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.
Entendez-le, maison de Jacob, vous qui prenez le nom d'Israël, et émanez de la source de Juda, qui jurez par le nom de l'Éternel et célébrez le Dieu d'Israël, mais non avec vérité ni avec 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 de la ville sainte ils prennent leur nom, et ils s'appuient sur le Dieu d'Israël, dont le nom est l'Éternel des armées.)
3 Long ago I [MTY] predicted what would happen [DOU]. And then suddenly, I caused those things to happen.
Dès longtemps je fis les premières prédictions; elles sortirent de ma bouche et je les publiai: soudain j'agis, et elles s'accomplirent.
4 I knew that you people are very stubborn; I knew that your heads are [MET] [as hard as] iron or brass [DOU].
Sachant que tu es endurci, et que ton col est une barre de fer, et que tu as un 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 t'indiquai ces choses à l'avance, avant l'événement je te les annonçai, afin que tu ne disses pas: « Mon idole en est l'auteur, et l'effigie que j'ai sculptée, ou celle que j'ai fondue, leur a commandé d'être. »
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.
Vous avez entendu… Tout s'accomplit, et vous, ne l'avouerez-vous pas? Dès ce moment je t'annonce des faits nouveaux et réservés, dont tu n'as pas eu connaissance:
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.’
ils apparaissent maintenant et ne se virent pas jadis; plus tôt tu n'en ouïs pas parler, afin que tu ne dises pas: « Voici, j'en avais connaissance. »
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, ni rien su, et jadis ton oreille n'y fut pas ouverte; car je savais que tu es infidèle, et que Rebelle fut ton nom déjà dans le sein maternel.
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.
Pour l'amour de mon nom je suspends ma vengeance, pour l'amour de ma gloire je me contiens envers toi, pour ne pas te détruire.
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 mis au creuset, mais je n'ai point obtenu d'argent; je t'ai éprouvé dans la fournaise du malheur.
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-même, de moi-même, que j'ai agis: car, comment [mon nom] serait-il profané? et je ne céderai point 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 Israël que j'ai appelé: Je suis, moi, le premier, et aussi 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 de même a fondé la terre, et ma droite a déployé les Cieux: je les appelle, et ils se présentent 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.
Vous tous, assemblez-vous et écoutez! Lequel d'entre eux a annoncé ces choses, [annoncé] celui que l'Éternel aime, qui exécutera sa volonté contre Babel, et sera son bras 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 l'ai appelé, je l'ai amené, et il trouvera le succès sur sa route.
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 et écoutez: Dès l'origine je n'ai point parlé en secret, dès la naissance de ces événements j'y assiste. Et maintenant le Seigneur, l'Éternel, m'a envoyé 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 l'Éternel, ton Rédempteur, le Saint d'Israël: Moi, l'Éternel, ton Dieu, je t'enseigne ce qui t'est profitable, je te guide dans la route 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.
Ah! si tu eusses pris garde à mes commandements! Alors ta paix serait comme le 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.”
ta race serait comme ses sables, et les enfants de ton sang, comme ses graviers, ton nom ne serait ni retranché, ni anéanti 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 Babel! fuyez loin des Chaldéens! d'une voix d'allégresse annoncez, publiez-le, proclamez-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 ne seront point altérés dans le désert qu'ils ont à traverser; Il fera pour eux couler des eaux du rocher, Il fendra le rocher et les eaux jailliront.
22 “But things will not go well [like that] for wicked people,” says Yahweh.
Point de paix, dit l'Éternel, pour les impies.
