Isaiah 53
1 (Who will believe what we will tell them [about God’s servant]?/Hardly anyone will believe what we will tell them [about God’s servant].) [RHQ] (Who will see what Yahweh does by his great power?/Very few people will see what Yahweh does by his great power.) [MTY, RHQ]
Qui a ajouté foi à l’annonce qui nous a été faite? Et à qui s’est révélé le bras de Dieu?
2 While God watches, his servant will grow up [appearing/seeming to be very insignificant/unimportant], like a weak young plant that shoots up from a root [of a tree that is growing] in dry ground. There will be nothing beautiful or majestic about him, nothing that would cause us to want to be with him.
Il poussait devant lui, pareil à un faible rejeton, à une racine plantée dans un sol brûlé. Il n’avait ni beauté, ni éclat pour attirer nos regards, ni grâce pour nous le rendre aimable.
3 People will despise and reject him. {He will be despised and rejected.} He will endure much pain, and he will suffer much. [Because his face will be very disfigured], people will not [want to] look at him; people will despise him and think that he is not worth paying any attention to.
Méprisé, repoussé des hommes, homme de douleurs, expert en maladies, il était comme un objet dont on détourne le visage, une chose vile dont nous ne tenions nul compte.
4 But he will be [punished for] the sicknesses [of our souls]; he will endure great pain for us. But we will think that he is being punished by God, afflicted/punished [for his own sins].
Et pourtant ce sont nos maladies dont il était chargé, nos souffrances qu’il portait, alors que nous, nous le prenions pour un malheureux atteint, frappé par Dieu, humilié.
5 But his body will be bruised because of the evil things that we did, wounded because of our sins. He will be beaten in order that things will go well for our [souls]; and because he will be whipped, [our souls] can be healed.
Et c’est pour nos péchés qu’il a été meurtri, par nos iniquités qu’il a été écrasé; le châtiment, gage de notre salut, pesait sur lui, et c’est sa blessure qui nous a valu la guérison.
6 All of us have gone away [from God] like [SIM] sheep who have strayed away [from their shepherd]. We have turned away [from doing the things that God wants in order] to do the things that we wanted [MET]. [We deserve to be punished, but] Yahweh will punish him instead of punishing us for all of our sins.
Nous étions tous comme des brebis errantes, chacun se dirigeant de son côté, et Dieu a fait retomber sur lui notre crime à tous.
7 He will be abused and caused to suffer, but he will not say anything [to complain]. They will lead him [to where they will execute him], [like they lead] a lamb to where it will be slaughtered. And like a sheep does not (bleat/make any noise) when the shearer [cuts off its wool], he will not say anything [MTY] [to defend himself when he is killed].
Maltraité, injurié, il n’ouvrait pas la bouche; pareil à l’agneau qu’on mène à la boucherie, à la brebis silencieuse devant ceux qui la tondent, il n’ouvrait pas la bouche.
8 After he is arrested and put on trial, he will be taken away [and executed]. And no one [RHQ] will be able to talk about his descendants, because he will die [EUP] [without being married and having children]. He will be (afflicted/caused to suffer) for the wrong things that we have done.
Faute de protection et de justice, il a été enlevé. Qui pourrait décrire sa destinée? Car il s’est vu retrancher du pays des vivants, les coups qui le frappaient avaient pour cause les péchés des peuples.
9 Although he will never have done any wrong or deceived [MTY] anyone, people will plan to bury his corpse where wicked people are buried, but instead, a rich man will [bury him] after he dies.
On a mis sa sépulture avec celle des impies, son tombeau avec celui des mauvais riches, quoiqu’il n’eût fait aucun mal et qu’il n’y eût jamais de fraude dans sa bouche.
10 But it will be Yahweh’s will that he be afflicted and caused to suffer. And [when he dies], Yahweh will cause him to be an offering to remove the guilt of sinners. But later he will have many [spiritual] children, and he will live (a long time/forever) after he [dies and] becomes alive [again], and he [MTY] will accomplish everything that Yahweh has planned.
Mais Dieu a résolu de le briser, de l’accabler de maladies, voulant que, s’il s’offrait lui-même comme sacrifice expiatoire, il vît une postérité destinée à vivre de longs jours, et que l’œuvre de l’Eternel prospérât dans sa main.
11 When he sees all that he will accomplish because of his suffering, he will be satisfied. And because of what will have happened to him, Yahweh’s righteous servant will cause the guilt of many people to be ended, because he will remove [the guilt for] their sins.
Délivré de l’affliction de son âme, il jouira à satiété du bonheur; par sa sagesse le juste, mon serviteur, fera aimer la justice à un grand nombre et prendra la charge de leurs iniquités.
12 So Yahweh will consider him to be one of the truly great people; he will [be like a king who] divides up [among his soldiers] the (spoils/things they took from their enemies after defeating them) [MET], because he will sacrifice himself and die. [Even though people] will consider him to be a sinner, he will remove the guilt of many [people], and he will intercede/pray that those who have done things that are wrong [will be forgiven].
C’Est pourquoi je lui donnerai son lot parmi les grands; avec les puissants il partagera le butin, parce qu’il s’est livré lui-même à la mort et s’est laissé confondre avec les malfaiteurs, lui, qui n’a fait que porter le péché d’un grand nombre et qui a intercédé en faveur des coupables.
