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 est renversé; Nébo tombe; leurs statues s'en vont sur les animaux, sur les bêtes de somme; les dieux que vous portiez, on les charge comme un fardeau sur la bête fatiguée.
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 sont renversés, ils tombent ensemble, ils ne peuvent sauver le fardeau; eux-mêmes, ils s'en vont 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.
Écoutez-moi, maison de Jacob, vous tous, restes de la maison d'Israël, dont je me suis chargé dès le sein maternel, que j'ai portés dès votre naissance.
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, et je vous soutiendrai jusqu'à la blanche vieillesse; je l'ai fait, et je vous porterai encore; je vous soutiendrai, et vous sauverai.
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 qui ferez-vous mon égal? Avec qui me confronterez-vous, pour nous trouver semblables?
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 répandent l'or de leur bourse et pèsent l'argent à la balance, ils paient un orfèvre pour en faire un dieu; ils l'adorent, et ils se prosternent devant lui.
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, ils le chargent sur l'épaule, ils le posent en place, et il y reste; il ne bougera pas de son lieu. Puis on crie à lui; mais il ne répond point, et il ne sauve pas de la détresse.
8 [You people of Judah], do not forget this; keep thinking about it, you sinful people!
Rappelez-vous ces choses, et soyez des hommes! Rappelez-les à votre cœur, infidèles!
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 premières choses, celles des temps anciens; car je suis Dieu, et il n'y en a point d'autre; je suis Dieu, et il n'y en a point comme moi;
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.
J'annonce dès le commencement ce qui doit arriver, et longtemps d'avance ce qui n'est pas fait encore; je dis: Mon dessein tiendra, et j'exécuterai 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.
J'appelle du Levant l'oiseau de proie, et d'une terre éloignée, l'homme de mes desseins. Ce que j'ai dit, je le fais arriver; ce que j'ai projeté, je l'exécute.
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.
Écoutez-moi, gens endurcis de cœur, qui vous éloignez 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: mon salut ne tardera pas. Je mettrai le salut en Sion, et en Israël ma gloire.
