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.
Et maintenant voici ce que dit le Seigneur: Qui t'a créé, Jacob? qui t'a formé, Israël? Ne crains pas, car je t'ai racheté; je t'ai donné 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,
Si tu traverses les eaux, je suis avec toi; et les fleuves ne pourront te submerger; et si tu passes à travers la flamme, tu ne seras point brûlé, le feu ne te brûlera 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 je suis le Seigneur ton Dieu, le Saint d'Israël, ton sauveur. J'ai fait de l'Égypte et de l'Éthiopie ta rançon, et pour toi j'ai livré Soène.
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 devant moi, tu as été glorifié, et je t'aime, et je donnerai pour toi les hommes, et pour ta tête les princes.
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. De l'Orient je ramènerai ta race; je te ferai revenir de l'Occident.
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 à l'aquilon: Ramène-les; et au midi: Ne retiens pas, ramène de loin mes fils, ramène mes filles des extrémités 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].’
Ramène tous ceux qui ont invoqué mon nom; car j'ai préparé ce peuple, je l'ai formé, je l'ai fait pour ma gloire;
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.
Et j'ai éloigné de moi un peuple aveugle, et ses yeux étaient comme aveuglés, et ses oreilles étaient sourdes.
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].”
Voilà tous les Gentils rassemblés à la fois, voilà leurs princes. Qui d'entre eux annoncera ces choses? Qui annoncera les choses à partir du commencement? Qu'ils produisent leurs témoins, qu'ils se justifient, qu'ils écoutent et disent 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.
Soyez pour moi des témoins, et moi-même je porterai témoignage, dit le Seigneur Dieu; et aussi mon serviteur, celui que j'ai élu, afin que vous sachiez, que vous croyiez et compreniez que je suis. Avant moi il n'y a pas eu d'autre Dieu, et il n'en sera point après moi.
11 I, [only] I, am Yahweh, and there is no other one who can save you.
Je suis Dieu, et, hormis moi, nul ne 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.
J'ai prédit, j'ai sauvé, j'ai fait des reproches, et il n'y avait pas avec vous d'étranger. Vous êtes mes témoins, et moi je suis le Seigneur 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.”
Je suis depuis le commencement, et il n'est personne qui puisse rien arracher de mes mains. Je ferai mon œuvre, et qui la détruira?
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.
Voici ce que dit le Seigneur Dieu qui vous a racheté, le Saint d'Israël: A cause de vous, j'enverrai un ennemi contre Babylone, et je les ferai tous fuir, et les Chaldéens seront enchaînés dans des vaisseaux.
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 le Seigneur Dieu, votre Saint, qui ai institué votre roi en Israël.
16 I am Yahweh, the one who opened a path through the water, making a road through the [Red] Sea.
Voici ce que dit le Seigneur, qui traça une voie dans la mer, et des sentiers sur les grandes eaux;
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 y fit entrer des chars, des chevaux et une puissante multitude. Mais ils se sont endormis et ils ne se réveilleront plus; ils se sont éteints comme une mèche qu'on a éteinte.
18 But do not think [only] about what happened in the past, long ago [DOU].
Mais vous ne vous souvenez pas des choses du commencement; vous ne considérez point ce qui s'est fait autrefois.
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.
Eh bien, je ferai de nouveaux prodiges, qui vont naître tout à l'heure, et vous les connaîtrez; je tracerai une voie dans le désert, et je ferai jaillir des fleuves sur une terre sans eau.
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 béniront avec les petits oiseaux et les jeunes passereaux, parce que j'aurai donné de l'eau à une terre aride, et des fleuves au désert, pour abreuver ma race élue,
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.
Mon peuple dont j'ai pris soin, pour qu'il raconte mes vertus.
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 je ne t'ai pas appelé, Jacob; je ne t'ai point coûté de fatigues, 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 point offert d'holocauste de tes brebis; tu ne m'as point glorifié par tes sacrifices; je ne t'ai point assujetti à m'immoler des victimes; je ne t'ai pas donné la peine de brûler pour moi 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 acheté pour moi des victimes à prix d'argent; je n'ai point désiré la génisse de tes sacrifices, mais tu t'es présenté devant moi avec tes péchés et ton injustice.
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 cependant, c'est moi qui efface tes transgressions et tes péchés, à cause de moi-même, et je n'en garderai pas le 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]?
De ton côté souviens-toi, et plaidons ensemble; confesse d'abord tes iniquités, 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.
Vos pères les premiers, et vos princes ont péché 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 vos princes ont profané mes choses saintes, et j'ai livré Jacob et Israël à l'opprobre et à la destruction.
