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-toi de ta force, Sion! Revêts-toi de tes vêtements de parure, Jérusalem, ville sainte! car l’incirconcis et l’impur n’entreront plus en toi.
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 de toi la poussière, lève-toi, assieds-toi, Jérusalem; délivre-toi des 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 dit l’Éternel: Vous vous êtes vendus pour rien, et vous serez rachetés sans argent.
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 dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel: Mon peuple est descendu en Égypte, au commencement, pour y séjourner, et l’Assyrie l’a opprimé 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, dit l’Éternel, que mon peuple ait été enlevé gratuitement? Ceux qui dominent sur lui le font hurler, dit l’Éternel, et mon nom est continuellement blasphémé tout le jour.
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; c’est pourquoi, en ce jour-là, [il connaîtra] que c’est moi-même, 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!
Combien sont beaux sur les montagnes les pieds de celui qui apporte de bonnes nouvelles, qui annonce la paix, qui apporte des nouvelles de bonheur, qui annonce le salut, 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 exultent ensemble avec chant de triomphe; car elles verront face à face, quand l’Éternel restaurera 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.
Éclatez de joie, exultez ensemble, lieux déserts de Jérusalem; car l’Éternel console 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.
L’Éternel a mis à nu le bras de sa sainteté aux yeux de toutes les nations; et tous les bouts 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 pas à ce qui est impur! Sortez du milieu d’elle, soyez purs, vous qui portez les vases de l’Éternel!
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 n’irez pas comme des fugitifs; car l’Éternel ira devant vous, et le Dieu d’Israël sera 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, mon serviteur agira sagement; il sera exalté et élevé, et [placé] très haut.
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.
Comme beaucoup ont été stupéfaits en te voyant, – tellement son visage était défait plus que celui d’aucun homme, et sa forme, plus que celle d’aucun fils d’homme, –
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 d’étonnement beaucoup de nations; des rois fermeront leur bouche en le voyant; car ils verront ce qui ne leur avait pas été raconté, et ils considéreront ce qu’ils n’avaient pas entendu.
