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].
Lève-toi, lève-toi, revêts-toi de ta force, Sion; revêts-toi des vêtements de ta gloire, Jérusalem, cité du saint; parce qu’il n’y aura plus à l’avenir d’incirconcis qui passera au travers de toi, ni d’impur.
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],
Sors de la poussière, lève-toi, assieds-toi, Jérusalem; romps les fers 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!”
Parce que voici ce que dit le Seigneur: Pour rien vous avez été vendus, 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.
Parce que voici ce que dit le Seigneur Dieu: Mon peuple descendit en Egypte, dans le principe, pour y être colon; et Assur, sans aucun sujet, l’a traité avec violence.
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 ici à faire, dit le Seigneur, puisque mon peuple a été enlevé sans motif? Ses dominateurs agissent iniquement, dit le Seigneur, et sans cesse tout le jour mon nom est blasphémé.
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].”
À cause de cela mon peuple connaîtra mon nom en ce jour-là; il saura que moi-même qui parlais autrefois, me voici présent.
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 annonce et qui prêche la paix; qui annonce le bonheur, qui prêche le salut, qui dit à Sion: il régnera, ton Dieu!
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 ont élevé la voix, elles chanteront ensemble des louanges; parce qu’oeil à œil elles verront, lorsque le Seigneur convertira 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.
Réjouissez-vous et chantez des louanges ensemble, déserts de Jérusalem; parce que le Seigneur a consolé son peuple, qu’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.
Le Seigneur a préparé son bras saint aux yeux de toutes les nations; et ils verront tous les confins de la terre, 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].
Retirez-vous, retirez-vous, sortez de là, ne touchez rien d’impur; sortez du milieu d’elle, purifiez-vous, vous qui portez les vases du Seigneur.
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].
Parce que vous ne sortirez point en tumulte, et vous ne vous précipiterez point dans votre fuite; car le Seigneur vous précédera, et le Dieu d’Israël vous rassemblera.
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 aura l’intelligence, il sera exalté, élevé et glorieux.
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 frappés de stupeur à ton sujet, ainsi sera sans gloire son aspect parmi les hommes, et sa forme parmi les fils 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].
C’est lui qui aspergera beaucoup de nations; devant lui, des rois fermeront leur bouche; parce que ceux à qui il n’avait pas été parlé de lui, l’ont vu; et ceux qui n’en avaient pas entendu parler, l’ont contemplé.
