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 retiens pas; élève ta voix comme une trompette; déclare à mon peuple leur 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.
Car, jour après jour, ils me cherchent et ils veulent connaître mes voies, comme une nation qui aurait pratiqué la justice et n'aurait pas abandonné la loi de son Dieu; ils me demandent des jugements justes, ils veulent s'approcher 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 avons-nous jeûné, sans que tu y prisses garde, et affligé nos âmes, sans que tu le connusses? Voici, dans votre jour de jeûne, vous faites votre volonté et vous traitez durement tous vos mercenaires.
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.
Voici, vous jeûnez pour quereller et disputer, et pour frapper du poing méchamment; vous ne jeûnez pas comme le veut ce jour, pour que votre voix soit entendue en 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 le jeûne auquel je prends plaisir, un jour où l'homme afflige son âme? Est-ce de courber sa tête comme un jonc, de se coucher sur le sac et la cendre? Appelleras-tu cela un jeûne, un jour agréable à l'Éternel?
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.
N'est-ce pas plutôt ici le jeûne auquel je prends plaisir, qu'on dénoue les liens de la méchanceté, qu'on délie les courroies du joug, qu'on renvoie libres les opprimés, et que tout joug soit brisé?
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.
N'est-ce pas que tu partages ton pain avec l'affamé; que tu fasses entrer dans ta maison les malheureux errants; que tu revêtes ceux que tu vois nus, et ne te détournes pas de ton semblable?
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].
Alors ta lumière poindra comme l'aurore, et ta guérison se montrera promptement; ta justice ira devant toi, et la gloire de l'Éternel sera ton arrière-garde.
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 l'Éternel répondra; tu crieras, et il dira: Me voici! Si tu ôtes du milieu de toi l'oppression, le doigt levé insolemment, et les paroles criminelles;
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 fais part de ta subsistance à l'affamé, et que tu rassasies l'âme affligée, ta lumière se lèvera dans l'obscurité, et tes ténèbres seront comme le 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.
L'Éternel te conduira continuellement; il te rassasiera dans les lieux arides; il donnera la vigueur à tes os, et tu seras comme un jardin arrosé, comme une source dont les eaux ne trompent jamais.
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.
Les tiens rebâtiront les antiques ruines, tu relèveras les fondations des anciens âges; on t'appellera le réparateur des brèches, le restaurateur des chemins, qui rend le pays habitable.
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 retiens ton pied au jour du sabbat, pour ne pas faire ta volonté dans mon saint jour; si tu appelles le sabbat tes délices, et honorable ce qui est consacré à l'Éternel; si tu l'honores plutôt que de suivre tes voies, de faire ta volonté et de dire des paroles vaines:
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 trouveras des délices en l'Éternel; je te ferai passer par-dessus les hauteurs du pays, et je te nourrirai de l'héritage de Jacob, ton père; car la bouche de l'Éternel a parlé.
