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, ô Jacob, et qui ta formé, ô Israël: Ne crains point, parce que je t’ai racheté, et appelé par ton nom; tu es mien, toi.
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,
Lorsque tu passeras au travers des eaux, je serai avec toi, et les fleuves ne te submergeront pas; lorsque tu marcheras dans le feu, tu ne seras pas brûlé; et la flamme n’aura pas d’ardeur pour 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.
Parce que je suis le Seigneur ton Dieu, le saint d’Israël, ton Sauveur; j’ai donné pour toi, afin de t’être propice, l’Egypte, l’Ethiopie et Saba.
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 honorable à mes yeux et glorieux, moi, je t’ai aimé; je donnerai des hommes pour toi, et des peuples pour ton âme.
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, parce que moi je suis avec toi; de l’Orient je ramènerai ta race; et de l’Occident 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 à l’aquilon: Donne; et au midi: Ne retiens pas; amène mes fils de loin, et 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].’
Car quiconque invoque mon nom, je l’ai créé pour ma gloire, je l’ai formé, et je l’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 un peuple aveugle et qui a des yeux; sourd, et il a 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].”
Toutes les nations se sont réunies ensemble, et des tribus se sont liées; qui parmi vous annoncera cela, et nous fera entendre les choses qui furent les premières? qu’ils produisent leurs témoins, qu’ils se justifient, et qu’ils entendent, et qu’ils disent: 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 êtes mes témoins, dit le Seigneur, vous et mon serviteur que j’ai choisi; afin que vous sachiez, que vous me croyiez, et que vous compreniez que c’est moi-même qui suis. Avant moi il n’y a pas eu de Dieu 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.
C’est moi qui suis, c’est moi qui suis le Seigneur; et il n’y a pas, hors moi, 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 annoncé, et qui ai sauvé; j’ai fait entendre, et il n’y a pas eu parmi vous d’étranger; vous êtes mes témoins, dit le Seigneur, et moi, 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.”
Et dès le commencement je suis, et il n’y a personne qui arrache de ma main; j’agirai, et qui m’en détournera?
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, votre rédempteur, le saint d’Israël: À cause de vous j’ai envoyé à Babylone, et j’ai arraché toutes ses barres, et les Chaldéens qui se glorifiaient dans leurs 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, 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.
Voici ce que dit le Seigneur, qui a fait dans la mer une voie, et au milieu des eaux impétueuses un sentier.
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 a fait sortir le quadrige et le cheval, l’armée et le fort; ils se sont endormis ensemble, ils ne se relèveront pas; ils ont été brisés comme le lin, et ils se sont éteints.
18 But do not think [only] about what happened in the past, long ago [DOU].
Ne vous souvenez plus des choses passées, et les anciennes, ne les regardez pas.
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 que moi je fais des choses nouvelles; c’est maintenant qu’elles paraîtront; certainement vous les connaîtrez; je ferai dans le désert une voie, et dans un chemin impraticable des fleuves.
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, ainsi que les dragons et les autruches, parce que j’ai mis dans le désert des eaux, des fleuves dans un chemin impraticable, afin de donner à boire à mon peuple, à 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; il publiera 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.
Cependant tu ne m’as pas invoqué, Jacob, et tu n’as pas travaillé pour 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.
Tu ne m’as pas offert ton bélier d’holocauste, et par tes victimes tu ne m’as pas glorifié; je ne t’ai pas forcé à me faire des oblations, et je ne t’ai pas donné la peine de m’offrir 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 ne m’as pas acheté avec ton argent de canne odorante, et de la graisse de tes victimes tu ne m’as pas rassasié; mais tu m’as rendu ton esclave par tes péchés; tu m’as donné du mal 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-même qui efface tes iniquités à cause de moi; et de tes péchés je ne me souviendrai pas.
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]?
Remets-moi en mémoire, et plaidons ensemble; raconte, si tu as quelque chose pour te justifier.
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 père le premier a péché, et tes interprètes ont prévariqué 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.”
C’est pourquoi j’ai déclaré souillés les princes saints; j’ai livré Jacob à la tuerie, et Israël à l’outrage.
