été glorieux, et moi, je t’ai aimé; et je donnerai des hommes pour toi et des peuples pour ta vie.
5 Do not be afraid, because I am with you. [Some day] I will gather your descendants from the east and from the west.
Ne crains pas, car je suis avec toi. Je ferai venir du levant ta semence, et je te rassemblerai du couchant;
6 I will command the [rulers of the nations to] the north and to the south, ‘Allow all the people of Israel to return [to their country], from the most distant places on the earth.
je dirai au nord: Donne, et au midi: Ne retiens pas; amène mes fils de loin, et mes filles du bout de la terre,
7 Allow all those who belong to me [MTY] to return, because I have caused them to become a nation in order that they would honor me; I am the one who has done that [DOU].’
chacun qui est appelé de mon nom, et que j’ai créé pour ma gloire, que j’ai formé, oui, que j’ai fait.
8 Summon the people who have eyes but [it is as though] they are blind; summon those who have ears but [because they do not listen to me, it is as though] they are deaf.
Fais sortir le peuple aveugle qui a des yeux, et les sourds qui ont des oreilles.
9 Gather people of all nations together, ones from all people-groups, [and ask them this]: ‘Has any of their idols foretold the things that are happening now? And can any of them predict what will happen in the future?’ Then bring people who will testify and say ‘I heard them predict things, and what they predicted was what happened,’ [but they will be lying].”
Que toutes les nations soient réunies ensemble, et que les peuples se rassemblent! Qui d’entre eux a déclaré cela, et nous a fait entendre les choses précédentes? Qu’ils produisent leurs témoins et qu’ils se justifient, ou qu’ils entendent, et disent: C’est la vérité!
10 But Yahweh says, “You people of Israel (are my witnesses/know what I have done), and you are the ones who serve me. I chose you in order that you would know me, believe in me, and understand that I am the only one who is [truly] God. There is no other [true] God. There was no other [true] God previously, and there will never be another [true] God.
Vous êtes mes témoins, dit l’Éternel, [vous] et mon serviteur que j’ai choisi, afin que vous connaissiez, et que vous me croyiez, et que vous compreniez que moi je suis le Même: avant moi aucun Dieu n’a été formé, et après moi il n’y en aura pas.
11 I, [only] I, am Yahweh, and there is no other one who can save you.
Moi, moi, je suis l’Éternel, et hors moi il n’y en a point qui sauve.
12 I said that I would rescue [your ancestors], and then I rescued them, and I proclaimed [that I had done it]. No foreign god among you did that! And you are witnesses that only I, Yahweh, am God.
Moi, j’ai déclaré, et j’ai sauvé, et j’ai fait entendre, quand il n’y avait pas de [dieu] étranger au milieu de vous; et vous êtes mes témoins, dit l’Éternel, que je suis Dieu.
13 I am God, the one who has existed forever and who will exist forever; no one can snatch people from my hand, and no one can alter/change what I have done.”
Aussi, depuis qu’il y a un jour, je suis le Même, et il n’y a personne qui délivre de ma main: j’opérerai, et qui peut [m’en] détourner?
14 Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, is the one who rescues you; and this is what he says: “For your sake, I will send [an army] to [attack] Babylon. They will force the people of that city to flee in ships which they have been proud of.
Ainsi dit l’Éternel, votre rédempteur, le Saint d’Israël: À cause de vous j’ai envoyé à Babylone, et je les ai fait descendre tous comme des fugitifs, même les Chaldéens, dans les vaisseaux où s’entend leur cri.
15 I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the one who caused Israel to become a nation, and the one who is really your king.
Moi, je suis l’Éternel, votre Saint, le créateur d’Israël, votre roi.
16 I am Yahweh, the one who opened a path through the water, making a road through the [Red] Sea.
Ainsi dit l’Éternel, qui donne un chemin dans la mer et un sentier dans les eaux puissantes,
17 Then I summoned the great army [of Egypt] to come with all their chariots and horses. [But when they tried to pursue my people], I caused the waves to flow over them [and they drowned]; their lives ended [like the light of a candle ends when someone] [MET] snuffs out the wick.
qui fait sortir le char et le cheval, l’armée et les forts, – ils sont couchés ensemble, ils ne se lèveront pas; ils finissent, éteints comme une mèche:
18 But do not think [only] about what happened in the past, long ago [DOU].
Ne vous souvenez pas des choses précédentes, et ne considérez pas les choses anciennes.
19 Instead, consider the new thing that I am going to do. I have already started to do it; can you see it? I am going to make a road through the desert. And I will cause there to be streams in the wasteland/desert.
Voici, je fais une chose nouvelle; maintenant elle va germer: ne la connaîtrez-vous pas? Oui, je mettrai un chemin dans le désert, des rivières dans le lieu désolé.
20 The jackals/wolves and owls and other wild creatures will thank me for giving them water in the desert. I will cause streams to appear in the dry desert in order that my people, the ones whom I have chosen, will have water;
La bête des champs me glorifiera, les chacals et les autruches; car j’ai donné des eaux dans le désert, des rivières dans le lieu désolé, pour abreuver mon peuple, mon élu.
21 I will do that for the people whom I have created [and chosen] to belong to me, and [some day] they will cause many others to praise me.
J’ai formé ce peuple pour moi-même; ils raconteront ma louange.
22 But now, you descendants of Jacob, you refuse to request my help. It seems that you people of Israel have become tired of worshiping me.
Mais tu ne m’as pas invoqué, ô Jacob; car tu as été las de moi, ô Israël.
23 You have not brought to me sheep or goats for offerings that will be completely burned [on the altar]; you have not honored me by [bringing to me any] sacrifices, even though the offerings of grain and incense [that I asked you] to bring to me were not a burden to you.
Tu ne m’as pas apporté le menu bétail de tes holocaustes, et tu ne m’as pas glorifié par tes sacrifices. Je ne t’ai pas asservi à des offrandes de gâteau, et je ne t’ai pas fatigué pour l’encens.
24 You have bought for me fragrant reeds, and you have brought me the fat from your sacrifices. But these have not pleased me, because you have burdened me by all the sins that you have committed, and made me weary because of all (your iniquities/the wrong things that you have done).
Tu n’as pas acheté pour moi du roseau aromatique pour de l’argent, et tu ne m’as pas rassasié de la graisse de tes sacrifices; mais tu m’as asservi par tes péchés, tu m’as fatigué par tes iniquités.
25 I am the one who is able to forgive you for all your sins; I am the only one who can do that, with the result that I will never think about them again.
– C’est moi, c’est moi qui efface tes transgressions à cause de moi-même; et je ne me souviendrai pas de tes péchés.
26 Tell me what I have done that you do not like. Do you think that when you state your case, you will prove that you (are innocent/have done nothing wrong) [IRO]?
Fais-moi souvenir, plaidons ensemble; raconte toi-même, afin que tu sois justifié.
27 No, [what has happened is that] the first ancestor of you Israelis sinned [against me], and since then, all your leaders have rebelled against me.
Ton premier père a péché, et tes médiateurs se sont rebellés contre moi;
28 That is why I have caused your priests to be disgraced; and I have allowed others to destroy you people of Israel and caused you to be despised.”
et j’ai profané les chefs du lieu saint, et j’ai livré Jacob à la destruction et Israël à l’opprobre.
