Isaiah 49
1 All you people who live on islands [in the ocean] and in other distant areas, pay attention [DOU] to what I will say! Yahweh called/chose me before I was born; he chose/appointed me when I was still in my mother’s womb.
Îles, écoutez-moi, et prêtez attention, peuples reculés! L'Éternel m'appela dès le sein maternel; j'étais encore dans les flancs de ma mère, qu'il nommait mon nom.
2 [When I grew up], he caused my messages to be like [SIM] a sharp sword. He has protected me with his hand [SYN]. [He protects me] [MET] like someone protects sharp arrows in a quiver.
Il donna à ma bouche le tranchant de l'épée, de l'ombre de sa main Il me couvrit, Il fit de moi un trait acéré, et Il me cacha dans son carquois.
3 He said to me, “You will serve my Israeli [people], and you will cause people to honor me.”
Et Il me dit: Tu es mon serviteur, Israël en qui je ferai éclater ma gloire.
4 I replied, “My work has been useless; I have used my strength, but I have accomplished nothing worthwhile; everything that I have done has been (in vain/useless). However, Yahweh can honor me as he pleases; my God is the one who will reward me [as I deserve].”
Mais je dis: En vain j'ai travaillé, vainement et pour rien j'ai consumé mes forces; mais mon bon droit est par devers l'Éternel, et mon salaire par devers mon Dieu.
5 Yahweh formed me when I was in [my mother’s] womb in order that I would serve him; he appointed me to bring [the people of] Israel back to himself [DOU]. Yahweh has honored me, and he is the one who has caused me to be strong.
Or maintenant l'Éternel parle, lui qui me forma dès le sein maternel, pour être son serviteur, pour ramener à lui Jacob, et Israël qui n'est pas recueilli; et aux yeux de l'Éternel je suis honoré, et mon Dieu est ma force…
6 He says to me, “It is not enough for you to serve me by bringing the descendants of Jacob back to worship me again [DOU]; I also want you to be like [MET] a light for the non-Jews; I want you to take my [my message] about how to be saved to [people] all over the world.”
Il dit: C'est trop peu que tu sois mon serviteur, pour relever les tribus de Jacob et ramener les restes conservés d'Israël; je t'établis lumière des nations, pour que tu portes mon salut jusqu'au bout de la terre.
7 Yahweh, the one who saves us, the Holy God of us Israeli [people], says to the one who was despised and rejected by the [people of many] nations, the one who is the slave of rulers, “[Some day] kings will stand up to respect you when they see you, and princes will bow down before you because [you serve] me, Yahweh, the one who faithfully [does what I promise]. I am the Holy God to whom you Israelis belong, the one who has chosen you.”
Ainsi parle l'Éternel, rédempteur d'Israël, son Saint, à celui que tous méprisent, qui inspire l'horreur au peuple, au serviteur des dominateurs: Des rois le verront et se lèveront, et des princes s'inclineront devant lui, pour l'amour de l'Éternel qui est fidèle, du Saint d'Israël qui t'a choisi.
8 This is also what Yahweh says: “At a time when it pleases me, I will answer your prayers. On the day when you will be rescued [from your oppressors], I will help you. I will protect you and enable you to establish an agreement with other nations. And by what you do, I will re-establish your nation of Israel and allow you to live/settle again in your land that was abandoned.
Ainsi parle l'Éternel: Au temps de la grâce je t'exaucerai, et au jour du salut je te serai en aide: je te garderai et te ferai médiateur de l'alliance de mon peuple, pour relever le pays et répartir les héritages désolés,
9 I will say to those who were captured [and (exiled/taken to Babylonia)], ‘Leave [Babylonia] and return to your own country!’ And I will say to those who are in dark prisons, ‘Come out into the light!’ When that happens, they will again be like [MET] sheep that eat grass in green pastures, on hills where [previously] there was no grass.
pour dire aux prisonniers: « Sortez! » et à ceux qui sont dans les ténèbres: « Paraissez au jour! » Sur les chemins ils trouveront une pâture, et sur les coteaux nus leur pâturage.
10 They will not be hungry or thirsty [any more]; the hot sun will not beat upon them again [DOU]. I, Yahweh, will act mercifully toward them and lead them; I will lead them to where there are springs of cool water.
Ils ne seront point affamés, et point altérés; le hâle ni le soleil ne les accablera; car Celui qui a pitié d'eux les mène, et Il les conduit aux eaux jaillissantes.
11 And I will cause the mountains to become [as though they were] level roads, and I will prepare good highways [for my people to travel on, to return to Jerusalem].
Et je changerai tous mes monts en chaussées, et mes chemins seront élevés.
12 My people will return from far away; some will come from the north, some from the west, some from southern Egypt.”
Voici, les uns arrivent des lointains pays, et voici, les autres du septentrion et de l'occident, et d'autres du pays de Sinim.
13 [Because of what Yahweh has promised to do], everything should shout joyfully— the sky and the earth and the mountains should sing, because Yahweh comforts his people, and he will pity those who are suffering.
