Isaiah 58
1 [Yahweh said to me], “Shout loudly! Shout like [SIM] a loud trumpet! Shout to warn my Israeli people about their sins [DOU]!
Crie à plein gosier, ne te ménage point! Comme le cor fais retentir ta voix! Et expose à mon peuple son iniquité, à la maison de Jacob ses péchés.
2 They worship me every day; [they come to my temple because they say that] they are eager to know what I want them to do. They act as though they are a nation that does things that are righteous, who would never abandon their God. They request me to decide matters justly, and they delight to come to worship me.
Jour par jour ils s’adressent à moi et manifestent le désir de connaître mes voies; à la façon d’un peuple pratiquant la justice, qui n’aurait jamais trahi la loi de son Dieu, ils me demandent des règles de justice, ils sollicitent la présence de Dieu.
3 [They say], ‘We have (fasted/abstained from eating food) to please you, but you did not [RHQ] notice our doing that. We humbled ourselves, but you did not [RHQ] pay any attention!’ I will tell you why I did not pay attention. It is because when you fast, you do it only to please yourselves, and you act cruelly toward all your workers.
"Pourquoi jeûnons-nous, sans que tu t’en aperçoives? Mortifions-nous notre personne, sans que tu le remarques?" C’Est qu’au jour de votre jeûne, vous poursuivez vos intérêts et tyrannisez vos débiteurs.
4 You fast, but you also quarrel and fight [with each other] with your fists. [Doing things like that while] you fast will [certainly] not cause [me] to hear your prayers [where I am], high in heaven.
Oui, vous jeûnez pour fomenter querelles et dissensions, pour frapper d’un poing brutal; vous ne jeûnez point à l’heure présente pour que votre voix soit entendue là-haut.
5 You [act as though] [IRO] you humble yourselves [RHQ] by bowing your heads like [SIM] [the tops of] reeds bend [when the wind blows], and you wear [RHQ] rough clothes and cover your heads with ashes [like people do when they are grieving]. That is what you do when you are fasting, but do you really think [RHQ] that will please me?
Est-ce là un jeûne qui peut m’être agréable, un jour où l’homme se mortifie lui-même? Courber la tête comme un roseau, se coucher sur le cilice et la cendre, est-ce là ce que tu appelles un jeûne, un jour bienvenu de l’Eternel?
6 No, that is not the kind of fasting that I desire. What I really want [RHQ] is for you to free those who have been unjustly put in prison [DOU], and to encourage those who are (treated cruelly/oppressed); I want you to free those who have been oppressed in any way.
Mais voici le jeûne que j’aime: c’est de rompre les chaînes de l’injustice, de dénouer les liens de tous les jougs, de renvoyer libres ceux qu’on opprime, de briser enfin toute servitude;
7 I want you to [RHQ] share your food with those who are hungry and to allow those who have no houses to stay in your houses. Give clothes to those who do not have clothes, and do not hide from your relatives who need help from you.
puis encore, de partager ton pain avec l’affamé, de recueillir dans ta maison les malheureux sans asile; quand tu vois un homme nu, de le couvrir, de ne jamais te dérober à ceux qui sont comme ta propre chair!
8 If you do those things, [what you do for others will be like] [SIM] a light that shines when it dawns. The troubles [that have been caused by your sins] will end quickly. Others will know about your righteous behavior, and with my glorious presence I will protect you from behind [like I protected the Israeli people when they left Egypt].
C’Est alors que ta lumière poindra comme l’aube, que ta guérison sera prompte à éclore; ta vertu marchera devant toi, et derrière toi la majesté de l’Eternel fermera la marche.
9 Then you will call out to me, and I will [quickly] answer [and say that I will help you].’ Stop (oppressing people/treating people cruelly); stop falsely accusing people; and stop saying evil [things about people].
Alors tu appelleras et le Seigneur répondra, tu supplieras et il dira: "Me voici!" Oui, si tu bannis de ton sein toute oppression, le geste violent et la parole malfaisante,
10 Give food to those who are hungry, and give to people who are afflicted/suffering the things that they need. [Your doing that will be like] [MET] a light that shines in the darkness; instead of doing evil to people [MET], [the good things that you do for them will be like] [SIM] sunshine at noontime.
si tu témoignes ta bienveillance à l’affamé et rassasies celui qui est torturé par le besoin, ta lumière brillera au milieu des ténèbres, et ta nuit sera comme le plein midi.
11 [I], Yahweh, will guide you continually, and I will give you good things to satisfy you. I will enable you to remain strong and healthy. You will be like [SIM] a garden that is well watered, like [SIM] a spring that never dries up.
Et constamment l’Eternel te guidera, il prodiguera à ton âme des jouissances pures, et fortifiera tes membres; et tu seras comme un jardin bien arrosé, comme une source jaillissante, dont les eaux ne causent aucune déception.
12 [Your people] will rebuild the cities that were destroyed long ago; they will build [houses] on top of the old foundations. People will say that you are the ones who are repairing the holes [in the city walls], and who are repairing the streets where people live.
On restaurera, grâce à toi, les ruines antiques, tu relèveras des fondations qui datent des siècles passés, et tu seras proclamé le réparateur des brèches, le restaurateur des routes désormais populeuses.
13 Do not travel [MTY] long distances on Sabbath/rest days, and on Sabbath days do not do only the things that you delight to do. Enjoy the Sabbath days, and consider them to be delightful. The Sabbath days are my holy days. Honor me, Yahweh, in everything that you do [on the Sabbath days]. Do not talk about and do things [only] to please yourselves. If you do all the things that I have just now told you to do,
Si tu cesses de fouler aux pieds le sabbat, de vaquer à tes affaires en ce jour qui m’est consacré, si tu considères le sabbat comme un délice, la sainte journée de l’Eternel comme digne de respect, si tu le tiens en honneur en t’abstenant de suivre tes voies ordinaires, de t’occuper de tes intérêts et d’en faire le sujet de tes entretiens,
14 I will enable you to be joyful. I will greatly honor you; [I will honor you everywhere!] I will give to you the [blessings] that I gave to your ancestor Jacob. [Those things will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
alors tu te délecteras dans le Seigneur et je te ferai dominer sur les hauteurs de la terre et jouir—de l’héritage de ton aïeul Jacob… C’Est la bouche de l’Eternel qui l’a dit.
