Isaiah 48
1 [Yahweh says], “You descendants [MTY] of Jacob, who are [also] descendants of Judah and are now called [the people of] Israel, Listen to me! You make solemn promises using my name, Yahweh, and you request that I, the God to whom you Israeli people belong, [will hear you], but you do not do it sincerely.
Ecoutez ceci, maison de Jacob, vous qui êtes appelés du nom d'Israël, et qui êtes sortis de la source de Juda; vous qui jurez par le nom de Yahweh, et qui célébrez le Dieu d'Israël, mais sans sincérité ni droiture.
2 You say that you live in the holy city [of Jerusalem], and [you insincerely say] that you are relying on me, the God to whom you [people of] Israel belong, the one who is the Commander of the armies of angels.
Car ils tirent leur nom de la ville sainte, et ils s'appuient sur le Dieu d'Israël, dont le nom est Yahweh des armées.
3 Long ago I [MTY] predicted what would happen [DOU]. And then suddenly, I caused those things to happen.
Dès longtemps, j'ai annoncé les premières choses; elles sortirent de ma bouche; je les proclamai; soudain j'ai agi, et elles sont arrivées.
4 I knew that you people are very stubborn; I knew that your heads are [MET] [as hard as] iron or brass [DOU].
Comme je savais que tu es dur, que ton cou est une barre de fer, et que ton front est d'airain,
5 That is why I told you those things long ago. Long before they occurred, I announced that they would occur, in order that [when they happened] you could not say ‘Our idols did it; our statue made of wood and our idol made of metal caused them to happen.’
je t'ai annoncé ces choses il y a longtemps; je te les ai déclarées avant qu'elles n'arrivent, de peur que tu ne dises: " Mon idole les a faites; mon dieu de bois ou de fonte les a ordonnées. "
6 You have heard those things [that I predicted] and now you have seen that they have all occurred, so why do you not admit it [RHQ]? Now I will tell you new things, things that you have not known previously.
Tu l'as entendu; vois, tout s'est accompli; mais vous, ne le déclarerez-vous pas? Maintenant, je te fais entendre des choses nouvelles, cachées, que tu ne connais point.
7 I am causing them to happen now; they are not things I did long ago. So you cannot say, ‘We already knew about those things.’
C'est maintenant qu'elles sont créées, et non auparavant; jusqu'à ce jour, tu n'en avais point entendu parler, de peur que tu ne dises: " Voici, je le savais! "
8 [I will tell you about] things that you have never heard about or understood before. Even long ago you did not pay attention to me [IDM]. I know that you act very deceitfully/treacherously; you have rebelled against me since you first became a nation [MTY].
Tu n'en as rien entendu, tu n'en as rien su; jamais ton oreille n'en a rien perçu, parce que je savais que tu es tout à fait infidèle, que ton nom est Prévaricateur dès le sein de ta mère.
9 But, for my own sake, in order that I will be honored, I will not punish [MTY] you immediately and I will not completely get rid of you.
A cause de mon nom, je retiens ma colère, et à cause de ma gloire, je patiente avec toi, pour ne pas t'exterminer.
10 I have purified you, but not the way [people refine] silver. Instead, I have caused you to suffer very much [to get rid of your impure behavior], like [MET] [people put metal in a very hot] furnace [to get rid of the impurities].
Voici, je t'ai fondu, mais sans obtenir l'argent; je t'ai éprouvé au creuset de l'affliction.
11 But for my [MTY] own sake I will delay punishing you more; I will do it for my own sake in order that my reputation will not be damaged [RHQ]. I will not allow any [person or any idol] to be honored as I [deserve to be] honored.”
C'est pour l'amour de moi, pour l'amour de moi que je le fais; car comment mon nom serait-il profané? Je ne donnerai pas ma gloire à un autre.
12 “You descendants [MTY] of Jacob, you people of Israel whom I have chosen, listen to me! [Only] I am God; I am the one who begins everything and who causes everything to end.
Ecoute-moi, Jacob, et toi, Israël, que j'ai appelé; c'est moi, moi qui suis le premier, moi aussi qui suis le dernier.
13 I [SYN] am the one who laid the foundation of the earth. I stretched out the sky with my hand. And when I tell [the stars] to appear, they all do what I tell them.
C'est aussi ma main qui a fondé la terre, et ma droite qui a étendu les cieux; c'est moi qui les appelle, et aussitôt ils se présentent.
14 All of you, gather together and listen to me. None of your idols has [RHQ] told this to you: I, Yahweh, have chosen [Cyrus] to assist me, and he will do to Babylon what I want him to do, and his army will get rid of [the army of] Babylonia.
Assemblez-vous tous et écoutez: qui d'entre eux a annoncé ces choses? — Celui qu'aime Yahweh accomplira sa volonté dans Babel, et son bras sera contre les Chaldéens. —
15 I have said it; I have summoned [Cyrus]. I have appointed him, and he will accomplish everything that he attempts to do.
Moi, moi, j'ai parlé, et je l'ai appelé; je l'ai fait venir, et sa voie sera prospère.
16 Come close to me and listen to what I say. Long ago [MTY] I told you plainly/clearly [LIT] [what would happen], and when those things occurred, I was [causing them to happen].” And now Yahweh the Lord and his Spirit have sent me [to give you a message].
Approchez-vous de moi, entendez ceci: Dès l'origine je n'ai point parlé en cachette; depuis que ces choses arrivent, je suis là; — Et maintenant le Seigneur Yahweh m'envoie avec son Esprit. —
17 This is what Yahweh, the one who saves you, the Holy God of [us] Israelis, says: “I am Yahweh, your God; I teach you what is important for you [to know]; I direct you and lead you to the roads that you should walk on [MET].
Ainsi parle Yahweh, ton rédempteur, le Saint d'Israël: Moi, Yahweh, ton Dieu, je t'enseigne pour ton bien, je te conduis dans le chemin où tu dois marcher.
18 I wish that you had paid attention to my commands! If you had done that, things would have gone well for you like [SIM] a river that flows gently; you would have been successful again and again, like [SIM] waves that come without ceasing.
Oh! sois attentif à mes commandements, et ta paix sera comme un fleuve, ta justice comme les flots de la mer;
19 Your descendants would have been [as many as] [MET] the grains of sand [on the seashore] [which no one can count]. I would not have needed to get rid of you; the country of [MTY] [Israel] would not have been destroyed.”
ta postérité sera comme le sable et le fruit de tes entrailles comme les grains de sable; son nom ne sera ni retranché ni effacé devant moi.
20 [However, now I tell you], leave Babylon! Flee from [being slaves of the people of] Babylonia! Proclaim this message joyfully; send it to the most remote/distant places on the earth: Yahweh freed the people of Israel [from being slaves in Egypt].
Sortez de Babylone, fuyez les Chaldéens avec des cris de joie! Publiez-le, proclamez-le, faites-le savoir jusqu'à l'extrémité de la terre! Dites: " Yahweh a racheté son serviteur Jacob!
21 They were not thirsty when he led them through the desert, because he split open the rock and caused water to gush/flow out for them [to drink].
Ils n'ont pas soif dans le désert où il les a conduits; il fait couler pour eux l'eau du rocher; il fend le rocher, et les eaux jaillissent! "
22 “But things will not go well [like that] for wicked people,” says Yahweh.
Il n'y a point de paix pour les méchants, dit Yahweh.