Cieux, soyez dans l'allégresse! terre, réjouis-toi! et vous montagnes, éclatez en acclamations! car l'Éternel console son peuple et de ses malheureux Il prend pitié.
14 [The people of] Jerusalem say, “Yahweh has abandoned us; he has forgotten about us.”
Sion dit: « L'Éternel m'abandonne et le Seigneur m'oublie. » –
15 But [Yahweh replies], “That is not true! (Can a woman forget the infant that she is nursing?/A woman certainly cannot forget the infant that she is nursing!) [RHQ] (Can she stop being kind to the child to whom she has given birth?/She certainly cannot stop being kind to the child to whom she has given birth!) [RHQ] But even if a woman would do that, I will not forget you!
Une femme oublie-t-elle son nourrisson, perdant sa tendresse pour le fruit de ses entrailles? Quand elle pourrait l'oublier, moi je ne t'oublierai pas.
16 Note that I have written your [names] on the palms of my hands; in my mind I can always see the walls of your city.
Voici, je t'ai gravée sur mes mains; tes murs me sont toujours présents.
17 Soon your children will be returning there (OR, Those who rebuild your city will work more quickly than those who destroyed it), and all those who destroyed your city will leave.
Tes fils accourent, tes destructeurs et tes désolateurs s'enfuient.
18 You will look around and see all of your children coming back to you. As surely as I live, they will be around you [for you to show to people] like [SIM] a bride shows her wedding ornaments!
Porte les yeux de toutes parts et regarde! tous ils s'assemblent et s'acheminent vers toi. Par ma vie, dit l'Éternel, oui, tu les porteras tous comme une parure, tu t'en ceindras comme une fiancée.
19 Your land has been ruined and caused to become desolate/abandoned [DOU], but [some day] it will be filled with people, and those who conquered you will be far away.
Quant à tes ruines et à ton sol désolé, et à ton pays ravagé, tu seras trop étroite pour tant d'habitants, et tes exterminateurs se sont éloignés.
20 The children who were born while you were (exiled/in Babylonia) [MET] will return [to Jerusalem] and say, ‘This city is too small for us; We need more space to live in!’
Les fils dont tu fus privée, de ces mots frapperont encore tes oreilles: La place est pour moi trop étroite, serre-toi contre moi, pour que je puisse me loger.
21 Then you will think to yourselves [MTY], ‘It is amazing that we have [RHQ] all these children! Most of our children were dead, and the rest were exiled. We were left here alone; so we do not know [RHQ] where all these children have come from! Who raised them?'”
Et tu diras en ton cœur: Qui me les a engendrés? car j'étais sans enfants et stérile, chassée et répudiée! et ceux-ci, qui les a élevés? Voici, j'étais restée seule! ceux-ci, où étaient-ils? –
22 This is what Yahweh our God says: “Watch! [It is as though] I will lift up my hand to signal to those who are not Israelis. And they will carry your little sons and daughters on their shoulders and bring them back to you.
Ainsi parle le Seigneur, l'Éternel: Voici, je lèverai ma main en signe aux nations, et pour les peuples je dresserai mon étendard, afin qu'ils rapportent tes fils sur leurs bras, et que sur leurs épaules ils ramènent tes filles.
23 Kings will serve you and will tutor/teach your children, and their queens will take care of your young children. They will prostrate themselves in front of you and [humble themselves by] licking the dust off your feet. When that happens, you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do]; and those who trust in me will never be disappointed.”
Et des rois seront tes nourriciers, et leurs princesses tes nourrices; la face contre terre ils tomberont devant toi, et baiseront la poussière de tes pieds, et tu reconnaîtras que je suis l'Éternel, qui ne confonds point ceux qui se confient en moi.
24 There is no one [RHQ] who can snatch valuable things from a soldier who has captured those things [in a war]; there is no one [RHQ] who can force a (tyrant/cruel man) to free the people whom he has captured.
« Au puissant, arracherait-on une proie, et les captifs d'un juste échapperaient-ils? »
25 But Yahweh says this: “[Some day], those who have been captured will be freed, and the valuable things that (tyrants/cruel men) have snatched from others will be returned, because I will fight against those who fight against you, and I will rescue your children.
Oui, dit l'Éternel, même les captifs du puissant seront arrachés, et la proie d'un furieux, échappera, et avec tes ennemis j'engagerai le combat, et je délivrerai tes fils.
26 And I will cause your enemies to destroy themselves [MET] instead of murdering others. When that happens, everyone [in the world] will know that I, Yahweh, am the one who saves you, the one who rescues you from your enemies; everyone will know that I am the mighty God to whom [you descendants of] [MTY] Jacob belong.”
Et je ferai à tes oppresseurs manger leur propre chair, et comme de vin ils s'enivreront de leur sang, et toute chair reconnaîtra que je suis l'Éternel, ton sauveur et ton rédempteur, le héros de Jacob.
