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.
Écoutez ceci, maison de Jacob, vous qui êtes appelés du nom d’Israël et qui sortez des eaux de Juda, qui jurez par le nom de l’Éternel, et faites mention du Dieu d’Israël, [mais] non pas en vérité ni en justice.
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 se nomment d’après la ville sainte, et s’appuient sur le Dieu d’Israël: l’Éternel des armées est son nom.
3 Long ago I [MTY] predicted what would happen [DOU]. And then suddenly, I caused those things to happen.
J’ai déclaré les premières choses dès longtemps, et elles sont sorties de ma bouche et je les ai fait entendre; je les ai faites subitement, 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].
Parce que je savais que tu es obstiné, et que ton cou est une barre de fer, et ton front, 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 te les ai déclarées dès longtemps; avant qu’elles arrivent je te les ai fait entendre, de peur que tu ne dises: Mon idole les a faites; et mon image taillée ou mon image 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 les as entendues, vois-les tout entières. Et vous, ne voulez-vous pas les déclarer? Je t’ai fait entendre des choses nouvelles, dès maintenant, et des choses cachées et que tu n’as pas connues.
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.’
Elles sont créées maintenant, et non dès longtemps; et avant ce jour tu ne les as pas entendues, de peur que tu ne dises: Voici, je les 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].
Et tu n’as pas entendu, et tu n’as pas su, et dès longtemps ton oreille ne s’est pas ouverte; car je [te] connais: tu agis toujours perfidement, et tu as été appelé transgresseur dès la matrice.
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.
À cause de mon nom je différerai ma colère, et à cause de ma louange je me retiendrai à ton égard, pour ne pas te retrancher.
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 te purifierai, mais non comme de l’argent: je t’ai choisi 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.”
À cause de moi-même, à cause de moi-même, je [le] ferai; car comment [mon nom] serait-il profané? Et 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.
Écoute-moi, Jacob, et toi, Israël, que j’ai appelé. Moi, je suis le Même, – moi, le premier, et moi, 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.
Ma main aussi a fondé la terre, et ma droite a étendu les cieux; moi je les appelle: ils se tiennent là ensemble.
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.
Rassemblez-vous, vous tous, et écoutez. Qui d’entre eux a déclaré ces choses? Celui que l’Éternel a aimé exécutera son bon plaisir sur Babylone, et son bras [sera sur] 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, moi je l’ai aussi appelé; je l’ai fait venir, et son chemin prospérera.
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, écoutez ceci: Je n’ai pas parlé en secret dès le commencement; dès le temps où cela a existé, je suis là; et maintenant le Seigneur l’Éternel m’a envoyé, et 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 dit l’Éternel, ton rédempteur, le Saint d’Israël: Moi, je suis l’Éternel, ton Dieu, qui t’enseigne pour ton profit, qui te dirige dans le chemin [par lequel] 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! si tu avais fait attention à mes commandements, ta paix aurait été comme un fleuve, et 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.”
et ta semence aurait été comme le sable, et ceux qui sortent de tes entrailles, comme le gravier de la mer: son nom n’aurait pas été retranché ni détruit de 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 du milieu des Chaldéens, avec une voix de chant de joie! Déclarez et faites entendre ceci, portez-le jusqu’au bout de la terre; dites: L’Éternel 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].
Et ils n’ont pas eu soif, quand il les fit marcher dans les déserts; du rocher il a fait jaillir pour eux les eaux; il a fendu le rocher, et les eaux ont coulé.
22 “But things will not go well [like that] for wicked people,” says Yahweh.
Il n’y a pas de paix, dit l’Éternel, pour les méchants.
