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 parure, ô Sion! revêts tes habits magnifiques, Jérusalem, ville sainte! car désormais ni incirconcis ni impur n'entrera chez 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 ta poussière, lève-toi, mets-toi sur ton séant, Jérusalem! détache les chaînes de ton col, fille de Sion captive!
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 l'Éternel: Vous fûtes vendus pour rien et vous ne serez pas rachetés pour de l'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 parle le Seigneur, l'Éternel: Jadis mon peuple descendit en Egypte pour y séjourner, et l'Assyrien 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 que me fait-on, dit le Seigneur, d'enlever mon peuple sans cause? Ses tyrans jubilent, dit l'Éternel, et incessamment 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].”
Aussi faut-il que mon peuple sache ce qu'est mon nom; il le faut ce jour-là même; c'est moi qui parle: 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 de celui qui apporte une bonne nouvelle, qui proclame la paix, qui annonce du bonheur, qui proclame la délivrance, 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.
Écoute la voix de tes sentinelles! ensemble elles élèvent la voix en acclamations; car face à face elles voient revenir l'Éternel 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.
Éclatez ensemble en acclamations, ruines de Jérusalem! car l'Éternel prend pitié de son peuple, Il rachète 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 découvre son bras saint aux yeux de toutes les nations, et toutes les extrémités de la terre contemplent 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! quittez ces lieux! ne touchez nul impur! sortez du milieu d'eux! purifiez-vous, porteurs des 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 partirez pas à la précipitée, et votre départ ne sera pas une fuite, car l'Éternel marche à votre tête, et le Dieu d'Israël ferme votre marche.
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 prospère, il monte, il s'élève, il arrive à une grande hauteur.
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.
Autant plusieurs furent interdits à sa vue, tellement son visage était défiguré plus que celui d'aucun homme, et son aspect, plus qu'aucun enfant 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].
autant il transportera de joie plusieurs peuples; devant lui des rois se fermeront la bouche, car ils verront ce qui ne leur fut jamais raconté, et ils contempleront ce qui pour eux était inouï.
