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.
Or maintenant, ainsi a parlé l’Eternel, ton Créateur, ô Jacob, ton Auteur, ô Israël! Ne crains rien car je vais te libérer; 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; par les torrents, ils ne te submergeront pas; quand tu marcheras à travers le feu, tu ne seras pas brûlé; à travers la flamme, elle n’aura point prise sur toi.
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.
C’Est que je suis l’Eternel, ton Dieu, le Saint d’Israël, ton défenseur. Je donne l’Egypte pour ta rançon, Couch et Seba en échange de 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.
Parce que tu es cher à mes yeux et digne d’estime, parce que je t’aime, je livre des hommes à ta place, et des peuples pour racheter ta personne.
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 point, je suis avec toi! Du Levant je ramènerai tes enfants et du Couchant je te rassemblerai.
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!" au Midi: "Ne les retiens pas! Ramène des pays lointains mes fils, et des confins de la terre mes filles,
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].’
tous ceux qui se réclament de mon nom, tous ceux que, pour ma gloire, j’ai créés, formés, organisés."
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.
Laissez sortir ce peuple qui était aveugle, quoiqu’il eût des yeux, et sourd, quoiqu’il eût 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 tous les peuples se réunissent ensemble, que les nations se groupent! Qui d’entre eux est capable d’annoncer ces choses, de nous communiquer les prédictions de jadis? Qu’ils produisent leurs témoins et qu’ils se justifient, afin qu’on les entende et qu’on dise: "C’Est vrai!"
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, vous êtes mes témoins, dit l’Eternel, et le serviteur choisi par moi pour reconnaître, pour croire en moi et être convaincu que moi je suis; qu’avant moi, nul Dieu n’a existé, et qu’après moi, il n’y en aura point.
11 I, [only] I, am Yahweh, and there is no other one who can save you.
C’Est moi, moi, l’Eternel, et en dehors de moi il n’est point de sauveur.
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.
C’Est moi qui ai fait les révélations, opéré le salut, annoncé les événements, aucun dieu étranger ne s’est manifesté parmi vous. Vous êtes donc mes témoins, dit l’Eternel, comme je suis votre 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.”
Oui, dès l’origine des jours, je suis le même, personne ne saurait sauver de ma main; mon action, qui peut l’entraver?
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 parle l’Eternel, votre libérateur, le Saint d’Israël: "En votre faveur, j’ai envoyé un mandataire à Babylone. Je les ai jetés bas, tous ont recours à la fuite, les Chaldéens gagnent les vaisseaux qu’ils prônaient.
15 I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the one who caused Israel to become a nation, and the one who is really your king.
Je suis l’Eternel, 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 parle l’Eternel, qui trace un chemin dans la mer, une route à travers les eaux impétueuses,
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 chars et coursiers, une armée puissante; tous ensemble ils se sont couchés pour ne plus se relever, ils se sont consumés et éteints comme un lumignon:
18 But do not think [only] about what happened in the past, long ago [DOU].
"Ne rappelez plus les événements passés, ne méditez pas sur les temps antiques.
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 vais créer des choses nouvelles, déjà elles éclosent: ne les remarquez-vous pas? Oui, je vais établir un chemin dans le désert et des cours d’eau dans l’aride solitude.
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;
Les bêtes des champs me rendent hommage chacals et autruches parce que je mets de l’eau dans le désert, des rivières dans la solitude aride, afin de fournir à boire au peuple de mon choix.
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.
Ce peuple, je l’ai formé pour moi, pour qu’il publie ma gloire.
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.
Et pourtant ce n’est pas moi que tu as invoqué, Jacob! Non, tu t’es lassé de moi, 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.
Ce n’est pas à moi que tu as apporté l’agneau de tes holocaustes, ni moi que tu as honoré de tes sacrifices; je ne t’ai point importuné pour des oblations, ni excédé pour de 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, à prix d’argent, acheté pour moi des aromates, tu ne m’as pas saturé de la graisse de tes victimes. En revanche, tu m’as importuné par tes péchés, excédé 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.
Et c’est moi, moi-même qui efface tes péchés, par égard pour moi, et tes fautes, je ne veux plus m’en souvenir.
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 appel à ma mémoire, discutons ensemble! Prends, toi, la parole, afin d’obtenir gain de cause!
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.
Déjà ton premier aïeul a failli et tes intercesseurs m’ont été infidèles.
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.”
Je devrais donc réprouver ces princes du sanctuaire, vouer Jacob à l’anathème et Israël aux outrages.
