Isaiah 56
1 Yahweh says [to all the people of Judah], “Do the things that are fair and just, because I will soon come to rescue [DOU] you.
Voici ce que dit le Seigneur: Gardez le jugement et pratiquez la justice; parce que mon salut est près de venir, et ma justice, d’être révélée.
2 I will bless those who faithfully obey my laws about the Sabbath/rest days. I will bless those who (keep sacred/honor) my Sabbath/rest days, and who do not do any work on those days, and who refrain from [MTY] doing anything that is evil.
Bienheureux l’homme qui observe ceci, et le fils de l’homme qui s’y attachera; gardant le sabbat, afin de ne pas le profaner, gardant ses mains, afin de ne faire aucun mal.
3 And foreigners who have believed in me should not say, ‘Yahweh will surely not allow me to belong to his people.’ And eunuchs should not say, ‘[Because I am unable to have children, I cannot belong to Yahweh]; I am like [MET] a tree that has completely withered.’
Et qu’il ne dise en aucune manière, le fils de l’étranger qui s’attache au Seigneur: Le Seigneur me séparera entièrement de son peuple. Et que l’eunuque ne dise pas: Voici que je suis un bois aride.
4 They should not say that, because [I], Yahweh, say this to the eunuchs who obey my laws about the Sabbath, and who choose to do the things that please me, and who obey all [the other laws of] the agreement that I [made with the Israeli people]:
Parce que voici ce que dit le Seigneur aux eunuques: Ceux qui gardent mes sabbats, et qui choisissent ce que je veux et observent mon alliance;
5 I will cause to be put inside the walls of my temple a monument [DOU] to them; because of that monument, they will be honored more than they would have if they had children; they will be honored forever.
Je leur donnerai dans ma maison et dans mes murs un lieu et un nom plus avantageux que des fils et des filles; je leur donnerai un nom éternel qui ne périra pas.
6 I will also bless those who are not Israelis, who (join themselves to/believe in) me, and who serve me and worship and love me, and who obey my laws about the Sabbath, and who faithfully obey [all the other laws of] the agreement that I [made with the Israeli people].
Et les fils de l’étranger qui s’attachent au Seigneur, afin de l’adorer et d’aimer son nom, afin d’être ses serviteurs, et tous ceux qui gardent le sabbat pour ne pas le profaner, et observent mon alliance,
7 I will bring them to my sacred hill [in Jerusalem], I will cause them to be [very] joyful in my temple where people pray to me, and I will accept the sacrifices that they completely burn [on my altar] and other sacrifices that they offer. I will do those things for them because I want my temple to be a building where people of all nations pray to me.
Je les conduirai sur ma montagne sainte, je les remplirai de joie dans ma maison de prière; leurs holocaustes et leurs victimes, offerts sur mon autel, me seront agréables; parce que ma maison sera appelée maison de prière pour tous les peuples.
8 [I], Yahweh, the Lord, the one who will bring back the people of Israel who have been (forced to go/exiled) to other countries, say this: 'I will bring [from other countries] many more people to join those Israelis whom I have brought back.'”
Le Seigneur Dieu, qui rassemble les dispersés d’Israël, dit: Je réunirai encore à lui ceux qui se joindront à lui.
9 “You [surrounding nations have armies that are like] [MET] animals in the forest; come and attack/destroy [Israel]!
Vous toutes, bêtes des champs, vous toutes, bêtes des forêts, venez pour dévorer.
10 The Israeli leaders [should be like] watchdogs to protect the people, but [it is as though] they are blind. They are stupid. They are all [like] [MET] dogs that cannot bark. [Good watchdogs bark when strangers approach], [but the Israeli leaders do not warn the people that their enemies are coming]. Instead, they just want to lie down and sleep and dream.
Ses sentinelles sont toutes aveugles; elles sont toutes dans l’ignorance; des chiens muets, qui ne peuvent aboyer, qui voient des fantômes, qui dorment et qui aiment les songes.
11 [And they are like] greedy dogs; they never get all that they want. They are [supposed to lead the people, like good] shepherds [lead their flocks], but they are ignorant, and they each do whatever they want to do.
Et ces chiens d’une impudence extrême n’ont pas connu le rassasiement; les pasteurs eux-mêmes n’ont pas d’intelligence; tous se sont détournés vers leur voie, chacun vers son avarice, depuis le plus grand jusqu’au plus petit.
12 They say to each other, ‘Come, let’s go and get some wine and [other] alcoholic/strong drinks, and let’s become drunk! And tomorrow we will enjoy drinking even more!’”
Venez, disent-ils, prenons du vin, remplissons-nous-en jusqu’à l’ivresse; et comme aujourd’hui, ainsi il en sera demain, et beaucoup plus encore.
