Isaiah 46
1 [It is as though] Bel and Nebo, the statues of the gods [of Babylonia], are bowing down as those statues are put on animals and carried away! The statues are heavy burdens and will cause the animals to become tired [SAR]!
Bel s'écroule, Nébo s'affaisse; on met leurs images sur des animaux, des bêtes de somme; ces idoles que vous portiez sont chargées, comme un fardeau pesant, sur les bêtes fatiguées.
2 [It seems like] both gods are bowing down; not only can they not save themselves, but they themselves are being (exiled/taken to another country)!
Ils s'affaissent, ils s'écroulent ensemble; ils ne peuvent sauver le fardeau; ils s'en vont eux-mêmes en captivité.
3 [Yahweh says], “You descendants of Jacob who were exiled, [I am not like the gods of Babylonia that must be carried]; [instead, it is as though] I have carried you since you first became a nation [MET]. I carried you [even] before you became a nation.
Ecoutez-moi, maison de Jacob, et vous tous, reste de la maison d'Israël, vous dont je me suis chargé dès votre naissance, que j'ai portés dès le sein de votre mère.
4 I will be your God, and I will carry you for many years, until [it is as though] [MET] your nation is an old man with gray hair. I caused [you to become a nation], and I will sustain you and rescue you.
Jusqu'à votre vieillesse je serai le même, jusqu'à vos cheveux blancs je vous soutiendrai. Je l'ai déjà fait, et je vous porterai encore; je vous soutiendrai, je vous délivrerai.
5 There is certainly [RHQ] no one to whom I can be compared. There is [RHQ] no one who is equal to me [DOU].
A qui me comparerez-vous, et de qui me ferez-vous l'égal? A qui m'assimilerez-vous, que nous soyons pareils?
6 [So it is stupid/ridiculous that] some people pour out gold and silver from their bags and weigh it on a scale. [Then] they hire a man who makes things from gold to make an idol from it. [After he makes an idol], they bow down and worship it!
Ils tirent l'or de leur bourse, et pèsent l'argent à la balance; ils engagent un fondeur afin qu'il en fasse un dieu, et ils se prosternent et adorent.
7 They lift it up and carry it on their shoulders. They put it in a [special] place, and it stays there. It cannot move! And when someone prays to it, it does not answer. So [obviously] it cannot rescue anyone from his troubles!
Ils le portent sur l'épaule, ils le soutiennent, et vont le poser en son lieu; et il s'y tient sans bouger de sa place. Même lorsqu'on crie vers lui, il ne répond pas, il ne sauve personne de la détresse.
8 [You people of Judah], do not forget this; keep thinking about it, you sinful people!
Pensez à cela et montrez-vous hommes; rebelles, prenez-le à cœur,
9 Think about the things [that I did] long ago. Only I am God; I am God, and there is no one like me.
rappelez-vous les choses passées des jours d'autrefois. Oui, moi, je suis Dieu, et il n'y en a point d'autre;
10 Only I can tell what will happen in the future before it occurs; I tell it long before it happens. I will accomplish everything that I plan to accomplish, and I will do everything that I want to do.
je suis Dieu et nul n'est semblable à moi: moi qui, dès le commencement, annonce la fin, et, longtemps à l'avance, ce qui n'est pas encore; qui dis: " Mon dessein subsistera, et je ferai toute ma volonté; "
11 So I will summon [someone to come] from the east [like a swift and powerful] eagle; he will come from a distant country. He will accomplish what I want him to. [He is the one who] will do what I have said that I want him to do, what I have planned.
qui de l'Orient appelle l'aigle, d'un pays éloigné l'homme de mon dessein. J'ai parlé, j'accomplirai; j'ai résolu, j'exécuterai!
12 You stubborn people [of Israel], [you think that] it will be a long time before you are allowed to return to your own country.
Ecoutez-moi, hommes au cœur opiniâtre, qui êtes loin de la justice.
13 But I will rescue you, and it will not be a long time [before that happens]. I will do it soon. I will rescue Jerusalem and show to you Israeli [people] that I am glorious.”
Je fais approcher ma justice; elle n'est pas loin, et mon salut ne tardera pas; je donnerai le salut à Sion, ma gloire à Israël.
