Isaiah 55
1 “All you [people who are in exile], listen to me! [It is as though] [MET] you are thirsty, so come and get water from me! [It is as though] you have no money, but you can come and get things from me [that are like] wine and milk! You can get [what you need from me], [and] you will not need to give me any money for them!
Ho! quiconque a soif, venez aux eaux, et vous qui n’avez pas d’argent, venez, achetez et mangez; oui, venez, achetez sans argent et sans prix du vin et du lait.
2 [What you really need is to have a close relationship with me], so (why do you spend money to buy things that do not supply what you really need?/you should not spend money to buy things that do not supply what you really need.) [RHQ] (Why do you work hard to get money to buy things that do not (satisfy your [inner beings]/cause you to be happy)?) [RHQ] Pay attention to what I say and acquire what is really good [MET]! If you do that, then you will truly be happy [MET].
Pourquoi dépensez-vous l’argent pour ce qui n’est pas du pain, et votre labeur pour ce qui ne rassasie pas? Écoutez-moi attentivement, et mangez ce qui est bon; et que votre âme jouisse à plaisir des choses grasses.
3 Listen to me and come to me; pay attention to me, and if you do that, you will have new life in your souls. I will make an agreement with you that will last forever to faithfully love you like I loved [King] David.
Inclinez votre oreille et venez à moi; écoutez, et votre âme vivra: et je ferai avec vous une alliance éternelle, les grâces assurées de David.
4 By what he did, I showed [my power to many] people-groups; I caused him to be a leader and commander [DOU] over [the people of many nations].
Voici, je l’ai donné pour témoignage aux peuples, pour chef et commandant des peuples.
5 And similarly, you will summon people of other nations to come to you, nations that previously you have not heard about, and they had not heard about you; and they will come to you quickly because [they will have heard that I], Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, have honored you.
Voici, tu appelleras une nation que tu n’as pas connue; et une nation qui ne te connaît pas accourra vers toi, à cause de l’Éternel, ton Dieu, et du Saint d’Israël; car il t’a glorifié.
6 Seek [to know] me while it is still possible for you to do that; call to me while I am near!
Cherchez l’Éternel tandis qu’on le trouve; invoquez-le pendant qu’il est proche.
7 Wicked [people] should abandon their wicked behavior, and evil people should stop thinking what is evil. They should turn to me, and if they do that, I will act mercifully toward them; they should turn to me, their God, because I will fully pardon them [for all the wicked things that they have done].
Que le méchant abandonne sa voie, et l’homme inique, ses pensées, et qu’il retourne à l’Éternel, et il aura compassion de lui, – et à notre Dieu, car il pardonne abondamment.
8 I, Yahweh, declare that what I think is not the same as what you think, and what I do is very different from what you do.
Car mes pensées ne sont pas vos pensées, et vos voies ne sont pas mes voies, dit l’Éternel:
9 Just as the sky is far above the earth, what I do is far greater than what you do, and what I think is much greater than what you think.
car [comme] les cieux sont élevés au-dessus de la terre, ainsi mes voies sont élevées au-dessus de vos voies, et mes pensées au-dessus de vos pensées.
10 Rain and snow come down from the sky, and they cause the ground to be moist before the moisture returns [to the sky and produces more clouds]. When the ground becomes moist, it causes plants to sprout and grow, with the result that the soil produces seed for the farmer [to plant] and [grain to produce flour to make] bread for people to eat.
Car comme la pluie et la neige descendent des cieux, et n’y retournent pas, mais arrosent la terre et la font produire et germer, et donner de la semence au semeur, et du pain à celui qui mange,
11 And similarly the things that I promise to do, I will [always] cause to happen; my promises will [always] be fulfilled [LIT]. They will accomplish the things that I gave them to accomplish [DOU].
ainsi sera ma parole qui sort de ma bouche: elle ne reviendra pas à moi sans effet, mais fera ce qui est mon plaisir, et accomplira ce pour quoi je l’ai envoyée.
12 You will leave [Babylon] joyfully, you will have peace as I lead you out. [It will be as though] the hills and mountains will sing joyfully, and the trees in the fields will clap their hands.
Car vous sortirez avec joie, et vous serez conduits en paix; les montagnes et les collines éclateront devant vous en chants de triomphe, et tous les arbres des champs battront des mains:
13 Instead of thornbushes and briers, pine/cypress [trees] and myrtle [trees] will grow [in your land]. As a result of that, people will honor me much more; and what I do will remind everyone that [I do what I have promised].”
au lieu de l’épine croîtra le cyprès; au lieu de l’ortie croîtra le myrte; et ce sera pour l’Éternel un nom, un signe à toujours, qui ne sera pas retranché.
