Isaiah 57
1 Righteous people [sometimes] die [when they are still young], and no one is concerned about it. Godly people [sometimes] die because of disasters, and no one understands why. They are taken away in order that they will not endure more calamities,
Le juste périt et personne ne le prend à cœur, les hommes de bien sont enlevés, et nul ne s’avise que c’est à cause de la perversité régnante que le juste disparaît.
2 and now they have peace. They [continually] lived righteously, and [now] they rest [peacefully] in their graves.
Il entre dans la paix, repose sur sa couche, celui qui suit son droit chemin.
3 [Yahweh says, ] “But you who practice sorcery, come here! You who worship idols [MET], [listen to me]!
Mais vous, approchez-vous d’ici, enfants de la magicienne, race issue d’un père adultère et d’une mère prostituée!
4 Do you realize [RHQ] whom you are ridiculing, and whom you are insulting? Do you realize [RHQ] to whom you are sticking out your tongues? [You are insulting me, Yahweh]! You are [RHQ] always rebelling against me and always lying.
Contre qui dirigez-vous vos railleries? Contre qui ouvrez-vous une large bouche et tirez-vous la langue? Vous êtes bien les enfants du péché, une lignée de mensonge.
5 You are eager to have sex under every [big] green tree where you worship your gods. You kill your children as sacrifices [to your idols] in the dry riverbeds, and [also] offer them [as sacrifices to your idols] in the rocky caves.
Vous vous enflammez dans les bocages, sous chaque arbre verdoyant; vous égorgez les enfants dans les ravins, sous les pointes des rochers!
6 [You take big] smooth stones from the riverbeds and worship them as your gods. You pour out [wine] to be an offering to them, and you bring grain [to burn for] an offering to them. Do you think that I should not punish you for doing all those things?
Tu fixes ton choix sur les pierres polies du torrent: voilà, voilà ton lot! Même à elles tu verses des libations, tu apportes des offrandes: se peut-il que j’en prenne mon parti?
7 You have sex [EUP] [with cult prostitutes] on every hill and mountain, and you go there to offer sacrifices [to your gods].
Sur des montagnes hautes et altières, tu établis ta couche; là aussi tu grimpes pour faire des sacrifices.
8 You have put (fetishes/pagan symbols) behind your doors and doorposts, and you have deserted me. You have taken off your clothes [EUP] and climbed into your bed and invited more [of your lovers] to come to bed with you. You have paid them to have sex with you, and you have fondled their sexual organs.
Derrière le battant et le poteau de la porte, tu places l’objet de ton culte; t’éloignant de moi, tu découvres ta couche, tu la places haut et tu l’élargis. Il en est avec qui tu pactises, tu aimes leur commerce, tu saisis toutes les occasions favorables.
9 You have given [fragrant] oil and lots of perfume to your god Molech, and you sent messengers to distant countries [to find other gods to worship]; you [even tried to] send [messengers] to the place of the dead [to search for new gods]. (Sheol h7585)
Tu te présentes au roi avec des présents d’huile, tu prodigues tes parfums, tu envoies tes messagers au loin, tu les fais descendre jusqu’au Cheol. (Sheol h7585)
10 You became weary because of doing all those things, but you never said, ‘It is useless [for us to do that].’ You found new strength for worshiping idols, so you continued to do that [LIT].
À force de faire du chemin, tu es devenue lasse; tu ne dis pas: "C’En est trop!" Tu as retrouvé la vigueur de ton bras, c’est pourquoi tu n’as pas connu de défaillance.
11 Was it because you were afraid [of those idols more than you were afraid of me] that you lied [about what you were doing], and you do not even think about [DOU, RHQ] me? Was it because I did not punish you for a long time that you are not afraid of me [RHQ]?
Mais qui donc crains-tu, qui redoutes-tu pour commettre cette trahison, pour perdre mon souvenir et le chasser de ton cœur? N’Est-ce pas, je gardais le silence, et depuis trop longtemps? C’Est pourquoi tu ne me crains pas!
12 You [think that] [IRO] the things that you have done are right, but I will tell the truth. It will not help you to do any of those things.
Je vais proclamer tes mérites, et tes œuvres ne te porteront pas bonheur.
13 When you cry out [for help] to your collection of idols, they will not rescue you. The wind will blow them away [DOU]. But those who trust in me will live in the land [of Israel], and [they will worship me on Zion], my sacred hill.”
Lorsque tu feras entendre tes cris, qu’ils te sauvent, ceux que tu as groupés autour de toi! Mais non, tous tant qu’ils sont, le vent les emporte, un souffle les enlève. Au contraire, celui qui se met sous mon abri sera maître du pays et possédera ma sainte montagne.
14 Yahweh will say, “Prepare [yourselves to receive] me, [like] [MET] people build and prepare a road [for a king to come on]. Get rid of [the things that are causing you to sin] [like] [MET] people remove from a road (obstacles/things that cause people to stumble).
Et l’on dira: "Nivelez, nivelez, déblayez la route! Enlevez tout obstacle de la voie de mon peuple!"
15 Because this is what [I], Yahweh, who am holy and greatly honored and who live forever, say: I live in the highest heaven, where [everything] is holy, but I also am with those who are humble and who are sorry for the sinful things that they have done. I will greatly encourage [DOU] those who have repented.
Car ainsi parle le Dieu très haut et suprême, Celui qui habite l’Eternité et qui a nom le Saint: "Sublime et saint est mon trône! Mais il est aussi dans les cœurs contrits et humbles, pour vivifier l’esprit des humbles, pour ranimer le cœur des affligés.
16 I will not accuse [people] forever; I will not always be angry [with them], because [if I did that], people would become weak/discouraged; all the people whom I created and caused to live would die.
Non; je ne veux pas disputer sans trêve, être toujours en colère, car l’esprit finirait par s’éteindre devant moi, avec ces âmes que moi-même j’ai créées.
17 I was angry [with my people] because they sinned by wanting the things that others had. So because I was angry, I punished them and turned away from them, but they continued sinning.
C’Est contre sa criminelle cupidité que je me suis irrité; j’ai sévi contre lui en dérobant ma face, en n’écoutant que ma colère, alors que, rebelle, il suivait les caprices de son cœur.
18 I have seen the evil things that they continually do, but I will restore them and lead them. I will encourage/comfort them. And to those who are mourning,
J’Ai observé ses voies et je veux le guérir, le guider, lui dispenser la consolation, à lui et à ceux qui sont en deuil à son sujet.
19 I will enable them to sing songs to praise me. I will restore [all my people], those who live near [Jerusalem] and those who live far away, and I will cause things to go well for them.
Celui qui crée la parole, fruit des lèvres: "Paix, paix, dit-il, pour qui s’est éloigné comme pour le plus proche! Je le guérirai," ainsi parle l’Eternel.
20 Wicked [people do not have peace in their inner beings]; they are like [SIM] a sea [whose waves are] always churning up mud,
Mais les pervers sont comme une mer houleuse, qui ne peut s’apaiser et dont les eaux bouillonnent de limon et de fange.
21 and [I], Yahweh, say that things will never (go well/be peaceful) for those who are evil.”
Point de paix, dit mon Dieu, pour les méchants!
