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! à l'égal de la trompette élève la voix, et annonce à mon peuple son crime et à la maison de Jacob son péché!
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.
Journellement ils m'interrogent et désirent savoir mes voies; comme un peuple qui pratiquerait la justice et n'aurait pas abandonné la loi de son Dieu, ils demandent de moi des arrêts de justice; ils désirent l'approche 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 [disent-ils], et tu ne le vois pas? pourquoi nous traiter durement, et tu l'ignores? » Voici, dans votre jour de jeûne vous courez à vos affaires, et exigez toutes vos corvées.
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 vous quereller, et pour disputer, et frapper d'un poing sacrilège. Vous ne jeûnez pas aujourd'hui à faire exaucer vos cris dans les lieux très hauts.
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 que j'aime, le jour où l'homme se traite durement? Quoi! plier la tête comme un jonc, et se coucher sur le cilice et la cendre, est-ce là ce que tu appelleras un jeûne, un jour approuvé de 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.
Voici le jeûne que j'aime: c'est qu'on délie les chaînes de l'impiété, qu'on fasse tomber les courroies du joug, qu'on affranchisse les opprimés et que vous enleviez toute sorte de joug;
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.
et encore, que tu distribues ton pain à celui qui a faim, et amènes au logis les pauvres errants, que, si tu vois un homme nu, tu l'habilles, et que tu ne te dérobes pas à ton frère.
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 félicité éclora comme l'aurore, et ta guérison fera de rapides progrès, et ta justice marchera 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 dans ton sein tu cesses de mettre sous le joug, de montrer au doigt et de dire du mal.
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 tes aliments à celui qui a faim, et rassasies l'âme indigente, alors pendant les ténèbres ta lumière se lèvera, et ton obscurité sera 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.
Et l'Éternel sera ton guide constant, et dans les lieux brûlés Il rassasiera ton âme, et redonnera de la vigueur à tes os; tu seras comme un jardin arrosé et 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.
Et les tiens relèveront les ruines anciennes, tu réédifieras des fondements mis à nu depuis plusieurs âges, et on te nommera réparateur des brèches, restaurateur des chemins pour peupler le pays.
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 sais empêcher tes pieds de violer le sabbat, et ne pas suivre tes caprices dans mon jour saint, et si tu appelles le sabbat un délice, honoré de la consécration de l'Éternel, et si tu l'honores en ne pratiquant point tes voies, ne courant point à tes affaires, et ne tenant point de vains discours,
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 tes délices dans l'Éternel, et je te ferai traverser sur un char les sommités du pays, et jouir de l'héritage de Jacob, ton père, car la bouche de l'Éternel l'a prononcé.
