Isaiah 52
1 [You people who live in the] holy city of Jerusalem [APO], wake up! Be strong again! Show that [MTY] your city is beautiful and glorious; foreigners who do not believe in God will not enter your city again [to attack you].
Réveille-toi, réveille-toi, revêts ta force, Sion! Revêts tes habits de fête, Jérusalem, ville sainte! Car l'incirconcis et l'impur n'entreront plus chez toi désormais.
2 People of Jerusalem, get up from [humbly] sitting in the dust and sit in places where people are honored! You people who have returned from being exiled, take off from your neck the chains which were fastened around you [as slaves in Babylonia],
Secoue ta poussière, relève-toi, assieds-toi, Jérusalem; détache les chaînes de ton cou, captive, fille de Sion!
3 because this is what Yahweh says: “[When you were taken to Babylonia], no one paid me for doing that. So now I will bring you back without [being required to] pay for you!”
Car ainsi parle Yahweh: Vous avez été vendus pour rien, et sans argent vous serez rachetés!
4 Yahweh [our] Lord [also] says this: “Long ago, my people went to Egypt to live there. [Later] they were being (oppressed/treated cruelly) by [the soldiers of] Assyria.
Car ainsi parle le Seigneur Yahweh: Mon peuple descendit jadis en Egypte pour y séjourner puis Assur l'opprima sans cause.
5 But now think about what is happening: My people are being forced to be slaves again, this time by the [people of Babylonia]. And [those who have conquered them this time have also] paid me nothing, and they despise me [MTY] continually [DOU].
Et maintenant qu'ai-je à faire ici? — oracle de Yahweh, puisque mon peuple a été enlevé sans droit? Ses tyrans poussent des hurlements, — oracle de Yahweh, et sans cesse, tout le jour, mon nom est outragé.
6 But my people will then have a close relationship with [MTY] me, and when that happens, they will know that I am the one who predicted/promised [that it would happen]. It is I, [Yahweh, who will do it].”
C'est pourquoi mon peuple connaîtra mon nom; oui, il saura en ce jour que c'est moi qui dis: " Me voici! "
7 It is a wonderful thing when messengers [MTY] arrive on the mountains/hills, bringing good news, the news about [God giving us] peace and saving us, the news that the God to whom we [Israeli people] belong is now ruling/king!
Qu'ils sont beaux sur les montagnes les pieds du messager, qui publie la bonne nouvelle de la paix; de celui qui annonce le bonheur, qui publie le salut; de celui qui dit à Sion: " Ton Dieu règne! "
8 The watchmen [who are guarding the city] will shout and sing joyfully, because while they are watching they will see Yahweh returning to Jerusalem.
La voix de tes sentinelles! Elles élèvent la voix, elles poussent ensemble des cris d'allégresse, car elles voient de leurs yeux le retour de Yahweh en Sion.
9 Jerusalem has been ruined, but the people who are there now should start to sing joyfully, because Yahweh will encourage his people; he will set his people free and bring them back to Jerusalem.
Eclatez ensemble en cris de joie, ruines de Jérusalem! Car Yahweh a consolé son peuple, il a racheté Jérusalem.
10 Yahweh will show all the nations that he is holy and powerful. People in the most remote/distant places on earth will know that he has rescued his people.
Yahweh a découvert le bras de sa sainteté, aux yeux de toutes les nations; et toutes les extrémités de la terre verront le salut de notre Dieu.
11 So, leave [the places where you were taken to when you were captured], where [everything is] unacceptable to God. You men who carry the items used for the worship of Yahweh, leave there [and return to Jerusalem], and purify yourselves [in order to be acceptable to worship God].
Partez, partez, sortez de là; ne touchez rien d'impur! Sortez du milieu d'elle; purifiez-vous; vous qui portez les vases de Yahweh.
12 But it will not [be necessary] for you to leave suddenly, to flee in panic, because Yahweh will (go in front of/lead) you; and he will [also] protect you [from being attacked] at the rear [while you travel].
Car vous ne sortirez pas avec précipitation, et vous ne vous en irez pas en fuyant; car Yahweh marche devant vous, et le Dieu d'Israël est votre arrière garde!
13 [Yahweh says], “Listen carefully! My servant will act wisely (OR, do the right things to accomplish what he wants to), and I will highly exalt him.”
Voici que mon Serviteur prospérera; il grandira, il sera exalté, souverainement élevé.
14 But many people will be appalled when they see what has happened to him. [Because of his being beaten very badly], his appearance will be changed; people will hardly recognize that he is a human.
De même que beaucoup ont été dans la stupeur en le voyant, — tant il était défiguré, son aspect n'étant plus celui d'un homme, ni son visage celui des enfants des hommes, —
15 But he will cause [people of] many nations to be surprised; [even] kings will be silent when they stand in front of him, because they will see someone that no one had told them about [previously], and they will understand things that they had not heard about [before].
ainsi il fera tressaillir des nations nombreuses. Devant lui les rois fermeront la bouche; car ils verront ce qui ne leur avait pas été raconté, et ils apprendront ce qu'ils n'avaient pas entendu.
